18 foot Skiff International Champs in Carnac - Day 2

by Peter Danby 5 Jun 2001 11:47 BST

AUSTRALIA'S DAY IN CARNAC

Yandoo Photo © Peter Danby

Another day of light winds and blue skies brought successes to Australia's top boats in the Bay of Quiberon.

In Race 3, John Winning's 'Yandoo' made a conservative start, and an excellent beat up the middle of the track saw him in the lead again at the windward mark, ahead of Tim Penfold on 'Marlow' who had missed the two opening races due to commitments at home. 'Yandoo' held the lead to the finish, and Howie Hamlin on 'US Challenge' again sailed well to take second place. Trevor Barnabas on 'Omega Smeg' was third.

Race 2 saw 'Omega Smeg' start well near the middle of the line, and then get the tactics right to round the windward mark in first position. Flemming Clausen on 'Wempe' maintained second place round most of the course, but was overtaken by Rob Greenhalgh on 'RMW Marine' at the final leeward mark, and then by 'Sunday Telegraph', sailed by Graham Eeles, on the short beat to the finish. The ever-consistent John Winning finished fifth.

In the light conditions prevailing in the four races sailed so far, the boats have been remarkably equal in boat speed, and those at the head of the fleet have been there entirely as a consequence of good sailing and sound tactics. With six more races in the series, there is still plenty to sail for, and it will be particularly interesting if we see a change of conditions to stronger breezes.

Pos	Boat	Helm	Crew	Crew	Nat
Race 3:
1	Yandoo	John Winning	Jack Young	Euan MacNicol	AUS
2	US Challenge	Howard Hamlin	Mike Martin	Chris Cleary	USA
3	Omega Smeg	Trevor Barnabas	Daniel Phillips	Rod Howell	AUS
4	RMW Marine	Rob Greenhalgh	Dan Johnson	Jon Saunt	GBR
5	Carnac Blues Point	Vincent Joyeux	Frederic Moreau	Jean Jaques Dubois	FRA
6	Marlow	Tim Penfold	Andrew James	Will Penfold	GBR
Race 4:
1	Omega Smeg	Trevor Barnabas	Daniel Phillips	Rod Howell	AUS
2	RMW Marine	Rob Greenhalgh	Dan Johnson	Jon Saunt	GBR
3	Sunday Telegraph	Graham Eeles	Andy Prince	Simon Farr en	GBR
4	Wempe	Flemming Clausen	Michael Pedersen	Soren Clausen	DEN
5	Yandoo	John Winning	Jack Young	Euan MacNicol	AUS
6	White Stuff	Victor Brellisford	James Fawcett	Dave Smith	GBR

Overall after 4 races, 1 discard:

Pos	Boat	Pts
1	Omega Smeg	8.7
2	Yandoo	8.7
3	RMW Marine	16.7
4	US Challenge	19.0
5	Carnac Blues Point	24.0
6	Sunday Telegraph	26.7

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