F18 Worlds 2013 @Grosseto: Final Day
Above: Light conditions for today and a last race definition between Besson-Lagarrigue and Styles-Mason. Mitch & Jordi Booth 3rd.
Billy Besson & Jeremy Lagarrigue are the new F18 World Champs 2013!
Final Wrap up on Monday. Final day images sent by Jasper van Staveren / Sailshoot.com at CSN FB.
Official Report at 2013.F18Worlds.com
Full Results Gold
Full Results Silver
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On the water report by Alex Udin & Arg Olympic campaigner Esteban Blando currently on SI coach boat: 5th Final Race Results: Amiot 1, Booth 5, Styles 9, Besson 17, Gabart 19. 5Knots ..Tough conditions. Besson leads overall, Styles 2nd.
Update: 6th Final Race: Black Flag start and it seems bfd for Bontempts & Mischa
Update by Carrie Howe from Magic Marine, comment on csn fb: “Not good – Mischa Heemskerk was BFD on the board but not listed inside. He is packing up his ship!”
Update Final Race: I had a phone call with Blando/Udin at the SI Coach Boat: 6th Race : Besson 1 , Styles 5. Racing last right now, Styles went to match race Besson but failed. Not finished but Besson-Lagarrigue close to be 2013 WChamps. (All Unofficial / Provisional ).
Thanks to Alex Udin & Esteban Blando for the Live updates! Jasper van Staveren images to follow.
Besson-Lagarrigue World Champs! (Unofficial) –
— UNOFFICIAL PROVISIONAL RESULTS After 5F –,
Crew | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | F7 | Tot |
1. Besson/Lagarrique (FRA 1796) | 1 | x6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | x17 | 1 | 23 | |
2. Styles/Mason (GBR 7) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | x7 | 7 | 3 | x12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 31 | |
3. Booth/Booth (ESP 1910) | 1 | 8 | 6 | (11) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | (27) | 5 | 47 | ||
4. Bontemps/Amiot (FRA04) | 4 | (ocs) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 3 | (bfd) | 1 | 50 | ||
5. Heemskerk/Tentij (NED 1796) | 2 | x18 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 7 | (dnc) | 1 | 20 | 53 | ||
6. Gabart/Vandame (FRA 301) | 2 | (bfd) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | (23) | 15 | 4 | 19 | 54 |
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
...Report was sent by an F18 Sailor, if you want Hobies reported send your own, we'll publish as usual. Cheers.
Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16