ILCA 7 World Championship at Adelaide Sailing Club

ILCA 7 World Championship at Adelaide Sailing Club - Day 3

by Harry Fisher, Down Under Sail 28 Jan 23:53 NZDT 24-31 January 2024

2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship Day 3 © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

Regatta favourites flex their muscle as qualifying comes to an end

Two of the favourites to clinch the 2024 ILCA 7 Men's World Championship have walked away from the six qualifying races at the top of the table, while the battle for gold fleet heated up in glamour conditions on Adelaide waters.

The reigning World and Olympic champion, Australia's Matt Wearn, had a solid day in the hotly-contested blue fleet, finishing with a 1,3 scorecard to land him atop the rankings on 9 points.

2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship Day 3 - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

Meanwhile, his British adversary Micky Beckett was untouchable in the yellow fleet, taking two race wins to help nullify his Day 1 scoring penalty and put himself back in the title hunt.

Norway's Hermann Tomasgaard, who won the first three of his races at this regatta, has now slipped down to third overall and four points off the lead with the back half of his scorecard now reading 5,5,7.

As the gold fleet takes shape, the next eight places are now only separated by seven points, with sailors expected to put it all on the line ahead of gold fleet racing and Wednesday's medal race.

2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship Day 3 - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

Wearn said the Adelaide conditions had so far been great with more glamour breezes expected for the back half of the championship.

"It was a really nice day, we started off with a 5-7 knot breeze in the first race and then it sort of just slowly built to a nice 12-15 knot breeze, so a great day of sailing," he said.

"In speaking, we're halfway through (the regatta), but obviously more than halfway through with the amount of races left, so obviously into gold fleet tomorrow it's always going to be a really tough fight - going from three fleets to one means it's a lot more dense and a lot harder."

2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship Day 3 - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

He said the Australian Sailing Team was well prepared for the home event, with a solid training block in Adelaide throughout the summer leading into the Australian and Oceania Championships in early January, followed by the Worlds.

"I guess for being in Australia it feels like it's been a long lead in, we obviously spent most of the summer here and it feels like it's been a long time coming to get into the regatta, but it's the last pinnacle event before the Games, so the last one to really test yourself," he said.

"It's been great to be here at Adelaide Sailing Club, they've been amazing hosts, even when there hasn't been regattas on they've had us here training, they've been more than happy to accommodate us."

2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship Day 3 - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

Today also saw a large portion of the fleet lay everything on the line as they battled for a berth in the gold fleet.

Spain's Joel Rodriguez Perez said starting on a busy line was incredibly challenging and he had to be careful not to suffer a poor result given his current scorecard.

"Unfortunately I was more in the battle to make the gold fleet instead of being at the top of the fleet, and I couldn't go for too aggressive a start because I also had a bad discard," he said.

"But look, anything can happen and everybody knows that in this fleet it's not over until the last race - anyone can finish 10th, 20th, 30th, anything can happen until then so just have to keep pushing."

2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship Day 3 - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

With finals racing beginning tomorrow, the sailors will be split into gold, silver and bronze fleets with world championships, Olympic qualifications, and even internal selections all on the table.

The regatta will culminate with a top 10 medal race on Wednesday, with that race score worth double points and is unable to be discarded.

For more information head to ilca2024adelaide.ilca-worlds.org

Results after Day 3:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1st	AUS	199015	Matt Wearn	‑6	1	2	2	1	3	9
2nd	GBR	210139	Michael Beckett	(30%)	6	1	3	1	1	12
3rd	NOR	224454	Hermann Tomasgaard	1	1	1	5	5	‑7	13
4th	FRA	216112	Jean‑Baptiste Bernaz	6	2	4	6	‑11	4	22
5th	NZL	219921	Thomas Saunders	4	‑11	9	4	2	4	23
6th	CRO	216063	Filip Jurišic	2	3	4	1	‑16	15	25
7th	GER	191131	Philipp Buhl	3	1	5	5	11	‑38	25
8th	AUS	211556	Ethan Mcaullay	5	9	1	8	‑22	3	26
9th	HUN	213119	Jonatan Vadnai	13	7	2	3	(BFD)	2	27
10th	AUS	219896	Luke Elliott	1	2	5	10	‑18	10	28
11th	IRL	222017	Finn Lynch	‑8	4	6	8	5	6	29
12th	GER	211241	Nik Aaron Willim	‑19	4	10	7	5	5	31
13th	CHI	211771	Clemente Seguel Lacámara	2	5	3	9	‑26	14	33
14th	NZL	214137	George Gautrey	3	(30%)	3	18	6	5	35
15th	GUA	211981	Juan Maegli	6	10	5	‑31	11	3	35
16th	NOR	223393	Christoffer Srrlie	4	7	2	16	‑24	9	38
17th	IND	218191	Vishnu Saravanan	15	‑19	7	2	6	9	39
18th	AUS	199088	Zac Littlewood	12	5	‑16	4	12	6	39
19th	SWE	219489	Emil Bengtson	13	‑17	9	1	9	8	40
20th	GBR	223102	Sam Whaley	7	10	14	‑17	7	2	40
21st	FIN	222065	Valtteri Uusitalo	‑29	2	12	22	4	1	41
22nd	MNE	191715	Milivoj Dukic	‑16	4	8	14	8	7	41
23rd	CYP	212431	Pavlos Kontides	‑14	3	8	10	10	12	43
24th	POR	223215	Eduardo Marques	‑29	6	6	6	14	11	43
25th	ITA	216159	Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini	5	‑20	19	16	4	2	46
26th	CRO	212013	Tonci Stipanovic	‑23	6	13	16	3	10	48
27th	HKG	171979	Nicholas Halliday	17	13	10	‑19	10	1	51
28th	TUR	213512	Yigit Yalcin Citak	5	17	7	11	‑20	11	51
29th	NED	223054	Duko Bos	11	14	15	10	2	‑19	52
30th	ARG	222111	Francisco Guaragna Rigonat	3	8	17	15	(BFD)	10	53
31st	CAN	221811	Luke Ruitenberg	2	15	13	9	16	‑40	55
32nd	ESP	211710	Joel Rodriguez Perez	13	5	‑35	12	14	15	59
33rd	FIN	214111	Kaarle Tapper	10	8	19	14	8	‑29	59
34th	MAS	214989	Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy	4	15	‑28	20	1	20	60
35th	ARG	222148	Facundo Olezza	12	(DSQ)	12	3	13	22	62
36th	HUN	213095	Benjamin Vadnai	15	22	15	7	‑30	5	64
37th	USA	221715	Ford Mccann	26	17	14	(BFD)	4	4	65
38th	IRL	216101	Ewan Mcmahon	24	9	9	6	‑33	17	65
39th	AUS	214418	Finn Alexander	9	7	11	12	‑28	26	65
40th	ESP	211436	Leopoldo Barreto Haschke	10	‑25	14	18	10	16	68
41st	PUR	214311	Pedro Fernandez	17	16	4	5	‑40	27	69
42nd	DEN	210987	Johan Lundgaard Schubert	7	11	18	21	13	‑23	70
43rd	SGP	222980	Ryan Lo	19	‑30	21	1	8	23	72
44th	GBR	224124	Daniel Whiteley	10	9	7	22	(BFD)	24	72
45th	MNE	224085	Ilija Markovic	18	18	‑24	11	7	18	72
46th	NOR	218563	Uffe Tomasgaard	14	14	10	27	‑32	8	73
47th	SUI	191817	Gauthier Verhulst	8	‑30	11	12	25	17	73
48th	AUS	198098	Stefan Elliott‑Shircore	16	18	20	9	‑42	12	75
49th	TUR	191719	Berkay Abay	22	‑35	18	21	6	9	76
50th	BEL	214116	William De Smet	29	16	3	2	‑31	27	77
51st	USA	218131	Marshall Mccann	7	‑33	12	17	21	22	79
52nd	SLO	214148	Zan Luka Zelko	21	16	25	‑28	7	11	80
53rd	FRA	203855	Alexandre Boite	18	23	16	‑24	14	13	84
54th	ESP	211309	Joaquin Blanco Albalat	9	26	17	4	‑34	29	85
55th	SWE	222506	Ludvig Lindqvist	33	8	20	(BFD)	16	8	85
56th	FIN	224484	Nooa Laukkanen	‑38	11	8	14	29	28	90
57th	GRE	210600	Anastasios Panagiotidis	‑26	26	26	25	2	13	92
58th	THA	213137	Arthit Mikhail Romanyk	11	‑35	23	8	21	30	93
59th	USA	218111	Chapman Petersen	‑30	27	19	20	3	25	94
60th	GRE	221449	Georgios Papadakos	12	20	16	(BFD)	27	19	94
61st	CRO	222212	Bruno Gaspic	20	19	22	13	(BFD)	21	95
62nd	CAN	215011	Liam Bruce	21	‑38	15	24	30	7	97
63rd	ITA	221118	Dimitri Peroni	14	35	21	(BFD)	3	26	99
64th	USA	157851	Leo Boucher	9	28	30%	15	(RET)	20	99
65th	AUS	217316	Michael Compton	15	‑32	23	15	22	30	105
66th	POR	217531	Santiago Sampaio	11	25	31	‑32	15	24	106
67th	CAN	217218	Michael Leigh	‑27	27	20	27	17	15	106
68th	SWE	216181	Wilhelm Kark	24	18	27	‑30	18	20	107
69th	BRA	171171	Bruno Fontes	32	‑36	22	13	27	14	108
70th	JPN	204996	Yoshihiro Suzuki	22	23	24	19	20	‑43	108
71st	GBR	221582	Finley Dickinson	‑32	10	21	17	29	32	109
72nd	ESA	210211	Enrique Arathoon	16	12	29	(BFD)	31	21	109
73rd	GRE	212521	Dimitris Papadimitriou	19	14	28	‑42	17	31	109
74th	DEN	218174	Nikolaj Borch	22	21	‑38	23	33	12	111
75th	GBR	219895	James Percival‑Cooke	‑37	24	28	11	28	21	112
76th	GER	224211	Nico Naujock	25	15	13	10%	‑42	18	112
77th	NOR	224254	Theodor Middelthon	26	19	(DSQ)	21	15	31	112
78th	ECU	197116	Matias Dyck	23	20	‑33	31	22	16	112
79th	JPN	217704	Haruto Kuroda	‑46	12	39	7	32	23	113
80th	CAN	216264	Ryan Anderson	18	24	‑33	32	27	14	115
81st	LTU	223708	Martis Pajarskas	‑43	33	27	13	25	18	116
82nd	CZE	221935	Ondrej Teply	21	22	17	29	(BFD)	31	120
83rd	AUS	181887	Sam King	20	29	27	26	‑36	19	121
84th	BER	223238	Sebastian Kempe	34	28	6	18	‑40	38	124
85th	CHN	211513	Ning Zhao	35	32	29	23	‑41	6	125
86th	CAN	178611	Fillah Karim	24	31	26	19	‑36	25	125
87th	ISR	214931	Maor Ben Harosh	28	34	32	20	12	‑37	126
88th	GER	221387	Justin Barth	28	23	‑44	22	10%	30	127
89th	THA	211027	Chusitt Punjamala	‑49	44	31	28	12	13	128
90th	CAN	219066	Norman Struthers	‑40	38	22	23	19	26	128
91st	GER	211217	Tim‑Felipe Conradi	27	12	31	25	35	‑42	130
92nd	GER	223181	Julian Hoffmann	17	25	33	(BFD)	26	29	130
93rd	CRO	219759	Stipe Gaspic	(SPI)	41	37	28	9	16	131
94th	BER	222411	Campbell Patton	23	31	26	26	25	‑39	131
95th	ITA	219281	Giacomo Musone	34	13	25	(BFD)	29	35	136
96th	ARG	220573	Juan Pablo Cardozo	36	24	(UFD)	29	23	24	136
97th	GER	191899	Philip Walkenbach	8	31	30	‑44	33	35	137
98th	USA	199796	Malcolm Lamphere	25	21	34	(BFD)	36	28	144
99th	JPN	216228	Kazumasa Segawa	‑40	29	32	34	35	17	147
100th	AUS	217539	Lachie Weber	‑42	42	32	24	13	37	148
101st	MON	221812	Jeremy Moutout	31	‑40	30	30	23	34	148
102nd	AUS	221956	Isaac Schotte	31	26	18	30	(BFD)	44	149
103rd	LCA	214113	Luc Chevrier	39	21	‑40	26	39	25	150
104th	NZL	218101	Luke Cashmore	31	34	44	(BFD)	9	33	151
105th	NZL	219221	Luke Deegan	33	22	‑42	27	37	32	151
106th	CHN	211313	Yulong Qiu	38	27	36	(BFD)	18	33	152
107th	AUS	166789	Edward Reid	27	‑44	29	34	19	44	153
108th	AUS	219891	Lawson Mcaullay	20	RDG	34	‑39	34	36	153
109th	JPN	220186	Kenji Nanri	35	‑36	34	31	10%	27	155
110th	CAN	217718	James Juhasz	28	13	38	39	‑43	40	158
111th	DEN	222816	Andreas Krabbe‑Christensen	30	37	38	33	20	‑41	158
112th	NZL	212259	Caleb Armit	32	29	23	‑41	41	33	158
113th	USA	221611	Daniel Escudero	34	33	24	(BFD)	34	34	159
114th	FIN	215016	Fredrik Westman	‑40	36	35	32	28	28	159
115th	IVB	208841	Thad Lettsome	33	30	36	25	‑39	36	160
116th	NZL	220054	Dylan Forsyth	36	37	40	38	17	‑43	168
117th	DEN	218709	Kenneth Frederiksen	37	34	30	(BFD)	31	37	169
118th	NZL	222172	George Pilkington	25	‑46	44	35	24	46	174
119th	IND	212161	Mohit Saini	41	‑45	39	33	21	42	176
120th	CAN	191126	Ben Flower	35	41	36	33	‑45	36	181
121st	AUT	191101	Clemens Kuebber	43	44	‑46	35	15	46	183
122nd	USA	200404	Robby Meek	39	39	‑42	40	30	41	189
123rd	SGP	214170	Wonn Kye Lee	44	43	‑45	36	32	34	189
124th	CHI	214730	Ricardo Seguel Lacámara	38	42	‑47	44	44	22	190
125th	SAM	216199	Eroni Leilua	‑44	41	43	37	37	32	190
126th	AUS	209514	Alexander Bijkerk	42	42	43	‑45	24	40	191
127th	USA	222516	James Golden	47	40	25	37	42	(DSQ)	191
128th	AUS	222155	Jack Eickmeyer	30	32	37	(BFD)	48	44	191
129th	BER	215024	Malcolm Benn Smith	37	40	43	35	38	‑48	193
130th	AUS	217820	Daniel Costandi	36	38	46	38	‑48	39	197
131st	AUS	224626	Will Sargent	‑47	43	35	40	45	35	198
132nd	AUS	221522	Julian Taylor	‑45	39	45	38	38	38	198
133rd	AUS	222421	Patrick Scally	41	45	39	29	‑46	45	199
134th	JPN	208222	Ao Higuchi	42	48	42	34	37	‑49	203
135th	SRB	203013	Nikola Banjac	39	37	41	43	43	‑46	203
136th	AUS	223666	Tom Holmes	43	45	‑47	46	26	45	205
137th	AUS	217361	Patrick Cummin	46	‑47	46	36	38	39	205
138th	AUS	216366	Hamish Gilsenan	45	46	‑49	42	35	43	211
139th	AUS	211566	Thomas Farley	‑48	39	41	43	44	45	212
140th	CHN	221231	Jindong Kong	‑48	47	40	41	44	41	213
141st	AUS	221957	Hamish Crabb	‑49	49	37	46	41	47	220
142nd	BAH	213428	Joshua Higgins	41	(DSQ)	47	37	46	50	221
143rd	ITA	221411	Valerio Cassanmagnago	46	47	48	45	39	(RET)	225
144th	JPN	217058	Shusuke Takeuchi	47	43	41	(BFD)	47	47	225
145th	AUS	202847	John Gordon	‑50	49	49	39	47	47	231
146th	AUS	216359	Otto Henry	45	46	49	(DNC)	49	42	231
147th	AUS	224558	Steve Gunther	‑48	48	48	48	40	48	232
148th	JPN	220060	Yuta Irie	49	‑50	48	40	50	48	235
149th	AUS	224557	James Quentin Burns	‑50	48	45	47	50	49	239
150th	POL	213213	Vincent Peter	‑51	51	50	49	43	50	243
151st	UKR	216369	David Surkov	50	50	50	48	‑51	49	247
152nd	AUS	199224	Chris Thorpe	‑51	51	51	47	49	50	248