ILCA 7 World Championship at Adelaide Sailing Club

ILCA 7 World Championship at Adelaide Sailing Club - Day 5

by Harry Fisher, Down Under Sail 30 Jan 10:20 UTC 24-31 January 2024

Wearn with one hand on the cup heading into Medal Race

Matt Wearn (AUS) looks poised to become a two-time world champion after tomorrow's medal race with a statesmanlike performance in the last two gold fleet races today.

In near nuclear conditions off Adelaide that saw 25-plus knot winds and more than two-metre seas, Wearn held his nerve and ended the day with a neat 4,2 scorecard.

Matt Wearn heading upwind on day 5 of the 2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

"Points going into today between Micky, myself and Hermann were extremely close, and it was a big breeze day for the final two races," Wearn said.

"It was sort of all to play for and I just had to go out there and have a really solid day."

Micky Beckett heads into the medal race in third place at the 2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

His nearest rival Micky Beckett (GBR) came into today just one point behind the lead, however with a nasty discard already on his scorecard, he could ill afford a double-digit result.

After a 12th in the first of today's races that he was then forced to carry, he backed it up with a second, however ended the day in third overall, nine points behind the consistent leader.

Hermann Tomasgaard heads into the medal race in second place at the 2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

Norway's Hermann Tomasgaard claimed a third in the opening race, but then finished with a now-dropped 21st, which after the recalculation puts him in second place a point ahead of Beckett.

It opens up a number of opportunities for Beckett and Tomasgaard, who may choose to match race each other for silver, or lay everything on the line in an attempt to wrestle the gold from Wearn.

Extreme winds and big waves in Adelaide on day 5 of the 2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

Wearn said the strong winds and big waves made it difficult to race the competitors around you today, but with a similar breeze forecast for the medal race it was about backing your fitness and ability and just working hard.

"I think in this sort of stuff where it's getting up to 25-plus knots, you've just got to sail your own race, obviously you can keep an eye on the other guys but at the end of the day you've just got to execute and hike like hell," he said."

"It'll still be all to play for (tomorrow) and I think in the top three there'll be a nice little battle."

Some gnarly bottom mark roundings on day 5 of the 2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

While the podium positions in this World Championship are locked away ahead of the medal race, there is also a clear top 10 picture starting to take shape with the prospect of some minor reshuffling tomorrow.

Former World Champion Philipp Buhl (GER) had a 6,1 today that put him clear into fourth position, while New Zealand's Thomas Saunders sits in fifth, and Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Bernaz is sixth.

Germany's Philipp Buhl sits in fourth place overall after day 5 of the 2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

The remaining spots in the medal race will be made up with Pavlos Kontides (CYP), Finn Lynch (IRL), Luke Elliott (AUS) and Filip Jurišic (CRO), who have guaranteed themselves top 10 Worlds finishes here in Adelaide.

Olympic qualification spots are also being decided at this Worlds, with a number of countries that missed the medal race still set to battle it out in a final Race 11 that starts at midday tomorrow.

Tracking will be available in tomorrow's 10-boat medal race, which can be accessed HERE.

For more information head to ilca2024adelaide.ilca-worlds.org

Results after Day 5:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	F1	F2	F3	F4	Pts
Gold Fleet
1st	AUS	199015	Matt Wearn	6	1	2	2	1	3	‑11	1	2	4	22
2nd	NOR	224454	Hermann Tomasgaard	1	1	1	5	5	7	1	6	3	‑21	30
3rd	GBR	210139	Michael Beckett	(30%)	6	1	3	1	1	3	2	12	2	31
4th	GER	191131	Philipp Buhl	3	1	5	5	11	‑38	10	9	6	1	51
5th	NZL	219921	Thomas Saunders	4	11	9	4	2	4	9	13	‑19	3	59
6th	FRA	216112	Jean‑Baptiste Bernaz	6	2	4	6	11	4	12	‑17	13	10	68
7th	CYP	212431	Pavlos Kontides	14	3	8	10	10	12	(BFD)	5	1	8	71
8th	IRL	222017	Finn Lynch	8	4	6	8	5	6	(BFD)	12	21	9	79
9th	AUS	219896	Luke Elliott	1	2	5	10	18	10	18	‑20	5	12	81
10th	CRO	216063	Filip Jurišic	2	3	4	1	16	15	‑39	3	15	26	85
11th	NED	223054	Duko Bos	11	14	15	10	2	‑19	13	15	8	6	94
12th	HUN	213119	Jonatan Vadnai	13	7	2	3	(BFD)	2	4	10	25	32	98
13th	GUA	211981	Juan Maegli	6	10	5	‑31	11	3	7	22	7	27	98
14th	GER	211241	Nik Aaron Willim	19	4	10	7	5	5	(BFD)	27	4	17	98
15th	NZL	214137	George Gautrey	3	30%	3	18	6	5	14	11	(BFD)	20	99
16th	POR	223215	Eduardo Marques	‑29	6	6	6	14	11	21	7	10	18	99
17th	CRO	212013	Tonci Stipanovic	23	6	13	16	3	10	2	19	9	‑51	101
18th	GBR	223102	Sam Whaley	7	10	14	17	7	2	8	29	(BFD)	16	110
19th	FIN	222065	Valtteri Uusitalo	29	2	12	22	4	1	‑35	14	14	14	112
20th	AUS	211556	Ethan Mcaullay	5	9	1	8	22	3	28	26	‑36	13	115
21st	MNE	191715	Milivoj Dukic	16	4	8	14	8	7	(BFD)	16	20	25	118
22nd	AUS	199088	Zac Littlewood	12	5	16	4	12	6	(BFD)	18	32	15	120
23rd	AUS	214418	Finn Alexander	9	7	11	12	28	26	‑41	4	17	7	121
24th	CHI	211771	Clemente Seguel Lacámara	2	5	3	9	26	14	29	24	‑45	11	123
25th	DEN	210987	Johan Lundgaard Schubert	7	11	18	21	13	23	‑27	8	18	5	124
26th	IND	218191	Vishnu Saravanan	15	19	7	2	6	9	6	‑49	28	33	125
27th	ITA	216159	Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini	5	20	19	16	4	2	20	23	‑38	31	140
28th	TUR	213512	Yigit Yalcin Citak	5	17	7	11	20	11	31	‑42	22	22	146
29th	NOR	218563	Uffe Tomasgaard	14	14	10	27	32	8	16	25	11	‑34	157
30th	SWE	219489	Emil Bengtson	13	17	9	1	9	8	33	28	43	‑46	161
31st	HKG	171979	Nicholas Halliday	17	13	10	19	10	1	22	‑44	35	36	163
32nd	FIN	214111	Kaarle Tapper	10	8	19	14	8	29	17	34	24	‑40	163
33rd	MAS	214989	Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy	4	15	28	20	1	20	5	‑48	31	41	165
34th	BEL	214116	William De Smet	29	16	3	2	‑31	27	15	21	30	30	173
35th	HUN	213095	Benjamin Vadnai	15	22	15	7	30	5	30	‑35	23	28	175
36th	NOR	223393	Christoffer Srrlie	4	7	2	16	24	9	26	‑47	44	44	176
37th	ESP	211710	Joel Rodriguez Perez	13	5	35	12	14	15	‑40	32	27	23	176
38th	ARG	222111	Francisco Guaragna Rigonat	3	8	17	15	(BFD)	10	19	33	37	42	184
39th	MNE	224085	Ilija Markovic	18	18	24	11	7	18	44	30	16	‑47	186
40th	CAN	221811	Luke Ruitenberg	2	15	13	9	16	40	24	40	40	‑48	199
41st	IRL	216101	Ewan Mcmahon	24	9	9	6	33	17	36	36	‑41	29	199
42nd	SGP	222980	Ryan Lo	19	30	21	1	8	23	25	37	‑46	43	207
43rd	ESP	211436	Leopoldo Barreto Haschke	10	25	14	18	10	16	23	‑50	42	49	207
44th	USA	221715	Ford Mccann	26	17	14	(BFD)	4	4	37	31	BFD	24	209
45th	GBR	224124	Daniel Whiteley	10	9	7	22	(BFD)	24	BFD	46	26	19	215
46th	USA	218131	Marshall Mccann	7	33	12	17	21	22	32	‑39	34	38	216
47th	ARG	222148	Facundo Olezza	12	(DSQ)	12	3	13	22	34	DSQ	33	37	218
48th	SUI	191817	Gauthier Verhulst	8	30	11	12	25	17	43	38	(BFD)	39	223
49th	PUR	214311	Pedro Fernandez	17	16	4	5	40	27	‑42	41	39	35	224
50th	AUS	198098	Stefan Elliott‑Shircore	16	18	20	9	42	12	(BFD)	43	29	45	234
51st	TUR	191719	Berkay Abay	22	35	18	21	6	9	38	45	(BFD)	50	244
Silver Fleet
1st	ESP	211309	Joaquin Blanco Albalat	9	26	17	4	‑34	29	1	2	7	6	101
2nd	SLO	214148	Zan Luka Zelko	21	16	25	‑28	7	11	9	13	16	1	119
3rd	GER	224211	Nico Naujock	25	15	13	10%	‑42	18	7	1	2	9	131
4th	SWE	222506	Ludvig Lindqvist	33	8	20	(BFD)	16	8	13	24	5	10	137
5th	NOR	224254	Theodor Middelthon	26	19	(DSQ)	21	15	31	8	5	10	3	138
6th	ITA	221118	Dimitri Peroni	14	35	21	(BFD)	3	26	4	8	9	19	139
7th	GER	223181	Julian Hoffmann	17	25	33	(BFD)	26	29	2	3	4	2	141
8th	FIN	224484	Nooa Laukkanen	‑38	11	8	14	29	28	11	7	23	12	143
9th	GBR	219895	James Percival‑Cooke	‑37	24	28	11	28	21	18	6	6	15	157
10th	ECU	197116	Matias Dyck	23	20	33	31	22	16	6	‑49	3	5	159
11th	THA	213137	Arthit Mikhail Romanyk	11	‑35	23	8	21	30	10	23	14	21	161
12th	FRA	203855	Alexandre Boite	18	23	16	24	14	13	20	16	31	‑43	175
13th	GRE	210600	Anastasios Panagiotidis	26	26	26	25	2	13	26	‑39	18	14	176
14th	DEN	218174	Nikolaj Borch	22	21	38	23	33	12	5	12	‑39	22	188
15th	JPN	204996	Yoshihiro Suzuki	22	23	24	19	20	‑43	14	18	19	29	188
16th	GER	221387	Justin Barth	28	23	‑44	22	10%	30	3	41	11	7	189
17th	GER	211217	Tim‑Felipe Conradi	27	12	31	25	35	‑42	12	31	12	4	189
18th	POR	217531	Santiago Sampaio	11	25	31	32	15	24	‑42	15	26	11	190
19th	USA	218111	Chapman Petersen	30	27	19	20	3	25	37	10	21	‑42	192
20th	CHN	211513	Ning Zhao	35	32	29	23	‑41	6	29	17	8	13	192
21st	GBR	221582	Finley Dickinson	‑32	10	21	17	29	32	19	25	22	20	195
22nd	ESA	210211	Enrique Arathoon	16	12	29	(BFD)	31	21	17	21	29	23	199
23rd	BRA	171171	Bruno Fontes	32	‑36	22	13	27	14	21	11	27	33	200
24th	CRO	222212	Bruno Gaspic	20	19	22	13	(BFD)	21	31	19	25	31	201
25th	GER	191899	Philip Walkenbach	8	31	30	‑44	33	35	38	9	1	18	203
26th	CAN	217218	Michael Leigh	27	27	20	27	17	15	25	‑38	20	25	203
27th	ITA	219281	Giacomo Musone	34	13	25	(BFD)	29	35	15	26	17	16	210
28th	CAN	178611	Fillah Karim	24	31	26	19	36	25	‑41	29	15	17	222
29th	CAN	216264	Ryan Anderson	18	24	33	32	27	14	30	4	(BFD)	44	226
30th	USA	199796	Malcolm Lamphere	25	21	34	(BFD)	36	28	34	14	13	24	229
31st	BER	222411	Campbell Patton	23	31	26	26	25	‑39	27	36	30	8	232
32nd	CZE	221935	Ondrej Teply	21	22	17	29	(BFD)	31	24	20	43	27	234
33rd	JPN	217704	Haruto Kuroda	‑46	12	39	7	32	23	39	22	33	30	237
34th	CAN	215011	Liam Bruce	21	38	15	24	30	7	‑48	27	41	34	237
35th	SWE	216181	Wilhelm Kark	24	18	27	30	18	20	40	34	(BFD)	28	239
36th	AUS	181887	Sam King	20	29	27	26	‑36	19	22	33	32	36	244
37th	GRE	221449	Georgios Papadakos	12	20	16	(BFD)	27	19	32	37	BFD	35	250
38th	GRE	212521	Dimitris Papadimitriou	19	14	28	42	17	31	28	45	‑46	26	250
39th	AUS	217316	Michael Compton	15	32	23	15	22	30	35	43	‑44	39	254
40th	CAN	219066	Norman Struthers	40	38	22	23	19	26	16	35	36	‑41	255
41st	BER	223238	Sebastian Kempe	34	28	6	18	40	38	36	32	24	(DNC)	256
42nd	USA	157851	Leo Boucher	9	28	30%	15	(RET)	20	43	40	34	40	256
43rd	JPN	216228	Kazumasa Segawa	‑40	29	32	34	35	17	23	28	28	32	258
44th	LTU	223708	Martis Pajarskas	43	33	27	13	25	18	‑44	30	35	38	262
45th	ISR	214931	Maor Ben Harosh	28	34	32	20	12	37	‑45	42	37	45	287
46th	AUS	221956	Isaac Schotte	31	26	18	30	(BFD)	44	33	48	42	37	309
47th	ARG	220573	Juan Pablo Cardozo	36	24	(UFD)	29	23	24	47	44	38	48	313
48th	MON	221812	Jeremy Moutout	31	40	30	30	23	34	46	46	40	‑47	320
49th	CRO	219759	Stipe Gaspic	SPI	41	37	28	9	16	50	51	(DNC)	46	323
50th	THA	211027	Chusitt Punjamala	49	44	31	28	12	13	51	50	(DNC)	DNC	330
51st	AUS	217539	Lachie Weber	42	42	32	24	13	37	49	47	45	(RET)	331
Bronze Fleet
1st	LCA	214113	Luc Chevrier	39	21	‑40	26	39	25	1	4	2	3	160
2nd	AUS	219891	Lawson Mcaullay	20	RDG	34	‑39	34	36	4	2	1	1	161
3rd	USA	221611	Daniel Escudero	34	33	24	(BFD)	34	34	3	1	7	2	172
4th	NZL	218101	Luke Cashmore	31	34	44	(BFD)	9	33	6	7	4	5	173
5th	CAN	217718	James Juhasz	28	13	38	39	‑43	40	2	6	3	11	180
6th	DEN	222816	Andreas Krabbe‑Christensen	30	37	38	33	20	‑41	5	5	6	6	180
7th	NZL	219221	Luke Deegan	33	22	‑42	27	37	32	10	3	12	12	188
8th	NZL	212259	Caleb Armit	32	29	23	‑41	41	33	16	11	9	7	201
9th	AUS	222155	Jack Eickmeyer	30	32	37	(BFD)	48	44	7	8	5	4	215
10th	JPN	220186	Kenji Nanri	35	‑36	34	31	10%	27	24	29	8	8	224
11th	FIN	215016	Fredrik Westman	‑40	36	35	32	28	28	22	16	14	15	226
12th	NZL	220054	Dylan Forsyth	36	37	40	38	17	‑43	12	21	16	17	234
13th	AUT	191101	Clemens Kuebber	43	44	‑46	35	15	46	15	22	11	13	244
14th	IVB	208841	Thad Lettsome	33	30	36	25	‑39	36	21	19	25	24	249
15th	USA	222516	James Golden	47	40	25	37	42	(DSQ)	19	10	10	23	253
16th	AUS	166789	Edward Reid	27	‑44	29	34	19	44	27	23	36	16	255
17th	SAM	216199	Eroni Leilua	‑44	41	43	37	37	32	23	13	21	9	256
18th	AUS	224626	Will Sargent	‑47	43	35	40	45	35	9	27	18	10	262
19th	CAN	191126	Ben Flower	35	41	36	33	‑45	36	11	12	24	34	262
20th	CHI	214730	Ricardo Seguel Lacámara	38	42	‑47	44	44	22	14	14	29	19	266
21st	DEN	218709	Kenneth Frederiksen	37	34	30	(BFD)	31	37	13	25	34	37	278
22nd	SGP	214170	Wonn Kye Lee	44	43	‑45	36	32	34	20	24	19	27	279
23rd	USA	200404	Robby Meek	39	39	‑42	40	30	41	30	20	23	18	280
24th	SRB	203013	Nikola Banjac	39	37	41	43	43	46	8	9	(BFD)	21	287
25th	AUS	222421	Patrick Scally	41	45	39	29	‑46	45	28	17	22	31	297
26th	NZL	222172	George Pilkington	25	46	44	35	24	46	26	28	(BFD)	33	307
27th	CHN	211313	Yulong Qiu	38	27	36	(BFD)	18	33	25	30	DNC	DNC	309
28th	AUS	217820	Daniel Costandi	36	38	46	38	‑48	39	18	26	32	36	309
29th	BAH	213428	Joshua Higgins	41	(DSQ)	47	37	46	50	17	42	20	14	314
30th	AUS	209514	Alexander Bijkerk	42	42	43	‑45	24	40	29	31	31	32	314
31st	AUS	221522	Julian Taylor	45	39	45	38	38	38	32	15	27	(DNC)	317
32nd	ITA	221411	Valerio Cassanmagnago	46	47	48	45	39	(RET)	44	18	15	20	322
33rd	BER	215024	Malcolm Benn Smith	37	40	43	35	38	‑48	35	37	33	25	323
34th	IND	212161	Mohit Saini	41	45	39	33	21	42	36	32	40	(DNC)	329
35th	AUS	223666	Tom Holmes	43	45	‑47	46	26	45	31	36	28	38	338
36th	AUS	211566	Thomas Farley	‑48	39	41	43	44	45	33	34	30	30	339
37th	JPN	208222	Ao Higuchi	42	48	42	34	37	‑49	40	44	26	28	341
38th	AUS	216359	Otto Henry	45	46	49	(DNC)	49	42	39	39	17	22	348
39th	CHN	221231	Jindong Kong	48	47	40	41	44	41	37	40	13	(DNS)	351
40th	AUS	217361	Patrick Cummin	46	‑47	46	36	38	39	42	41	37	26	351
41st	AUS	216366	Hamish Gilsenan	45	46	‑49	42	35	43	38	38	35	29	351
42nd	JPN	217058	Shusuke Takeuchi	47	43	41	(BFD)	47	47	41	33	38	35	372
43rd	AUS	221957	Hamish Crabb	49	49	37	46	41	47	34	35	(DNC)	DNC	389
44th	AUS	202847	John Gordon	‑50	49	49	39	47	47	45	46	42	40	404
45th	AUS	224558	Steve Gunther	48	48	48	48	40	48	43	43	39	(DNS)	405
46th	UKR	216369	David Surkov	50	50	50	48	‑51	49	46	47	41	39	420
47th	JPN	220060	Yuta Irie	49	50	48	40	50	48	48	48	43	(DNC)	424
48th	AUS	224557	James Quentin Burns	50	48	45	47	50	49	47	45	(RET)	RET	432
49th	AUS	199224	Chris Thorpe	‑51	51	51	47	49	50	49	49	44	DNS	441
50th	POL	213213	Vincent Peter	‑51	51	50	49	43	50	50	50	DNC	DNC	445