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Old 08-04-2009, 10:23 PM
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DAY 2 PHOTOS
http://www.wmd.com/worldsd2/

DAY 2 RESULTS HERE
https://event-manager.compete-at.com...T1249524284885

ABC NEWS VIDEO
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?sec...rts&id=6950789

Kron 4 News Video
http://www.kron.com/News/FeaturedRep...1/Default.aspx

top finishers

1 Green 8 Sean Farley MEX M O 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 Red 18 Bruno Sroka FRA M O 2 1 5 1 1 10
3 Yellow 15 Chip Wasson USA M M 2 2 2 2 2 10
4 White 11 John Heineken USA M O 6 3 1 3 3 16
5 Green 16 Sky Solbach USA M O 1 2 4 2 8 17
6 Red 0 Paolo Rista ITA M M 3 4 4 4 3 18
7 Blue 18 Damien LeRoy USA M O 3 4 3 4 7 21
8 Green 10 Geoff Headington USA M O 8 5 5 5 4 27
9 Red 19 Michael Gebhardt USA M M 10 5 2 6 5 28
10 Green 11 Bjoern Rune Jensen DNK M M 5 7 6 11 4 33
11 Yellow 17 Stefaans Viljoen ZAF M O 4 8 8 9 6 35



Todays recap:

The race office mixed the fleets up a bit today keeping number 1 and 2 from each fleet and adding 3 and 4 from the other fleet. Racers were placed within their fleets moving down the line using a standard fleet formula taken from previous race series. This remix kept Sean Farley (#1 and #2) from yesterday paired against each other in the yellow fleet and Bruno and Sky paired up in the blue fleet. While Sean and chip stayed consistent with Sean taking 3 bullets and Chip taking 3 second place finishes, the blue fleet had a bit more changing of places going on. In blue fleets first race yesterday's top two fell to 4th and 5th and local boy, Johnny Heineken shocked the competition with a first place, followed by Michael Gebhardt (pending a protest) then Damien Leroy.

Heineken finished out the day with 2 third place finishes moving him into 4th place overall. Bruno returned to form in the second and third race taking two bullets and finishing the day in second. Sky finished out with a second and an eighth in the final, very light wind race dropping down to 5th overall.


Notably Steff Bridge is the first woman and she stands in 14th overall.





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Old 08-05-2009, 11:28 PM
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Old 08-07-2009, 11:40 AM
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Local boys step it up another notch!

The third day of competition started out with mixed clouds and light but building winds. The race committee was motivated to get the fleets sorted into Gold and Silver by the end of day and they were confident they could get an on time start of 2:00. Jesse Richman fearing the wind may not come up much was out an hour before the competition testing out his kite with 40m lines seemingly reaching for the stratosphere for wind.

Like clockwork though, the wind filled in to the minimum threshold of 14 knots by 2:00 and the first fleet took to the course. It was light, flooding and not what the competitors were used to from the day before but the start was clean and the race progressed at the pace of a chess match with tactical sailing to match. The lighter winds immediately saw Local Dinghy racer John Heineken favored as he just seemed to know exactly how to cover the course. In a slow but very entertaining race, Heineken held off Farley for first place, Jensen took second and Farley third, Dirk Hanel breaking into the top 5 for his first time and then rounded out by Sky Solbach.

The second race had quite a bit more wind and saw Chip Wasson and Bruno Sroka paired up for the first time this week. The fleet had noticed that the inside may have been the place to be due to the heavy flood on the outside and the fleet split the start on starboard and port. Chip, Bruno, Gebhardt, Rista, and J. Richman beat the starboard half of the fleet and were off and locked in towards the windward mark. They stayed in that order the whole race with with the exception of Chip and Bruno who traded places so that Chip could remain consistent with his second place finishes.

Two inbound tankers delayed the races by about 45 minutes and used up a good chunk of solid mid twenties wind.

The third race had Farley coming out of the gates like a man possessed as he did not like being handed his first defeat in the first heat of the day. While Heineken was able to stay on his heals, he could never catch Farley and they finished Farley, Heineken, Solbach, Hanel, Jensen.

The race committee observed the wind coming down a bit towards the end of the third race so they called the blue fleet out when the last competitor from yellow had cleared the leeward mark so that they could start the next race as soon as possible. This last race had the pack starting on starboard and coming way inside off the start. By the time the field tacked out to the middle they were really spread out creating quite the site for the spectators. While some were out ahead, others were higher up. It made it anyones guess who would make it to the windward mark first. When they came around the mark, it was Chip Wasson in first for the first time this week, followed by Bruno. They stayed this way even though Bruno made a couple attempts to catch him Chip was able to protect the course well and hold strong for a first place finish. He was followed by Bruno, then Paolo, then Damien Leroy, then Gebhardt.

The men finished the preliminaries with:
1.Sean Farley (6)
2. Bruno Sroka (8)
3. Chip Wasson (11)
4. John Heineken (13)
5. Sky Solbach (17)
6. Paolo Rista (21)
7.Damien Leroy (22)
8. Jesse Richman (24)
9. Bjoern Rune Jensen (29)
10. Michael Gebhardt (30)

The women have been racing with the men all along and they will be grouped in the Gold fleet so they can continue to all score against each other. Standout Steph Bridge from GBR has been hanging tough beating some of the top men from years past and she currently sits 17 over all. Kristin Boese is the next woman in 28th, followed by Melissa GIll and Sandy Parker who are separated by just a couple points and rounding out the top 5 is Katja Roose from NLD.

Tomorrow the fleets will be split into Gold and Silver and the competition will get that much tougher.

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Old 08-07-2009, 11:55 AM
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For an in depth article including quotes from Sky Solbach, Martin Vari, Chip Wasson and Damien Leroy, please check out the Examiner article:
http://www.examiner.com/San_Francisco-Recreation.html

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Great shots, thanks for posting a summary of the action!
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Old 08-08-2009, 10:45 AM
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Results from the end of Friday Aug 7th Day 4
Now for Todays final heats and the Last race will be the Medal Race witht he top 10 overall in a race for the top.

1 Green 8 Sean Farley MEX M O 1 1 1 1 1 3* 1 1 1 4 1 13
2 Yellow 15 Chip Wasson USA M M 2* 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 4 22
3 White 11 Johnny Heineken USA M O 6* 3 1 3 3 1 2 5 7 1 7 33
4 Bl 18 Blue Damien LeRoy M O USA 3 7* 4 3 4 2 14 11 3 4 4 52
5 White 19 Jesse Richman USA M J DNF* 3 3 3 5 4 6 6 9 16 5 60
6 Green 15 Dirk Hanel DEU M O 8 6 8 12* 9 4 4 6 3 5 9 62
7 Red 18 Bruno Sroka FRA M O 2 1 5* 1 1 1 2 5 4 6 DSQ 63
8 Green 16 Sky Solbach USA M O 1 2 4 2 8* 5 3 16 15 7 8 63
9 Green 11 Bjoern Rune Jensen DNK M M 5 7 6 11* 4 2 5 4 5 15 18 71
10 Green 10 Geoff Headington USA M O 8 5 5 5 4 8 27* 11 6 8 14 74
11 Red 0 Paolo Rista ITA M M 3 4 4 4 3 5* 3 9 16 20 12 78
12 Red 7 Shawn Richman USA M O 9 9 10* 5 6 10 6 8 10 3 13 79
13 White 7 Jeff Kafka USA M O 12* 12 7 10 2 6 12 7 11 9 6 82
14 Red 19 Michael Gebhardt USA M M 10 5 2 12* 5 3 5 DNF 8 13 2 93
15 Yellow 17 Stefaans Viljoen ZAF M O 4 8* 8 8 6 6 7 24 12 14 11 100
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Old 08-09-2009, 08:41 PM
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FINAL Pics and Results

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Top Ten in the Medal Race Were
Mens
1 Jgorgen Jensen DNK
2 Sean Farley MEX
3 jesse Richman USA
4 Chip Wasson USA
5 Sky Solbach USA
6 Johnny Heineken USA
7 Dirk Hanel DEU
8 Bruno Sroka FRA (was in 1st place with a strong lead but missed the finish line and had to go back up to finish)
9 Mike Gebhardt USA
10 Damien LeRoy USA

Womens
1 Steph Bridge GBR

GOLD FLEET
1 Green 8 Sean Farley MEX M O 1 1 1 1 1 3* 1 1 1 4* 1 1 3 4 17
2 Yellow 15 Chip Wasson USA M M 2* 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 4* 2 2 8 30
3 White 11 Johnny Heineken USA M O 6* 3 1 3 3 1 2 5 7* 1 7 3 7 12 48
4 Blue 18 Damien LeRoy USA M O 3 4 3 4 7* 4 4 2 14* 11 3 4 1 20 63
5 Red 18 Bruno Sroka FRA M O 2 1 5* 1 1 1 2 5 4 6 DSQ* 8 15 18 64
5 Red 18 Bruno Sroka FRA M O 2 1 5* 1 1 1 2 5 4 6 DSQ* 8 15 18 64
6 White 19 Jesse Richman USA M J DNF* 3 3 3 5 4 6 6 9 16* 5 11 5 6 66
7 Green 11 Bjoern Rune Jensen DNK M M 5 7 6 11* 4 2 5 4 5 15 18* 10 4 2 69
8 Green 15 Dirk Hanel DEU M O 8 6 8 12* 9 4 4 6 3 5 9* 5 9 14 81
9 Green 16 Sky Solbach USA M O 1 2 4 2 8* 5 3 16 15 7 8 9 18* 10 82
10 Red 19 Michael Gebhardt USA M M 10 5 2 12* 5 3 5 DNF* 8 13 2 13 10 16 92
11 Green 10 Geoff Headington USA M O 8 5 5 5 4 8 27* 11 6 8 14* 7 13 80
12 White 7 Jeff Kafka USA M O 12* 12 7 10 2 6 12 7 11* 9 6 6 6 83
12 White 7 Jeff Kafka USA M O 12* 12 7 10 2 6 12 7 11* 9 6 6 6 83
13 Red 0 Paolo Rista ITA M M 3 4 4 4 3 5* 3 9 16 20 12 DNF* 8 86
14 Red 7 Shawn Richman USA M O 9 9 10* 5 6 10 6 8 10 3 13 19* 11 90
15 Yellow 17 Stefaans Viljoen ZAF M O 4 8* 8 8 6 6 7 24* 12 14 11 18 16 110
16 Red 1 Jon Modica USA M O 7 6 7 10* 7 7 9 17 17 24 25* 14 12 127
17 Yellow 3 Martin Vari ARG M O 16* 14 9 9 10 7 8 22 13 25* 10 12 14 128
W1 White 14 Steph Bridge GBR F O 7 10 9 7 8 12* 9 15 22* 12 16 20 22 135
18 Red 4 Alex Smith USA M J 11 13* 11 6 9 10 10 20 18 10 19 22 24* 146
18 Red 4 Alex Smith USA M J 11 13* 11 6 9 10 10 20 18 10 19 22 24* 146
19 White 4 Steffen Oevind DNK M M 6 12 10 14* 11 11 10 18 21 20 19 24* 17 155
20 Red 5 Frank Wittke FRA M GM 5 7 6 9 15* 15 12 14 30* 22 30 17 23 160
21 Blue 17 Eric Due USA M O 10 10 12 11 13 9 15* 19 24 19 15 26* 20 162
22 Green 0 Blake Harrington USA M J 18* 15 13 12 10 11 14 13 19 23* 23 16 19 165
23 Green 9 Adam Vance CAN M M 14 20* 13 8 11 13 7 31* 27 17 17 30 21 178
24 Green 4 Rob Kindt USA M O 4 9 11 14 13 DNF* 11 35* 23 21 28 15 32 181
25 Red 17 Donny Parker USA M M 13 14 15* 13 12 13 11 27 26 29* 21 29 25 204
25 Red 17 Donny Parker USA M M 13 14 15 13 12 13 11 27 26 29 21 29 25 204
W2 Green 14 Kristin Boese DEU F O 14 11 18 16 DNF* 9 13 23 29* 31 20 23 26 204
26 Blue 0 John Gomes USA M M 15 11 19 13 12 DNF* 8 21 38* 18 22 34 35 208
27 Yellow 19 Nils Stolzlechner AUT M M 9 27 12 17 DNF* 12 14 25 20 27 DNF* 32 30 225
28 Yellow 18 Kasey Campbell USA M O 21 18 14 DNE DNF* 8 13 26 25 26 24 21 28* 229
29 White 17 Andrew Galbraith USA M O 11 8 17 13 DNF* DNF 15 29 28 28 32* 31 27 240
30 Red 16 Marcelo Segura USA M M 20* 19 13 16 20 17 18 28 32 35 27 33 DNF* 258
31 Yellow 14 Melissa Gil CRI F O 20 25 20 22 DNF* 16 20 30 34* 33 31 25 29 271
31 Yellow 14 Melissa Gil CRI F O 20 25 20 22 DNF 16 20 30 34 33 31 25 29 271
32 Yellow 0 Evan Stolze CAN M O 12 13 21 15 14 DNF* 17 34 31 DNF* DNF DNF DNF 277
W3 Blue 10 Allen Chung USA M M 16 15 16 18 18 19* 16 DNF* 33 30 OCS 36 DNF 278
W5 Blue 14 Sandy Parker USA F O 23* 22 20 21 23 18 23 33 36* 36 32 27 31 286
W4 Red 14 Katja Roose NLD F O 24 24 22 28 DNF* 21 21 32 35* 34 29 28 34 297
W6 Red 3 Paula Sonnenberg USA F M 23 28 25 26 DNF* 16 25 35 37* 36 33 35 33 315
W7 White 3 Ella Johnson USA F J 25 DNS* DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS* DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 390


SILVER FLEET
1 White 18 Eric Geleynse USA M M 22 16 18 17 16 DNF* 19 2 2 4 116
2 Red 2 Christopher Brown USA M O 19 17 16 15 DNF* DNF 16 3 1 1 121
3 Green 6 Bruce Johnson USA M M 22 20 23* 19 22 14 20 1 4 5 127
4 Red 9 Mike Scott USA M O 17 18 14 20 25* 23 19 6 8 7 132
5 Red 11 Mark Leng CAN M O 18 21 19 23* 14 20 17 10 6 13 138
6 White 10 Alex Aguera USA M M DNS* 17 15 22 17 14 22 4 DNF 2 139
7 White 0 Kevin Richards USA M O 15 19 21 21 DNF* DNF 23 7 3 10 152
8 Red 10 Zach Gottfried USA M O DNS* 22 24 20 DNF 15 22 12 7 8 163
9 Green 3 Mark Bosta USA M GM DNS* 16 22 DNS 21 DNF 24 5 5 6 165
10 Blue 2 Steve Gibson USA M M 19 24 26 27 DNF* 22 25 8 9 9 169
11 Red 6 Jim Keenan USA M M 17 21 24 DNF* 19 DNF 18 11 DNF 3 172
12 White 6 Bret Herscher USA M GM 26 25 23 24 DNF* DNF 21 9 10 12 183
13 Yellow 1 Erin Loscocco USA M O 21 26 28 29 DNF* 24 24 13 13 11 189
14 Blue 6 Kris Youngberg USA M M 27 27 DNF* 23 24 25 28 16 14 20 204
15 Red 13 Nick Levi BUL M O DNF* DNF 27 7 DNF 28 26 18 15 19 206
16 Green 1 John Bryja CAN M M DNF* 26 DNF 30 DNF 26 27 19 11 18 223
17 White 13 Mads Johansen DNK M M DNF* 23 DNS DNS DNS DNF 26 14 17 15 227
18 Blue 7 William Morris CAN M O DNF* 23 DNF 25 DNF DNF DNS DNF 12 14 232
19 Red 15 Tobin Fisher USA M O 24 29 DNF* 24 26 DNF DNS 20 DNF 17 232
20 Blue 16 Fred Clark USA M M DNF* DNF DNF DNF 27 DNF DNF 17 16 16 241
21 Blue 15 Ken Winner USA M GM 13 DNF* DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNF 256
22 Green 5 Jamy Donaldson USA M M DNS* 30 DNF DNF DNF DNE DNF 15 DNF DNF 262
23 Red 12 Raymond Deiter USA M GM DNF* DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 21 DNF DNF 271
24 White 5 Ryan Lamb USA M O DNS* DNS DNS DNF 28 DNF DNS DNF DNF DNF 271
25 Green 2 Ryan Dulon USA M O DNS* DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNF DNF DNF 276

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