Etchells Worlds Race 5 full results and pix
R.C.Chair: Tom Duggan
A late start on day 5 of the 2008 Chicago Etchells Worlds produced an exciting race. Jud Smith lead at the top mark for the first time ahead of Hank Lammens and Dave Dyer. However Smith missed a shift and dropped to third place up the second work. while the team of Dwyer, Beadsworth, and Fry came out on top by a comfortable gap followed by Canadian boat Lammens, Kneulman, and Smithers. 
'Coming to the first mark - Race 5 2008 Etchells Worlds - Chicago'
Tim Wilkes ©
'We sailed an aggressive race,' Smith, the 2006 Etchells World Champion remarked. 'We started close at the pin and sailed hard out to the left.' 
Smith explained that they were counting on a right hand shift, but on the second upwind beat the wind died on the right side before the shift filled, and Dwyer/Beadsworth and Lammens were able to slip by from the left.
Smith gained back much of the lost ground on the downwind leg and rounded the last leeward mark almost even with Lammens, where they made a bold decision to split with the two leaders and round the right gate.
With the large gap between the three leaders and the rest of the fleet, 'we had nothing to lose,' Smith explained. 'We were confident the right would come in, so we made the decision to split with Hank at the gate and go right.' The strategy paid off.
Ultimately, Jud Smith took the gun from Hank Lammens, with Dwyer/Beadsworth third.
With today's first place, Smith's team moves from sxith to second in the overall standings.
Over the past few days, many of the teams struggled with the long onshore postponements and extended delays on the water as the Race Committee reset the course numerous times to accommodate the shifting winds. As many sailors have experienced, these kinds of delays pose a challenge for competitors, making it difficult to maintain focus, energy, and the 'competitive edge' all racers value. 'Our coach helps a lot,' Smith said. 'He keeps us focused and makes sure we know what's going on with the conditions. We knew to keep an eye on the clouds and to look for the right to fill.'
Despite strong finishes by Smith, Lammens, and Dwyer/Beadsworth in race 5, the USA's Bill Hardesty still holds the overall lead by 12 points with a respectable eight place finish today. His team is in a good position to take the World Championship title if they pull out one more solid finish in tomorrow's final race. Currently he is followed in the standings by Jud Smith, Henry Frazer, and James Porter with 68 points and Chris Busch, Chad Hough, Chuck Sinks, and Peter Burton with 86 points.
Tomorrow the Race Committee plans to run one long quality race to finish off the six races necessary to complete the regatta. This sixth race will allow the competitors a 'drop race,' which could have a meaningful effect on the scores. With the worst finishes of each boat excluded from the scores, we can expect to see some shuffling in the places.
Most of the regatta leaders have one deeper race, so it will be important for them to do well in tomorrow. This should mean some heavy competition for the last day of Worlds here in Chicago. 
2008 Etchells World Championship
June 23-28, 2008
Race 5
Series SummaryPl B# Sail # Crew 5 Tot 1 20 USA102 Judson Smith, Henry Frazer & James Porter 1 1 2 41 CAN1349 Hank Lammens, Dirk Kneulman & Dwayne Smithers 2 2 3 46 IRL1375 Dave Dwyer, Andy Beadsworth & Simon Fry 3 3 4 66 USA1238 Gary Gilbert, Mark Mendelblatt, Stu Argo & Mark Strube 4 4 5 11 USA978 Rick Kaiser, Gerri Whitley, Matt Shirilla & Libby Christy 5 5 6 19 USA1310 Robert Wray, Scott Nixon & Mike Wolfs 6 6 7 81 GBR1352 Graham Bailey, Stephen Bailey & David Heritage 7 7 8 49 USA979 Bill Hardesty, Erik Shampain, Steve Hunt & Jennifer Wilson 8 8 9 24 NZL716 Simon C Minoprio, Ryan Houston, Mike Buckley & Kelly McKenna 9 9 10 30 IRL1015 David Burrows, Peter Coad & Dan O'Grady 10 10 11 80 GBR1329 Julia Bailey, Dylan Potter, Anna Bailey & Pedro Rebelo de Andra 11 11 12 47 USA969 Chris Busch, Chad Hough, Chuck Sinks & Peter Burton 12 12 13 77 AUS915 Peter McNeill, David Gleadhill & Tom Woods 13 13 14 39 USA1301 Peter Shumaker, Michael Herlihy & Brad Swebles 14 14 15 65 USA1207 Jeff Padnos, Juan Pabl Del Solar, Sam Padnos & Josh Padnos 15 15 16 16 AUS1320 Rob Bird, Graeme Johnson & Nick Gray 16 16 17 51 USA706 Artie Means, Will Stout & Chuck Skewes 17 17 18 63 CAN1247 Allan Leibel, Kent Paisley & Mike Hren 18 18 19 58 USA1044 David Whelan, Jake Scott & Joshua Knapp 19 19 20 53 USA1350 Bruce Burton, Glenn Burton & Jon Easley 20 20 21 34 USA1228 Brian Camet, Eric Doyle & Brian Terhaar 21 21 22 14 USA1296 Jeffrey Siegal, Jeff Madrigali, Willem Van Waay & Becky Nygren 22 22 23 3 USA1306 Thomas Hughes, Ron Rosenberg & Curt Oetking 23 23 24 84 USA928 Bill Mauk, Michele Sumpton, Jeff Eiber & Matthew Smith 24 24 25 33 USA1227 Vincent Brun, Ben Mitchell & Jeff Pape 25 25 26 1 USA1373 Buddy Cribb, Eammon DeLisser & Frank Atkinson 26 26 27 54 IRL1323 Stephen Quinn, Stephen O'Flaherty & Peter Kingston 27 27 28 32 USA1168 Peter Vessella, Tracy Usher & John Callahan 28 28 29 64 IRL1271 Mary O' Loughlin, Katie Dwyer, Karena Knaggs & Alice Cowman 29 29 30 37 USA1224 Kurt Winkelmann, Larry Ledgerwood & Brad Boston 30 30 31 83 IRL1252 Alexander Lacy, Paul Derham & Jonathon Carroll 31 31 32 25 AUS1356 Michael Manford, Dean McAullay & Richard Rowell 32 32 33 72 CAN898 Jerry Wendt, Darrell Suderman & Bryan Milne 33 33 34 6 AUS1150 Terence Steele, Jameson Buxton & Bradley Moore 34 34 35 36 USA668 Richard Sidell, Ed Coyne & Paul Mahon 35 35 36 70 USA1085 Ethan Doyle, Holt Condon, AJ Crane & Matt Hooks 36 36 37 62 USA1281 Frederic Laffitte, Janet Laffitte, Lucas Laffitte & Jean-Didi Martial 37 37 38 60 USA1232 Marvin Beckmann, Matt Cunningham & Timothy Banks 38 38 39 82 GBR1333 Ante Razmilovic, Jez Fanstone & Stuart Flinn 39 39 40 13 USA1008 Michael Goldfarb, James Stewart & Mark Brink 40 40 41 4 NZL1058 Andrew Wills, Anatole Masfen & Alastair Gair 41 41 42 28 USA1363 Justin Palm, John Erik Garr & Hans Pusc Pusch 42 42 43 69 CAN398 Andrew Macrae, Marcus Stone & Bruce Scott 43 43 44 8 NZL1127 Gavin Gerrard, Richard Bouzaid & John Baxter 44 44 45 31 USA1283 Andrew Whittome, Bob Capita & William Kalmbach 45 45 46 2 USA701 Aaron Housten, Daniel Somers & John Harford 46 46 47 7 AUS1102 Steve O'Rourke, Scott Condie & Steve Backhouse 47 47 48 23 SUI1187 James-Se Mc-Hugh, Oliver Tache, Nick Gibbons & Anthony Kotoun 48 48 49 15 USA1199 William Mills IV, Christoph Constant & William Mills III 49 49 50 76 GBR987 Robert Elliott, Sam Richmond & Matt Adams 50 50 51 56 USA1327 Peter Duncan, Thomas Blackwell & William Barton 51 51 52 12 USA1137 Shannon Bush, David Thomas & Charlie Dickey 52 52 53 45 USA1307 Jeffrey Nehms, Ezra Culver & Fred Chandler 53 53 54 44 USA1069 Elizabeth Altman, Ed Furry, Doug Nickel & Vickie Matthews 54 54 55 73 CAN1154 Glenn McKay, Brian McKay, Richard Weld & Michelle Skutelsky 55 55 56 29 USA980 Jack Bernhardt, John Powell & Marc Simmel 56 56 57 22 AUS1134 Matty Whitnall, Christian Brook & Ant Elliott 57 57 58 61 USA1076 Ray Harrington, Karl Fjeld & Don Brush 58 58 59 67 USA1308 Senet Bischoff, Colin Gordon & Ben Kinney 59 59 60 26 CAN1053 Allan Gray, Gregg Rolston & Matt Skafel 60 60 61 75 GBR1354 David Franks, Graham Sunderlan & Mark Watson 61 61 62 38 USA1342 Thomas Dawson, Chris Clark & Don Maxwell 62 62 63 17 USA1097 Jose Fuentes, Greg Hryniewic & Paul Garn 63 63 64 9 USA21 Doug Scheibner, Tom Norsworthy & Angela Scheibner 64 64 65 74 BER1249 Tim Patton, Patrick Siewers & Christian Monachon 65 65 66 79 GBR962 Rob Goddard, Garth Britton & Dave Freemantle 66 66 67 52 USA583 Kers Clausen, Bob Branstad & Alson Silva 67 67 68 42 USA1211 Kevin Boyle, Mike Considine & Steve Outlaw 68 68 69 59 USA1285 Bruce Golison, Steve Flam & Steve Girling 69 69 70 40 AUS1355 Bryon Ehrhart, Chris Lefferdink & Stewart Dilisser 70 70 71 27 USA822 Fred Joosten, David Williams & Niels Heemskerk 71 71 72 50 USA1166 Gretchen Sullivan, Ralph Carpenter, Brent Sullivan & Sarah Callahan 72 72 73 35 USA1229 Argyle Campbell, Jack Jakosky & Dwight Belden 73 73 74 71 USA1241 Ken Womack, Marc Holdaway & Andrew Lee 75 75 75 10 USA1313 Patricia Stadel, Patrick Sloan & Mark Toso 76 76 76 48 USA1299 Jerry Fulp, Randall White & Marie Hansson 77 77 77 57 USA1315 John V Gilmour II, Andrew Mirkwitz & Patrick Vincent 78 78 78 78 AUS917 Stephen Ingate, Andrew Jeffery & Nick Smith 79 79 79 43 ITA942 Marco Cimarosti, Peter Bellingham & Charles Winstone 80 80 80 5 AUS1244 Jake Gunther, Andrew Cooper & Russell Tyson 81\SCP 81 81 18 AUS1360 Jan Muysken, Steve Tracey & Ed McCarthy 84\DNF 84T 81 21 USA1239 Stephen Horwitz,, Robby Brown, Erick Rodriguez & Megan Place 84\DSQ 84T 81 68 USA1149 John Pedlow, Craig Cooper & Blaine Pedlow 84\DSQ 84T
Jury Chair: Lisa Bettcher
Scorekeeper: Nancy Arnold
by Chrsitie Kirschner/Sail-World 
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