ISAF Sailing World Championships

NYYC Members Shine in Regatta that in most cases Determines US Olympic Sailing Team


Left photo, Anna Tunnicliffe, right, and right photo Erik Storck and Trevor Moore in their 49er.
 
PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA – December 17 – The ISAF Sailing World Championship in Perth, Western Australia ended on Sunday after 15 days of racing. Pending approval by the US Olympic Committee NYYC member Amanda Clark and crew Sarah Lihan have made the US Olympic team and will sail a 470 in next summer’s Olympics in England. As have NYYC members Erik Storck and Trevor Moore in the 49er Class. Also making the US Olympic team in Men’s 470 is NYYC member Stu McNay and Graham Biehl  Further, NYYC-member Anna Tunnicliffe and her Team Maclaren of Molly Vandemoer and Debbie Capozzi, won the ISAF Sailing World Championships in Women’s Match Racing after defeating Lucy MacGregor (GBR) in four straight matches on December 16.
  
Amanda Clark and Sarah Lihan finished the regatta in 12th-place overall in the team’s first world championship together since joining forces in February. Thus they won the U.S. Olympic trials December 17 on a tie-breaker over NYYC member Isabelle Kinsolving Farrar who crewed for Erin Maxwell. 
 
On the final day at the ISAF Sailing World Championships, Erik Storck  and Trevor Moore went into the 49er medal race with a chance at a bronze medal. Standing in fifth overall, all they had to do is finish in the top four of the 10-boat fleet to secure a medal. But, the medal wasn’t to be. On the fifth leg, the rudder pintle broke, and the high-performance skiff stalled, then capsized.
 
The entire week was strong for Storck and Moore, who have been together as a team for less than three years. They have seen their performance strengthen at every event, and this world championship was yet another increase in their standings.
 
“Our motto this week was to chip it on the green and making sure we were there,” said Moore. “I think we accomplished that the entire event. In the medal race, we wanted to me more aggressive and give ourselves a chance at medaling. We decided to swing for the fences. We attacked our game plan; we had great speed and made good tactical choices around the course.” The consolation for the pair, who finished ninth overall, was securing a USA berth for the 2012 Games.
 
The ISAF Sailing World Championship was the second event used to determine Olympic selection for the US Team Alphagraphics; however, not for the U.S. in Women’s Match Racing – making its Olympic debut in this summer’s London Olympics.
 
Women’s Match Racing team selection for the U.S. will encompass two stand-alone events: the Women’s Match Racing, Part 1 – US Sailing Elliott 6m Regatta Oct. 26-30, 2011 in Key Biscayne, Fla. – - which Tunnicliffe and crew won -- and Women’s Match Race, Part 2 – US Sailing Elliott 6m Regatta in Weymouth, England May 4-7, 2012 – the site of the Olympics.
 
“We’re really excited right now,” said Tunnicliffe moments after winning the World Championship. “It’s amazing, we’ve put a lot of effort into this year and had a lot of big events we had to get through, and this has really topped off all our hard training,” Tunnicliffe said. “The team sailed really well, it was tricky conditions, conditions that we actually thought we were weakest in so we’re psyched we came out on top.”
 
Recently Tunnicliffe was named the 2011 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year, the most prestigious recognition in the sport of sailing. This is the second time she has been so honored. Tunnicliffe is also a three time (consecutive) winner of the US Sailing Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year. She won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Laser Radial class in 2008 in China.
 

49er (Men’s Two Person Dinghy High Performance): 67 boats

9th - Erik Storck (Huntington, N.Y.) and Trevor Moore (North Pomfret, Vt./Naples, Fla.)

 

Men’s 470 (Men’s Two Person Dinghy): 80 boats

13th - Stuart McNay (Boston, Mass.) and Graham Biehl (San Diego, Calif.)

33rd - Adam Roberts (San Diego, Calif.) and Nick Martin (San Diego, Calif.)

 

Women’s 470 (Women's Two Person Dinghy): 48 boats

12th - Amanda Clark (Shelter Island, N.Y.) and Sarah Lihan (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
15th - Erin Maxwell (Wilton, Conn.) and Isabelle Kinsolving Farrar (New York/Fishers Island, N.Y.)

 

Finn (Men’s One Person Dinghy Heavy): 72 boats

9th - Zach Railey (Clearwater, Fla.)

26th - Caleb Paine (San Diego, Calif.)

 

Laser (Men’s One Person Dinghy): 147 boats

14th - Rob Crane (Darien, Conn.)

23rd - Clay Johnson (Toms River, N.J.)


Laser Radial (Women’s One Person Dinghy): 102 boats

3rd - Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.)

46th - Erika Reineke (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)

 

Men’s RS:X (Men’s Windsurfer): 91 boats

38th - Robert Willis (Chicago, Ill.)

78th - Ben Barger (St. Petersburg, Fla.)

 

Women’s RS:X (Women’s Windsurfer): 68 boats

51st - Farrah Hall (Annapolis, Md.)

 

Star (Men’s Keelboat): 41 boats

3rd - Mark Mendelblatt (Miami, Fla.) and Brian Fatih (Miami, Fla.)

11th - George Szabo (San Diego, Calif.) and Mark Strube (Punta Gorda, Fla.)

14th - Andrew Campbell (San Diego, Calif.) and Ian Coleman (Annapolis, Md.)
20th - Andy Horton (Washington, D.C.) and John von Schwarz (Annapolis, Md.)

24th - Rick Merriman (New York, N.Y.), who will sail with past USSTAG member Phil Trinter

 

Women’s Match Racing

1st- Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.), Molly Vandemoer (Stanford, Calif.) and Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.)

13th - Genny Tulloch (Sausalito, Calif.), Alice Manard Leonard (East Haven, Conn.) and Jenn Chamberlin (Washington, D.C.).

 

Full results: http://www.perth2011.com/results