Laser Radial Women's World Championship Day Three

2:52 AM Fri 31 Jul 2009 GMT

'Photo: from ILCA Web Site 2009 - Laser Radial World Championship Japan'

Karatsu Bay (also being affectionately called Castle Bay as Karatsu Castle is such an impressive landmark over looking the sailing area) in Japan turned on superb sailing conditions for Day 3 of the Laser Radial Women World Championships.

Two races were sailed for each fleet in 12 to 15 knots and a constant NNE breeze. There were enough waves and swell for the better sailors to show their skills and stamina. The sailors are commenting that these are challenging and exciting conditions surfing down the waves at great speed. The race management team was pleased to have the first finisher in all races within four minutes of the target time of one hour and to be on schedule with a complete qualifying series.

The sailors were too keen in the first start of the yellow fleet and a general recall was called. It was then a clear start under a black flag. In this race Sari Multala from Finland used the waves to good effect to take the lead on the last reach to finish first. With a second in race 6 Sari has moved into second place. Lijia Xu is showing her skill in these conditions to lead the competition after a fifth in race 5 and a very convincing win in race 6.

Sophie de Turkheim from France was dominant in the blue fleet with two bullets today and is now in fourth place. Anna Tunnicliffe of USA with a third and sixth today drops to third overall but her consistency may well pay off in the end. Charlotte Dobson from Great Britain has sailed very consistently over the last two days to move into eighth position just behind Sarah Steyaert of France and Veronica Fenclova of Czech Republic. Alberte Lindberg of Denmark is also sailing consistently to be in fifth position.

The fleet will now be divided into gold and silver fleets for the last three days of racing. With only three points separating the top four we are expecting some very close contests on the water.

Gabrielle King is best placed of the Australians in 25th, while Alexandra South is 38th, Ashley Stoddart 50th and Sarah Paterson 57th.

Last night the second of the Laser Caf? Twilight Series was sailed with Brett Breuer taking line honours. Brett is an Australian who coaches the Singapore team. He has won the Apprentice Masters Laser Worlds several times and was able to demonstrate his skills to the spectators lining the racing area.

Tatiana Kulakova from Vladivostok chose to travel to this contest via a two day sea voyage on a passenger ship. She is the only sailor from her region in the women's fleet. Her yacht club has about 15 laser sailors so the class is widening its representation around the world.

Overall Results Laser Radial Women

No	Sailno	Name	Scores	1	2	3	4	5	6

CHN 38	Xu Lijia	15.0	6	(30)	2	1	5	1
2	FIN 70	Multala Sari	17.0	(15)	10	1	3	1	2
3	USA 45	Tunnicliffe Anna	17.0	2	4	3	5	3	(6)
4	FRA 26	de Turckheim Sophie	18.0	8	2	(19)	6	1	1
5	DEN 78	Lindberg Alberte	21.0	(16)	3	4	4	6	4
6	CZE 22	Fenclova Veronika	29.0	1	5	10	(17)	11	2
7	FRA 17	Steyaert Sarah	30.0	1	15	(21)	2	3	9
8	GBR 56	Dobson Charlotte	31.0	17	(24)	4	3	4	3
9	USA 71	Railey Paige	32.0	5	5	(13)	10	7	5
10	NZL 46	Winther Sara	34.0	2	7	16	(19)	6	3
11	NED 18	Bouwmeester Marit	34.0	(ocs)	14	3	5	4	8
12	BEL 41	Van Acker Evi	35.0	12	8	(22)	6	2	7
13	CRO 5	Mihelic Tina	37.0	9	1	(dsq)	14	8	5
14	ESP 13	Reyes Lucia	38.0	(dsq)	3	9	2	10	14
15	ITA 75	Clapcich Francesca	38.0	7	9	6	4	(18)	12
16	DEN 59	Schutt Maiken	39.0	4	(27)	20	1	8	6
17	ESP 42	Romero Steensma Susana	41.0	6	1	12	13	(14)	9
18	MEX 31	Elias Calles Wolf Tania	45.0	5	(24)	2	19	12	7
19	NED 39	Blom Claire	45.0	12	7	(ocs)	11	7	8
20	IRL 51	Murphy Annalise	48.0	9	(16)	15	11	2	11
21	POR 9	Carmo Sara	50.0	(14)	10	8	7	13	12
22	BLR 14	Drozdovskaya Tatiana	50.0	7	11	11	8	13	(19)
23	POL 66	Deberny Katarzyna	51.0	19	(22)	12	7	9	4
24	GBR 72	Brewster Andrea	54.0	3	(25)	14	13	10	14
25	AUS 23	King Gabrielle	59.0	17	6	(27)	12	14	10
26	USA 82	Lihan Sarah	62.0	(33)	4	25	9	11	13
27	GRE 68	Kravarioti Virginia	64.0	(27)	18	18	8	5	15
28	ESP 19	Reyes Fatima	65.0	(ocs)	11	5	18	15	16
29	GBR 3	Young Alison	68.0	20	20	(22)	9	9	10
30	FIN 27	Tenkanen Tuula	71.0	23	17	8	10	(dnf)	13
31	LTU 15	Mileviciute Ausra	73.0	10	2	7	(33)	24	30
32	DEN 43	Gunni Sarah	74.0	10	17	16	14	(26)	17
33	CAN 67	Bertold Isabella	77.0	14	18	9	(20)	16	20
34	SWE 50	Olsson Josefin	80.0	19	(26)	18	12	16	15
35	SIN 76	Chan Victoria	81.0	25	(28)	1	16	17	22
36	USA 35	Haeger Anne	84.0	11	16	13	22	(25)	22
37	GBR 6	Diamond Hannah	85.0	18	22	7	15	23	(24)
38	AUS 64	South Alexandra	87.0	20	12	(32)	23	12	20
39	DEN 8	Hall Cathrine	88.0	(25)	14	14	23	21	16
40	CAN 20	Ross Lisa	90.0	(24)	8	21	15	22	24
41	CAN 55	Rasa Keamia	91.0	4	(31)	17	29	20	21
42	IRL 53	Brien Tiffany	91.0	26	23	5	17	20	(28)
43	GBR 40	Bassadone Christina	91.0	21	21	6	21	22	(33)
44	GBR 88	Snellgrove Hannah	91.0	22	(26)	17	20	15	17
45	PER 65	Schmidt Paloma	93.0	11	9	20	26	(27)	27
46	BEL 29	Maes Laura	93.0	(ocs)	13	10	24	23	23
47	JPN 11	Saiki Yukiyo	99.0	3	12	29	24	31	(32)
48	CAN 30	Spalding Jennifer	102.0	13	28	15	(dnf)	17	29
49	USA 69	Dennis Claire	103.0	(29)	13	29	22	21	18
50	AUS 60	Stoddart Ashley	104.0	(34)	25	31	18	19	11
51	IRL 49	Murphy Claudine	105.0	21	23	11	(25)	25	25
52	GBR 80	Chapman Rosie	105.0	22	(29)	27	16	19	21
53	ISV 77	Roller Mayumi	110.0	13	6	26	(34)	33	32
54	CAN 87	Merry Rachael	115.0	27	15	23	(36)	24	26
55	USA 4	Reineke Erika	116.0	8	19	28	(32)	30	31
56	JPN 83	Tabata Wakako	118.0	32	(34)	24	26	18	18
57	AUS 73	Paterson Sarah	131.0	24	20	23	32	32	(35)
58	CAN 74	Dube Danielle	133.0	29	(32)	30	28	27	19
59	JPN 86	Kondo Ai	141.0	15	31	26	(36)	34	35
60	RUS 48	Shnitko Svetlana	142.0	30	35	(39)	21	33	23
61	JPN 7	Takahashi Kaori	144.0	28	(37)	28	27	31	30
62	CAN 32	Rafuse Erin	147.0	26	dne	19	(29)	29	28
63	JPN 16	Kawahara Yuka	148.0	18	21	38	(39)	35	36
64	CAN 54	Prokop Joanne	148.0	30	34	(37)	28	29	27
65	JPN 36	Hasegawa Satoko	152.0	31	30	31	31	(32)	29
66	NZL 58	Barrell Jessica	153.0	35	(43)	41	25	26	26
67	FRA 47	Le Sausse Fanny	153.0	35	38	(40)	27	28	25
68	JPN 44	Tombe Yumiko	156.0	34	19	30	(37)	36	37
69	JPN 25	Hiruta Kanako	160.0	(36)	29	36	34	30	31
70	JPN 61	Tada Momoko	163.0	(39)	37	24	30	34	38
71	IND 2	Rau Rohini	163.0	31	33	35	30	(36)	34
72	JPN 33	Matsunae Saki	166.0	16	(41)	35	37	37	41
73	CAN 28	Merry Ingrid	166.0	37	(39)	34	33	28	34
74	JPN 34	Ishikawa Ayumi	168.0	28	32	33	(40)	39	36
75	JPN 1	Onizuka Minami	175.0	32	27	38	(41)	39	39
76	USA 21	Love Margaret	175.0	38	33	34	35	35	(40)
77	JPN 12	Nagahori Yuka	183.0	23	36	40	42	42	(43)
78	CAN 57	Cloutier Beaudoin Chanel	185.0	(ocs)	36	25	dnf	37	42
79	ITA 37	Cosentino Laura	185.0	(42)	35	36	38	38	38
80	JPN 62	Ishikawa Chika	189.0	40	41	(42)	35	40	33
81	CAN 85	Bougie-bastien Genevieve	190.0	(dsq)	43	41	31	38	37
82	JPN 63	Kawasoe Atsuko	190.0	(ocs)	39	32	39	41	39
83	IND 79	Santhanam Mrinalini	191.0	36	(42)	33	41	41	40
84	USA 84	Chimney Catherine	198.0	(43)	40	39	38	40	41
85	JPN 24	Hagihara Emi	201.0	33	40	43	42	43	(44)
86	TPE 52	Liu Yu-chun	202.0	37	38	42	(43)	43	42
87	RUS 81	Kulakova Tatiana	202.0	41	42	37	40	42	(43)

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