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Fireball World Championship 2016 at Mossel Bay Yacht and Boat Club - Day 3

by Cormac Bradley 14 Dec 2016 10:33 GMT 4-16 December 2016

A day of relative calm!

Day 3 of the Fireball Worlds in Mossel Bay, South Africa, saw the competitors treated to a more genteel 10 knots southerly that built during the day to 17 to 20 knots for the third race. Sea conditions were reported as being flat initially but building to 2m swells by the end of the day.

Team GBR, Gillard & Anderton (GBR 15127), were in a class of their own winning all three races very comfortably. The Swiss pairing of Mermod and Moser (SUI 14799) made a clean sweep of the second places and Schulz & Lidgett (AUS 15113) taking two of the three third places. While the leaders were in a class of their own, the regatta Facebook site reports that there was competition in a number of groups throughout the fleet.

While the fleet was tired by the time they got ashore, at least they had three races completed without the "survival instinct" being the dominant sentiment of the day.

Today, Wednesday, see the fleet enjoy a well-deserved rest day and judging by some of the individual Facebook posts, some of them are only too glad to see a day of no sailing... and not necessarily due to on the water exhaustion.

Australian–Franco international relations have been put to the test at this regatta with the very late pairing of Jean-Francois Nouel and Scott Lidgett. Jean-Francois' crew had to pull out of the event at very short notice due to a horse-riding accident and Scott flew in from Australia to team up with the Frenchman. They have had a challenging time in the big seas with capsizes and gear failure. But in his latest comment he says "I don't know why everytime Scott K Lidgett pulls a rope it breaks down! Is he a monster man? It could not be a lack of maintenance on the French boat obviously."

More genteel conditions on day 3 of the Fireball Worlds in South Africa - photo © Stuart Parker
More genteel conditions on day 3 of the Fireball Worlds in South Africa - photo © Stuart Parker

Results after Day 3:

PosNatSail noHelmCrewR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
1stGBR15127Gillard ThomasAnderton Richard‑1111115
2ndSUI14799Mermod ClaudeMoser Ruedi2‑3322211
3rdAUS15113Schulz BenLidgett Jack32‑443315
4thKEN14535Bush AlastairCarroll David486‑144426
5thGBR14941Scott DerianScott Andy7(DNC)535727
6thRSA14910Divaris YogiHolm Ferdinand842514(RET)33
7thGBR14791Watsone HughChesney Steve578‑97633
8thCZE15109Koranva Johana NapravnikovaNapravnik Jakub‑105788836
9thCAN15024Jospe JoeEgli Tom6(DNC)DNC76550
10thGBR15102Scarth MartynJohnson ThomasAGF9(DNC)109950
11thRSA14422Provoyeur JjMacrobert Ian9(AGF)1113101053
12thRSA14904Parker AnthonyParker Diane(DNF)61311151156
13thCZE14864Veit MartinKrejtza Filip(DNF)10918171266
14thFRA14793Lidgett ScotNouel Jean‑Francois(DNF)111515121366
15thSUI14859Haerdi‑Landerer ChristinaLanderer Cedric(DNF)AGF10611RET68
16thRSA14901Laing DaveChrisAGFAGF14‑20191473
17thRSA14321Statt CundleLaing RoryAGFAGF(DNC)23161584
18thSUI15063Erne MiannePoulson Clay(DNF)DNC171218DNC99
19thRSA14411De Engel JayNel Dewet(DNF)DNC1216DNCDNC106
20thRSA14723Watkins ImogenWatkins Ian(DNF)DNCDNC2113RET112
21stRSA15047Allers NikolaiAllers Florian(DNF)DNCAGF17DNCDNC114
22ndGBR14872Newson BarbaraNewson Guy(DNC)DNC1622DNCRET116
23rdRSA14299Parker RichardParker Grant(DNC)DNCDNC19AGFDNC118
24thFRA11059Hernandez DenisHernandez Esteban(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNCDNC130
24thNAM14415Sturm FridolfAllers Pascal(DNF)DNCDNCDNCDNC  

Anthony & Diane Parker (RSA 14904) on day 3 of the Fireball Worlds in South Africa - photo © Stuart Parker
Anthony & Diane Parker (RSA 14904) on day 3 of the Fireball Worlds in South Africa - photo © Stuart Parker

For more information on the event visit the official web site at www.fireballworlds2016.co.za or the facebook page.

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