Zhik 29er World Championships at Pwllheli Sailing Club

Zhik 29er World Championships at Pwllheli Sailing Club - Day 1

by Jerelyn Biehl & Tim Bilbrough 10 Aug 2015 09:32 NZST 8-14 August 2015

Day 1 of the Zhik 29er World Championships at Pwllheli © Robert Hajduk / www.ShutterSail.com

The conditions improved after a rainy night providing exciting racing for the 193 entrants at the Zhik 29er Worlds. As the drizzle faded, the wind increased and provided stellar conditions on both courses. The sailors were split for qualifying into four fleets and raced on two courses off Pwllheli.

For some the conditions were a challenge but for others it was what they have prepared for. David Campbell-James, Race officer stated, "we had 3 races today on both courses with 12-18 knots and relatively great sea state for the southerly breeze. The weather is to be much the same for tomorrow but with 4 races scheduled."

After three races, mere points separate the top spots. James Wilson/Oscar Gunn (NZL) and Juho Kotiranta/Akseli Keskinen (FIN) have 4 points both with two wins and a second. A three-way tie for second stands with Tam Lindsay/William McKenzie (NZL), Christopher Williford/Wade Waddell (USA) and John Cooley/Simon Hoffman (AUS) all with 5 points total. Tomorrow's four races will offer more challenges as the fleets will be reshuffled.

Racing for qualifying continues on Monday, August 10 with the finals to start August 12 and the prizegiving on August 14.

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GBR sailors at the Worlds

And we're off. An excited feeling floating around the boat park today as the 2015 Zhik world championships got off to a roaring start.

Yes, it was wet, cloudy and overcast, but with the wind steady from the south west at 15-18 knots gusting in the low 20s and a moderate sea state, this is racing at it's best.

3 Races kicking off at 11am, launching at 10am with the last boats coming ashore at 3:30pm.

There were also some retirements as the day progressed, but these guys should hold their heads up as this is their first major competition in this boat, all of them are 14 & under so well done for taking it on. It isn't easy learning to sail and these are tough conditions. Down the road this will be a valuable learning experience for them all.

Solid performances for the day from James Grummett & Daniel Budden see leading the Brit pack for the guys and Mimi El-Khazindar & Emma Loveridge for the girls.

The foundations have been set, who will build on them tomorrow and who will come back?

Day 1 of the Zhik 29er World Championships at Pwllheli - photo © Robert Hajduk / www.ShutterSail.com

Results after day 1:

Pos	Seeding	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1st	4	2354	James Wilson	Oscar Gunn	1	2	1	4
2nd	7	2156	Juho Kotiranta	Akseli Keskinen	1	1	2	4
3rd	3	1874	Tam Lindsay	William Mckenzie	3	1	1	5
4th	27	259	Christopher Williford	Wade Waddell	1	3	1	5
5th	2	2135	John Cooley	Simon Hoffman	2	2	1	5
6th	43	1844	Nicolas Muller	Ian MacDiarmid	2	2	3	7
7th	122	15	Cas Van Dongen	Robin Becker	1	3	4	8
8th	6	25	James Grummett	Daniel Budden	4	2	2	8
9th	38	1315	Ignacio Varisco	Federico Garcia	3	3	2	8
10th	1	2268	Jackson Keon	Nick Egnot‑Johnson	4	1	4	9
11th	108	13	Gwendal Nael	Pierre Tydgat	3	3	4	10
12th	123	2125	Daniel Nyborg	Sebastian E Olsen	4	5	3	12
13th	5	1713	Emil Jarudd	Julius Hallstrom	6	1	6	13
14th	140	2104	Pieter Van Leijen	Richard Schuurmans	8	4	3	15
15th	24	2251	Max Brill	Andrew Person	6	5	5	16
16th	10	2223	Rowan Edwards	Daniel Blight	5	6	5	16
16th	35	2230	Huw Edwards	Josh Dawson	5	6	5	16
18th	16	1554	Carl Emil Baad Nielsen	Jakob Precht Jensen	6	4	7	17
19th	19	2266	Wolf Van Cauwenberghe	Romain Defferrard	8	4	8	20
20th	39	2403	Jacob Rosenberg	Rhodes Garner	5	5	11	21
21st	21	1884	Brian Higgins	Nicolas Peirano Prat	7	7	8	22
22nd	126	23	Hinnerk Siemsen	Soren Brandt	3	10	10	23
23rd	12	2342	Crispin Beaumont	Tom Darling	4	10	9	23
24th	110	6	Peter Lin Janezic	Anze Podlogar	13	6	5	24
25th	127	24	Paul Farien	Constantin Ernst	10	8	6	24
26th	15	2056	Tomas Mathisen	Mads Mathisen	6	13	7	26
27th	11	2399	Bobby Hewitt	Harvey Martin	9	9	8	26
28th	124	11	Mimi El‑Khazindar	Emma Loveridge	16	5	6	27
29th	9	846	Alexander Gronblom	Martin Mikkola	11	7	9	27
30th	109	2111	Brice Yrieix	Hugh Ward	2	6	20	28
31st	25	2270	Tom Fyfe	Josh Handa	7	12	9	28
32nd	8	19	Yann D'Argenlieu	Nathan Bradley	8	21	2	31
33rd	20	1908	Felix Crowther	James Cook	11	12	9	32
34th	23	2172	Lewis Marr	Aaron Murray	15	14	4	33
35th	999	2049	Juuso Roihu	Henri Roihu	14	4	15	33
36th	14	2304	Nick Robins	Jake Todd	19	8	6	33
37th	140	2177	Odile Van Aanholt	Quinten Bramervaer	9	7	18	34
38th	156	2374	Casper Ladefoged	Martin Michelsen	16	11	7	34
39th	13	315	Tom Walker	Billy Vennis‑Ozanne	10	8	16	34
40th	28	2242	Andrew Kilburn	Matthew Rhodes	15	9	10	34
41st	44	1915	Valentin Jell	Patrick Ruess	12	10	12	34
42nd	140	1698	Adrian Salamon	Fabian Bergman	7	17	11	35
43rd	78	2261	Kyle O'Connell	Tom Siganto	2	31	3	36
44th	229	1774	Pep Costa	Santiago Alegre	11	13	12	36
45th	17	2336	Arran Holman	Jamie Jobson	9	22	8	39
46th	26	2338	Elliott Wells	Joshua Boniface	12	13	14	39
47th	37	1826	Jorge Cantero Izquierdo	Alexandre Boquet Wauter	10	18	12	40
48th	190	2257	Alex Baumann	Felix Baumann	17	13	10	40
49th	300	2109	Christian Wolter	Michael Martin	15	19	7	41
50th	290	2097	Manuel Wunderle	Felix Wieland	19	11	11	41
51st	128	17	Matt Venables	John Mather	5	16	21	42
52nd	41	2238	Natasha Bryant	Annie Wilmot	13	14	15	42
53rd	300	405	LO DerGnieaux	Tom Garcia	19	8	17	44
54th	31	2362	Harry Durcan	Johnny Durcan	8	17	19	44
55th	200	21	Ryan Wood	Andrew Wood	9	25	10	44
56th	32	2380	Courtney Bilbrough	Harriet Ward	7	21	17	45
57th	51	2311	Samuel Merson	Michael Sabourin	10	23	12	45
58th	300	1568	Megret Brieux	Liliam Mercier	11	18	14	45
59th	122	12	Gwendal Lamay	Luke Willim	12	21	13	46
60th	170	2232	Benjamin Jaffrezic	Lao Chauvel	14	16	16	46
61st	45	2212	Louis Chambert	Timothee Depery	14	11	22	47
62nd	200	2252	Ismene Usman	Ole Nissen	17	17	13	47
63rd	165	2207	Brieuc Drogou	Felix Michon	14	15	20	49
64th	170	2327	Ollie Aldridge	Nathaniel Gordon	20	11	19	50
65th	250	2106	Bennet Steffens	Mortiz Block	18	14	19	51
66th	30	2273	Benji Daniel	Euan Hurter	21	9	22	52
67th	135	2220	Theodor Kraft	Simon Alm	18	20	14	52
68th	600	2333	Enzo Lobry	Louis Raynal	23	7	23	53
69th	46	2234	James Eales	Henry Collins	20	12	21	53
70th	54	1972	Joshua Belben	Alex Ewart	17	19	17	53
71st	40	20	Shane Riera	Pere Puig	12	33	11	56
72nd	50	2345	Piers Nicholls	Samuel Grade	13	15	29	57
73rd	220	2170	Nil Mas	Fran Nuaez	22	15	20	57
74th	36	1353	Andres Barrio Garcia	Nestor Bega Bentacor	16	20	21	57
75th	999	1823	Francesc Molne	Miquel Armengol	31	15	13	59
76th	83	2224	Matt Currell	Emma Hattersley	39	9	13	61
77th	56	2381	Hamish Taylor	Rory Hans Jacob Rose	28	17	16	61
78th	400	2108	Michael Fechner	Tom Heinrich	24	14	24	62
79th	400	2181	Hugo Hilmers	May Rehse	24	21	17	62
80th	60	2292	Edward Norbury	Charlie Hutchings	29	19	16	64
81st	64	1956	Flavia Robles	Maria Cantero	20	26	18	64
82nd	34	1787	Carla Munte	Marta Munte	23	18	23	64
83rd	42	1836	Lukas Hesse	Julius Neszvecsko	15	29	21	65
84th	48	702	Greta Stewart	Kate Stewart	24	10	35	69
85th	72	1215	Sirre Kronlof	Veera Hokka	16	30	24	70
86th	106	1025	Willemijn Offerman	Manus Offerman	17	20	33	70
87th	79	2167	Leon Severens	Julius Schultheiss	34	18	18	70
88th	58	1615	Laura Calvino	Juan Gomez	18	27	26	71
89th	999	1484	Tim Parey	Fabre Guilliaume	25	19	27	71
90th	141	2305	Dan Venables	Patrick Keech	22	32	18	72
91st	160	2176	Arthur Boc‑Ho	Thibault Cheauveau	33	25	15	73
92nd	55	1903	Jane Furness	Fraser Kitson Jones	19	27	27	73
93rd	999	1730	Paul Kramer	Stephan Behrendt	22	26	25	73
94th	33	2344	James Hammett	Ben Todd	18	24	32	74
95th	180	2259	Ingmar Vieregge	Henrik Vieregge	27	28	19	74
96th	300	2093	Paul Pietzcker	Linus von Oppen	27	24	23	74
97th	145	2183	Laerke Graversen	Iben Nielsby	23	27	24	74
98th	999	2050	Ardi Bogdanov	Paul Bogdanov	25	23	26	74
99th	80	2235	Phoebe Connellan	Sophie Otter	32	29	14	75
100th	400	1558	Theo Revil	Gautier Guevel	30	16	29	75
101st	61	2217	Lauren Miles	Catlin Jones	22	20	34	76
102nd	999	1741	Pablo Nunez Torres	Jordi Llena	DNS [50]	12	15	77
103rd	999	2046	Gus Dixon	Lawrence Logan	30	22	26	78
104th	107	1380	Thomas Snoek	Timen Beemster	32	25	22	79
105th	200	2274	Bo Wendel Van De Joode	Elise De Ruyter	26	23	30	79
106th	81	1626	Luis Oliva	Amau Guillemat	20	38	23	81
107th	76	1820	Jacob Von Koskull	Lasse Tammela	25	22	34	81
108th	140	2320	Thomas Moncomble	Martine Guez	30	22	29	81
109th	200	2246	Fenja Valentien	Emma Frederking	27	24	30	81
110th	77	1627	Albert Gelpa	Adria Martinez	13	31	39	83
111th	200	2325	Anna Prescott	Eve Townsend	26	32	25	83
112th	63	2275	Katie May Munro	Beth Hurst	28	29	28	85
113th	62	2216	William Cunliffe	James Cunliffe	32	30	24	86
114th	69	1916	Johannes Sattler	Anton Sattler	25	28	33	86
115th	500	2322	Margherita Porro	Anna Marzollo	29	28	30	87
116th	157	1957	Lucas Tissot	Emile Raison	23	16	DNF [50]	89
117th	82	2314	Matthew Wright	Russell Aylsworth	34	33	20	89
118th	68	2032	Oliver Silen	Edvin Therman	26	33	30	89
119th	67	2379	Hannah Bristow	Emily Covell	35	30	25	90
120th	49	1889	Gustavo Abdulklech	Richard Hilbert	28	36	26	90
121st	290	2180	Natsumi Ando	Bente Clasen	33	26	32	91
122nd	200	1585	Jonathan Dulon	Constantin Ernst	27	35	31	93
123rd	999	1155	Lennert Steelandt	Maxime Steelandt	36	31	27	94
124th	999	2182	Tanguy Rulleau	Gaspard Vindimian	UFD [50]	23	22	95
125th	92	1789	Luke Hartley	Oliver Morrell	37	30	28	95
126th	53	2343	Bella Fellows	Ella Methven	34	32	29	95
127th	999	2203	Harriet Rogers	Ben Batten	31	31	34	96
128th	74	2123	Jessie Main	Dominic Lewis	30	28	39	97
129th	300	2098	Lasse Leiers	Lena Leiers	31	33	34	98
130th	59	346	Paris Thomas	Jacob Hutchings	21	35	43	99
131st	150	2324	Sterre Vrijenhoek	Iris Van Gerrevink	DNC [50]	24	25	99
132nd	200	2010	Safia Schuchmann	Anisah Schuchmann	34	29	36	99
133rd	600	2189	Stephane Vinet	Sophie‑Andree Vinet	24	26	DNF [50]	100
134th	75	2099	Henry Salmon	David Brand	36	36	28	100
135th	57	777	George Tardrew	Freddie Simes	41	25	35	101
136th	999	722	Robert Morris	Josh Davies	42	27	32	101
137th	200	1203	Filippo Amonti	Filippo Massara	37	34	31	102
138th	70	2222	Alex Joesbury	Tom Joesbury	35	35	32	102
139th	999	2202	Laura Weegen	Annabel Weegen	28	40	36	104
140th	999	2054	Julia Noble	Matty Lyons	31	35	38	104
141st	65	2120	Rebecca Lewis	Will Ward	35	39	31	105
142nd	999	1960	Patrick Croghan	Nancy Scott	38	36	31	105
143rd	52	2027	Gustavo Carvalho	Eduardo Carvalho	33	40	33	106
144th	96	2035	Cecilia Sandman	Catharina Sandman	21	36	DNC [50]	107
145th	29	4	Tania Bonilla	Nuria Miro	29	UFD [50]	28	107
146th	66	2031	Robin Berner	Markus Ihamuotila	29	39	40	108
147th	86	403	Lewis Brown	Gregory Brown	36	34	38	108
148th	999	382	Ryan Bush	Milo Gordon	43	40	27	110
149th	71	1114	Joshua Haynes	Dom Cotteril	41	37	33	111
150th	500	2315	Daniel Felser	Paul Beth	36	38	38	112
151st	999	1731	Roberts Janis Vancovics	Emils Ukass	26	37	DNC [50]	113
152nd	300	2039	Laurenz Kahl	Svearike Oeverdieck	39	34	40	113
153rd	999	1793	Hector Fernandez Ferrer	Fernado Piris Font	32	32	DNC [50]	114
154th	73	1509	Phoebe Warren	Lucy Harris	39	34	42	115
155th	102	2244	Harriette Edmonds	Freya Darnton	37	41	37	115
156th	84	1817	Rex Farrant	Henry White	42	37	37	116
157th	90	1959	Rory Odell	Lewis Bowen	38	42	37	117
157th	999	2053	Mari‑Ann Raud	Maris Seersant	38	42	37	117
159th	88	1233	Phoebe Wood	Ella Cudmore	41	43	36	120
160th	999	1477	Louis Loschetter	Yannis Naudy	21	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	121
161st	87	476	Jemima Leedham	James Leetch	33	39	DNC [50]	122
162nd	93	1179	Leo Duret	Benoit Leuenberger	35	37	DNC [50]	122
163rd	999	773	Matthew Hodges	Emily Smith	38	42	43	123
164th	999	955	Hannah Kapahnke	Miles Peeckel	40	DNC [50]	35	125
165th	100	2245	Molly Highfield	Juliette Martine	43	43	39	125
166th	400	1862	Marie Weisser	Ann‑Zoe Riethmeister	DNC [50]	38	38	126
167th	101	2332	Charlotte Watson	Chloe Butterworth	44	41	41	126
167th	97	1510	Issy Black	Alicia Campbell‑Bottoms	44	41	41	126
169th	999	1963	Mawenn Jacquin	Enora Percheron	40	43	45	128
170th	91	2219	Blathnaid O'Connell	Heather Sword	43	41	44	128
171st	999	1728	Marie Schmidt	Felix Schmidt	40	39	DNC [50]	129
172nd	999	1388	Anne Huebner	Maret Schoen	42	38	DNC [50]	130
173rd	89	2340	Tammy Holden	Sanmarie Fourie	40	DNC [50]	40	130
174th	999	1277	Hannah Stowe	Matthew Godfrey	42	DNF [50]	41	133
175th	98	2214	Miles Jones	Ollie Perry	DNF [50]	DNC [50]	35	135
176th	94	2121	Alice Handley	Zoe James	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	36	136
177th	999	1634	Saskia Visser	Hilde Den Boer	44	DNF [50]	42	136
178th	104	2102	Hugo Demuylder	Ludovic Cartier	37	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	137
179th	95	2337	Dan Armstrong	Finn Armstrong	39	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	139
180th	999	475	Will Spurway	Ed Conlan	DNC [50]	40	DNC [50]	140
181st	99	1504	Ellie Walton	Josh Beck	41	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	141
182nd	85	1971	Liam Willis	Elliot Marshall	DNC [50]	44	DNC [50]	144
182nd	999	1153	Jack Butters	Sam James	DNC [50]	44	DNC [50]	144
184th	999	326	Sophie Kirchherr	Christoph Kirchherr	45	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	145
185th	999	2112	Ollie Dixon	William Cook	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	150
185th	999	2347	Freya Black	Amy Bale	DNS [50]	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	150
185th	999	1895	Michael Dennis	Lewis Gibbs	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	150
185th	999	2022	Emma Tardrew	Anna Row	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	150
185th	999	480	Jessica Jobson	Noah Rees	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	150
185th	103	1676	Naveen Kumanan	Aniketh Rajaram	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	150
185th	105	1235	Benjamin Wood	Charlie Wood	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	150
185th	47	2018	Luke Robertson	Izzie Berkley	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	150
193rd	999	1508	Dylan Walendy‑Wrigley	Simon Gadsby	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	DNC [50]	152