A-Class Cataraman Worlds at New Plymouth Yacht Club, NZ

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A-Class Cataraman Worlds at New Plymouth Yacht Club, NZ

by John Coplestone 11 Feb 2004 07:57 GMT 3-10 February 2004

Australian sailor Glenn Ashby has won the A-Class catamaran world championships held at the New Plymouth Yacht Club in New Zealand.

Event Photos:

Click here to take a look at the great photos from the event taken by John Coplestone.

Overall Results: (9 races, 1 discard)

Pos	Sail No/Boat Name	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	AUS 1	Glenn Ashby	3	1	2	1	1	DNF	1	4	1	14
2	AUS 802 Fibrefoam	Scott Anderson	1	4	3	3	4	2	2	16	3	22
3	AUS 767 Steve Brewin Sail	Steve Brewin	2	8	5	5	5	1	3	1	4	26
4	AUS 849 Brewmeister	David Brewer	6	3	4	4	2	5	14	3	2	29
5	AUS 861 Shirt Terror	David McKenzie	4	5	8	6	8	6	6	2	5	42
6	NZL 232	Murray Philpott	7	13	7	8	7	3	8	12	6	58
7	AUS 878	Greg Goodall	9	7	11	10	6	10	17	8	10	71
8	AUS 868 Flat Bikkys	Brad Collett	5	2	1	2	3	8	9	DNF	DNF	81
9	NZL 230	Simon Manning	17	17	10	12	14	9	7	7	13	89
10	AUS 862 About Time	Brian Hooper	8	6	17	17	17	4	10	15	15	92
10	AUS 859 One Zero Telstra	Rod Molkington	DNF	12	6	7	10	7	15	27	8	92
12	NED 79 U-Rope	Huub Lambriex	16	9	12	9	15	15	13	21	7	96
13	NED 64 Dockwise Yacht Tr	Erik van Empel	15	16	14	18	16	14	4	18	9	106
13	AUS 856 Bang	Chris Parker	14	14	13	14	12	18	21	5	16	106
15	AUS 8 Boat Wars	Graeme Harbour	18	10	15	13	11	11	18	22	DNF	118
16	AUS 845 Out for Blood	Tony McKenzie	12	15	19	16	19	20	16	9	14	120
17	AUS 864 Golden Seal Team	Matt Firth	24	11	16	15	13	17	20	19	11	122
18	AUS 865 FbyG	Stuart Scott	10	18	18	20	9	13	25	14	DNF	127
19	NZL 234 Kaenon	Mike Drummond	11	19	20	22	21	23	19	10	19	141
20	GER 85	Guido Schulte	36	22	25	24	20	25	5	6	17	144
21	GER 10 Down Under	Joerg Horn	22	DNF	21	19	18	12	23	13	18	146
22	AUS 860 Dirty Cat Racing	Mark Thredgold	20	24	24	21	23	24	28	33	21	185
23	AUS 738 50 Pence	Gavin Vize	13	DNF	23	25	22	27	27	29	20	186
24	FRA 316 YA+K2	Patrick Balbo	29	21	30	29	26	21	29	20	23	198
25	AUS 871 Wahoo	Brian Medlow	26	27	22	30	24	19	33	35	22	203
26	AUS 846 Addiction	Lou Zylstra	21	26	29	23	29	36	41	25	26	215
27	AUS 837 Go Hard	Bruce McArthur	DNF	DNS	9	11	DNF	16	37	30	12	217
28	NZL 224 Signs at Work	Terry Valder	32	32	37	39	DNF	31	11	11	28	221
29	NZL 191 Road Kill	Steve Ashley	31	25	26	28	28	32	32	28	24	222
30	NED 1	Piet Saarberg	19	DNF	DNF	35	30	22	12	26	30	225
31	AUS 813 UFO	Glenn Brown	27	29	28	27	27	33	34	41	25	230
32	NZL 231 Aussie Slapper	Hamish Drummond	34	DNF	32	26	31	26	31	36	27	243
33	NZL 220 Comfortably Numb	Peter Waldron	30	DNF	31	33	33	34	24	17	DNF	253
34	NZL 240 Fixation	John Marshall	33	20	33	34	34	29	36	38	DNF	257
35	GER 77 Boomer 2	Andreas Szameitat	DNF	23	34	31	25	30	40	24	DNS	258
36	NZL 229 Playstation 2	Brian Taylor	35	35	39	40	38	28	22	31	31	259
37	NZL 221 Impact	Eddie Hiestand	25	28	27	32	DNF	DNS	35	23	DNF	272
38	GER 81	Ekkehart Von Selzam	39	31	40	36	36	35	39	34	DNS	290
39	NZL 219 Thomcat	Don Thomson	37	30	41	37	39	40	38	40	32	293
40	NZL 233	Ken Urquhart	38	33	36	41	40	41	42	39	33	301
41	NZL 236 Savage Bliss	Mike Norton	DNF	DNS	38	42	37	38	30	37	29	302
42	AUS 822 Bone Shaker	Mark Johnston	23	DNF	DNF	DNF	32	37	26	32	DNF	303
43	AUS 843 Blunt Object	John Goldsmith	28	34	35	38	35	42	44	DNF	DNS	307
44	NZL 218 News 4 U	Patrick Ashby	40	36	44	DNF	43	44	45	44	DNS	347
45	NZL 33 Prozac	Chris Riley	42	37	DNF	45	DNF	DNF	46	46	34	352
46	NZL 223 Bugger	Peter Kerr	DNF	DNS	43	43	42	43	43	42	DNS	358
47	NZL 212 Shot-Away	David Aarons	41	DNS	42	44	DNS	DNF	48	45	DNF	373
48	NZL 227 Red Rat	Ken Williams	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	41	39	47	43	DNS	374
49	NZL 214 Charge A Glass	Trevor Simpkin	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	408
49	NZL 225 Assassin	Mark Davidson	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNS	408

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