Fireball North American Championships at Pointe Claire Yacht Club

Fireball North American Championships at Pointe Claire Yacht Club - Overall

by Derian Scott 24 Aug 2019 06:24 BST 21-23 August 2019

Ian Dobson and Richard Wagstaff win the Fireball North American Championships © Derian Scott

Day 3, race 4, and the wind and sunshine both showed up. Out on the race course the wind was 14 knots gusting 18, and shifting enough to cause the Race Officer to postpone one start, recall the second, re-lay the course and try again!

We all got away under the black flag. We fought the usual shifts up the beat and Martin Kubovy and Roman Rocek (CZE) rounded first with Frank Miller and Ed Butler (IRL) on their tails in 2nd. Up went the kites and the fleet went powering down the reach towards the leeward mark!

The boats that rounded later spotted that the gybe mark was high, and two sailed down taking chunks out of the early bunch. Frank and Ed dropped into the 20s but had a storming 2nd beat and got back to 2nd which they held to the finish. Dobbo and Waggers spotted the gybe mark position first, dropped their kite and took the lead, which they held to the finish.

The wind had increased a bit for race 5 with even crazier shifts! After a huge left shift before the start, Dobbo and Waggers port tacked the fleet but boats heading further left gained and Isaac and Ollie were looking to leading round the windward mark. However, another roll of the dice bumped Dobbo and Waggers up into that 1st rounding position, which they held to the finish with Claude and Ruedi finishing 2nd and Isaac and Ollie in 3rd.

Race 6 wasn't held so the North American Championships has finished with Dobson and Wagstaff taking the title, Claude and Ruedi 2nd and Joe and Tom 3rd.

Tomorrow is a day off sailing, allowing Fireball sailors from all over the world to explore Montreal. The World Championship begins on Sunday. The forecast is currently looking light, but experience from this week shows that doesn't mean we will get light winds!

Overall Results:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Boat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1st	GBR	15161	Ian Dobson	Richard Wagstaff	Orchitis	3	1	‑6	1	1	6
2nd	SUI	14799	Claude Mermod	Ruedi Moser	‑	2	2	4	‑7	2	10
3rd	CAN	15134	Joe Jospe	Tom Egli	‑	5	4	1	4	‑11	14
4th	CZE	15019	Martin Kubovy	Roman Rocek	Kriplkara	‑23	5	9	3	4	21
5th	GBR	15162	Isaac Marsh	Oliver Davenport	Tinderella	‑9	6	5	9	3	23
6th	GBR	15157	Keith Walker	Nicholas Rees	Freya	4	3	‑19	8	13	28
7th	AUS	15152	Heather Macfarlane	Chris Payne	RLO	‑17	10	3	11	5	29
8th	CAN	14911	Pierre Carpentier	Thomas Bird	Technical Difficulties	‑26	9	13	5	7	34
9th	CAN	15043	Robert Levy	Jon Driver	‑	7	8	10	‑15	9	34
10th	SUI	14859	Christina Haerdi	Cedric Landerer	Fuchur	1	‑20	12	10	12	35
11th	AUS	15113	Ben Schulz	Joel MacKensie	The Wonky Donkey	‑18	11	11	6	8	36
12th	CZE	14981	Jan Jedlicka	Jiri Gemperle	Pussy Magnet Included	10	‑16	8	13	6	37
13th	CAN	14769	Ian MacLaren	Rune Lausten	Rocket Science	14	12	7	‑18	17	50
14th	IRL	14713	Frank Miller	Ed Butler	Blind Squirrel	‑29	17	18	2	14	51
15th	FRA	14959	Patrice Olivier	Jean‑François Nouel	‑	8	15	‑21	20	10	53
16th	FRA	14917	Ludovic Collin	Remy Thuillier	‑	6	7	2	(DNF)	DNC	56
17th	BEL	15140	Bart Meynendonckx	Francis De Roeck	Great @venture	16	13	17	‑27	15	61
18th	CAN	14766	Debbie Kirkby	Greg Ferguson	Line Dancer	13	18	16	19	‑26	66
19th	CAN	15106	Mark Cummings	Evelyn Chisholm	Eeyore	‑22	22	14	17	16	69
20th	CAN	15098	Robert Thompson	Francis Westlake	Infallible	25	(DNF)	15	14	18	72
21st	GBR	14941	Derian Scott	Andy Scott	Southppaws	15	14	(DNF)	12	DNC	82
22nd	CAN	14768	Bill Strath	Dave Munro	Pontificate	11	‑34	22	28	22	83
23rd	CAN	15033	Ken Tichkowsky	Neil Tichkowsky	URT	12	‑30	23	22	28	85
24th	RSA	14877	David Laing	Mark Dee	‑	20	‑26	25	21	19	85
25th	GBR	14964	David Mason	Chris Oglethorpe	Rumball	19	21	30	16	(DNC)	86
26th	CAN	14647	Eric Owston	Peter Kelly	Blanco	24	19	‑28	24	21	88
27th	CAN	14907	Liz Brennan	Evan Mah	Loose Cannon	‑33	28	20	23	20	91
28th	CAN	14482	Hamish Ferguson	Fraser Keith	Tutu To Tango	21	23	29	26	(DNS)	99
29th	USA	15034	Clay Poulson	Lukas Klier	Queso Suiza	‑32	27	24	32	23	106
30th	CAN	14481	Richard Quinlan	Liam Quinlan	Concorde	31	24	26	25	(DNF)	106
31st	CAN	13946	Shannon Gallins	Eric Diller	‑	‑30	29	27	29	24	109
32nd	GBR	14872	Barbara Newson	Guy Newson	Magiic	35	33	‑36	30	25	123
33rd	SUI	15063	Mianne Erne	Manuela Liechti	Coppalin Ban	28	25	31	(DNF)	DNC	125
34th	CAN	11136	Alan Spurdle	Matthew Spurdle	Proteus	34	31	‑35	34	29	128
35th	CAN	14835	Andrew Carran	Patricia Carran	Lipstick	27	32	32	(DNF)	DNC	132
36th	CAN	14678	Philip Locker	Thomas Locker	Invisiball	(OCF)	DNE	34	33	27	135
37th	CAN	14915	Thibault de Servigny	John‑Thomas Kelly	Sleeping Beauty	38	35	37	31	(TLE)	141
38th	CAN	14465	William Kelly	François Fortier	Knotty Boy	36	(DNF)	33	DNF	DNF	151
39th	CAN	1504	Katherine Walker	Dylan Scott	Men In Black	37	(DNF)	38	TLE	DNC	157
40th	USA	11451	Chandler Owen	Gary Godberson	Benign Lesion	(DNC)	DNF	DNF	35	DNC	158