Collins 14th, Duncan 16th at SB3 World Championships

18th May 2011

Royal Cork's Mel Collins continues to move up the leaderboard of the SB3 World Championships finishing 11,10 and 22 in the gold fleet today to place 14th overall and overhauling Howth Yacht Club's Ben Duncan now in 16th place. Results and photos below.

Lighter, but more stable conditions made for a smoother day on the water on Day 3 of the Championships in Torquay, UK. Following two days of qualifying races, today the fleets split onto their Gold and Silver courses. For the Gold Fleet today, the competition got a lot harder. Reviewing the results after a further 3 races, it was a day of snakes and ladders for many.

Overnight leader Peter Saxton (GBR) didn't enjoy the best of days. After racking up a 18, 20 and 43 Saxton drops to thirteenth overall. This is a disappointing set of results after such a strong start to his Championship. 2009 Laser SB3 World Champion, Craig Burlton, had a down, up, down day adding a 21, 2 and 29 to his score card. Burlton drops three places to eight overall; he won't be happy with that.

Jez Entwistle entering the Gold Fleet in thirteenth position this morning. Leading at the first windward mark in the first race, "Perky III" finished 4th in the first race of the day. Building on their first race performance, Entwistle lead again at the first windward mark of race two. This time he managed to protect his lead and extend on the downwind leg and went on to win the race. "We've not sailed together as a crew before, but everything is coming together nicely, Ali [Hall] is a great tactician and doing a great job of picking our lanes out of the starts. We are all really enjoying ourselves."

Another boat that has shot up the leader board today is "Team Russia", Oleg Zherebtsov's Laser SB3 helmed by Rodion Luka. "We've had a very good day today and we are very happy on the boat. We have a good attitude after one black flag and one disqualification, we have everything to gain. I have a good feeling for the shifts now and in this boat, there is time to think about what you will do, so it is very tactical racing!" explained Rodion Luka (UKR) after racing this evening. At the end of Day 3, Team Russia have climbed fourteen places and are now eleventh overall. I'd call that a good day at the office.

After leading Fleet A on day one of the Zhik SB3 World Championships, Robert Greenhalgh (GBR) slid to sixth place yesterday. Today, the crew onboard Red were back in race winning form. Adding a 1, 3, 1 to their results, Robert now leads the fleet by nine points. "It's been a really hard week so far, but it came together again today." For the next two days of sailing Robert's aim is, "To make the bad bits better and the good bits better too." As we recognised at the beginning of this championship, consistency is king in the Laser SB3 fleet and it looks like Greenhalgh has this under control.

This evening competitors will attend the Zhik SB3 World Championships Party at the Palace Hotel, Torquay. Prizes will be awarded for "Boat of the Day" for the first three days of racing and a lucky dip draw will see one team win a jib provided by LaserPerformance.

Gold fleet Results

Series Place	Sail No	Bow No	Boat	Helm	Series Points	Race 1A
1	GBR3489	19	Red	Robert Greenhalgh	25	1
2	GBR3053	111	Race Team Gill	Geoff Carveth	36
3	AUS3108	70	Club Marine	Glenn Bourke	52
4	GBR3058	15	Xcellent	John Pollard	57	2
5	GBR3047	95	Parkway Pirates	Rob Gullan	64
6	GBR3082	68	Henri Lloyd/Forelle Estates	Joe Llewellyn	66
7	GBR3042	54	Gill Racing Team	Craig Burton	70	4
8	RSA3469	49	Musto Race Ahead	Asenaithi Jim	72
9	GBR3475	57	Perky III	Jez Entwistle	79
10	ITA3073	39	Stenghele	Roberto Caresani	80
11	RUS3554	109	Team Russia	Rodion Luka	82	8
12	GBR3032	92	Rumbleflurg	David Cummins	92	3
13	GBR3065	65	Rola-Trac	93
14	IRL3324	22	Sibelus	Mel Collins	93
15	ITA3543	101	Bravi Thytronic	Giovanni Meloni	102	23
16	NZL3287	36	Sailing West - Sharkbait	Ben Duncan	107
17	AUS3063	32	One Design Sailing	Nathan Outteridge	109	6
18	GBR3149	16	Poor Buoy	Mark Gillett	125	17
19	GBR3336	8	Uber 3	Adrian Peach	134
20	GBR3305	55	Rigging Gurus	Mark Richards	137
21	GBR3465	26	3 Sad Old Blokes	Jerry Hill	137
22	GBR3546	98	Orthteam	Richard Catchpole	138
23	NED3441	17	Rivium	Paul Gast	140	9
24	GBR3134	84	Marilyn	Dom Ford	140	5
25	GBR3292	93	Chill Pill	Tich Summers	141
26	GBR3462	58	Underground Toys	Andrew Oddie	142	19
27	GER3561	86	Razzmatazz	Sebastian Dohrendorf	144	12
28	GBR3079	116	Excuse Me Gents	Ann Jackson	152
29	IRL3298	64	Toucan 3	Ross Vaughan	156
30	GBR3517	75	Doolalli	Colin Simonds	164	18
31	GBR3575	56	Sailboat Deliveries	Sarah Allan	172	29
32	GBR3084	1	Eau No!	Mark Sotkes	175
33	GBR3464	5	Eric	Martin Wedge	182	15
34	GER3402	21	Norah	Daniel Spaenle	182.2	14
35	GBR3106	37		Tom Clay	183
36	GBR3029	44	3-Some	Niall Peelo	187
37	GBR3556	69	Herbie	Phil Tilley	189	7
38	AUS3607	104	Wysiwyg VI	Stephen Fries	192
39	GBR3027	63	Darling Associates	Chris Darling	192
40	GBR3510	52	Hutton's	Richard Wharram	192	21
41	ITA3606	114	Lunatico XS	Aurelio Bini	194	20
42	GBR3021	51	Here Comes Bod	Charlie Whelan	203	44
43	GBR3041	67	Robina	Dan Goodman	205	16
44	GBR3183	30	Respect	John Danby	206	33
45	GBR3276	89	Trouble & Strife	Ian Armstrong	207	11
46	UKR3443	78	Transbunker	Polovy Valeriy	211	27
47	GBR3468	60	Fully Badgered	Paul Lovejoy	217	10
48	BEL3472	35	Los Zaparteros	Alex Schoenmakers	221
49	ITA3596	99	Briefing	Luca Bacci	233
50	IRL3226	112	Quantitative Easing	Paul McMahon	261	35
51	IRL3338	59	Milvus Milvus	Robert Howe	261	30
52	IRL3312	91	Bomchickawahwah	John O'Driscoll	275

Silver fleet

Series Place	Sail No	Bow No	Boat	Helm	Series Points
1	GBR3531	87	Carnage	Nick Over	151
2	GBR3198	80	Magic Marine	Hugh Styles	151
3	FRA3078	115	Tad Minus	Vincent Biarnes	154
4	GBR3060	73	Finitor 7	Stewart Reed	169
5	RUS373	106	Alissa	Vladislav Ivanovski	170
6	FRA3423	76	Edward Russo	172
7	GBR3074	3	Tonic	Douglas Paton	173
8	GBR3104	74	Retail Therapy	Charles Sheppard	178
9	IRL3484	33	Seriously Bonkers x 3	Martin Cuppage	182
10	NED3511	29		Marco van Driel	186
11	GBR3215	79	Sail Navy	Darren Roach	189
12	GBR3515	108	The Young Pretender	Callum Calder	190
13	FRA3609	2	Marcon Yachting	Louis Marcon	193
14	GBR3014	61	Sponge Bob	Steve McLean	194
15	IRL3307	31	Bad/Kilcullen	Stephan Hyde	207
16	GBR3038	119	TeamB4Ego,com2	Will Brooks	210
17	GBR3069	66	Not just a number	Paul Hine	211
18	GBR3362	47	Polar Bear	Tim Newton	215
19	GBR3545	71	Savage Sailing Team	Chris Savage	220
20	GBR3056	100	Woohoo	Tom Davidson	223
21	GER3600	13	Isabella III	Reinhard Schroeder	223
22	GBR3126	102	Geronimo	Simon Hume	231
23	UKR3522	41	Stemcor	Valentin Klymentyev	234
24	GBR3048	23	Control-Alt-Delete	Ann Ashworth	246
25	GBR3379	27	Joyride	Nick Andrews	246
26	POR3103	48	Viero	Piedade Colaco	247
27	GBR3319	12	Devils Advocate	Tony Jaffa	254
28	GBR3094	20	Xceptable	Ian Lievesley	256
29	GBR3081	9	Prostate Cancer Charity	Ross Lang	258
30	GBR3516	14	TeamB4Ego.com	Geoff Gritton	258
31	GBR3267	77	Neilson Heart of Gold	Tom Hayhoe	260
32	IRL3062	40		Ronan Downing	264
33	NED3470	82	Cube	Martijn Buitenhuis	268
34	AUS3224	28	Jester 3	Dave Bull	280
35	GBR3473	85	Sceptre	Nathan Bailey	280
36	ITA3598	96	Alghero Giorico Hotels	Alessandro Balzani	280
37	IRL3033	34	Blue Bird	Cathy MacAleavey	281
38	GBR3335	24	Royal Signals	Stu Southan	283
39	GBR3088	6	Healthy1.co.uk	Ray Davies	285
40	GBR3366	11	Hooligan	Guy Broom	289
41	GBR3096	72	Red Kite	Roger Harford	301
42	GBR3309	43	Narwhal	David Bates	301
43	GBR3123	4	Mini Mayhem	Paul Craft	306
44	GRE3251	105	SailingHolidays.com	Ruairi Bradley	317
45	GBR3077	88	Skallywag	Rob Day	320
46	GBR3368	45	Kapow	Nick Barnett	322
47	ITA3437	53	Lupi D'irlanda	Marco Sorgassi	339
48	GBR3519	107	May contain nuts	John Greenaway	344
49	IRL3297	90	Sunday Brunch	Richard Tate	349
50	GBR3540	46	Water Music viii	Jonny Foot	363
51	IRL3315	42	Sirius Black	Ken Hudson	369

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