SB3 World Championships Day One report and results



8:56 PM Mon 31 Aug 2009 GMT
2009 Laser SB3 World Championships Day one report.

Last night Cascais enjoyed the fiesta that recognises the end of the summer, bands played on the huge stage on the beach front and fireworks lit up the sky. The SB3 fleet unfortunately missed the festivities as they headed to bed early in preparation for Day 1 of the 2009 SB3 World Championships.

With the beach freshly combed this morning and the streets hosed and polished, it was business as usual for residents of Cascais, unless you were a member of the 56 Laser SB3 crews gathered at the Clube Naval de Cascais for the first day of racing of the fleet's second World Championships.

The fleet left the marina in very light winds this morning, and headed to Race Area A where a building northerly breeze awaited them. Throughout the day the wind increased to twenty five knots. After the second race, the Race Officer chose to move the race course to the east where he was able to complete his final scheduled race of the day although the wind was considered patchy by many of the fleet.

Catching up with the race winners as they came ashore this evening there were some tales of mixed fortunes to share.

Mike Budd and his crew on Zimmer took an early lead on the first down wind leg of Race One, and extended their lead each leg there after. Taking a conservative approach to maintaining their lead, they took the bullet in Race 1 with five boat lengths to spare. Unfortunately in Race 2, Zimmer lost a second position following a spectacular wipe out. With a disappointing start in Race 3 and a poor first upwind leg in shifty conditions Budd and crew finished 10th and put their lesser performance down to lack of warm clothing and food, '44 calories in the one remaining Alpen cereal bar wasn't enough to keep three hungry sailors happy at the end of a long day' remarked Sam Gardner, mainsheet trimmer onboard Zimmer.

Spirit of Cape Town's Roger Hudson and helm Taariq Jacobs had a strong start to the day's racing with their sights set on catching Mike Budd in Race 1 they managed to diminish his lead to just five boat lengths by the time they crossed the finishing line. With a promising first race, they went on to win the second race. Sister-ship, City of Cape Town helmed by David Hudson, followed Spirit of Cape Town around the first windward mark but unfortunately suffered a bad bout of luck and Craig Burlton picked his way through the fleet to finish Race 2 in second position and Hudson Senior dropped back to eighth. Unfortunately, the failure of the lower gudgeon bracket on the first windward mark rounding of Race 3 saw Spirit of Cape Town's luck take a turn for the worse with them being unable to finish the third Race. Hudson and Jacobs remain positive and are grateful that they didn't suffer the damage during the first race of the day.

By his own admission, Jerry Hill was unable to start well all day, but after picking some good lay lines Hill and his crew onboard 3 Sad Old Blokes managed to work their way to the front of the fleet in the third Race. 3SOB's third Race was described on the dock by an un-named source as 'A true display of sailing skill!'

Overnight leader, Craig Burlton awarded Spirit of Cape Town the 'Boat of the Day' Award with their excellent performance in the first two races of the event, and knows that Spirit of Cape Town team will be one to keep a very close eye on during the Championships. Burlton added, 'It was a great start to the World Championships with three races completed in lively conditions in a highly competitive fleet. It's clearly going to be a tough event to win.'

If Day One at the SB3 World Championships in Cascais is anything to go by, it's going to be an exciting week as the results unfold in the rolling Atlantic swell.

Laser SB3 World Championship 2009

Entries 54 Races Sailed: 3

Series Place Sail No Boat Country Helm Crew Series Points Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
1 3042 Gill Race Team GBR Craig Burlton Adam Healley/Stephen White 12 8 2 2
2 3451 City of Cape Town RSA David Hudson Neil Malan/Wandisile Xayimpi/Jamie Waters 15 3 6 6
3 3475 Zimmer GBR Mike Budd Mark Greaves / Sam Gardner 17 1 5 11
4 3047 Sun Microsystems GBR Robert Gullan Ben Ainsworth/Pieter Heyn/Maria Stanley 19 7 7 5
5 3465 3 Sad Old Blokes GBR Jerry Hill Joe Llewellyn / Paul Kameen 22 9 12 1
6 3575 Sail Boat Spares.com GBR Sarah Allan Charlotte Savage/Michael John Gifford/David Giles 23 4 9 10
7 3462 In Your Pocket GBR Andrew Oddie Gareth Edwards / Andy Rice 26 5 18 3
8 3558 Black Bird/Capital Moura POR Filipe Silva Joaquim Moreira / Pedro Costa Alem?o 27 6 4 17
9 3032 Rumbleflurg GBR David Cummins Ian Schenkel/Chris Cousins 32 14 10 8
10 3115 Quebramar POR Rui Brites Gon?alo Esteves/Francisco Neto 36 16 11 9
11 3401 Else GER Ferdinand Ziegelmayer Maximilian Ziegelmayer/Sebastien Ziegelmayer 39 10 14 15
12 3506 POR Rui Caldas Barreiro Diogo Pereira / Gon?alo Cabrita 49 17 25 7
13 3420 Manias POR Jos? Pedro Dias Pinheiro Antonio Leal Faria/ Bernardo Dias Pinheiro 55 25 26 4
14 3469 Spirit of Cape Town RSA Roger Hudson Taariq Jacobs/Ashton Sampson/Marlon Jones 58 2 1 55
15 3311 Selden Mast GBR Chris Jennings Simon Everest/ Neil Hughston 59 15 19 25
16 3090 Purple DayDream POR Jo?o Duarte Gon?alo Boto/Paulo Lobo/Christian Bayon 61 22 13 26
17 3491 Stenghele ITA Roberto Caresani Pietro Negri/Giulia Conti 62 12 27 23
18 3438 Trinca Espinhas POR Luis Figueiredo Gon?alo Lacerda/Nuno Rosa Lopes 70 11 29 30
19 3523 Sete POR Bernardo Pinto Gon?alves Carlos Empis / Louren?o Empis/Martim Mello 71 13 22 36
20 3155 Fishbone ITA Giovanni Meloni Massimiliano Pez/Cristian Ferro 74 30 24 20
21 3256 Bicasco/Cidade Setubal POR Ant?nio Santos Fernando Faneco/Jos? Miguel Cunha 76 48 15 13
22 3014 Sponge Bob GBR Marshall King Matt Waite / Steven McLean 76 41 16 19
23 3027 Darling Associates GBR Chris Darling Alice Darling/Sian McCleave/Alastair Shaw 79 44 21 14
24 3543 Citta di Numana ITA Vicenzo Graciotti Camillo Zucconi/Andrea Trani 81 29 36 16
25 3379 Pelican Racing GBR Ash Holmes Ian Gilmour / Simon Davies 84 21 28 35
26 3209 Trunk Monkey GBR Joe Burnie Doug Peniston/Mike Austen 85 23 35 27
27 3295 Razzmatazz GER Sebastian Dohrendorf Fieda van Belle/Jonathan Griffiths/Frank Geerlings 87 26 39 22
28 3152 Team Solent Helly Hansen GBR Guy Jackson Jorgen Stromquist / James Moore 92 55 3 34
29 3082 Badger Racing GBR Paul Lovejoy Sam Minns/Fredrik Blencke 92 20 17 55
30 3083 Bettersoft/Cidade Setubal POR Luis Santos Rui Duarte/Jo?o Bolina 94 31 8 55
31 3187 Phi!Number ITA Luca Bacci Duccio Colombi/Michele Saleri 94 19 20 55
32 3114 Top Fun POR Vanessa Batista Telma Miranda/In?s Soares/Mariana Freitas 95 33 44 18
33 3101 Casilda POR Duarte Bello Gon?alo Eus?bio /Eduardo VanZeller 96 27 37 32
34 3111 ROFF - SAP Consulting POR Gon?alo Horta Hugo Mastbaum / Pedro Rebelo 96 32 31 33
35 3563 Isabella II GER Reinhard Schroeder Stefan Sorgel/Nico Thielemann 98 39 38 21
36 3505 POR Vasco Passanha Tiago Malh?o Pereira/Andr? Caiado 102 34 30 38
37 3177 Hot Pants GBR Mike Wood Mike Walker / Ian Martin 106 36 41 29
38 3203 POR Ant?nio Mello Jo?o Mello/Jo?o Westwood/Louren?o P. Gon?alves 107 40 55 12
39 3055 Rumshack Event Management GBR Roger Hexton Peter Christie/Christopher Anthony 111 42 32 37
40 3105 Dom Pedro Hotels POR Jos? Paulo Ramada Abilio Amaral / Pedro Riebiro da Cunha 113 55 34 24
41 3333 Coating ITA Luca Maitan Luca Zuklic/Manuel Faro 115 35 40 40
42 3150 Audi Sunshine Girls AUS Lauren Calder Lissa McMillan/Louise Watson/Morgann Stanton 116 55 33 28
43 3581 POR Peter Straton Francisco Garcia/Miguel Pedro 123 45 23 55
44 3103 ESRI POR Piedade Cola?o Diana Caldeira/Ariana Nunes/Luisa Figueiredo 125 28 42 55
45 3077 Skallywag GBR James Ford Rob Day / Nina Day 125 43 43 39
46 3038 Cheeky Monkey GBR Ian Sullivan Tom Mallindine / Chris Noble 128 18 55 55
47 3093 Super Bad IRL Emmet Ryan James Budd/Anna Mackenzie/Jonny White 134 24 55 55
48 3139 Wagop AUS Michael Quirk Jordan Spencer / Michael McLean 141 55 55 31
49 3048 Xcellent GBR John Pollard Robert Smith/Martin Schwartz 147 37 55 55
50 3525 Engexpor POR Fernando Bello Ant?nio Gois/Francisco Mour?o 148 38 55 55
51 3092 Mergulh?o POR Andr? Gray Rodrigo Amaral/Filipe Hogan 148 47 46 55
52 3411 Herdade do Espor?o POR Diogo Corr?a Mendes Fernando Passeiro / Duarte Pinto Coelho 148 46 47 55
53 3124 Delta Q POR Gon?alo Almeida Jo?o Lino/Daniel Matias/Elisa Matias 149 49 45 55
54 3521 Santa Maria POR Firmino Morgado El?sio Louren?o/Luis Rosario 153 50 48 55




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