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by Paul Manning, Musto Skiffs 11 Jan 2011 10:04 GMT 11-16 January 2011

Musto Skiff worlds day 1 © Shane Baker / www.shanebaker.net

After a postponment for the wind to settle, racing got underway at 15:55 at Black Rock Yacht Club on Port Phillip Bay. A fleet of 42 competitors from 7 nations have gathered fro the classes first World championships to be held outside Europe. With the fleet growing strongly in Australia, the home nation was expected to show towards the front.

Race 1

Following an abandoned start, racing commenced in a stable breeze at 180 degrees and 10knots.

The fleet was evenly split off the line and neither side appeared to gain, the leaders reaching the windward mark for the first rounding at exactly the same time headed by Bruce Keen GBR 441, Tom Wright GBR432, Matt Hollis GBR 356, Julian Ramm GER 443, and with the majority of the fleet chose to bear away set and headed towards the Black Rock shore.

Keen continued to lead on the second round, Daniel Henderson GBR 409 had pulling through to 2nd place closely followed by Jono Neat AUS440, Marcus Hamilton AUS 453 and Jonathon Newman AUS 425.

Keen led the fleet home followed by Henderson, Hamilton, Neate and Jonathon Newman.

Race 2

The breeze continued to be very settled at around 180 degrees and 10knots. PRO Mark Taylor flawlessly got race 2 off shortly after the completion of race 1.

Jonathon Newman AUS 425 led the fleet closely followed by Daniel Henderson GBR 409, Dan Ward GBR 286 and Jono Neate AUS 440. In the prevailing conditions the the fleet was again very closely bunched, with the top half rounding the windward mark for the first time within 45 seconds of each other.

Newman mastered the conditions to take the win from Henderson and Ward wrapped up the top 3 postions.

Race 3

The breeze continued to hold at 180 degrees, but dropped to around 7-8knots. The race was all about Iver Ahlmann GER 370 who dominated from start to finish. At the gun, the margin was some 200m from 2nd place Tim Hill AUS 424 with a consistant Daniel Henderson in 3rd place.

Results after Day 1:

Pos	Helm	Sail No	Nat	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Daniel Henderson	GBR 409	GBR	2	2	3	7
2	Jonathon Newman	AUS 425	AUS	5	1	5	11
3	Marcus Hamilton	AUS 453	AUS	3	6	4	13
4	Bruce Keen	GBR 441	GBR	1	7	6	14
5	Tim Hill	AUS 424	AUS	8	5	2	15
6	Jono Neate	AUS 440	AUS	4	4	7	15
7	Iver Ahlmann	GER 370	GER	12	10	1	23
8	Dan Ward	GBR 286	GBR	11	3	11	25
9	Julian Ramm	GER 443	GER	6	9	12	27
10	Matt Hollis	GBR 356	GBR	9	11	9	29
11	Ian Renilson	GBR 449	GBR	7	12	13	32
12	Tom Wright	GBR 432	GBR	10	8	14	32
13	John Evans	GBR 211		13	18	21	52
14	William Nigel Walbank	GBR 394	GBR	18	13	23	54
15	Christopher Sutherland	AUS 429	AUS	20	16	20	56
16	Richard Ekberg	AUS 438	AUS	23	19	17	59
17	Matthew Hosie	AUS 413	AUS	24	28	8	60
18	Brett Williams	AUS 408	AUS	29	23	10	62
19	Tim Moorhouse	AUS 379	AUS	17	14	32	63
20	Dave Poston	GBR 324	GBR	15	29	19	63
21	Mark Elsworth	AUS 243	AUS	28	22	15	65
22	Tim Chapman	GBR 333	GBR	32	15	22	69
23	Brendan Jenner	GBR 376	GBR	21	32	16	69
24	Russ Evans	NZL 387	NZL	16	25	31	72
25	Alastair Smith	GBR 274	GBR	14	31	30	75
26	Gavin Homer	GBR 253	GBR	26	24	25	75
27	Martin Mayrhofer	AUT 447	AUT	35	17	24	76
28	Yaroslav Petrov	GBR 368	RUS	19	20	37	76
29	James Lewis	GBR 439	GBR	25	27	27	79
30	Mark Haine	GBR 248	GBR	31	37	18	86
31	Tristan Williams	AUS 371	NED	27	30	35	92
32	Tony Nash	AUS 417	AUS	38	21	36	95
33	Richie Robertson	AUS 380	AUS	36	26	33	95
34	Alistair Kerr	GBR 374	GBR	33	34	28	95
35	David Annan	GBR 169	GBR	37	35.5	26	98.5
36	Catharina Gauda	GER 170	GER	22	40	40	102
37	Edoardo Amato	ITA 136	ITA	30	38	39	107
38	Huud Ouwehand	NED 229	NED	40	39	29	108
39	Hans Zuurendonk	NED 435	NED	41	33	34	108
40	Tom Conway	GBR 294	GBR	34	35.5	42	111.5
41	Ron Barnes	GBR 228	GBR	39	43	38	120