Tornado World Championships at Club Nautico Santa Eularia, Ibiza

Tornado World Championships at Club Nautico Santa Eularia, Ibiza - Day 3

by Andrew Dowley 3 Oct 2013 20:40 BST 27 September - 5 October 2013

2013 Tornado World Championships day 3 © Martina Barnetova

On Wednesday evening a number of competitors travelled across the island of Ibiza to the Blue Marlin Beach Club, a main sponsor of the World Championships. A lovely exclusive beach club in a beautiful location with fantastic food and atmosphere - highly recommended to anyone who visits Ibiza.

With Wednesday as a lay day the sailors were raring to go on Thursday morning. The weather had changed overnight with the sun hiding behind the clouds and the wind blowing a steady force 3-4 from the East. The change in wind direction bought large rolling waves into the bay and the race course, with the wave height around a maximum of 2.5m.

The brisk easterly and lumpy sea was challenging for most, but the front runners including the Greek team of Iordanis Paschalidis and Konstantinos Trigonis followed by Italian and German teams had pulled away from the main fleet by the end of the first downwind leg. By the end of the race the fleet was spread across the course with several crews retiring from the race. Iordanis and Konstantinos held onto the top spot for race 5 putting them out in front in the championships by 10 points.

At the end of the first race, the race committee took the decision to abandon the second race due to poor conditions and the number of boats returned to shore with damage.

With 5 races completed there's still plenty to play for going into Friday with only 1 discard counting so far.

Tonight the sailors will enjoy a BBQ night hosted by the club. Tomorrow there are another two races scheduled and the club may decide to bring the race missed today back into Friday's agenda.

Results after Day 3:

Pos	Ail No	Helm	Crew	Nationality	Category	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	GRE‑7	IORDANIS PASCHALIDIS	KONSTANTINOS TRIGONIS	GREECE	OPEN	1	2	1	1	1	4
2	GER‑1	ROLAND GAEBLER	NAHID GAEBLER	GERMANY	MIXED	5	3	3	4	4	14
3	AUS‑328	BRETT BURVILL	FARIS AZNAN	AUSTRALIA	OPEN	4	6	2	3	7	15
4	CZE‑686	DAVID KRIZEK	ZDENEK ADAM	CZECH REPUBLIC	OPEN	3	8	4	5	6	18
5	GER‑2	MAKUS BETZ	NIKOLAS BETZ	GERMANY	OPEN	6	4	6	6	5	21
6	SUI‑232	JEAN‑MARC CUANILLON	GUDRUN KOLB	SWITZERLAND	MIXED	11	5	8	10	8	31
7	GER‑100	JOSEF GUNKEL	DAVID GUNKEL	GERMANY	OPEN	7	7	5	17	13	32
8	AUS‑325	ALLAN GAMBLE	KIM NICHOLAS	AUSTRALIA	OPEN	8	9	7	14	10	34
9	GRE‑11	NIKOLAOS MAUROS	ALEXANDROS TAGAROPOULOS	GREECE	OPEN	2	1	31	31	2	36
10	FRA‑294	JEAN CARON	THOMAS JULES	FRANCE	OPEN	31	11	13	9	15	48
11	GER‑69	DIETER MAURER	KATRIN OLDENBURG	GERMANY	MIXED	10	13	9	20	18	50
12	AUT‑372	MICHAEL SCHÖNLEITNER	PHILIPP RAKUSCHAN	AUSTRIA	OPEN	31	16	14	11	9	50
13	GRE‑77	MARIA TSAOUSIDOU	MICHAEL PAPADOPOULOS	GREECE	MIXED	12	31	10	12	16	50
14	AUS‑326	PAUL RAYMOND	STEPHEN HERMANSON	AUSTRALIA	OPEN	9	17	31	15	11	52
15	AUS‑8	PAUL PETERSON	PHIL PETERSON	AUSTRALIA	OPEN	19	31	15	7	12	53
16	ESP‑211	JÜRGEN JENTSCH	SARAH STEIMER KLEES	SPAIN	MIXED	17	20	12	16	14	59
17	AUT‑377	MANFRED SCHÖNLEITNER	GEORG HIRSCH‑STRONSTORFF	AUSTRIA	OPEN	31	15	11	8	31	65
18	ITA‑8	MATTEO FERRAGLIA	LORENZO BIANCHINI	ITALY	OPEN	31	31	31	2	3	67
19	GBR‑415	MICHAELA DOWLEY	ANDREW DOWLEY	GREAT BRITAIN	MIXED	14	18	31	13	31	76
20	GBR‑424	LEE HARRISON	PAUL HARRISON	GREAT BRITAIN	OPEN	18	21	18	21	19	76
21	AUS‑226	STEFAN BERNSDORF	CHRISTINE MYERS	AUSTRALIA	MIXED	15	22	21	23	31	81
22	GER‑4	WILFRIED JODORF	STEFAN LIPPERT	GERMANY	OPEN	31	14	19	22	31	86
23	CZE‑62	ZDENEK PAVLIS	MICHAELA PAVLISOVA	CZECH REPUBLIC	MIXED	31	12	22	24	31	89
24	GER‑947	WILHELM GUGGENMOS	ALEXANDER MAIER	GERMANY	OPEN	16	23	20	31	31	90
25	ESP‑11	VICENTE AMENGUAL RIBAS	NEUS TORRES RAMIS	SPAIN	MIXED	20	19	31	31	20	90
26	AUT‑379	DOMINIK KOPP	FLORIAN KOPP	AUSTRIA	OPEN	31	10	31	19	31	91
27	GER‑44	INGO GEBHARDT	CLAUS LUGER	GERMANY	OPEN	13	31	16	31	31	91
28	GBR‑431	STEVE CLYNN	TOM DUCKMANTON	GREAT BRITAIN	OPEN	31	31	17	18	31	97
29	GER‑99	KLAUS ROCHOLL	SVEN RAUSCH	GERMANY	OPEN	31	31	31	31	17	110
30	ESP‑19	PHILIPPE DUPIEREUX	MANUEL SCIARRA	SPAIN	OPEN	31	31	31	31	31	124