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International 14 World Championship at Geelong, Australia - Day 1

by Tracey Johnstone 8 Jan 2015 10:11 GMT 3-17 January 2015

Truswell leads British dominance on opening day

British teams hold the first five places in the results after Race 1 of the fleet racing for the International 14 World Championship, being hosted by Royal Geelong Yacht Club.

Glen Truswell and Sam Pascoe, the current European champions, are at the top of list, kick-starting their assault on the championships. In second place is four-time International 14 World Champion Archie Massey and new crew Harvey Hillary. Following in third position is Ben McGrane and James Hughes, in front of fourth placed\ Andy and Tom Partington, while Katie Nurton and Nigel Ash take up the fifth slot.

Truswell led the fleet from start to finish with Massey never far away. It was a tight battle between the two as they worked the shifts and the constantly changing pressure. Whilst the rest of the fleet were left in the wake of these champion sailors.

The day started with an hour-long onshore postponement as the PRO waited for the breeze to settle and build. Once out on the course the earlier onshore anxiety of having to wait out the breeze, combined with the fast ride to the start line and early regatta jitters, took its toll on several of the teams as they pushed their way along the line and over early forcing a general recall.

The second attempt at a start was under the U flag, signalling race disqualification for early starters. This time the fleet got away, except for two teams – Australians Anthony Anderson/Mike McDonald and the highly rated team of Dave Alexander racing with Massey's previous world champion crew, Dan Wilsdon. They sailed the full course before finding out their disqualification fate for the first race of the regatta.

Truswell was reserved in his comments on today's race. "It was a really mixed day. The wind was quite shifty. I think we had everything from three knots to pushing 20 which made the boats really difficult to set up from a rake and power perspective. Halfway up the first beat the wind started to die and we had to scramble around the bottom of the boat, pulling strings, trying to get the rig set up right, to get some depth into the sails to give us some power. We managed to do that which brought us into the windward mark, fairly close to our arch-rival Archie the four-time World Champion."

Around the first mark Truswell was in the lead by about three boat lengths. The breeze kicked and the top boats flew across to the wing mark. Massey kept up with Truswell while behind them Mark Krstic/Cameron McDonald (AUS) led a tight group of about 10 boats including David Hayter/Trent Neighbour (AUS), McGrane, Nurton and Partington. There were a few tumbles on the first run with Chris Rutz/Michael Radziejowski (USA) being the first to test the water temperature.

"The wind was building all the time. Then the converse thing happened. We got stuck upright with a super powerful rig in approaching 20 knots. That made the next upwind really tricky for us. We were fighting the boat an awful lot. It wanted to take the upper hand, but we just managed to stay ahead.

"Archie was a bit unfortunate at the windward mark. The breeze was shifting around quite a lot and he had to double tack around the windward mark. We were doing about 18 knots downwind when they went for the double tack. We were making good ground. Then throughout the rest of the race it just died off. We managed to hold our lead and maybe because of their double tack, maybe stretch it out a bit," Truswell added.

Massey's crew, Harvey Hillary, keenly shared his thoughts on today's race saying their day was really a story of two mistakes. "We actually overtook him at the leeward gate the first time round, but then we got the lay line slightly bad and he got inside us. After that we were really close up the second beat and then we got the lay line wrong at the windward mark and had to do an extra two tacks.

"It was really unstable conditions out there. Anything could have happened on that last leg," Hillary said.

Heading towards the finish line the breeze then denied the fleet a clean finish as it faded to a drifter. Truswell and Massey just had enough way on to cross the line. Several of the back-markers picked up the last of the puff from the fading breeze to start to close the gap on the leaders, but it was too late to make any difference to the top places.

Racing continues tomorrow with one race scheduled to start at 2pm. The forecast is for a perfect day of racing with a steady 12 to 15 knot south-easterly.

Race 1 Results:

PosNatSail NoBoat NameHelmCrewClubElapsed Time
1GBR1543CRUMPETGlen TruswellSam PascoeCCSC01:45:07
2GBR1519ZHIK CSTArchie MasseyHarvey HillaryISC01:47:14
3GBR1517POPPETBen McGraneJames HughesNSC01:54:33
4GBR1550PENGUIN JUICEAndy PartingtonTom PartingtonHISC01:57:50
5GBR1520ROBOROWSKIKatie NurtonNigel AshISC01:58:28
6AUS661DEL BOCA VISTABrad DevineIan FurlongWA02:00:15
7AUS666EL DIABLODavid HayterTrent NeighbourRQYS02:01:21
8AUS656TOO LATE TO STOP NOWMark KrsticCameron Mc DonaldBRYC02:01:28
9GBR1527TBCRichard BoneChris RodwayBBSC02:02:22
10GBR1530SMASH ITAndy FitzgeraldRichard DobsonISC02:04:34
11USA1187MORNINGSTARTerence GleesonEvan SjostedtSWYC02:05:31
12CAN619ISLAND GIRLDan CunninghamIan StruthersRCYC02:06:21
13GER28JUST IN TIMEGeorg BorkensteinEike DietrichWSCW02:07:11
14AUS663RONSTAN/IRWINSAILSLindsay IrwinAndrew PerryBRYC02:07:43
15GBR1548BEAST IIJulian PearsonDavid EdgeWSC02:08:05
16AUS673ZEROTony CarrScott ColePDSC02:08:12
17AUS652FLAUNT IT 652Ron ScherwinskiJames LanatiBRYC02:08:41
18CAN616SABOTAGELauren LaventureJason LemieuxRCYC02:09:55
19USA1162ERISChris RutzMichael RadziejowskiRYC02:10:08
20AUS670STEALTHDavid LuggDave BramleyWA02:10:11
21AUS662CARBON COMET IILuke DevineEike EhrigPDSC02:10:17
22AUS659WEMBLEY PLUMBINGStuart SlossBen LawriePDSC02:10:34
23AUS645DIRTIEST SANCHEZScott CunninghamDave ParkerMCCRAE02:11:16
24GBR1531EAGLE 2Andrew PenmanChris WatsonISC02:11:20
25AUS647QUICKSHIFTCameron ElliottSam BattPDSC02:11:22
26AUS644RON JEREMYChris VaughanMatt BalmerSYC02:11:24
27AUS651DRONGOLAYOCameron DaleAdam EvansSYC02:11:27
28USA1177LUCKY DOGRon BoehmJohn GilmourSBYC02:11:32
29AUS649GIVIN IT SOME GRUNTGreg CouttsJason CloseBRYC02:11:47
30AUS674ARGO XVIIBen AustinPeter NicholsonRGYC02:12:38
31AUS637DEVINE INTERVENTIONGraeme EverettAndrew WilsonWA02:12:44
32GER218TOURISTEN EXPRESSBjoern FraschOliver PeterSVW02:12:49
33AUS657DO YOU GET IT YETRoger BlasseAndrew GilliganBRYC02:13:44
34AUS235JOANNEIan CunninghamDavid CunninghamMCCYC02:13:50
35AUS627DEEP PURPLEPhil VanceAndrew VancePDSC02:13:54
36AUS642READ BTW THE LINESAdam SymeDaniel FarthingSYC02:13:59
37AUS667PTGPhillip TomamichelGeoffrey TomamichelBRYC02:14:51
38AUS639REACTORIan ArberDrew FarrarPDSC02:14:58
39USA1186ATOMIC PUNKKirk TwardowskiMichael LazzaroRYC02:15:05
40AUS660REPEAT OFFENDERStephen EdmundsTom EdmundsSYC02:15:29
41GBR1546HARTLAND SHIPPINGCharles DuchesneTom BracewellISC02:16:12
42AUS653MONKEY WRENCHBrec MittonPeter KnispelASC02:16:55
43AUS631VENTURASteve VanceBlake VancePDSC02:17:06
44AUS654SHARK BAITTim VanceGreg VanceWA02:17:25
45AUS648ZULUSam DuncanJohn WarrenSYC02:17:31
46AUS669BACK IN BLACKRobert VickeryArron VickerySYC02:17:44
47AUS664HOBOWayne FrankcombeMarcus KorobaczSYC02:17:49
48AUS655PINK BITZNigel SmithDane SteadPDSC02:18:36
49AUS638PHRBen StrongJames PattersonSYC02:18:44
50AUS675BLACK BETTYDavid McGeochBridget McgeochBRYC02:21:16
51GER13IDEFIXJulian RetzlaffFabio PfistererWSCW02:21:56
52AUS668RUMBALLSScott DavisDaniel VaughanBRYC02:23:05
53AUS605POWERED BY RUMBrian LongFrederic PaponBRYC02:24:35
54ITA1488ELIZABETHDominic Van EssenSimona SaccaniISC02:24:50
55AUS658BEACHED AZJason DixonPat AgarASC02:25:19
TLEJPN119SURIMIYasutaka UtoSatoshi IshidaENOSHIMA 
TLEAUS345TBDTakashi FurugakiKenichi HagiwaraENOSHIMA 
TLEAUS601WALKING ON WATERRichard ThomasLuke ThomasPDSC 
TLEAUS609DEATHWISHMarcel BucekScott CurtisRGYC 
TLEAUS628DONKEY ON THE EDGEPhilip StrongJeffre KlemmSYC 
TLEAUS630WINDJAMMERChristian WangelHenrik WangelASC 
TLEAUS646FLAUNT ITJohn TaylorMartyn TribeBRYC 
TLEAUS665ARGO XVIDavid LorimerFreya VickerySYC 
TLEGBR1529PINK FLESHRobin PascalMartin PascalISC 
TLEGBR1551NOT YET DEADColin SmithImogen SmithISC&BBSC 
UFDAUS671CRAZY HORSEAnthony AndersonMike McdonaldMCCRAEYC 
UFDAUS672GILL CSTDave AlexanderDan WilsdonASC 

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