Etchells Worlds at Greenwich, Connecticut Overall

by Event Website 28 Sep 2003 13:34 BST

It has been said in the sport of yacht racing that the victory goes not necessarily to the swiftest but to the boat that makes the fewest mistakes. When one boat appears the swiftest and makes the fewest mistakes, than the rest of the field is going to be left fighting it out for 2nd and 3rd place. After yesterdays near perfect 12- 20-knot breeze, today’s breeze came in light 6-10 from east-northeast. North, south, east, west, 6 knots 20 knots it didn’t matter to Ken Read who continued his total dominance of this regatta with his 6th win in 8 races. That left him with a 2nd and 6 bullets in this best 7 of 8 races regatta.

This was not to suggest that today’s race was a sail around for Mr. Read. At the starting gun Jud Smith was 45 points out of first and Cameron Miles, 1999 world champion, only 6 points behind that. An OCS or getting buried in the middle of the fleet would have put Ken in third place behind these two who sailed an outstanding regatta in their own rite. By the way, at the start 4,5,6, & 7 were separated by a mere 9 points, 10 points made the difference between 9th and 15th, 10 points separated 16 through 22. These people went pedal to the medal or at least as flat out as you could go in 8 knots of breeze. Interestingly enough all who started in the top 10 remained in the top 10, which is probably why they were there in the first place.

In the final analysis sailing in such a rarefied atmosphere made everyone a winner. We hope that the competitors enjoyed themselves as much as those of us who had the pleasure of organizing and working on this regatta.

Overall Results: (8 races, 1 discard)

Pos	Sail No	Crew	Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	USA1262	K. Read, K. Anderson & S. Norris	USA 8	2	1	1	1	(94\OCS)	1	1	1	8
2	USA1221	J. Smith, H. Frazer & A. Wills	USA 21	6	-22	10	20	2	9	5	5	57
3	AUS1271	C. Miles, P. Smidmore & J. Mayjor	AUS Pittwater	34	5	3	3	(94\OCS)	8	11	29	93
4	NZL1184	C. Appleton, P. Merrington & P. Gudmunson	Auckland NZ	3	45	-53	2	32	15	4	3	104
5	USA1260	B. Lynn, T. Erskine & D. Sabin	USA 4	19	11	20	22	20	12	-23	8	112
6	GBR987	S. Childerley, S. Russell & R. Marino	Cowes UK	22	31	18	14	25	2	(94\BFD)	6	118
7	USA1227	D. Conner, P. Burton & T. Rey	USA 13	8	9	7	6	(94\OCS)	51	33	4	118
8	CAN1265	D. Kneulman, D. Smithers & H. Lammens	CAN 1	54	4	2	8	39	(94\BFD)	8	7	122
9	CAN1231	H. Fogh, R. Cheer & T. Fogh	CAN 1	5	16	27	29	15	18	16	(94\DNF)	126
10	USA960	C. Proctor, B. Kinney & G. Stevens	USA 24	14	26	23	16	-35	25\ZFP	10	16	130
11	CAN1247	A. Leibel, D. Caesar & J. Finch	CAN 1	31	29	30	18	18	7	6	(94\DNF)	139
12	GBR1147	N. Razmilovic, B. Hammersley & M. Nichols	Cowes UK	43	8	(94\OCS)	4	8	46	28	21	158
13	USA1233	R. Doyle, T. Doyle & E. Doyle	USA 27	35	19	-64	37	38	5	13	13	160
14	USA1166	S. Hebb, G. Malcolm & P. Gow	USA 20	27	(94\OCS)	25	5	21	17	44	27	166
15	USA1001	B. Fortenberry, P. Murphy & N. Frizzell	USA 8	1	33	11	56	16	23	-78	31	171
16	AUS923	M. Bradford, M. O'Brien & G. Adshead	Brisbane	21	3	42	7	26	27	46	-59	172
17	USA44	D. Curtis, G. Iverson & N. Fowler	USA 4	25	23	17	32	3	24	51	(94\OCS)	175
18	HKG1051	M. Thornburrow, T. Parsons & A. Webster	HongKong	15	27	4	24	42	56	12	(83\ZFP)	180
19	USA1266	P. Duncan, T. Blackwell & B. Barton	USA 1	(94\OCS)	94\OCS	39	19	1	4	24	2	183
20	USA1104	B. Hovey, G. Schimenti & K. Klinger	USA 9	18	13	22	50	(94\OCS)	29\ZFP	7	49	188
21	AUS1030	N. Drennan, P. Doriean & G. Kamelka	Morrington	50	24	19	(94\DSQ)	28\ZFP	3	20	50	194
22	CAN743	J. Roy, R. Gale & P. Gallant	Can 2	17	7	49	30	28	61	3	-63	195
23	GBR967	R. Wickens, M. Dowher & T. Martell	Cowes UK	9	47	24	51	12	20	34	-58	197
24	GBR1251	A. Razmilovic, J. Tremlett & I. Budgen	Cowes UK	33	15	13	23	46	34	-50	38	202
25	USA706	P. Isler, A. Means & W. Stout	USA 13	53	14	45	10	-66	32\ZFP	2	51	207
26	USA1169	T. Hughes, B. Pistay & J. Stewart	USA 363	26	60	63	-82	7	26	14	11	207
27	USA1203	G. Morrison, K. Longson & S. Vinelli	USA 1	-68	55	8	12	10	67	45	19	216
28	USA1070	P. Garland, D. Moffat & T. Hotchkiss	USA 8	10	42	34	45	-60	16	41	28	216
29	USA638	P. Feldman, B. Zemmin & S. Thompson	USA 7	67	20	15	13	(94\OCS)	21	62	20	218
30	USA1200	S. Girling, C. Johannessen & T. Maier	USA 9	(94\OCS)	10	51	21	14	28	31	75	230
31	GBR1250	J. Tilly, E. Peel & K. Williamson	Cowes UK	20	41	31	38	64	11	26	(94\OCS)	231
32	AUS1119	T. Hirst, M. Hughes & M. Coxon	Sydney	45	18	5	44	-67	40	67	14	233
33	CAN1179	L. Creaser, E. Koppernaes & T. Yuill	CAN 2	4	6	50	55	34	33	53	(94\DNF)	235
34	USA1232	M. Beckmann, L. Horvat & M. Rogers	USA 23	47	2	6	47	(94\OCS)	47	72	15	236
35	CAN1246	R. Kidd, L. Lemieux & G. Bratkiw	CAN 1	37	12	61	15	36	49	-64	26	236
36	USA1177	C. Clark, R. Sherry & R. Wood	USA 7	36	48	21	27	4	(94\BFD)	49	56	241
37	NZL991	C. Thorpe, S. Barton & B. Joyce	Auckland	7	30	26	63	29	-73	65	23	243
38	USA1152	D. Champion, S. Smith & B. Ledbetter	USA 3	(94\OCS)	17	14	9	94\OCS	68	19	22	243
39	USA1103	J. Ulbrich, M. Storrs & S. deLisser	USA 20	58	25	52	67	13	22	-75	12	249
40	USA1063	H. Schutz, H. Ostrom & P. Ginz	USA 24	23	-69	32	40	23	29	38	66	251
41	USA880	T. Anderson, D. Ornstein & R. Phelps	USA 9	16	65	12	43	-71	32	18	71	257
42	USA280	B. Burton, G. Burton & G. Hummel	USA 7	13	37	(94\OCS)	34	50	53	30	45	262
43	AUS1102	S. O'Rourke, S. Condie & J. Minter	Sydney	24	57	37	60	(94\OCS)	19	35	30	262
44	USA1126	R. Kaiser, G. Whitley, V. Mathews & S. Alger	USA 11	64	44	40	25	19	31	47	-65	270
45	GBR1110	H. Sellars, M. Till & M. Wait	Cowes UK	40	38	-69	48	33	25	60	42	286
46	USA983	K. Hoyt, P. Sloan & J. Rozwadowski	USA 13	(94\OCS)	21	47	62	31	33\ZFP	43	52	289
47	GBR1195	P. Blowers, J. McCarthy & A. Yates	Cowes UK	-66	59	35	52	37	30	52	25	290
48	USA1208	J. Hoekman, T. Labaugh & M. Skelly	USA 9	56	-64	16	31	47	37	57	47	291
49	USA1155	J. Batts, J. Easley & J. Sale	USA 22	28	34	59	61	62	(94\BFD)	21	34	299
50	USA1071	H. Spingler, B. Meagher & B. Bentz	USA 8	51	46	81	41	6	(94\BFD)	15	60	300
51	GBR1020	L. Chaplin, R. Chaplin & M. Johnston	Cowes UK	76	-87	29	71	5	35	55	36	307
52	CAN789	P. Rafuse, S. Handrahan & F. Kennedy	Can 2	42	-83	36	36	78	44	63	17	316
53	USA1092	S. Kelley, B. Altman & M. Hennely	USA 13	30	43	(94\OCS)	73	56	75	9	33	319
54	USA1220	H. Jones, D. Whelan, M. Whelan & C. Lewis	USA 9	11	39	60	77	-79	71\ZFP	17	46	321
55	USA971	K. Hestehave, K. Clausen & B. Branstad	USA 13	59	70	48	53	27	(82\ZFP)	25	40	322
56	BER1249	T. Patton, R. Billingham & W. Thompson	Bermuda	55	53	56	35	52	-66	27	57	335
57	USA294	D. Neville, M. Hobson & C. Ceyer III	USA 28	29	50	-70	17	69	45	68	61	339
58	USA1107	T. Boyle, J. Priddis, D. Dowd & P. LeBoussiere	USA 1	48	76	54	76	11	59	-79	18	342
59	AUS1082	S. Lewis, L. Molloy & J. Muir	Brisbane	38	35	(94\OCS)	11	30	42	94\BFD	94\DSQ	344
60	USA1209	D. Smalley, G. Corwin & D. Kurts	USA 1	82	66	9	-84	57	41	80	10	345
61	CAN1154	G. McKay, J. Conway, I. Brown & B. McKane	CAN 1	-74	52	38	65	55	60	22	62	354
62	USA1261	T. Piper, S. Rice & T. Banks	USA 20	44	63	43	58	-75	55	58	37	358
63	USA1238	G. Gilbert, C. Lewis & R. Erda	USA 28	65	54	33	42	59	-82	39	67	359
64	USA1199	I. Evans, T. Britton & M. Craig	USA 15	32	58	66	68	68	39	(94\BFD)	32	363
65	ISR204	S. Brokman, A. Bilik, A. Shulman & V. Ben-kiki	Israel	70	(94\OCS)	46	46	44	43	32	94\OCS	375
66	USA1111	P. Stadel, M. Toso & T. Naylon	USA 13	57	73	-86	79	17	70	66	24	386
67	USA1076	R. Bodden, T. Yourieff & S. Mogle	USA 30	(94\RAF)	51	91\ZFP	57	73	38	29	48	387
68	AUS869	J. Warlow, G. Geiger & D. Ingram	Aus 11	12	49	44	49	63	81	(94\DNF)	94\DNC	392
69	CAN1072	G. Anderson, M. Clarke & R. Battye	CAN 1	62	28	73	-78	61	54	73	43	394
70	AUS1150	B. Steele, C. Wallrock & J. Wurmfeld	AUS Swan River	63	(94\OCS)	75	64	65	65	54	9	395
71	USA1207	J. Padnos, R. Gamache & M. Munson	USA 22	(94\OCS)	61	94\ZFP	54	22	64	61	41	397
72	USA1090	D. Dever, R. Shellow & A. Mulder	USA 20	(94\OCS)	32	80	39	48	48	56	94\OCS	397
73	CAN1053	A. Gray, M. LaFleche & N. Sinclair	Can 3	39	62	79	-85	24	50	76	73	403
74	USA904	E. Ash, C. Kimmendahl & D. Sligh	USA 22	73	81	62	26	51	72	48	(94\OCS)	413
75	USA1263	A. Giglia, S. Weil & J. Corwin	USA 1	52	36	71	70	(94\OCS)	69	36	94\DNF	428
76	USA1153	J. Bainton, G. Bottino & S. Citrin	USA 30	(94\OCS)	82	41	33	41	58	82	94\DNF	431
77	USA1222	C. Marx, G. Marx & T. Marx	USA 1	78	72	76	66	49	(94\ZFP)	37	53	431
78	USA162	E. Altman, A. Whittone & W. Kalmbach	USA 11	71	67	(86\ZFP)	59	53	57	74	54	435
79	USA981	T. Dawson, K. Germain & J. Harvey	USA 7	(94\OCS)	40	28	94\DSQ	89\ZFP	94\BFD	42	55	442
80	USA664	W. O'Connor, S. Beckwith & J. Nyan	USA 4	41	75	57	80	43	62	85	(94\DNC)	443
81	USA517	W. Edwards, T. Platt & J. Muller	USA 4	60	56	77	28	(94\OCS)	36	94\BFD	94\OCS	445
82	USA1212	J. Nye, T. Burnham & S. Adler	USA 9	75	78	74	72	45	(94\ZFP)	40	69	453
83	USA1139	R. Ross, P. Rowson, D. Shillingburg & D. Olsen	USA 15	83	84	65	83	54	(94\DSQ)	70	44	483
84	USA569	G. Hodkinson*, B. Dyett & S. Fisk	USA 15	69	77	82	-88	40	76	84	74	502
85	USA4	R. Hertz, G. Sentilles & R. Hertz	USA 27	(94\OCS)	85	84	74	74	74	83	35	509
86	USA1016	R. Schlesinger, A. Seriney & R. Casasco	USA 28	46	79	58	89	77	79	81	(94\DNC)	509
87	USA1012	C. Baker, P. Simpson & M. Sykes	USA 9	81	(94\DNS)	68	86	94\OCS	71	71	39	510
88	USA1241	K. Womack, J. Peine & L. Cozzolino	USA 23	79	68	55	87	(94\DNF)	94\ZFP	59	68	510
89	USA579	R. Stevens, D. Brush, M. Grosby & C. Seiler	USA 25	49	74	85	75	76	(94\DNF)	77	76	512
90	AUS738	G. Hinds, A. Gavenlock & R. Blackwell	Sydney Harbor	61	80	(94\OCS)	69	80	94\BFD	69	72	525
91	USA663	W. Chambers, M. Berge & C. Schasiepen	USA 28	72	71	87	81	81	80	(94\DNF)	94\DNC	566
92	DEN1003	M. Weis-Fogh, A. Mulverstedt & R. Bojesen	Samso/Den	80	88	88	-91	72	84	86	70	568
93	USA988	J. Fulp, R. White & J. Corwin	USA 21	77	86	78	90	58	(94\DNC)	94\DNC	94\DNC	577