Cadet Worlds in Buenos Aires

Cadet Worlds in Buenos Aires - Day 4

by Ian Harris 3 Jan 2017 06:23 GMT 26 December 2016 - 4 January 2017

Race 7

Another steep chop greeted the sailors after the morning tow out. The warm force 3-4 wind was running hard against the tide as last nights the South Westerly had compressed the water into the delta. Although seeming strong, with little "body" to the hot moist wind, the bigger teams still struggled to go to windward two-up. It was all about driving the boat, keeping speed to maintain height through the turbulent water.

Race management here includes more than simply laying the marks, as Team Australia helped out by towing a tree from the course. We've seen tables and beds float past as the debris from the city and nearby delta is swept out to sea.

With the tide sweeping out under the start line and sporadic high cloud keeping the sun at bay, the first start was stopped with an AP with 10 seconds to go. At the second try the start was left to go with a few unfortunates being OCS. Overnight leader ARG 9725 Mateo Ronchi had a great start from the committee boat end with GBR 9985 Jamie Harris starting from the middle.

Day 4 of the Cadet Worlds in Buenos Aires - photo © Fernando Jochoian

At the top it was BEL 8408 Victor De Ripainsel leading from ARG 9725 Mateo Ronchi, with AUS 9778 William Cooper rounding 3rd and desperate to have a clean race. Behind him GBR 9985 Jamie Harris in 4th. With GBR 9876 Ellie Wooton in 5th, GBR 9962 Cara Bland 6th and GBR 9877 Hattie Collingridge in 7th. Harry Chatterton had a great first beat but rounded11th to no avail as he was one of those too enthusiastic at the start.

On the 2nd beat, BEL 8408 Victor De Ripainsel was passed by GBR Jamie Harris, with ARG 9725 Mateo Ronchi dropping to 3rd. Then disaster for GBR 9985 Jamie Harris as a snapped jib halyard 100m from the windward mark resulted in the mast plummeting over the side. With GBR 9877 now up to 3rd and GBR 9876 Ellie Wootton to 5th, the pack, including ARG 9729 Santiago Plantie was on the hunt down the run.

At the finish in a close fight to the finish line GBR 9877 Hattie Collingridge just pipped BEL 8408 Victor De Ripainsel for the line honours, her first major event win. In 3rd ARG 9729 Santiago Plantie emerged from the chasing group to pass GBR 9876 Ellie Wooton 4th Overnight leader ARG 9725 Mateo Ronchi came home 5th, GBR 10002 Megan Fergusson 7th. AUS 9778 William Cooper suffered more bad luck when his spinnaker pole snapped on the first reach.

So with some desperate mast stepping on the choppy seas GBR 9985 Jamie Harris was up and running again as the fleet turned back to the start of race 8.

Apologies here as my story isn't complete. Mid way though race 8 GBR 10002 Megan Fergusson also suffered a dismasting, and in attending to her we missed the finish. However...

Race 8

So on to race 8, with GBR 9985 Jamie Harris rebuilt, the wind still force 3-4, and the seas remaining lumpy the PRO tried to get the fleet away quickly. Again he called off the start with an AP with 10 seconds to go. The 3rd attempt ended with a general recall, so out came the black flag.

Day 4 of the Cadet Worlds in Buenos Aires - photo © Fernando Jochoian

Recovering from the disappointment of his dismasting whilst leading the earlier race, GBR 9985 Jamie Harris rounded with a big lead from GER 9878 Franz Erpenbeck. Franz was in turn chased by team GBR who were revelling in the stronger winds, none more so than GBR 9877 Hattie Collingridge who was having a fantastic day. Other GBR's in the top 10, GBR 9876 Ellie Wootton 5th, GBR10002 Megan Fergusson 7th, GBR 9962 Cara Bland 9th and GBR 9020 Anna Morgan 10th.

GBR 9985 extended his lead down the second reach with GBR 9987 Hattie Collingridge up to second. Behind her though in amongst the strong GBR team yet again was ARG 9729 Santiago Plantie the strong Argentine favourite. Way back in the field ARG 9725 Mateo Ronchi was struggling after a bad start.

As GBR 9985 Jamie Harris rounded the final windward, it was GBR 9877 Hattie Collingridge behind, but having to defend from ARG 9729 Santiago Plantie. It was at this point that we had to attend the 2nd GBR dismasting of the day when GBR 10002 Megan Fergusson lost her mast over the side. To add insult to injury, on being asked if she was OK she was then told she was OCS!

Day 4 of the Cadet Worlds in Buenos Aires - photo © Fernando Jochoian

GBR 9985 Jamie Harris took the win by some distance from ARG 9729 Santiago Plantie who had pipped GBR 9877 Hattie Collingridge on the final beat.

So Jamie Harris and Antonia Wilkinson regain the overnight lead due to their consistent scoring, but is now chased by Santiago Plantie who is only 5 points behind and will have a superb score when the 10th race and second discard come into play tomorrow. Also, with the second discard, we will see Mateo Ronchi come back into the action.

After today's excellent results Hattie Collingridge will be in the mix too if she repeats today's outstanding performance. With 4 races to sail, and a storm forecast for tomorrow, It is going to go down to the wire.

Results after Day 4:

Pos	Boat name / Sponsor	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1st	Twocan	GBR	9985	Jamie Harris	Antonia Wilkinson	9	3	1	8	5	3	(DNF)	1	30
2nd	PuM2	ARG	9729	Santiago Plantie	Matias Finsterbusch	12	‑20	6	4	1	7	3	2	35
3rd		ARG	9725	Mateo Ronchi	Valentino Lancon	2	‑34	4	1	2	1	5	31	46
4th	Vaca Loca	ARG	9479	Lucio Pasquariello	Diego Pasquariello	5	10	2	9	3	10	12	‑14	51
5th	No regrets	GBR	9877	Hattie Collingridge	Hamish Collingridge	23	6	5	5	‑25	RDG	1	3	52.7
6th	Zest	GBR	9876	Ellie Wootton	Amelia Mayhew	‑33	4	18	7	15	2	4	8	58
7th	The Great Escape/Neilson	GBR	9962	Cara Bland	Ines Green	3	1	7	‑39	24	11	9	10	65
8th	B.V.	ARG	9726	Lucas Manuel Zarate	Jazmin Boix	13	8	‑36	2	11	17	10	16	77
9th	Aeolus	GBR	10002	Megan Fergusson	Yasmin Sfaxi	7	9	9	30	16	8	6	(BFD)	85
10th		ARG	9472	Lucas Pruden	Franco Diaz Tamayo	24	19	‑26	3	8	14	7	19	94
11th	Blackout	AUS	2713	Alyssa Kelsey	Mitchell Kelsey	10	‑28	11	13	4	18	14	26	96
12th	What's it called	GBR	9020	Anna Morgan	Jemima Hill	‑30	13	22	19	10	5	20	9	98
13th	Pink Panther	ARG	9727	Leticia Rodriguez Viegas	Constanza Lopez	1	‑29	24	22	13	4	18	21	103
14th		ARG	9723	Teo Zecchin	Ana Zecchin	11	‑24	14	18	7	13	22	22	107
15th		ARG	9478	Mariano Pesallaccia	Martin Diaz Tamayo	8	18	15	10	22	21	(UFD)	13	107
16th		CZE	9693	Max Stejskal	Adam Hudec	37	30	8	11	27	6	(UFD)	7	126
17th		ARG	9722	Melina Haertel	Isabel Piccola	15	11	39	20	17	9	24	‑40	135
18th		BEL	8404	Victor De Ripainsel	Kobe Stroobandt	22	2	29	(RET)	9	19	2	RET	139
19th	Executrix	GBR	8997	Ryan Wilkinson	Megara Wilkinson	18	15	19	‑47	34	22	16	15	139
20th		BEL	9854	Sarah Roosen	Lisemarie Vandamme	27	21	13	15	14	‑33	19	33	142
21st	Pushing it	GBR	10001	Harry Chatterton	Faye Chatterton	16	14	20	28	18	28	(UFD)	20	144
22nd	True colors	GBR	9984	Isobel Speirs	Emily Speirs	29	16	23	16	‑49	34	17	11	146
23rd		BEL	9839	Eline Spittaels	Aurelie Boven	14	23	27	‑32	20	24	13	29	150
24th	Sorcerer	GBR	9983	Katie Spark	Connor Line	32	‑38	3	26	21	15	23	32	152
25th	Meltemi	AUS	9562	Charlie Goodfellow	Toby Legg	‑36	5	34	6	19	25	35	28	152
26th		GER	9838	Franz Erpenbeck	Charlotte Meyer	‑46	12	30	25	33	30	21	4	155
27th	Re Negroo	ARG	9474	Noe Zecchin	Gonzalo Ridolfi	21	31	‑37	14	26	32	15	24	163
28th	Its pink	AUS	9628	Isabella Declerck	Isabel Willcox	4	32	38	(DSQ)	28	27	28	17	174
29th		BEL	9836	Hannah Roosen	Charlotte Marien	31	(OCS)	16	33	42	38	11	5	176
30th	Impulse	AUS	9778	William Cooper	Hugo Allison	35	(DSQ)	10	DSQ	6	DNE	8	6	177
31st		ARG	9730	Julian Mariscal	Tomas Smurra	6	22	(UFD)	24	32	39	30	25	178
32nd		CZE	9773	Sara Tkadlecova	Tadeas Tkadlec	26	7	40	12	35	20	(UFD)	DNE	196
33rd	Stolen Pig	AUS	9430	Fynn Sprott	Lawrence Jeffs	54	27	12	17	37	26	(UFD)	23	196
34th		GER	8885	Hannes Rosler	Paulina Bocker	28	33	‑45	21	44	36	26	18	206
35th		BEL	9965	Laura Spittaels	Anouck De Ripainsel	20	44	28	35	12	‑54	33	37	209
36th		URU	9721	Francisca Volpe Borche	Timoteo Josue Vaucher Sosa	41	26	32	27	30	23	(UFD)	30	209
37th	Brothers in Arms	AUS	9523	Dominic Randall	Elliot Hughes	19	35	25	23	40	35	(UFD)	36	213
38th	Godscend	AUS	9918	Lily Zeeman	Anabelle Zeeman	40	‑45	17	34	41	12	31	42	217
39th		ARG	9475	Constanza Agnoletti	Juan Martin Agnoletti	39	40	21	31	‑47	37	32	35	235
40th	Amigos	URU	8077	Mateo Norbis	Inaki Angulo Magnano	38	36	‑49	44	29	16	25	49	237
41st	Full spead ahead	AUS	9745	Sam Paynter	Gil Casanova	47	17	35	42	50	41	(UFD)	12	244
42nd		GER	9814	Karina Winter	Lia‑Marie Sturm	25	25	44	38	‑53	45	36	38	251
43rd	Drop Bears	AUS	9520	Charlie Zeeman	William Zeeman	‑50	43	31	36	36	40	38	27	251
44th		ARG	9473	Sebastian Romero	Violeta De Stefano	17	42	41	37	‑43	42	40	39	258
45th		NED	9175	Tobias Teunissen	Tjalf Sint	34	37	43	41	39	‑51	34	34	262
46th	Solypaz	URU	9724	Paz Kerschen Ferrari	Sol Kerschen Ferrari	43	41	33	45	31	44	27	‑47	264
47th		NED	8869	Jade van Wegen	Benthe Marijnen	42	39	42	29	38	‑47	37	44	271
48th	Charrua	URU	9587	Facundo Roure	Facundo Gustavo Perez Quinteros	44	46	(UFD)	40	23	31	UFD	48	288
49th	Calladito	URU	9728	Valentina Barindelli Cerrudo	Juan Diego Perez Quinteros	(DSQ)	49	UFD	43	45	49	29	46	317
50th		GER	9978	Analisa Tast	Henning Tast	45	47	46	48	46	43	42	‑51	317
51st		URU	4541	Facundo Sanchez	Felipe Lugaro	51	48	‑52	46	48	48	41	45	327
52nd		NED	9689	Sanna Marijnen	Sterre van Wegen	52	(OCS)	47	52	54	52	39	41	337
53rd	De madera	URU	8048	Jose Carlos Svedov Rybak	Tadeo Vaucher Sosa	49	51	50	49	‑52	46	44	50	339
54th		GER	9832	Luisa Schonthier	Henning Laue	53	50	48	50	‑55	53	43	52	349
55th		GER	9748	Jan‑Peter Nicolaus	Sarah Maria Knospe	48	(OCS)	51	51	51	50	UFD	43	350