Optimist World Championships Overall
by Editor 30 Jul 2000 09:24 BST
Sime Fantela from Zadar, Croatia is the millennium Optimist world champion.
As the day started the situation was complex. If the two possible races were sailed then Sime could discard a 10th and would have been in a strong position. But, with a 1430 cutoff time this was never likely and without that discard he had a real battle with Lucas Calabrese (ARG). As it turned out the second race would have been almost academic. Sime led from the start and finished at least eight boat-lengths ahead of the fleet, while Lucas could "only" manage a 10th.
14 year-old Sime has already had a distinguished Optimist career. Bronze medallist in 1998, his 1999 Worlds was disappointing with OCSs and DSQs pushing him down to 12th. This year he made no mistake.
Croatia, or more accurately the beautiful Dalmatian coastline, has bee one of the most progressive areas of the Optimist world with medallists in four of the last five years. Following the Optimist their sailors have been equally successful in the Laser Radial (e.g. Aron Lolic) which is the boat Sime intends to sail next.
South American champion Lucas Calabrese was a worthy opponent. From Olivos Y.C., Buenos Aires, he, like Sime, has one year left in the class and will be looking forward to a renewed battle in China next year. Italy, champions for the last three years, provided bronze and fourth.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helmsman | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | Pts |
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| 1 | CRO 761 | SIME FANTELA | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 32 | | 2 | ARG 2739 | LUCAS DAMIAN CALABRESE | 2 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 35 | | 3 | ITA 5584 | JARO FURLANI | 6 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 54 | | 4 | ITA 5461 | FABIO ZENI | 36 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 67 | | 5 | CRO 785 | IGOR MARENIC | 53 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 87 | | 6 | SWE 3739 | ANTON DAHLBERG | 6 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 94 | | 7 | BEL 1003 | CORENTIN DEMANET | 4 | 12 | 68 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 94 | | 8 | BEL 983 | BASTIEN MEUR | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 98 | | 9 | BRA 3050 | THOMAS SUMMER | 18 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 5 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 101 | | 10 | FIN 267 | MATTI HAAPIAINEN | 12 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 102 | | British Placings in the Top 100: | | 30 | GBR 4791 | THOMAS MALLINDINE | 4 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 33 | OCS | 13 | 25 | 24 | 159 | | 38 | GBR 4789 | TIM BOYDELL | 27 | 7 | 47 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 27 | OCS | 9 | 7 | 183 | | 43 | GBR 4790 | TOM SMEDLEY | 27 | 16 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 38 | OCS | 19 | 27 | 197 | | 77 | GBR 4793 | JONATHAN FRASER | 18 | 40 | 31 | 47 | 14 | 42 | 18 | 27 | 14 | 42 | 246 | | 93 | GBR 4861 | NIC THOMPSON | 49 | 20 | 29 | 31 | 37 | 41 | 29 | 56 | 38 | 2 | 276 |
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