Australian International Tornado Association

Pable Soldano recently visited the Tornadoes at Travemunde during the 2010 Tornado Worlds. Andrew Dowley took the oportunity to talk to Pablo about the One Design sails for the Tornado.

Day 3 of racing in the 2010 Tornado World Championships just didn’t happen.  No wind so no sailing.

Day 4 of racing in the 2010 Tornado World Championships was looking like the first day.  A good breeze from the north west at around 15 knots but dropping off before the start of the first race.

The first race was held in light and shifty conditions.  The Aussie boats didn’t have a great race with Brett and Ryan finishing the best in 8^th.   The wind picked up for the second race and four Aussie boats finished within 6 places with Jack and Thilo coming in 7^th, Adam and Jamie 10^th, Brett and Ryan 11^th and Paul and Dave 12^th.  Peter and Ethan had an altercation with another boat and had to retire from the remainder of the races.

The third race was difficult with the wind shifting 40 degrees on the second lap. Jack and Thilo showed their talent with a well deserved 4^th and Brett and Ryan finished a disappointing day with an 8^th.

The first ever mixed crew of Roland Gaebler and Nahid Gaebler finished a fantastic effort to win by one point from the fast finishing Greek pair of Iordanis Paschalidis and Konstantin Trigonis who won the last three races. The German brothers Helge and Christian Sach finishing in third place.  Brett Burvill and Ryan Duffield finishing in a commendable 4^th.

Overall placings for the Australian Teams:

Brett and Ryan - 4^th
Adam and Jamie – 11^th
Jack and Thilo – 13^th
Paul and Dave – 20^th
Peter and Ethan – 29^th

View the final results: http://www.tornado-class.org/events/2010worlds/results.htm
A list of video clips, articles and photos are available on this site here or at http://www.tornado-class.org/events/worlds.htm

Day 2 of racing in the 2010 Tornado World Championships was as forecast with the fleet sitting on the shore for most of the day until being sent out in a light 4 – 6 knots of breeze coming from the north-east; a very different breeze from the previous day’s north-west. The race area had a choppy inconsistent wave which would make life interesting. At times you could compare the water to a washing machine with waves crossing and making life difficult. The breeze was patchy and the right hand side of the course seemed to pay off for most. Two races completed today.

Brett and Ryan - 6th and 4th. Slipping to 4^th overall after the Sach brothers finished with two seconds to sneek past into 3^rd.

Day 1 of racing in the 2010 Tornado World Championships was a perfect start to the championships with 15 – 20 knots of wind. Brett and Ryan 1^st day started with a 2^nd in the first race, a 3^rd in the second and they recovered well in the 3^rd race after breaking their Jib sheet on the first upwind to finish a credible 5^th. The two young F18 sailors Adam Beattie and Jamie Leitner showed that changing to a Tornado was not too difficult with two top ten finishes in race 2 and 3 but a DNF in the first race with a broken trapeze wire stopping them from being in the top ten after the first day with them currently sitting in 20^th position. The surprise has been myself and David Beeby who are currently sitting in 10^th position after a slow start. We were hoping to be in the top 25 so this is really encouraging considering Dave and myself have not sailed together on a Tornado before this regatta.