Audi Etchells Australian Championships

Audi Etchells Australian Championships - Day 3

by Suellen Hurling 17 Jan 2008 09:29 GMT 11-18 January 2008

New Brisbane crew in the lead

Local Brisbane Fleet sailors Jason Muir, Matthew Chew, Paul Wyatt and Darren Jones have taken the lead from fellow locals Mark Bradford, Ben Durham and Wade Morgan after the Race 5 of the 2008 Audi Etchells Australian Championship on Moreton Bay.

Sitting in second place two points behind Muir is New Zealand sailor Alistair Gair with David Ridley, Carl Peters and Derek Scott. A further two points behind Gair is Bradford now placed on 36 points.

The light and challenging conditions being faced on the eastern waters of Moreton Bay have seen the fleet split in each race of the regatta so far. Race 5 also resulted in a broken mast and damaged halyard for two boats in the fleet, even though the breeze never reached above 14 knots.

The competitors are currently making the hour long journey to the race course for the second last race of the 2008 Audi Etchells Australian Championship.

Race 5 Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	AUS874	Racer XY	Jason Muir	18	2	8	1	3	32
2	NZL950	Velsheda	Alistair Gair	26	4	1	2	1	34
3	AUS1317	Una Mas	Mark Bradford	4	3	3	8	17	35
4	AUS915	Koolong X	Peter McNeill	1	5	5	21	15	47
5	AUS1326	Steampacket VII (M)	Rob Brown	19	7	9	14	8	57
6	AUS1254	Odyssey	Julian Plante	13	11	17	15	5	61
7	AUS876	Fifteen	David Clark	6	10	27	20	2	65
8	AUS875	Men At Work	Bucky Smith	3	1	4	46	14	68
9	AUS945	Blacksnake	Cameron Miles	8	8	2	46	4	68
10	AUS947	Magpie	Graeme Taylor	9	6	23	23	7	68
11	AUS1347	Funky Cold Medina	Vaughan Prentice	10	14	13	12	20	69
12	AUS923	Racer X	Mick O'Brien	20	15	16	6	16	73
13	AUS1134	Dot	Matt Whitnall	15	19	6	16	18	74
14	AUS1338	Critical Balance	Mark Bulka	25	12	11	7	19	74
15	AUS1318	Bananas in Pyjamas	Ian Johnson	28	13	19	4	13	77
16	AUS1164	B Squared	Gary Boyd	37	21	10	3	9	80
17	AUS891	Bandwagon (M)	Skipp Lissiman	14	30	22	9	6	81
18	AUS924	Barry	Damien King	33	9	15	17	12	86
19	AUS1362	Fair Bump Play On	David Rose	2	28	21	10	27	88
20	AUS1274	The Nurse	Noel Drennan	29	24	12	13	11	89
21	AUS1244	Dr Evil	Jake Gunther	16	20	18	25	15	94
22	AUS1250	Bushfire	Jervis Tilley	32	17	14	30	10	103
23	AUS1321	Triad (M)	John Bertrand	11	16	7	26	46	106
24	AUS1160	Liquidity	Dirk Van Der Struyf	17	26	26	18	23	110
25	AUS415	Waterloo Bay (M)	Noel Paterson	22	22	36	5	26	111
26	AUS1192	Echo Beach	Tom Woods	7	23	24	46	24	124
27	AUS1144	Rapscallion (M)	David Healey	5	25	32	24	46	132
28	AUS1360	Etch (G)	Jan Muysken	23	18	25	35	32	133
29	AUS1359	The Front Row	Ben Lehmann	41	33	20	19	21	134
30	AUS1270	La Vie Dansante	David Royle	21	27	33	31	30	142
31	AUS1049	Vertigo	Doug Williams	24	31	29	22	36	142
32	AUS994	Crews Control (G)	Paul Minter	36	29	28	28	22	143
33	AUS852	Three Ring Circus	Trevor Martin	12	42	37	27	29	147
34	AUS1213	Dutch Moth	Anthony Patterson	42	40	30	11	35	158
35	AUS963	The Rat	Grantham Kitto	30	32	34	29	34	159
36	AUS1337	No Excuse	Rupert Henry	38	34	31	33	28	164
37	AUS849	Yep (M)	Russell McCart	35	36	35	32	31	169
38	AUS418	Hocus Pocus (M)	Peter Willey	34	41	38	34	25	172
39	AUS1316	TheGoodTheBad&TheUgly (G)	Jonathan Harris	27	39	43	37	41	187
40	AUS883	Tusk	Gary Smith	44	35	40	36	33	188
41	AUS826	Hustler	Craig Mathie	31	44	39	38	38	190
42	AUS913	Never Enough	Andrew Telford	45	37	44	39	39	204
43	AUS1158	New Wave	Peter La Fontaine	39	38	42	40	46	205
44	AUS941	J for Jig (M)	Lex O'Conner	43	46	41	41	37	208
45	AUS750	Iris II (M)	David Gleadhill	40	43	45	42	40	210