Windward mark race 3

August 4th – 10th

Day one:

Race one by: Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE):

The Worlds started in quite heavy winds. WSW 8-10m/s. The starting line had a small favour for the leeward end. The first beat it payed off to go on the shifts and work toward the left side. A tight reach followed by a much more open second reach. It payed off to go low on second reach, getting good surfs and then gybe and go to mark. Second beat a bit like the first, cover the left side. The run was a nice one with big waves and fun sailing. Finally, after a long run it was the time for the last beat and I rounded 5th after heading Karston Hitz (GER), Bart Bomans (BEL) and the two Britts, Hedley Fletcher and Nick Craig.

Got a good lift at the end and could finish as third. The race took 2 hours and I think most of us sailors could have settled with one race since almost the whole fleet went in to the stay out of the wind in the harbour.

Report for Race Two by Hedley Fletcher (GBR):

The second race for the day started in 15-20 knots with a shifty direction off shore. Mark Jackson from Australia popped out at the start but places changed constantly up the first beat. Karsten Hitz (GER) sailed on conservatively to lead at mark one followed by Hedley Fletcher (GBR) and Oliver Gronholz (GER). Gavin Waldron (GBR) headed a further bunch. Karsten opened up a substantial lead on the downwind legs and led to the finish. Thomas Hanson Mild (Sweden) and Nick Craig sailed good downwind legs to get amongst the leaders. At the finish, Karsten won from Thomas who squeezed passed Hedley at the finish. Nick was fourth with Bart Bomans (BEL) sailing an excellent last beat to finish fourth.

Day two:

Report for Race Three by Jørgen Lindhardtsen (DEN, 3rd in race, 6 overall):

The Race was sailed in 6-8 m/s NW. After one general recall, the fleet was off the starting line. The Belgium Bart Bomans had a big lead at the first mark followed by Hedley Fletcher (GRB). I , Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE) Nick Craig (GBR) and Karsten Hitz (GER). After second beat Bomans was still in the lead with Hansson-Mild second, me in third, Craig, Hitz and Fletcher in the next places. In the last beat Hansson succedded in pass Bomans and won the race. Bomans second then me, Hitz, Craig, Fletcher. Seventh was Ollie Gronholz (GER).

Day three:

Report of Race 4 by Bart Bomans (BEL):

Racing got underway in a good force 5 land wind. This meant the swell was replaced by a nasty chop. Most of the favorites went right up the first beat, but it was Gunther Arndt (GER ) who came in from the left that was leading at the first mark. He was closely followed by Christian Midtgaard (DEN) and Karsten Hitz (GER). All the other contenders were back in the early teens. At the end of the triangle, Karsten was leading from Christian and Gunther. Bart Bomans (BEL) went fast on the reaches to round 4th just ahead of Hedley Fletcher (GRB) and Nick Craig (GRB). Positions remained the same on the second beat, and on the run both Karsten and Bart made up a lot of ground on the others. On the final beat, Karsten loosely covered Bart, and only just held first place from Christian who had escaped to the right. Bart came 3rd and Gunther 4th. The race course was huge with the race nearly lasting for two hours.

Report of Race 5 by Olle Albrektsson (SWE):

The race started with heavy rain and 11m/s wind. On the first beat the wind started to turn right and at the same time the wind decreased at the left side. J&oslahs;rgen Lindhartsen (DEN) and Olle Albrektsson (SWE) came in from the right and could go round the top mark in a good lead. Karsten Hitz (GER) made fast downwind and passed Olle at the end of the run. In the end, the wind dropped to 4m/s when Jørgen got the gun followed by Karsten and Olle.

Day four:

Strong Winds Postpone Racing

Due to extreme weather and winds above 32 knots racing was postponed on Thursday.

Day five:

Report of race six by: Nick Craig (GBR) (also on www.SailSail.com)

Karsten Hitz (GER) wins his title in style

Karsten Hitz wins the title with one race spare. Racing finally got under way to conclude the Championship yesterday in Bastad, Sweden. Race 6

Karsten Hitz (GER) went into the final day with a 20 point lead but with light airs he was looking a little worried. Race 6 got under way in a force 3 with a nasty chop left over from yesterday’s gale force 8. The race started in shifty winds with Bart Bomans (BEL) making a strong challenge for the World Title with an early lead from Hedley Fletcher (GBR). Hitz was burried in the 20’s at the first mark. Bomans motored away down wind for a big win followed by the veteran legend, Jørgen Lindhardtsen (DEN). The chasing pack finished very closely led by Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE) and Fletcher. Hitz hit left up the last beat to make a remarkable recovery to 5th and retain his World Title.

Report of Race six by Bart Bomans (BEL)

Conditions were friendlier for the last two races. A nice force 3-4 and sunshine all day. The first race got underway after one general recall. Left seemed favoured on the first beat and Paul Rhodes (NZL) who shot the left corner went round the first mark first, followed by H. Fletcher (GBR) and Bart Bomans (BEL). Bart Bomans pulled through on the reaches to win from J. Lindhardtsen (DEN) and T. Hanson-Mild

Report of race seven by: Nick Craig (GBR) (also on www.SailSail.com)

With Hitz already won gold, the battle for silver was on between Bomans and Hansson-Mild, with Hansson-Mild needing to beat Bomans by around 3 places. The race started in similar tricky conditions with Bomans once again picking the shifts righ to lead at the windward mark and win again with his excellent downwind speed. The chasing pack was again very tight especially when the wind went light up the last beat. Hitz won his title in style with another 2nd followed by Hansson-Mild and Nick Craig (GBR).

Hitz won’t be able to rest on his laurels for long because the next world championships is in sunny New Zealand in January, only five months away.

Report of Race seven by Karsten Hitz (GER)

After the first race the wind dropped down a bit and shifted about 20° in all directions. Bart Bomans was leading from the first mark on till right to the finish. Behind him Thomas Hanson-Mild and Jørgen Lindhardtsen were sailing out the third place over all. Karsten Hitz became second and Thomas with the third place in the race, won the bronce medal.

Report of Race seven by Bart Bomans (BEL)

The seventh race was quite similar, with the shifty wind being very dominant. Getting the shifts right was importand. Bomans popped out of the middle to round first, followed by H. Fletcher and T. Hanson-Mild. The order stayed pretty much the same throughout the race. Ending in 1. Bomans, 2. Hitz, 3. Hanson-Mild. This gave Karsten the title, ahead of Bomans and Hanson-Mild.

Point System: “Olympic”: 1st=0; 2nd=3; 3rd=5,7; 4th=8; 5th=10; 6th=11,7; place+6

 

Pos Name Sailno. R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Tot Tot-1
1 Karsten Hitz GER 727 1 1 4 1 2 5 2 24 14
2 Bart Bomans BEL 44 2 6 2 3 7 1 1 36,4 23,4
3 Thomas Hansson-Mild SWE 2746 3 3 1 7 8 3 3 49,8 35,8
4 Jørgen Lindhardtsen DEN 1280 16 5 3 11 1 2 8 71,7 49,7
5 Nick Craig GBR 2094 4 4 5 5 15 6 4 76,7 55,7
6 Hedley Fletcher GBR 2099 5 2 6 8 10 4 9 77,7 61,7
7 Olle Albrektsson SWE 2747 11 10 14 10 3 16 14 116,7 94,7
8 Paul Rhodes NZL 497 10 7 8 6 21 7 DNF 181,7 94,7
9 Greg Wilcox NZL 512 19 8 9 15 11 18 6 127,7 102,7
10 Oliver Gronholz GER 717 9 9 7 9 12 21 31 140 103
11 Mark Jackson AUS 708 8 13 15 16 6 34 13 146,7 106,7
12 Adrian Mannering NZL 504 6 21 21 17 28 9 17 160,7 126,7
13 Christian Midtgaard DEN 1304 7 25 48 2 17 11 37 184 130
14 Jonas Persson SWE 2740 13 18 12 12 25 15 45 182 131
15 Günther Arndt GER 672 12 40 13 4 31 12 28 180 134
16 Pawel Pawlaczyk POL 14 44 11 19 21 5 DSQ 5 226 139
17 Hans Elkjaer SWE 99 18 17 18 25 19 10 33 182 143
18 Robert Davis AUS 706 17 32 10 28 38 8 20 195 151
19 Terry Curtis GBR 2084 15 14 45 20 20 23 24 203 152
20 Nitin Mongia IND 680 14 12 41 26 24 29 12 200 153
21 Sonke Behrens GER 449 24 16 37 32 4 14 38 205 161
22 Peder Thunander SWE 2750 20 22 30 14 32 28 15 203 165
23 David Carroll GBR 2102 23 24 11 19 23 48 34 224 170
24 David Hoogenboom NZL 481 28 20 23 30 16 33 18 210 171
25 Michael Bachmann SUI 66 26 15 25 13 42 36 23 222 174
26 Anders Persson SWE 2742 35 35 20 18 26 20 26 222 181
27 Martin von Zimmermann GER 693 25 29 16 DNF 39 27 10 269 182
28 Will Turner GBR 2045 42 36 24 31 13 26 16 230 182
29 Peter Scheuerl GER 618 21 19 42 24 18 30 35 231 183
30 Andrew Rushworth GBR 2104 29 28 35 34 DNS 31 7 287 200
31 Peter Wibroe DEN 1292 56 30 17 36 DNS 19 11 292 205
32 Ulf Brandt DEN 1265 27 33 33 40 45 25 19 264 213
33 Jesper Andersen DEN 1311 43 34 50 35 9 35 41 289 233
34 Andy Turner GBR 2054 30 DSQ 26 27 44 37 42 329 242
35 Peter Burton AUS 703 32 46 36 23 DNS 17 54 331 244
36 Gavin Waldron GBR 2085 31 27 60 22 14 61 DNS 338 251
37 Thomas Glas GER 624 36 26 40 37 34 43 51 309 252
38 Grant Pedersen NZL 510 33 39 52 42 40 47 22 317 259
39 David Munro NZL 475 49 44 29 47 48 32 30 321 266
40 Alistair Deaves GBR 52 DNF DNF 22 48 29 24 27 354 267
41 Volkmar Kiene GER 225 22 41 39 38 DNS 13 DNS 357 270
42 Dirk Dame GER 688 34 31 55 33 46 52 48 341 280
43 Michak Leszczynski POL 11 50 43 51 29 43 66 29 353 281
44 Dirk Gericke GER 695 39 62 46 39 22 58 43 351 283
45 Fabian Gronhole GER 632 46 45 49 41 35 57 32 347 284
46 Gautama Dutta GER 724 38 50 32 64 37 45 46 354 284
47 Andrew Phillips NZL 483 37 DSQ 38 44 41 64 25 372 285
48 Max Nystedt SWE 2749 66 38 27 58 47 46 36 360 288
49 Peter Holzwarth GER 705 41 23 62 52 50 39 53 362 294
50 Jörg Sylvester GER 726 54 37 47 55 49 54 21 359 298
51 Rob Hengst NZL 505 40 42 57 50 36 44 59 370 305
52 Christian Hartmann GER 725 47 49 44 61 33 53 44 373 306
53 Greg Casey GBR 2093 DSQ DSQ 56 46 30 22 47 405 318
54 Bill Tyler AUS 692 45 55 43 53 DNS 41 49 409 322
55 Jesper Petersen DEN 1312 51 DSQ 34 43 27 DNE 60 419 332
56 Berd Breitbart GER 662 64 53 54 57 56 51 40 417 347
57 Peter Yates AUS 695 52 54 59 49 52 68 57 433 359
58 Ivan Pedersen DEN 1249 62 47 66 56 DNS 49 50 453 366
59 Adrie Kuijpers NED 662 63 48 58 60 53 55 58 437 368
60 Ingemar Janson SWE 2738 65 56 70 59 54 50 61 457 381
61 Maciej Nowaczyk POL 58 57 52 53 54 DNS 63 67 469 382
62 Paul Richards AUS 709 DNF 51 68 51 DNS 42 55 471 384
63 Damien Smith AUS 648 59 58 61 63 51 56 DNF 471 384
64 Alan Atkin GBR 2053 58 61 67 DNF DNS 60 39 489 402
65 Jörn Wille GER 721 55 DSQ 31 45 DNS DNS DNS 497 410
66 Darek Kras POL 102 68 57 72 66 57 70 56 488 410
67 Frans Hawer BEL 208 48 DNF 63 DNS DNS 62 52 510 423
68 Per Jaensen SWE 2733 53 59 65 DNF DNS 67 62 510 423
69 Daniel Gröschl GER 720 60 60 64 DNF DNS 59 63 510 423
70 Bogdan Mogzorodynski POL 6 DNF DSQ 28 DNF DNS 38 DNS 513 426
71 Peter Blunt AUS 637 69 66 76 65 58 72 65 513 431
72 Sarah Brewer GBR 2027 DNF 64 73 68 55 71 68 522 435
73 Raymond Dodard FRA 2000 71 DNS 77 67 59 73 69 539 452
74 Peter Turner GBR 2059 67 DNF 69 62 DNS 65 DNS 548 461
75 Juliane Hofmann GER 699 72 65 74 DNF DNS 69 66 550 463
76 Søren Peder Jensen DEN 981 70 DNS 71 DNS DNS 74 64 564 477
77 Lennarth Johansson SWE 2751 DNF 63 75 DNF DNS 75 70 568 481
78 Gwyn Hagenaers BEL 207 61 DNF DNF DNF DNS DNS DNS 589 502
79 Henrik Sørgen DEN 1317 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 609 522
79 Yan Rialland FRA 873 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 609 522