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Laser 2 Worlds at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy Day 4

by Mike Croker 23 Jul 2009 18:51 BST 18-25 July 2009

After a sparkling day's racing in Weymouth Bay, Brits Nigel Skudder and Keith Hills look set to retain their Laser II World Champions mantle, despite only scoring one more bullet. The wind steadily increased for from F3-4 for the first race to F5+ for third race, giving screaming reaches, exciting runs and a good few swims as the waves built.

The top 3 teams were in a class of their own but, behind the leaders, competition for the next 3 places also remains close, with the rapidly improving team of David Annan & Amanda Childs hoping that the strong wind forecast for Friday does not cause the last 2 scheduled races to be abandoned.

Results after Day 4: (11 races, 2 discards)

PosSail NoNatHelmCrewR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11Pts
1st10588GBRNigel SkudderKeith Hills11-21-312121212
2nd10591GERLisa BuddemeierMatthias Duwel22122-31212-315
3rd5460GERMarian Scheerdaniel Scheer-43-54123433124
4th5749GBRMike CrokerDiana Croker373-1756487-9447
5th9937NEDSytze HarkemaCarmen Gerlach556344-10-12961052
6th9142GBRDavid AnnanAmanda Childs-119-165887554556
7th10610GERRalf TerheydenWesley Wloka1061269-2069115(DNC)74
8th10620NEDAnne MarksClaas Visser9415912(DNC)836-221480
9th10626GBRMichael ClappMark Bond81241011(DNC)-1374121280
10th10331NEDWilbert Van VlietJenneke van der Wal-22111877(DNC)116127887
11th10592GBRJude BairdFred Fuller6109-23(DSQ)551914111190
12th10628GBRChris HuffenEmma Taylor14-171011-1912121588797
13th10330GBRRoger JamiesonKate Fitzsimmons-1588-181411141010101398
14th9257NEDFrits KlaverCynthia Markus1314781310911(DNC)(DNC)DNC123
15th6883GERNiels KrenzChristian Gerdum1213-24-2615131514151322132
16th10599GBRTom DerhamRachel Willerton-271917191815171713-309144
17th10100GBRSam NichollsNeil Bishop1923-2916167-242418176146
18th10003GERMeike FlatauVenessa Freitag2015111261922-282328(DNC)156
19th8394GBRIan CarpenterImogen Carpenter1718201310(DNC)1918-242024159
20th10418NEDEelke V D BosErik V D Linden21161421-269-3122201920162
21st8105NEDBram Van DrielSophie or Iris Van Driel24-28-302020172123271523190
22nd10004NEDMaud WuismanHan Horlings-3124221525(DNC)1613222925191
23rd10500NEDKoen V D KouweSanne Verhoeve-32222827221428-29171817193
24th6465NEDEsther MeewisMargot Linssen182019(DNC)17(DNC)20271916DNC194
25th10503NEDFloris StapelFran Steenwinkel1630213121(DNC)25161623(DNC)199
26th9203GERPeter KruseArne Wittemer25-262524-29211821252419202
27th10107GBRMark HardyPeter Walcroft2621231430(DNC)29-31282515211
28th9490NEDMark den HeijerM Van Sijenborgh-3027272927222720-321418211
29th9940GERJens LassmanBritta Wenzek2829-31222316-3030262716217
30th9179GBRGary KinchJackie Kinch725132831(DNC)232629(DNC)DNC220
31st8344GERChristoph BeutlerThomas Bertram29-3126-3028182625212621220
32nd9144GBRRobert BushellJames Brookes-36-34333332233333333226278
33rd9473GBRTimothy WildMichael Wild2333322524(DNC)(DNC)DNC30DNCDNC281
34th10609GBRSteve SkudderLouise Griffiths33323432(DNC)(DNC)32323121DNC285
35th6450AUTSabine LenggerElise Van Dongen(DNC)3635(DNC)DNCDNCDNC34DNC31DNC326
36th9277NEDMartyn RochxBas Venbogt343536(DNC)(DNC)DNC34DNCDNCDNCDNC329
37th1062GBRBen JenkinsNigel Jenkins35(DNC)(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNC339

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