Photo: Will Calver 2008 www.oceanphotography.co.nz
Photo: Richard Gladwell www.sail-world.comFebruary 28, 2008 International Tornado World Championship, Thursday on the Hauraki Gulf off Takapuna Beach, N.Z. Charlie Ogletree reports: Today the sun shone, we got to discard the 53 points that were dragging us down from the race we didn't finish on Tuesday, and we placed third in the first race of the day. With a 16th in the second race today at the 2008 International Tornado World Championship, we pulled all the way back from 22nd overall place to tenth.
With high pressure centered over Auckland, prospects for good wind didn't look too favourable but it was a lovely summer day and the sea was flat. By the time we started the first race the northeasterly sea breeze had filled in at around 6-8 knots and then increased to a very steady 10-12 knots for the second race of the day.
We got a great start in the first race at the pin end along with Francesco Marcolini from Italy, Roman Hagara from Austria and Bruce Kendall from New Zealand. Roman led around the first windward mark of the three-lap course while we were fourth. The second time around we'd moved up to third while Francesco had taken over the lead from Roman. Our little lead group pulled clear of the rest of the pack, fighting for dominance all the while but we finished in the same order.
Photo: Will Calver 2008 www.oceanphotography.co.nz
Our second start wasn't so hot but we salvaged a good finish from possible disaster. As the seconds ticked down to the gun we were stuck in a group that looked like starting early. We took our foot off the gas and were slow getting off the line but we didn't have to worry about the recall signals. At the first windward mark we were 20th. We improved that to 19th the next time around and 16th at the finish. In all, seven boats were called over early, including some of those around us.
With two days and four races remaining we are facing some serious work ahead to move up in the standings. But we feel good about our boat speed and tactics this week. Without Tuesday's breakdown to load up our overall score, our points compare favourably with the top boats in contention here.
It seems we'll have some fresh conditions to wrap this up. The weather calls for 10 to 15 knot northeasterlies tomorrow and 20 to 25-knot northerlies on Saturday.
Sail fast, Johnny Lovell and Charlie Ogletree - Team Advanced Equities I
You can download full results at Takapuna Tornado Worlds: http://www.takapunaworlds.org/index.cfm?eid=1041
Be sure to visit our T-Squared Racing website: http://www.t-squaredracing.com/
February 27, 2008 International Tornado World Championship, Wednesday on the Hauraki Gulf off Takapuna Beach, N.Z. No racing when a a fickle and fitful southerly collapsed to a near calm, tomorrow, Thursday, was supposed to be a lay day - but is now scheduled for two races, but with a high pressure cell centered offshore just to the west of Auckland the prospects doesn't look promising. The forecast calls for variable breeze in the morning, trending to an onshore northeast breeze at 10 knots in the afternoon - Charlie Ogletree
Spinnaker hoist
February 26, 2008 International Tornado World Championship, Tuesday on the Hauraki Gulf off Takapuna Beach, N.Z. Things went sour on us today in both races at the 2008 International Tornado World Championship on the Hauraki Gulf. A busted spinnaker tack line dropped us to 29th place in the first race, and forced us to withdraw from the second when we were in fourth place.
As a bunch of our fellow competitors reminded us, that's yacht racing. Your preparation work can be excellent but bad luck can still bite. With six more races to sail over the next three days we've dropped from our second place yesterday to an uncharacteristic 22nd. For us, it's now all about racing harder than ever and improving every race.
Day Two brought more great but challenging sailing conditions, with the breeze still up around 12 to 18 knots and backing a little to the south as the afternoon wore on. It was overcast and around 12 knots for the first race and we had a good start and a good first beat to be up in the top six or seven boats coming into the windward mark. However we were on the port tack and owed right-of-way to a long line of starboard tack boats flying into the mark. After losing time double tacking we got around in 15th.
We set the spinnaker but found we couldn't secure the tack, which is attached to the end of the pole by the tack line. The line cover had broken and the line kept slipping. We figured out a cumbersome jury rig but it meant tying off and untying the tack line every time we raised or lowered the spinnaker and we lost ground on every leg to finish 29th.
We had a big scramble to fix things between races, got an old line in place and made it back to the start line with half a minute to spare. We sized the situation up and started at the leeward end of the line, sailed a great first beat and found ourselves in fourth place with noone close behind us. Things were looking up. We could see a third place, or better, until we set the spinnaker. The replacement line rolled out of the sheave at the end of the pole and jammed, leaving us no way to get the spinnaker up or down. It was the end of the day for us.
2008 International Tornado World Championship, Monday on the Hauraki Gulf off Takapuna Beach, N.Z. John Lovell [New Orleans] and Charlie Ogletree [Kemah, Texas] posting second and fifth place finishes to end the day second overall and just one point out of first place. The German crew of Roland Gaebler and Gunnar Struckman handled today's conditions very consistently and their two third place finishes put them first overall with six points to our seven. This was the beginning of the five-day, ten race World Championship and our performance was a great way for the US team to ramp up their campaign as they look towards the Olympics in Qingdao, China six months from now.
John Lovell
They report conditions were incredibly difficult with bright sunshine and a fresh southwesterly breeze gusting off the beach in big puffs and eddies that made you a champion one minute and left you gasping for air the next. Apart from one or two holes, the breeze was never light, ranging from 12 up to 18 knots and with 30 degree shifts.
We staged an awesome mid-line start in the first race of the day and were amongst the top 15 boats half way up the weather leg of the three-lap race. A big header slammed in and we were the first to tack into it and crossed the entire fleet on port. We connected the dots on the next two shifts and at the weather mark we had a 150-yard lead on the second boat - but not for long!
Charlie Ogletree
As we bore off around the mark the biggest puff of the day hit and we accelerated in a shower of spray before we stuffed both bows and came to an abrupt halt. By the time we'd recovered, our lead had evaporated, but we came back and trailed the Spanish boat round the leeward mark. The battle was close at times and we got within five seconds of the Spaniards at the last weather mark before we sailed a conservative last run to protect our second place.
Race two featured an aborted start, called off as a big left shift forced a general recall. Then we made another awesome start, hitting the middle of the line at speed. We had a nice first beat and were third or fourth at the top mark before making up ground and rounding the weather mark for the second time in second place behind the Canadians. Our choice of the wrong gate at the leeward mark proved fatal and we were all the way back to seventh before clawing back to fifth at the finish.
We're real happy with our early record. You don't win regattas on the opening day but it's easy to lose them. We know it's going to be a long week in demanding conditions and we're up for it. We have good boat speed and we're executing well. The next few days will be a big challenge. The forecasters are predicting more of the same from the southwest tomorrow but probably lighter and flukier. Then on Wednesday the breeze is predicted to go southerly and lighter before backing to a light onshore easterly as the day wears on and a small high pressure cell moves in from the Tasman. We may get a taste of Qingdao, without the big swell or the jellyfish - Sail fast - Johnny Lovell and Charlie Ogletree - Team Advanced Equities I
Our host club for this event is the Takapuna Boating Club. You can download full results at Takapuna Tornado Worlds: http://www.takapunaworlds.org/index.cfm?eid=1041
Be sure to visit our T-Squared Racing website: http://www.t-squaredracing.com/
We want to acknowledge all the support from our sponsor, Advanced Equities.
February 23, Honor (real or faux?), gentlemanly restraint, Valencia Sailing Wednesday reported news from Alinghi (SUI) about the D35 multihull competition held among the rich and well-heeled on Lake Geneva, under auspices of several clubs, including guess who -- Société Nautique de Genève (SNG).
For those of you who haven't been paying attention to sporting events on Lake Geneva (which includes most of us), this is a multihull contest for a gold prize, which SNG club member Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI) won in 2007 -- the so-called Bol d'Or, a prize that 10 boats, owned mostly by SNG members, compete for over eight events.
Seemingly out of nowhere, Nicolas Gonet, scion of the multi-generational Swiss private bank Gonet, one of those magnificently private Swiss banks, famous for money, subtle power and utter discretion, and in Gonet's case, winner of the Bol d'Or prize in 2006, is planning to introduce BMW Oracle Racing into the D35 lake racing circuit in 2008.
That's BMW ORACLE RACING!!!
Gonet's navigator is Russell Coutts (NZL), for crying out loud. The D35 is a multihull. And BMW Oracle Racing is a concept that couldn't be more alien to this elegant, aristocratic, Swiss cold water event.
This is Lake Geneva. The Swiss elite. Private Swiss banks. SNG. Ernesto, himself. And here comes ... LARRY!
According to the Alinghi news machine, Ernesto protests -- in a pin-stripe kind of way -- his fellow club member Nicolas Gonet's initiative to introduce BMW Oracle Racing to the elite circuit.
Ernesto professes concern that an enemy of SNG is joining the circuit. After all, Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC), host club of Larry Ellison (USA)'s BMW Oracle Racing America's Cup Team, is currently engaged in litigation against SNG in Justice Herman Cahn's New York Supreme Court.
Yet Ernesto avers he will not protest. This situation, he says, magnanimously, must be resolved 'on the water'. Holy moley!!!
This is a whopper. We have only scant information. More to come! Posted by Ross on his web site: http://americascupview.blogspot.com/
February 20, Singapore Airlines Sail Auckland, concluded Tuesday with the international sailors coming home with gold in the hotly contested Women's Laser Radial, Tornado, Women's and Men's RS:X classes. Light shifty winds on all the courses challenged sailors this morning, while a ENE breeze filled in mid afternoon reaching up to 15 knots at times.
Final top three: Laser Radial Women 1. Sari Multala, FIN, 33 points 2. Lijia Xu, CHN, 55 3. Anna Tunnicliffe, USA, 63 Tornado 1. Darren Bundock / Glenn Ashby, AUS, 37 2. Roland Gaebler / Gunnar Struckmann, GER, 54 3. Fernando Echavarri / Anton Paz, ESP, 67 Click for John Lovell/Charlie Ogletree at Sail Auckland RS:X Men 1. Nikos Kaklamanakis, GRE, 39 2. JP Tobin, NZL, 42 3. Joao Rodrigues, POR, 43 RS:X Women 1. Marina Alabau, ESP, 27 2. Barbara Kendall, NZL, 34 3. Romy Kinzl, GER, 39 470 Men 1. Carl Evans / Peter Burling, NZL, 24 2. Geoffrey Woolley / Mark Overington, NZL, 26 3. Dan Wilcox / Chris Dawson, NZL, 35 Laser Radial Men 1. Blair McLay, NZL, 34 2. James Sandall, NZL, 39 3. Jason Geale, NZL, 47 Laser Standard 1. Josh Junior, NZL, 13 2. Mathew Steven, NZL, 27 3. In-sup Kim, NZL, 40 420 1. Marcus Hansen and Finn Drummond, NZL, 28 2. Wade Tresadern and Ben Goodwin, NZL, 37 3. Sarah Berry and Emma Berry, NZL, 38 2.4 Metre 1. Andrew May, NZL, 8 2. Josh McKenzie-Brown, NZL, 16 3. Louise Brown, NZL, 32See www.sailauckland.org.nz for full results
February 19, John Lovell/Charlie Ogletree - their Olympic Quest, Auckland, NZ. Finished seventh overall in the Singapore Airlines Sail Auckland 2008 regatta today after a fifth place finish in the Medal Race on the Waitemata Harbour. Earlier, the final fleet race on the Hauraki Gulf was cancelled for lack of wind.
Racing in the International Tornado World Championship 2008 starts next Monday here at the Takapuna Boating Club and we feel good about finishing at the top of a very competitive fleet that included all the sailors who've qualified for the Olympics in China this summer, plus all those still attempting to qualify.
After our fleet racing was called off this morning, our group spent several hours in a local coffee shop before setting sail for the Kohimarama YC, the host club for Sail Auckland. Conditions had picked up and by the time we started there was a steady 15-16 knot breeze out of the northeast accompanied by fairly flat water.
For a Medal Race, it was a longer and tougher workout than usual - four quite long laps, lasting in all about half an hour. We knew the best score we could achieve was sixth and the worse 10th so we had to protect our flanks, as it were, while taking a few chances at moving up the points table.
The start line was a long one and we were part of a group of four boats that elected to go for a port tack start. It meant ducking the right-of-way starboard tackers but a duck at reaching speeds in a catamaran costs little in time and distance while eliminating one tack on the way to the weather mark.
We had wanted to focus less on boat speed for this event and more on tactics and boat handling. We were fourth at the top mark and the fleet positions didn't change drastically after that. We dropped one more place before the finish.
We'll be taking a day off tomorrow before we resume tuning and testing in advance of the worlds.
February 18, John Lovell/Charlie Ogletree - their Olympic Quest. The first two days of the Singapore Airlines Sail Auckland 2008 regatta offered us a taste of the winds we can expect from the southwest quadrant when we compete in the Tornado World Championship later this month. Today we got more of the same treatment. The breeze was lighter but it wasn't any easier to deal with.
Powering up
We're now eighth overall. Our 14-5-12 results today don't show it but we had a pretty decent time of it as we dealt with the same difficult weather pattern. The breeze was a little more southerly but still off the beach, with the weather mark pretty close to the Takapuna Boating Club. The range was bigger, from 10 to 16 knots. But the pattern of big shifts and big velocity changes had everyone constantly on and off the trapezes. There were a lot of crazy things happening.
All three of our starts today were excellent. We were consistently in the top group off the line and really pleased about it. It's good to demonstrate that ability in advance of the upcoming worlds. This week has shown that, despite all the development work we柏ve done, our speed is still a couple of clicks off that of top five boats here. We柏ve got some speed optimizing work to do after this event is over.
After placing fifth in the second race of the day we were within grasp of fourth or better in the last race of the day. We were actually in fourth but had a bad last run, missing a couple of opportunities to stay in contention. As a result, we lost seven boats with the finish line in sight and crossed in 12th place. It was a frustrating way to end the day but at least we know where we went wrong.
Tomorrow, we have one fleet race in the morning. After that the top ten boats sail over to the Kohimarama Yacht Club for the double points Medal Race. The breeze is forecast to switch east and lighten with occasional rain showers. There are no guarantees but it looks as if we're in pretty good shape to go to the medal round. With a couple of good performances, sixth place for this event looks as if it's achievable. The breeze forecast to switch east and lighten with occasional rain showers.
Rigging up
Our host club for this event is the Kohimarama YC. You can view full results at Singapore Airlines Sail Auckland 2008 [https://nzl.regatta-manager.com/Regatta/RegattaPage.do?page=home&clubContext=SailAuckland®attaContext=2008Sail], click on "Results" on the top menu and then chose "Tornados". We want to acknowledge all the support of our sponsor, Advanced Equities. Be sure to visit our T-Squared Racing website
Sail fast, Johnny Lovell and Charlie Ogletree - Team Advanced Equities I
. Day Two of the Singapore Airlines Sail Auckland 2008 regatta [New Zealand] produced some topsy turvey results [eighth place in tough conditions] for us and most of the 40 contestants in the International Catamaran Class.
The fleet sailed four races in an extremely shifty south westerly with big velocity changes ranging from 12 to 20 knots, made even more difficult by the gusts angling off Takapuna Beach. There were lots of general recalls as competitors tried to come to grips with the conditions. After finishing yesterday in fourth place, we are now eighth overall
A sticky spinnaker halyard made things especially difficult for us today. We had trouble several times getting the spinnaker down as we approached the leeward mark. We sailed most of one weather leg without the spinnaker fully retracted into its housing.
When we finally got away in the first race of the day our boat speed was good but our sail handling could have been smarter. Basically, we failed to connect the dots and paid for it with a 17th place. We were in contention for a top place in race two, rounding the top mark in fifth place only to be dragged down by the spinnaker halyard problem. It cost us places but we managed to finish ninth. Race three saw us make our worse start of the day but we recovered to sail a solid race and finish in 14th place. In race four we made a great start only to be caught by a big wind shift that caused us to overlay the leeward gate. Our 18th finish became our throwout race.
Our host club for this event is the Kohimarama YC. You can view full results at Singapore Airlines Sail Auckland 2008 [https://nzl.regatta-manager.com/Regatta/RegattaPage.do?page=home&clubContext=SailAuckland®attaContext=2008Sail]. Click on "Results" on the top menu and then chose "Tornados".
February 16, John Lovell/Charlie Ogletree - their Olympic Quest. Strong Start to Sail Auckland in New Zealand. We finished fourth overall on the action-packed opening day of the Singapore Airlines Sail Auckland 2008 regatta. The annual event is hosted by the Kohimarama YC situated on Waitemata Harbour but the Tornados are racing out of the Takapuna Boating Club where we'll be competing in the World Champs later this month.
Preparing to launch. That's the Takapuna Boating Club in the background
We showed great speed and posted 17-1-3 places to finish the day fourth overall, buoyed by the knowledge that we could actually have done better.
This was a crazy day and not just for the weather. Our 40 international Tornados delayed our racing for the start of the 42-kilometer waka (six-person outrigger canoe) race around Rangitoto and Mototapu Islands which this year attracted 100 crews from NZ, Hawaii, Tahiti and San Diego. The southwester was forecast to come in at 25-34 knots but it actually varied from 10 to 22 knots. With the wind right off the beach, our weather mark was just 100 yards off the breakers. The heavy puffs coming off the shore and cliffs blasted some boats so hard they almost capsized. It was wild and whacky, with the lead positions changing radically. The racing was concentrated too. All our races were physically and tactically-demanding two-lap affairs.
In our first race we made a good start and sailed a conservative race and were comfortably in seventh until a big 20-degree left shift hit us just as we rounded the weather mark for the last time. Our leeward stern just kissed the mark and we were left to peel off and make a 360-degree penalty turn which meant we finished 17th.
Our start to the second race was average but we sailed a nice weather leg to hold second place at the weather mark. We climbed on two shifts and closed distance on the Danish boat that was leading, then hit two more and passed him to win the race comfortably..
We had another average start for the third race but sailed an excellent weather leg and rounded the weather mark in first place and extended on the run to a comfortable lead. Starting the second beat there was a massive rain squall approaching, bringing a 20 degree right shift. We tacked to cover the boats behind us but four pressed further into the squall and the right corner. When we came together at the top mark two of the boats that went right were able to cross in front of us, leaving us to finish third.
The Race Committee has promised us four races tomorrow. In anticipation, we'll be treating our 40-year-old bodies to an early night, but not before a short visit to the annual Devonport Wine and Food Festival just around the corner from our house.
Our host club for this event is the Kohimarama YC. You can view full results at Singapore Airlines Sail Auckland 2008 [https://nzl.regatta-manager.com/Regatta/RegattaPage.do?page=home&clubContext=SailAuckland®attaContext=2008Sail], click on "Results" on the top menu and then chose "Tornados". We want to acknowledge all the support of our sponsor, Advanced Equities. Be sure to visit our T-Squared Racing website
Sail fast - Johnny Lovell and Charlie Ogletree - Team Advanced Equities I
Photo: yngling.org
February 16, Yngling Sailors Barkow, Howe and Capozzi Qualify for U.S. Olympic Team, Portsmouth, R.I. For Yngling sailors Sally Barkow (Nashotah, Wis.), Carrie Howe (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) and Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.) it is officia: after years of hard work, the team is bound for China this summer to represent the USA at the 2008 Olympic Games.
"We're very excited to be on the Olympic Team," said skipper Sally Barkow moments after getting off the water. "We have a long road ahead of us to get ready for the tough competition in China, but we're looking forward to it."
After earning a fourth overall finish at the Yngling Women's World Championship earlier Friday in Miami, Fla., the trio - also referred to as Team 7 - successfully completed qualification for the U.S. Olympic Team for Sailing. US SAILING's Olympic Sailing Committee will now officially nominate the Team to the U.S. Olympic Committee.
"We're excited to have Sally, Carrie and Debbie on the 2008 Olympic Team," said Dean Brenner, Chair of US SAILING's Olympic Sailing Committee. "Their record over the last four years speaks for itself, and they have earned the right to represent the United States."
The competition at the Yngling Women's World Championship was fierce, with several countries still hoping to qualify for a berth at the Games. Team 7 earned the Yngling berth for the USA last August after winning a silver medal at the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Cascais, Portugal, which was also the first event of two that would determine the USA representatives to the Games.
"We had to fight hard to come back from behind," said Barkow, the 2007 US SAILING Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year, about the team's fourth place finish at the Worlds. "It wasn't easy but we did a pretty good job."
The 2008 Olympic Games will take place August 8-24. The Olympic regatta will be held in Qingdao, China, a coastal city located 430 miles east of Beijing. The USA has qualified for a berth in all 11 Olympic and 3 Paralympic classes. Athletes for the other Olympic and Paralympic sailing events were named after the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Team Trials - Sailing were held last fall.
February 14, Laser World Championship, Terrigal, Australia. A southerly change producing winds over 30 knots, big swells and heavy rain put a dampener on what showed the promise of a nail-biting finish to the regatta. Racing was postponed and the abandoned and defending champion Tom Slingsby of Australia was announced Laser World Champion for 2008.
David Weaver of New Zealand also sailed to his best world championship result ever with a tenth place making it two kiwis in the top ten at this 157 boat fleet. Just five points back from Weaver was New Zealand柏s Olympic representative Andrew Murdoch who finished 13th overall.
While Murdoch would like to have finished further up the ladder, with the Olympic Games in Qingdao now less than six months away, he has been in preparation and training to peak in the light wind conditions expected at the Chinese venue. Conditons in Terrigal over the past week have been blustery and fresh working in favour of regatta winner Tom Slingsby.
Having held the lead the regatta at times, Argentine Julio Alsogaray had to settle for silver while Javier Hernandez of Spain won the bronze.
2008 Laser World Championship Top fifteen final results: 1st Tom Slingsby AUS 2nd Julio Alsogaray ARG 3rd Javier Hernandez ESP 4th Vasilij Zbogar SLO 5th Michael Bullot NZL 6th Alexander Schlonski GER 7th Paul Goodison GBR 8th Nick Thompson GBR 9th Brad Funk USA 10th David Weaver NZL 11th Bruno Fontes BRA 12th Milan Vujasinovic CRO 13th Andrew Murdoch NZL 14th Adonis Bougiouris GRE 15th Marc de Haas NEDFor more go to: http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1070&CKid=0
February 13, Yngling Womens Worlds, Miami, FL [Tuesday] After six races at the Yngling Worlds, the GBR team of Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb, and Pippa Wilson is beginning to
distance themselves from the field.
The top North American team - Sally Barkow, Carrie Howe, and Debbie Capozzi (USA) - helped their cause by winning Tuesday's final race, and remain a strong contender for a podium finish. Racing continues for the twenty-eight boat fleet on Wednesday and Thursday before the top ten face off in the final medal race on Friday.
As the Worlds is the final opportunity for a country to qualify for one of the fifteen slots at the 2008 Olympics, there is a big battle amongst the eight nations fighting for the four Olympic places that are still up for grabs. Of those countries vying for the slots, the pecking order is presently France, Norway, Greece, Italy, Canada that are in, with Denmark, Japan, and Ukraine on the outside - http://www.yngling.org/wwc2008/080212.html
February 12, Yngling Womens Worlds, Miami, FL [Monday] - With nearly all the female gold medallists from the 2004 Athens Olympics (all but the RSX) competing at the Yngling Worlds, it is the GBR team of Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb, and Pippa Wilson that keeps the lead with a third and a second in Monday's races.
In classic Biscayne Bay conditions, with 15-18 knots building a moderate chop, the surprise in this regatta so far is the Australian team of Krystal Weir, Carol Gojnich and Angela Farrell. The helmswoman, Krystal, has spent only 8 weeks in the boat and is replacing Nicola Bethwaite who tragically got injured in a biking accident. Krystal was runner up to sail for Australia in the Laser Radial at the 2008 Olympics, and also holds a Laser Radial World Championship title. After four races, the top North American team is Sally Barkow, Carrie Howe, and Debbie Capozzi (USA) in 6th place -- http://www.yngling.org/wwc2008/080211.html
2008 Laser World's, Terrigal, Australia [Monda] - Beautiful summer conditions greeted the first day of the 2008 Laser World's Finals races with a pleasant 10-15 knot north easterly breeze. In the 54 boat Gold fleet, Julio Alsogaray (ARG) gained the lead from World champion Tom Slingsby (AUS) who remains in second, but like other favorites such as Paul Goodison (GBR) and Andrew Murdoch (NZL), struggled with Monday柏s conditions. Other than Alsogaray, only American Brad Funk has kept his race scores in the top ten, but Funk is down at 18th overall when on Sunday he got Black Flagged in Race 5 and went around a wrong mark in Race 6. With 8 races now completed, Funk will earn a second drop races after his tenth race, which should considerable improve his standings. Racing concludes on Wednesday -- http://aus08.laserinternational.org/
February 7, 2008 Yngling Women's World Championship. The Greek Olympic gold-medallist, Sofia Bekatorou has spent the past month sailing out of Coconut Grove, FL, training on Biscayne Bay (Miami). Bekatorou is competing in the upcoming 2008 Yngling Women's World Championship from 8 - 16 February, and is taking advantage of training on-site in the local conditions.
These World Championships will include some of the world's best women sailors with 27 teams from 18 countries and four Olympic gold medallists entered so far. Although ten countries plus China have already qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (the Sailing Competition will be held in Qingdao), there are still four places to be decided and the competition among the eight remaining countries represented will be fierce. Bekatorou and her crews' aim is to clinch one of the four remaining spots and to continue training and preparing for China.
As part of their preparations in Miami, Bekatorou competed in last month's Rolex Miami OCR, so that the team could race against a serious fleet that will also be competing at the Worlds - and which will take place on the same race course on Biscayne Bay, considered one of the world's best sailing venues.
In the end at the Rolex Miami OCR, Sofia Bekatorou, Sofia Papadopoulou, and Christina Charamountani finished in 17th place overall. Bekatorou doesn't let herself lose focus on the ultimate goal. She said, "Of course we did sail our best in the Rolex Miami OCR, but we had to concentrate on testing the boat trim and crew positions in these new sea conditions for us. We did try different masts and sails during the training. The idea was to come as close to perfection as we could, to be in our best psychological shape, and gain confidence in the boat for the (Yngling) Worlds."
Bekatorou continued, "We showed a very impressive ascending curve over the week. During the five days, we had two to three races a day and we went from an average of 15th - 20th position in the first days, to finish in the top ten in the last three races. Even not making it to the medal race, only two not-yet qualified countries finished ahead of us." If she and her crew can repeat at least that kind of performance, it would guarantee Greece representation in the Yngling class in the Beijing Olympic Games..
USA entry: Sally Barkow, Debbie Capozzi, Carrie Howe
For more go to: http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/ynglingworlds/index.asp
February 3, US SAILING's 2008 Rolex Miami OCR. After today's short 30-minute "Medal Race" in each of four Olympic classes (Laser, Laser Radial, Star and Yngling), US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR officially concluded. The regatta, an ISAF Grade 1 world ranking event that attracts elite sailors as well as up-and-comers, hosted 369 sailors from 34 countries and yesterday crowned champions in three Paralympic classes (SKUD-18, Sonar and 2.4mR). The awarding of gold, silver and bronze medals in those classes were based on scores from fleet racing that began last Monday for everyone; however, because of a new sailing format that will debut at the 2008 Olympic Games in Qingdao, China, the Olympic-class sailors stayed on for an extra day. Fleet racing scores determined these classes' top-ten sailors, who then advanced to the medal-racing round, which counted double in the scoring and acutely effected strategy plays for medals.
"All I could think was 'I have to catch up, I have to catch up!,'" said the overall winner in the Laser Radial class Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.), who started prematurely today, and after re-starting behind the fleet found herself in last around the top mark of a twice-around course. Her closest competitor in overall scoring, Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.), also had jumped the gun and was working her way up from sixth at that top mark to eventually win the race. "I knew that if Anna got a first, I had to get at least an eighth to still win overall," said Railey, who began picking off boats by playing a lane that was clear of wind-shadowing boats. In the end, she finished seventh, a score good enough to put her three points ahead of Tunnicliffe in the final standings.
Though Railey and Tunnicliffe are long-time rivals -- Tunnicliffe edged out Railey at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Sailing to become the USA's representative to the Olympic Games in August -- the gold medal for Railey counted simply as a notable personal accomplishment on her campaign trail to the next Olympics. "Anna is still another sailor, like so many good sailors here," said Railey, "so it's personal for me not just in beating her but also in beating them." While Tunnicliffe won the silver medal, Karin Soderstrom (SWE) took the bronze.
France's Xavier Rohart, sailing with crew Pascal Rambeau, emerged as the overall Star class winner after winning that class's medal race. Even though he came into today's races in second overall, Rohart thought his chances of walking away with a gold medal were slim, due to the strength of previous leader Elvind Melleby with crew Petter Morland Pedersen (NOR) and the rest of the fleet, which has no less than six world champions in it, Rohart counting as one. "There are so many good teams that were really faster than we were all this week, so we felt it would be difficult to gain so much," said Rohart. However, when the Norwegian team started prematurely, Xavier said "the plan got easier." Elvind and Pedersen finished seventh in today's race, good for the silver medal, while Flavio Marazzi and Enrico De Maria (SUI) took the bronze.
Polish Laser sailor Maciej Grabowski won the gold medal in the Laser fleet on the strength of a third-place finish today. With the USA's Kyle Rogachenko (Collegeville, Penn.) only six points behind him going into today, Grabowski "couldn't let him go." He covered Rogachenko, as Rogachenko -- a member of US SAILING's Elite Youth Development Team -- was the only one who could steal away his gold medal. "It was not necessary to win the race or take risks," said Grabowski, who is a sure bet to represent his country at the Olympic Games. Grabowski strayed from the norm by choosing to come to Miami rather than participate in the Laser World Championships in Australia this February. Conflicting World Championships were the reason, in fact, that seven of the 2008 Olympic classes were not included this year at the Rolex Miami OCR. "For me it made sense to sail in a place with lighter winds that will be more like Qingdao," said Grabowski. Winning today's medal race to take the silver medal was Grabowski's fellow countryman Marcin Rudawski, while Denmark's Anders Nyholm won the bronze.
Yesterday's leading team in the Yngling class, Mandy Mulder, Mary Faber and Merel Witteveen (NED), finished seventh today to take the gold medal over Ekaterina Skudina, Diana Krutskikh and Natalia Ivanova (RUS), who settled for silver. "Going into today we had a four-point lead over Russia and we knew the third-place team from Great Britain could not catch us," said Mulder, who skippers. Her bow person Witteveen added, "We controlled the Russian team only a little while we tried to sail our own race."
The Russians finished in last while another Nederlands team of Renee Groeneveld, Annemieke Bes and Marge Kampen finished fourth to move into bronze-medal position. Witteveen was quick to note that three teams from her country have been competing here, all with their sights set on Qingdao, but no one knows yet which combination of three from the nine girls will go. Witteveen said that during training, the crews constantly rotate. "It's hard to say which combination is best," said Witteveen. "I'm just glad to know I'm not the coach who has to choose!" This is Witteveen's first Yngling regatta and the first time the trio has sailed in this combination for a regatta. Nevertheless, Mulder says her country has a very good chance to medal, as evidenced here. "The conditions in China will suit us well," said Mulder. US SAILING's Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year (2005/07) Sally Barkow (Nashotah, Wis.) with crew Carrie Howe (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) and Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.) won today's medal race but still fell short of the podium, finishing sixth overall. The trio, which has won this event four times, is on the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics and hopes to represent the USA at the Olympics.
As the host country for the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games, China, which sent two teams to compete in the Ynglings and one in Stars, gets an automatic berth in each sailing class while other countries must earn theirs. The Yngling and Star classes are both holding their World Championships in Miami (next week and in April, respectively) to determine the last few countries to qualify. "As the host country we are very happy to welcome all sailors coming to Qingdao," said China's Yngling skipper Song Xia Qun, who was leading the Rolex Miami OCR fleet after opening day.
US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR Top-Three Results. Final Day 6: Laser (23 boats) -- 13 races 1. Maciej Grabowski (POL), 2-1-6-4-2-5-[8]-1-2-3-4-2-6, 38 pts 2. Marcin Rudawski (POL), [11]-3-4-2-4-4-2-5-7-2-5-5-2, 45 3. Anders Nyholm (DEN), [10]-5-2-1-10-3-5-4-3-4-1-4-4, 46 Laser Radial (39 boats) -- 12 races 1. Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla., USA), 1-4-1-1-3-5-7-2-[16]-2-1-14, 41 2. Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla., USA), 3-1-3-2-1-12-2-1-9-8-[16]-2, 44 3. Karin Soderstrom (SWE), 7-[40/OCS]-10-5-4-1-12-6-2-7-2-6, 62 Star (66 boats) 瓹 9 races 1. Xavier Rohart/Pascal Rambeau (FRA), 7-1-4-[34/BFD]-5-3-3-5-2, 30 2. Eivind Melleby/Petter Morland Pedersen (NOR), 6-2-1-5-7-1-[8]-2-14, 38 3. Flavio Marazzi/Enrico De Maria (SUI), 2-1-6-11-4-2-4-[17]-16, 46 Yngling (28 boats) -- 13 races 1. Mandy Mulder/Mary Faber/Merel Witteveen (NED), 10-5-[22]-5-2-11-1-7-2-4-6-9-14, 76 2. Ekaterina Skudina,/Diana Krutskikh/Natalia Ivanova (RUS), 19-2-3-3-9-1-5-[24]-4-12-7-1-20, 86 3. Renee Groeneveld/ Annemieke Bes/ Marge Kampen (NED), 13-9-9-8-8-12-[15]-6-5-8-5-13-8, 104 2.4mR (25 boats) -- 12 races 1. Damien Seguin (FRA), 4-2-1-3-1-3-[11]-4-4-4-7-2, 35 2. Stellan Berlin (SWE), 2-7-2-4-2-6-7-2-[18]-8-5-5, 50 3. Paul Tingley (CAN), 1-9-[26/OCS]-2-4-1-3-10-8-7-4-12, 61 SKUD-18 (10 boats) -- 11 races 1. Nick Scandone/M.McKinnon-Tucker (CA/Marblehead MA USA), 1-1-1-1-1-2-3-1-2-1-[11/DNS], 14 2. Scott Whitman/Julia Dorsett (Brick NJ/Boca Raton FL USA), [5]-3-2-2-2-5-1-2-1-2-1, 21 3. John McRoberts/Stacie Louttit (CAN), 3-2-3-4-4-1-[6]-4-3-3-6, 33 Sonar (11 boats) -- 10 races 1. Jens Kroker/Tobias Schuetz/Siegmund Mainka (GER), 1-3-2-2-1-2-2-1-[9]-5, 19 2. Bruno Jourden/Herve Larhant/Nicolas Vimont Vicary (FRA), 2-4-3-7-[12/DSQ]-1-6-5-3-1, 32 3. Paul McCarthy/Richard Whealey/Paul Ryan (IRL), 5-[9]-6-3-6-6-3-3-6-2, 40For all results go to: www.RolexMiamiOCR.org
February 2, US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR. Racing concluded today for three Paralympic classes (SKUD-18, Sonar and 2.4mR) at US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR, and a final day of fleet racing for four Olympic classes (Laser, Laser Radial, Star and Yngling) determined the top-ten sailors in each who will advance to tomorrow's medal races. The world-ranking regatta is hosting 369 sailors from 34 countries, with many of those sailors preparing for the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games in China as members of their national teams.
In fact, all three overall winners in the Paralympic classes here will represent their countries in the Paralympic Regatta set for Qingdao, China, in September. They are USA's Nick Scandone (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and Maureen McKinnon-Tucker (Marblehead, Mass.) in SKUD-18; Jens Kroker/Tobias Schuetz/Siegmund Mainka (GER) in Sonar; and Damien Seguin (FRA) in 2.4mR.
Kroker, who could have bypassed sailing today since his team's score was mathematically insurmountable, felt that today's light winds would provide for good practice. "This will be the conditions of Qingdao, so today was very important for experimenting with our rig and sails, knowing that even if we were disqualified today we would still win overall." Kroker used to sail 470s before he took up Sonar sailing. "In the 470, I really felt it that I was missing a hand, but with the Sonar I am only at the helm (steering) and not pulling lines." His crew, new to sailing when they joined Kroker in 2006, makes him proud. "It has been a great achievement bringing them up to speed, and winning this regatta is again a top-notch achievement for us."
This will be Kroker's third Paralympics, and he notes that the competition level of Paralympic sailing has steadily risen throughout the world. "Many of these sailors here could win able-bodied championships."
Nowhere is Kroker's statement more true than with respect to the 2.4mR class, in which as many able-bodied as disabled sailors seem to sail. In fact, the 2.4mR class at the Rolex Miami OCR was open to both groups, attracting a half dozen top able-bodied sailors, which Paralympic sailors say helps them up their game. Seguin, France's Gold Medalist from the 2004 Paralympic Games, seemed to easily dominate, however, establishing his lead early in the 25-boat fleet. Asked if having already won a Paralympic medal took some pressure off here, Seguin said, "Not really. I want to do my best. It's a very big fighting group here, and it's a sport, period. Any number of countries has the ability to win the Paralympics."
In SKUD-18s, which will debut at the 2008 Paralympic Games, Scandone/McKinnon-Tucker also dominated, winning the regatta's first five races and two of the remaining six. The duo sat out today's last of two races because they had the series sewn up.
"We've had our boat the longest compared to the other teams" said Scandone, whose margins of victory were impressive in the races he and McKinnon-Tucker won, "so the extra time in the boat paid off." Scandone's long resume of sailing accomplishments, going back to before he was an ICSA Collegiate All-American and US SAILING's Rolex Yachtsman of the Year (2005), could also speak to why he has done so well. With progressive ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), Scandone says his focus between now and the Games is to get lots of rest between practice sessions with McKinnon-Tucker, which are more difficult to organize than for others. "Marblehead is about as far away as can be from Fountain Valley, but we'll stay in the game, stay healthy, and do our best to bring home the Gold."
Olympic Classes to Continue Sailing on Saturday:
Laser Radial/Laser: One of the most interesting battles setting up for tomorrow is the one between long-time rivals Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.), US SAILING Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year (2005) and ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year (2006), and Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.), the USA's representative to the Olympic Games. After sailing a first race at noon, the Laser Radial fleet was postponed for hours on the water before starting again. Though it fell short of exciting to watch, the second race had to have been one of the most challenging races of the week for Railey, who showed her true champion's colors when she won. She combined the victory with a second-place finish in the first race to replace Tunnicliffe at the top of the scoreboard. Railey's and Tunnicliffe's one-two overall positions are exactly opposite of those they posted at the end of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for sailing. In this case, however, the point spread between them is much larger. Tunnicliffe's finish positions of 8-16 today enabled Railey to soar to a 15-point lead.
In the Laser class, leader Maciej Grabowski (POL) is still in a holding pattern over Kyle Rogachenko (Collegeville, Pa.), who is in second and a member of US SAILING's Elite Youth Development Team. Though this class is devoid of many of the world champions who have attended in the past -- the Rolex Miami OCR this year conflicts with the Laser World Championships in New Zealand -- Rogachenko says it is still good practice and his goal early in the week was to set himself up for Saturday's races. "I'm definitely going for it for the next Trials," said Rogachenko.
Star: In the aggressive and champion-studded Star fleet, the race committee's inability to conduct a second race today due to lack of wind proved a disappointment for many who poorly managed the 6-8 knots in the first race. US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics members John Dane and Austin Sperry (Gulfport, Miss.), the USA's representatives to the Games, missed the top ten when they finished 22nd and wound up 14th overall. Norway's Elvind Melleby and Petter Morland Pedersen moved into first overall on the merit of their second-place finish today, dropping yesterday's leaders, Flavio Marazzi and Enrico De Maria (SUI), down to third, with Xavier Rohart and Pascal Rambeau (FRA) securing the runner-up spot with a sixth today. Hamish Pepper and Carl Williams (NZL) were the "cut-off" tenth team after finishing 13th today.
Ynglings: Mandy Mulder, Mary Faber and Merel Witteveen (NED) maintained their lead in the Yngling class today after two races in which they place 11th and 12th. Also maintaining was US SAILING's Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year (2005/07) Sally Barkow (Nashotah, Wis.) with crew Carrie Howe (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) and Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.) Finishing 13-2 today, the trio held on to yesterday's eighth position overall, not typical of their performances in world-class regattas but still the ticket to continuing in the competition tomorrow.
For Saturday, back-to-back racing is planned for the classes, with Laser Radials starting first. With courses shortened for approximately 30-minute races, it should be a quick day, unless the wind causes postponements as it has on-and-off since Monday, when this event began. The stakes are high, just as they will be in the Olympics, with the single race weighing in for double in the sailors' score lines and not allowed as a discard.
US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR Top-Three Results Day 5 Laser (23 boats) -- 12 races 1. Maciej Grabowski (POL), 2-1-6-4-2-5-[8]-1-2-3-4-2, 32 pts 2. Kyle Rogachenko (Collegeville, Penn., USA), 1-4-1-[24/OCS]-6-1-7-7-1-1-3-6, 38 3. Charlie Buckingham (Newport Beach, Calif.), 4-6-3-5-5-6-1-3-5-[10]-2-1, 41 Laser Radial (39 boats) -- 11 races 1. Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla., USA), 1-4-1-1-3-5-7-2-[16]-2-1, 27 2. Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla., USA), 3-1-3-2-1-12-2-1-9-8-[16], 42 3. Karin Soderstrom (SWE), 7-[40/OCS]-10-5-4-1-12-6-2-7-2, 56 Star (66 boats) 瓹 8 races 1. Eivind Melleby/Petter Morland Pedersen (NOR), 6-2-1-5-7-1-[8]-2, 24 2. Xavier Rohart/Pascal Rambeau (FRA), 7-1-4-[34/BFD]-5-3-3-5, 28 3. Flavio Marazzi/Enrico De Maria (SUI), 2-1-6-11-4-2-4-[17], 30 Yngling (28 boats) -- 12 races 1. Mandy Mulder/Mary Faber/Merel Witteveen (NED), 10-5-[22]-5-2-11-1-7-2-4-6-9, 62 2. EkaterinaSkudina,/DianaKrutskikh/NataliaIvanova (RUS), 19-2-3-3-9-1-5-[24]-4-12-7-1, 66 3. Sarah Ayton/Sarah Webb/Pippa Wilson (GBR), 6-6-1-23-1-13-[24]-10-9-10-8-8, 95 2.4mR (25 boats) -- 12 races 1. Damien Seguin (FRA), 4-2-1-3-1-3-[11]-4-4-4-7-2, 35 2. Stellan Berlin (SWE), 2-7-2-4-2-6-7-2-[18]-8-5-5, 50 3. Paul Tingley (CAN), 1-9-[26ocs]-2-4-1-3-10-8-7-4-12 61 SKUD-18 (10 boats) -- 11 races 1. Nick Scandone/M. McKinnon-Tucker (CA/MA USA), 1-1-1-1-1-2-3-1-2-1-[11/DNS], 14 2. ScottWhitman/JuliaDorsett(Brick NJ/Boca Raton FL USA), [5]-3-2-2-2-5-1-2-1-2-1, 21 3. John McRoberts/Stacie Louttit (CAN), 3-2-3-4-4-1-[6]-4-3-3-6, 33 Sonar (11 boats) -- 10 races 1. Jens Kroker/Tobias Schuetz/Siegmund Mainka (GER), 1-3-2-2-1-2-2-1-[9]-5, 19 2. Bruno Jourden/Herv Larhant/NicolasVimontVicary (FRA), 2-4-3-7-[12/DSQ]-1-6-5-4-1, 33 3. Paul McCarthy/Richard Whealey/Paul Ryan (IRL), 5-[9]-6-3-6-6-3-3-7-2, 41On-demand video will be available after 9 p.m. each evening [starting Thursday, January 31] at www.RolexMiamiOCR.org where complete results can also be found.
February 1, US SAILING's 2008 Rolex Miami OCR.For another day of light-air races, 369 sailors from 34 countries took to Biscayne Bay for US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR, one of the world's most revered world-ranking regattas for sailors in Olympic and Paralympic classes. With racing having started on Monday, only one racing day remains before winners can be named in the Paralympic classes for SKUD-18, Sonar and 2.4mR. As well, tomorrow's racing will determine fleet racing winners in the Olympic classes for Laser, Laser Radial, Star and Yngling, but those fleets will also advance their top-ten finishers to compete in a single medal race on Saturday, replicating the Olympic format that will be followed this August when the Olympic Sailing Regatta is held in Qingdao, China.
For Star sailors John Dane and Austin Sperry (Gulfport, Miss.), their performance today was all-important in the Gold Fleet, which was determined yesterday after five races and now is comprised of the top 33 teams, leaving the remaining 33 teams to compete in a consolation Silver Fleet. Dane and Sperry, US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics members who will represent the USA in the Olympic Games this year, posted a fourth and 13th in today's races, bringing them up to 12th from 16th overall yesterday and putting them well within striking distance of the top ten.
"We had a good day," said Dane, unperturbed that in the second race they were fifth at the first mark and then lost 15 boats in a wind shift. "If you had a bad start and chose the wrong side today you were dead. You can see how it effected teams such as Hamish Pepper and Carl Williams (NZL), who had a 27-24 today (dropping them from fourth to ninth) and before that, they had nothing worse than a seventh. It was somewhat humbling for everyone, but if Austin and I have a day like today again tomorrow, we'll be in the top ten."
Leading the Star fleet now is Flavio Marazzi and Enrico De Maria (SUI). With a 2-4 today, they displaced yesterday's leaders Rick Merriman (New York, N.Y.) and Brian Sharp (Franklin, Mass.), who finished 9-18 today to topple to fifth overall.
While Dane has a fighting chance to experience Saturday's medal races, another notable sailor, Greece's Sofia Bekatorou, has conceded that her current 20th-place position has made that option an impossibility for her in the 28-boat Yngling class. Bekatorou, a Rolex "testimonee" and ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year for 2002 and 2004, knows her focus now must be on next week's Yngling World Championships, where that class's last four Olympic qualifying berths will be determined.
When asked to evaluate her performance here, Bekatorou, Greece's 2004 Olympic 470 Women's Gold Medalist, answered, "I haven't fully adapted yet to the Yngling style. Tactically, there are things you can do with a 470 (a two-person dinghy) that you can't do with an Yngling (a three-person keelboat). The boat does not have the privilege of speed that a 470 has, and I'm not fighting with the weapons I used to have, but we have all the potential to qualify our country."
Indeed, fewer unqualified countries are ahead of her in the standings here than are behind her. France's Anne Le Helley, Catherine Lepesant, and Julie Gerecht are currently in 13th while Norway's Siren Sundby, Lise Birgitte Fredriksen and Alexandra Koefoed are in 17th.
Mandy Mulder, Mary Faber and Merel Witteveen (NED) have moved to first place in this class from second yesterday, while Sally Barkow (Nashotah, Wis.), US SAILING's Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year, remains in eighth after today's racing and hopes to hold solid for tomorrow, so she and crew Carrie Howe (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) and Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.) can sail in Saturday's race, which counts double for scoring purposes and, unlike with the fleet races, cannot be discarded as a worst-race throwout.
US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR Top-Three Results. Day 4: Laser (23 boats) -- 10 races 1. Maciej Grabowski (POL), 2-1-6-4-2-5-[8]-1-2-3, 26 pts 2. Kyle Rogachenko (Collegeville, Penn., USA), 1-4-1-[24/OCS]-6-1-7-7-1-1, 29 3. Marcin Rudawski (POL), [11]-3-4-2-4-4-2-5-7-2, 33 Laser Radial (39 boats) -- 9 races 1. Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla., USA), 3-1-3-2-1-[12]-2-1-9, 22 2. Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla., USA), 1-4-1-1-3-5-7-2-[16], 24 3. Penny Clark (GBR), 6-2-6-9-9-2-[10]-5-4, 43 Star (66 boats) 瓹 7 races 1. Flavio Marazzi/Enrico De Maria (SUI), 2-1-6-[11]-4-2-4, 19 2. Eivind Melleby/Petter Morland Pedersen (NOR), 6-2-1-5-7-1-[8], 22 3. Xavier Rohart/Pascal Rambeau (FRA), 7-1-4-[34/BFD]-5-3-3, 23 Yngling (28 boats) -- 10 races 1. Mandy Mulder/Mary Faber/Merel Witteveen (NED), 10-5-[22]-5-2-11-1-7-2-4, 47 2. Ekaterina Skudina,/Diana Krutskikh/Natalia Ivanova (RUS), 19-2-3-3-9-1-5-[24]-4-12, 58 3. Song Xia Qun/Li Xioa Ni/Yu Yan Li (CHN), 2-8-5-[21]-20-4-4-1-17-11, 72 2.4mR (25 boats) -- 10 races 1. Damien Seguin (FRA), 4-2-1-3-1-3-[11]-4-4-4, 26 2. Stellan Berlin (SWE), 2-7-2-4-2-6-7-2-[18]-8, 40 3. Paul Tingley (CAN), 1-9-[26OCS]-2-4-1-3-10-8-7, 45 SKUD-18 (10 boats) -- 9 races 1. Nick Scandone/M. McKinnon-Tucker (CA/MA USA), 1-1-1-1-1-2-[3]-1-2, 10 2. Scott Whitman/Julia Dorsett (Brick NJ/Boca Raton FL USA), [5]-3-2-2-2-5-1-2-1, 18 3. John McRoberts/Stacie Louttit (CAN), 3-2-3-4-4-1-[6]-4-3, 24 Sonar (11 boats) -- 8 races 1. Jens Kroker/Tobias Schuetz/Siegmund Mainka (GER), 1-[3]-2-2-1-2-2-1, 11 2. Bruno Jourden/Herve Larhant/Nicolas Vimont Vicary (FRA), 2-4-3-7-[12/DSQ]-1-7-5, 29 3. John Robertson/Hannah Stodel/Steve Thomas (GBR), 6-2-1-5-4-7-6-[8], 31On-demand video will be available after 9 p.m. each evening starting Thursday, January 31, at www.RolexMiamiOCR.org where complete results can also be found.