Locals day at Sail Melbourne

Lighter teams struggle as the wind increases at Sail Melbourne

Finally some of the stronger conditions that Port Phillip is renowned for at Sail Melbourne today and the local sailors revelled, breaking the stranglehold the international competitors have held since day one in most classes.

Although the day started overcast constant drizzling rain and light airs, the rain soon went. Classes experienced shifty conditions in the 8-10 and 12-15 knot wind range. This was a day for the locals to shine and the light air specialists suffered, as did the many of the internationals that had been at the top of the leaderboard, as they found all the holes and found it hard read the shifts.

"It was extremely frustrating," said Laura Baldwin (GBR), who until this afternoon had held down third place in the Laser Radial class. "I found every hole and found it very difficult to read the shifts."

Olympic 470 world champions Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page (AUS) agreed. "The shifts were massive – 20-30 degrees." But for the Aussies, who are used to these conditions, it was pay-dirt time as the pair from NSW notched up their first win of the series in the last race of the day. "It was pure arse," laughed Page. The pair though, revels in the heavier winds.

However, it's the second Aussie pair, Mat Belcher and Nick Behrens who are in the spotlight right now. They lead the 470 class by three points from their Aussie counterparts. "We've been training really hard with our new coach Evgeniy. We've done a lot of regattas this year and you have to remember we've only sailed together for two years now.

"We are now into getting our technique right and strategy and fine-tuning and know we are on the right track now and that psychology plays a big part in winning. We are very happy with our performance right now," Belcher said.

Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson (AUS) scored a further bullet and a second place to lead the Women's 470 by three points. Japanese crews hold the next three places, then comes the next Aussie crew.

Victorian 20 year-old Krystal Weir also scored her first win today to take the lead of the series. "Finally" she said, also enjoying the fresher conditions that had an adverse effect on the Chinese who had led the class coming into today's racing. Weir only has a one point advantage though over her two nearest rivals and a number of others breathing down her neck.

Another local who is a happy camper today is Finn sailor Ricky Ironmonger (AUS), who won both races today from dual Olympian Anthony Nossiter. "It was close, but there was breathing space – it wasn't a case of pipped at the line," he said. Ironmonger led the earlier race from start to finish, but only caught Nossiter on the final run home in the later race. "I got on a nice wave and surfed it," the talented 20 year-old newcomer to the class said.

A potential protest in the 49er class could see the current leaders score diminished somewhat, following an incident that resulted in a broken spinnaker pole and a DNF result for Aussie crew Nathan Outteridge and Ben Austin.

"it was shifty with big pressure lines. Some were predictable, some weren't. We are doing OK, but we could be doing better. We seem to be making a mistake in each race," said Outteridge, even though he scored two second places from three races.

Currently though, the Japanese crew of Kenjiro Todoroki and Kenji Takahashi lead a local Victorian crew, William Phillips and Jon Newman (AUS) by six points. Although quite new to the class, crew Phillips is sailing an excellent regatta and scored their second win of the series in the last race of the day.

Tom Slingsby (AUS) also scored a win in the last Laser race of the day and now leads by two points Matias Del Solar from Chile and Brit, Mark Howard.

Despite losing his crew Glenn Ashby, who suffered three broken bones in his right foot yesterday, Darren Bundock (AUS), with fill-in crew Josh Fugill still managed a second and win today to lead the British world ranked No.4 pair of Leigh McMillan and Will Howden.

The two Australian Nicky's continue as the top two in the Yngling keelboat class, with Olympian Nicky Bethwaite and crew scoring two more bullets today to lead the series from crew Nicky Souter who came up with two further second places.

The Invited Classes, Tasar, Laser 4.7, OK Dinghy and 420 classes commence their racing program tomorrow and finish on Saturday, along with the Olympic classes.

Results:

470:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Nationality	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Mathew Belcher	Nick Behrens	AUS	1	[3.00]	2	1	1	2	7
2	Nathan Wilmot	Malcolm Page	AUS	3	2	[5.00]	2	2	1	10
3	Kazuto Seki	Syouichi Yanagawa	JPN	2	1	3	3	[4.00]	3	12
4	Geoffrey Woolley	Mark Overington	NZL	4	4	4	[6.00]	6	4	22
5	Roy Tay	Peiming Chung	SIN	6	5	1	7	[17.00]	10	29
6	Elise Rechichi	Tessa Parkinson	AUS	9	7	10	[14.00]	3	6	35
7	Dylan Clarke	Ayden Menzies	AUS	5	[10.00]	7	8	9	7	36
8	Yuka Yoshisako	Noriko Ohkuma	JPN	[14.00]	12	12	11	5	5	45
9	Chizuko Ijima	Sayaka Kato	JPN	7	[14.00]	6	13	8	11	45
10	Ai Kondo	Naoko Kamata	JPN	11	9	8	[15.00]	13	9	50
11	Yuanzhen Xu	Terence Koh	SIN	13	[17.00]	14	4	15	8	54
12	Lauren Jeffries	Rike Ziegelmayer	AUS	15	11	9	12	7	[17.00]	54
13	Luc Tasker	Brett Sharpe	AUS	10	15	11	5	[16.00]	16	57
14	Mathieu Higgins	Timothy Lynch	AUS	8	[16.00]	13	9	14	14	58
15	Shane Hughes	Andrew Hughes	AUS	12	13	[15.00]	10	11	13	59
16	Keith Swinton	Darren Palmer	AUS	17	8	[18.00]	16	12	12	65
17	Liying Toh	Lee Ching Tok	SIN	20	6	[23.00O]	19	10	15	70
18	Stacey Omay	Rayshele Martin	AUS	19	20	17	17	[21.00]	18	91
19	David Von Felten	Adam Martin	AUS	16	19	16	[23.00R]	20	23.00F	94
20	Natalie Dewing	Catherine Shanks	AUS	[21.00]	18	21	18	18	19	94

49er:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Nationality	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Tot
1	William Phillips	Jon Newman	AUS	[6.00]	1	2	2	1	5	3	1	1	16
2	Kenjiro Todoroki	Kenji Takahashi	JPN	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	[13.00Q]	10	20
3	Nathan Outteridge	Ben Austin	AUS	3	3	4	3	[5.00]	2	2	3.10G	2	22.1
4	Scott Kennedy	Scott Illingworth	NZL	4	5	5	4	4	7.5	[13.00O]	3	5	37.5
5	Jake Bartrom	Craig Prentice	NZL	1	4	7	8	[9.00]	3	6	2	8	39
6	Euan Mcnicol	Seve Jarvin	AUS	5	6	3	[13.00O]	3	4	13.00S	13.00O	3	50
7	Tom Clout	Marcus Ashley-Jones	AUS	9	9	[13.00C]	7	6	10	4	4	6	55
8	Paul Newman	Christopher Maxted	AUS	[13.00O]	7	8	5	7	6	8	13.00O	4	58
9	Peter Vaiciurgis	Andrew Baglin	AUS	[13.00O]	10	9	9	8	7.5	5	5	11	64.5
10	Peter Wilson	Alex Godina	AUS	[13.00O]	11	10	6	10	9	7	6	7	66

Finn:

Pos	Helm	Nationality	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Anthony Nossiter	AUS	1	1	1	1	[2.00]	2	6
2	R Ironmonger	AUS	[2.00]	2	2	2	1	1	8
3	William Wild	AUS	[4.00]	3	3	3	3	3	15
4	John Shallvey	AUS	3	[4.00]	4	4	4	4	19
5	Brian Reynolds	AUS	[6.00C]	6.00C	6.00C	6.00C	5	5	28

Laser:

Pos	Helm	Nationality	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Tot
1	Matias Del Solar	CHI	2	[5.00]	1	2	1	6
2	Thomas Slingsby	AUS	1	[7.00]	2	1	2	6
3	Mark Howhard	GBR	6	[8.00]	3	3	3	15
4	Michael Leigh	CAN	[13.00]	2	7	6	6	21
5	Marc De Haas	NED	[26.00Q]	10	4	4	8	26
6	Henrik Boquist	SWE	12	6	5	[13.00]	4	27
7	Hisaki Nagai	JPN	5	4	[14.00]	7	11	27
8	David Wright	CAN	3	[26.00Q]	6	14	5	28
9	Kevin Lim	MAS	4	9	9	8	[14.00]	30
10	Martin Trcka	CZE	11	3	[13.00]	11	10	35
11	Borde Mickael	FRA	8	11	[12.00]	9	9	37
12	Dan Ward	GBR	9	[26.00B]	11	5	13	38
13	Josh Junior	NZL	10	[26.00B]	8	12	12	42
14	Malo Leseigneur	FRA	16	1	15	17	[21.00]	49
15	Yoichi Iijima	JPN	7	[26.00R]	26.00O	10	7	50
16	Warwick Hill	AUS	[21.00]	12	19	15	15	61
17	Ryan Hannan	AUS	17	13	16	[20.00]	18	64
18	Timothy Castles	AUS	[22.00]	19	10	21	17	67
19	Aaron Heritage	AUS	18	18	[20.00]	16	16	68
20	Joshua Chant	AUS	14.5	14	17	24	[26.00Q]	69.5

Laser Radial:

Pos	Helm	Nationality	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Krystal Weir	AUS	7	1	4	[13.00]	1	6	19
2	Shen Xiaoying	CHN	1	10	[13.00]	2	2	5	20
3	Veronika Fenclova	CZE	6	[8.00]	5	4	3	2	20
4	Shen Huanqi	CHN	5	6	1	3	6	[7.00]	21
5	Corinne Meyer	SUI	4	[7.00]	6	6	4	1	21
6	Xu Lijia	CHN	2	4	2	[11.00]	5	8	21
7	Laura Baldwin	GBR	[21.00Q]	3	7	1	8	4	23
8	Sara Winther	NZL	3	2	8	7	[9.00]	3	23
9	Nathalie Brugger	SUI	8	5	[12.00]	9	7	9	38
10	Megan De Lange	AUS	9	9	10	8	[13.00]	13	49
11	Manyi Lo	SIN	[14.00]	14	3	10	11	12	50
12	Su Zhen	CHN	10	13	11	5	12	[21.00O]	51
13	Anna Patterson	AUS	17	[21.00C]	17	12	14	10	70
14	Satoko Hasegawa	JPN	13	11	[18.00]	16	15	16	71
15	Madeline Deppeler	AUS	11	17	9	18	[19.00]	17	72
16	Stephanie Styring	AUS	12	[16.00]	14	15	16	15	72
17	Philip Harvey	AUS	15.5	[21.00C]	16	21.00Q	10	11	73.5
18	Kaori Takahashi	JPN	15.5	15	15	14	17	[18.00]	76.5
19	Dylan Perham	AUS	18	12	[19.00]	17	18	14	79
20	Sarah Blanck	AUS	[21.00C]	21.00C	21.00C	21.00C	21.00C	21.00C	105

RS:X Men:

Pos	Helm	Nationality	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Casper Bouman	NED	1	1	1	[3.00]	1	1	5
2	Joeri Van Dijk	NED	9	2	2	2	[36.00F]	2	17
3	Jp Tobin	NZL	3	3	3	4	[9.00]	4	17
4	David Robertson	NZL	[14.00]	4	4	5	2	7	22
5	Aron Gadorfalvi	HUN	11	7	[36.00O]	7	3	6	34
6	Ertugrul Icingir	TUR	5	5	[36.00O]	6	12	8	36
7	Steve Allen	AUS	2	13	[36.00O]	1	20	3	39
8	Chi Ho Ho	HKG	12	6	6	12	8	[18.00]	44
9	Zhou Yuanguo	CHN	7	12	9	11	6	[16.00]	45
10	Motokazu Kenjo	JPN	15	8	7	15	[21.00]	5	50
11	Corey Plant	AUS	8	11	11	[14.00]	13	10	53
12	King Yin Chan	HKG	[36.00C]	10	13	25	4	9	61
13	Riccardo Giordano	ITA	16	17	5	16	10	[21.00]	64
14	Makoto Tomizawa	JPN	19	[21.00]	12	8	14	13	66
15	Sean O'brien	AUS	13	[27.00]	16	10	15	15	69
16	Yuji Sugihara	JPN	6	18	14	9	[28.00]	23	70
17	Matthew Mccormick	NZL	20	[23.00]	8	13	18	11	70
18	Zachary Plavsic	CAN	[36.00C]	22	10	18	11	12	73
19	Kwok Fai Cheng	HKG	18	9	[36.00O]	26	5	17	75
20	Akinori Goshi	JPN	4	[31.00]	19	17	25	14	79

RS:X Women:

Pos	Helm	Nationality	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Yasuko Kosuge	JPN	4	1	2	[9.00]	7	1	15
2	Chen Qiubin	CHN	6	2	4	2	4	[9.00]	18
3	Duan Mingli	CHN	[14.00F]	4	1	7	2	6	20
4	Wai Man Chan	HKG	3	6	[9.00]	6	1	4	20
5	Wai Kei Chan	HKG	1	5	7	[8.00]	6	2	21
6	Masako Imai	JPN	2	[7.00]	6	5	3	5	21
7	Yin Jian	CHN	5	3	8	[11.00]	5	3	24
8	Allison Shreeve	AUS	7	8	3	1	[9.00]	7	26
9	Gourand Solenn	FRA	9	10	[12.00]	4	8	8	39
10	Anna Davis	AUS	[14.00F]	12	5	3	13	10	43

Tornado:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Nationality	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Darren Bundock	Glenn Ashby	AUS	1	[2.00]	1	1	2	1	6
2	Leigh McMillan	Will Howden	GBR	3	1	2	2	[4.00]	2	10
3	Aaron Mcintosh	Bruce Kendall	NZL	[4.00]	3	3	3	1	4	14
4	Carolijn Brouwer	Sebbe Godefroid	BEL	[6.00]	4	4	4	5	3	20
5	Andrew Macpherson	Greg Lynch	AUS	[5.00]	5	5	5	3	5	23
6	Rohan Langworthy	David Hart	AUS	2	[7.00]	6	6	6	7	27
7	Matthew Punch	Jack Punch		[7.00]	6	7	7	7	6	33
8	David Rutledge	Hugh Rutledge	AUS	[9.00F]	9.00F	9.00C	9.00C	9.00C	9.00C	45

2.4mR

Pos	Helm	Nationality	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Peter Russell	AUS	1	3	2	1	3	1	11
2	Michael Leydon	AUS	2	1	5	3	2	2	15
3	Michael Mclean	AUS	3	2	1	2	4	4	16
4	Michael Lemon	AUS	8	5	4	5	1	5	28
5	Kathy Mclean	AUS	7	6	3	7	5	3	31
6	Masakazu Suto	JPN	4	4	8	4	6	6	32
7	Pamela Murray	AUS	6	7	6	6	9.00S	7	41
8	Alison Weatherly	AUS	5	8	7	8	7	8	43

Yngling:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Crew	Nationality	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	Nicola Bethwaite	Julie Grimshaw	Petronella De Jong	AUS	1	[2.00]	1	1	1	1	5
2	Nicky Souter	Angela Farrell	AUS	9		[5.00]	1	2	2	2	2
3	Jeanne-claude Strong	Neville Wittey	Ruth McCance	AUS	2	[5.00]	3	5	3	3	16
4	Hamish Jarrett	Chris David	Vaden Saunders	AUS	3	3	[7.00]	3	5	6	20
5	Christopher Harper	Callum Thompson	Janet Harper	Aus	[6.00]	4	4	4	4	5	21
6	Simone Deane	Lisa Sims	Nicole Follington	AUS	[7.00]	6	5	6	6	4	27
7	Patricia Warn	Joyce Warn	AUS	32		4	[9.00F]	6	7	7	8
8	Jordan Reece	Michael Reece	Tom Reece	AUS	8	7	8	[9.00F]	8	7	38

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