Fotos: Robert Deaves
Tauras Rymonis wins only race but Michael Maier still leads
On day three at the Finn World Masters in Pwllheli, North Wales, Tauras Rymonis (LTU) spoiled Michael Maier’s day by stealing the win of the only race in very tricky conditions. Maier still leads overall though, with Laurent Hay (FRA) second and Uli Breuer (GER in third.
It was looking like another long day in Pwllheli. A very light morning breeze prompted an early postponement and the fleet was held ashore. About an hour later an unexpected breeze from the south-west filled in and gradually strengthened enough to send the boats out for race four. By the time the boats had reached the starting area it was up to 10 knots and building. It looked like a great race was on the cards in the best breeze of the week.
However it slowly turned into, for many, the most painful race of the week so far.
After the now obligatory general recall the race started first time under black flag, with one boat pulled out. Most of the early leaders started near the centre committee boat (due to the large number of sailors, there are two lines end-to-end with three committee boats) and after clearing the fleet tacked over to the right. Michael Maier (CZE) led this group and when he tacked on the layline it looked like a fourth win was in the bag.
However the wind clocked round 20 degrees to the right, dropped in strength and the left side of the fleet almost reached into the top mark. First round was Simon Hoult (GBR) followed by Maier and Stefan Nordstrom (SWE). Most of those on the right were hung out to dry. Hoult said, „I saw them moving the pin end committee boat to windward so I started that end and just kept going. I had good speed and in good pressure so sailed to the left hand corner, tacked on the layline and led into the top mark. I couldn’t believe it. I thought all my Christmases had come at once!â€
„It helped this morning that Andre Budzien had looked at my rig set-up and moved my mast 30mm, and after that the boat felt really good.â€
The breeze faded further on the first downwind and with more changes on the second beat, the decision to go left or right proved critical. Tauras Rymonis (LTU) tacked over to the left early and by the time the fleet merged at the top mark had taken the lead, a lead that he held on to round the final shortened lap in 2-4 knots of wind. Maier crossed in second while Martin Hofmann (GER) was third. Lots of place changes followed as the 131 Finns struggled too find speed in the very light, shifty and sloppy conditions.
Hofmann said, „It was a very difficult race today because you had to make a big decision on which side to go. One side was OK and the other side was really bad. I rounded the first mark about tenth and on the last lap the right was good, so I went right over to that side and it brought me up to third at the finish. I have had fairly good results so far but also a black flag yesterday, so tomorrow we will see what happens.â€
As if determined to have the last laugh the breeze returned at the finish of the race and the fleet had a great sail back to shore, where this evening the championship dinner is being held.
After four races Maier leads with a 12 point advantage over Laurent Hay (FRA) who picked up a sixth today, while Uli Breuer (GER) moved up to third after placing fifth. Bernd Moser (AUT) is leading the Grand Master category in sixth place, though he has a lot of others close behind. Pascal Tetard (FRA) is the leading Grand Grand Master in 13th and Howard Sellars (GBR) s the leading Legend in 45th. Thursday will be a crucial day for all of them.
Meeting Before racing today the sailors held their annual meeting. As usual there were lively discussions on a range of tropics including the medal race and fleet sizes, as well as hearing about the growing health of the masters fleets worldwide and the wide range of bids coming for future world championships. The meeting ended with three great event bids for the 2014 Finn World Masters from Tihany in Hungary, Los Angeles in the USA and Sopot in Poland. By a clear majority the venue was chosen as Sopot.
Two races are scheduled for Thursday and the competitors tonight are hoping for better winds. The 2012 Finn World Masters continues until Friday, when the final race and the medal race for the top 10 will be sailed.
Top 10 after day three
2 FRA 75 Laurent Hay 17
3 GER 707 Uli Breuer 37
4 GBR 2 Allen Burrell 40
5 LTU 7 Tauras Rymonis 48
6 AUT 11 Bernd Moser 72
7 ITA 4 Francesco Faggiani 73
8 GER 8 Jurgen Eiermann74
9 GER 711 Andre Budzien 75
10 GRE 71 Panagioti Davourlis 78
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Results at: https://www.pwllhelisailingclub.co.uk/finn2012/en/home/
Provisional Results as of 17:52 on May 30, 2012 Overall
Sailed:4, Discards:0, To count:4, Entries:133, Scoring system:My scoring system
Rank
Nat SailNo Helm Club Group R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Nett
1st CZE 1 Maier YCR Master 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 5.0 5.0
2nd FRA 75 Hay YCIF Master 2.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 17.0 17.0
3rd GER 707 Breuer YCR Master 11.0 18.0 3.0 5.0 37.0 37.0
4th GBR 2 Burrell Thorpe Bay Master 4.0 21.0 4.0 11.0 40.0 40.0
5th LTU 7 Rymonis LFA Master 6.0 10.0 31.0 1.0 48.0 48.0
6th AUT 11 Moser UYCWg Grand Master 14.0 16.0 9.0 33.0 72.0 72.0
7th ITA 4 Faggiani Triestina Della Vela Master 5.0 25.0 13.0 30.0 73.0 73.0
8th GER 8 Eiermann Master 17.0 23.0 27.0 7.0 74.0 74.0
9th GER 711 Budzien SYC Grand Master 7.0 12.0 16.0 40.0 75.0 75.0
10th GRE 71 Davourlis NCPF Grand Master 21.0 8.0 10.0 39.0 78.0 78.0
11th NED 50 Zetzema WV Monnickendam Grand Master 28.0 17.0 23.0 10.0 78.0 78.0
12th FRA 99 Allain des Beauvais SNO Nantes Grand Master 22.0 36.0 14.0 22.0 94.0 94.0
13th FRA 150 Tetard Yacht Club Ile De France Grand Grand Master 8.0 3.0 34.0 51.0 96.0 96.0
14th GBR 40 Daniels Warsash SC Master 29.0 35.0 7.0 25.0 96.0 96.0
15th RUS 41 Denikaev MACF Grand Master 16.0 27.0 19.0 38.0 100.0 100.0
16th NZL 15 Wilcox Potsdamer Segler Verein Grand Master 40.0 14.0 36.0 12.0 102.0 102.0
17th NED 8 Casander Randmeer HWH Grand Grand Master 33.0 11.0 8.0 52.0 104.0 104.0
18th GBR 17 Blowers Gurnard SC Master 20.0 26.0 29.0 29.0 104.0 104.0
19th GBR 567 Hughes Warsash SC Grand Master 32.0 6.0 37.0 42.0 117.0 117.0
20th DEN 80 Staal Dragor Sejlklub Grand Master 27.0 24.0 11.0 57.0 119.0 119.0
21st GBR 708 de Courcy Mengeham Rythe SC Master 19.0 20.0 63.0 19.0 121.0 121.0
22nd GBR 679 Robinson MRCS Grand Master 3.0 29.0 15.0 75.0 122.0 122.0
23rd SWE 721 Brandt Uppsala Kanotforening UKF Grand Grand Master 44.0 15.0 55.0 9.0 123.0 123.0
24th CZE 318 Plecitƒ ½ YC Tousen Grand Master 41.0 43.0 39.0 14.0 137.0 137.0
25th FIN 22 Valtonen TPS Master 35.0 62.0 35.0 15.0 147.0 147.0
26th NED 81 Visser WVRANDMEER Master 38.0 30.0 53.0 28.0 149.0 149.0
27th NZL 9 Coutts RAYC Grand Master 134.0 BFD 2.0 2.0 16.0 154.0 154.0
28th GER 62 Barthel SCD Grand Master 36.0 22.0 83.0 13.0 154.0 154.0
29th SWE 14 Nordstrƒ ¶m Jolleseglarna Karlstad Master 34.0 82.0 21.0 20.0 157.0 157.0
30th GER 700 Hofmann KSCH Grand Master 10.0 134.0 BFD 18.0 3.0 165.0 165.0
31st RUS 142 Polovinkin MFA Grand Grand Master 26.0 78.0 43.0 27.0 174.0 174.0
32nd GBR 5 Greenwood West Kirby Sailing Club Grand Master 12.0 134.0 BFD 6.0 23.0 175.0 175.0
33rd GER 217 Niehusen SYC Grand Master 37.0 50.0 20.0 80.0 187.0 187.0
34th SUI 11 Fatzer Yacht Club Arbon Grand Grand Master 51.0 81.0 46.0 17.0 195.0 195.0
35th GER 208 Kinast WSU Grand Master 68.0 34.0 60.0 34.0 196.0 196.0
36th NED 11 De Jager WSV Het Witte Huis Grand Grand Master 42.0 28.0 24.0 104.0 198.0 198.0
37th NED 27 Kamphorst wv hellevoetsluis Master 134.0 BFD 19.0 28.0 18.0 199.0 199.0
38th HUN 2 Sipos Alba Regia Grand Master 49.0 77.0 44.0 31.0 201.0 201.0
39th GBR 4 Ward Loch Venachar S C Grand Master 50.0 31.0 68.0 53.0 202.0 202.0
40th DEN 210 Elmer Ishoej Sail Club Master 15.0 90.0 38.0 60.0 203.0 203.0
41st SUI 13 Kilchenmann Thunersee YC Grand Master 61.0 5.0 92.0 48.0 206.0 206.0
42nd DEN 6 Hall Royal Danish Yachtclub Grand Master 30.0 68.0 66.0 47.0 211.0 211.0
43rd GER 175 Mƒ ¶ckel ASVzR Grand Master 54.0 56.0 50.0 59.0 219.0 219.0
44th AUS 8 Seret Adelaide Sailing Club Grand Grand Master 9.0 61.0 82.0 68.0 220.0 220.0
45th GBR 77 Sellars Warsash S C Legend 25.0 134.0 BFD 25.0 36.0 220.0 220.0
46th GER 165 Meid SCLM Master 134.0 BFD 41.0 26.0 24.0 225.0 225.0
47th DEN 249 Andersen Royal Danish Yacht club Grand Master 73.0 63.0 48.0 45.0 229.0 229.0
48th RSA 51 Baum Aeolians Sailing Club Grand Master 62.0 134.0 BFD 30.0 4.0 230.0 230.0
49th NED 1 Van der horst Randmeer Grand Master 66.0 32.0 75.0 58.0 231.0 231.0
50th NED 10 Boot Randmeer Grand Grand Master 63.0 42.0 42.0 84.0 231.0 231.0
51st RUS 25 Voshchennikov MACF Master 90.0 33.0 69.0 44.0 236.0 236.0
52nd GER 282 Woiwode YCR Grand Master 48.0 45.0 61.0 92.0 246.0 246.0
53rd GER 701 Gotz SYC Grand Master 134.0 BFD 9.0 52.0 54.0 249.0 249.0
54th GER 92 Guminski DSCL Grand Master 45.0 52.0 93.0 61.0 251.0 251.0
55th GBR 68 Mackie Pwllheli Sailing Club Master 71.0 58.0 73.0 50.0 252.0 252.0
56th NED 88 Barends The White House Grand Master 80.0 7.0 67.0 99.0 253.0 253.0
57th GBR 548 Gibb Largo Bay Sailing Club Grand Master 57.0 70.0 45.0 82.0 254.0 254.0
58th GBR 80 New Christchurch Grand Grand Master 46.0 101.0 17.0 96.0 260.0 260.0
59th GER 248 Zƒ ¼low BG 064 Grand Master 56.0 54.0 79.0 71.0 260.0 260.0
60th NED 2 Molenaar The White House Grand Grand Master 23.0 134.0 BFD 64.0 43.0 264.0 264.0
61st RUS 34 Kasatov MACF Grand Master 47.0 134.0 DNE 22.0 62.0 265.0 265.0
62nd SWE 111 Jarnstam Jolleseglarna Karlstad Grand Grand Master 43.0 55.0 94.0 74.0 266.0 266.0
63rd POL 26 Nowakowski KW GARLAND LOK Grand Master 78.0 67.0 51.0 70.0 266.0 266.0
64th GER 116 Maiwaldt NRV Grand Master 13.0 134.0 BFD 59.0 63.0 269.0 269.0
65th NED 47 Woerdeman HWH Grand Master 65.0 71.0 100.0 35.0 271.0 271.0
66th GBR 631 Hart Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club Legend 39.0 57.0 97.0 78.0 271.0 271.0
67th CZE 222 Vinkl YC Kladno Master 98.0 44.0 109.0 21.0 272.0 272.0
68th RUS 69 Kharitonov MACF Master 24.0 60.0 90.0 100.0 274.0 274.0
69th RUS 16 Khudiakov MAKF Grand Master 134.0 DSQ 88.0 12.0 41.0 275.0 275.0
70th GBR 20 Denison Christchurch Grand Master 84.0 83.0 41.0 67.0 275.0 275.0
71st NED 900 Meijaard The White House Master 134.0 BFD 37.0 32.0 77.0 280.0 280.0
72nd GER 202 Elsaesser AHYC Grand Grand Master 31.0 134.0 BFD 40.0 79.0 284.0 284.0
73rd GBR 65 Potter West Kirby Sailing Club Master 64.0 134.0 BFD 33.0 56.0 287.0 287.0
74th GBR 61 Heyes Mengeham Rythe SC Grand Master 59.0 87.0 78.0 64.0 288.0 288.0
75th GBR 1 Kooij TBYC Grand Master 134.0 BFD 51.0 56.0 49.0 290.0 290.0
76th GBR 19 Hoult RYA Master 58.0 92.0 134.0 DNC 8.0 292.0 292.0
77th GER 142 Paech SGSB Grand Master 85.0 65.0 70.0 73.0 293.0 293.0
78th GBR 682 Mount Master 69.0 80.0 54.0 93.0 296.0 296.0
79th CAN 3 Bostock TBD Grand Master 53.0 91.0 118.0 37.0 299.0 299.0
80th GBR 611 lock Christchurch Sailing Club Legend 67.0 134.0 BFD 74.0 32.0 307.0 307.0
81st GER 158 Meid ABC Master 70.0 38.0 99.0 102.0 309.0 309.0
82nd GER 122 Holger YCH Grand Master 60.0 47.0 108.0 94.0 309.0 309.0
83rd RUS 95 Udartsev Siberia ZGYC Master 72.0 66.0 62.0 111.0 311.0 311.0
84th NED 823 van Wirdum WV Aalsmeer Grand Master 92.0 13.0 96.0 117.0 318.0 318.0
85th GBR 63 Macdonald Merngeham Rythe SC Grand Grand Master 83.0 48.0 116.0 72.0 319.0 319.0
86th NED 35 Proper Het Witte Huis Grand Master 134.0 BFD 64.0 57.0 65.0 320.0 320.0
87th HUN 51 Rutai THE Master 86.0 40.0 89.0 110.0 325.0 325.0
88th GER 293 Siebeck SGK Grand Grand Master 79.0 69.0 101.0 81.0 330.0 330.0
89th ITA 11 Cisbani Club Vela Portocivitanova Master 18.0 134.0 DNC 47.0 134.0 BFD 333.0 333.0
90th FRA 40 Joseph ACAL Grand Grand Master 134.0 BFD 49.0 76.0 76.0 335.0 335.0
91st GER 706 Breuer YCR Master 94.0 39.0 124.0 83.0 340.0 340.0
92nd GBR 695 Petty-Mayor Thorpe Bay Yacht Club Master 55.0 94.0 85.0 116.0 350.0 350.0
93rd FIN 112 Ajanko RPS Grand Grand Master 134.0 BFD 99.0 72.0 46.0 351.0 351.0
94th GBR 10 Deaves Waldringfield SC Master 52.0 134.0 BFD 77.0 89.0 352.0 352.0
95th RSA 540 Tucker Aeolians Grand Grand Master 134.0 BFD 76.0 58.0 86.0 354.0 354.0
96th FRA 800 Zoccola CN Haute Seine Grand Grand Master 75.0 96.0 95.0 88.0 354.0 354.0
97th USA 4 Heimler Finn Club of California Grand Master 82.0 134.0 DSQ 119.0 26.0 361.0 361.0
98th NED 748 van Gent Maas en Roer Grand Grand Master 134.0 BFD 59.0 115.0 55.0 363.0 363.0
99th RUS 21 Butenko MAKF Grand Master 134.0 BFD 84.0 80.0 66.0 364.0 364.0
100th GBR 46 Moore Tata Steel Sailing Club Grand Grand Master 102.0 79.0 71.0 112.0 364.0 364.0
101st NED 52 Meijer randmeer Grand Grand Master 134.0 BFD 46.0 86.0 105.0 371.0 371.0
102nd NED 13 Lensing WV Randmeer Grand Grand Master 99.0 93.0 81.0 103.0 376.0 376.0
103rd NZL 213 Duncan Naval Point Club Lyttelton Grand Grand Master 88.0 89.0 103.0 97.0 377.0 377.0
104th RUS 71 Klyayman MACF Master 134.0 BFD 86.0 65.0 95.0 380.0 380.0
105th NED 848 van de Griend WSV Randmeer Grand Grand Master 76.0 134.0 DSQ 87.0 85.0 382.0 382.0
106th NED 32 Verhoef The White House Grand Grand Master 81.0 72.0 120.0 115.0 388.0 388.0
107th DEN 77 Bender Jensen Dragoer Grand Grand Master 89.0 103.0 106.0 90.0 388.0 388.0
108th NED 100 Van Der Sluis HWH Grand Master 134.0 BFD 73.0 49.0 134.0 DNF 390.0 390.0
109th NED 6 COCQ Randmeer Grand Grand Master 77.0 134.0 BFD 88.0 91.0 390.0 390.0
110th NED 902 Risseeuw Het Witte Huis Master 134.0 BFD 53.0 110.0 98.0 395.0 395.0
111th GBR 99 Torrance Burnham SC Grand Grand Master 74.0 98.0 98.0 126.0 396.0 396.0
112th NED 26 van Veen WVRandmeer NL Grand Grand Master 134.0 BFD 100.0 102.0 69.0 405.0 405.0
113th RSA 5 Greaves Aeolians Grand Grand Master 95.0 75.0 112.0 125.0 407.0 407.0
114th NED 51 Oberman KMJC Grand Grand Master 104.0 85.0 122.0 101.0 412.0 412.0
115th NED 9 Isselmann WV Randmeer Grand Grand Master 97.0 102.0 91.0 122.0 412.0 412.0
116th NED 896 Hermus wsv arne Grand Master 87.0 109.0 84.0 134.0 DNF 414.0 414.0
117th SWE 96 Ridderheim Please select (Year of birth) 103.0 110.0 121.0 87.0 421.0 421.0
118th GBR 42 Buswell Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club Master 93.0 111.0 104.0 113.0 421.0 421.0
119th GER 161 Kratz SVBiblis Grand Master 100.0 106.0 107.0 120.0 433.0 433.0
120th NED 38 van Heusden The White House Grand Grand Master 134.0 BFD 74.0 113.0 114.0 435.0 435.0
121st NED 93 Peeters WV Randmeer Legend 96.0 107.0 111.0 124.0 438.0 438.0
122nd GBR 706 Livingston Holyhead Portdinorwic Master 101.0 97.0 123.0 121.0 442.0 442.0
123rd BEL 76 Goossens Delmare Grand Master 91.0 134.0 DSQ 117.0 108.0 450.0 450.0
124th GBR 55 TILL RSYC Legend 134.0 BFD 105.0 105.0 107.0 451.0 451.0
125th GBR 658 Wyburd MRSC Grand Grand Master 134.0 BFD 104.0 114.0 109.0 461.0 461.0
126th GER 98 Andre Sternberger Seglerverein e V Grand Master 106.0 108.0 126.0 123.0 463.0 463.0
127th GBR 587 Stuart Grand Grand Master 107.0 113.0 125.0 119.0 464.0 464.0
128th POL 13 Okulicz SPOJNIA WARSZAWA Grand Grand Master 108.0 112.0 128.0 118.0 466.0 466.0
129th GBR 93 Duffill Blakeney Grand Grand Master 105.0 134.0 DNC 134.0 DNC 106.0 479.0 479.0
130th SWE 9 Jutmar SSS Grand Grand Master 134.0 DNE 95.0 127.0 134.0 DNF 490.0 490.0
131st CZE 7 Svoboda YCK Grand Grand Master 134.0 DNF 114.0 134.0 DNC 134.0 DNC 516.0 516.0
132nd GBR 78 Temple Trearddur Bay SC Master 134.0 DNC 134.0 DNC 134.0 DNC 134.0 DNC 536.0 536.0
132nd GER 19 Bollongino Jollensegler Reichenau Master 134.0 DNC 134.0 DNC 134.0 DNC 134.0 DNC 536.0 536.0
