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Falmouth Finn Festival - Übersicht
www.falmouthfinnfestival.com
16.05.2012
No racing on day four in Falmouth
There was no racing on day four of the J.P. Asset Management Finn Gold Cup in Falmouth, UK, after the wind spent most of the day spinning circles around the race committee. Three races will now be sailed on Thursday, to conclude the opening series, before Friday's medal race and final race.
Lights winds forced an early postponement ashore and the sailors waited. AP was lowered at 11.15 with 6-7 knots out of the race course and the boats
were sent out hoping for at least one race. However, as the soon as they arrived the wind dropped, shifted picked up, shifted, dropped and finally set
in at around 10 knots. The race team got as far as setting a course before a 90 degree shift through west turned the course on its head.
With further changes to the wind strength and direction the race officer pulled the plug and sent the fleet home early to enjoy the daily pasta,
supplied by Sainsbury's, and served in the dinghy park straight after racing.
Principal Race Officer, Peter 'Luigi' Reggio, described the day, “We were planning to hopefully get started after 12.30 looking at the breeze
starting to build up earlier in the day. The forecast was never brilliant and the day certainly proved it, starting out due south before going round
to the north west, west and then it went south east, we moved the committee boat and it was starting to look good for a while.
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Ben Ainslie am 16.05.
Fotos: Mark Lloyd
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We started to lay the
start line but the pin end was directly downwind so that wasn't going to work, after trying to get back to the west the breeze finally died, we had
about 7-8 knots for 20 minutes and then that was the end of it. It had changed so many times throughout the course of the day, that when it died down
it was time to pull the plug.”
Asked why he enjoys coming to Finn regattas, he said, “It's the people. From the organisation down to the sailors, the people I get to work with are
fantastic. The sailors are a really tight bunch of guys and they have a lot of fun in what they do. They are really serious out there and sometimes
pretty brutal. It's a tough bunch of sailors, but you get somebody new in the class and instantly they are helping them. It's fantastic to see. They
are really a fun bunch to work with.”
One of the sailors here looking to qualify his country and gain selection for the 2012 Olympics is Matthias Miller (GER). So far he has sailed a good
regatta and sits in 22nd place after six races, well within the qualification zone.
“My regatta is going well. It was strong winds yesterday I had a good day and my boat speed felt very fast and then we had light winds today with no
racing, but it will be strong winds again tomorrow so hopefully we will get three races in. For me the conditions we have had here haven't been too
much of a challenge. I'm quite a good all round sailor. I felt fast in the strong winds so hopefully tomorrow I can get a couple of good races in.”
On qualification, “I have to be in the top ten nations here to qualify for the Olympics, at the moment it's quite hard to get in to this position
but with three more races it is defiantly possible.”
Though there is no junior championship here, there is still a tense battle to be leading junior at the world championship. The leading junior is Jorge
Zarif (BRA), the 2009 Junior World Champion in 28th place. Martin Robitaille (CAN) is close behind in 35th while Anders Pedersen (NOR) is further
adrift in 40th.
So there will be three races on Thursday, slightly shorter than normal and with a forecast of 20 knots from the east it could be the epic day everyone
has been waiting for. Ben Ainslie (GBR) takes a ten point into the day and if it all goes his way, he could end the day with his sixth Finn Gold Cup
virtually in the bag.
British coach Matt Howard (GBR) commented, “We've got one more day of fleet racing with hopefully three races. The forecast is 18-22 knots so there
shouldn't be any reason why we can't get the three races in. The expectations are that the team will continue to do reasonably well, we're pretty
strong in that kind of breeze. As a team we need to make sure we keep plugging away, ensuring we don't do anything silly like putting letters on score
lines, so tomorrow we will hopefully be in a position to make things interesting in the medal race.”
“Tomorrow's forecast is no different from yesterday's where Ben got two wins. He's on really good form at the moment and he's going really well in
both the light and in the breeze so I think he will be looking to have a steady day and have two races that count.”
Thursday's races, scheduled for 11.00, will decide the split for the medal race on Friday and you can follow the racing every day on the event blog
at: http://falmouthfinnfestival.com/liveevent/C1 ( http://falmouthfinnfestival.com/liveevent/C1 )
Top 10 after six races (one discard)
1GBR 3 Ben Ainslie 7
2GBR 11 Edward Wright 17
3GBR 85 Andrew Mills 28
4DEN 2 Jonas Høgh-Christensen 29
5EST 2 Deniss Karpak 41
6FIN 218 Tapio Nirkko 42
7POL 17 Piotr Kula 44
8CAN 41 Christopher Cook 47
9FRA 112 Jonathan Lobert 51
10CRO 524 Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic 54
Full results: http://www.falmouthfinnfestival.com/goldcup-results/C1 ( http://www.falmouthfinnfestival.com/goldcup-results/C1 )
Photos by Mark Lloyd
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Links:
Class website: http://www.finnclass.org ( http://www.finnclass.org/ )
Event website: http://www.falmouthfinnfestival.com ( http://www.falmouthfinnfestival.com )
Club website: http://www.royalcornwallyachtclub.org ( http://www.royalcornwallyachtclub.org )
Class Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/Finn_Class ( http://twitter.com/Finn_Class )
Class Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Finn-Class/110408332633 ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/Finn-Class/110408332633 )
Class YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/thefinnchannel ( http://www.youtube.com/thefinnchannel )
Media contacts:
For Finn Gold Cup media enquiries
Dan Wilkinson, Into the Blue, +44 (0) 1983 247 286, +44 (0) 7786 223 444, dan.wilkinson@intotheblue.biz ( mailto:dan.wilkinson@intotheblue.biz )
For the International Finn Association
Corinne McKenzie, Executive Director, +33 6 70 10 18 13, corinne.mckenzie@orange.fr ( mailto:corinne.mckenzie@orange.fr )
Robert Deaves, Editor, +44 (0) 7932 047046, robertdeaves@yahoo.co.uk ( mailto:robertdeaves@yahoo.co.uk )
For The Royal Cornwall Yacht Club
Robin Taylor, Event Director, Royal Cornwall Yacht Club, + 44 (0) 7836 359 621, cornubiafarm@aol.com ( mailto:cornubiafarm@aol.com )
Neil Andrew, Sailing Secretary, Royal Cornwall Yacht Club, +44 (0) 1326 211555, finns2012@royalcornwallyachtclub.org (
mailto:finns2012@royalcornwallyachtclub.org )
For general Falmouth or Cornwall enquiries
Tom Cowle or Daniele Cole, Excess Energy on behalf of VisitCornwall, +44 (0) 1637 852130, tom@excess-energy.co.uk ( mailto:tom@excess-energy.co.uk )
or Daniele@excess-energy.co.uk ( mailto:Daniele@excess-energy.co.uk )
Editors Notes
J. P. Morgan Asset Management Finn Festival 2012 includes: The J.P. Morgan Asset Management UK Open Finn National Championships, 4–7 May, and the
J.P. Morgan Asset Management Finn Gold Cup, World Championship, 13–18 May. The Finn Gold Cup consists of 11 races over six days - an opening series
of 10 races followed by a medal race for the top 10 and an 11th race for everyone else.
About the Finn
The Finn dinghy was entered by designer Rickard Sarby in the competition held after the 1948 Olympics to select the single-handed dinghy for the 1952
Olympics. Since its debut in 1952 the Finn has featured in every Olympic regatta, making it the most long-serving dinghy class.
About J.P. Morgan Asset Management
J.P. Morgan Asset Management is part of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and is a global asset management leader providing world-class investment solutions to
clients. With US$1.3 trillion in assets under management (the Asset Management client funds of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. as at March 31st 2011) and
offices in 41 locations around the world, J.P. Morgan Asset Management offers global coverage with a strong local market presence, and leadership
positions in most asset classes.
About VisitCornwall
VistCornwall is a service of the Cornwall Development Company, a local authority company controlled by Cornwall Council. VisitCornwall undertakes the
destination marketing function for Cornwall and promotes the area’s distinctive qualities to the domestic market and key international markets
through targeted marketing campaigns.
About the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club
Situated in an idyllic waterfront setting of the Greenbank area in Falmouth, the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club (RCYC) was formed in 1871, and is the 15th
oldest “Royal” yacht club in England. The first patrons of the Club were Queen Victoria and the Duke of Cornwall (the future King Edward VII). The
current patron of the Club is HRH Prince Charles who succeeded his father, the Duke of Edinburgh, in 1977.
Other Partners & Sponsors
Cornwall Council, Falmouth Town Council, Falmouth Town Management, National Maritime Museum, Cornwall County Council, Falmouth Harbour Commissioners,
Falmouth Watersports Centre, St Michael’s Hotel & Spa, Cornwall Ferries Ltd, St Austell Brewery, GUL International, Volvo Car UK, Port of Falmouth
Sailing Association, Helford River Sailing Club, Mylor Yacht Club, Restronguet Sailing Club, St Mawes Sailing Club, Flushing Sailing Club, Packet
Newspapers (Cornwall) Ltd, Falmouth Marine College, Falmouth Rugby Club
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