2011 Weymouth & Portland International Regatta

November 2019 The Weymouth & Portland International Regatta 2011 was the sailing test event for the 2012 Summer Olympics and was part of the London Prepares series. It was held at the National Sailing Academy between the 31 July and 13 August 2011. Venue The regatta took place at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) in Osprey Quey, Portland Classes All of the Olympic classes raced at the regatta and will followed the rules of the Olympics, of one boat per a nation in each class.ISAF http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36364.php ISAF: London 2012 Olympic Games Sailing Competition : What Is The Weymouth And Portland International Regatta? Sailing.org 2011-07-28 2012-07-09 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111020014531/http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36364.php 2011-10-20 Elliott The Elliot class is a match racing boat for women it is held in a round robin format. The regatta featured twelve teams from Australia, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and USA. On the opening day of competition competitors experienced light winds. Finland, Russia and Sweden after the opening day all had one hundred percent records.ISAF http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36389.php ISAF: London 2012 Olympic Games Sailing Competition : Light Winds Welcome Women's Match Racers On Opening Day Sailing.org 2011-08-02 2012-07-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120712163020/http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36389.php 2012-07-12 dead On the second day the class experienced light winds again as Russia maintained their winning streak. Whilst Finland improved to a 7–1 win loss record with their only defeat coming from the Russians. Hosts Great Britain only won one race on day one, won all four on day two to move back into contention for the quarterfinals. While Australia, Germany, Portugal and Spain were all set to exit the competition in the round robin phase after day two.ISAF http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36407.php ISAF: London 2012 Olympic Games Sailing Competition : Russian Match Racers March On Sailing.org 2011-08-03 2012-07-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120712163051/http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36407.php 2012-07-12 dead On the final day Great Britain and the Netherlands won all four of their races to improve to a 7–3 record and move into the knockout stages. While Russia finally lost as they lost twice. Russia still go into the quarterfinals ranked number one despite losses to the US and France who also join them. Sweden and Australia also advanced to the quarterfinals. The draw for the quarterfinals saw Russia take on Australia, Finland against Sweden, the Netherlands face the US, and Great Britain against France.ISAF http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36416.php ISAF: London 2012 Olympic Games Sailing Competition : No Separating Dempsey And Van Rijsselberge As The RS:X Racing Gets Underway Sailing.org 2011-08-04 2012-07-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120712162925/http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36416.php 2012-07-12 dead In the battle for the minor places, Australia defeated Great Britain 3–2 while the Netherlands defeated Sweden 3–0 to advance to the 5/6 place race. While Australia and Britain go into the 7/8 place race. However, due to light winds only one set of races was complete on the 8 August with Australia and Great Britain winning.ISAF http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36452.php ISAF: London 2012 Olympic Games Sailing Competition : Klepacka Dips Into Pole Position Sailing.org 2011-08-08 2012-07-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120712162947/http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36452.php 2012-07-12 dead The weather played havoc again and they were unable to complete the rest of the races, meaning that Britain finished seventh and Australia fifth.ISAF http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36463.php ISAF: London 2012 Olympic Games Sailing Competition : Bouwmeester Claims Gold With A Day To Spare Sailing.org 2011-08-10 2012-07-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120712163045/http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36463.php 2012-07-12 dead In the semi-finals Finland defeated the USA 3–0, while Russia went 2–0 up only to see France level and force a decider. In the decider the French forced the Russian boat to the right side of the course, only for Russia to round the mark first and finish four lengths clear. In the bronze medal match France defeated America 2–0.ISAF http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36456.php ISAF: London 2012 Olympic Games Sailing Competition : Bouwmeester Shines On Shifty Wind Day Sailing.org 2011-08-09 2012-07-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120712163152/http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36456.php 2012-07-12 dead In the final Finland defeated Russia to claim the gold medal at the regatta.July 2012 RS:X Windsurfer Men Women Laser Laser Radial 470 Men Women Finn Races three and four were dominated by Postma. The Dutchman won the first race by 52 seconds and the second by 16 Weymouth Bay West course to move into third. Ainslie and Lobert continued to occupy the first two positions.ISAF http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36439.php ISAF: London 2012 Olympic Games Sailing Competition : Windy Day Favours The Australians Sailing.org 2011-08-07 2012-07-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120712162821/http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36439.php 2012-07-12 dead Lobert moved into second place overall after he and Ainsile won race five and six. The Frenchman was just one point ahead of Postma. Race seven and eight were split by Ainslie and Postma. Ainslie won the first race by a huge margin of 51 seconds before coming in second behind Posma to lead the Dutchman by 7 points. On the penultimate day of racing Ainslie won the class as he finished the day 19 points ahead of Jan Postma. Ainslie won the opening race of the day with Jan Postma in second. After race nine the Dutchman trailed the Briton by eight points. In race 10 Ainslie inflicted a penalty on his rival before the start of the race. Ainslie match raced his rival as they both started behind the rest of the fleet. The Brit then made his way through the field taking the lead in the final 300 metres whilst Postma finished in a lowly 15 place, sealing the regatta for the Brit.Robert Deaves http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36476.php ISAF: London 2012 Olympic Games Sailing Competition : Pure Brilliance From Ben Ainslie In Weymouth Sailing.org 2011-08-13 2012-07-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120714195552/http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36476.php 2012-07-14 dead In the medal race, Ainslie completed his week by winning it. Postma finished eighth and dropped to third overall as Frenchman Lobert finished third in the race.ISAF http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36480.php ISAF: London 2012 Olympic Games Sailing Competition : Outteridge And Jensen Grab Gold On Thrilling Final Day Sailing.org 2011-08-13 2012-07-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120712163147/http://www.sailing.org/london2012/news/36480.php 2012-07-12 dead Star 49er Results Event Winner Second Third Elliott 6m – Women's Match Racinghttp://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/WMatch_Results.pdf Archived copy 26 August 2011 27 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110827024410/http://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/WMatch_Results.pdf dead Finland Russia United States RS:X – Men's Windsurferhttp://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/RSXM_Results.pdf?nocache=1 Archived copy 26 August 2011 8 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308060904/http://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/RSXM_Results.pdf?nocache=1 dead Dorian van Rijsselberghe NED Nick Dempsey GBR Przemysław Miarczyński POL RS:X – Women's Windsurferhttp://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/RSXW_Results.pdf?nocache=1 Archived copy 26 August 2011 8 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308062645/http://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/RSXW_Results.pdf?nocache=1 dead Zofia Noceti-Klepacka POL Marina Alabau ESP Bryony Shaw GBR Laserhttp://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/Laser_Results.pdf?nocache=1 Archived copy 26 August 2011 8 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308070845/http://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/Laser_Results.pdf?nocache=1 dead Tom Slingsby AUS Rutger van Schaardenburg NED Paul Goodison GBR Laser Radialhttp://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/LaserRadial_results.pdf?nocache=1 Archived copy 26 August 2011 8 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308065042/http://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/LaserRadial_results.pdf?nocache=1 dead Marit Bouwmeester NED Evi Van Acker BEL Paige Railey USA 470 Menhttp://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/470M_Results.pdf?nocache=1 Archived copy 26 August 2011 8 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308063225/http://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/470M_Results.pdf?nocache=1 dead France Australia Israel 470 Womenhttp://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/470W_Results.pdf?nocache=1 Archived copy 26 August 2011 4 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111104011005/http://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/470W_Results.pdf?nocache=1 dead Japan Great Britain Netherlands Finn http://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/Finn_Results.pdf?nocache=1 Archived copy 26 August 2011 8 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308064217/http://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/Finn_Results.pdf?nocache=1 dead Ben Ainslie GBR Jonathan Lobert FRA Pieter-Jan Postma NED Starhttp://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/Star_Results.pdf?nocache=1 Archived copy 26 August 2011 9 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121009165702/http://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/Star_Results.pdf?nocache=1 dead Brazil Great Britain Poland 49erhttp://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/49er_Results.pdf?nocache=1 Archived copy 26 August 2011 27 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110827024547/http://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/49er_Results.pdf?nocache=1 dead Australia Spain New Zealand References Weymouth and Portland International Regatta Weymouth and Portland International Regatta Category:Sailing competitions in the United Kingdom Category:Sport in Weymouth, Dorset