Ayton takes the lead

An un-characteristic ninth place by Sally Barkow at the Yngling World Championships has handed the lead to the Brits

The second day, Tuesday, of racing started in a seven to eight knot south westerly at the Yngling World Championships in La Rochelle. Everyone took to the water expecting similar conditions to yesterday, with the chance of less breeze followed by a predicted storm towards the end of racing.

In the Women’s fleet there was an individual recall, however, by the first leeward mark Sarah Ayton (GBR) was leading what was proving to be a very competitive and incredibly tightly packed fleet. The Ukrainian crew of Ruslana Taran, Anna Kalinna and Svetlana Matevusheva found a way to win the race just ahead of the British crew.

After a general recall for race two caused by a large wind shift the fleet had to be postponed due to a course change. Within 20 minutes the heavens opened and a large thunder storm with frequent lightning flashes started, at which point the race officer Luciano Giacomi (ITA) had no option but to cancel racing for the day.

Overal the British crew of Sarah Ayton leads the women’s fleet with an un-characteristic ninth place for Sally Barkow (USA) she will hope to make amends tomorrow. All remains tight in the results, with no run away leader, racing continues tomorrow.

Results:

Pos	Helm/Crew	Sail Number	R1	R2	R3	Tot
1	AYTON Sarah	GBR 12	1	7	2	10
	WEBB Sarah
	RAWLINSON Victoria
2	TARAN Ruslana	UKR 1	4	8	1	13
	KALININA Anna
	MATEVUSHEVA Svetlana
3	BARKOW Sally	USA 337	2	2	9	13
	HOWE Carrie
	CAPOZZI Debbie
4	LE BERRE Anne-claire	FRA 8	6	6	5	17
	GERECHT Julie
	PONSAR Alice
5	MULDER Mandy	NED 111	7	3	13	23
	FABER Marye
	HENDRIKSEN Floortje
6	LE HELLEY-SALOMON Anne	FRA 6	3	5	16	24
	DEPLANQUE Marion
	LEPESANT Catherine
7	AZON Monica	ESP 3	9	1	17	27
	AZON Sandra
	PISONERO Graciela
8	HIN Janeke	NED 11	13	4	15	32
	BES Annemieke
	DE JONG Petronella
9	ILIENKO Vladelina	RUS 1	17	9	7	33
	GAPONOVITCH Natalya
	KOVALENKO Ekaterina
10	SWETT Hannah	USA 342	10	14	10	34
	FILLER Liz
	PURDY Melissa
11	GIAKOMIDOU Katerina	GRE 1	15	21	3	39
	DIMITRAKOPOULO Helen
	PAPAPANAGROTOU Marina
12	SCHUEMANN Ulrike	GER 261	18	11	11	40
	KAPPEN Runa
	HOEPTNER Ute
13	PALLUDAN Trine	DEN 202	5	12	24	41
	GADE Maria
	HARTVIG Ida
14	FERRIS Sharon	NZL 4	14	10	19	43
	HOLTUM Ashley
	SMEAL Raynor
15	CRONIN Carol	USA 341	8	15	21	44
	COURANZ Kimberly
	PODLICH Margaret
16	PROVOYEUR Dominique	RSA 1	23	22	6	51
	KIM REW Belinda
	ALISON Penny
17	WAGNER Kristin	GER 268	26	13	12	51
	HOELL Anna
	PFISTER Anne
18	THIES Annelies	NED 1	12	16	23	51
	V.D.WERF Brechtje
	KAMPEN Marye
19	HABERLAND Nancy	GBR 9	25	24	4	53
	LUSH Annie
	MACGREGOR Lucy
20	SKUDINA Ekaterina	RUS 8	19	18	22	59
	SOKOLOVA Alexandra
	KRUTSKIKH Diana
21	BORENIUS Andrea	FIN 1	20	17	27	64
	KANERVA Silja
	RENUALL Charlotta
22	BETHWAITE Nicky	AUS 57	21	20	25	66
	GOJNICH Karin
	IMPEY Helen
23	BASALKINA Anna	RUS 4	22	19	31	72
	MAXIMOVA Ekaterina
	LUKASHOVA Galina
24	SODERSTROM Ingrid	SWE 51	28	OCS	8	74
	LARSSON Johanna
	ABERG Caroline
25	XIAGUN Song	CHN 15	11	31	36	78
	CHUANSHUANG Zhang
	XIAONI Li
26	DEY Courtney	USA 340	30	30	18	78
	SCHMIDT Laura
	TULLOCH Geneviève
27	KALYNCHEVA Angelina	UKR 11	24	34	20	78
	BABIYCHUK Katerina
	DMYSTRENKO Kateryna
28	CALLIGARIS Chiara	ITA 16	16	32	34	82
	PIGNOLO Giulia
	SCOGNAMILLO Francesca
29	STRONG Jeanne Claude	AUS 54	34	35	14	83
	MC CANCE Ruth
	FARREL Angela
30	SHIGE Yumiko	JPN 1	27	28	28	83
	HOIUCHI Mayumi
	EGUSHI Eri
31	LETHTINEN Silja	FIN 11	32	27	26	85
	KLEMETZ Maria
	VARESMAA Livia
32	RU Wang	CHN 163	29	29	29	87
	FEI Du
	YANG Gao
33	HAND Kelly	CAN 888	35	23	30	88
	CEAMPTON Deirdre
	LEGER Chantal
34	BURY Sarah	CAN 34	31	25	33	89
	HENDERSON Martha
	WEBSTER Samantha
35	FARRELL Gemma	GBR 14	33	26	32	91
	HOWE Rachel
	LARMAN Rachel
36	EVERS Christine	DEN 205	36	33	35	104
	NOERGAAR Laerke Ilsoe
	BOIDIN Susanne
37	WARN Patricia	AUS 42	37	36	37	110
	MORG Margaret Elizab
	WARN Joyce