420 Worlds

Brits lead Open Qualifiers and Ladies World Championships

British competitors lead both the 420 Open Qualifiers and Ladies World Championships on the second eve of the Sail Melbourne event hosted by Mornington Yacht Club.

On the Open course, Nathan Batchelor/Joe Crabb’s (GBR) second place in Race 6 and consistent places in their other races, with one race drop in play; have finished in the lead of the six race qualifier series with 22 points.

After today, the open fleet will be split, the top 32 finishers of the 64-boat fleet will sail in Gold Fleet for the World Championship, the lower half will sail in the Silver fleet for minor placings.

Michael Anderson-mit//Graham Biehl (USA) finished the qualifier in second place one point behind the leaders, with current 420 Youth World champions, Nathan Outteridge/Ayden Menzies (AUS) on equal second points, but relegated to third place on count back.

Italian, French, Singaporian, German and New Zealand competitors also made the cut into the Gold fleet, as did the lone entries of Croatia, Matija Longin/Pavle Kostov and Greece’s Georgios Vassilas/Evangelos Mitakis, much to thrill of the other competitors and Mornington officials alike.

Other Aussies to make the cut include former World champion, Matt Belcher and his crew Rike Ziegelmayer, brothers Nathan and Jeremy Wilmot, sailing separate entries, Nathan and his crew Malcolm Page competing for some extended practice prior to their 470 Olympic Class final selection regatta starting Monday next, and Jeremy, freshly out of the Youth class sailing with his crew David Stevens.

			Helm	Crew	R6	R5	R4	R3	R2	R1	Total
1	GBR	51428	Nathan Batchelor	Joe Crabb	2	5	[11.00]	6	5	4	22
2	USA	51507	Michael Anderson-mit	Graham Biehl	1	1	[33.00O]	12	2	7	23
3	AUS	51578	Nathan Outteridge	Ayden Menzies	6	4	1	11	[21.00]	1	23
4	ITA	51260	Giorgio Catta	Daniele Catta	4	2	[33.00O]	9	2	6	23
5	GBR	51174	Callum MacDonald	Stuart Bithell	6	6	2	[19.00]	6	3	23
6	AUS	51579	Nathan Wilmot	Malcolm Page	5	1	16	[20.00]	1	1	24
7	AUS	51591	Mathew Belcher	Rike Ziegelmayer	[15.00]	8	1	5	6	5	25
8	CRO	51647	Matija Longin	Pavle Kostov	3	9	[33.00O]	2	4	8	26
9	FRA	51539	Thomas Rahier	Matthieu Rahier	7	12	[15.00]	6	1	2	28
10	AUS	50102	Lauren Jeffries	Will Thomson	8	11	[23.00]	1	7	4	31
11	ITA	51071	Stefano Cherin	Matteo Velicogna	12	6	[28.00]	3	7	7	35
12	GRE	51278	Georgios Vassilas	Evangelos Mitakis	9	2	12	5	9	[22.00]	37
13	SIN	51616	Chin Teo Wee	Terence Koh Seng Kia	[22.00]	3	3	8	8	15	37
14	ITA	51532	Marco Cavallini	Paolo Cavallini	9	13	4	[25.00]	3	9	38
15	FRA	51521	Alex Bishop	Pierre Bombray	[24.00]	8	5	12	11	3	39
16	FRA	51344	Gwennaig Runavot	Sylvain Leboeuf	[24.00]	10	7	4	9	11	41
17	GER	50655	Markus Wieber	Martina Wieber	1	10	[21.00]	2	16	13	42
18	ITA	50853	Giovanni Pizzatti	Michele Pavoni	13	5	8	4	13	[13.00]	43
19	FRA	51225	Loic Bacquer	Yannick Oeduzzi	15	14	10	3	4	[15.00]	46
20	AUS	48426	James Garnaut	Adam Garnaut	10	12	[25.00]	11	5	8	46
21	AUS	49849	Peter Wilson	Paul Newman	2	4	17	14	10	[19.00]	47
22	AUS	50674	Tom Chisholm	Jonathan Neate	5	[17.00]	5	13	14	14	51
23	AUS	51577	Jeremy Wilmot	David Stevens	13	[27.00]	20	7	3	10	53
24	GBR	51604	Luke Patience	Adam Wagner	14	21	10	1	[30.00]	12	58
25	ITA	51090	Jaro Furlani	Daniel Piculin	[31.00]	3	3	24	16	12	58
26	NZL	51129	Alastair Thompson	Scott Illingworth	11	16	4	17	14	[19.00]	62
27	AUS	51405	James Tudball	Matt Williams	[28.00]	19	13	21	10	2	65
28	FRA	51540	Bertrand Nun	Julien Pulve	20	11	16	[28.00]	13	5	65
29	AUS	51204	Matt Petzke	Jon Newman	8	7	23	[30.00]	19	10	67
30	GER	50966	Jan-Jasper Wagner	Jochen Roeder	[27.00]	20	9	15	12	11	67
31	GBR	51359	Dan Ellis	Ben Arscott	10	25	6	7	20	[26.00]	68
32	ITA	50712	Alfredo Capodanno	Vittorio Papa	18	[18.00]	14	10	12	16	70
33	USA	39162	Justin Law	Blake Deboer	17	[22.00]	2	20	18	14	71
34	GBR	51440	Ian Dobson	Andrew Tunnicliffe	21	15	19	[22.00]	15	6	76
35	AUS	50105	Mathieu Higgins	Tim Lynch	16	16	7	22	[23.00]	17	78
36	AUS	51387	Andrew Heerey	Jononathan Walker	23	14	22	[25.00]	11	9	79
37	SIN	51615	Zhang Xu Yuan	YuanAlvin Chong Jin	19	17	9	14	[26.00]	22	81
38	GBR	51176	Ben Ainsworth	Tom Heywood	17	13	13	23	15	[23.00]	81
39	AUS	50785	Michael Tolhurst	Zac Marshall	3	21	18	[23.00]	21	21	84
40	JPN	46304	Wataru Saito	Hiroto Yoshinaga	12	23	12	16	22	[27.00]	85
41	SIN	51614	Zhen Xu Yuan	Benjamin Tan Jianing	22	20	[29.00]	8	20	17	87
42	GER	50312	Jens Opalka	Martin Jahrmarkt	4	24	21	[29.00]	19	20	88
43	USA	51566	Martin Sterling	Sean Doyle	18	7	22	24	[26.00]	20	91
44	GER	50904	Robin Zinkmann	Christian Kusche	7	25	20	18	[27.00]	23	93
45	AUS	50672	Luc Tasker	Brett Sharpe	14	19	17	21	25	[25.00]	96
46	SUI	51370	Loic Forestier	Longchamp Regis	11	26	[33.00O]	15	17	30	99
47	ITA	50854	Mattia Pagani	Nicola Pavoni	[27.00]	18	26	13	17	26	100
48	SUI	50749	Stephane Gabella	Romain Herzog	25	15	[30.00]	9	25	28	102
49	GER	50520	Maximilian Dzembritz	Fabian Baumgarten	[30.00]	28	19	10	27	18	102
50	GER	50730	Michael Tuerk	Alexander Tuerk	21	30	11	17	[31.00]	24	103
51	GBR	51175	Oliver Dix	Oliver Gray	26	22	14	[28.00]	24	18	104
52	NZL	51287	Myles Cleave	Nick Sayes	16	9	[33.00O]	27	29	28	109
53	JPN	49040	Takayuki Inoue	Kazuki Miyahara	[29.00]	24	15	18	28	24	109
54	GER	51170	Ivo Boettcher	Peter Bartmann	23	[27.00]	24	16	22	25	110
55	NZL	50943	Logan Sutherland	Graeme Sutherland	[31.00]	29	6	19	29	30	113
56	JPN	46302	Takeshi Kimura	Keisuke Shinohara	26	28	18	30	18	[31.00]	120
57	NZL	48428	Scott Kennedy	Jake Bartrom	[30.00]	29	27	26	23	16	121
58	BRA	50505	Thomas Sumner	Mork Pineda	34.00C	[34.00C]	33.00C	26	8	21	122
59	NZL	50407	Samantha Osborne	Jeffry Clark	28	31	8	27	[32.00]	29	123
60	SUI	50722	Matteo Minetti	Andrea Minetti	25	26	[33.00O]	29	24	27	131
61	JPN	49018	Ko Hirasaki	Hiroshi Yamashita	19	23	32	33.00S	[33.00F]	32	139
62	NZL	51132	Thomas Sumner	Samuel Wilson	20	[32.00]	31	31	31	31	144
63	NZL	51128	Matthew Banks	Andrew Dyet	32	31	24	[32.00]	28	29	144
64	JPN	49015	Umemaru Tsunoda	Takeumi Sakurai	29	30	25	31	30	[32.00]	145

Ladies Worlds

In the Ladies 46-boat 420 World Championship, Alison Martin/Bethan Carden (GBR) have a large lead after four races with 17 points from Elise Rechichi/Tessa Parkinson (AUS) on equal 29 points with sisters Lucy and Nicola Macgregor (GBR), the former in second place on count back.

Rechichi and Parkinson, who come from Perth, are the holders of the Youth 420 World championship and outsailed many in the Open section of the Australian Championship to finish sixth overall, beating all the Open Ladies competitors to claim the Ladies title. Their future looks bright.

Camille Lecointre/Gwendolyn Lemaitre (FRA) currently fill fourth place with 34 points, then comes Maria Stella Turizio/Maria Carolina Renda (ITA) on 38 points.

The fleet sailed in light, tricky, shifting winds all day today, underneath grey overcast skies, experience telling in the results.

Officials have been warned of 30 knot squally, rainy weather tomorrow, which would certainly keep competitors ashore.

			Helm	Crew	R4	R3	R2	R1	Total
1	GBR	51164	Alison Martin	Bethan Carden	9	5	1	2	17
2	AUS	49192	Elise Rechichi	Tessa Parkinson	1	17	3	8	29
3	GBR	51434	Lucy Macgregor	Nicola Macgregor	7	2	11	9	29
4	FRA	51111	Camille Lecointre	Gwendolyn Lemaitre	25	1	4	4	34
5	ITA	51313	Maria Stella Turizio	Maria Carolina Renda	4	19	10	5	38
6	FRA	51112	Marie Lumeau	Claire Bossard	19	8	13	1	41
7	GER	51352	Silke Hahlbrock	Marion Rommel	12	13	8	10	43
8	GBR	51173	Joanne Macdonald	Laurie Marsden	10	16	6	14	46
9	AUS	50104	Jemma Henderson	Bettina Neate	14	7	24	7	52
10	GER	50657	Dorothea Gebert	Natascha Lorenz	11	11	18	12	52
11	SIN	50382	Dawn Liu	Shiu Wun Siobh Tam	8	15	15	19	57
12	GBR	51410	Charlotte Savage	Harriette Trumble	5	47.00O	5	3	60
13	GBR	51605	Rachael Wigmore	Mary Rook	16	6	19	20	61
14	AUS	51390	Lydia Allen	Sarah Board	2	10	21	31	64
15	ITA	50142	Stafania Favretto	Francesca Mocnik	21	3	9	32	65
16	AUS	51289	Becky Fountaine	Megan Grigg	20	18	12	17	67
17	GBR	51234	Joanne Brigg	Jane Turner	18	9	17	24	68
18	ITA	50736	Helena Cesina	Christina Cianca	13	25	2	29	69
19	AUS	50203	Stephanie Flukes	Emma Flukes	29	21	16	11	77
20	SUI	51311	Emmanuelle Rol	Anne-sophie Thilo	17	27	14	21	79
21	SIN	51617	Liying Tom	Lee Ching Tok	34	20	7	25	86
22	GBR	51282	Hannah Mills	Peggy Webster	22	23	29	15	89
23	ITA	51070	Giulia Tobia	Lisa Cardani	3	14	47.00O	27	91
24	GER	50390	Juliane Wolf	Claudia Wolf	15	22	27	28	92
25	AUS	49308	Phoebe Smith	Julia Patterson	39	24	31	6	100
26	AUS	49199	Jacqui Bonnitcha	Rayshele Martin	24	34	26	16	100
27	NZL	51131	Olivia Powrie	Sarah Bilkey	33	28	28	13	102
28	ITA	51250	Chiara Ziglioli	Chiara Simetti	23	47.00O	20	18	108
29	GER	50906	Marit Jordan	Svenja Mueller	26	26	22	34	108
30	AUS	51564	Clare Mcauliffe	Kate Mcauliffe	30	30	30	23	113
31	JPN	49005	Yumi Sasaki	Aya Matsuo	37	4	32	42	115
32	ITA	50575	Lavinia Sitz	Valeria Grizzi	6	32	41	38	117
33	GER	51351	Wibke Wriggers	Stephanie Kayser	35	36	25	26	122
34	BRA	50226	Natazia Oliveitza	Gabriela Biekarck	40	29	23	33	125
35	ITA	50991	Serena Specchio	Norma Mnardeschi	31	12	47.00O	44	134
36	AUS	50273	Anna Patterson	Emma Poulsen	32	35	38	30	135
37	NZL	51288	Jo Aleh	Tali Abercromby	36	41	37	22	136
38	AUS	50671	Janease Graham	Claire Johnston	27	33	42	35	137
39	BEL	50196	Helena De Munck	Margaux Erard	41	37	36	36	150
40	AUS	51650	Natalie Dewing	Nicole Bichard	38	42	33	41	154
41	AUS	50787	Kirstin Norris	Megan Finch	43	39	34	39	155
42	JPN	46303	Atsuko Kawasoe	Yuko Nakamichi	28	40	43	45	156
43	AUS	49083	Alexandra Maskell	Alexandra Mcpharlin	45	43	35	37	160
44	AUS	51403	Emma Phillips	Samantha England	42	38	40	40	160
45	JPN	48045	Asami Okawachi	Kei Nakashima	47.00F	31	44	46	168
46	AUS	48723	Louise Hutton	Connor Burdon Bear	44	44	39	43	170