ILCA 7 World Championship at Adelaide Sailing Club

ILCA 7 World Championship at Adelaide Sailing Club - Overall

by Harry Fisher, Down Under Sail 31 Jan 10:46 UTC 24-31 January 2024

Australia's Matt Wearn claims back-to-back ILCA 7 World Championships after dominant Medal Race

Australia's Matt Wearn has put himself in the conversation as one of the top ILCA 7 sailors of all time after clinching his second ILCA 7 World Championship in the last 12 months after a big week of sailing in Adelaide.

Wearn had a consistent event from start to finish, only once falling outside the top six in any given race, and finished it off with a dominant victory in the 10-boat medal race today.

He said he had a great sense of relief after the win today and that it was also great to be able to celebrate the win with his Mum and Dad, who made the trip to Adelaide to support him.

"It's always pretty surreal this soon after the race, but I certainly got a few tingles there during the race as well, especially when I rounded the top mark in first," he said.

"I figured I obviously couldn't go into cruise control, but the job was almost half done then.

"It's surreal, to win a World Championship in itself is incredible, but to do it back-to-back and in the Olympic year as well makes it feel even more special.

"There's definitely a little bit more emotion in it being in Adelaide and in Australia, not many people can say they've had a home World Championship and this is probably as close as I'm gonna get to it, so it feels incredible."

Matt Wearn wins the 2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

The wins sets Wearn up neatly for the Paris Olympics as he eyes off the potential of back-to-back Olympic Gold Medals.

Finishing with Silver at this regatta was Norwegian Hermann Tomasgaard, who also had a consistent regatta and slid into second ahead of Great Britain's Micky Beckett on the penultimate day.

"I was guaranteed a medal and of course it always would have been a little bit annoying losing the second place, but at the end of the day my goal was to take a medal here," he said.

"So I was coming into today knowing I would be happy with whatever result, which is kind of a good feeling going into the medal race.

"I knew Micky (Beckett) and Matthew (Wearn) had been almost unbeatable all season last year, and now I finally managed to split those two up, but Matthew in the medal race was just unbeatable, he was going so quick off the line."

Matt Wearn wins the 2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

After a second at the 2023 World Championships at The Hague, Micky Beckett finished in Adelaide with a Bronze medal in what he said was a challenging medal race.

"Obviously everybody's come off the back of five pretty large days and today it's just one little last bit," he said.

"The race time is about 20 minutes where normally we have a target time of 50 minutes, so you cannot sit up for one second, it's a real bash and you just give it everything you've got.

"It's quite an unforgiving race, there's absolutely no space, no one's giving any quarter, but it's good fun to do because it's something different."

A number of sailors also earned Olympic qualification for their countries at this World Championship, pending formal confirmation by World Sailing, meaning Guatemala, Montenegro, Chile, Denmark, India, Turkey and Sweden will all be represented in Paris.

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

Overall Results:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	F1	F2	F3	F4	Medal Race	Pts
Gold Fleet
1st	AUS	199015	Matt Wearn	6	1	2	2	1	3	‑11	1	2	4	2	24
2nd	NOR	224454	Hermann Tomasgaard	1	1	1	5	5	7	1	6	3	‑21	4	34
3rd	GBR	210139	Michael Beckett	(30%)	6	1	3	1	1	3	2	12	2	10	41
4th	GER	191131	Philipp Buhl	3	1	5	5	11	‑38	10	9	6	1	14	65
5th	NZL	219921	Thomas Saunders	4	11	9	4	2	4	9	13	‑19	3	12	71
6th	CYP	212431	Pavlos Kontides	14	3	8	10	10	12	(BFD)	5	1	8	8	79
7th	FRA	216112	Jean‑Baptiste Bernaz	6	2	4	6	11	4	12	‑17	13	10	18	86
8th	CRO	216063	Filip Jurišic	2	3	4	1	16	15	‑39	3	15	26	6	91
9th	IRL	222017	Finn Lynch	8	4	6	8	5	6	(BFD)	12	21	9	16	95
10th	AUS	219896	Luke Elliott	1	2	5	10	18	10	18	‑20	5	12	20	101
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
52nd	ESP	211309	Joaquin Blanco Albalat	9	26	17	4	‑34	29	1	2	7	6		101
53rd	SLO	214148	Zan Luka Zelko	21	16	25	‑28	7	11	9	13	16	1		119
54th	GER	224211	Nico Naujock	25	15	13	10%	‑42	18	7	1	2	9		131
55th	SWE	222506	Ludvig Lindqvist	33	8	20	(BFD)	16	8	13	24	5	10		137
56th	NOR	224254	Theodor Middelthon	26	19	(DSQ)	21	15	31	8	5	10	3		138
57th	ITA	221118	Dimitri Peroni	14	35	21	(BFD)	3	26	4	8	9	19		139
58th	GER	223181	Julian Hoffmann	17	25	33	(BFD)	26	29	2	3	4	2		141
59th	FIN	224484	Nooa Laukkanen	‑38	11	8	14	29	28	11	7	23	12		143
60th	GBR	219895	James Percival‑Cooke	‑37	24	28	11	28	21	18	6	6	15		157
61st	ECU	197116	Matias Dyck	23	20	33	31	22	16	6	‑49	3	5		159
62nd	THA	213137	Arthit Mikhail Romanyk	11	‑35	23	8	21	30	10	23	14	21		161
63rd	FRA	203855	Alexandre Boite	18	23	16	24	14	13	20	16	31	‑43		175
64th	GRE	210600	Anastasios Panagiotidis	26	26	26	25	2	13	26	‑39	18	14		176
65th	DEN	218174	Nikolaj Borch	22	21	38	23	33	12	5	12	‑39	22		188
66th	JPN	204996	Yoshihiro Suzuki	22	23	24	19	20	‑43	14	18	19	29		188
67th	GER	221387	Justin Barth	28	23	‑44	22	10%	30	3	41	11	7		189
68th	GER	211217	Tim‑Felipe Conradi	27	12	31	25	35	‑42	12	31	12	4		189
69th	POR	217531	Santiago Sampaio	11	25	31	32	15	24	‑42	15	26	11		190
70th	USA	218111	Chapman Petersen	30	27	19	20	3	25	37	10	21	‑42		192
71st	CHN	211513	Ning Zhao	35	32	29	23	‑41	6	29	17	8	13		192
72nd	GBR	221582	Finley Dickinson	‑32	10	21	17	29	32	19	25	22	20		195
73rd	ESA	210211	Enrique Arathoon	16	12	29	(BFD)	31	21	17	21	29	23		199
74th	BRA	171171	Bruno Fontes	32	‑36	22	13	27	14	21	11	27	33		200
75th	CRO	222212	Bruno Gaspic	20	19	22	13	(BFD)	21	31	19	25	31		201
76th	GER	191899	Philip Walkenbach	8	31	30	‑44	33	35	38	9	1	18		203
77th	CAN	217218	Michael Leigh	27	27	20	27	17	15	25	‑38	20	25		203
78th	ITA	219281	Giacomo Musone	34	13	25	(BFD)	29	35	15	26	17	16		210
79th	CAN	178611	Fillah Karim	24	31	26	19	36	25	‑41	29	15	17		222
80th	CAN	216264	Ryan Anderson	18	24	33	32	27	14	30	4	(BFD)	44		226
81st	USA	199796	Malcolm Lamphere	25	21	34	(BFD)	36	28	34	14	13	24		229
82nd	BER	222411	Campbell Patton	23	31	26	26	25	‑39	27	36	30	8		232
83rd	CZE	221935	Ondrej Teply	21	22	17	29	(BFD)	31	24	20	43	27		234
84th	JPN	217704	Haruto Kuroda	‑46	12	39	7	32	23	39	22	33	30		237
85th	CAN	215011	Liam Bruce	21	38	15	24	30	7	‑48	27	41	34		237
86th	SWE	216181	Wilhelm Kark	24	18	27	30	18	20	40	34	(BFD)	28		239
87th	AUS	181887	Sam King	20	29	27	26	‑36	19	22	33	32	36		244
88th	GRE	221449	Georgios Papadakos	12	20	16	(BFD)	27	19	32	37	BFD	35		250
89th	GRE	212521	Dimitris Papadimitriou	19	14	28	42	17	31	28	45	‑46	26		250
90th	AUS	217316	Michael Compton	15	32	23	15	22	30	35	43	‑44	39		254
91st	CAN	219066	Norman Struthers	40	38	22	23	19	26	16	35	36	‑41		255
92nd	BER	223238	Sebastian Kempe	34	28	6	18	40	38	36	32	24	(DNC)		256
93rd	USA	157851	Leo Boucher	9	28	30%	15	(RET)	20	43	40	34	40		256
94th	JPN	216228	Kazumasa Segawa	‑40	29	32	34	35	17	23	28	28	32		258
95th	LTU	223708	Martis Pajarskas	43	33	27	13	25	18	‑44	30	35	38		262
96th	ISR	214931	Maor Ben Harosh	28	34	32	20	12	37	‑45	42	37	45		287
97th	AUS	221956	Isaac Schotte	31	26	18	30	(BFD)	44	33	48	42	37		309
98th	ARG	220573	Juan Pablo Cardozo	36	24	(UFD)	29	23	24	47	44	38	48		313
99th	MON	221812	Jeremy Moutout	31	40	30	30	23	34	46	46	40	‑47		320
100th	CRO	219759	Stipe Gaspic	SPI	41	37	28	9	16	50	51	(DNC)	46		323
101st	THA	211027	Chusitt Punjamala	49	44	31	28	12	13	51	50	(DNC)	DNC		330
102nd	AUS	217539	Lachie Weber	42	42	32	24	13	37	49	47	45	(RET)		331
Bronze Fleet
103rd	LCA	214113	Luc Chevrier	39	21	‑40	26	39	25	1	4	2	3		160
104th	AUS	219891	Lawson Mcaullay	20	RDG	34	‑39	34	36	4	2	1	1		161
105th	USA	221611	Daniel Escudero	34	33	24	(BFD)	34	34	3	1	7	2		172
106th	NZL	218101	Luke Cashmore	31	34	44	(BFD)	9	33	6	7	4	5		173
107th	CAN	217718	James Juhasz	28	13	38	39	‑43	40	2	6	3	11		180
108th	DEN	222816	Andreas Krabbe‑Christensen	30	37	38	33	20	‑41	5	5	6	6		180
109th	NZL	219221	Luke Deegan	33	22	‑42	27	37	32	10	3	12	12		188
110th	NZL	212259	Caleb Armit	32	29	23	‑41	41	33	16	11	9	7		201
111th	AUS	222155	Jack Eickmeyer	30	32	37	(BFD)	48	44	7	8	5	4		215
112th	JPN	220186	Kenji Nanri	35	‑36	34	31	10%	27	24	29	8	8		224
113th	FIN	215016	Fredrik Westman	‑40	36	35	32	28	28	22	16	14	15		226
114th	NZL	220054	Dylan Forsyth	36	37	40	38	17	‑43	12	21	16	17		234
115th	AUT	191101	Clemens Kuebber	43	44	‑46	35	15	46	15	22	11	13		244
116th	IVB	208841	Thad Lettsome	33	30	36	25	‑39	36	21	19	25	24		249
117th	USA	222516	James Golden	47	40	25	37	42	(DSQ)	19	10	10	23		253
118th	AUS	166789	Edward Reid	27	‑44	29	34	19	44	27	23	36	16		255
119th	SAM	216199	Eroni Leilua	‑44	41	43	37	37	32	23	13	21	9		256
120th	AUS	224626	Will Sargent	‑47	43	35	40	45	35	9	27	18	10		262
121st	CAN	191126	Ben Flower	35	41	36	33	‑45	36	11	12	24	34		262
122nd	CHI	214730	Ricardo Seguel Lacámara	38	42	‑47	44	44	22	14	14	29	19		266
123rd	DEN	218709	Kenneth Frederiksen	37	34	30	(BFD)	31	37	13	25	34	37		278
124th	SGP	214170	Wonn Kye Lee	44	43	‑45	36	32	34	20	24	19	27		279
125th	USA	200404	Robby Meek	39	39	‑42	40	30	41	30	20	23	18		280
126th	SRB	203013	Nikola Banjac	39	37	41	43	43	46	8	9	(BFD)	21		287
127th	AUS	222421	Patrick Scally	41	45	39	29	‑46	45	28	17	22	31		297
128th	NZL	222172	George Pilkington	25	46	44	35	24	46	26	28	(BFD)	33		307
129th	CHN	211313	Yulong Qiu	38	27	36	(BFD)	18	33	25	30	DNC	DNC		309
130th	AUS	217820	Daniel Costandi	36	38	46	38	‑48	39	18	26	32	36		309
131st	BAH	213428	Joshua Higgins	41	(DSQ)	47	37	46	50	17	42	20	14		314
132nd	AUS	209514	Alexander Bijkerk	42	42	43	‑45	24	40	29	31	31	32		314
133rd	AUS	221522	Julian Taylor	45	39	45	38	38	38	32	15	27	(DNC)		317
134th	ITA	221411	Valerio Cassanmagnago	46	47	48	45	39	(RET)	44	18	15	20		322
135th	BER	215024	Malcolm Benn Smith	37	40	43	35	38	‑48	35	37	33	25		323
136th	IND	212161	Mohit Saini	41	45	39	33	21	42	36	32	40	(DNC)		329
137th	AUS	223666	Tom Holmes	43	45	‑47	46	26	45	31	36	28	38		338
138th	AUS	211566	Thomas Farley	‑48	39	41	43	44	45	33	34	30	30		339
139th	JPN	208222	Ao Higuchi	42	48	42	34	37	‑49	40	44	26	28		341
140th	AUS	216359	Otto Henry	45	46	49	(DNC)	49	42	39	39	17	22		348
141st	CHN	221231	Jindong Kong	48	47	40	41	44	41	37	40	13	(DNS)		351
142nd	AUS	217361	Patrick Cummin	46	‑47	46	36	38	39	42	41	37	26		351
143rd	AUS	216366	Hamish Gilsenan	45	46	‑49	42	35	43	38	38	35	29		351
144th	JPN	217058	Shusuke Takeuchi	47	43	41	(BFD)	47	47	41	33	38	35		372
145th	AUS	221957	Hamish Crabb	49	49	37	46	41	47	34	35	(DNC)	DNC		389
146th	AUS	202847	John Gordon	‑50	49	49	39	47	47	45	46	42	40		404
147th	AUS	224558	Steve Gunther	48	48	48	48	40	48	43	43	39	(DNS)		405
148th	UKR	216369	David Surkov	50	50	50	48	‑51	49	46	47	41	39		420
149th	JPN	220060	Yuta Irie	49	50	48	40	50	48	48	48	43	(DNC)		424
150th	AUS	224557	James Quentin Burns	50	48	45	47	50	49	47	45	(RET)	RET		432
151st	AUS	199224	Chris Thorpe	‑51	51	51	47	49	50	49	49	44	DNS		441
152nd	POL	213213	Vincent Peter	‑51	51	50	49	43	50	50	50	DNC	DNC		445