Wednesday 16 April 2014 – Taylor Canfield (ISV) and Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN) occupy the World #1 spots in the Open and Women’s Match Race Rankings.
Open
Taylor Canfield (ISV) retained World #1 in the Open Rankings having overcome World #2 Ian Williams (GBR) in the final of the ISAF Grade 1 Congressional Cup in Long Beach, California, USA.
A best of three final was raced to decide the 50th Congressional Cup Champion, with one win a piece it was all to play for going into the last race. During the pre-start a loud crunching noise indicated a collision between boats and the fortunes of fate swung to Canfield in the last minute.
First he noticed the six-inch chunk missing from the transom behind his feet, then he reached for the protest flag and moments later saw the on-water umpires affirm his protest with a blue flag, matching Williams’ ID for that race.
Canfield stayed out of trouble to take the honours and extend his advantage at World #1.
The top five remain as per usual in the Open Rankings but further down there is significant movement following a busy period of match racing regattas.
Francesco Bruni (ITA) is one of the month’s biggest movers having climbed 54 places to World #48. The former World #1 only counts five regattas to his name and having finished third at the ISAF Grade 1 Congressional Cup the Italian was significantly promoted back in the top 50.
The Italian will sail on the 2014 Alpari World Match Racing Tour and will look to work his way back to the top as the tour unfolds.
Croatia’s Tomislav Basic moved up from World #31 to World #21 after he won the ISAF Grade 3 Slovenian National Open Match Race Championships in Izola, Slovenia. The Croatian counts eight regattas to his points total and of those eight he has won six. His personal best ranking of World #10 came in February 2000.
Having won the ISAF Grade 3 Match Race Thailand Championship Maximilian Soh (SIN) moved to a personal best ranking of World #36. The Singaporean is on a run of seven straight victories at Grade 3 and 5 regattas and has been rewarded having previously sat at World #50.
Korea’s Gunwoo Park has broken into the top 100 for the first time in his career following a third at the Match Race Thailand Championship. Park counts six regattas to his points total and climbs from World #107 to World #66.
With several ISAF Grade 3, 4 and 5 regattas taking place in the latter part of February, all throughout March and the early part of April further movement is visible in the April release.
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Women’s Rankings
Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN) moved into back into the World #1 spot in the Women’s Match Race Rankings for the first time since July 2013.
The Danish sailor moves ahead of Lucy Macgregor (GBR) as the British sailor now counts seven regattas to Ulrikkeholm’s eight.
The Marinassess Women’s Match Race Regatta was the only event to take place in the current period with those competing reaping the rewards of solid results.
Milly Bennett (AUS) and her crew of Seldon Coventry, Alice Tarnawski, Kajsa Doyle and Jess Russell, representing the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, won the event finishing top of the round robin. As a result Bennett moves to World #9 from World #15, a personal best for the Australian.
Emma May (AUS) finished as runner up and moves to World #41 from World #104.
The next scheduled Women’s Match Racing event is the ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship set to be held in Cork, Ireland from 3-8 June 2014.
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Match racing – Open – Wednesday 16 April 2014
Pos Name Country Crew Events Previous Best Points
1 Canfield Taylor ISV 8 1 1 11583
2 Williams Ian GBR 8 2 1 11094
3 Hansen Bjorn SWE 8 3 2 10492
4 Robertson Philip NZL 8 4 4 10407
5 Richard Mathieu FRA 7 5 1 10150
6 Sehested Nicolai DEN 8 7 6 9567
7 Swinton Keith AUS 8 6 3 9493
8 Tarnacki Przemek POL 8 8 8 9011
9 Monnin Eric SUI 8 9 9 8965
10 Morvan Pierre-antoine FRA 8 10 3 8933
11 Gilmour David AUS 8 12 11 8830
12 Lindberg Staffan FIN 8 11 5 8799
13 Minoprio Adam NZL 8 19 1 8581
14 Aschenbrenner Joachim DEN 8 13 13 8545
15 Corbett Reuben NZL 8 15 10 8396
16 Stanczyk Marek POL 8 17 13 8180
17 Ogeman Viktor SWE 8 18 17 8154
18 Berntsson Johnie SWE 8 14 6 8063
19 Tiller William NZL 8 20 5 7966
20 Sepp Mati EST 8 21 18 7946
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Match racing – Women – Wednesday 16 April 2014
Pos Name Country Crew Events Previous Best Points
1 Ulrikkeholm Camilla DEN Louise Ulrikkeholm
Josefine Boel Rasmussen
Joan Hansen
Trine Palludan 8 2 1 8580
2 Macgregor Lucy GBR Annie Lush
Kate Macgregor 7 1 1 7658
3 Kjellberg Anna SWE Malin Källström
Karin Almquist
Johanna Larsson
Linnéa Wennergren
Annie Wennergren
Linda Härsjö 8 3 3 7521
4 Meldgaard Pedersen Lotte DEN Susanne Boidin
Tina Schmidt 7 5 1 6256
5 Roble Stephanie USA Maggie Shea
Darby Smith 6 6 5 5875
6 Skudina Ekaterina RUS Ekaterina Chashchina
Tatiana Lartseva
Silke Hahlbrock
Elena Syuzeva
Vera Dubina
Elena Vorobeva 7 4 2 5761
7 Bezel Alexa SUI Corinne Meyer
Manon Kivell
Romy Hasler
Laurane Mettraux 8 7 6 5407
8 Leroy Claire FRA Marie Riou
Elodie Bertrand 5 8 1 4547
9 Bennett Milly AUS 8 15 9 4436
10 Sylvan Caroline SWE 7 11 10 4320
11 Tams Noora FIN 8 12 11 3897
12 Echegoyen Tamara ESP Mariana Lobato
Eva Gonzalez
Lara Cacabelos
Sofia Toro
Angela Pumariega 5 10 4 3841
13 Bossard Julie FRA 5 9 3 3695
14 Lim Denise SIN 7 20 14 3152
15 Pierce Claudia NZL Aimee Famularo
Paige Maree Cook
Janelle Peat
Hannah Louise Osborne 8 14 14 3149
16 Senfft Juliana BRA 5 17 11 3030
17 Le Berre Anne-claire FRA Alice Ponsar
Myrtille Ponge 5 19 5 2767
18 Tunnicliffe Anna USA Deborah Capozzi
Molly O’bryan Vandemoer 4 13 1 2752
19 Martin Rayshele AUS 4 31 19 2614
20 Kjellgren Anna SWE 7 21 17 2486
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