F18 World Championships at Ballyholme Yacht Club

F18 World Championships at Ballyholme Yacht Club - Overall

by Mark Mackey 12 Jul 2014 12:52 BST 4-11 July 2014

Juinor podium at the F18 Worlds in Bangor © Jasper van Staveren / www.sailshoot.com

Gunnar Larsen and Ferdinand van West win the F18 Worlds in Bangor © Jasper van Staveren / www.sailshoot.com

The podium may have looked settled even if the positions had not been agreed with 3 races to go. Belfast Lough offered a minefield today for the competitors to make their way through in light variable wind, and unfortunately the young Americans were the first to falter.

Race 1 (13) saw Glenn Ashby and Brett Goodall power away from the pin end of the line while the committee boat side had little breeze. Those that tacked off to clear air or try the right hand side of the course got left behind and this included USA team Taylor Reiss and Matthew Whitehead. Girvan Bontemps and Benjamin Amiot rounded the windward mark in the top 5 while Gunnar Larsen and Ferdinand van West got caught up in the traffic behind.

Ashby/Goodall went on to secure the first of three bullets for the final day. Who know's what their overall position might have been without the hull damage on Day 3. Bontemps/ Amiot closed the gap on Larsen/ van West but Reiss/ Whitehead were now looking at third place.

Race 2 (14) saw Bontemps/ Amiot again get in front of Larsen/ van West until the last downward leg but Gunnar somehow got in front before the finish.

In the final race (15), a shift at the start and light winds on the left hand course stranded half of the fleet. Simon (Nobby) Northrop/Josh O'Brien and Grant Piggot/Simon Farren restored a bit of pride for GBR leading into the windward mark. Larsen/ van West emerged from the middle of the fleet and worked their way into 2nd place behind Ashby/Goodall with Bontemps/ Amiot back in the fleet with Reiss/ Whitehead.

After 14 years of competing in F18s, Gunnar Larsen was finally World Champion with Ferdinand van West.

At the prize giving, Gunnar thanked the sponsors North Down Tourism and Northern Ireland Tourist Board for a great event. He also congratulated Event Chairman David Taylor and Race Officer Bill O'Hara and all 160 volunteers. This was the first time all 15 races were sailed in the World Championship with great racing, weather and race management, the hospitality was second to none and the welcome from Northern Ireland surpassed previous World Championships. It may be a long time before Ballyholme YC see another F18 World Championship but he recommended any class to come here and enjoy the craic.

Gunnar Larsen and Ferdinand van West win the F18 Worlds in Bangor - photo © Jasper van Staveren / www.sailshoot.com

Overall Results:

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	Sail No	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	Pts
1st	NED	Gunnar Larsen	Ferdinand van West	NED 17	1	‑16	4	1	2	6	4	5	(OCS)	5	9	1	8	4	2	52
2nd	FRA	Gurvan Bontemps	Benjamin Amiot	56836	‑16	‑21	5	12	4	1	3	3	3	6	5	7	2	5	15	71
3rd	USA	Taylor Reiss	Matthew Whitehead	USA357	7	8	1	9	10	5	2	2	1	3	4	13	‑26	18	‑19	83
4th	FRA	Morgan La Graviere	Armaud Jarlegan	FRA 124	(BFD)	5	20	17	1	2	1	6	6	12	21	8	12	2	‑44	113
5th	FRA	Tim Mourniac	Jean Christophe Mourniac	FRA 2222	6	2	16	3	‑31	13	‑32	13	9	13	3	3	14	12	13	120
6th	FRA	Lois Berrehar	Hugo le Pomellec	FRA 88	5	14	25	2	16	(DSQ)	7	10	5	1	‑32	15	RDG	3	10	124
7th	FRA	Emeric Dary	David Fanouillere	FRA 719	13	18	22	‑27	19	4	8	9	4	9	‑26	2	7	13	11	139
8th	BEL	Patrick Demesmaeker	Klaas Victor	BEL 1	11	1	12	‑24	7	7	5	7	14	‑23	18	14	19	6	23	144
9th	FRA	Robert Solune	Riwan Perron	FRA 2217	‑39	10	10	11	17	9	9	4	2	2	15	36	(DSQ)	15	4	144
10th	GER	Helge Sach	Christian Sach	GER 310	3	3	2	8	23	(RET)	17	21	18	15	8	(DNF)	3	9	18	148
11th	NED	Jorden Veenman	Frank de Waard	NED 4	‑37	22	‑35	10	6	15	10	12	16	10	30	4	5	11	3	154
12th	FRA	Thomas Normand	Antoine Jacbert	FRA 1	‑25	25	RDG	RDG	8	3	6	15	15	24	2	(OCS)	9	10	6	159.2
13th	AUS	Glenn Ashby	Brett Goodall	AUS 359	2	7	7	15	3	(RET)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	8	1	6	1	1	1	168
14th	ARG	Ian Rodger	Pablo Volker	ARG 666	15	9	‑26	4	9	(DSQ)	16	8	10	7	13	16	18	26	22	173
15th	NED	Hans van Dam	Marius van Dam	NED 77	12	27	3	5	26	‑29	24	‑28	27	4	7	9	15	8	14	181
16th	FRA	Jolann Neiras	Antoine Rucard	FRA 8	10	32	18	7	11	8	11	1	(DNF)	20	14	21	‑38	24	17	194
17th	GBR	Simon (Nobby) Northrop	Josh O'Brien	GBR 1581	8	23	8	23	‑33	10	20	14	17	‑26	24	10	6	25	7	195
18th	FRA	Sebastian Rogues	Matthieu Souben	FRA 6	22	19	14	18	5	11	15	11	(DNF)	‑42	16	18	22	20	12	203
19th	FRA	Frederic Duthil	Frederic Moreau	FRA 5	17	35	9	6	14	18	(OCS)	17	13	17	(OCS)	17	13	7	24	207
20th	GBR	William Sunnucks	Freddie White	GBR 501	9	24	24	14	24	23	19	(RET)	19	‑25	22	11	4	19	5	217
21st	GBR	Grant Piggott	Simon Farren	GBR 1588	4	4	15	31	13	(DNF)	(DNC)	19	22	11	19	5	10.5	BFD	16	227.5
22nd	GER	Sven Lindstadt	Maren Odefey	GER 279	21	6	6	‑30	22	21	18	27	21	18	10	12	25	(BFD)	29	236
23rd	FRA	Emmanuel Boulogne	Jean Boulogne	FRA 901	14	12	19	21	‑32	14	21	20	7	21	‑27	24	24	23	20	240
24th	FRA	Roger Cantin	Manquinghen Hughes	FRA 117	23	28	23	13	27	19	13	16	(DNF)	38	17	‑42	28	17	28	290
25th	FRA	Phillipe Neiras	Ferrari Francis	FRA 2218	19	13	36	‑37	15	17	26	26	(DNF)	33	34	30	20	29	8	306
26th	GBR	David White	Aaron Reynolds	GBR 1234	27	33	17	26	12	16	42	(DNC)	26	32	12	29	29	(BFD)	9	310
27th	GBR	Jon Worthington	Seb Greber	GBR 47	18	‑38	34	‑35	21	12	12	23	23	30	33	23	23	34	30	316
28th	NED	Mees Middelweerd	Laurens Sliepenbeek	NED1702	29	20	27	29	(OCS)	20	14	18	11	29	39	28	‑47	30	38	332
29th	GBR	Tim Neal	Bob Fry	GBR 1577	30	31	13	22	‑39	25	35	29	28	27	20	20	27	‑36	33	340
30th	FIN	Mikko Raisanen	Oliver Hartas	FIN 5	28	11	11	25	(RET)	36	34	36	34	16	31	35	‑39	16	35	348
31st	FRA	Hugo Lavayssiere	Cocaud Joris	FRA 12	‑36	‑41	31	36	28	22	DGB	30	20	14	23	34	35	22	21	348.3
32nd	GBR	Matt Young	Sam Barker	GBR 503	26	30	21	16	‑43	27	28	22	(DNF)	31	11	39	34	28	37	350
33rd	IRL	Andrew Gallagher	Michael Gunning	IRL 1245	20	36	28	33	30	24	23	31	24	34	36	‑45	17	14	‑45	350
34th	BEL	August Maene	Thomas De Somer	BEL 304	(BFD)	29	42	32	18	28	(DNF)	24	12	22	41	32	33	31	42	386
35th	IRL	Adrian Allen	Barry Swanston	IRL 2014	40	54	38	19	20	26	22	25	8	35	40	46	21	(DNF)	(DNC)	394
36th	NED	Jacob Den Houting	Babette Den Houting	NED 488	31	37	29	28	34	32	36	‑40	33	19	25	(DNF)	30	35	26	395
37th	IRL	Richard Swanston	Matt McNicholl	IRL 007	35	‑47	33	38	25	30	25	38	29	36	29	19	‑45	41	27	405
38th	GER	Jensuwe Tonne	Hugo Sunnocks	GER 13	48	26	(DSQ)	20	37	38	30	33	30	37	6	47	(OCS)	32	25	409
39th	GBR	Simon John Flack	Neil Green	GBR 1825	24	40	39	34	44	35	31	(DNC)	(DNC)	28	35	31	16	21	39	417
40th	GBR	Abby Zambinski	Seb Samways	GBR 1	33	‑42	30	40	29	31	27	32	31	‑46	42	26	31	33	36	421
41st	GBR	Liz Howell	Alice Silly	GBR 1024	‑47	15	40	42	35	33	29	35	(DNC)	41	38	25	40	40	43	456
42nd	IRL	Philip Quinn	Alastair Leslie	IRL 008	‑51	17	43	(DNF)	47	42	39	37	32	39	49	37	36	37	46	501
43rd	IRL	Tim Breen	Aaron O'Reilly	IRL358	34	39	37	44	46	47	44	(DNC)	(DNC)	45	28	27	32	43	41	507
44th	GBR	Nathaniel Ward	Mark Greenaway	GBR 215	42	34	32	45	(DNF)	39	38	(DNC)	DNC	DNS	48	22	37	38	31	522
45th	GBR	Ghislain Melaine	Greg Crease	GBR 95	38	46	44	39	(DNF)	40	(DNC)	41	25	44	51	48	43	27	47	533
46th	GBR	Chris Brooks	Bobby Drummond	GBR 1171	54	44	41	46	38	34	33	(DNC)	(DNC)	55	43	40	42	42	32	544
47th	IRL	Dermot McHugh	Siobhan Keogh	IRL 137	32	‑56	54	41	40	41	41	(RET)	35	49	46	51	44	39	49	562
48th	IRL	Dave (Biddy) Biddulph	Alan Gray	IRL 120	46	43	45	47	42	37	40	34	(DNC)	53	‑54	44	49	49	34	563
49th	IRL	Wyatt Orsmond	Patrick Billington	IRL 218	43	50	50	49	41	43	37	39	(DNF)	47	44	43	41	45	‑52	572
50th	GBR	Duncan Haynes	Catherine Haynes	GBR 1579	(DNF)	45	47	43	(DNF)	46	DNC	DNC	DNC	40	45	33	46	44	54	617
51st	IRL	Ben Lodge	Niall McLoughlin	GBR 010	49	57	55	53	48	(DNS)	45	(DNC)	DNC	51	37	50	53	48	40	644
52nd	GBR	Pete Jones	Sam Tute	GBR 1495	45	51	52	50	45	44	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	52	47	49	48	51	55	647
53rd	GBR	Ian Blease Dudley	Dave Linaker	GBR 5	50	52	48	54	(DNS)	48	43	(RET)	DNC	48	53	41	54	50	51	650
54th	FRA	Thierry Piro	Alexandre Piro	FRA 833	52	48	49	52	(DNF)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	50	52	38	50	52	48	665
55th	GBR	Oliver Cornforth	Matthew Tute	NED 25	44	49	51	51	(DNF)	49	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	54	OCS	53	52	46	50	673
56th	IRL	Stephen Broaders	Siobhan Broaders	IRL 1193	53	53	53	48	(DNF)	45	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	43	55	DNS	51	47	53	675
57th	GBR	Richard Ledger	Tom Bruton	GBR 957	41	55	46	55	36	(RET)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	56	50	52	DNC	DNC	DNC	681