New Zealand duo into the lead

Many disqualifications at the 420 Worlds in Brest

While the day started with a lack of wind on the Rade de Brest, racing finally got underway at 1400 in a 9 knot westerly. In the Gold fleet there were 17 boats that did not finish.

After a win in race one for Matt Burge and Chris Evans' GBR team, the duo were black flagged in race two and now hold 20th position overall with Ed Powys and Will Morgan the top British boat. With their win in race two New Zealand duo Peter Burling and Bruce Kennedy have now pulled into the lead.


Top 20 results Gold fleet

Pos	Helm	Crew	Nat	R1	R2	Tot
1	BURLING Peter	KENNEDY Bruce	NZ	4	1	5
2	CAPODANNO Alfredo	PAPA Vittorio	ITA	3	3	6
3	SANTURDE Pablo	QUEVEDO Abelardo	SPA	2	7	9
4	CHAUHAN Sanjeev	DHULAJI Rajesh	IND	9	2	11
5	DAWSON Christopher	ILLINGWORTH Scott	NZ	10	5	15
6	ROBERTS Adam	MARTIN Nick	USA	12	10	22
7	PINOT-DUPONT Adrien	PICON Yoann	FRA	8	15	23
8	POWYS Ed	MORGAN Will	GBR	13	11	24
9	BISHOP Alex	BOMBRAY Pierre	FRA	21	4	25
10	TOGNI Gianmarco	TOGNI Filippo	ITA	7	18	25
11	KOEHLER Nico	FRITZ Jannik	GER	16	14	30
12	ZAMACONA Adrian	GONZALEZ Juan	ESP	25	9	34
13	PEREIRA Antonio	PRIETO Afonso	POR	15	19	34
14	DUARTE Marcos	FARIA Bruno	BRA	18	16	34
15	MARTIN Ally	DOBSON Ian	GBR	24	12	36
16	NIZA Luis	BAPTISTA Paulo	POR	17	22	39
17	RAHIER Thomas	RAHIER Matthieu	FRA	34	8	42
18	BALZEAU Berenger	FOUNTAINE Mathieu	FRA	37	6	43
19	ZINKMAN Robin	HEINZE Stephan	GER	32	17	49
20	BURGE Matt	EVANS Chris	GBR	1	BFD	51