Goodison back on winning form

Final reports and results from Sail Melbourne

Laser

With Sandringham Yacht Club race officials calling off racing in some classes today, including the Laser class, due to strengthening wind conditions on Port Phillip Bay, Paul Goodison (GBR), has won the Laser class at the Sail Melbourne Regatta this afternoon.

Goodison took a break from sailing, saying he had ‘become tired and was no longer interested,’ but after some time out, regrouped and this week proved that time away had done no harm but a lot of good. He finished the eight race series with 12 points, four wins included in that total.

Brendan Casey (AUS) continued some of his best performances for some time, coming home second with 24 points.

Michael Blackburn (AUS) finished in third place overall with 26 points, the Sydneysider coming down with cold during the week. Despite not feeling well, Blackburn said he was ‘just relieved my final Olympic qualifier is finally over and I finished in the top 25, which is what I had to do to get to Athens.’

Casey, from Queensland and Blackburn were the two Australian hopefuls for selection, Casey brought home varied results while Blackburn stayed at the top end, but at their last two regattas, Casey has found his way again.

Tom Slingsby (AUS) won fourth place on countback from Mark Howard (GBR) on equal points of 28.

The Laser fleet consisted of 33 competitors from 11nations including a number of the world top ranked sailors.

Results

Pos	Skipper	Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Tot
1	Paul Goodison	GBR	1	4.00G	[5.00]	2	1	2	1	1	12
2	Brendan Casey	AUS	3	1.00G	3	6	4	5	2	[10.00]	24
3	Michael Blackburn	AUS	4	3.00G	2	1	6	8	[9.00]	2	26
4	Tom Slingsby	AUS	[8.00]	5.00G	6	4	2	1	3	7	28
5	Mark Howard	GBR	6	2	4	5	3	[11.00]	5	3	28
6	Ed Wright	GBR	2	2.00G	7	3	[10.00]	10	7	4	35
7	Pieter-jan Postma	NED	5	7.00G	1	8	[15.00]	4	6	11	42
8	Andrew Commander	GBR	[15.00]	6.00G	8	7	8	3	14	6	52
9	Ricky Ironmonger	AUS	7	8.00G	11	12	[17.00]	9	4	14	65
10	Rory Fitzpatrick	IRL	11	10.00G	9	[15.00]	9	7	13	9	68
11	Kevin Lim	MAS	13	9.00G	14	11	7	6	[20.00]	16	76
12	Martin Trcka	CZE	10	1	16	13	21	[23.00]	16	8	85
13	Gavan Jones	IRL	[19.00]	5	19	17	13.00G	12	8	12	86
14	Michael Leigh	CAN	9	15	10	9	16	15	[19.00]	15	89
15	Hugh Styles	GBR	16	4	13	10	5	14	[34.00C]	34.00C	96
16	Iijima Yoichi	JPN	20	6	[34.00O]	14	13	19	10	18	100
17	Trevor Hamilton	CAN	[21.00]	12	15	18	18	13	11	17	104
18	Hisaki Nagai	JPN	18	7	12	16	23	17	17	[24.00]	110
19	Stanley Tan	SIN	14	9	17	19	[20.00]	20	18	13	110
20	Andrew Lea	CAN	17	16	[34.00C]	34.00C	11	16	15	5	114

470

Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page (AUS) would be feeling quite confident right now. The pair today won the 470 Olympic class from Sandringham Yacht Club at the Sail Melbourne Regatta.

Coming straight from their 420 World title win at Mornington Yacht club just short of one week ago, the pair finished this regatta with two first places, five 2nds and other top placings to finish the 11 race series with 18 points, seven in front of the second placed Nick Rogers/Joe Glanfield (GBR), the latter pair will represent Great Britain in Athens in August this year.

Kazuto Seki/Kenjiro Todoroki (JPN) had an excellent regatta to finish in third place overall with 39 points. They are ranked 21 in the World, and were not expected to finish in a top three position – six of the top ten sailors in the world were in the fleet.

Gustavo Martinez/Dimas Valdivielso (ESP) had only one win in the series, but were consistently top four finishers to finish fourth overall with 40 points.

Gildas Philippe/Nicolas Le Berre (FRA), the No. 2 ranked pair, were touted to be the major threat to all in this class, but petered out as the series went on to finish fifth with 41 points.

In the Womens fleet, Ingrid Petitjean/Nadege Douroux (FRA) were unstoppable from the word go. Their final points, including a second and third place in the Combined fleet, beating the top male crews for these places, gave them a deserved ninth overall with 87 points to win the Womens, from Christina Bassadone/Katherine Hopson (GBR) with 108 points, for 13th Combined and second women.

Natalia Via-dufresne/Sandra Azon (ESP) finished 14th overall, third Women on countback from Jenny Armstrong/Belinda Stowell (AUS) on 27 points each.

Armstrong/Stowell had their best race of the series in the final race, in which they finished ninth in Combined for a win in the Womens.

‘We got a good start, picked all the right shifts, we were racing top ten with all the men. It was nice to get a good start and a good finish, Jenny’s a good driver, actually we haven’t had the easiest regatta this week, so it’s good the selection is over,’ Stowell said.

‘Even some of the other girls commented, ‘you two were the only girls out there racing today’ – we went for it, but we were conservative when we needed to be, there was no use going over the top. We feel some confidence going to the National’s next week. We can get on with our plans for the Olympics now,’ Armstrong said.

Results

	Women
	Skipper	Crew	Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Tot
1	Ingrid Petitjean	Nadge Douroux	FRA	3	[6.00]	4	[5.00]	1	1	1	1	4	4	2	21
2	Christina Bassadone	Katherine Hopson	GBR	2	2	3	2	4	2	5	3	[6.00]	[9.00]	3	26
3	Natalia Via-dufresne	Sandra Azon	ESP	1	5	1	4	[8.00]	[8.00]	6	2	1	1	6	27
4	Jenny Armstrong	Belinda Stowell	AUS	6	1	[10.00]	1	2	3	[9.00]	5	2	6	1	27
5	Susanne Ward	Michaela Ward	DEN	[15.00O]	3	6	[15.00Q]	6	7	2	4	5	2	5	40
6	Jennifer Provan	Nikola Girke	CAN	8	[9.00]	7	3	3	6	7	6	3	3	[15.00F]	46
7	Vlada Ilienko		RUS	4	4	2	7	7	5	4	[8.00]	8	7	[15.00F]	48
8	Chizuko Ijima	Makiko Ikuta	JPN	7	7	[9.00]	6	5	4	3	7	[9.00]	5	4	48
9	Marjon Kooistra	Petra De Goederen	NED	5	8	5	8	[9.00]	9	8	9	7	8	[15.00F]	67
10	Michelle Rooke	Lisa Rooke	AUS	10	10	8	10	[12.00]	[12.00]	11	10	11	11	7	88
11	Lydia Allen	Friederike Ziegelmayer	AUS	9	[15.00C]	13	9	13	10	10	11	10	[15.00C]	15.00C	100
12	Jacqui Bonnitcha	Rayshele Martin	AUS	[15.00C]	[15.00F]	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	10	9	101
13	Liying Toh	Lee Ching Tok	SIN	[15.00F]	[15.00F]	11	11	10	15.00C	15.00C	15.00C	15.00C	15.00C	15.00C	122
14	Elise Rechichi	Tessa Parkinson	AUS	[15.00C]	[15.00C]	15.00C	15.00C	15.00C	15.00C	15.00C	15.00C	15.00C	15.00C	8	128
	Men
1	Nathan Wilmot	Malcolm Page	AUS	1	2	[9.00]	[4.00]	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	17
2	Nick Rogers	Joe Glanfield	GBR	3	[6.00]	1	3	[7.00]	1	3	1	4	5	2	23
3	Gildas Philippe	Nicolas Le Berre	FRA	2	1	7	9	[14.00]	[12.00]	9	4	1	2	1	36
4	Kazuto Seki	Kenjiro Todoroki	JPN	[8.00]	8	3	1	6	6	1	3	5	3	[11.00]	36
5	Gustavo Martinez	Dimas Valdivielso	ESP	4	4	2	[7.00]	1	4	[7.00]	7	7	7	4	40
6	Benjamin Bonnaud	Ronain Bonnaud	FRA	[21.00C]	5	5	8	5	7	8	[13.00]	9	10	6	63
7	Gabrio Zandona	Andrea Trani	ITA	[21.00C]	3	4	2	10	5	[18.00]	9	16	13	5	67
8	Mathew Belcher	Nick Behrens	AUS	5	9	8	5	8	8	6	8	10	[14.00]	[21.00C]	67
9	Gerald Owens	Ross Killian	IRL	[12.00]	7	12	6	9	3	[13.00]	12	6	8	7	70
10	Graham Vials	Bevis Field	GBR	9	[13.00]	[21.00O]	10	13	9	11	5	3	4	10	74
11	Marc Patino	Omar Juan	ESP	11	[14.00]	6	11	3	13	4	6	13	11	[21.00F]	78
12	Marcell Goszleth	Adam Szorenyi	HUN	7	10	14	14	4	14	[15.00]	[17.00]	8	9	8	88
13	Kristian Kjaergaard	Mads Moeller	DEN	6	12	[17.00]	[15.00]	11	11	14	10	12	6	9	91
14	Akira Ishibashi	Hiroki Goto	JPN	10	11	11	12	[15.00]	10	5	11	11	15	[21.00C]	96
15	John Russell	Brent Macdonald	CAN	14	16	13	13	[21.00O]	15	12	14	[17.00]	12	13	122
16	Tomas Musil	Jan Danek	CZE	13	18	15	[20.00]	12	17	10	18	15	16	[21.00F]	134
17	Dylan Clarke	Ayden Menzies	AUS	16	15	10	17	16	16	[21.00O]	15	18	[19.00]	12	135
18	Junhao Roy Tay	Pei Ming Chung	SIN	15	17	[18.00]	16	17	18	16	16	14	18	[21.00C]	147
19	Alex Chapman	Michael Chidgey	AUS	[21.00C]	[21.00F]	16	18	18	20	17	19	21.00C	17	15	161
20	Shane Hughes	Andrew Hughes	AUS~SA	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	[20.00]	19	[21.00C]	14	164

Finn

Anthony ‘Nocka’ Nossiter was today announced winner of the Finn class at the Sail Melbourne Regatta on Port Phillip Bay.

The Finns were kept ashore today when winds strengthened and Sandringham race officials decided to call off all racing in the class.

Nossiter, from Sydney, won seven of the ten races sailed, and with two race drops finished with nine points from Josh Beaver, (W.A.), who finished on 15 points, two first places in his score. Watch out for the name Beaver, he gets better with each regatta.

Paul McKenzie (Vic) finished in third place overall with 20 points.

Results

Pos	Skipper	Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Tot
1	Anthony Nossiter	AUS	1	1	1	1	[2.00]	1	1	[2.00]	2	1	9
2	Josh Beaver	AUS	2	[3.00]	[4.00]	2	1	2	2	1	3	2	15
3	Paul Mckenzie	AUS	[3.00]	2	2	[3.00]	3	3	3	3	1	3	20
4	Dean Mcaullay	AUS	4	4	3	4	[5.00]	4	4	4	[5.00]	4	31
5	John Shallvey	AUS	5	[7.00]	5	6	6	5	5	5	[8.00]	7	44
6	Michael Grieve	AUS	[11.00F]	6	6	7	[8.00]	6	6	6	4	5	46
7	Bucky Smith	AUS	7	5	7	8	4	[11.00C]	[11.00F]	11.00C	6	6	54
8	James Mcallister	AUS	6	[11.00C]	8	5	7	[11.00C]	11.00C	11.00C	7	8	63
9	Robert Barr	AUS	[11.00C]	[11.00C]	11.00C	11.00C	11.00C	11.00C	11.00C	11.00C	9	11.00F	86
10	Julius Szolvik	AUS	[11.00C]	[11.00C]	11.00C	11.00C	11.00C	11.00C	11.00C	11.00C	11.00F	11.00F	88

49er

Chris Nicholson and Gary Boyd (AUS) won today’s 49er final race, and were one of only three to complete today’s final race of the Sail Melbourne Regatta.

The duo has won the series outright, and if things go according to plan, will represent Australia at the Olympic Games in Athens in August this year.

With winds increasing to up to as much as 28-30 knots, the 49er fleet was caught out, the bulk of the fleet suffering breakages, and Masato Tekaki, the Japanese crew of Kenji Nakamura, was taken to hospital with suspected broken ribs.

Ben and Marcus Turnbull (AUS), young brothers from Victoria, sailed an excellent regatta, including today’s battering race, to finish their regatta in a deserved second place, just one point in front of the third placed Ilya Ermakov/Maxim Logoutenko (RUS), the first Russian crew in the history of 49er sailing to finish in a top three place at a major regatta.

Results

Pos	Skipper	Crew	Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Tot
1	Chris Nicholson	Gary Boyd	AUS	[12.00C]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	[12.00O]	2	1	1	1	14
2	Ben Tardrew	Marcus Tardrew	AUS	3	3	2	[12.00F]	3	[5.00]	3	2	4	1	5	3	3	3	35
3	Ilya Ermakov	Maxim Logoutenko	RUS	2	5	3	2	5	3	2	3	1	4	[8.00]	2	4	[12.00F]	36
4	Kenji Nakamura	Masato Takaki	JPN	1	4	[12.00F]	3	2	4	4	4	3	[12.00O]	1	5	5	12.00F	48
5	Mark Turnbull	Nick Partridge	AUS	4	2	4	[12.00F]	7	2	[12.00F]	12.00C	5	2	4	6	2	2	52
6	Chay Haldane	Tim Frears	AUS	6	7	5	[12.00O]	4	7	5	5	7	5	9	7	6	[12.00F]	73
7	Tom Clout	Sam Newton	AUS	5	6	[12.00C]	[12.00O]	6	6	12.00F	6	12.00F	7	7	8	12.00F	12.00C	99
8	Ron Scherwinski	James Lanati	AUS	7	8	[12.00C]	5	8	8	7	8	[12.00F]	8	10	10	12.00S	12.00C	103
9	Gordon Cook	Rob Fox	CAN	[12.00C]	[12.00C]	12.00C	12.00C	12.00C	12.00C	6	7	6	6	6	12.00C	12.00C	12.00F	115
10	Iker Martinez	Xabier Fernandez	ESP	[12.00C]	[12.00C]	12.00C	12.00C	12.00C	12.00C	12.00C	12.00C	12.00C	3	3	4	12.00F	12.00C	118
11	Peter Graham	Rhys O'cain	NZL	[12.00C]	[12.00F]	12.00C	4	12.00F	12.00F	12.00C	9	12.00C	9	11	9	7	12.00C	121

Tornado

Robbie Lovig/Glen Douglas (Vic) have won the Tornado class series at the Sail Melbourne Regatta today.

Sandringham Yacht Club officials cancelled racing this afternoon due to high winds; the Tornado’s racing finished after ten races, Lovig/Douglas the victors.

The pair counted four first places in their final score of 15 to beat Greg Wyers/David Hart (NSW) by three points and Andrew MacPherson/Greg Lynch by five points.

Meanwhile, Beau Outteridge/Michael Taylor (AUS) won their series for seven points after six wins. Helen Caley/George Wills (NZL) finished second with 12 points, Lucian Francis/Wulf Wilkins third with 19 points.

Claire Cunningham/Felix Patterson (Tas) take home the 420 prize with seven straight wins for six points after a race drop. Clair McCartney/Louise Hutton (Tas) finished second with 18 points.

Mark Lincoln (Vic) takes home first prize in the Laser 4.7 class with nine wins from nine places to finish his series with seven points after two race drops. Mark Edmonds, one of three Northern Territory entries at Sail Melbourne is second, with 20 points and Harry Mighell (Vic) third on 24.

Matthew Chew (Qld) kept going at Sail Melbourne to bring home first prize with six wins from nine races for total points of eight. He got better as the regatta went on, so deserves his first place.

Richard Bott (NSW) won the last race to finish second overall on 13 points from Andrew Mowlem (NZL) with 18 points. Mowlem had the earlier lead in the regatta, but dropped of the pace a little towards the end.

Results

Pos	Skipper	Crew	Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Tot
1	Robbie Lovig	Glen Douglas	AUS	[8.00Q]	[8.00Q]	1	1	1	4	3	1	2	2	15
2	Greg Wyers	David Hart	AUS	[8.00Q]	[8.00Q]	2	2	6	2	2	2	1	1	18
3	Andrew Macpherson	Greg Lynch	AUS	[8.00Q]	[8.00Q]	3	4	2	1	1	3	3	3	20
4	Stephen Medwell	Brent Vaughan	AUS	[8.00Q]	[8.00Q]	5	5	3	3	4	4	4	5	33
5	Matthew O'brien-punch	Jack Benson	AUS	[8.00F]	[8.00C]	4	6	5	5	5	5	6	4	40
6	Marcus Towell	Steve Short	AUS	[8.00Q]	[8.00F]	6	3	4	8.00F	8.00C	8.00C	8.00C	8.00C	53
7	John Punch	Sam Benson	AUS	[8.00F]	[8.00C]	8.00C	8.00C	8.00C	6	8.00C	8.00C	5	6	57

Europe

Krystal Weir (AUS) stepped into a Europe single handed dinghy for the first time three weeks ago, her sites set on an Olympic campaign in 2008. Today she won her second race of the Olympic & Invited Classes series at the Sail Melbourne Regatta to finish the second overall from Sarah Blanck (AUS) - both are from Victoria.

Weir, who turned 19 just a few days ago, commented this afternoon, ‘I am still sailing my Laser Radial, so that is still on my mind. I am quite excited about my win today – I’m glad I didn’t see Sarah capsize, otherwise I might have gone in too. I just have to stay focussed now, I have a lot to learn, although the Europe feels quite similar to the Laser Radial to sail.’

Sarah Blanck (AUS), had the lead as they worked their way to the windward mark for the first time on Port Phillip Bay this afternoon, however, Weir rounded first and in the increasingly gusty and building wins, Blanck capsized twice, leaving her fourth overall in the final Race 11, behind Weir, Verena Wagner (AUT) and Maiko Sato (JPN).

As Sail Melbourne was the final Australian selection series for those Olympic classes racing at the Olympic & Invited Classes regatta, Blanck looks certain to represent at the Sydney 2000 Games,

Results

Pos	Skipper	Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Tot
1	Sarah Blanck	AUS	1	1	1	1	1	[3.00]	1	1	1	1	[4.00]	9
2	Krystal Weir	AUS	[3.00]	[3.00]	3	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	1	18
3	Verena Wagner	AUT	2	2	2	3	[10.00O]	[4.00]	2	3	3	3	2	22
4	Maiko Sato	JPN	[5.00]	[5.00]	4	5	3	2	5	4	4	4	3	34
5	Riana Haldane	AUS	4	4	[5.00]	4	[10.00O]	5	4	5	5	5	5	41
6	Clare Hozack	AUS	[6.00]	[6.00]	6	6	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	52
7	Louise Bricknell	AUS	7	7	8	8	5	7	7	7	[10.00C]	[10.00C]	10.00C	66
8	Julie Boyer	AUS	[10.00F]	[10.00C]	9	7	6	8	8	9	8	8	10.00F	73
9	Lisa Boyer	AUS	[10.00F]	[10.00C]	7	9	7	9	9	8	7	7	10.00F	73

Mistral women

Faustine Merret (FRA) was today announced the winner of the Womens Mistral class at the Sail Melbourne Regatta on Port Phillip Bay. Finishing with her worst result today – a fifth in the Mistral Womens class at Sail Melbourne, she still managed to win the regatta by some nine points from her nearest rival, Jessica Crisp (AUS) with 26 points and Allison Shreeve (AUS) on 38.

Merret, who sailed a superb series that included top three places in all but the last race, dropped the fifth place as her worst result, and really had no peers at this regatta, despite facing some of the top ranked girls in the class.

Allison Shreeve finished second in this last race, the heavier airs more suited to her style. ‘I am OK about missing out on the Olympics, I know my time will come, I’ve just got better and better, so I am happy about that. Sure, I’m disappointed, but that’s sailing,’ the stoic 21 year old commented.

Crisp, who has won the battle for Olympic points, finished her day on the windy course on Port Phillip Bay with a third place and was looking forward to celebrating her victory tonight with ‘maybe just one drink,’ she said.

Results

Pos	Skipper	Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Tot
1	Faustine Merret	FRA	1	2	2	2	[3.00]	1	3	3	2	1	[5.00]	17
2	Jessica Crisp	AUS	[6.00]	4	4	1	[5.00]	4	1	2	4	3	3	26
3	Allison Shreeve	AUS	2	1	1	[17.00R]	8	9	2	1	[13.00]	12	2	38
4	Romy Kinzl	GER	[13.00]	[11.00]	10	5	1	2	6	4	6	4	1	39
5	Bryony Shaw	GBR	7	3	3	4	[12.00]	7	[9.00]	9	1	7	6	47
6	Sigrid Rondelez	BEL	3	8	11	[17.00R]	4	5	4	6	3	11	[12.00]	55
7	Natasha Sturges	GBR	[12.00]	6	6	[11.00]	2	8	11	7	5	2	10	57
8	Takagi Michiru	JPN	8	7	8	8	7	[13.00]	8	[12.00]	8	5	8	67
9	Angeliki Skarlatou	GRE	4	[13.00]	7	3	9	6	7	13	10	9	[17.00F]	68
10	Olga Maslivets	UKR	9	5	[12.00]	9	10	10	5	10	[12.00]	8	4	70
11	Lanee Beashel	USA	[11.00]	10	5	6	[11.00]	3	10	8	9	10	11	72
12	Jannicke Stalstrom	NOR	5	9	9	7	[17.00Q]	12	12	5	11	[17.00C]	7	77
13	Yasuko Kosuge	JPN	10	12	[13.00]	10	6	11	[13.00]	11	7	6	9	82
14	Ilona Grinberga	LAT	[17.00F]	[17.00F]	17.00F	17.00C	13	14	14	14	15	14	13	131
15	Diana Detre	HUN	[17.00F]	[17.00F]	17.00F	17.00C	14	15	15	17.00F	14	13	17.00F	139
16	Alisha Kawalla	GBR	[17.00F]	[17.00S]	17.00C	17.00C	17.00F	17.00F	17.00F	17.00F	16	15	17.00C	150

Mistral men

Julien Bontemps (FRA) had the Mistral Mens sailboard at the Sail Melbourne Regatta wrapped up yesterday, but that did not stop him from racing and winning the final Race 11 today on a windy Port Phillip Bay.

Bontemps, like his French counterpart, Faustine Merret in the Mistral Womens, did not look back from Day one, winning eight of the 11 races, his worst result also a fifth placing.

Max Oberemko (UKR) grabbed a second place today to finish his regatta overall with 17 points from Lars Kleppich (AUS). Kleppich finished third today for third place – not a bad effort, being the oldest man in the fleet – 36 years old and a father of two – he still has what it takes and looks like representing Australia in Athens – his third Olympics.

Eleven competitors from five nations contested the Mistral Mens including some of the top boardsailors from around the world.

Results

Pos	Skipper	Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Tot
1	Julien Bontemps	FRA	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	[3.00]	[5.00]	1	10
2	Max Oberemko	UKR	2	2	[3.00]	2	2	[8.00]	2	1	1	3	2	17
3	Lars Kleppich	AUS	3	[7.00]	2	3	4	2	3	4	7	[8.00]	3	31
4	Ikuo Inoue	JPN	4	3	6	4	[12.00O]	4	[7.00]	5	2	6	4	38
5	Aron Gadorfalvi	HUN	[6.00]	5	4	5	3	5	4	[12.00O]	6	1	6	39
6	Ryutaro Oishi	JPN	[8.00]	6	5	6	8	6	[10.00]	3	4	7	5	50
7	Michael Lancey	AUS	7	[8.00]	8	7	7	3	[9.00]	7	5	2	7	53
8	Kazuya Ueno	JPN	5	4	7	[8.00]	6	7	6	6	8	4	[9.00]	53
9	Jonathan Bonnitcha	AUS	[10.00]	[9.00]	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	78
10	Corey Plant	AUS	9	[10.00]	10	[12.00F]	5	10	5	10	10	10	10	79
11	Lorand Utassy	HUN	[11.00]	[11.00]	11	10	10	11	11	9	11	11	11	95

2.4m

Stuart Shimeld (NSW) did not finish the final race in the 2.4mR class at Sail Melbourne today, but it did not stop him from winning the series, which he did with eight points.

Hot on his heals in second was the man who will probably represent at the Paralympics later this year, Peter Thompson, who finished with 10 points, only two behind the winner, after a win in the final race today.

Sailed in increasingly big winds on a large swell, Thompson surfed home just in front of his main rival for the Olympic spot, Michael McLean, who finished with 20 points.

McLean said afterwards, ‘I’m glad we finished when we did, I thought my boat was going to fill with water, she kept nose diving a bit, but going downwind today was wonderful – it felt so fast.’

Kim Williams finished fourth on a countback with Kathy McLean relegated to fifth. McLean is the wife of Michael, the two enjoying sailing together at this regatta.

Results

Pos	Skipper	Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Tot
1	Stuart Shimeld	AUS	1	1	1	1	1	3	[10.00F]	8
2	Peter Thompson	AUS	2	[4.00]	2	2	2	1	1	10
3	Michael Mclean	AUS	[4.00]	3	4	4	3	4	2	20
4	Kim Williams	AUS	5	2	5	5	5	2	[10.00F]	24
5	Kathy Mclean	AUS	6	[7.00]	3	3	4	5	3	24
6	Aaron Hill	AUS	3	6	7	7	[10.00F]	6	4	33
7	Pamela Murray	AUS	8	5	6	6	[10.00F]	7	10.00F	42
8	Mick Lemon	AUS	9	9	[10.00O]	8	6	8	10.00F	50
9	Grahme Rayner	AUS	7	8	8	9	[10.00F]	10.00C	10.00C	52