Seven minute victory

The Partingtons stormed through race two of the International 14 world Championships in Germany

Andy and Tom Partington won race two of the International 14 World Championships by a barnstorming seven minutes, making the strong winds and enormous waves off Warnemunde look like a stroll in the park.

Such was the British horizon job in 16 to 22 knot winds that second placed Australians, 2005 World Champions Lindsay Irwin and Andrew Perry, thought they had won the race until they returned to shore to discover another boat had beaten them to it.

For all but the Partingtons, sailing a five-year-old M12 hull, this was a race of survival, of simply getting around the track in one piece. Yesterday's winners, Archie Massey and Matt Noble, were looking set for another great result in the top three until a capsize put them to seventh, although this is still good enough for them to be leading the regatta at this early stage. Worse was to come on the way back to shore when their rudder snapped, leaving them with an afternoon of intense boat work to be ready for race three the following day.

Another British team Douglas Pattison and Damian Ash started slowly but gradually wound themselves up to speed, surviving a mid-tack capsize and turning on the afterburners down the final two reaches to come in third, ahead of Aussies Dave Alexander and Cameron McDonald. Brit/Aussie combo Jarrod Simpson and Grant Rollerson also had a poor start to the race but came firing through the fleet to grab fifth in a close tussle for the minor placings.

Only 30 of the 90-boat international fleet managed to finish the race, but everyone had a story to tell, of capsizes, pitchpoles and cartwheels down the bumpy track.

For Wednesday the forecast is even stronger, and with the waves that roll past Warnemunde it could be too much for the fleet to race. For the time being Archie Massey and Matt Noble hold the lead, although Aussies Roger Blasse and Andrew Gilligan have equal points in second place. Partingon and Irwin will be hoping that they can add to today's successful outing and shake off their poor results in race one.

Results:

Pos	Helm/Crew	Nationality	R1	R2	Tot
1	Archie Massey	GBR	1	7	8,0
	Matt Noble
2	Roger Blasse	AUS	2	6	8,0
	Andrew Gilligan
3	Alexander Dave	AUS	5	4	9,0
	Cameron McDonald
4	Mike Lennon	GBR	4	9	13,0
	Andy Rice
5	Mark Krstic	AUS	3	11	14,0
	Matt Lowe
6	Douglas Pattison	GBR	14	3	17,0
	Damian Ash
7	Jarrod Simpson	GBR	12	5	17,0
	Grant Rollerson
8	Martin Jones	GBR	13	8	21,0
	Neale Jones
9	David Evans	GBR	8	13	21,0
	Simon Hiscocks
10	Tom Heywood	GBR	11	12	23,0
	Edward Clay
11	Paul Galvez	USA	10	18	28,0
	Guillermo Leon De La Barra
12	Oliver Voss	GER	16	14	30,0
	Jens Holscher
13	Andy Partington	GBR	30	1	31,0
	Tom Partington
14	Julian Pearson	GBR	17	16	33,0
	Nick Martin
15	Matt Balmer	AUS	19	20	39,0
	Derek Layfieled
16	Stephan Heim	GER	24	17	41,0
	Benjamin Blanasch
17	Stewart Vickery	AUS	27	15	42,0
	Tim Withall
18	Georg Borkenstein	GER	22	22	44,0
	Eike Dietrich
19	Axel Reinsch	GER	21	24	45,0
	Felix Weidling
20	Chris Turner	GBR	36	10	46,5
	Adam Ovington
21	Damon Roberts	GBR	20	27	47,0
	Alan Roberts
22	Carmen Bernitt	GER	28	23	51,0
	Olli Holste
23	Peter Roocks	GER	35	19	54,0
	Ole Klingner
24	Bettina Möller	GER	23	31	54,0
	Jens Kulenkampf
25	Ron Boehm	USA	25	32	57,0
	Pete Mohler
26	Charles Duchesne	GBR	34	28	62,0
	Henry Maxfield
27	Mark Schuerch	GER	36	26	62,5
	Edda Thiessen
28	Stefan Lahmer	GER	47	25	72,0
	Götz Große
29	Daniel Theeß	GER	44	30	74,0
	Hannes Voigt
30	Kimball Morrison	GBR	55	21	76,0
	Sam Spencer
31	Lindsay Irwin	AUS	RAF	2	89,0
	Andrew Perry
32	Katie Nurton	GBR	6	DNF	93,0
	Nigel Ash
33	James Fawcett	GBR	7	DNF	94,0
	George Nurton
34	Alister Richardson	GBR	9	DNF	96,0
	Simon Wheeler
35	David Hayter	AUS	15	DNF	102,0
	Matt Johnstan
36	Jan-Christian Witte	GER	18	DNF	105,0
	Kai Lassen
37	Markus Ostermair	GER	26	DNF	113,0
	Moritz Klein
38	Sven Gräpel	GER	DNF	29	116,0
	Jan Reifferscheidt
39	Matthew Critchley	GBR	29	DNF	116,0
	Dion Houghton
40	Andrew Penmann	GBR	31	DNF	118,0
	Tim Bastow