Finalists decided

The top ten boats in each fleet will be going into the finals at Sail Melbourne

Athens Olympian Anthony “Nocka” Nossiter (AUS) is provisionally guaranteed a spot in tomorrow’s Medal round of the ISAF Grade 1 Olympic and Invited Classes Regatta at Sail Melbourne following two wins in the Finn class this afternoon.

Nossiter came a cropper on what he described “a very physical day” on Port Phillip. When going upwind he fell overboard, his feet in the hiking strap unable to hold the weight of his body. “Ricky Ironmonger was only ten metres behind me and we were neck and neck down the run – it was hard close racing. But I got him upwind."

Nossiter, from Sydney, said the day started in around ten knots with the sea breeze fighting to take over the gradient breeze. “By the second race, it was beautiful, with a great sea breeze of around 20 knots. It was very lumpy and choppy, big shifts, great sailing,” he enthused. “Ricky kept me honest in both races, it was the best day of the week,” he said.

Ironmonger, at 20, and a relative newcomer to the Finn, having switched from the Laser mid 2005, finished the day provisionally second. He confirmed Nossiter’s opinion: “Yes, we had a great couple of races, it was very close.”

Not everyone was a happy camper today though, with the leading 49er crew, Kenjiro Todoroki and Kenji Takahashi (JPN) protesting second placed locals, William Phillips and Jon Newman (AUS). The protest, though, will not affect the Victorian youngsters from making it through to the Medal Race. The pair has currently dropped a sixth place result and even if they lose the protest and some places, their score is enough to keep them in the top three.

In an exciting finish to the day, Mathew Belcher and Nick Behrens (AUS) scored a win in the final race to draw level on points with current 470 world champions, Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page (AUS) to lead the series on countback.

The latter pair scored two second places, while Belcher and Behrens scored 3-1 to take the lead. “It was all a bit average today,” said Page, continuing, “we just couldn’t piece it together again. It all felt like it did at the beginning of the regatta – we couldn’t get it together.”

Out on the 470 course, Page said it topped 15 knots this afternoon on a lumpy Port Phillip. “It was especially shifty in the first race though. It was much better in the second race when the breeze settled,” he said.

Page said they came into the week with no great expectation, as they had not raced for some time. “We just wanted to get back into form and avoid any injuries because we aren’t at our fittest right now.”

He said that Belcher and Behrens got off the start line well in race ten and did not look back. “We were not going to catch them,” he said. So both pairs will make the medal race, as will Athens bronze medallists, Kazuto Seki and Syouichi Yanaga (JPN).

In the Women’s 470, Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson (AUS) had by far their best day winning both races to take the lead going into the medal race tomorrow – but it was by the skin of their teeth, as the Japanese pair of Yuka Yoshisako and Noriko Ohkuma finishing the day just one point in arrears. The next two places were also filled by Japanese.

Nicky Bethwaite, Seoul and Athens Olympian in the 470 and Yngling classes has, with her crew Julie Grimshaw and Petronella De Jong finished strongly with a further two wins to lead the Yngling crews into the final, from new crew and Olympic hopefuls, Nicky Souter, Angela Farrell and Sarah Willmot (AUS).

Victorian sailor Krystal Weir was very happy with her win and a second place to lead the Laser Radial fleet into the final tomorrow from the Czech Republic’s Veronika Fenclova with two Chinese entries trailing them.

Darren Bundock and replacement crew Josh Fugill finished the series with two second places but lead going into the medal round. The Brits, Leigh McMillan and Will Howden, won both races today to reclaim second overall from the Kiwis, Aaron McIntosh and Bruce Kendall.

Central Coast sailor Tom Slingsby shot further ahead in the Laser class today with a further two wins to add to his score to lead the series from Matias Del Solar (CHI) by 10 points, with Mark Howard (GBR) third placed going into the Medal Race tomorrow.

The top ten competitors in each class are excited and looking forward to trialling the new ISAF Olympic format, starting from 11.40am at 20 minute intervals. A prize giving will follow in the evening at Sandringham Yacht Club.

Results:

470:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Nationality	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Tot
1	Nathan Wilmot	Malcolm Page	AUS	3	2	[5.00]	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	17
2	Mathew Belcher	Nick Behrens	AUS	1	3	2	1	1	2	4	[23.00O]	3	1	18
3	Kazuto Seki	Syouichi Yanagawa	JPN	2	1	3	3	4	3	[5.00]	3	1	3	23
4	Geoffrey Woolley	Mark Overington	NZL	4	4	4	6	6	4	[8.00]	7	5	5	45
5	Dylan Clarke	Ayden Menzies	AUS	5	10	7	8	9	7	7	[11.00]	9	4	66
6	Yuka Yoshisako	Noriko Ohkuma	JPN	14	12	12	11	5	5	2	1	6	[17.00]	68
7	Elise Rechichi	Tessa Parkinson	AUS	9	7	10	[14.00]	3	6	10	9	4	10	68
8	Roy Tay	Peiming Chung	SIN	6	5	1	7	[17.00]	10	12	16	11	12	80
9	Chizuko Ijima	Sayaka Kato	JPN	7	14	6	13	8	11	3	6	[16.00]	13	81
10	Ai Kondo	Naoko Kamata	JPN	11	9	8	15	13	9	6	4	[18.00]	14	89
11	Mathieu Higgins	Timothy Lynch	AUS	8	[16.00]	13	9	14	14	9	5	10	7	89
12	Yuanzhen Xu	Terence Koh	SIN	13	[17.00]	14	4	15	8	15	10	8	8	95
13	Lauren Jeffries	Rike Ziegelmayer	AUS	15	11	9	12	7	[17.00]	14	14	7	11	100
14	Shane Hughes	Andrew Hughes	AUS	12	13	15	10	11	13	13	[18.00]	14	6	107
15	Luc Tasker	Brett Sharpe	AUS	10	15	11	5	[16.00]	16	11	13	13	15	109
16	Keith Swinton	Darren Palmer	AUS	17	8	18	16	12	12	[19.00]	8	12	9	112
17	Liying Toh	Lee Ching Tok	SIN	20	6	[23.00O]	19	10	15	17	12	15	23.00Q	137
18	Stacey Omay	Rayshele Martin	AUS	19	20	17	17	[21.00]	18	16	15	20	18	160
19	David Von Felten	Adam Martin	AUS	16	19	16	[23.00R]	20	23.00F	18	19	17	16	164
20	Natalie Dewing	Catherine Shanks	AUS	[21.00]	18	21	18	18	19	20	20	19	20	173

49er:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Nationality	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	Tot
1	Kenjiro Todoroki	Kenji Takahashi	JPN	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	[13.00Q]	10	1	1	3	1	3	4	33
2	Nathan Outteridge	Ben Austin	AUS	3	3	4	3	[5.00]	2	2	3.10G	2	2	2	1	5	1	1	34.1
3	William Phillips	Jon Newman	AUS	6	1	2	2	1	5	3	1	1	4	3	2	3	[13.00Q]	6	40
4	Jake Bartrom	Craig Prentice	NZL	1	4	7	8	[9.00]	3	6	2	8	7	7	5	4	2	2	66
5	Euan Mcnicol	Seve Jarvin	AUS	5	6	3	[13.00O]	3	4	13.00S	13.00O	3	3	6	4	2	10	3	78
6	Scott Kennedy	Scott Illingworth	NZL	4	5	5	4	4	7.5	[13.00O]	3	5	10	5	6	7	8	10	83.5
7	Tom Clout	Marcus Ashley-Jones	AUS	9	9	[13.00C]	7	6	10	4	4	6	5	8	8	6	6	7	95
8	Paul Newman	Christopher Maxted	Aus	[13.00O]	7	8	5	7	6	8	13.00O	4	6	4	7	8	7	9	99
9	Peter Vaiciurgis	Andrew Baglin	AUS	[13.00O]	10	9	9	8	7.5	5	5	11	8	9	9	9	9	8	116.5
10	Peter Wilson	Alex Godina	AUS	[13.00O	11	10	6	10	9	7	6	7	9	11	13.00O	13.00F	5	5	122

Finn:

Place	Helm	Nationality	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Tot
1	Anthony Nossiter	AUS	1	1	1	1	[2.00]	2	1	1	1	1	10
2	R Ironmonger	AUS	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	[3.00]	2	2	16
3	William Wild	AUS	[4.00]	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	26
4	John Shallvey	AUS	3	[4.00]	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	35
5	Brian Reynolds	AUS	[6.00C]	6.00C	6.00C	6.00C	5	5	6.00C	6.00C	6.00C	6.00C	52

Tornado:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Nationality	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Tot
1	Darren Bundock	Josh Fugill	AUS	1	[2.00]	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	13
2	Leigh McMillan	Will Howden	GBR	3	1	2	2	[4.00]	2	4	3	1	1	19
3	Aaron Mcintosh	Bruce Kendall	nzl	4	3	3	3	1	4	1	2	[6.00]	6	27
4	Carolijn Brouwer	Sebbe Godefroid	BEL	[6.00]	4	4	4	5	3	3	4	3	3	33
5	Andrew Macpherson	Greg Lynch	AUS	[5.00]	5	5	5	3	5	5	5	4	4	41
6	Rohan Langworthy	David Hart	AUS	2	[7.00]	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	54
7	Matthew Punch	Jack Punch		[7.00]	6	7	7	7	6	6	7	5	5	56
8	David Rutledge	Hugh Rutledge	AUS	[9.00F]	9.00F	9.00C	9.00C	9.00C	9.00C	8	8	8	9.00F	78

Yngling:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Crew.	Nationality	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Tot
1	Nicola Bethwaite	Julie Grimshaw	Petronella De Jong	AUS	1	[2.00]	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	10
2	Nicky Souter	Angela Farrell	Sarah Willmot	AUS	[5.00]	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	5	2	21
3	Jeanne-claude Strong	Neville Wittey	Ruth McCance	AUS	2	[5.00]	3	5	3	3	1	3	3	5	28
4	Hamish Jarrett	Chris David	Vaden Saunders	AUS	3	3	[7.00]	3	5	6	4	7	2	3	36
5	Christopher Harper	Callum Thompson	Janet Harper	Aus	6	4	4	4	4	5	[7.00]	4	4	4	39
6	Simone Deane	Lisa Sims	Nicole Follington	AUS	[7.00]	6	5	6	6	4	6	5	6	6	50
7	Patricia Warn	Joyce Warn	Tneal Kawalla	AUS	4	[9.00F]	6	7	7	8	5	6	9.00C	9.00C	61
8	Jordan Reece	Michael Reece	Tom Reece	AUS	8	7	8	[9.00F]	8	7	8	9.00F	7	7	69