RS Games 2018 at the WPNSA: RS500 World Championship Day 3

by Peter Curtis 24 Aug 2018 13:23 BST 21-25 August 2018

RS500 Worlds during the RS Games at the WPNSA © Alex & David Irwin / www.sportography.tv

And it was all going so well... Mike Haynes, Race Officer had told us two days running, at his morning briefing, how good our starting had been. We obviously believed him, so started to push a bit harder, which resulted in quite a bit of starting practice during the day.

Back out in the bay with the promise of more breeze than we had seen to date, but some instability early on. The first race was sightly delayed, but a course was set and the sequence started. The wind dropped and swung massively about 10 seconds before the gun and when the fleet and wind sorted themselves out we were fetching the first mark on port straight off the line. The leaders made the mark before the race was abandoned and we all trundled back to the committee boat and a wait while the wind settled down again. The next two attempts to start were recalled and Mike''s patience ran out and we went onto black flag starts. When we finally got away cleanly it was in a building breeze and with a building chop. Pim and Lisa van Vugt started the day the way they would go on, with the Russian team of Ivanovskiy and Fareny taking second.

RS500 Worlds during the RS Games at the WPNSA - photo © Alex & David Irwin / www.sportography.tv

Race 2 again had some starting practice, but ended up with the same result: Pim and Lisa showing us all how it should be done. Nicolas and Thomas Honor took second as they put together a consistently good day. Steve and Sarah Cockerill got their second third of the day and Mike Saul and Oliver Kent got fourth.

For race 3 we had the strongest wind of the day. Some teams decided that footing off and going low and fast was the way to go. The Russians seemed to go lowest and fastest off the start line and came into the top mark in about third, so it paid for them. Unfortunately they capsized at the bottom mark so we didn''t get to see if their technique would get them any higher. Pim and Lisa had a very good lead at the end of lap one, but Steve and Sarah were obviously learning fast how to get the most in these condition and started to reel them in. The final run and then third beat to the finish turned into a match race between the two of them, watched from a long way back by the pack, with Pim and Lisa just holding on. Nicolas and Thomas got third and Peter and James Curtis got fourth for their best result of the week.

And so another half hour sailing to come into the harbour finished off with a mad two sail reach to home in the now seriously windy conditions. Many thanks to Mike for his RO expertise and entertaining briefings, as he now has to leave us. We forgive him his missing minute on Wednesday.

Results after Day 3:

Pos	Fleet	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	Gold	NED	819	Pim van Vugt	Lisa van Vugt	WSV H20	1	3	‑7	‑6	2	3	1	1	1	12
2	Gold	FRA	109	Nicolas Honor	Thomas Honor	La Grande Motte	‑13	‑7	5	1	4	2	4	2	3	21
3	Gold	GBR	1662	Stephen Cockerill	Sarah Cockerill	Stokes Bay SC	4	‑5	4	‑7	1	5	3	3	2	22
4	Gold	GBR	625	Tim Wilkins	Heather Wilkins	Gurnard SC	3	1	11	(SCP)	3	1	‑33	6	7	32
5	Gold	SWE	51	Martin Johansson	Axel Johansson	SS Kaparen	2	‑12	12	5	6	8	5	‑14	6	44
6	Gold	ITA	1604	Iacopo Roncuzzi	Federico Roncuzzi	Circolo Nautico Del Savio	7	‑15	1	3	9	9	6	(BFD)	10	45
7	Gold	GBR	1040	Mike Saul	Oliver Kent	Yorkshire Dales SC	18	10	2	(DSQ)	5	4	9	4	‑24	52
8	Gold	GBR	659	Peter Curtis	James Curtis	Grafham Water SC	6	‑19	8	9	‑23	11	8	8	4	54
9	Gold	ITA	1032	Michele Oppizzi	Pietro Frazzica	PerSport SSD	5	9	3	10	‑13	(UFD)	7	13	11	58
10	Gold	RUS	1664	Vladislav Ivanovskiy	Alexey FarenyGBR	YC Sankt‑Petersburg	12	13	‑14	4	14	7	2	(BFD)	13	65
11	Gold	SWE	821	Stephan Fassberg	Johanna Fassberg	SS Kaparen	‑21	4	6	11	‑20	13	13	12	18	77
12	Gold	USA	1667	Matthew Goetting	Rachel Goetting	Toms River YC	(TAL)	6	9	14	‑31	19	11	9	14	82
13	Gold	NED	777	Maarten Berendschot	Wouter Stiphout	Broach Delft	17	‑20	16	12	‑18	6	17	10	9	87
14	Gold	NED	1066	Michiel Geerling	Hilde Geerling	WV Braassemermeer	15	11	‑25	17	11	‑18	12	15	8	89
15	Gold	GBR	561	Harry George	James George	Lymington Town SC	9	8	15	13	17	12	18	‑34	‑32	92
16	Gold	NED	1038	Anneke Kikkert	Floris Stapel	WV Braassemermeer	19	2	13	18	10	17	16	‑24	(RET)	95
17	Gold	GBR	508	Ian Mairs	Abi Campbell	Bristol Corinthian YC	10	16	18	16	‑19	‑20	14	7	16	97
18	Gold	GBR	1631	Ian Fryett	Ben Fryett	Welsh Nomads	8	14	‑24	15	21	10	‑22	11	21	100
19	Gold	NED	1003	Thomas Rot	Marloes Rot	WVA Vinkeveen	14	24	‑31	24	‑37	23	10	5	5	105
20	Gold	NED	894	Bruno Goris	Edith Kanters	Roerkoning	11	22	23	8	8	16	19	(BFD)	‑38	107
21	Gold	ITA	892	Giulia Rossi	Adriana Campanella	PerSport SSD	16	17	‑27	21	7	14	‑23	19	19	113
22	Gold	ITA	1617	Tommaso Marchesi	Isaia Del Rosso	PerSport SSD	20	21	20	‑26	‑25	21	15	17	17	131
23	Gold	NED	67	Johan van Veen	Iris Prummel	A.L.S.Z.V De Blauwe Schuit	25	18	17	28	12	22	‑29	25	‑33	147
24	Gold	NED	526	Samuel Deurloo	Oscar Deurloo	ZV Oosterplas	‑30	23	29	19	26	15	‑30	27	20	159
25	Silver	NED	1076	Lukas van den Broek	Senne van Dijk	GWV Elfhoeven	28	26	19	‑36	33	‑35	20	16	25	167
26	Silver	ITA	1030	Asia Poni	Federica Grazioso	Circolo Nautico Del Savio	26	35	10	20	22	33	(DSQ)	26	‑41	172
27	Silver	NED	890	Victor Oudsen	Viktor Haaksman	A.L.S.Z.V De Blauwe Schuit	‑37	34	26	‑38	28	29	32	18	12	179
28	Silver	NED	1078	Mathijs Hoogvliet	Twan van der Sande	Aquavitesse	34	27	‑43	34	24	27	‑37	22	15	183
29	Silver	FRA	1093	Alexandre Emanuel	Caroline Andrevon	Y.C.G.C	31	25	33	‑35	‑41	28	27	21	22	187
30	Silver	GBR	709	Peter Matthews	Karen Matthews	Lancing SC	‑33	30	28	25	‑36	24	25	32	30	194
31	Silver	NED	837	Fleur Leijs	Niek van der Kooy	A.L.S.Z.V De Blauwe Schuit	29	28	‑34	23	29	31	28	‑36	27	195
32	Silver	FRA	940	Olivier Thomas	Paco Thomas	Club de Voile Lyon Meyzier	23	32	22	22	30	‑37	36	33	(RET)	198
33	Silver	ITA	1642	Cecilia Rossi	Lorenzo Andreani	PerSport SSD	27	31	32	37	16	‑38	31	29	‑44	203
34	Gold	ITA	1613	Niccolo Gori	Irene Baraldi	Circolo Nautico Del Savio	24	29	(DSQ)	‑44	15	25	35	39	39	206
35	Silver	FRA	1644	Francois Bergasse	Johannne Ulrich	ACTV	‑46	‑44	35	31	39	26	24	28	23	206
36	Silver	NED	994	Jochem Slikboer	Henk Duit	ZDandO	32	‑40	30	‑40	32	40	21	20	37	212
37	Silver	NED	1023	Mark den Heijer	Francesco Maltoni	Braassemermeer & Blauwe Schuit	36	33	‑37	30	‑40	32	26	31	29	217
38	Silver	NED	973	Richard Rot	Marieke Rot‑gijzel	Aquavitesse	39	‑42	41	32	34	41	(BFD)	23	26	236
39	Silver	NED	718	Joke Krijgsman	Danielle Kortleve	W.S.V Noord‑Zuid Nieuwkoop	44	38	21	29	35	30	40	(BFD)	(RET)	237
40	Silver	NED	727	Katinka Vork	Evita Meerding	G.W.V Elfhoeven	42	39	36	27	27	36	‑46	42	‑43	249
41	Silver	NED	1035	Esther Hopmans	Jikke de Jong	Watersportvereniging Braassemermeer	‑47	41	39	33	‑44	34	42	35	35	259
42	Silver	SWE	749	Philip Beck	Ylva Beck	SS Kaparen	35	‑43	‑44	42	43	42	41	30	34	267
43	Silver	NED	1075	Florine de Haan	Enno de Haan	GWV Elfhoeven	‑49	‑49	38	39	48	44	34	38	31	272
44	Silver	CZE	1015	Milos Buril	Adam Buril	ALT RS CR	‑48	36	47	41	42	39	(DNS)	44	28	277
45	Silver	FRA	1563	Eric Gdalia	Perrine Gdalia	Club Nautique de Wimereux	41	37	‑45	‑48	38	43	43	43	40	285
46	Silver	GBR	1037	Peter Fussey	Jack Fussey	Lancing SC	40	‑46	‑46	43	46	46	38	41	42	296
47	Silver	BEL	935	Olivier Beyls	Steve Jolley	M.A.W Brabo	45	45	‑48	‑47	47	45	45	37	36	300
48	Silver	NED	18	Sebastian Ruiz	Janne Kamp	De Blauwe Schuit	43	‑47	40	45	45	‑48	44	40	45	302
49	Silver	CZE	671	Jan Pour	Lukas Majchrak	Orthodocks YC	‑50	48	49	46	49	47	39	(DNC)	46	324
50	Silver	NED	1019	Marije Willemsen	Lonneke van Es	WSV Braassemermeer	38	(DNS)	42	(DNS)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	335