Ed
Baird and Jesper Radich in the lead (04/29/04) (source
: Official
Website)
Lake Garda offered one of its spectacular
days of strong southerly breeze up 20-25 knots
and sunshine to the ten crews competing in the
Garda Trentino Open Match Race.
With the local breeze "Ora" settling
in at around 10am, the Race Committee was able
to complete round robin one and start round
robin two. The competitors, who left the dock
at 10am, returned to shore after 7pm.
Jesper Radich had a very good day, scoring 8
wins and suffering only 1 loss to Paolo Cian.
Current match racing world champion Ed Baird,
who climbed the rankings from third to second
position with yesterday’s ISAF release, scored
7 wins and lost only 1 match to Radich.
In the overall results, Baird and Radich are
leading, both with 11 wins and only 2 losses.
Richard follows with 10 wins and 3 losses.
At the end of the second round robin, only the
top four skippers will proceed to the semifinals.
They will race against each other in a knock
out series, first to score three points. Racing
will resume tomorrow morning through Saturday.
Leaderboard (skipper/wins/losses)
1. Jesper Radich (DEN),
11/2
1. Ed Baird (USA),
11/2
3. Mathieu Richard (FRA), 10/3
4. Paolo Cian (ITA, Italia Challenge), 9/4
5. Mark Campbell-James (GBR), 7/6
6. Ian Williams (GBR), 5/8
7. Johnie Berntsson (SWE), 1/3
8. Maxim Taranov (RUS), 3/10
8. Michael Dunstan
(AUS, Ozboyz Challenge), 3/10
9. Andrew Arbuzov (RUS),
2/11
RR1 Results
Flight 7 : Williams def. Arbuzov - Radich def.
Campbell-James - Dunstan def. Bernntsson - Richard
def. Taranov
Flight 8 : Radich def. Arbuzov - Richard def.
Dunstan - Baird def. Williams - Campbell-James
def. Cian
Flight 9 : Baird def. Taranov - Cian def. Bernntsson-
Campbell-James def. Williams - Radich def. Richard
Flight 10 : Campbell-James def. Dunstan - Arbuzov
def. Taranov - Williams def. Bernntsson - Richard
def. Cian
Flight 11 : Bernntsson def. Taranov - Baird
def. Dunstan - Richard def. Williams - Cian
def. Arbuzov
Flight 3 : Campbell-James def. Arbuzov - Cian
def. Taranov - Radich def. Williams - Richard
def. Bernntsson
Flight 4 : Cian def. Williams - Radich def.
Dunstan - Richard def. Arbuzov - Baird def.
Campbell-James
Flight 5 : Cian def. Dunstan - Baird def. Richard
- Bernntsson def. Arbuzov - Taranov def. Williams
Ed
Baird's perfect day opens competition (04/28/04) (source
: Official
Website)
The Garda Trentino grade 1 Open Match Race,
organised by the Fraglia Vela Riva in conjunction
with the International Sailing Federation (ISAF),
started today in the beautiful setting of Lake
Garda.
The ten competing skippers left the dock early
this morning to make the most of the northerly
breeze locally known as "Peler". The
Race Committee was able to complete 6 flights
of round robin one (except for flight 2 where
matches 3 and 4 were abandoned).
Around 10.30 am the wind dropped and the competitors
waited on the race course until midday when
the southerly breeze "Ora" kicked
in. However, they had to tackle very fluky and
unstable wind conditions due to the approaching
clouds.
The results of some matches were unsure right
until the very end, due to the frequent and
sudden changes in wind strength and direction.
Jesper Radich was disqualified from match 3
of flight 3 for using an illegal rig on the
jib sheet. Current match racing world champion
Ed Baird is leading the fleet with 4 wins and
one loss.
Leaderboard (skipper/wins/losses)
1. Ed Baird (USA), 4/1
2. Jesper Radich (DEN), 3/1
2. Mathieu Richard
(FRA), 3/1
2. Paolo Cian (ITA,
Italia Challenge), 3/1
5. Ian Williams (GBR), 2/2
5. Mark Campbell-James
(GBR), 2/2
7. Maxim Taranov (RUS), 2/3
8. Johnie Berntsson (SWE), 1/3
9. Andrew Arbuzov (RUS), 1/4
9. Michael Dunstan
(AUS, Ozboyz Challenge), 1/4
Results
Flight 1 : Radich def. Taranov - Richard def.
Campbell-James - Bernntsson def. Baird - Williams
def. Dunstan
Flight 2 : Baird def. Arbuzov- Taranov def.
Dunstan - Bernntsson vs Campbell-James (to be
re-sailed) - Radich vs Cian (to be re-sailed)
Flight 3 : Campbell-James def. Arbuzov - Cian
def. Taranov - Williams def. Radich - Richard
def. Bernntsson
Flight 4 : Cian def. Williams - Radich def.
Dunstan - Richard def. Arbuzov - Baird def.
Campbell-James
Flight 5 : Cian def. Dunstan - Baird def. Richard
- Arbuzov def. Bernntsson - Taranov def. Williams
Action
on Lake Garda will be hot (04/26/04) (source
: Official
Website)
The Fraglia Vela Riva is ready to host
another exciting sailing event, after the Match
Racing World Championship held last August.
This time, ten skippers will fight for the Garda
Trentino grade 1 Open Match Race, organised
by the Fraglia Vela Riva in conjunction with
the International Sailing Federation (ISAF).
The event runs from April 27th to May 1st with
the same format successfully used by the Fraglia
Vela Riva during the ISAF Match Racing World
Championship :
-
Round
1: double round robin, where all skippers
sail each other twice in one group.
-
Round
2: semifinals, where the top four skippers
from the round robins race against each
other in a knock out series, first to
score three points.
-
Round 3: final
and petite final, run on a knock out series,
first to score three points.
Current match racing world champion Ed Baird
(USA), who won this world title also in 1995,
will be in Riva with his fellow crew members
Jon Ziskind and Andy Horton. Thomas Burnham,
who won the match racing worlds in Riva with
Baird last August, won’t be here this time as
he is currently training with Team Luna Rossa
in Valencia for the next America’s Cup.
Nine other skippers will compete in the Garda
Trentino open Match Race:
-
Jesper
Radich (DEN), ISAF ranking: 2°;
-
Mathieu
Richard (FRA), ISAF ranking: 4°;
-
Paolo
Cian (ITA, Italia Challenge), ISAF ranking:
7°;
-
Ian
Williams (GBR), ISAF ranking: 9°;
-
Johnie
Berntsson (SWE), ISAF ranking: 15°;
-
Andrew
Arbuzov (RUS), ISAF ranking: 16°;
-
Maxim
Taranov (RUS), ISAF ranking: 21°;
-
Michael
Dunstan (AUS, Ozboyz Challenge), ISAF
ranking: 29°;
