Brits hold nine top places

Toby Mace report from the Wayfarer Worlds in Canada

Thursday brought completely new conditions with windward / leeward courses and 3 races planned to replace the race missed yesterday.

A fresh and at some stage very fresh cold northerly breeze caused huge and unpredictable rolling waves accompanied by some very strong gusts.

Race 4

Alan Chapman made a perfect pin end start and crossed half the fleet on port tack. A third of the fleet misread the lay line and ended up over standing the windward mark, meeting boats bearing away frantically hoisting spinnakers. John Hartley and Neil Fletcher pushed Porter and Gibb who managed to pick the right shifts to pass and then cover up the remaining beat.

Race 5
The star of race 5 was the partnership sailing Bizarre. After a poor start and rounding 30th at the windward mark, Dan and Guy stormed downwind and picked the shifts masterfully on the remaining beats to finish close behind Porter and Gibb who also had their work cut out with rounding 8th at the windward mark, but surfed the waves in the gusty conditions to cross the line first, with Fletcher and Edwards 3rd.

Race 6 saw the wind increase yet again with some severe gusts coming through at times catching many boats by surprise. Some boats even turned ashore to rest tired legs, but not 91-year-old George Blanchard who was still showing the youngsters a few tricks!

The starboard end of the line was favoured and Porter and Gibb rounded the windward mark first followed by the Spinaway father and daughter crew.

The downwind legs were very exciting and somewhat scary at times with many boats capsizing. Toby Mace and crew Rachael managed to pull through to secure 3rd position closely followed by the Northern Irish boys in Sink the Pink

Results:

Pos	Boat Name	Nat	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Net
1st	Scavenger	UK	Porter	Gibb	1	2	1	1	1	1	7
2nd	Meg B	UK	Mace	Rhodes	6	6	10	5	7	3	37
3rd	Betty Blue	UK	Fletcher	Edwards	3	18	4	3	3	15	46
4th	Bizarre	UK	Hacon	Watson	11	5	9	8	2	12	47
5th	Just Add Water	UK	Challis	Johnston	2	9	3	13	14	9	50
6th	Spinaway	UK	Harris	Harris	5	29	6	6	6	2	54
7th	Doubloons	UK	Barker	Barker	4	7	18	9	9	17	64
8th	Cathessa	UK	Goudie	Hall	16	1	13	11	18	7	66
9th	Fantasia	UK	Hartley	Philp	8	22	2	2	13	20	67
10th	Sink The Pink	NI	Colville	Harley	13	28	12	10	5	4	72
11th	Shadow	CDN	Rahn	Rahn	14	8	17	19	10	6	74
12th	Wizzard	DEN	Jensen	Friis	17	3	44	4	8	11	87
13th	Danegeld III	UK	McKechnie	Turner	9	20	21	14	15	8	87
14th	Hans	CDN	Funk	Wharton	15	17	19	16	11	14	92
15th	Finitor	UK	Reed	Albert	18	13	11	26	17	10	95
16th	Shades	CDN	Schonborn	Bennett	12	11	8	17	4	DNC	112
17th	Final Gambol	UK	Lamb	Hunt	31	4	29	23	20	21	128
18th	Invasion	CDN	Shepherd	Kumpf	27	15	33	15	19	19	128
19th	Domino	UK	O'Malley	Denny	34	21	24	25	12	18	134
20th	Sax	CDN	Taylor	Taylor	24	10	28	50	24	5	141
21st	Unplugged	CDN	Laderoute	Laderoute	21	34	7	27	22	31	142
22nd	River Rat	CDN	Jeffs	Bamford	20	27	14	12	DNF	16	149
23rd	One for the Road	UK	Chaplin	Chaplin	29	16	16	21	23	DNC	165
24th	Ten Grand	UK	Feibusch	Lilley	23	41	23	22	32	26	167
25th	Eclairelle	CDN	Aplevich	Nichols	28	37	22	28	27	25	167
26th	Windshadow	CDN	Gumley	Gumley	26	35	41	18	21	27	168
27th	Ab faB	CDN	Wallace	Weatherston	10	46	20	7	DNF	29	172
28th	Bush & Cheney	US	Seraphinoff	Blackmore	38	33	27	24	26	28	176
29th	Toodle-oo	CDN	Netherton	Redwin	25	45	26	35	29	22	182
30th	Redtop	CDN	Blanchard	Codd	35	30	37	20	30	33	185
31st	Fait Accomplii	IM	Dowling	Holt	42	47	43	30	16	13	191
32nd	Almera	NI	Bell	Reid	44	19	40	37	35	32	207
33rd	The Nutshell	CDN	Gottschling	Santos	30	23	35	31	31	DNS	210
34th	K+	CDN	Kozac		19	12	31	33	DNC	DNC	215
35th	Wild Billy	UK	Gadd	Gadd	7	24	5	DNC	DNC	DNC	216
36th	Fair Dinkum	Den	Nandrup-Bus	Nandrup-Bus	36	14	15	DNC	OCS	35	220
37th	Fanfare	CDN	Carroll	Attwell	46	25	42	32	DNF	24	229
38th	Prelude	CDN	Kennedy	Kennedy	43	40	51	42	33	23	232
39th	Mixed Doubles	CDN	Bunt	Bunt	33	50	39	36	41	37	236
40th	Splatt	CDN	Platt		40	51	34	41	36	34	236
41st	Valkyrie	CDN	Ayres		37	31	38	44	28	DNF	238
42nd	No Dozer	Can	Honey	Robson	41	32	47	48	34	36	238
43rd	Aotearoa	CDN	Ryder-Turner	Ryder-Turner	52	36	30	29	43	DNC	250
44th	Silver Fox	CDN	DeBoer	DeBoer	22	44	25	40	DNC	DNC	251
45th	Saw Dust	CDN	Armstrong	Armstrong	47	26	48	39	DNF	39	259
46th	Tri Panic	UK	Gillespie	Gillespie	54	49	56	34	25	DNF	278
47th	Free Range Chicken	US	Johnson	Parish	53	DNF	49	43	40	38	283
48th	Jansubar	CDN	Edwards	Waller	48	39	32	45	DNC	DNC	284
49th	Whiskey Run...out	CDN	Mills	Jaillet	32	DNF	36	38	DNF	DNC	286
50th	Aliro	CDN	Ryan	Ryan	45	43	55	46	37	DNC	286