Fireball World Championship at Pointe Claire Yacht Club

Fireball World Championship at Pointe Claire Yacht Club - Day 3

by Ian Dobson 28 Aug 2019 06:28 BST 25-30 August 2019

After a short delay, race day number 3 of the 2019 Fireball World Championship got under way. A new wind direction and new challenges tested the crews with the same sunny skies and warm water.

Large shifts were the order of the day with an unstable 6-12knts, not dissimilar to the UK nationals at Torbay. To this end Dobbo and Waggers punched out from the middle of the line and on to the first shift to take control of the race. They led from Swiss team Haerdi/Landerer.

The ever solid French team of Collin/Thuillier rounded out the top 3 with Aussies Macfarlane/Payne recovering well to finish 4th.

Fireball World Championship at Pointe Claire YC - photo © Urs Haerdi

A similar flavour to race number 6 unfolded when an early left shift kept moving left to reward GBR's Derian and Andy Scott with a well earned lead which they held for nearly all of the race... Dobbo and Waggers consolidated into 3rd behind Canadians Debbie Kirkby/Greg Ferguson. The French team once again punched in to the top five with other top runners (Aussies and Swiss team Claude/Ruedi) deeper in the pack. So on to the final beat when the front six boats wallowed in the centre of the course chasing large left and right shits before the hard right came good and allowed boats further down to capitalise. It was none other than the Aussies and Swiss who popped round and held on to the finish in front of Dobbo and Waggers and the Scotts.

It's worth a mention the the only all female team of Mianne and Manuela from Switzerland rounded the first mark of race 6 first!

Fireball World Championship at Pointe Claire YC - photo © Urs Haerdi

It's now all tight at the front of the pack and the Ashes firmly in the balance (slender advantage AUS) with 4 more races to go and more breeze anticipated. Not before some pre-layday beers in downtown Montreal however.

Tune in for the final test starting Thursday...

Results after Day 3:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Boat Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1st	AUS	15152	Heather Macfarlane	Chris Payne	RLO	‑4	3	3	1	4	1	12
2nd	GBR	15161	Ian Dobson	Richard Wagstaff	Orchitis	1	‑5	5	3	1	3	13
3rd	SUI	14799	Claude Mermod	Ruedi Moser	‑	5	1	1	‑10	9	2	18
4th	FRA	14917	Ludovic Collin	Remy Thuillier	‑	‑6	4	2	2	5	5	18
5th	CZE	15019	Martin Kubovy	Roman Rocek	Kriplkara	3	‑9	7	4	7	7	28
6th	GBR	15162	Isaac Marsh	Oliver Davenport	Tinderella	7	8	6	5	3	‑14	29
7th	GBR	14941	Derian Scott	Andy Scott	Southppaws	‑16	2	12	16	6	4	40
8th	SUI	14859	Christina Haerdi	Cedric Landerer	Fuchur	12	‑17	4	13	2	11	42
9th	CZE	14981	Jan Jedlicka	Jiri Gemperle	Pussy Magnet Included	2	12	‑17	7	13	13	47
10th	BEL	15140	Bart Meynendonckx	Francis De Roeck	Great @venture	11	10	10	9	8	‑19	48
11th	CAN	14911	Pierre Carpentier	Thomas Bird	Technical Difficulties	‑15	7	8	15	12	9	51
12th	CAN	14766	Debbie Kirkby	Greg Ferguson	Line Dancer	13	6	13	12	‑14	8	52
13th	CAN	15043	Robert Levy	Jon Driver	‑	10	13	11	8	15	‑16	57
14th	GBR	15157	Keith Walker	Nicholas Rees	Freya	14	14	9	6	17	(OCS)	60
15th	AUS	15113	Ben Schulz	Joel MacKensie	The Wonky Donkey	9	15	18	17	10	‑26	69
16th	FRA	14959	Patrice Olivier	Jean‑François Nouel	‑	8	19	14	‑26	18	15	74
17th	CAN	15134	Joe Jospe	Tom Egli	‑	‑21	21	19	11	19	6	76
18th	CAN	15098	Robert Thompson	Francis Westlake	Infallible	17	18	‑23	18	16	12	81
19th	CAN	14768	Bill Strath	Dave Munro	Pontificate	‑23	11	21	21	20	17	90
20th	SUI	15063	Mianne Erne	Manuela Liechti	Coppalin Ban	20	16	16	23	‑24	18	93
21st	GBR	14964	David Mason	Chris Oglethorpe	Rumball	18	‑33	20	24	32	10	104
22nd	CAN	14757	Robert Warren	Gary Bishop	Revenge	26	20	‑31	30	11	22	109
23rd	CAN	15106	Mark Cummings	Evelyn Chisholm	Eeyore	22	22	22	22	22	‑32	110
24th	CAN	14464	Laura Malonda	William Kelly	Friarballs	‑28	24	26	19	23	25	117
25th	CAN	14482	Hamish Ferguson	Fraser Keith	Tutu To Tango	25	23	‑29	28	21	21	118
26th	CAN	14647	Eric Owston	Peter Kelly	Blanco	19	29	15	25	‑33	31	119
27th	RSA	14877	David Laing	Mark Dee	‑	24	25	‑27	27	26	20	122
28th	CAN	15033	Ken Tichkowsky	Neil Tichkowsky	URT	29	(OCS)	25	14	31	27	126
29th	CAN	13946	Shannon Gallins	Eric Diller	‑	‑32	30	30	20	28	23	131
30th	IRL	14713	Frank Miller	Ed Butler	Blind Squirrel	(BFD)	27	28	29	29	28	141
31st	CAN	14907	Liz Brennan	Evan Mah	Loose Cannon	27	(OCS)	33	32	27	24	143
32nd	CAN	14481	Richard Quinlan	Liam Quinlan	Concorde	31	28	32	‑34	25	29	145
33rd	USA	15034	Clay Poulson	Lukas Klier	Queso Suiza	30	26	34	31	30	‑35	151
34th	CAN	14680	James Cox	Ged McLean	Tangeroo	33	(OCS)	24	33	34	34	158
35th	USA	11451	Chandler Owen	Jeremy Kennedy	Benign Lesion	35	35	37	‑40	35	30	172
36th	CAN	14678	Philip Locker	Thomas Locker	Invisiball	34	31	‑38	35	38	37	175
37th	FRA	14123	Estébàn Hernandez	Mathias Schlick	Manueba	(DNC)	32	35	36	40	33	176
38th	CAN	14915	Thibault de Servigny	John‑Thomas Kelly	Sleeping Beauty	(DNS)	34	39	37	36	36	182
39th	CAN	14465	John McGuinness	François Fortier	Knotty Boy	38	36	‑41	38	37	38	187
40th	CAN	1504	Katherine Walker	Dylan Scott	Men In Black	36	37	‑40	39	39	39	190
41st	GBR	14872	Barbara Newson	Guy Newson	Magiic	37	38	36	‑41	41	40	192
42nd	USA	12847	Fred Steward	Sarah Steward	Ecologa	(DNC)	DNC	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	215