Hamlin/Alarie move forward

Six races sailed in 505 World championships in Sweden

After a postponement of over four hours in the hot and sunny conditions while waiting for wind, a gentle northwesterly breeze settled for sufficient time for the 505 fleet to start the sixth race of the 505 World Championship.

Fortunately the current that dominated the racing on Monday was much reduced but the light breeze had variations in pressure and direction across the course. A left shift near the top of the first beat brought the Americans, Howard Hamlin and Peter Alarie, to the front, Hamlin obviously suffering no ill effects from gashing his head badly on the boom before the start.

The chasing pack were led by Patrick McCosh and Dennis Lapham of Zimabwe and Stefan Koeclin and Axel Preigan of Germany. The initial shift had caused the Race Committee to move the top mark for the second round but a further shift again strongly biased the beat to the left, which turned the next three legs into a procession with fewer overtaking opportunities than the average Formula 1 race.

Hamlin and Alarie held on to lead Koeclin and Priegan home, with Krister Bergstrom and Johann Barne of the host nation working through to third place. The Championship leaders, however, remain Hunger and Jess of Germany, who although finishing outside the top ten places still retain a commanding lead over their closest challengers, Bergstrom/Barne and Pinnell and Hunt of Great Britain.

Pos	Sail	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot.
1	GER 8826	Wolfgang Hunger	1	1	2	1	1	-11	6
		Holger Jess
2	SWE 8812	Krister Bergström	-20	2	1	4	3	3	13
		Johan Barne
3	GBR 8774	Ian Pinnell	5	7	RDG(0)	2	9	-13	23
		Steve Hunt
4	USA 8714	Howard Hamlin	4	6	9	-11	7	1	27
		Peter Alarie
5	DEN 8656	Jörgen Riber	3	8	-15	9	2	9	31
		Henrik Buhl
6	GER 8651	Claas Lehmann	2	4	-17	3	12	14	35
		Martin Schöler
7	GER 8825	Stefan Koechlin	7	-29	11	7	18	2	45
		Axel Priegan
8	USA 8762	Daniel Thompson	14	9	10	8	4	-18	45
		Andrew Zinn
9	GBR 8787	Terry Scutcher	10	5	5	20	6	-24	46
		Christian Diebitsch
10	GER 8672	Christian Kellner	-28	3	3	12	24	5	47
		Klaus Stammerjohann
11	GER 8670	Martin Görge	12	14	7	-16	8	6	47
		Rainer Görge
12	USA 8824	Andy Beeckman	-26	13	6	5	14	12	50
		Ben Benjamin
13	USA 8776	Alexander Meller	-19	10	8	18	13	4	53
		Jesse Falsone
14	DEN 8620	Jan Saugman	13	12	13	13	10	-23	61
		Morten Ramsbaek
15	GER 8769	Stefan Böhm	-31	15	4	6	22	19	66
		Gerald Roos
16	GER 8622	Lutz Stengel	11	-24	19	19	11	8	68
		Frank Feller
17	GER 8619	Jens Findel	18	22	14	22	15	-51	91
		Johannes Tellen
18	USA 8722	Macy Nelson	17	27	31	21	5	-34	101
		Nick Nelson
19	SWE 8806	Ebbe Rosén	8	21	(RAF)	15	19	38	101
		Olle Wenrup
20	GER 8633	Sophie Soellner	6	-47	37	23	29	16	111
		Wolfgang Stueckl
21	SWE 8585	Jan Eriksson	27	11	-32	25	20	32	115
		Johan Arvedson
22	AUS 8813	Brett Van Munster	37	19	22	10	31	-47	119
		Andrew Petch
23	GER 8777	Stefan Schollmayer	16	28	21	-34	33	21	119
		Frisco Sanguino
24	DEN 8440	Per Larsen	9	30	-53	49	17	15	120
		Henrik Andersen
25	DEN 8807	Tom Böjland	15	-37	24	32	34	17	122
		Jacob Karbo
26	DEN 8581	Jon Andersen	-46	16	28	14	23	42	123
		Lasse B Andersen
27	AUS 8738	Paul Mitchell	43	20	16	17	32	-64	128
		Sam Haines
28	GER 8675	Volker Görge	-52	26	18	24	38	37	143
		Karsten Morf
29	GER 8692	Nicolai Voelckner	44	23	12	30	35	-63	144
		Lars Derschotte Dehne
30	SUI 8569	René Betschen	45	31	26	36	-58	10	148
		Patrick Ducommun
31	AUS 8280	Michael Quirk	22	-51	50	27	16	35	150
		Angela Stenger
32	SUI 8729	Florian Stauffer	-54	18	20	45	39	30	152
		Philippe Jacot
33	GER 8730	Jens Hufnagel	32	17	25	-57	28	54	156
		Markus Schoener
34	ZIM 8445	Patrick McCosh	38	(DNF)	44	43	25	7	157
		Dennis Lapham
35	FIN 8632	Mikko Saarela	39	34	38	26	(DSQ)	22	159
		Jukka Lindfors
36	GER 8527	Tim Steinert	25	39	42	38	-48	25	169
		Jens Steinert
37	AUS 8696	Carter Jackson	47	(DNS)	23	29	30	44	173
		Peter Holden
38	GBR 8701	Rob Napier	23	35	35	42	40	-53	175
		Matthew Bristow
39	GER 8567	Ed Cox	24	41	41	37	36	-49	179
		Holger Neuhaus
40	DEN 8561	Peter Möller	40	49	45	28	-53	20	182
		Uffe Andersson
41	GER 8721	Martin Seikel	36	32	39	35	-50	40	182
		Norbert Becker
42	SWE 8232	Lars Stugemo	33	-73	36	47	42	29	187
		Bo Ringdahl
43	GER 8580	Markus Muehlbauer	29	36	27	44	52	-58	188
		Andi Achterberg
44	AUS 7982	Nigel Lott	48	33	33	31	44	-50	189
		Robert Franks
45	GER 8642	Thoralf Greger	35	53	30	56	21	-59	195
		Tobias Quadfass
46	GER 8749	Stephan Krause	49	40	43	50	26	-70	208
		Michael Krause
47	GER 8609	Alexander Holzapfel	30	50	-69	40	47	41	208
		Dirk Ipach
48	FRA 8695	Jean-Guy Puissant	41	46	-56	52	43	27	209
		Laurent Camusson
49	FIN 8056	Raimo Raita	21	69	(DNS)	54	27	46	217
		Antti Raita
50	FIN 8746	Hannu Merikallio	57	57	34	(DNS)	41	33	222
		Jarkko Niemi