International 14 World Championship at Geelong, Australia

International 14 World Championship at Geelong, Australia - Day 6

by Tracey Johnstone 15 Jan 2015 08:18 GMT 3-17 January 2015

Race 6 of the International 14 Worlds in Geelong © Christophe Favreau / www.christophefavreau.com

Triumph for Britain's Truswell and Pascoe

Britain's Glen Truswell and Sam Pascoe have locked in the 2015 International 14 World Championship title with a day to spare after another superb display of confident racing on Geelong's Corio Bay.

Not satisfied with finishing with a safe fifth place, they stormed into first place in Race 6 and into the class history books.

"We woke up this morning knowing we had just two races to go and we needed to get a fifth or above in either race assuming Ben (McGrane) won both. We got down to race to find perfect conditions," Truswell said.

As Truswell and Pascoe pulled their boat up the ramp at Royal Geelong Yacht Club and were greeted with a champagne spray and cheers from their supporters, Truswell showed obvious relief at returning to shore the newest World Champion. "All young boys in England growing up and learning to sail, dream of coming down-under to win a skiff event. It means so much to have done it," Truswell said.

Glen Truswell and Sam Pascoe win the 2015 International 14 Worlds in Geelong - photo © Rhenny Cunningham / Sailing Shots

The team sailed a conservative race playing the pressure and wind shifts to just finish a few boat lengths ahead of Brad Devine and Ian Furlong (AUS).

In third across the line was Archie Massey and Harvey Hillary (GBR). Massey was quick to congratulate Truswell and Pascoe, handing over the title he has held for the last four World Championships.

A disappointed Ben McGrane and James Hughes (GBR), who went into today's race with a chance of unseating Truswell, finished fourth.

The fleet headed out this afternoon to be confronted by massive shifts and constantly changing pressure. After a 40 minute delay on the starting time, the breeze finally settled into a south-easter of about 12 knots gusting 18.

Truswell said the breeze constantly shifted throughout the race. "When you are trying to get one steady result and not get expose yourself, it was the last thing we wanted to see. On the first beat we didn't do quite as well as we didn't want to hang in a corner and get hung out to dry. We tried to sail the middle shifts, the middle beat, but it was becoming apparent it wasn't working. To do better in the race, to get the result we needed, we had to commit. That put us massively outside our comfort zone," Truswell said.

Glen Truswell and Sam Pascoe win the 2015 International 14 Worlds in Geelong - photo © Rhenny Cunningham / Sailing Shots

Their commitment paid as the early leaders – Andy and Tom Partington (GBR) and Graeme Everett and Andrew Wilson (AUS) - fell away with the massive gains and losses of the last two laps. Truswell kept up the pressure moving from fifth at the gybe mark to fourth at the top mark second rounding and into the lead by the top mark third rounding.

"As the race progressed we started to get through to the front and in a sufficient position to win the championship.

"Even at the finish when the gun went, it didn't really sink in. We were so into the race and so intently trying to get the result that it took until we got back to the shore to relax," Truswell added.

Devine didn't allow his painful back distract him from pursuing an aggressive assault on second place. He came out of the first top mark rounding in third and then fought the left-hand shifts to make it into second by the top mark third rounding. "We kept Truswell honest," Devine said as he headed off to find a heat pack for his back.

Massey and Hillary's results of third today still keep them in touch with the podium. They felt that for the first two laps they were sailing slow, firstly blaming weed on the foils as the reason. "Later on we went out to the left-hand side, sailed away from the other boats and just went fast and had good lanes downwind," Massey said.

At the end of racing today Massey admitted Devine has found his form and will continue to be a real threat tomorrow. "Brad is starting to wind it up and go faster and faster so tomorrow's race will be good," Massey said.

Race 6 of the International 14 Worlds in Geelong - photo © Christophe Favreau / www.christophefavreau.com

McGrane and Hughes went into today with the plan to sail conservatively, but ended up struggling to find the necessary speed to be able to threaten Truswell. They also weren't happy with how their replacement mast responded in today's conditions.

They go into tomorrow's final race of the series holding onto second by five points and plan to do whatever it takes to protect that placing.

The Partington's had a stunning first lap leading the fleet. By lap two their lead was diminishing as Devine and Truswell closed in on them. By the third lap they were clearly struggling, dropping back to finish in ninth across the line. This result has moved them back from equal third overall to fifth place.

The closeness of the top sailors – McGrane/Hughes, Devine/Furlong and Massey/Hillary will ensure a demanding final race tomorrow.

Results after Day 6: (six races, 1 discard)

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	GBR	1543	CRUMPET	Glen Truswell	Sam Pascoe	CCSC	1	[2]	1	1	1	1	5
2	GBR	1517	POPPET	Ben McGrane	James Hughes	NSC	3	1	2	3	[68F]	4	13
3	AUS	661	DEL BOCA VISTA	Brad Devine	Ian Furlong	WA	6	3	[7]	2	5	2	18
4	GBR	1519	ZHIK CST	Archie Massey	Harvey Hillary	ISC	2	5	5	4	[8]	3	19
5	GBR	1550	PENGUIN JUICE	Andy Partington	Tom Partington	HISC	4	6	4	[13]	2	9	25
6	AUS	663	RONSTAN/IRWINSAILS	Lindsay Irwin	Andrew Perry	BRYC	[14]	4	6	5	4	7	26
7	AUS	666	EL DIABLO	David Hayter	Trent Neighbour	RQYS	7	[19]	8	15	7	5	42
8	AUS	656	TOO LATE TO STOP NOW	Mark Krstic	Cameron Mc Donald	BRYC	8	13	[18]	11	3	10	45
9	GBR	1527	TBC	Richard Bone	Chris Rodway	BBSC	9	8	3	14	[68Q]	23	57
10	GBR	1520	ROBOROWSKI	Katie Nurton	Nigel Ash	ISC	5	11	13	[17]	13	15	57
11	AUS	659	WEMBLEY PLUMBING	Stuart Sloss	Ben Lawrie	PDSC	[22]	9	9	7	14	18	57
12	GER	28	JUST IN TIME	Georg Borkenstein	Eike Dietrich	WSCW	13	[23]	12	6	9	20	60
13	GBR	1530	SMASH IT	Andy Fitzgerald	Richard Dobson	ISC	10	7	23	8	[68F]	14	62
14	AUS	645	DIRTIEST SANCHEZ	Scott Cunningham	Dave Parker	MCCRAE	[23]	10	10	18	15	11	64
15	AUS	652	FLAUNT IT 652	Ron Scherwinski	James Lanati	BRYC	17	12	14	12	[19]	19	74
16	AUS	657	DO YOU GET IT YET	Roger Blasse	Andrew Gilligan	BRYC	[33]	17	11	21	10	16	75
17	AUS	673	ZERO	Tony Carr	Scott Cole	PDSC	16	14	21	[68O]	16	12	79
18	AUS	637	DEVINE INTERVENTION	Graeme Everett	Andrew Wilson	WA	[31]	22	20	9	21	13	85
19	AUS	644	RON JEREMY	Chris Vaughan	Matt Balmer	SYC	26	18	16	23	6	[32]	89
20	AUS	670	STEALTH	David Lugg	Dave Bramley	WA	20	20	19	10	[25]	22	91
21	AUS	672	GILL CST	Dave Alexander	Dan Wilsdon	ASC	[68U]	26	17	20	11	17	91
22	AUS	671	CRAZY HORSE	Anthony Anderson	Mike Mcdonald	MCCRAEYC	[68U]	25	29	22	12	6	94
23	USA	1187	MORNINGSTAR	Terence Gleeson	Evan Sjostedt	SWYC	11	24	[28]	25	28	21	109
24	AUS	647	QUICKSHIFT	Cameron Elliott	Sam Batt	PDSC	25	21	22	[30]	17	27	112
25	GBR	1546	HARTLAND SHIPPING	Charles Duchesne	Tom Bracewell	ISC	41	28	[50]	19	24	8	120
26	AUS	662	CARBON COMET II	Luke Devine	Eike Ehrig	PDSC	21	[32]	26	26	23	24	120
27	CAN	619	ISLAND GIRL	Dan Cunningham	Ian Struthers	RCYC	12	34	27	24	[68C]	31	128
28	AUS	649	GIVIN IT SOME GRUNT	Greg Coutts	Jason Close	BRYC	29	[36]	25	28	22	26	130
29	AUS	642	READ BTW THE LINES	Adam Syme	Daniel Farthing	SYC	36	16	31	27	[68F]	29	139
30	AUS	639	REACTOR	Ian Arber	Drew Farrar	PDSC	38	30	30	31	18	[68F]	147
31	AUS	631	VENTURA	Steve Vance	Blake Vance	PDSC	[43]	35	24	39	20	34	152
32	AUS	674	ARGO XVII	Ben Austin	Peter Nicholson	RGYC	30	45	15	35	[68F]	30	155
33	AUS	627	DEEP PURPLE	Phil Vance	Andrew Vance	PDSC	35	31	[68F]	34	27	33	160
34	GBR	1531	EAGLE 2	Andrew Penman	Chris Watson	ISC	24	40	32	41	[68F]	25	162
35	USA	1177	LUCKY DOG	Ron Boehm	John Gilmour	SBYC	28	37	37	[42]	26	40	168
36	USA	1162	ERIS	Chris Rutz	Michael Radziejowski	RYC	19	54	41	38	[68C]	28	180
37	GBR	1548	BEAST II	Julian Pearson	David Edge	WSC	15	15	[68F]	16	68F	68C	182
38	AUS	651	DRONGOLAYO	Cameron Dale	Adam Evans	SYC	27	44	34	36	[68F]	44	185
39	AUS	667	PTG	Phillip Tomamichel	Geoffrey Tomamichel	BRYC	37	39	[68F]	37	29	46	188
40	CAN	616	SABOTAGE	Lauren Laventure	Jason Lemieux	RCYC	18	47	42	44	[68F]	49	200
41	AUS	655	PINK BITZ	Nigel Smith	Dane Stead	PDSC	48	33	36	48	[68F]	35	200
42	USA	1186	ATOMIC PUNK	Kirk Twardowski	Michael Lazzaro	RYC	39	38	45	51	[68C]	36	209
43	AUS	654	SHARK BAIT	Tim Vance	Greg Vance	WA	44	41	35	45	[68C]	45	210
44	GBR	1529	PINK FLESH	Robin Pascal	Martin Pascal	ISC	56	48	38	32	[68F]	39	213
45	AUS	660	REPEAT OFFENDER	Stephen Edmunds	Tom Edmunds	SYC	40	53	44	43	[68C]	37	217
46	AUS	638	PHR	Ben Strong	James Patterson	SYC	49	29	39	33	[68C]	68F	218
47	AUS	648	ZULU	Sam Duncan	John Warren	SYC	45	43	40	52	[68F]	38	218
48	AUS	668	RUMBALLS	Scott Davis	Daniel Vaughan	BRYC	52	46	33	47	[68F]	41	219
49	GER	218	TOURISTEN EXPRESS	Bjoern Frasch	Oliver Peter	SVW	32	27	[68F]	29	68F	68F	224
50	GBR	1551	NOT YET DEAD	Colin Smith	Imogen Smith	ISC&BBSC	57	52	43	[59]	30	48	230
51	AUS	653	MONKEY WRENCH	Brec Mitton	Peter Knispel	ASC	42	42	[68F]	46	68C	42	240
52	ITA	1488	ELIZABETH	Dominic Van Essen	Simona Saccani	ISC	54	59	48	[60]	31	52	244
53	AUS	628	DONKEY ON THE EDGE	Philip Strong	Jeffre Klemm	SYC	62	50	47	40	[68F]	50	249
54	GER	13	IDEFIX	Julian Retzlaff	Fabio Pfisterer	WSCW	51	58	46	54	[68F]	43	252
55	AUS	235	JOANNE	Ian Cunningham	David Cunningham	MCCYC	34	51	[68F]	55	68C	55	263
56	JPN	119	SURIMI	Yasutaka Uto	Satoshi Ishida	ENOSHIMA	60	57	51	57	[68F]	47	272
57	AUS	675	BLACK BETTY	David McGeoch	Bridget Mcgeoch	BRYC	50	49	[68F]	58	68F	51	276
58	AUS	630	WINDJAMMER	Christian Wangel	Henrik Wangel	ASC	64	56	49	50	[68C]	68C	287
59	AUS	669	BACK IN BLACK	Robert Vickery	Arron Vickery	SYC	46	55	[68F]	53	68C	68F	290
60	AUS	609	DEATHWISH	Marcel Bucek	Scott Curtis	RGYC	58	60	[68F]	56	68F	53	295
61	AUS	605	POWERED BY RUM	Brian Long	Frederic Papon	BRYC	53	62	[68F]	62	68C	56	301
62	AUS	601	WALKING ON WATER	Richard Thomas	Luke Thomas	PDSC	61	63	[68F]	61	68C	54	307
63	AUS	658	BEACHED AZ	Jason Dixon	Pat Agar	ASC	55	[68F]	68F	49	68C	68F	308
64	AUS	664	HOBO	Wayne Frankcombe	Marcus Korobacz	SYC	47	[68F]	68S	68F	68C	68F	319
65	AUS	345	TBD	Takashi Furugaki	Kenichi Hagiwara	ENOSHIMA	65	61	[68F]	63	68C	68F	325
66	AUS	646	FLAUNT IT	John Taylor	Martyn Tribe	BRYC	59	[68F]	68S	64	68C	68C	327
67	AUS	665	ARGO XVI	David Lorimer	Freya Vickery	SYC	63	[68F]	68F	68C	68C	68C	335