Etchells Worlds at Royal Lymington Yacht Club Overall

by Editor 2 Sep 2001 10:54 BST

Stuart Childerley is the new Etchells World Champion after the 6th race held in Christchurch Bay from the Royal Lymington Yacht Club.

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Despite winning the sixth and final race, Australians Cameron Miles, Phil Smidmore and James Mayjor have had to be content with second overall in the 2001 International Etchells World Championship sailed out of the Royal Lymington Yacht Club on the English south coast.

The title went to the British champion Stuart Childerley who, after discarding his worst race, needed only to finish among the top 13 placegetters. He finished sixth and ended up seven points clear of the Australians.

Nevertheless, it was a great effort by Miles, the 1999 World champion from Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club.

Knowing he had to win the last race to have any chance of taking out the 2001 World title, Miles fought out a close race overnight with Melbourne yachtsman Grant Wharington, who finished second at the helm of Satu to place seventh overall.

Sailing Pacesetter, an Etchells built by his crewman Phil Smidmore, Miles notched up an excellent scorecard of 7-6-16-9-14-1 for a net total of 37 points to Childerley’s 2-1-20-62-1-6 for 30 points. The British sailor’s discard of 62 points came from an OCS (premature start).

Third overall went to the Danish double Olympic gold medallist P R Hoj-Jensen, sailing Danish Blue, with 41 points from placings of 8-14-12-20-3-4.

The World championship attracted a star-studded fleet of 61 boats, including one-time America’s Cup opponent John Bertrand from Australia and American Dennis Conner.

Bertrand finished 11th overall after an OCS (premature start) in the final race, with Conner, a two times Etchells World champion, ended up 21st overall, his best place being a second.

Overall Results: (six races, 1 discard)

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	GBR987	Bedrock	S Childerley	S Russell / N Pearson	2	1	20	62	1	6	30
2	AUS1187	Pacesetter	C Miles	P Smidmore / J Mayjor	7	6	16	9	14	1	37
3	GBR1195	Danish Blue	P R Hoj-Jensen	P Blowers / S Mitchell	8	14	12	20	3	4	41
4	GBR1148	Swedish Blue	A Razmilovic	D Bedford / J Tremlett	14	8	38	4	11	9	46
5	GBR1147	Mtu Moja Na Umbwa Yake	N Razmilovic	P Lawrence / M Borrett	35	22	15	3	2	5	47
6	GBR1173	7	E Warwick	T Wetherell/M Sparks	16	9	7	18	6	14	52
7	AUS400	Satu	G Wharington	G Taylor / P Gillen	15	5	49	34	7	2	63
8	HKG48	Wanchai Belle	J McWilliam	L Mead / M Parker	4	12	28	62	9	11	64
9	GBR1181	Punkarella	G Bailey	D Heritage / J Santy	28	13	14	6	24	7	64
10	GBR1021	Bushfire	J Tilly	R Romer-Lee / M Carver	22	26	3	7	15	28	73
11	AUS947	Two Saints and a Magpie	J Bertrand	E Lawrence / B Browne	11	4	26	28	4	62	73
12	GBR962	The Shed	B Parkin	G Lane / C Gowers	10	15	52	26	22	3	76
13	USA1043	No Time At All	R Doyle	T Doyle / E Doyle	6	11	43	2	62	15	77
14	GBR1174	Irrational Exuberance	B Dunning	H Orneberg/J Rock	1	7	18	36	36	16	78
15	GBR1165	Little Cheese	S Lawrence	R Lott / J Owen	20	18	30	15	8	17	78
16	NZL718	Love Shack	K Gager	R Croft / R Adolph	3	31	31	22	10	18	84
17	GBR118	Maverick	R Wickens	T Martell / M Downer	5	36	1	51	13	31	86
18	CAN1199	Cruel Jane	D Kneulman	J Smith / D Smithers	19	23	17	1	26	62	86
19	GBR993	Golden Beaver	G Hardwick	R Southern / K Lyon	26	30	4	8	38	19	87
20	USA1200	Lionheart	S Girling	C Johannessen / A Norman	12	27	23	49	12	13	87
21	USA1009	Menace	D Conner	S Jarvin/M Bradford	47	32	2	21	18	21.5	94.5
22	AUS243	China White	J Plante	A Cooper / B Hammersley	30	3	44	30	20	12	95
23	AUS1013	Silky	T Hirst	R Coxon/M Coxon	18	16	11	38	19	33	97
24	GBR1180	Fuzzy Duck IV	P Woodman	C Proudlove / M Ford	32	10	42	17	47	10	111
25	GBR1034	Pointless	M Ewart-Smith	B Richards / D West	36	29	10	14	62	25	114
26	GBR071	Invader	R Ellis	P Ellis / E Peel	39	19	27	48	17	21.5	123.5
27	GBR595	Blast	S King	B Baxter/P Burden/H King	44	42	6	10	25	62	127
28	AUS295	Yandoo XX	N Wittey	B Hollis / S Barlow	51	62	21	43	5	8	128
29	GBR1110	Festina	H Sellers	M Till/G Eacot	25	34	22	13	62	40	134
30	AUS1019	Fine Dining	J Antill	R Antill / J Antill	41	39	37	19	16	23	134
31	GBR1193	Escape	R Mitchell	J Brammer / M Wheatley	27	50	25	31	23	30	136
32	GBR972	Katchem	A Roberts	S Etheridge / R Chadburn	24	45	29	25	21	39	138
33	USA1010	Avior	J Nye	B Porter / A Ouellette	37	48	5	29	44	24	139
34	USA1149	Wild Horses	M Goldfarb	M Brink / D Clark	21	20	8	62	29	62	140
35	AUS1150	Dragon Lady	B Steele	N Wallrock / J Boxall	42	17	19	47	43	20	141
36	AUS913	Frontier Psychiatry	W Mercer	M Ware / A Steenhuis	29	28	39	12	37	62	145
37	GBR1038	Insatiable	J Bailey	M Armstrong/D Munge	38	40	24	16	30	42	148
38	GBR79	Shamal	T Herbert-Smith	M Lacey / A Green	23	25	46	23	45	34	150
39	GBR125	Sumo	L Chaplin	R Chaplin / J Stevens	45	24	9	39	40	62	157
40	BER182	Morning Glory	T Patton	D Batt / M Thomas	49	33	33	11	34	62	160
41	GBR1172	Icing on the Cake	G Skinner	J Dixon / J McKeogh	52	56	45	5	27	32	161
42	GBR1113	Gelert	J Howells	N Miller / M Lees	34	35	40	24	28	62	161
43	GBR1175	Darling S	T Fort	N Harley/I Morrison/R Jurg	31	38	13	27	62	62	171
44	HKG39	Blue Genes	N Burns	M Findlay/A Angus/M Burns	17	43	36	40	48	36	172
45	GBR1068	Katemba	T Law	M Spruce / M Yates	13	2	34	62	62	62	173
46	GBR114	Palaver	R Yeoman	M Moss/N Burgin	9	62	32	33	46	62	182
47	USA977	Hiway 5	K Clausen	B Branstad / B Thompson	53	55	35	35	32	27	182
48	ITA1023	Full Pelt	C Boventi	L Stefanini/N Botta/F Provenzi	55	21	57	50	35	29	190
49	GBR1176	Sprit of Freedom	A Marr	C Still / R Ferguson	43	44	47	37	39	38	201
50	GBR86	Evelina	C Torrens	P Williams / T Gorman	33	46	53	44	33	62	209
51	AUS961	Masquerade	B Topple	P McNeil / D Bates	50	62	51	52	31	26	210
52	USA529	Brat	D van der Vorst	M Kotting / B Tollenaar	59	57	41	32	49	41	220
53	NZL11	Oblivious	R Crabtree	G Lucas / A Austin	57	47	48	42	50	35	222
54	GBR1194	Desperate	R Tyrwhitt-Drake	T Harris/H Dudley	40	51	60	46	42	62	239
55	GBR803	Faldetta	D Lees	J Turnage/P Rogers/M Lees	60	37	58	55	55	37	242
56	USA6	Suicide Ride	J McConnell	M Hennelly / S Englehart	48	54	50	54	52	43	247
57	GBR1040	Jabberwocky 2000	M Wootton	S Hill/G Randall	58	41	55	53	41	62	248
58	HKG34	Marianne	M Yeadon	J Jeangrand/P Bradley/T Dailey	54	53	56	41	54	62	258
59	ALG460	Growler	M Cimarosti	C Roberts/R Harding-Batt	56	52	59	45	53	62	265
60	DEN1003	Samso of Denmark	M Weis-Fogh	M Bresciani / T Moller-Madsen	61	58	54	56	51	62	280
61	GBR1196	Oliver Reed	N Greaves	N Parker / D Pearce	46	49	62	62	62	62	281