Thursday 27 March 2008

Day Three: Mens and Youth Laser Radial Worlds



by Olivia and Sarah Powrie

Conditions were again proving to be pretty spectacular with north-easterlies of 12-18 knot breezes off Takapuna Boating Club, giving the sailors a good workout in big waves. With the discard now in, results have seen a mix-up, but in all three fleets, the leaders continued to stay out in front of the opposition today.

In the Men’s Youth fleet, Andy Maloney (NZL) started the day off well with a third but slipped up with a starting penalty in race six. With the discard now in the results he is still eight points clear of second. Martin Evans (GBR) is now in second on seventeen points having scored a third and first today and Max Moerman Maarten (NED) is in third on eighteen points.

Cushla Hume-Merry (NZL) retains her lead in the Female Youth fleet with a four point margin over Gabrielle King (AUS) in second place. While Sarah Gunni (DEN) jumped up the score board into third place after discarding a starting penalty in race two.

Having not finished outside the top two in all of his races, Michael Leigh (CAN) is showing a dominant performance in the Men’s fleet, pulling away from Brad Funk (USA) in second place who is four points off the lead. Having been able to discard a starting penalty, Simon Morgan (AUS) sits in third place.

A fantastic effort has been made by the North Shore City Council, which is providing pasta each afternoon once racing is completed. It has been very well received by sailors, coaches and volunteers alike.

Provisional Results (after 6 races, with one discard)

Men

Rank Nat SailNo Helm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total Nett
1st CAN 175948 Leigh Michael (2) 2 1 1 1 1 8 6
2nd USA 184454 Funk Brad 1 3 2 2 (5) 2 15 10
3rd AUS 169430 Morgan Simon 7 (72 BFD) 5 3 2 4 93 21
4th NZL 184685 Sandall James 6 1 (13) 7 9 5 41 28
5th AUS 188795 Burman James (18) 4 6 4 4 11 47 29


Youth - Men

No Sailno Name Scores 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 NZL 181961 Maloney Andrew 9.0 3 1 1 1 3 (ocs)
2 GBR 189362 Evans Martin 17.0 10 (12) 1 2 3 1
3 NED 178640 Moerman Maarten Max 18.0 (20) 9 2 4 1 2
4 AUS 191612 Burton Tom 19.0 10 (bfd) 3 3 2 1
5 NZL 185381 McKee Cameron 22.0 2 4 (18) 10 2 4


Youth - Women

No Sailno Name Scores 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 NZL 192278 Hume-Merry Cushla 8.0 2 2 2 1 (6) 1
2 AUS 186668 King Gabrielle 12.0 4 1 1 (7) 4 2
3 DEN 184984 Gunni Sarah 15.0 1 (bfd) 3 2 5 4
4 USA 182841 Dennis Claire 25.0 3 7 (9) 6 2 7
5 IRL 190587 Murphy Annalise 26.0 (17) 4 6 4 3 9

Takapuna Worlds

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