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Tornado World Championships at Club Nautico Santa Eularia, Ibiza - Day 4

by Andrew Dowley 5 Oct 2013 16:05 BST 27 September - 5 October 2013

Light winds greeted the sailors when they arrived at the beach this morning for the fourth day of the Tornado World Championships. The humidity and cloud cover was keeping the wind from appearing.

A postponement was put up at 1pm for a short period of time while the race committee waited for the wind, it came very quickly with the AP flag being taken down at 1.15pm with the sea breeze and sun arriving.

The 1st race start lead to a general recall with too many boats over the start. The race finally got off to a clean start with the race committee deciding on a black flag to try and hold the competitors back. Again, much like the other races in the series it was the Greek Red Bull team of Iordanis Paschalidis and Konstantinos Trigonis who took the victory followed by Roland and Nahid Gaebler.

After the 1st race there was a 180 degree wind shift and increase in pressure. Once the course had been moved the sequence started only for the AP flag to appear 10 seconds before the start of the race. After another delay the sequence was started again and the race got off to a clean start.

With a combination of the wind dropping throughout the race and the big waves staying the racing was getting harder and harder for the competitors. For the last competitors the race turned into a drifting race to the finish in less than 3 knots of wind. The race was won by Nikolas Mauros and Alexandros Tagaropoulos followed by Iordanis Paschalidis and Konstantinos Trigonis then Brett Burvill and Faris Aznan.

Saturday is the last day of the championships with another two races scheduled.

Results after Day 4: (seven races, 1 discard)

PosSail NoHelmCrewNationalityCategoryR1R2R3R4R5R6R7Pts
1GRE‑7IORDANIS PASCHALIDISKONSTANTINOS TRIGONISGREECEOPEN12111127
2GER‑1ROLAND GAEBLERNAHID GAEBLERGERMANYMIXED533442420
3AUS‑328BRETT BURVILLFARIS AZNANAUSTRALIAOPEN462374322
4CZE‑686DAVID KRIZEKZDENEK ADAMCZECH REPUBLICOPEN3845691035
5GRE‑11NIKOLAOS MAUROSALEXANDROS TAGAROPOULOSGREECEOPEN21313123140
6GER‑2MAKUS BETZNIKOLAS BETZGERMANYOPEN64665181441
7SUI‑232JEAN‑MARC CUANILLONGUDRUN KOLBSWITZERLANDMIXED11581087947
8AUS‑325ALLAN GAMBLEKIM NICHOLASAUSTRALIAOPEN897141081656
9AUT‑372MICHAEL SCHÖNLEITNERPHILIPP RAKUSCHANAUSTRIAOPEN3116141196662
10FRA‑294JEAN CARONTHOMAS JULESFRANCEOPEN311113915101573
11GER‑100JOSEF GUNKELDAVID GUNKELGERMANYOPEN7751713312877
12AUS‑326PAUL RAYMONDSTEPHEN HERMANSONAUSTRALIAOPEN917311511131378
13GRE‑77MARIA TSAOUSIDOUMICHAEL PAPADOPOULOSGREECEMIXED1231101216121880
14AUT‑377MANFRED SCHÖNLEITNERGEORG HIRSCH‑STRONSTORFFAUSTRIAOPEN31151183115585
15AUS‑8PAUL PETERSONPHIL PETERSONAUSTRALIAOPEN193115712141986
16ITA‑8MATTEO FERRAGLIALORENZO BIANCHINIITALYOPEN3131312351789
17GER‑69DIETER MAURERKATRIN OLDENBURGGERMANYMIXED101392018252090
18ESP‑211JÜRGEN JENTSCHSARAH STEIMER KLEESSPAINMIXED17201216142221100
19GER‑4WILFRIED JODORFSTEFAN LIPPERTGERMANYOPEN31141922311611113
20AUS‑226STEFAN BERNSDORFCHRISTINE MYERSAUSTRALIAMIXED1522212331287116
21GER‑44INGO GEBHARDTCLAUS LUGERGERMANYOPEN1331163131198118
22GBR‑415MICHAELA DOWLEYANDREW DOWLEYGREAT BRITAINMIXED14183113312023119
23CZE‑62ZDENEK PAVLISMICHAELA PAVLISOVACZECH REPUBLICMIXED31122224311122122
24GBR‑424LEE HARRISONPAUL HARRISONGREAT BRITAINOPEN18211821192731124
25ESP‑11VICENTE AMENGUAL RIBASNEUS TORRES RAMISSPAINMIXED20193131202125136
26AUT‑379DOMINIK KOPPFLORIAN KOPPAUSTRIAOPEN31103119312324138
27GER‑947WILHELM GUGGENMOSALEXANDER MAIERGERMANYOPEN16232031312426140
28GER‑99KLAUS ROCHOLLSVEN RAUSCHGERMANYOPEN31313131172612148
29GBR‑431STEVE CLYNNTOM DUCKMANTONGREAT BRITAINOPEN31311718312929155
30ESP‑19PHILIPPE DUPIEREUXMANUEL SCIARRASPAINOPEN31313131311727168

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