Ferris takes lead

Discards come into play with now six races on the board at the Yngling Worlds

The Yngling World Championships being held in Mondsee, Austria are now over the halfway stage and there has been a change in leader in the Womens fleet. The New Zealand team of Sharon Ferris, Raynor Smeal and Ashley Holtum have recorded two race wins and hold a narrow two point lead over Sally Barkow, Carrie Howe and Debbie Capozzi of the USA.

With five races now complete one discard is being taken into account, for Ferris this is a sixteenth in race three, which is important as only one score is to be discarded at the end of the regatta.

Race six was hampered by protests which meant a confused wait for all the competitors. “There are a lot of protests from race six. Against the race committee and also different boats on boats we are just waiting to see what happens,” said Ferris. But results have been posted and their first place stands, shooting them from third into the lead.

Britons; Sarah Ayton, Anne Lush and Lisa MacDonald have been steadily moving up the rankings but still have a long way to go if they want to convert their fourth place into a podium position. Ayton is using her discard on their first race 23rd whereas the Germans in third discard a 14th and sit seven points ahead. There is more pressure for the Brits from behind with the Australians just one point adrift.

Light and inconsistent breeze has set the scene for racing so far at the Yngling World Champs. With the top places all staying fairly inconsistant the key to this event looks like it will be staying inside the top ten and being as consistant as possible.

Thursday is a spare day, racing continues on Friday and Saturday.

Results:

Women

Pos	Sail Number	Helm/Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	NZL 4	FERRIS Sharon	11	6	[16]	1	4	1	23,0
		SMEAL Raynor
		HOLTUM Ashley
2	USA 337	BARKOW Sally	3	8	1	[18]	1	12	25,0
		HOWE Carrie
		CAPOZZI Debbie
3	GER 261	SCHÜMANN Ulrike	9	[14]	6	8	5	7	35,0
		KAPPEL Runa
		HÖPFNER Ute
4	GBR 12	AYTON Sarah	[23]	3	15	9	6	9	42,0
		LUSH Anne
		Mac DONALD Liza
5	AUS 57	BETHWAITE Nicola	13	12	4	3	[29]	11	43,0
		GOJNICH Karyn
		IMPEY Helen
6	RUS 7	SKUDINA Ekaterina	12	7	2	[25]	16	13	50,0
		LARTSEVA Tatiana
		KRUTSKIKH Diana
7	RUS 2	BASALKINA Anna	19	2	10	7	13	[27]	51,0
		LOUKACHOVA Galina
		UKRAINTSEVA Vladislava
8	GER 251	PINGEL Ines	2	20	[29]	6	14	10	52,0
		HAVERLAND Heike
		BÜLLE Wibke
9	UKR 1	TARAN Ruslana	7	13	14	11	[17]	8	53,0
		MATEVUSHEVA Svetlana
		KALININA Ganna
10	NOR 406	EIKELAND Karianne	1	19	11	[20]	18	5	54,0
		FREDRIKSEN Lise Brigitte
		KOEFOED Alexandra
11	ESP 3	AZON Monica	[25]	10	9	2	19	14	54,0
		PISONERO Graciela
		AZON Sandra
12	DEN 202	PALLUDAN Trine	4	5	23	13	11	[26]	56,0
		HARTVIG Ida
		OTZEN Christina
13	NED 329	HIN Janneke	5	11	21	15	[27]	6	58,0
		ZUIDERBAAN Klaartje
		de JONG Petronella
14	RUS 1	ILIENKO Vlada	14	[DNF]	3	5	2	OCS	59,0
		KOVALENKO Ekaterina
		GAPONOVICH Natalia
15	NED 310	MULDER Mandy	6	25	12	12	12	[OCS]	67,0
		v.d. WERF Brechtje
		FABER Marye
16	USA 340	SWETT Hannah	[24]	9	13	23	21	4	70,0
		SCHMIDT Laura
		PURDY Melissa
17	FRA 6	Le HELLEY Anne	21	21	[26]	4	22	3	71,0
		DEPLANQUE Marion
		LEPESANT Catherine
18	JPN 1	YUMIKO Shige	[30]	17	25	10	3	17	72,0
		MAYUMI Horiuchi
		FUSAKO Watanabe
19	GBR 14	FARREL Gemma	10	18	5	17	[24]	24	74,0
		HOWE Rachel
		BOWEN Caroline
20	GBR 13	LINDSEY Dominica	22	1	20	30	[33]	2	75,0
		SHANKS Diana
		OSWALD Fleur

Open

Pos	SAIL Number.	Helm/Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	NED 322	JAMIN Maarten	1	[11]	2	3	2	5	13,0
		BAKKER Gert Henk
		HOFSTRA Jansje
2	NED 328	OTTE Tom	2	[20]	1	2	4	8	17,0
		von OGK Maryke
		OTTE Ester
3	AUT 284	MAYR Rudi	3	5	14	[OCS]	3	2	27,0
		DAURER Wolfgang
		ZADRAZIL Sarah
4	AUT 301	SKOLAUT Christoph	4	15	3	[OCS]	7	4	33,0
		SKOLAUT Georg
		SKOLAUT Susanne
5	USA 329	INGALLS John	8	[10]	7	5	8	7	35,0
		RANDALL Jamey
		CHAFEE Bruce
6	DEN 201	SCHIBSBYE Erik	5	13	8	6	14	[37]	46,0
		ASMUSSEN Thomas
		BECK Kasper
7	DEN 149	ANDERSEN Bo Reker	11	8	5	13	15	[25]	52,0
		PRINS Erik
		BRENDSTRUP Henrik
8	NED 285	HAVEN Hidde-Jan	[40]	3	20	17	13	1	54,0
		HAVEN Mark
		NOOITGEDAGT Allard
9	AUT 201	PISO Marcus	7	27	9	4	11	[29]	58,0
		PISO Nicolaus
		LIDL Jakob
10	AUT 1	KNITTEL Andreas	14	2	[23]	15	6	23	60,0
		KNITTEL Reingard
		KNITTEL Stefan
11	DEN 183	BAY Sebastian	16	[29]	11	18	9	6	60,0
		BAY George
		CHRISTOFFERSEN Lerke
12	DEN 24	PEDERSEN Marc Wain	15	17	17	16	[42]	3	68,0
		SCHALDEMOSE Kristian
		CORONING Morten
13	AUT 82	DIEM Klaus	9	24	[40]	26	1	13	73,0
		GIESINGER Thomas
		DIEM Maria
14	AUT 277	BUCHINGER Wolfgang	13	16	[49]	22	10	14	75,0
		NAKE Michael
		BOUSTANI Philippe
15	DEN 136	MICHAELSEN Anders	19	23	15	1	[24]	20	78,0
		KLAUSEN Kristian
		SVARE Petes
16	NED 90	ROUKEMA Christian	17	22	12	9	18	[38]	78,0
		EICHHORN Roos
		KAMPEN Mariye
17	NED 47	van AREM Don	12	7	24	12	25	[28]	80,0
		van NORDEN Egbert
		OUDEMANS Toon
18	AUT 30	KURZ Justin	28	12	13	23	[36]	17	93,0
		JELINEK Gregor
		TITTES Julia
19	AUT 276	RIHA Wolfgang	23	1	21	[34]	28	30	103,0
		POSTEL Thomas
		MAYRHAUSER Alexandra
20	NED 85	RUY TEN Hein	10	19	33	24	[39]	19	105,0
		BEUTLING Anna
		LUBACH Bouke