8:57 PM Wed 8 Jul 2009 GMT
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'Dan Slater (NZL) leads 2009 Finn Gold Cup Denmark Day 3'
Tosca Zambra
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After day three in Vallensbaek there is a new leader at the Finn Gold Cup. Dan Slater (NZL) heads the leader board but on the same points as Zach Railey (USA). Ed Wright (GBR) moves up to third. Race wins on Wednesday went to Eduard Skornyakov (RUS) and Marin Misura (CRO).
Wednesday dawned as most days this week with blue skies and a light wind in place. By the time race five started it was a patchy 8-9 knots. For the first time in the series, the left side paid with a large shift under the clouds.
Bryan Boyd (USA) led from the left to lead round the top mark for the second time this week. He was followed by Eduard Skornyakov (RUS), Andrew Mills (GBR), Alejandro Muscat (ESP), Florian Raudaschl (AUT) and Jonas H?gh Christensen (DEN). Those on the right didn't look so good.
Boyd was unable to hold on to the lead. with Skornyakov taking over on the first run, which he held to the finish.
Mills sailed a great race into second. He said, 'I didn't get a great start but played the shifts up the left hand side and actually rounded in third and managed to hang onto third at the bottom. The next beat it paid to go right, but perhaps not as much as people thought it would. I rounded second and kept there down the run to the finish.'
On the racing so far Mills said, 'The right is paying mostly but a lot of people are thinking it is paying more than it actually is. If you can get the right shift towards the clouds then you're off. But there's been a few people sailing on headers trying to get to them. So far it's going all right for me and I've managed to be fairly consistent. The key will be to try and keep out of the big points for as long as possible. But there's a bit more wind forecast for tomorrow so hopefully it will settle things down a bit.'
Just a few boat lengths behind Mills, Slater had recovered to third in the race to take the overall lead of the regatta from Zach Railey (USA) who had finished 29th.
As the race finished the wind all but disappeared for an hour while the fleet waiting in the hot sunshine and blue skies, though a number of rain clouds could be seen tacking down the coast inland. When these passed by the wind filled in again and race six got underway in 10-12 knots, again with a practice start so the PRO could raise the black flag.
The first upwind was defined by a large shift half way up to the right and an increase in wind to 14-15 knots. Michael Maier (CZE) was furthest to the right and easily rounded the mark in the lead.
He said, 'It was really busy by the committee boat so I started about 30 metres down from the boat. I tacked onto port, sailed about 200 metres and tacked, then did a long starboard and back again and tacked for the mark and rounded first. It was easy!'
Behind him were Marin Misura (CRO), Bjorn Allansson (SWE), Giorgio Poggi (ITA), Pieter Jan Postma (NED) and Wietze Zetzema (NED). Misura took the lead on the first downwind and held to the finish in the increasing wind, with the final run almost a reach in the changing conditions.
Second placed Jonathan Lobert (FRA) scored his best ever Gold Cup in race six. 'On the first beat I stayed in the middle after starting at the committee boat then I lost a lot of guys after letting them go further to the right and rounded tenth, but then I touched it and had do do a turn. Then I got lucky on the second beat and caught a lot of boats by going right and getting a big shift. I was very quick downwind and gained a lot of distance but only two boats, so I am happy to finish second. It was great fun. Nice waves and good wind.'
Lobert, who has been sailing the Finn for three years, said 'I like the class very much. There are two of us French guys training together for Weymouth, myself and Thomas [Le Breton] and we'll see who is best. We work as a team rather than being competitive, helping each other to try and be the best. This makes for a good atmosphere in the team.'
Third placed Allansson said, 'I had a pretty good start by the committee boat and rounded the top mark in fourth. I gained two places on the first downwind. It was free pumping so it was pretty brutal. On he second beat I was leading for a while, but the group split into two, so I played the middle and rounded the mark second. The wind changed a bit more on the final downwind and I finished third which is a great result for me.
'I am really pleased with the second race today, but not that happy with my other results so far, but we still only half way through so it could still turn out OK.'
At 45, Maier is putting some of his experience back into the class coaching some Czech juniors. 'We started last year with a little bit and continued this year in Palma because it is too cold to sail at home and we'll see how they get on at the World Juniors on Balaton next month. For me it's easy to be coaching them and sailing at the same time. I'm not really one for sitting in a motor boat. I think this will continue for the future and if I am still in one piece I will carry on sailing.'
One of these new sailors is Tomas Vika (CZE) who is currently sitting in 30th place, just four places behind the leading junior this week so far, Jorge Zarif (BRA) in 26th place.
The points at the top are close. Both Slater and Railey sit on 32 points with Wright on 39. All have posted at least one high score already, so any more could cost them dearly.
Two more races are scheduled each day at 11.00 until Friday, with the medal race and the final race for the rest on Saturday.
Overall
Sailed:6, Discards:1, To count:5, Entries:87,
Rank BowNumber Nationality SailNo HelmName Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total Nett
1st 13 NZL 1 Dan Slater (33.0) 1.0 3.0 5.0 3.0 20.0 65.0 32.0
2nd 6 USA 4 Zach Railey 10.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 (29.0) 4.0 61.0 32.0
3rd 10 GBR 111 Edward Wright (46.0) 4.0 2.0 9.0 18.0 6.0 85.0 39.0
4th 16 GBR 41 Giles Scott 6.0 16.0 1.0 13.0 (20.0) 8.0 64.0 44.0
5th 3 CRO 524 Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (31.0) 3.0 21.0 2.0 6.0 13.0 76.0 45.0
6th 5 SWE 11 Daniel Birgmark 17.0 2.0 13.0 (20.0) 8.0 5.0 65.0 45.0
7th 33 CRO 25 Marin Misura 3.0 (21.0) 10.0 11.0 21.0 1.0 67.0 46.0
8th 18 GBR 634 Andrew Mills 7.0 5.0 (32.0) 16.0 2.0 16.0 78.0 46.0
9th 8 DEN 2 Jonas H?gh-Christensen 20.0 (35.0) 17.0 1.0 5.0 7.0 85.0 50.0
10th 20 GBR 88 Mark Andrews 16.0 (52.0) 4.0 8.0 13.0 21.0 114.0 62.0
11th 1 ESP 100 Rafael Trujillo 22.0 19.0 16.0 4.0 4.0 (31.0) 96.0 65.0
12th 44 FRA 115 Thomas Le Breton 5.0 18.0 18.0 (25.0) 12.0 14.0 92.0 67.0
13th 12 NOR 1 Peer Moberg 2.0 13.0 15.0 (22.0) 22.0 17.0 91.0 69.0
14th 7 FIN 218 Tapio Nirkko 12.0 34.0 (47.0) 3.0 9.0 18.0 123.0 76.0
15th 11 POL 7 Rafal Szukiel 4.0 7.0 25.0 (33.0) 15.0 30.0 114.0 81.0
16th 15 ITA 117 Giorgio Poggi 19.0 26.0 (28.0) 7.0 14.0 15.0 109.0 81.0
17th 42 EST 2 Deniss Karpak 9.0 28.0 5.0 15.0 (88.0 DNC) 25.0 170.0 82.0
18th 17 CZE 1 Michael Maier 28.0 (47.0) 7.0 18.0 19.0 10.0 129.0 82.0
19th 22 AUT 3 Florian Raudaschl (27.0) 23.0 14.0 10.0 10.0 27.0 111.0 84.0
20th 24 ESP 7 Alejandro Muscat (37.0) 32.0 8.0 23.0 11.0 12.0 123.0 86.0
21st 14 RUS 9 Eduard Skornyakov 32.0 8.0 (35.0) 17.0 1.0 29.0 122.0 87.0
22nd 29 USA 1140 Bryan Boyd 1.0 30.0 24.0 29.0 7.0 (54.0) 145.0 91.0
23rd 27 ITA 101 Riccardo Cordovani 24.0 22.0 9.0 (31.0) 17.0 26.0 129.0 98.0
24th 2 NED 842 Pieter Jan Postma 13.0 (56.0) 27.0 14.0 39.0 9.0 158.0 102.0
25th 19 POL 17 Piotr Kula 8.0 29.0 12.0 28.0 31.0 (45.0) 153.0 108.0
26th 59 BRA 109 Jorge Zarif (J) 26.0 10.0 23.0 41.0 (60.0) 11.0 171.0 111.0
27th 21 FRA 112 Jonathan Lobert (57.0) 9.0 19.0 35.0 53.0 2.0 175.0 118.0
28th 23 SWE 6 Bj?rn Allansson 29.0 42.0 (44.0) 19.0 28.0 3.0 165.0 121.0
29th 65 NED 839 Timo Hagoort 30.0 12.0 37.0 21.0 30.0 (47.0) 177.0 130.0
30th 30 CZE 52 Tomas Vika (J) 34.0 40.0 11.0 26.0 26.0 (42.0) 179.0 137.0
31st 37 NED 64 Wietze Zetzema 18.0 39.0 50.0 24.0 (51.0) 22.0 204.0 153.0
32nd 51 RUS 1 Alex Selivanov 15.0 11.0 45.0 62.0 23.0 (73.0) 229.0 156.0
33rd 52 DEN 46 Kaspar Andresen 39.0 24.0 20.0 (59.0) 45.0 32.0 219.0 160.0
34th 43 CAN 1 John Romanko 38.0 (59.0) 30.0 34.0 27.0 41.0 229.0 170.0
35th 34 GRE 8 Alexandros Dragoutsis 41.0 (57.0) 22.0 48.0 24.0 36.0 228.0 171.0
36th 26 POR 5 Frederico Melo 56.0 (60.0) 29.0 37.0 36.0 23.0 241.0 181.0
37th 50 NED 787 Nanno Schuttrups 23.0 14.0 51.0 42.0 55.0 (88.0 DNC) 273.0 185.0
38th 35 TUR 7 Akif Muslubas 11.0 55.0 33.0 52.0 (72.0) 37.0 260.0 188.0
39th 25 IND 11 Nachhatar Johal (64.0) 15.0 31.0 49.0 50.0 44.0 253.0 189.0
40th 56 RUS 707 Egor Larionov (J) 48.0 27.0 38.0 43.0 (73.0) 35.0 264.0 191.0
41st 98 USA 619 Caleb Paine (J) 14.0 64.0 48.0 44.0 (66.0) 24.0 260.0 194.0
42nd 28 NED 41 Karel van Hellemond 49.0 33.0 39.0 30.0 (64.0) 49.0 264.0 200.0
43rd 36 HUN 6 Gaszton Pal (85.0) 41.0 36.0 51.0 34.0 38.0 285.0 200.0
44th 39 CZE 3 Rudolf Lidarik 44.0 (50.0) 34.0 45.0 41.0 39.0 253.0 203.0
45th 69 ITA 123 Filippo Baldassari (J) (65.0) 53.0 26.0 38.0 54.0 34.0 270.0 205.0
46th 60 DEN 9 Thomas M?rup-Petersen 54.0 25.0 42.0 46.0 (88.0 BFD) 40.0 295.0 207.0
47th 45 GBR 99 Henry Bagnall 53.0 43.0 (70.0) 39.0 32.0 46.0 283.0 213.0
48th 64 EST 11 Lauri V?insalu (J) 25.0 38.0 54.0 (88.0 DNF) 47.0 58.0 310.0 222.0
49th 40 USA 9 Ian Cook (J) 52.0 49.0 (55.0) 50.0 43.0 28.0 277.0 222.0
50th 48 BUL 24 Mihail Kopanov (69.0) 46.0 41.0 54.0 33.0 51.0 294.0 225.0
51st 4 SLO 5 Gasper Vincec 21.0 17.0 (88.0 DNF) 12.0 88.0 DNC 88.0 DNC 314.0 226.0
52nd 31 USA 5 Andrew Casey 50.0 (67.0) 59.0 27.0 35.0 59.0 297.0 230.0
53rd 71 DEN 231 Kenneth B?ggild (76.0) 20.0 40.0 70.0 48.0 55.0 309.0 233.0
54th 79 NED 844 Gert van der Heijden 45.0 37.0 (64.0) 57.0 44.0 52.0 299.0 235.0
55th 41 HUN 8 M?rton Beliczay 35.0 54.0 (74.0) 53.0 25.0 72.0 313.0 239.0
56th 86 AUS 235 Timothy Castles (87.0) 58.0 63.0 32.0 75.0 33.0 348.0 261.0
57th 61 BRA 5 Henry Boening (82.0) 74.0 49.0 40.0 40.0 61.0 346.0 264.0
58th 81 DEN 3 J?rgen Svendsen 47.0 69.0 43.0 61.0 46.0 (75.0) 341.0 266.0
59th 75 HUN 128 Peter Haidekker 58.0 45.0 46.0 (77.0) 42.0 77.0 345.0 268.0
60th 78 UKR 21 Anton Sadchykov (J) 40.0 44.0 (66.0) 58.0 61.0 66.0 335.0 269.0
61st 55 CAN 7 Adam Nicholson 59.0 51.0 67.0 47.0 49.0 (68.0) 341.0 273.0
62nd 32 UKR 1 Oleksiy Borysov 66.0 (88.0 DNC) 88.0 DNC 88.0 DNC 16.0 19.0 365.0 277.0
63rd 57 USA 808 R. Phillip Ramming (86.0) 36.0 61.0 74.0 71.0 48.0 376.0 290.0
64th 95 NED 11 Henk de Jager (78.0) 62.0 53.0 64.0 62.0 50.0 369.0 291.0
65th 94 ITA 38 Claudio Bosetti 42.0 (78.0) 62.0 66.0 52.0 71.0 371.0 293.0
66th 53 GER 203 Hartmut Duisberg 55.0 70.0 69.0 (73.0) 57.0 43.0 367.0 294.0
67th 54 ITA 97 Carlo Recchi (J) 51.0 75.0 58.0 55.0 56.0 (88.0 DNC) 383.0 295.0
68th 47 GER 165 Dirk Meid 60.0 (73.0) 56.0 56.0 63.0 60.0 368.0 295.0
69th 58 NED 45 Dennis de Ruiter 63.0 (71.0) 52.0 67.0 68.0 53.0 374.0 303.0
70th 67 GRE 71 Panagiotis Davourlis 36.0 68.0 65.0 65.0 (80.0) 70.0 384.0 304.0
71st 83 SUI 496 Thomas Gautschi 62.0 65.0 (76.0) 75.0 37.0 65.0 380.0 304.0
72nd 63 ITA 2 Marco Buglielli 67.0 31.0 (79.0) 63.0 70.0 74.0 384.0 305.0
73rd 49 EST 7 Harles Liiv 73.0 48.0 (88.0 DNC) 36.0 67.0 88.0 DNC 400.0 312.0
74th 88 DEN 6 Lars Hall 61.0 63.0 72.0 60.0 58.0 (88.0 DNF) 402.0 314.0
75th 96 SWE 1 Olof Lundqvist 75.0 (76.0) 75.0 72.0 38.0 62.0 398.0 322.0
76th 93 HUN 728 Elemer Haidekker (J) 43.0 (83.0) 81.0 81.0 65.0 56.0 409.0 326.0
77th 89 DEN 218 Jesper Petersen 70.0 (79.0) 68.0 69.0 59.0 67.0 412.0 333.0
78th 76 CZE 11 Patrik Deutcher (J) 71.0 80.0 57.0 71.0 (81.0) 64.0 424.0 343.0
79th 80 DEN 201 Nikolai Ratzlaff 79.0 66.0 (88.0 DNC) 76.0 78.0 57.0 444.0 356.0
80th 91 GER 242 Peter Corbett 77.0 (82.0) 71.0 80.0 77.0 63.0 450.0 368.0
81st 97 SWE 40 Sverker H?rd 84.0 61.0 78.0 (88.0 DNC) 69.0 79.0 459.0 371.0
82nd 74 GER 262 Uwe Barthel 72.0 72.0 73.0 79.0 (88.0 DNC) 81.0 465.0 377.0
83rd 46 GER 174 Matthias Bohn 74.0 (88.0 DNF) 60.0 68.0 88.0 DNC 88.0 DNC 466.0 378.0
84th 85 USA 56 Charles Heimler 83.0 (84.0) 77.0 78.0 76.0 69.0 467.0 383.0
85th 77 DEN 258 Christian Qvist 81.0 77.0 80.0 (82.0) 74.0 76.0 470.0 388.0
86th 90 GBR 631 Richard Hart 80.0 81.0 (88.0 DNF) 88.0 DNC 79.0 78.0 494.0 406.0
87th 82 HUN 212 Richard Hirschler (J) 68.0 (88.0 DNF) 88.0 DNC 88.0 DNC 88.0 BFD 80.0 500.0 412.0
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