International 14 World Championship at Circolo Vela Torbole, Lake Garda, Italy

Worldwide 14 World Championship at Circolo Vela Torbole, Lake Garda, Italy – Total

by Harvey Hillary 11 Aug 12:57 PDT
2-9 August 2024

With the 2024 Champions already topped, the ultimate day of racing arrange a Battle Royale for the remaining Podium Locations, with three boats inside three factors of one another.

A light-weight Ora arrange a extra open course with plenty of choices. Glen Truswell and Ed Fitzgerald crossed the fleet on the Pin, with Archie Massey and Harvey Hillary selecting the mid-line choice to guard the center left. When the boats converged on the high of the beat, it was too near name. That was particularly the case for Massey and Hillary, who went for the cross, infringing on their rivals, and the ensuing turns dropped them again into the pack. Behind, Marting Jones and Harry Kennedy rounded second, and Katie Nurton and Cam Tweedle rounded third.

With Truswell-FitzGerald wanting good for second general, the cameras moved onto the highest Aussie Crew of Mark Krstic and James Lanati, who rounded sixth, crucially forward of Massey and Hillary, who had been untangling themselves from their earlier penalty. Within the gusty circumstances, the newly topped World Champions Shaw and Struckett sliced by the fleet down the first run to take 2nd on the leeward Mark. The highest group from Germany, Ollie Voss and Eike Ehrig, had been having their finest race of the collection, overtaking Nurton-Tweetle and Jones-Kennedy, who had been transferring into third up the next work.

Behind the mid-fleet was extremely tight, with Peter Bromley – Hugh Maclean dicing with Alex Knight -James Clark and the Yeoman brothers. Massey-Hillary delivered one of many regatta strikes on the 1st wing, Mark, going by all three boats in a transfer Maverik would have been pleased with. That put them again on the tails of Krystic and Lanati, who they overtook for the following beat. The Australian group then straight set in strain, pointed instantly on the subsequent Mark, and made huge beneficial properties on the fleet forward, which had Gybe set. This enabled Krystic and Lanati to retake their rivals and put themselves again in a medal place.

Upfront, Shaw and Struckett moved into the result in additional display their dominance of this regatta. The group had given a masterclass of changing the highest 5 windward mark rounding’s into race wins all through the week. Voss and Ehring had discovered one other gear on their boat and overtook Truswell and FitzGerald for second, however that was sufficient for the present POW Champions to take the silver medal.

With a leeward end, it appeared like Krystic and Lanati had been going to carry onto third general, however Massey & Hillary weren’t finished but. An early drop on the tight high attain allowed them to recover from the Aussies and out-hoist them into the Gybe mark to retake 4th on the water. A coincidence, or moderately a knot within the kite sheet, brought about them to fluff the ultimate Gybe, permitting Krystic and Lanati the chance to retake forth within the race, which they held to the end to take the ultimate podium place.

Race 7 Outcomes:

1. Shaw-Struckett – GBR

2. Voss and Ehring – GBR

3. Truswell-Fitzgerald – GER

Total Outcomes:

1. Shaw-Struckett – GBR

2. Truswell-Fitzgerald – GER

3. Krstic-Lanati – AUS

4. Massey Hillary – GBR

5. Jones-Kennedy – GBR

6. Bramley-Hanrahan – AUS

7. Nurton-Tweedle – GBR

8. Voss-Ehrig – GER

9. Irwin-Perry – AUS

10. Yeoman-Yeoman – GBR

1st feminine Helm – Katie Nurton seventh

1st feminine Crew – Pia Ellebeck – forty sixth

1st Helm Over 60 – Mark Krstic third

Junior World Champions – Sam Rose and Jono Everett – twenty ninth

Outcomes to date could be discovered at www.circolovelatorbole.com/it/regatta/detail/276