Sailing: Wollmann Continues To Make Her Mark
Ceci Wollmann had another day of impressive results at the 2013 IODA Optimist World Championships. Yesterday’s [July 18] finishes of 2nd and 22nd moved her up to 21st place from 37th place overall in the 259 boat fleet after 4 races. Wollmann is now the 2nd placed female at the regatta. Chase Cooper also had a good day scoring a 7th and a 13th, moving him up the leader board from 123rd to 56th.
Cambell Patton had an 11th in the last race which helped boost him twenty places to 135th. Benn Smith scored 54, 48 today landing him in 174th while Mikey Wollmann is in 179th, still carrying his maximum score OCS from yesterday. Once six races have been completed sailors will be able to discard their worst score which usually changes the geography of the standings somewhat. Two more races are scheduled for Friday before the break for team racing competition.
A summary from the event organisers said, “Another beautiful, but long day of racing, confirming the strength of the Singaporean team. A day of redemption for Germany and Great Britain.
“It was the second day of racing in the Optimist World Championship in Riva del Garda with highly variable conditions. In the first race the wind settled at 8-10 knots, allowing the lighter sailors to do well after the medium-strong wind of yesterday. By mid-afternoon, after an enforced break waiting for a steady breeze to return, the Race Committee was able to complete another 4 races, one for each fleet.
“Singapore continues to dominate in the overall standings with two sailors in the top 3 overall: three wins and a second to SIN 115, Loh Jia Yi, who maintains the championship lead. Fast behind him, German, Nils Sternbeck posted two wins today after a fourth and second yesterday. Third, Edward Tan of Singapore with 2 thirds yesterday and a first and an eighth today. The Italian Peroni Dimitri was second in the third race, he slipped to nineteenth in the last race in the lighter breeze.
“It was a good day for GBR sailor, Labrouche, with a second and ninth which leaves him two points behind Peroni. In the women’s ranking the Spaniard Maria Bover Guerrero is ruling [5-8-12-12 to date], second Ceci Wollman [Bermuda, excellent second in the first race of the day] and the third Slovenian Jana Germans, third overall in the race 3. It will be interesting to see how the overall rankings change after the discards come into play.”
The full results can be obtained here [PDF].
- Photo by Charles Anderson
