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
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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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