Morrison and Rhodes take the lead

An update from the 29er and 49er Worlds on Lake Garda

Silja Lehtinen, 2006 29er World Champion with crew Will Howard leads the 29erXX Gold Cup posting a 2-1-1 today in trying conditions. The Swedish crew of Sara Engstrom and Hanna Dahlborg also posted good finishes, but a collision caused them a dnf in the last race. Tiina Kotamies and Camilla Cedercreutz of Finland round out the top 3 of the 15 boat fleet.

The Ora came in as planned at 1pm and built slowly to about 18 knots, but soon dropped down to 12 with the last fleets coming off the water at 6:30pm.

Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes were able to sail a 3-1-3 today closely followed by fellow British teammates Paul Campbell-James and Mark Asquith who sailed a 2-3-1 to keep the 2 teams 1 point apart.

Nico Delle Karth and Nikolaus Leopold Resch from Austria have 11 points with a 1-6-2 using the 6th as their throw-out while current World Champion Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen of Australia are tied with the Austrians at 11.

Sailing continues tomorrow with three more races for the qualifying of the 49er class while the 29erXX fleet will have three remaining races to close out the Gold Cup.

Results - 49er

Pos	Crew	Sailno	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Stevie Morrison, Ben Rhodes	GBR 2	1	1	-7	3	1	3	9
2	Paul Campbell-James, Mark Asquith	GBR 9	2	-5	2	2	3	1	10
3	Nico Delle Karth, Nikolaus Leopold Resch	AUT 10	3	1	4	1	-6	2	11
4	Nathan Outteridge, Iain Jensen	AUS 1	2	2	-10	4	2	1	11
5	John Pink, Rick Peacock	GBR 1082	4	-6	2	5	1	2	14
6	Pietro Sibello, Gianfranco Sibello	ITA 4	7	4	1	2	-20	1	15
7	Pavle Kostov, Petar Cupac	CRO 1052	8	3	3	1	-9	2	17
8	Peter Hansen, Soren Hansen	DEN 982	3	3	9	5	1	-10	21
9	Manu Dyen, Christidis Stephane	FRA 1070	4	7	4	3	-17	3	21
10	Chris Draper, Peter Greenhalgh	GBR 1097	2	-10	6	6	3	7	24
11	Lennart Briesenick-Pudenz, Morten Massmann	GER 964	-10	2	3	10	2	9	26
12	Iker Martinez de Lizarduy, Xavier Fernandez	ESP 7	-15	15	4	1	3	4	27
13	Euan McNicol, Sam Newton	AUS 1051	1	2	7	9	10	-13	29
14	Morgan Lagraviere, Yann Rocherieux	FRA 1071	11	4	1	7	6	-18	29
15	Dave Evans, Simon Hiscocks	GBR 1096	1	4	1	-19	16	8	30
16	Giuseppe Angilella, Pietro Zucchetti	ITA 1021	8	-12	9	2	4	8	31
17	Erik Heil, Thomas Ploessel	GER 804	4	9	5	6	8	-11	32
18	Leopold Fricke, Lorenz Huber	GER 915	13	6	-16	5	4	6	34
19	Julien d'Ortoli, Noe Delpech	FRA 1068	9	8	-21	8	8	5	38
20	Lauri Lehtinen, Kalle Bask	FIN 1060	3	(dnf)	2	25	4	6	40
21	Billy Gooderham, Ian Hogan	CAN 1058	6	-16	12	10	9	3	40
22	Will Phillips, Sam Phillips	AUS 1062	8	7	-15	4	14	7	40
23	David O'Connor, Robert Bell	AUS 1028	9	9	3	7	15	-19	43
24	Richard Mason, Tom Peel	GBR 1042	11	12	-13	9	7	4	43
25	Axel Silvy, Ulysse Hoffmann	FRA 992	-16	10	9	13	5	6	43
26	Erik Storck, Trevor Moore	USA 1046	5	6	10	12	-14	11	44
27	Tobias Schadewaldt, Hannes Baumann	GER 961	15	14	-18	4	7	5	45
28	Marcus Baur, Wolf Jeschonek	GER 996	11	3	-16	15	6	12	47
29	Peter Burling, Blair Tuke	NZL 1101	-20	8	8	3	20	9	48
30	Emil Toft Nielsen, Simon Tofft	DEN 981	7	9	14	14	-15	4	48
31	Yukio Makino, Kenji Takahashi	JPN 816	5	11	6	13	13	-21	48
32	Dylan Fletcher, Alain Sign	GBR 1098	12	5	8	11	12	-16	48
33	Peter Kruger Andersen, Nicolai Thorsell	DEN 1039	16	1	-23	11	11	12	51
34	Lukasz Przybytek, Krzysztof Kierkowski	POL 1041	-17	16	5	8	12	10	51
35	Alberto Padron, Guiomar Bonill	ESP 927	14	(dnf)	10	8	5	17	54
36	Federico Alonso, spare	ESP 1006	12	13	-15	7	7	15	54
37	Simon Karstoft Jensen, Jonathan Bay	DEN 1019	13	-15	7	11	10	15	56
38	Gordon Cook, Ben Remocker	CAN 1020	5	(ocs)	6	16	23	7	57
39	David Mcdiarmid, Andrew Archibald	NZL 1064	-19	8	14	9	15	12	58
40	Chris Nicholson, Ben Austin	AUS 1059	10	14	11	14	9	-15	58
41	Julian Ramm, Oliver Lewin	GER 810	14	13	16	-20	11	5	59
42	Richard Bone, Chris Rodway	GBR 1027	13	-18	8	10	18	11	60
43	Vincent Berthez, Sebastien Durand	FRA 993	9	10	-19	15	10	19	63
44	Daniel Loperfido, Matteo Gritti	ITA 881	6	17	-28	14	5	22	64
45	Steven Thomas, Kyle Langford	AUS 859	24	(dnf)	5	20	8	9	66
46	Andrew Walsh, Simon Marks	GBR 950	10	11	12	-23	21	14	68
47	Ryan Seaton, Metthew McGovern	IRL 1032	18	18	13	6	14	-22	69
48	Carl P Sylvan, Niclas Duering	SWE 939	19	13	11	(ocs)	12	14	69
49	Ferrari Marco, Ferrari Alessandro	ITA 554	14	15	11	12	18	-20	70
50	Ilamri Kuusi, Heikki Soininen	FIN 885	6	11	23	(dnf)	13	18	71
51	Pavel Karachev, Dimitry Kalyapin	RUS 911	15	(dnf)	dnf	12	2	13	73
52	Chris Rashley, Matt Gotrel	GBR 1037	-21	12	12	16	18	18	76
53	Mathieu Frei, Baizez Brice	FRA 953	-22	17	14	17	16	13	77
54	Claus Hastrup Knudsen, Christian Iversen	DEN 983	(dsq)	5	22	18	24	10	79
55	Matias Gainza Eurnekian, Federico Villambrosa	ARG 1049	17	14	18	17	13	(dnf)	79
56	Bernardo Freitas, Francisco Andrade	POR 1072	22	7	15	(dnf)	dnf	8	83
57	Cédric Fleury, Claeyssens Louis	FRA 800	7	(ocs)	26	15	19	21	88
58	Clint Marshall, Ty Marshall	AUS 984	19	17	20	13	21	-24	90
59	Hunter Lowden, Kevin Grierson	CAN 921	25	19	13	18	-27	17	92
60	Jan Hauke Erichsen, Hans Jakob Dethleffsen	GER 914	-22	20	19	20	16	17	92
61	Matthieu Dubreucq, Tej Trevor Parekh	CAN 946	-20	20	17	18	17	20	92
62	Jonathan Ladha, Daniel Inkpen	CAN 1074	18	-25	20	21	19	16	94
63	Peeter Must, Carl Horrocks	USA 817	18	19	18	-24	24	16	95
64	Luca Maffessoli, Petissi Stefano	ITA 866	17	18	19	-22	22	19	95
65	Stelios Noutsos, Dimitri Benakis	GRE 852	20	24	21	-27	11	24	100
66	Sean O'Rourke, Harry Bethwaite	AUS 420	16	19	20	22	-25	25	102
67	James Peters, Dicken Maclean	GBR 940	23	16	25	17	22	-26	103
68	Phil Sharp, Nick Murray	GBR 956	21	22	-26	22	25	14	104
69	Peter Graham, Iain Begg	NZL 811	-25	20	21	19	21	23	104
70	Ben Paton, Adam Hilton	GBR 818	12	23	-27	25	23	23	106
71	Yannick Lefebvre, Matthieu Janssens	BEL 864	24	(dnf)	24	19	17	26	110
72	Alexey Chekrygin, Vitaly Russo	RUS 1085	23	(dnf)	27	21	19	20	110
73	Robert Gibbs, James Garnaut	AUS 1063	(dnf)	dnf	17	16	26	21	111
74	Heinrich von Bayern, Daniele di Martino	GER 889	25	21	22	23	20	-27	111
75	Manuel Jimenez, juan Gonzalez Torcida	ESP 977	26	(ocs)	17	24	22	25	114
76	Gianmarco Togni, Filippo Togni	ITA 849	23	23	-24	23	23	24	116
77	Jamie Grant, Topher Kingsley	CAN 824	21	24	25	24	-27	27	121
78	Fynn Sterritt, Sebastian Ripard	GBR 830	27	21	22	(dnf)	25	27	122
79	Giovanni Tesei, Andrei Tesei	ITA 656	26	26	27	21	(dnf)	22	122
80	Marcus Spillane, Sumeet Patel	IRL 963	-28	22	24	25	26	25	122
81	Ron Price, Amy Cartwright	GBR 776	27	23	23	(dnf)	24	28	125
82	Arthur Keller, Alexis Rochat	SUI 737	-26	25	26	26	26	23	126
83	Matteo Giovanelli, Angelo Barziza	ITA 958	-28	22	28	26	28	26	130
84	Davide Lupo Conti, Marco Achler	ITA 957	24	21	25	(dnf)	dnf	dnf	132
85	Thomas Mueller, Maximilian Grass	SUI 696	29	24	29	(dnf)	dnf	28	141
86	Gianluca Pellegrini, Paolo Pagliano	ITA 556	(dnf)	dnf	29	dnf	27	29	147
87	Andrea Conti, Paolo Battini	ITA 444	(dnf)	dnf	dnf	26	dnf	dnf	150
88	Rupert Tildesley, Andy Jeffrey	GBR 532	(dnf)	dnf	dnf	dnf	dnf	28	152
89	Stephen Murray, Alec Boere	GBR 512	(dnf)	dnf	dnf	dnf	dnf	dnf	155