Rolex Miami OCR - One Race Tomorrow; One Last Chance to Win a Medal
January 27, 2007 0 comments
It's down to the wire now at US SAILING's 2007 Rolex Miami OCR, where 855 competitors from 49 countries have completed the five-day fleet racing portion of the competition, and the top ten from the overall standings in each of 14 Olympic and Paralymp
It’s down to the wire now at US SAILING’s 2007 Rolex Miami OCR, where 855 competitors from 49 countries have completed the five-day fleet racing portion of the competition, and the top ten from the overall standings in each of 14 Olympic and Paralympic classes are preparing for tomorrow’s finals. Following the new Olympic format, the finals will consist of only one “medal” race for each class, fired off in rapid succession. Two race circles - pared down from the eight used in fleet racing - will be utilized simultaneously to accommodate the races, which will take approximately a half-hour to complete. Points for finish positions in the medal race will be doubled before they are added to overall scores for the series.
“Because the scores, in effect, count as two races in a sailor’s series, the pressure is really on,” said US Sailing Team Head Coach Gary Bodie. “In addition, the medal race must be counted and cannot be discarded.”
For Yngling sailors Sally Barkow (Nashotah, Wis.), Carrie Howe (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) and Debbie Cappozi (Bayport, N.Y.), mathematics will play as much a part in tomorrow’s racing as boat speed and tactics. After today’s three races, the U.S. team pulled ahead of Great Britain’s Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson, but only by two points in overall scoring. The two teams had been tied on points going into today, and all week they have been nipping at each other’s transoms.
If Ayton wins tomorrow and Barkow follows in second, they will be tied in points, but Ayton would win the series after tie-breaker rules are applied. Therefore, the do-or-die reality for Barkow’s team is that they must beat Great Britain, and they must finish no worse than sixth while doing it.
“We’re going to go at it with full force,” said Barkow, whose world-champion team has been together longer than any other in this class. “The stakes are high, but it’s important to keep a cool head on the water. We’re all capable of taking on this kind of pressure and using it to our advantage.”
Barkow added that her team also has to watch the third-place Finnish team. “It’s hard to keep tabs on one boat, let alone two, so we have to take that into consideration when weighing the risks,” said Barkow.
Norway’s Per Moberg, the leader in the Finn class, will be equally challenged to keep his eye on fellow Nordic competitors who are just a point and two points away: Denmark’s Jonas Hoegh-Christensen, in second, and The Netherlands’ Pieter-Jan Postma, in third.
Hoegh-Christensen, who led the 49-boat fleet after yesterday’s racing, said it was “very tricky, very shifty” during today’s two races. “The first race was looking good before a big left shift. I fell into the deep teens, but then I fought back to fourth.” Hoegh-Christensen’s second race, a twelfth- place finish, became his throwout.
“It will be head-to-head racing, of course, tomorrow,” said Hoegh-Christensen. “We will be fighting for this.”
One team that has it a bit easier tomorrow is Sweden’s Fredrik Loof and Anders Ekstrom. They are not untouchable, but there are 16 points between them and the second-place Portuguese team of Afonso Domingos and Bernardo Santos. “We are starting to come together,” said Loof about his Olympic campaign.
USA’s Erin Maxwell (Norwalk, Conn.) and Isabelle Kinsolving (New York, N.Y.) are in third place in the 470 Women’s fleet, behind Marcelien de Koning and Lobke Berkhout of The Netherlands and Ingrid Petitjean and Nadege Douroux of France. In the 49er class, Athens Olympian Tim Wadlow (Beverly, Mass.) and his crew Christopher Rast (Wake Forest, N.C.) are in second place, only one point ahead of Morgan Larson (Capitola, Calif.) and Pete Spaulding (Lafayette, Ind.) in third. For the second day in a row, the SKUD-18 team of Scott Whitman (Brick, N.J.) and Julia Dorsett (Boca Raton, Fla.) hold on to first, ahead of David Cook and Brenda Hopkin of Canada and Karen Mitchell (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) and JP Creignou (St. Petersburg, Fla.). Sonar skipper Rick Doerr (Clifton, N.J.) and his crew, Tim Angle (Marlbehead, Mass.) and Bill Donohue (Brick, N.J.), jumped to second after scoring two bullets today.
US SAILING’s Rolex Miami OCR Top-Three Results (Provisional)
Day 5
Finn (49 boats)—11 races
1. Peer Moberg (NOR), 8-9-2-6-1-5-4-4-7-[11]-4, 50
2. Jonas Hoegh-Christensen (DEN), 10-3-4-5-11-3-1-9-1-4-[12], 51
3. Pieter-Jan Postma (NED), 1-6-1-10-21-1-[50/OCS]-3-2-1-6, 52
49er (47 boats)—14 races
1. Iker Martinez de Lizarduy/ Xabier Fernadez (ESP), 1-6-[12]-1-2-3-6-8-12-6-5-6-8-4, 68
2. Tim Wadlow/Christopher Rast (Beverly, Mass./Wake Forest, N.C., USA), 5-1-1-3-5-5-11-3-4-9-14-12-1-[15], 74
3. Morgan Larson/ Pete Spaulding (Capitola, Calif./Lafayette, In., USA), 4-7-[25/DNF]-2-1-4-1-11-3-10-8-2-4-18, 75
470 Men’s (31 boats)—12 races
1. Nick Rogers/Joe Glanfield (GBR), 2-1-4-[11]6-2-1-2-7[20]-7, 43
2. Mathew Belcher/Nick Behrens (AUS), 6-[13]-8-7-5-10-6-4-2-4-10, 62
3. Gideon Kliger/Udi Gal (ISR), 16-[32/OCS]-3-2-2-9-7-6-9-10-1, 65
470 Women’s (18 boats)—12 races
1. Marcelien de Koning/Lobke Berkhout (NED), 1-1-1-8-5-2-[13]-3-2-4-1-8, 36
2. Ingrid Petitjean/Nadege Douroux (FRA), 4-2-8-6-1-[9]4-1-1-8-3[14], 47
3. Erin Maxwell/Isabelle Kinsolving (Norwalk, Conn./New York, N.Y., USA), 3-4-[11]-3-2-7-1-9-8-1-5-10, 53
Laser (69 boats) – 10 races
1. Tom Slingsby (AUS), 2-1-7-8-1-13-1-1-3-[23], 37
2. Michael Blackburn (AUS), 2-6-1-3-5-2-6-[35]-21-5, 51
3. Vasilij Zbogar (SLO), 3-3-10-[22]-8-10-7-11-4-6, 62
Laser Radial (69 boats)—11 races
2. Sari Multala (FIN), 1-1-[27]-15-3-1-5-2-1-4-2-1, 36
1. Gintare Volungeviciute (LTU), 3-2-5-6-2-5-2-7-12-6-7-[36/OCS], 57
3. Evi Van Acker (BEL), [35/OCS], 3-7-3-7-3-16-12-8-2-5-4, 70
RS:X Men (44 boats)—11 races
1. Przeymslaw Miarczynski (POL), 1-5-[15]-10-3-2-1-1-3-9-3, 38
2. Joao Rodriques (POR), [18]-3-6-6-9-74-4-2-10-10, 61
3. Nick Dempsey (GBR), 4-4-[13]8-6-4-2-6-9[19]-5, 61
RS:X Women (28 boats)—10 races
1. Bryony Shaw (GBR), 4-5-4-3-[7]-6-6-6-1-3, 38
2. Marina Alabau (ESP), [10]-2-9-2-1-10-10-2-5-2, 43
3. Zofia Klepacka (POL), [13]-10-8-11-2-3-1-1-7-4, 47
SKUD-18 (10 boats) – 13 races
1. Scott Whitman/Julia Dorsett (Brick, N.J./Boca Raton, Fla., USA), 4-[6]-4-4-1-1-1-1-2-5-3-2-2, 30
2. David Cook/Brenda Hopkin (CAN), 2-4-3-1-5-2-[11/DNF]-3-3-2-4-4-4, 37
3. Karen Mitchell/JP Creignou (Deerfield Beach, Fla./St. Petersburg, Fla., USA), 6-2-1-2-[11/RAF]-4-3-2-5-11/DSQ-5-3-1, 45
Sonar (14 boats)—13 races
1. Dan Parsons/Tom Pygall/Guy Draper (GBR), 3-3-2-[15/OCS]-1-2-3-8-9-5-2-4-10, 52
2. Rick Doerr/Tim Angle/Bill Donohue, (Clifton, N.J./ Marblehead, Mass./ Brick, N.J., USA), 6-1-9-2-8-[13]-8-2-7-7-1-1-1, 53
3. John Robertson/Hannah Stodel/Stephen Thomas (GBR), 2-4-1-3-7-1-4-6-4-3-3-[15RAF]-[15RAF], 53
Star (67 boats) – 8 races
1. Fredrik Loof/Anders Ekstrom (SWE), 3-2-2-1-2-4-[17]-2, 16
2. Afonso Domingos/ Bernardo Santos (POR), 1-11-1-[17]-2-1-7-9; 32
3. Ross MacDonald/Mike Wolfs (CAN), 4-4-[19]-7-4-5-4-16, 44
Tornado (43 boats) – 10 races
1. Leigh McMillan/William Howden (GBR), 4-4-1-[11]-3-2-11-3-2-2, 32
2. Darren Bundock/Glenn Ashby (AUS), 3-3-6-5-1-[44/OCS]-1-6-11-3, 39
3. Fernando Echavarri/Anton Paz (ESP) 6-2-[10]-2-10-5-8-4-9-6, 52
2.4 mR (25 boats)—13 races
1. Stellan Berlin (SWE), 1-5-[9]-7-7-1-1-2-5-2-2-2-4, 39
2. Megan Pascoe (GBR), 3-1-2-8-2-6-8-6-1-5-[13]-4-5, 51
3. Helena Lucas (GBR), 5-[7]5-3-1-7-6-7-2-7-5[10]-6, 61
Yngling (18 boats)—12 races
1. Sally Barkow/Carrie Howe/Debbie Cappozi (Nashotah, Wis./Grosse Pointe, Mich./Bayport, N.Y., USA) 3-1-4-6-4-2-[7]-6-1-2-1-2, 32
2. Sarah Ayton/Sarah Webb/Pippa Wilson (GBR) 1-3-[6]-5-6-6-3-1-2-4-2-1, 34
3. Silja Lehtinen/ Maria Klemetz/Livia Varesmaa, (FIN), 2-2-2-1-[12]-7-9-3-3-3-6-6, 44
