WASZP Games at Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club Overall

by Marc Ablett 16 Dec 2023 03:12 NZDT 10-15 December 2023

Street sails into record books to claim 2nd WASZP Games title

Sam Street has sailed a near-flawless WASZP Games campaign to be the first sailor to claim two WASZP Games titles with back-to-back wins in 2022 (Lake Garda) & 2023 (Sorrento), while, UK sailor Hattie Rogers claimed her first ever Women's WASZP Games title and finished 14th overall. With this result, Hattie also moved to number 1 on the women's global rankings.

WASZP Games Final Day - photo © FSR Media House

A day that started with a few sore bodies after yesterday's six race day, the uptake for the morning yoga was big! Those who wanted to also got a rig/sail masterclass from Andrew McDougall in the morning tech talk.

Everything seemed to be set up for a beautiful Sorrento day to finish the event. The temperature was right and the wind flicked south at about 1pm. However, hopes of a full card of 4 races were dashed when the wind randomly shifted into the dreaded North-east direction. After 1.5 hours of waiting on the water, the southerly finally arrived with a bang and the final two races were completed in glorious 15knot, flat water conditions.

WASZP Games Final Day - photo © FSR Media House

After the "mandatory" general recall, the fleet finally got away in a shifting south breeze that was moving further left. Danish sailor Magnus Overbeck looked to be finding his groove, great speed both up and down wind, to take an all the way victory. Sam Street was sitting in the early 20s around the first mark, however managed to work his way back to 7th which was enough to clinch the title with a race to spare.

Norwegian sailor Markus Berthet continued his good form with a 2nd place while Swiss Sailor Micha De Weck claimed his best race of the event and finished in 3rd.

WASZP Games Final Day - photo © FSR Media House

In the final race of the day it was a cracker. The best WASZP racing of the week, with nothing more than a few boat lengths between the sailors all the way through the fleet. The tightness of one-design WASZP racing is something to behold and it was on show today. You could throw a blanket over Magnus Overbeck, Markus Berthet and Sam Street for the entire race, multiple lead changes through out the race, Markus Berthet led at the final top gate, however, dropped his mainsheet through the tack which was enough to let Overbeck through, Overbeck then put the turbo on and sailed away to a comprehensive second win of the day. Berthet then touched down through his final gybe to the finish and allowed Street to pass him on the short run to the finish.

WASZP Games Final Day - photo © FSR Media House

In the women's division, Hattie Rogers had an event to remember, showing we are not too far away from seeing one of our women WASZP sailors claiming the overall victory, it was the best placed performance by a women sailor at an International Games. She was followed in by Helena Sanderson from NZ and Tess Lloyd who showed awesome improvement throughout the event, enjoying the more "Sorrento Like" conditions to post some great scores in the final 3 races.

In the Super-Master division, Andrew McDougall had a spectacular final day to take the win from I14 champion Brad Devine and Jervis Tilly. A a 10th place in the final race showed Amac still can mix it with the best.

In the Masters division, Dave Shaw from NZ had a great battle with George Wills also from NZ, Wills had a great final day with a 14th and a 32nd to move up the standings. In third place Ryan Grieve from Victoria improved every race to manage to slide in front of Richard Steedman from Tasmania.

WASZP Games final day - photo © FSR Media House

The 6.9m division was an exciting climax with Pia Tvieta from Norway claiming victory by just 4pts from Callum Simmons of Victoria, Australia. Brenn Armstrong from Western Australia followed them in his first major WASZP regatta.

In the Juniors, Louis Tilly sailed a great back half of the event to get back to 7th overall and claim the Junior Championship. Swiss Sailor Micha De Weck came home strong to put some pressure on Tilly. While Andrew Chisholm showed he will be a force to be reckoned with in the future finishing 13th overall.

One of the recent additions to the class is the family trophy, Jervis and Louis Tilly won it, followed closely by the Devines, Tommy and Brad and the Simmons Siblings.

Overall, behind Street, Overbeck claimed 2nd place and Frenchman Hippolyte Gruet finished 3rd after sitting in 2nd for the majority of the event. In 4th Tim Howse from NZ in his first WASZP regatta climbed the ladder and Makrus Berthet rounded out the top 5.

WASZP Games Prize Giving - photo © FSR Media House

As the sun sets on a ripping event, attention now turns to the next bucket list event on the schedule in Hawaii for the Americas Championships and then onto Norway for next years International WASZP Games. This class continues to go from strength to strength.

Overall Results:

Pos	Helm	Sail No	Country	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts	Category
1	Sam Street	1	NZL	NPYC/RNZYS	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	‑10	‑7	2	11	Apprentice
2	Magnus Overbeck	3582	DEN	RDYC	‑6	4	4	4	‑5	3	2	4	1	1	23	Youth
3	Hippolyte Gruet	2261	FRA	YCGM	8	3	6	2	1	2	5	9	‑12	‑27	36	Apprentice
4	Tim Howse	2779	NZL	KYC	5	‑7	5	‑8	6	7	6	5	5	5	44	Youth
5	Markus Berthet	2956	NOR	RNYC	4	6	‑17	11	9	‑21	4	8	2	3	47	Youth
6	Gavin Ball	3463	USA	HKBC/KYC	3	‑16	3	3	14	8	BFD	2	11	4	48	Apprentice
7	Louis Tilly	3488	AUS	RPAYC	‑19	17	‑18	5	2	4	8	1	6	6	49	Junior / FAM
8	Francesco Bertone Fresia	2671	ITA	PMYC	2	8	7	7	4	‑16	7	‑22	4	11	50	Apprentice
9	Ettore Botticini	4	ITA	CNVA	9	2	8	10	7	11	3	7	‑22	‑16	57	Apprentice
10	Tom Trotman	2150	AUS	SSCBC/RBYC	7	5	9	17	10	12	BFD	3	‑20	12	75	Apprentice
11	Micha de Weck	3583	SUI	SNG	‑17	‑20	10	13	13	6	14	14	3	15	88	Junior
12	Andrew Bridgman	3597	GBR	GYC	25	10	2	20	11	15	BFD	‑37	13	9	105	Apprentice
13	Andrew Chisholm	3577	CAN	BQYC	16	19	11	15	15	5	9	‑24	23	BFD	113	Junior
14	Hattie Rogers	3599	GBR	RLymYC	14	22	‑28	6	23	18	12	13	‑36	18	126	Apprentice / WOW
15	Noah Malpot	2138	NZL	NYC	13	‑27	25	14	12	13	13	‑29	24	13	127	Youth
16	Daniel Links	2812	AUS	RPAYC	10	13	19	18	17	‑22	16	16	19	‑73	128	Youth
17	Ben Gunther	2780	AUS	SSCBC	‑60	29	14	9	8	14	15	‑59	21	19	129	Apprentice
18	Aidan Simmons	3166	AUS	IHYC/SSCBC	23	12	16	‑33	16	24	25	12	‑30	7	135	Junior
19	Conall Green	3456	AUS	RGYC	27	18	‑34	12	21	9	20	‑28	8	21	136	Youth
20	Jasper Camenzind	2205	NZL	MBSC	‑33	‑33	21	27	19	10	11	15	15	26	144	Junior
21	Jackson Macaulay	3578	CAN	RNSYS	21	11	31	‑34	‑52	27	19	6	17	22	154	Youth
22	Keizo Tomishima	3458	AUS	WSC	18	21	13	‑35	34	19	18	18	16	BFD	157	Junior
23	Jack Felstenthal	2492	AUS	SSCBC	11	24	20	‑54	‑30	28	28	17	26	20	174	Apprentice
24	Quicorras Urios Salinas	3585	ESP	RCNV	12	9	‑30	RDG	RDG	‑30	30	19	28	29	181.6	Apprentice
25	Will Troop	3487	AUS	RPAYC	24	28	32	‑37	‑45	26	21	31	10	17	189	Junior
26	Tim Hannah	2482	AUS	SSCBC	26	30	26	16	18	31	24	‑45	‑44	42	213	Apprentice
27	Bryce Huntoon	3464	USA	KYC	35	‑46	‑40	28	38	34	17	40	9	14	215	Junior
28	Lachlan Vaughan	2495	AUS	SSCBC	‑51	25	27	26	27	17	38	‑48	34	23	217	Apprentice
29	Ben Tapper	3450	NZL		20	38	‑59	21	24	40	36	UFD	18	35	232	Youth
30	Dan Haydon	3454	AUS	TSC	50	‑53	23	30	RDG	RDG	10	23	‑77	25	239	Apprentice
31	Alexandre Grognuz	383	SUI	DRYLAPS	30	‑36	35	31	20	‑50	29	26	35	34	240	Apprentice
32	Dave Shaw	2750	NZL	NYC	22	35	41	19	35	32	32	30	‑47	‑45	246	Master
33	George Wills	3146	NZL	MPYC	36	32	33	22	‑61	36	‑47	44	14	32	249	Master
34	Andrew MacDougall	3453	AUS		45	15	‑50	38	44	38	BFD	25	38	10	253	Super Master
35	Marshall Day	2802	AUS	B16SC	28	31	‑56	43	48	‑52	27	11	33	33	254	Junior
36	Helena Sanderson	2248	NZL	BIYC	29	37	RET	DNC	26	33	26	46	32	30	259	Youth
37	Tom Klemens	2458	AUS	SSCBC	‑57	26	37	29	33	23	23	DNC	39	50	260	Apprentice
38	Nicholas Dunne	3489	AUS	TSC	31	23	22	32	‑40	35	39	39	40	‑41	261	Junior
39	Peter Graham	3126	NZL	VYC/RBC	38	39	12	36	39	UFD	BFD	47	29	24	264	Apprentice
40	Brad Devine	2651	AUS	PDSC	40	48	39	23	25	25	DNC	27	‑50	40	267	Super Master
41	Louis Schofield	2452	AUS	RYVC	46	14	24	25	22	RET	DNC	DNC	41	8	272	Apprentice
42	Elouen Arnaud	3581	FRA		41	RET	15	44	32	41	BFD	20	43	38	274	Youth
43	Tom Devine	2493	AUS	PDSC	‑47	45	43	‑46	29	20	34	32	45	28	276	Youth
44	Harry Gregory	3455	AUS	SBSC	39	‑49	29	41	28	43	41	‑49	37	43	301	Junior
45	Patrick Distefano	2453	AUS	SYC	48	41	36	‑53	53	DNC	33	33	27	31	302	Apprentice
46	Rodney Muller	2954	AUS	HBYC	32	‑56	44	‑56	36	29	37	36	51	44	309	Apprentice
47	Declan Reilly	3161	AUS	VA12'SSC	44	50	42	‑58	‑55	42	35	42	48	46	349	Apprentice
48	Jervis Tilly	3036	AUS	RPAYC	‑69	47	‑65	45	31	47	31	57	46	56	360	Super Master
49	Mark Louis	2778	AUS	CYC/WSC	15	34	RET	DNC	37	49	22	38	75	92	362	Apprentice
50	Tess Lloyd	3452	AUS	SSCBC	49	55	54	48	56	DNC	BFD	21	42	37	362	Apprentice
51	Ryan Grieve	2955	AUS	HBYC/RYCV	52	44	45	40	49	39	46	‑69	‑55	48	363	Master
52	Grant Alderson	3460	AUS	RFBYC	‑59	52	‑57	24	54	46	44	43	49	54	366	Super Master
53	Austin Cross	2768	AUS		54	40	47	39	43	55	56	34	RET	DNC	368	Youth
54	Richard Steedman	3595	AUS	SBSC	43	43	52	47	UFD	45	43	‑70	53	59	385	Master
55	Ashton Rawstron	2442	AUS	RYCV	34	42	UFD	64	DNC	DNC	45	50	25	36	389	Junior
56	Hanako Tomishima	2776	AUS	WSC	42	‑59	58	DNC	42	53	40	58	58	49	400	Junior
57	Pia Henriette Brun Tveita	2326	NOR	AS	56	51	51	‑62	46	48	50	52	56	‑58	410	Junior / 6.9 / WOW
58	Callum Simmons	3486	AUS	IHYC/SSCBC	‑67	54	53	50	51	44	49	60	‑66	53	414	Open (U16) / 6.9 / FAM
59	Leigh Hein	2447	AUS	PYC	65	65	49	‑66	50	DNC	42	53	54	39	417	Master / FAM
60	Aron Gavin	2646	AUS	BSYC	80	62	46	42	41	RET	53	DNC	68	52	444	Apprentice
61	Bridget Conrad	2961	AUS	GSC/WSC	58	60	68	TLE	63	DNC	51	35	60	51	446	Youth / WOW
62	Rohan Dean	2454	AUS	RFBYC	‑66	57	64	51	64	51	61	41	‑71	62	451	Junior / FAM
63	Issac Biczo	2506	AUS	RFBYC	55	‑63	60	59	60	54	59	61	‑62	55	463	Junior
64	Ollie Ross	2450	AUS	RPAYC	37	67	38	TLE	UFD	DNC	63	51	59	57	465	Junior
65	Oscar Henderson	2769	AUS	SYC	53	71	RET	52	58	TLE	55	54	31	BFD	466	Apprentice
66	Adam Brett	2643	AUS	RFBYC	64	‑75	55	57	59	DNC	48	65	63	61	472	Super Master
67	Jayden Prosser	2652	AUS	RFBYC	77	DNC	48	49	47	37	DNC	DNC	61	63	474	Apprentice
68	Chris Clegg	2198	AUS	RPAYC	‑75	‑70	62	60	62	56	58	66	67	68	499	Apprentice
69	Michael Honan	2441	AUS	RFBYC	74	RET	66	61	66	DNC	57	56	65	64	509	Super Master
70	Ian Louis	2959	AUS		‑72	61	67	63	57	DNC	60	67	72	69	516	Youth
71	Jack Lloyd	2440	AUS	SSCBC	81	73	63	DNC	DNC	DNC	52	68	52	47	529	Apprentice
72	Brenn Armstrong	3482	AUS	RFBYC	68	72	69	65	DNC	DNC	62	62	70	67	535	Open (U16) / 6.9
73	Garry Essex	3158	AUS	RPAYC	76	64	61	55	DNC	DNC	BFD	63	69	65	545	Super Master
74	Keiichiro Tomishima	2193	AUS	WSC	71	69	70	67	65	DNC	DNC	55	UFD	66	555	Master / FAM
75	Michael Parks	2448	AUS	RGYC/RBYC	73	66	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	54	DNC	64	60	596	Apprentice
76	Isabella Holdsworth	2771	AUS	RPAYC	63	68	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	71	78	72	630	Youth / WOW
77	Pit Mueller	2191	SUI		61	58	TLE	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	57	BFD	639	Super Master
78	Cooper Hein	2494	AUS	PYC	78	DNC	UFD	DNC	RET	DNC	BFD	64	73	70	656	FAM
79	Rick Rogers	2964	AUS	SBSC	79	74	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	75	691	Super Master
80	Peter Dean	2496	AUS	RFBYC	62	76	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	693	Master
81	Henri Levenspiel	2505	AUS	SSCBC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	74	71	702	Open (U16) / 6.9 / FAM
82	Lachlan Pearman	3040	AUS	RQYS	TLE	RET	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	76	74	707	Master
83	Jaxon Hottinger	2890	USA		70	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	718	Junior
84	Matthew Webb	2446	AUS	RBYC	DNC	77	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	RET	725	Super Master
85	Hugo Allison	3451	AUS	SBSC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	741
85	Charlie Snell	2059	AUS	RPAYC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	741	Junior
85	Oscar Odonoghue	2630	AUS		DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	741
85	Heidi Ferguson	2958	AUS	WSC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	RET	DNC	741	Youth / WOW
85	David Danks	2163	AUS	DBYC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	RET	DNC	741	Youth
85	Bailey McKenzie	2438	AUS	TSC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	741	Junior / 6.9
85	Miles Levenspiel	2014	AUS	SSCBC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	741	Open (U16) / 6.9 / FAM