SB20 World Championship at Clube Naval de Cascais

SB20 World Championship at Clube Naval de Cascais - Overall

by True Angle Editorial 5 Sep 2016 08:24 BST 30 August - 3 September 2016

SB20 World Championship at Cascais day 5 © Neuza Aires Pereira / Clube Naval de Cascais

The last day of the Cascais SB20 World Championships 2016 on Saturday, September 3 saw Hugo Rocha with his New Territories team crowned World Champions, defeating a 76-boat fleet with entries from 13 countries.

After a demanding 12-race series during which the renowned high winds venue of Cascais, Portugal delivered storming 20-knot runs, shifty beats, mirror calm mornings, and everything in between, conditions for the final day single race proved challenging once again.

With winds again very light early in the morning, it initially looked doubtful as to whether any racing would take place and the fleet was towed to the course area. However, the breeze gradually filled in, and after two General Recalls and a postponement the wind eventually settled enough for the race team to get start away just one minute before the cut-off time. A couple of boats fell victim to the Black Flag as racing began in a light 6-8 knots, which quickly ramped up to 15 knots.

The fleet was evenly split across the racecourse and arrived compacted at the windward mark, which saw many boats forced to duck out and circle around – unusually, those boats that gybe-set towards the left-hand side shot up through the fleet as the right side suffered, with some of the leaders seeing heavy losses of distance. The race committee reset the top mark, but as the boats rounded the windward mark for the second time Cascais had one final trick up its sleeve and the fog rolled in – visibility reducing dramatically as the boats worked towards the finish. The sunshine reappeared for a final flourish in 8-12 knots of wind, before fading completely and requiring a final tow home for the fleet.

SB20 World Championship at Cascais day 5 - photo © Neuza Aires Pereira / Clube Naval de Cascais

The race win went to Rodion Luka on TREM Engineering (UKR3042), giving the Ukranian Olympic silver medalist another podium finish at an SB20 World Championships in third overall. Second went to Vladim Pushev's Vis Sailing Team (RUS3707), their best result of the series by a considerable way, while third went to Volvo Ocean Race skipper Charles Caudrelier and his DongFeng Racing Team1.

However, Rocha's team on New Territories (RUS3711) finished 10th, enough to secure the 2016 World Championship title with a healthy 17-point margin. Rocha, together with Alex Semenov, Fran Palacios and Goncaki Barreto, scored two race wins, but significantly counted all top 10 placings in a high scoring series which saw many competitive teams hampered by mid-fleet finishes or disqualifications. Rocha is an Olympic medalist who scored bronze for Portugal in the 470 at the Savannah Games, while the New Territories team were second at the 2014 World Championships in St Petersburg.

SB20 World Championship at Cascais day 5 - photo © Neuza Aires Pereira / Clube Naval de Cascais

Second went to Gabriel Skoczek, Michel Emeric, Lucas Chatonnier and Marine Boudot with France Jeune SB20 (FRA653), who were also top Youth team, four points ahead of Luka's TREM Engineering. The France Jeune team commented after racing: "We had a real battle and that battle was fierce. But Hugo Rocha was too strong. We're happy to get on the second step of the podium all the same."

Just outside the podium there was a monumental duel for fourth between two Australian visiting teams, Chris Dare's Flirtatious (AUS3735) and Michael Cooper's Export Roo (AUS 3731), with the Flirtatious coming out on top by three points.

SB20 World Championship at Cascais day 5 - photo © Neuza Aires Pereira / Clube Naval de Cascais

The hotly contested Nations Cup was awarded to France, from Russia, with Portugal just pipping Britain for third on tie-break. Meanwhile the French crew of Mathilde Geron, Sophie de Turckheim, Julie Bossard and Alice Ponsar on Team Xavier Bourhis Generali were the first ladies' crew in 12th place. The top Master's prize went to the Sportsboatworld.com team of Jerry Hill, Alan Hill and Craig Watson who finished 13th, with prizes awarded by Clarins and Hyde Sails as well as event sponsors Vista Alegre, Sagres, Simoes and Gaspar, and LG. The event was hosted by Clube Naval de Cascais, and backed by the Portuguese city.

SB20 World Championship at Cascais day 5 - photo © Neuza Aires Pereira / Clube Naval de Cascais

The 2017 SB20 World Championships will be hosted by the prestigious Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, UK. Racing will take place on the Solent from August 28-September 1, 2017, following a full schedule of racing for both local and visiting teams, including a Grand Slam event at the world famous Cowes Week regatta. The following year, the 2018 World Championships will head to the stunning venue of Tasmania, Australia.

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Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Crew2	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	Pts
1	RUS3711	New Territories	Hugo Rocha	Alex Semenov	Fran Palacios Gonçalo Barreto	YC St‑Petersburg	2	3	1	9	6	9	2	8	DNC	2	1	2	10	55
2	FRA3653	France Jeune SB20	Gabriel Skoczek	Michel Emeric	Lucas Chatonnier Marine Boudot	YCAntibes	3	6	10	2	17	5	4	7	2	11	10	1	11	72
3	UKR3042	TREM Engineering	Rodion Luka	Andrey Klochko	Igor Severianov Tomás Barreto	Kiev Racing YC	1	4	25	1	5	19	11	1	7	5	5	16	1	76
4	AUS3735	Flirtatious	Chris Dare	Oliver Tweddell	Ella Clark	Sorrento SBC	14	2	3	61	3	7	8	19	5	3	21	8	4	97
5	AUS3731	Export Roo	Michael Cooper	David Chapman	Matthew Johnston	RYCTasmania	4	13	5	3	11	4	5	20	28	9	15	6	5	100
6	POR3114	Animal/ Mobiag ‑ Clever Mobility	Vasco Serpa	Joaquim Moreira	Pedro Costa Alemao	CNCascais	11	1	2	15	7	53	6	3	10	4	19	25	12	115
7	FRA3580	Team SMC / France Jeune	Kevin Peponnet	Achille Nebout	Bruno Mourniac Camille Rossi	YCMC/SRR	5	20	26	16	9	1	7	4	6	DNC	4	3	20	121
8	GBR3728	Marvel	Richard Powell	Tim Burnell	Ben Vines	Royal Ocean RC	10	18	14	19	10	2	BFD	5	8	16	9	5	31	147
9	ITA3637	Mercy Bocu	Massimo Fullone	Andrea Airo	Nikolaos Mascoli Pierfrancisco Schiavone	CVOndabuena	20	DNC	DNC	4	19	6	1	11	1	1	3	23	7	173
10	POR3620	Uon	José Caldeira	Helder Basílio	Tiago Leal Mariana Lobato	ANMadeira	19	12	4	5	1	15	14	16	4	24	DNF	39	23	176
11	RUS3722	MST	Vasily Grigoriev	Mikhail Markin	Valeriy Ushkov	Pirogovo	26	9	20	34	4	12	28	22	17	20	7	18	28	211
12	FRA3423	Team Xavier Bourhis Generali	Mathilde Geron	Sophie de Turckheim	Julie Bossard Alice Ponsar	CMVSB	17	30	17	13	24	14	17	17	BFD	8	18	20	16	211
13	GBR3750	Sportsboatworld.com	Jerry Hill	Alan Hillman	Craig Watson	RSrnYC	22	5	27	12	18	32	15	32	22	15	20	14	22	224
14	NED3714	MXTC	Marco van Driel	Joost Assmann	Martijn Worseling	WSV Braassemermeer	29	15	9	14	21	39	9	25	18	12	24	9	45	224
15	GBR3724	Xcellent	John Pollard	Rob Smith	Ben Warnick	Royal Torbay YC	7	23	6	6	20	3	13	24	13	UFD	16	19	BFD	227
16	GBR3732	Forelle Estates	Joe Llewellyn	Jeremy Vigus	Nigel Wakefield	Wessex Exiles	18	38	28	37	37	28	10	6	14	26	14	13	15	246
17	RUS3709	Nika	Vladimir Prosikhin	Artem Basalkin	Alex Martemiyanov	YC St‑Petersburg	6	7	12	60	13	8	3	UFD	32	28	2	4	BFD	252
18	ITA3543	DKC	Antonillo Ciabatti	Vincenzo Graciotti	Nando Colaninno	YCRiviera del Conero	30	27	24	7	35	17	20	23	35	14	11	10	37	253
19	FRA3655	Dongfeng RTeam 1	Charles Caudrelier	Pascal Bidegorry	Thomas Rouxel Malo Abguillerm	DongfengRT	8	34	38	18	8	61	18	14	BFD	21	6	31	3	260
20	POR3105	Dom Pedro Hotels/Generali	José Paulo Ramada	Gonçalo Ribeiro	Rita Gonçalves Miguel Leal Faria	CNCascais/Dom Pedro	9	11	23	22	12	46	12	2	BFD	22	UFD	11	24	271
21	POR3115	Quebramar	Rui Brites	Henrique Brites	Francisco Andrade Mariana Freitas	CNCascais	15	14	33	25	30	33	22	54	DNC	6	13	17	9	271
22	FRA3721	ROIG Sailing Team	Hugo Feydit	Valentin Sipan	Mathieu Corruble Paola Amar	Cn La Tremblade	21	8	50	39	34	59	27	13	16	27	8	12	21	276
23	RUS3708	MelstonTeam	Kirill Frolov	Alexey Murashkin	Egor Ignatenko	YC St‑Petersburg	25	51	21	43	2	31	25	47	15	13	23	21	34	300
24	POR3616	Madeira Islands	John Tavares	Paulo Manso	Jorge Ferreira	ANMadeira	48	21	18	17	15	55	30	UFD	3	45	22	22	13	309
25	FRA3034	Oceanteam	Johan Ravier	Helene Urruti	Frederic Perroche Alice Chiaporri	YCCannes	40	19	19	26	45	11	33	30	33	30	26	7	39	313
26	POR3558	Guto	Diogo Pereira	Fausto Briosa	Luís Queiroz	CVAtlantico	23	33	22	11	29	13	BFD	35	11	44	57	53	8	339
27	FRA3706	Black Magic	Edward Russo	Gilles Favennec	Cedric Chateau	CNValeriquais	13	22	32	48	42	24	44	29	9	10	DNF	36	32	341
28	POR3738	All Blacks Watches	Nuno Vasconcelos Porto	Francisco Ancêde	Diogo Costa Pedro Costa	CVAtlantico	28	28	29	21	43	18	29	59	23	19	UFD	34	17	348
29	POR3111	Roff/Meritis.org	Manuel Marques	Rui Bóia	Hugo Mastbaum	CNCascais	32	16	8	66	25	62	24	15	25	50	29	29	41	356
30	RUS3707	VIS sailing team	Vadim Pushev	Timur Sabirzianov	Alexander Mikhailov	YC St‑Petersburg	27	31	13	58	33	50	BFD	40	19	17	25	46	2	361
31	POR3505	Patris / Real Vida	Vasco Passanha	Diana Neves	Carlos Leitão Rafael Rodrigues	CNCascais	34	49	36	8	58	48	32	37	20	32	32	15	27	370
32	UKR3726	itParfume	Anna Kyselova	Ivan Pavlusik	Anatolii Petrov Irina Dorosheva	Odessa	36	37	58	46	14	41	35	33	24	7	17	43	44	377
33	POR3103	Bettertech/Bicasco	Luis Santos	Antonio Santos	Rui Duarte	CVSado	31	17	30	24	27	44	26	53	29	41	33	45	30	377
34	POR3427	Sea Camel	João Villas‑Boas	José Camelo	Guilherme Gomes Nuno Bajanca	CNCascais	33	58	45	20	51	49	38	28	38	18	27	30	6	383
35	POR3525	EXLIBRIS BACO Sailing Team	Diogo Barros	Luis Alonso	Tiago Morais	CWDSailing	24	DNC	DNC	28	22	10	31	39	21	37	41	42	18	390
36	FRA3609	New Caledonia	Piriou Tugdual	Jade Lestré	Yan Rigal Tom Picot	CNCaledonien	52	26	7	54	32	22	42	34	27	29	44	37	40	392
37	POR3286	Gandia Blasco	Tiago Roquette	João Leite de Castro	Luis Pessanha	CVAtlantico	DNF	44	37	47	39	27	19	12	12	UFD	31	32	19	396
38	GBR3710	Chill Pill +	Tich Summers	Scott Graham	Nick Elder	Royal Tay YC	16	52	31	68	40	25	46	31	26	48	12	33	42	402
39	GBR3720	Uber	Adrian Peach	Garry Phare	Jim Short	Royal Torbay YC	35	24	47	10	23	29	23	42	BFD	33	46	47	DNF	436
40	IRL3739	venuesworld.com	Ger Dempsey	Chris Nolan	Maeve Judge Blair Stanaway	Royal Irish YC	47	25	40	32	26	51	16	52	34	UFD	35	58	26	442
41	IRL3065	Bango	James Gorman	Rory Fitzpatrick	Neil O'Toole Laura Jackson	National YC	12	36	16	59	59	56	21	21	36	57	48	65	25	446
42	IRL3060	The Bear	Stefan Hyde	Graeme Grant	Tara Flood Clara Hynes	Royal Cork YC	DNC	67	35	23	38	30	34	9	48	25	37	35	BFD	458
43	RUS3420	POR3420	Igor Ginzburg	Basalkina Anna	Krivov Oleg Klepikov Leonid	YC St‑Petersburg	44	40	11	35	16	16	DPI‑	DNC	DNC	31	54	38	29	468
44	GBR3027	Ethel	Alec Russell	Mark Lees	Jess Lees Rich Pull	RSrnYC	41	66	49	27	44	37	45	26	31	55	34	49	36	474
45	POR3341	Bright Dental Clinic	David Aleixo	Miguel Guimarães	David Abecassis António Barros	CNCascais	37	10	52	42	28	DNF	BFD	43	37	53	36	27	35	477
46	BEL3345	Go With the Flow	Bart Tytgat	Hielke Krijnen	Kristof Woutters	RNSYC	50	60	55	31	DNF	DNC	37	18	30	39	49	24	14	484
47	AUS3390	Mind Games	Phil Reid	Sam Ibbott	Andre DeClerck	RYCTasmania	54	50	43	72	56	20	54	44	39	36	30	41	56	523
48	GBR3057	Baloo	John Outhwaite	David Atkinson	Carl Outhwaite	Royal Ocean RC	58	48	44	40	49	65	40	38	53	42	43	40	38	533
49	CHN3557	Dongfeng RTeam 2	Kong Chengheng	Chen Jinhao	Liu Xue	DongfengRT	57	41	41	69	48	38	36	46	40	34	42	59	53	535
50	POR3203	Miudas	Margarida Aguiar	Sofia Regojo	Ana Champalimaud Maria João Marques	CNCascais	43	42	42	41	70	60	52	51	44	54	39	57	33	558
51	POR3723	Another Affair	Pedro Ambrósio	Miguel Oliveira	Francisco Oliveira	CVAtlantico	49	43	48	44	52	52	57	41	58	52	45	28	50	561
52	IRL3537	Wahoo	Chris Arrowsmith	David Cahill	Colin Galavan	Royal St George YC	42	46	34	52	46	43	47	27	56	68	DNC	52	57	570
53	GBR3069	Slinky	Ian Hudson	Niall Peelo	Helen Macnamara Laura Woosey	Warsash SC	56	32	53	45	36	40	43	61	55	38	52	67	DNC	578
54	RUS3512	Sea Connect	Vladislav Ivanovskiy	Alexey Egorov	Vitaliy Nosach Ekaterina Bessonova	YC St‑Petersburg	61	39	56	38	50	66	39	55	47	51	40	54	55	585
55	BEL3311	Selden	Jan Alleman	Paul Jonckheere	Geert Orbie	RNSYC	62	35	15	53	65	26	50	56	54	58	61	63	54	587
56	RUS3730	Huawei	Aleksey Kolobanov	Gaiane Kolovalova	Bozhko Aleksander Manuel Cruz	YC St‑Petersburg	53	45	39	64	61	54	BFD	57	43	67	28	48	43	602
57	POR3652	Bravo	Paulo Palha	André Gonçalves	António José Barros Rita Leal faria	CVAtlantico	46	29	51	55	66	36	41	DNF	BFD	35	UFD	55	51	619
58	GBR3740	A New Hope	Doug Innes	Martin Fox	Gareth Glover	RoyalSouthamptonYC	45	47	65	49	31	70	BFD	58	41	43	38	69	65	621
59	GBR3716	Skewered	Simon Hume	Oli Nedham	John Malone	Itchenor SC	38	53	54	62	60	DNF	49	10	45	UFD	47	60	DNC	632
60	POR3733	xxxx	Peter Stratton	Pedro Henriques	Francisco Garcia	CNCascais	55	DNC	DNC	50	53	21	DNF	DNC	DNC	23	60	26	52	648
61	RUS3523	Sete	Iurii Popov	Igor Svirida	Oleg Chugunov	YC St‑Petersburg	39	DNC	DNC	57	57	47	DPI‑56	60	51	59	50	50	48	651
62	GBR3516	Wildebeest	Rob Clark	Alexey Farenyuk	Manuel Arriaga e Cunha	CVLagos	51	DNC	DNC	33	DSQ	23	53	48	DNF	56	51	61	46	653
63	GBR3276	Trouble & Strife	Harry Barker	George Chilvers	Christopher Merril Olive Bazfour	Radley College SC	63	55	60	67	41	35	BFD	62	50	61	53	68	47	662
64	OMA3560	Oman Sail 1	Fahad Al Hasni	Yasir al Rahbi	Raad al Hadi	Oman Sail	59	54	57	30	54	45	60	DNF	DNC	60	55	51	67	669
65	FRA3576	Ladybug	Benoit Melen	Gregory Baum	Eric Brioist	YCCarnac	64	61	63	65	55	57	56	50	42	49	UFD	62	58	682
66	POR3411	Quinta dos Murças	Diogo C Mendes	Ana Santos	Bernardo Loureiro Duarte Teles	CNCascais	71	56	59	29	64	67	55	36	49	64	DNF	DNC	61	688
67	SUI3169	Mike T	Ueli Guggenbuehl	Caspar Guggenbuehl	Heinrich Guggenbuehl	CNCascais	70	62	46	51	63	42	BFD	45	46	63	63	UFD	60	688
68	POR3581	3581	Andrei Balaykin	Maksim Fedorov	Valentin Uvarkin	Pirogovo	68	59	61	70	47	34	58	66	59	47	64	DNC	59	692
69	POR3092	Contrabandista	Patrick Lindley	Pedro Simões	Luís Vasconcelos Dias	CNCascais	60	57	66	63	68	63	48	49	52	62	58	66	63	707
70	POR3150	TiNando	Miguel Fonseca	Edgar Miguel Tereso Faria	Vasco Justino Nuno Duarte	MENTOR	66	63	DNC	36	69	64	BFD	DNF	DNC	40	56	64	62	751
71	POR3090	3090 ‑ SB20	Paulo Lobo	Elisio Lourenço	Filipe Carioca João Soeiro	CNCascais	67	65	68	56	73	68	61	65	57	66	59	56	68	756
72	OMA3256	Oman Sail 2	Ali Al Balushi	Abdulrahman Al Mashari	Sami Al Shukaili	Oman Sail	DNC	64	64	75	62	58	BFD	64	DNF	65	62	UFD	64	809
73	GBR3305	Trio	Gary Baker	Dan Craft	Chris Odonnell	Warsash SC	65	68	62	71	72	DNC	DNF	DNC	DNC	46	UFD	44	BFD	813
74	POR3521	Santa Maria	Luís Rosário	Andre Carinhas	Valerio Conceição	CNCascais	72	69	69	74	67	71	BFD	63	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	66	859
75	POR3100	Spirit of Avé Maria	Luis Jardim	Bernardo Macedo	Guilherme Jardim	CVAtlantico	69	DNS	67	73	71	69	59	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	870
76	SUI3183	Respect	Chappuis Denis	Stalder Cécilia	Bober Volodymyr	TRSC	DNS	DNC	DNC	76	74	72	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	49	887