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1 November 2005, 04:50 pm

DELIUS And WIESE-DOHSE Win Third Semi Final Race

Hobie 16 World Championship 2005

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Ingo DELIUS and Katrin WIESE-DOHSE (GER) won the third race of the semi finals for the 17th Hobie 16 Worlds in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. They were first at the upwind mark and never lost their leading position in the battle with the American team of Bob MERRICK and Mike HUANG.

However, the Americans had gone OCS so the South Africans William and Lucinda EDWARDS took over the second place, followed by Paul LAGESSE and Tyran KERFORD (RSA). The fourth race, today's second, had to be cancelled again, due to a lack of wind.

Golden Tack

According to the local weather forecast, the wind would set in at 1400 hours local time and it did. The race committee put in a short course of 3/4 of a mile, since they had to catch up on the racing schedule. Four teams were early over the line.

Ingo DELIUS, Belgian and German Hobie 16 Champion 2005 explained, 'Today's strategy was to have a good start and we did. We had clean air, went outside and tacked at the right time, not too far out.' They rounded the weather mark in first position, followed by the Americans and the Brazilian team of Ricardo NAVARRO and Mequias QUEIROZ. DELIUS recalls, 'It was very tough to defend our place, because the Americans are very good sailors. The wind dropped already on the first beat. We went from double trapeze to floating. It picked up a little bit on the way down to the finish. That is why we gibed twice, because we wanted to go to the other boats that were further out on the ocean. They had more pressure.'

Enrique FIGUEROA and Carla MALATRASI from Puerto Rico, yesterday's winners, came back from a ninth to a fourth place.

European Competition

When DELIUS and WIESE-DOHSE left Germany for the Hobie 16 Worlds in South Africa, their goal was a top ten position. DELIUS remarked, 'We had a bad race yesterday, so it will be hard. But the score between us and the French boys Cédric and Yann is tied. We beat them in France and they won the Europeans in Germany. We read on the internet that they are aiming for a top five result here, so we actually have to do the same.'

A 30 knots wind has been reported from Cape Town, about 650 kilometers to the south. It is heading down to Port Elizabeth and will probably arrive tomorrow morning. The windy city will once again live up her name.

Semi Final Top Ten After One Race
(only one fleet has completed race two - so results show only race one)

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	Pts
1	PUR	Enrique FIGUEROA	Carla MALATRASI	1	1
1	RSA	Shaun FERRY	Michele LE SUEUR	1	1
3	FRA	Rudolph CHICHEMANIAN	Christian BRUGES	2	2
3	FRA	Thomas RICHARDS	Moana TRANKCART	2	2
5	FRA	Cédric BADER	Yann MONTOYA	3	3
5	RSA	Paul LAGESSE	Tyran KERFORD	3	3
7	FRA	Jerome LE GAL	Siret MICKAEL	4	4
7	GUA	Juani MAEGLI	Cristina GUIROLA	4	4
9	FRA	Christophe Renaud DE MALET	Albin ROSSOILIN	5	5
9	AUS	Tim SHUWALOW	Cameron HOOPER	5	5

Qualifier Top Ten Results

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	Pts
1	TAH	Teiva VERONIQUE	Kaya GUILLAIN	1	2	3
2	RSA	Andrew WARD	Steve ARNOLD	4	1	5
3	NZL	Fletcher WARREN	Georgia MYERS	2	3	5
4	ITA	Mark LARUFFA	Joshua SELIG	2	4	6
5	FRA	Alban BRUNO	Jean BERNAZ	1	6	7
6	AUS	Shane PETERSON	Jesse DOBIE	4	3	7
7	FRA	Maxime CLERCQ	Yoann BONTE	7	1	8
8	BRA	Bernardo ARNDT	Bruno OLIVEIRA	2 (RDG)	8	10
9	BRA	Carlos AZEVEDO	Daniel AZEVEDO	6	5	11
10	RSA	Robert ARCHIBALD	Paula ARCHIBALD	10	2	12