Fireball World Championship at Pointe Claire Yacht Club

Fireball World Championship at Pointe Claire Yacht Club - Day 4

by Isaac Marsh 29 Aug 2019 23:11 PDT 25-30 August 2019

Race 7 started in around 8-10 knots of breeze, building throughout the race. The first beat was hard to call with boats getting into different shifts and pressures on both sides of the course.

It was Claude and Ruedi who rounded first, with Derian and Andy 2nd and Martin and Roman 3rd. The tight first reach was offset by a very broad second reach and the Swiss continued to extend their lead throughout the race. The final run turned very biased towards port tack with Martin and Roman taking second and Ian and Richard pulling up to third.

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

Race 8 started in the perfect range of 15-18 knots and the dreaded individual recall, however the fleet lead by Ian and Richard made it up to the top mark and enjoyed two flat out exciting reaches. The breeze held for the race, still throwing out shifts to keep the fleet on its toes. Ian and Richard extended their lead to take a comfy win, followed by Heather and Chris then Ludovic and Remy.

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

Overall the front remains extremely tight with Heather and Chris dropping into second, only one point shy of Ian and Richard. There's a 6 point gap from 1st to Claude and Ruedi in 3rd, but with the second drop coming in tomorrow, it's possible for any of the top 3 to win the championships. More breeze is forecast for the last day so we will see how things pan out!

Results after Day 4:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Boat Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1st	GBR	15161	Ian Dobson	Richard Wagstaff	Orchitis	1	‑5	5	3	1	3	3	1	17
2nd	AUS	15152	Heather Macfarlane	Chris Payne	RLO	4	3	3	1	4	1	‑11	2	18
3rd	SUI	14799	Claude Mermod	Ruedi Moser	‑	5	1	1	‑10	9	2	1	4	23
4th	FRA	14917	Ludovic Collin	Remy Thuillier	‑	‑6	4	2	2	5	5	5	3	26
5th	CZE	15019	Martin Kubovy	Roman Rocek	Kriplkara	3	9	7	4	7	7	2	‑10	39
6th	GBR	15162	Isaac Marsh	Oliver Davenport	Tinderella	7	8	6	5	3	‑14	7	5	41
7th	GBR	14941	Derian Scott	Andy Scott	Southppaws	‑16	2	12	16	6	4	4	6	50
8th	CZE	14981	Jan Jedlicka	Jiri Gemperle	Pussy Magnet Included	2	12	‑17	7	13	13	10	7	64
9th	SUI	14859	Christina Haerdi	Cedric Landerer	Fuchur	12	‑17	4	13	2	11	13	11	66
10th	BEL	15140	Bart Meynendonckx	Francis De Roeck	Great @venture	11	10	10	9	8	‑19	8	12	68
11th	GBR	15157	Keith Walker	Nicholas Rees	Freya	14	14	9	6	17	(OCS)	6	14	80
12th	CAN	14911	Pierre Carpentier	Thomas Bird	Technical Difficulties	15	7	8	15	12	9	‑16	15	81
13th	CAN	15043	Robert Levy	Jon Driver	‑	10	13	11	8	15	16	14	(DNF)	87
14th	AUS	15113	Ben Schulz	Joel MacKensie	The Wonky Donkey	9	15	18	17	10	‑26	12	9	90
15th	CAN	15134	Joe Jospe	Tom Egli	‑	‑21	21	19	11	19	6	9	8	93
16th	CAN	14766	Debbie Kirkby	Greg Ferguson	Line Dancer	13	6	13	12	14	8	(DNF)	DNC	109
17th	FRA	14959	Patrice Olivier	Jean‑François Nouel	‑	8	19	14	26	18	15	(DNF)	16	116
18th	CAN	15098	Robert Thompson	Francis Westlake	Infallible	17	18	23	18	16	12	‑25	21	125
19th	CAN	14768	Bill Strath	Dave Munro	Pontificate	23	11	21	21	20	17	‑26	17	130
20th	SUI	15063	Mianne Erne	Manuela Liechti	Coppalin Ban	20	16	16	23	24	18	‑28	28	145
21st	GBR	14964	David Mason	Chris Oglethorpe	Rumball	18	‑33	20	24	32	10	23	19	146
22nd	RSA	14877	David Laing	Mark Dee	‑	24	25	‑27	27	26	20	15	13	150
23rd	CAN	14757	Robert Warren	Gary Bishop	Revenge	26	20	‑31	30	11	22	20	22	151
24th	CAN	15106	Mark Cummings	Evelyn Chisholm	Eeyore	22	22	22	22	22	‑32	30	18	158
25th	CAN	14482	Hamish Ferguson	Fraser Keith	Tutu To Tango	25	23	29	28	21	21	17	‑30	164
26th	CAN	14647	Eric Owston	Peter Kelly	Blanco	19	29	15	25	‑33	31	19	29	167
27th	CAN	15033	Ken Tichkowsky	Neil Tichkowsky	URT	29	(OCS)	25	14	31	27	22	20	168
28th	CAN	14464	Laura Malonda	William Kelly	Friarballs	28	24	26	19	23	25	‑31	25	170
29th	IRL	14713	Frank Miller	Ed Butler	Blind Squirrel	(BFD)	27	28	29	29	28	21	23	185
30th	CAN	14481	Richard Quinlan	Liam Quinlan	Concorde	31	28	32	‑34	25	29	18	24	187
31st	CAN	13946	Shannon Gallins	Eric Diller	‑	32	30	30	20	28	23	29	‑33	192
32nd	CAN	14907	Liz Brennan	Evan Mah	Loose Cannon	27	(OCS)	33	32	27	24	27	26	196
33rd	USA	15034	Clay Poulson	Lukas Klier	Queso Suiza	30	26	34	31	30	‑35	32	27	210
34th	CAN	14680	James Cox	Ged McLean	Tangeroo	33	(OCS)	24	33	34	34	24	35	217
35th	CAN	14678	Philip Locker	Thomas Locker	Invisiball	34	31	‑38	35	38	37	34	32	241
36th	USA	11451	Chandler Owen	Jeremy Kennedy	Benign Lesion	35	35	37	‑40	35	30	36	34	242
37th	GBR	14872	Barbara Newson	Guy Newson	Magiic	37	38	36	‑41	41	40	35	31	258
38th	FRA	14123	Estébàn Hernandez	Mathias Schlick	Manueba	(DNC)	32	35	36	40	33	TLE	TLE	262
39th	CAN	14915	Thibault de Servigny	John‑Thomas Kelly	Sleeping Beauty	(DNS)	34	39	37	36	36	37	TLE	262
40th	CAN	1504	Katherine Walker	Dylan Scott	Men In Black	36	37	40	39	39	39	33	(TLE)	263
41st	CAN	14465	John McGuinness	François Fortier	Knotty Boy	38	36	41	38	37	38	38	(TLE)	266
42nd	USA	12847	Fred Steward	Sarah Steward	Ecologa	(DNC)	DNC	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	301