A-Class Cat Worlds at Lake Macquarie, Australia

A-Class Cat Worlds at Lake Macquarie, Australia - Overall

by A-Class Cat Worlds Media Centre 9 Jan 2009 06:50 GMT 2-9 January 2009

Ashby, Brewin and Landenberger A-Cat World's top three

Six time A-Cat World Champion Glenn Ashby was a relaxed spectator for the final race, race nine, in the 2009 A-Cat World Championship today, after his convincing Championship win. The conditions were challenging today as they had been all week.

On the left hand side of course, a small rain cell was bending the wind left and up the first beat Germany's Bob Baier had stepped out on the fleet.

Australian 1996 Olympic Tornado bronze medalist Andrew Landenberger was second, just ahead of Thomas Paasch (Den), followed by dual Laser World Champion Tom Slingsby, then four more Australian's Wayne Mercer, Brad Collett, Dave Brewer, Dave McKenzie and Mike Drummond (NZL).

Down the first run Landenberger sailed through Baier. At the top mark the second time he was still leading Baier, with Queenslander Brad Collett in third place ahead of Tom Slingsby, New Zealander Mike Drummond and Dave Brewer.

But the lead changes continued as the eventual winner Brad Collett explained ashore.

'Downwind my medium wind battens paid off. I climbed to third then downwind I was doing very well. I got to the lead on the second downwind; fell back to fourth again on the upwind then flew home for a win. Overall it was a very good regatta. I had a bit of bad luck in a few races which put me back in the points, but nice to win the last race.'

Second across the line was Baier, then Australian Tom Slingsby with Andrew Landenberger.

Ashore Slingsby had a big grin. 'I can do the upwind thing; it's just like Lasers, big fleet start. Still a lot of work to do on downwind technique, but it's a lot of fun.'

Landenberger finished third overall in the regatta. He led twice but fell back to fourth but was still pleased with the results.

'Today there were big oscillations in the course. Two boats would go one way and one would go the other. At the end I was set up for heavy wind and the breeze softened so I lost my lead. Then Port starboard on the finish line, so Slingsby just got me,' Landenberger said.

Wandering through the boat park, shaking hands with sailors, Glenn Ashby commented: 'It's been a busy week. It's been a fantastic event; we've had some excellent conditions. We've had a lot of great sailing and we've got in every race of the series on schedule.

'To get through the races in the National's bar one and a whole series of the World's I think they've certainly got the bang for their buck. They should be happy,' Slingsby said.

The World's will be held in Italy in 2010 and possibly Germany in 2011.

'There's a couple of good venues to look forward to and with the European Championships in the middle. The A-Class is going very strong,' Slingsby said.

Swiss sailor Luc Du Bois summed up: 'It's a great venue with good organisation, so I'm very happy that I came here. The next two World's are in Europe, so I don't know if that will put the balance back on our side; it's always the same guy who wins anyway.

'It's a difficult time to be racing with Glenn Ashby out there. He's a tough guy and tough competition, and he's proving year after year that sailing well is the most important thing.'

An extended interview with Glenn Ashby will be shortly posted to the event site.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	AUS 1	Glenn Ashby	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	dns	8
2	AUS 4	Steve Brewin	1	8	5	4	3	6	2	5	dns	26
3	AUS 24	Andrew Landenberger	13	7	6	3	10	21	3	2	4	35
4	ESP 11	Manuel Calavia	2	11	11	8	4	5	6	3	7	35
5	GER 14	Bob Baier	17	5	9	27	2	1	11	7	2	37
6	AUS 938	James Spithill	4	9	2	6	16	10	9	4	8	42
7	SUI 202	Luc Du Bois	8	2	7	23	9	4	8	8	5	42
8	AUS 902	Scott Anderson	23	6	3	2	5	9	5	17	15	45
9	AUS 908	Dave Brewer	6	10	4	10	6	3	32	11	9	48
10	AUS 10	Brad Collett	35	4	OCS	9	18	8	4	9	1	53
11	AUS 822	Nathan Outteridge	11	16	10	7	8	13	16	12	11	72
12	DEN 1	Thomas Paasch	9	12	14	13	32	19	13	33	12	92
13	AUS 321	Andrew Williams	24	15	24	11	11	11	14	15	19	96
14	AUS 832	Tom Slingsby	28	3	dnf	22	7	38	7	29	3	99
15	NZL 245	Mike Drummond	18	55	20	18	13	OCS	18	6	6	99
16	AUS 924	Ben Deed	7	23	22	5	37	15	12	23	28	107
17	AUS 13	Jack Benson	14	27	16	33	12	20	15	21	17	115
18	AUS 889	Graeme Parker	15	13	12	14	30	14	26	30	26	120
19	AUS 900	Wayne Mercer	12	20	15	49	15	26	31	24	10	122
20	GBR 007	Chris Field	10	24	8	30	36	32	21	16	18	127
21	NZL 1	Murray Philpott	16	14	18	20	17	25	20	28	dnf	130
22	AUS 893	Dave Ellis	36	19	19	29	19	dnf	17	20	13	136
23	NED 28	Pieter Jan Dwarshuis	33	29	21	24	14	7	29	14	32	138
24	AUS 907	Dave McKenzie	20	17	25	25	38	12	19	26	dnf	144
25	AUS 865	Stuart Scott	29	25	13	17	29	28	22	18	22	145
26	AUS 37	Bruce McArthur	38	22	29	19	31	22	30	19	20	161
27	NED 3	Sjoerd Hoekstra	61	35	17	15	dnf	dnf	10	13	14	165
28	AUS 936	Stephen Brayshaw	39	31	36	DSQ	24	18	43	10	16	174
29	GER 599	Matthias Dietz	5	28	30	12	26	dnf	41	39	36	176
30	AUS 923	Simon McKeon	21	21	23	RDG	35	30	24	31	35	176
31	ITA2	Eugenio Calabria	40	30	dnf	28	27	23	23	25	21	177
32	AUS 8	Graeme Harbour	22	18	27	46	28	34	33	34	40	196
33	AUS 844	Richie Howells	64	58	28	39	20	17	40	27	39	210
34	BRA5	Clinio Swan de Freitis	31	32	39	21	43	36	50	37	29	225
35	GER 79	Klaus Raab	75	64	43	40	23	16	RDG	40	31	225.4
36	GER 12	Donald Beike	OCS	44	56	45	21	24	28	35	34	231
37	GER 76	Helmut Stumhofer	30	26	32	36	51	50	RDG	51	23	235.5
38	FRA 7	Jean Louis Le Coq	19	56	33	37	40	41	34	48	38	242
39	AUS 922	Mark Johnston	49	43	34	dnf	39	47	36	22	24	245
40	AUS 7	Hamish Sinclair	OCS	41	26	32	60	54	37	32	27	249
41	AUS 19	Russell Denholm	48	45	31	34	34	35	39	44	37	254
42	AUS 880	Gavin Vize	37	37	35	40	dnf	58	35	36	42	262
43	AUS 916	Andrew Steenhuis	57	52	37	59	22	29	58	41	25	263
44	ITA1	Guido Longhi	70	36	41	26	47	44	38	50	47	279
45	ITA31	Luigi Blancato	50	33	52	16	49	42	47	55	dnf	289
46	AUS 864	Matt Firth	62	38	47	42	52	59	42	38	33	292
47	AUS 021	Ben Geisker	56	42	51	58	50	27	27	42	dnf	295
48	GBR 33	Nigel Lovett	25	49	65	57	45	31	44	52	58	303
49	AUS 831	David Parker	47	46	38	52	46	49	48	62	30	304
50	ESP 42	Mariano Martinez Pina	34	dnf	46	50	42	40	56	47	51	310
51	SUI 216	Sergio Vela	44	57	dnf	56	41	53	25	52	41	312
52	AUS 9	John Dowling	63	48	53	47	44	33	45	54	56	324
53	AUS 913	Brian Hooper	58	34	42	dnf	59	45	54	46	46	325
54	GER57	Andras John	27	47	75	53	57	46	61	58	43	331
55	ITA64	Roberto Casadei	26	53	44	43	33	37	dns	dnf	dns	331
56	NZL 233	Ken Urquhart	55	54	40	69	65	52	52	43	48	344
57	AUS 836	Zac Breaden	71	51	48	74	54	39	RDG	RDG	53	357.3
58	GER 21	Marco Goetz	53	50	50	54	48	51	59	dnf	52	358
59	AUS 824	Ken Symonds	67	62	49	48	61	43	53	56	49	359
60	AUS 914	Dave Loutit	43	59	dnf	55	53	61	51	45	dnf	367
61	AUS 935	Steve Breaden	68	60	59	63	58	57	49	58	59	400
62	ESP 9	Juan Antonio Ladron de Guevara	52	78	66	38	55	dnf	66	69	55	401
63	AUS 934	Peter Bradbury	72	61	45	60	64	60	70	RDG	RDG	413.4
64	AUT 1	Klaus Schober	54	63	58	61	76	68	67	63	54	420
65	GER 56	George Reutter	32	71	73	51	69	75	62	65	dnf	423
66	AUS 911	Michael Kopp	77	70	68	66	63	63	57	57	50	424
67	ITA946	Rosario Cangemi	41	77	71	dnf	dnf	56	55	68	61	429
68	AUS 883	Christopher Batenburg	78	76	63	dnf	77	72	60	49	45	442
69	NED 1	Piet Saarberg	46	dnf	55	dnf	56	55	dns	dnf	44	446
70	AUS 788	Julian Jenkins	91	74	70	71	67	48	75	61	65	456
71	BRA 6	Roger Wright	42	72	57	68	62	62	dnf	dnf	dnf	458
72	AUS 857	Lucas McDonald	87	39	dnf	31	25	dnf	dnf	dnf	dns	467
73	AUS 939	Campbell Miller	83	66	61	64	75	79	65	dnf	63	473
74	GER 95	Ekke Von Selzam	74	73	64	dnf	78	71	72	64	57	475
75	AUS 912	Vic Collett	51	69	69	65	70	67	dns	dnf	dnf	486
76	AUS 862	David Beeby	76	85	62	dnf	74	66	63	60	dnf	486
77	AUS 524	Roger Coleman	59	79	78	62	81	73	74	74	67	487
78	AUS 828	Andrew Chaney	65	82	82	dnf	71	70	64	67	68	487
79	BRA3	Claudia Swan de Freitis	66	81	74	67	79	74	71	71	66	489
80	AUS 6	Glenn Brown	69	68	67	dnf	68	64	dns	dnf	64	495
81	AUS 839	Tom Watson	80	65	72	dnf	66	65	dns	dnf	62	505
82	AUS 837	Claire Neeskens	73	86	76	73	72	dnf	73	73	70	510
83	AUS 5	Horst Kopp	79	83	77	dnf	80	69	69	72	71	517
84	AUS 869	John Goldsmith	82	75	60	76	73	dnf	dns	dnf	60	521
85	AUS 802	Konrad Schultz	85	dnf	dns	dnf	82	76	68	66	69	541
86	AUS 800	Steve Wright	89	80	79	dnf	86	80	77	70	72	544
87	IRL 5	Yvonne Sheehan	60	dnf	81	dnf	84	82	76	78	dnf	556
88	AUS 661	Michelle Jones	84	87	80	75	85	78	79	77	dnf	558
89	AUS 868	Andrew Grant	81	67	54	72	dnf	dnf	dns	dnf	dns	559
90	AUS 101	John Richards	45	40	dnf	dns	dnf	dnf	dns	dnf	dns	560
91	AUS 765	Robert Griffits	88	dns	dns	70	83	77	80	75	dns	568
92	AUS 849	Pat Drover	90	84	dnf	dnf	87	81	78	76	73	569
93	AUS 863	Russ McDonald	86	dns	dns	44	dnf	dnf	dns	dnf	dns	605
94	NED 8	Theo Van Hilton	dns	dns	dns	dns	dnf	dnf	dns	dnf	dns	665