Day 3  VW Print 420 National Championships - Lyle Tresadern, Napier Sailing Club

Two of the three scheduled races were sailed in the VW Print National 420 Championships and World Selection trials, held at Napier.

Regatta leader Paul Snow-Hansen and crew Jason Saunders lost ground but remained on top of the leaderboard. However the following three places have tightened with only a single point separating the next three competitors.

RACE 7

The day started with a light westerly breeze which failed to fill in resulting in a delay. The race finally got away an hour an a half later in 7-8 knot sea breeze from the North-East, which gradually built throughout the race. Leading at the first mark was Dunning-Beck with Wornall close behind in second, Cooke third, and Stevens fourth. These placings remained on the run and following beat with Beck leading the fleet on to the first reach which he never relinquished. Both Cooke and then Stevens managed to overtake Wornall on the final reach to the line claiming second and third. Regatta leaders Snow-Hansen and Saunders finished in 7th place.

RACE 8

Race eight got underway in a decreasing breeze with crews only just crouching on the trapeze wire off the start. The fleet split evenly over the course with Maloney leading at the top mark, followed by Wornall and Lardies in third. Maloney hung on to the lead during the run to be first through the gate, followed by Lardies, Dunning-Beck and then Wornall. During the second beat the breeze fell away to 4-6 knots. Lardies kept his boat moving in the lighter conditions, sailing free, and taking the lead at the top mark for the last time.

Lardies held his lead finishing first followed by Maloney and Wornall with Emma Goodwin crewing, satisfyingly claiming third spot from Dunning-beck and her brother Ben Goodwin (crew). During the finish the dying breeze shifted dramatically resulting in many boats having to drop spinnakers and make a final tack to cross the line. Regatta leader, Snow-Hansen, had a disappointing day finishing race 8 with a 10th placing.

The scheduled 9th race was never started as the dying breeze became too fickle for a start.

Overall Paul Snow-Hansen and Jason Saunders hold an eight point lead but Lardies, Cooke and first youth sailor Maloney are separated by only one point.

The final day will be exciting with four races to be sailed to decide the contest.


Provisional Results as of 18:08 on February 22, 2009

Overall

1st Open 51986 Paul Snow-Hansen Jason Saunders 1 1 3 2 1 2 7 (10) 27 17
2nd Open 52550 Francisco Lardies Finn Drummond 3 6 (14) 1 5 3 6 1 39 25
3rd Open 53435 Simon Cooke Scott Illingworth 2 8 (25 DNS) 5 2 1 2 6 51 26
4th Youth F 52576 Alexandra Maloney Bianca Barbarich-Bacher 6 2 1 4 6 (7) 5 2 33 26
5th Youth M 52363 Logan Dunning-Beck Ben Goodwin 5 3 (11) 3 9 4 1 4 40 29
6th Youth M 53461 James Turner Marcus Hansen 4 4 2 6 4 (10) 8 7 45 35
7th Youth M 53467 Luke Stevenson Sam Bullock 9 5 9 (10) 3 6 3 8 53 43
8th Youth F 53459 Sarah Berry Emma Berry 8 10 5 8 7 5 (25 OCS) 11 79 54
9th Open 53160 Jane Butler Jenny Andreasson 10 7 8 18 10 (20) 10 5 88 68
10th Youth F 52713 Yelana Lee Vicki Francis 7 11 12 7 (25 DNS) 8 9 15 94 69
11th Youth F 52571 Brittany Wornall Emma Goodwin (17) 9 7 15 15 17 4 3 87 70
12th Open 52361 Naomi Mannering Kagan Weeks 13 12 4 13 8 9 12 (14) 85 71
13th Youth M 52358 Alex Munro Sam Schofield 14 (15) 6 9 13 12 13 9 91 76
14th Youth M 52711 Sam Mackay Matt Broome 11 (17) 10 11 11 16 11 13 100 83
15th Youth F 52716 Stacy Swanson Alice Pearson 12 13 (16) 14 12 14 15 12 108 92
16th Youth M 51924 Wade Tresadern Oliver Steiner 16 16 17 12 14 13 14 (19) 121 102
17th Open 50273 Josh Weeks Dominic Waibel 15 14 18 16 16 11 19 (20) 129 109
18th Youth F 52575 Janey Goedhart Christie Osborne (19) 18 13 19 18 15 16 16 134 115
19th Open 49191 Jake Weeks Briar Mannering 18 20 (25 DNF) 20 17 18 17 17 152 127
20th Youth F 51689 Vicki Callinicos Sophie Panton (25 DNF) 19 20 ZFP 21 25 DNF 21 20 21 172 147
21st Youth M 52360 Mackenzie Taylor Stuart Williams 21 22 (25 DNF) 22 19 22 21 22 174 149
22nd Open 49830 Casey Glynn Andrew Callinicos 20 21 (25 DNS) 25 DNF 20 19 23 23 176 151
23rd Youth M 5257 Tomer Simhony Brad Moss (25 DNF) 25 DNF 25 DNS 17 25 DNF 25 DNF 18 18 178 153
24th Youth M 52553 James Allan Sean Bassett (25 DNF) 25 DNF 25 DNS 25 DNF 25 DNF 25 DNF 22 24 196 171