2011 Sotavento Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam, Freestyle und Slalom

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Das war Tag 8:

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2011 PWA Fuerteventura World Cup
Day 8: 40 knots of wind hammered Sotavento beach for the third day of racing, providing epic survival conditions for the PWA slalom elite.
Full throttle slalom between the marks, dangerous gybes, explosive crashes and insane aerials, the third day off racing had it all. The spectators on the beach were treated to an incredibly exciting show and mind-blowing display of slalom talent as the world’s finest racers did battle in the crazy conditions. Forty-knot winds mixed with the rolling swell and choppy waters provided the sailors with some of the most extreme racing conditions they have experienced all season.
The race crew wasted no time in raising the red flag, ensuring the first heat was underway at 10:30am sharp. Racing continued throughout the day seeing two more eliminations completed and the opening round of elimination six.
Elimination four
Bjorn Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne / Mystic / DunkerbeckEyewear) opened up the days racing with a blistering show of speed, charging his way down the first leg as if he was going for the world speed record and leaving the rest of the fleet in his wake.
Disaster struck for Dunkerbeck in the second round of the elimination. Dunkerbeck was leading at the first mark, fighting off all advances from Ben Van Der Steen (Starboard / Loft / Mystic) but at the second mark he failed to hold his gybe, went down and dropped into sixth place. Dunkerbeck wasted no time clawing his way back through the fleet but then he made the same mistake at the fourth gybe, seeing him finish in last, meaning an early exit from the elimination.
Reveling in the stronger winds, Micah Buzianis (JP / NeilPryde), and Finian Maynard (RRD) displayed an incredible set of skills, leading the charge in their races throughout the day.
The semi-finals brought out some super technical sailing from Jimmy Diaz (Starboard / North). Josh Angulo (Angulo / Gun / Dakine) held the qualifying position throughout the whole race until the final mark when Diaz chose the prefect line to undercut him. Diaz made it round the gybe and quickly pulled the power back on. The final leg was a drag race to the finish with Diaz claiming his spot in the winners’ final by a board length.
A similar set of skill from Taty Frans (Starboard / MauiSails / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins) saw him work his way from fifth position to second place with three slick gybes undercutting the rest of the fleet with every turn, and earning his place in the winners’ final.
Winner’s final
Antoine Albeau (JP / NeilPryde) continued with his winning streak, claiming his third elimination and increasing his lead on the rest of the fleet. An incredible start saw Albeau hit the start line on the buzzer and gain the advantage from the word go. Cyril Moussilmani (Starboard / North), Buzianis and Maynard were in hot pursuit; however they were unable to match Albeau’s board speed over the rough choppy water. At the final mark Albeau was well over fifty meters in front of the fleet allowing him to cruise down the final leg comfortably over the finish line.
Elimination five
The wind was blowing around thirty-five knots for the opening round of the fifth elimination. The sailors were on their smallest equipment and still barely able to hold on. Spray flying everywhere, pile-ups at the marks and crazy speed made for an eventful first round.
The finest starts of the day came from Jesper Orth (RRD); the Danish sailor who resides in Australia nailed the start of each race and made sure he was the first man over the line. Orth made it through the opening rounds of the eliminations; however he was unable to match the straight-line speed the other sailors were able to achieve.
Having had a slow start to heat ten Taty Frans stole the show; he was blessed by the wind gods as his opponents dropped like flies in front of him. Frans was able to charge into the lead, but it didn’t last long as Volwater (Fanatic / MauiSails) and Steve Allen (Starboard / Severne) were coming back with a vengeance. The race boiled down to the final mark, Frans managed to squeeze in on the inside of pair and return to full speed. Frans finished the race with an enormous floaty jump over the line.
Buzianis and Volwater continued their charge through the eliminations, enjoying the super-strong winds, the pair dominated in every race claiming podium positions all the way to the winners’ final.
Winners’ final
An exhilarating race saw Van Der Steen claim his first elimination in Fuerteventura. Peter Volwater hit the start line on form, charging ahead of the rest of the fleet, followed by, Van Der Steen, Albeau and Buzianis. Meanwhile, Bjorn Dunkerbeck suffered at the start and he was caught behind the rest of the fleet unable to pass. At the first mark Albeau lost control of his equipment and went down allowing Van Der Steen, Volwater and Cyril Moussilmani the advantage. Van Der Steen turned on his turbo-chargers for the remainder of the race to gain some ground ahead of the rest of the fleet and take the win. Albeau and Dunkerbeck were fighting to recover their positions, but it was too little too late, as they finished in seventh and fourth place respectively.
Elimination six
With the wind still howling, the race crew quickly had the sailors back in sequence for the opening round of the sixth elimination. A slick set of heats saw most of the big names advance into the next round.
Diaz continued to wow the crowds with his textbook sailing, working his way from fifth place into first with two smooth gybes and a final burst of speed down the final leg.
The big upset of the round saw Julien Quentel (RRD / NeilPryde) miss out on a qualifying position. Quentel opened the heat with a perfect start, but lost control at the first mark and he was unable to recover his position.
The race crew made the decision to release the sailors at 4pm, in order to relax and rest for tomorrows racing. There is another monster forecast lined up for tomorrow, the skippers’ meeting will kick off at 10:30am with the first possible start to racing at 11am.
Results (After 5 eliminations)
1^st Antoine Albeau (JP / NeilPryde)
2^nd Ben Van Der Steen (Starboard / Loft / Mystic)
3^rd Cyril Moussilmani (Starboard / North)
4^th Peter Volwater (Fanatic / MauiSails)
5^th Bjorn Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne / Mystic / DunkerbeckEyewear)
6^th Finian Maynard (RRD)
7^th Micah Buzianis (JP / NeilPryde)
8^th Sylvain Moussilmani (Tabou / Simmer)
9^th Benoit Moussilmani (Tabou / Simmer)
10^th Julien Quentel (RRD / NeilPryde)

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Tja,
da hat Dunki im 8. Finale Cyril Moussilmani (absichtlich) vorbei gelassen. Damit sind Cyril und Albeau fast punktgleich und Cyril führt den Event an... Das nennt man Schadensbegrenzung.
Für Dunki geht der Event nun eh als Streicher ein.

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10.00 Uhr Ortszeit Skippersmeeting, erster Start 10.30 Uhr. Das ist 11.30 unserer Zeit...

Das war der gestrige Tag, heute ist der letzte Auftritt auf Fuerteventura, danach geht es in die Türkei...

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2011 PWA Fuerteventura World Cup
Day nine: Cyril Moussilmani storms into first place having secured consistent scores in the ferocious Fuerteventura winds narrowly overtaking the five race winning speed demon Antoine Albeau.
The howling winds continued to batter the fifty-six man slalom fleet for the second day running, testing the sailors to the edge of their ability as they battled their way through each race. The insane conditions allowed the race crew to kick off the action from 10:30am and to fly through three more eliminations in quick succession.
With thirty-five knots of wind howling across the race course, race director Juan Antonio Aragon decided to mix things up a little for the sailors. The race crew quickly re-aligned the buoys so that the course opened up with a four hundred meter speed run followed by four downwind slalom marks. The change in the course brought with it, edge of your seat action as the sailors picked up incredible speeds and fought hard to control their equipment down the opening leg.
Elimination 6
Picking up the race where we left off yesterday, round two of the elimination saw the hottest sailors of the day on fine form. Cyril Moussilmani (Starboard / North), Antoine Albeau (JP / NeilPryde), Micah Buzianis (JP / NeilPryde), Finian Maynard (RRD), Cedric Bordes (Tabou / Gaastra / Mystic) and Ross Williams (Tabou / Gaastra) charge their way around the course to secure podium positions and pass into the semi-finals.
An over enthusiastic start to heat twelve, saw four sailors hit the start line before the buzzer. Andrea Cucchi (Patrik / Point-7), Ludovic Jossin (Loft), Kurosh Kiani (Angulo / Simmer) and Ertugrul Icingir (RRD / North) all make their way back to the beach with their heads down, while the rest of the sailors made their way into the semi-finals without having to race.
Eager to push the start, Maynard went over early in heat thirteen and had to settle for a place in the losers’ final. Once the race was up and running it brought with it more drama as Jules Denel (Exocet), Josh Angulo (Angulo / Gun / Dakine) and Buzianis were all caught out by the testing conditions and went down in huge individual crashes. Buzianis managed to cover his mistakes with his impressive board speed and recovered into a qualifying position.
The action continued into heat fourteen, Bjorn Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne / Mystic / DunkerbeckEyewear) opened the race with a fantastic start, however on his 6.2m sail he was well over-powered and unable to keep his speed in the gybes. It wasn’t long before Van Der Steen (Starboard / Loft / /Mystic) took advantage raising his position from sixth to third. To top it all off Bordes came out of nowhere and performed two particularly slick gybes on the inside of the fleet pushing Dunkerbeck out of a qualifying position.
Winners’ Final
Albeau performed the perfect start in the winners’ final leaving the rest of the fleet in his wake on the speed run. Cyril Moussilmani was trying everything to match his board speed but Albeau was too far ahead. Further down the fleet, Bordes and Arnon Dagan (Tabou / Gaastra) had a collision at the first mark, putting them at the back of the pack. Van Der Steen sailed an incredible race working his way past his opponents to finish in third. Albeau cruised over the finish line well aware that he was over one hundred meters ahead of the rest.
Elimination 7
With the wind still raging, the race crew continued directly into elimination seven. Collisions, pile ups and catapults on the straights made the first round of the races particularly exciting, although most of the big names easily secured their qualifying positions and advanced into the next round.
Van Der Steen and Taty Frans (Starboard / MauiSails / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins) were the ones to watch in the second round of the elimination. Both sailors displayed incredible speed down the straights and mind-blowing control on the corners as they undercut the rest of the fleet to earn their qualifying positions.
Some of the finest starts of the day came from Germany’s Gunnar Asmussen (F2 / North). Asmussen stormed ahead of the fleet and made sure he hit the mark first in every race. However Asmussen struggled with at the gybes allowing the rest of the fleet to take advantage.
Two smooth semi-finals allowed the big guns to enter the winners’ final without out any upsets, Cyril Moussilmani continued with his textbook high wind sailing to win first place, whilst Dunkerbeck claimed a close second. On the other side of the elimination Albeau nailed his third heat and secured another first, miles ahead of the fleet.
Winners’ Final
The winners’ final kicked off with Albeau nailing another blinding start, Cyril Moussilmani and Van Der Steen weren’t far behind and they were able to catch him by the first mark. Two smooth gybes later and Albeau was still in control of the fleet, Cyril Moussilmani and Van Der Steen were trying everything they could to match their experienced opponent. The crowds witnessed a drag race finish between the three, but there was no catching Albeau with his remarkable straight-line speed. Albeau claimed his second victory of the day and his fifth in the competition. By this time it looked like Albeau was in a commanding position but race director Juan Antonio Aragon called for one final race in the afternoon.
Elimination 8
After a quick lunch break the slalom elite were back on the water and fighting their way through elimination eight. Having sailed for two days in the relentless wind the sailors were becoming more dialed into the conditions, making for smooth races and faster gybes.
Benoit Moussilmani (Tabou / Simmer) wowed the crowds throughout the afternoon, charging ahead of Buzianis, Dunkerbeck and Peter Volwater (Fanatic / MauiSails) to earn a position in the winners’ final. Having posted consistent places throughout the week Benoit currently sits in seventh position overall.
Heat twelve saw an explosive crash from Angulo. After a great start Angulo was holding onto a qualifying position, disaster struck at the outside mark when he went down and the rest of the fleet flew past. Angulo was unable to recover from his mistake, and he made an early exit from the elimination.
The largest crash of the day came from Albeau in the semi-finals. Albeau lead the charge down the opening leg of the course and looked to be in control but in one split second everything went wrong. Albeau and his equipment went flying and the rest of the pack charged past. Albeau accepted that he was unable to recover from the colossal crash and made his way back to the beach.
Winners’ Final
After one false start from Van Der Steen, the winners’ final was up and running with Dunkerbeck leading the fleet around the first and second marks. Hot on his heels the Moussilmani brothers Cyril and Benoit were waiting for their opportunity to overtake. Benoit lost control at the third mark putting him out the race, so it was up to Cyril to make his move. Cyril chose his moment on the final gybe mark undercutting Dunkerbeck and then wasted no time in pulling the power back on, knowing he had an enraged tour leader on his tail. The pair drag raced to the finish, trying pulling out all the stops squeeze out every ounce of extra speed. Cyril took the victory by a board length, claiming his second victory in Fuerteventura and enough points to just push him ahead of Albeau on the overall scores.
With three more eliminations completed the sailors were released for the day at four o’clock. Make sure you head over to the PWA website for the dramatic finale to the slalom competition tomorrow. Will Albeau claim the top spot? Will Van Der Steen take control? Will Cyril Moussilmani buckle under the pressure? The skippers’ meeting will kick off at 10am with the first possible start to racing at 10:30 am.
Results (After 8 eliminations)
1^st Cyril Moussilmani (Starboard / North)
2^nd Antoine Albeau (JP / NeilPryde)
3^rd Ben Van Der Steen (Starboard / Loft / Mystic)
4^th Bjorn Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne / Mystic / DunkerbeckEyewear)
5^th Peter Volwater (Fanatic / MauiSails)
6^th Micah Buzianis (JP / NeilPryde)
7^th Benoit Moussilmani (Tabou / Simmer)
8^th Finian Maynard (RRD)
9^th Cedric Bordes (Tabou / Gaastra / Mystic)
10^th Sylvain Moussilmani (Tabou / Simmer)

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