On day three of the M32 World Championship the race area was shifted more to the centre of the Lake to give the teams new challenges and to create more opportunities for passing lanes. The top four teams separated by a point, YoungBlood with Miles Julien, Surge with Ryan McKillen, Rated X with Jake Julien and Extreme2 with Dan Cheresh kept the fight going with no team pulling ahead. As the wind picked up and the race committee called for a reef, the reigning World Champions on Rated X showed their experience and managed to climb to the top of the leaderboard. They now sit with a lead of 6 points. That is not a safe margin going into the last day with another five races scheduled.
The fight for podium places is exciting as the fleet are very close on points. Race #10 winner Pursuit with skipper Bill Ruh says “We had a tough day yesterday.. ..so we are pretty happy to have a more solid day today” and continues “Everyone is working hard to improve and you can see that on the race course.” Consistent sailing by Dingbat, Bobby Julien, and Gravedigger, James Prendergast have them all staying in the fight.
The forecast for the last day is complicated with a rain front moving in later in the day. The teams will go out for an early morning start and the plan is to end the event in the northerly Peler. A wind direction that will, yet again, provide a new challenge for teams. Tomorrow is the ultimate point in the regatta and at the end of the day we will crown the 2025 M32 World Champions.
A large part of the M32 class is the social events and the relaxed camaraderie among the teams. Today was no different with the Fraglia Vela Riva treating the entire M32 family to a BBQ at the dock as sailors returned to the harbour. “I think that the party for Sunday night is looking pretty good” says Ryan McKillen of Surge going into the last day on 3rd place.
M32 World Championship 2024 CREW LIST
Rated X USA #69
Jake Julien USA
Keith Swinton AUS
Rhys Mara AUS
Julius Hallström SWE
Jeff McCoey USA
Dingbat USA #70
Bobby Julian USA
Tom Burton AUS
Ed Powys GBR
Will Tiller NZL
Lewis Brake AUS
Surge USA #63
Ryan McKillen USA
Taylor Canfield USA
Sam Loughborough USA
Ted Hackney USA
Luke Payne AUS
Youngblood USA #71
Miles Julien, USA
Carlos Robles ESP
Bernardo Freitas POR
Dan Morris USA
Moritz Spitzhauer AUT
Pursuit USA #65
William Ruh USA
Charlie Smythe USA
Rome Kirby USA
Chris Steel NZL
Cooper Dressler USA
Cape Crow Vikings Sweden #77
Hakan Svensson SWE
Dave Doucett USA
Andre Henriksson SWE
Hans Wallen SWE
Jakob Wilson SWE
Lucky Dog USA #54
Travis Weisleder USA
Jeremy Wilmot USA
John Bowden USA
Mark Bulkley GBR
Stewart Dodson NZL
Extreme2 USA #52
Dan Cheresh USA
Morgan Larson USA
Luke Muller USA
Scott Ewing USA
Mac Agnese USA
Gravedigger USA #42
James Prendergast USA
Nick Hutton GBR
Mark Spearman AUS
Martin Kirketerp DEN
Nicholas Heiner NED
Vitamina ITA #51
Andrea LaCorte ITA
Matteo De Luca ITA
Federico Benini ITA
Andrea Spagnoli ITA
Matteo Ferraglia ITA
Warrer Racing DEN #47
Peter Warrer DEN
Jonas Warrer DEN
Daniel Bjørnholt DEN
Gustav Schwennesen DEN
Mads Fuglbjerg DEN
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