Day four of the Fireball Worlds belonged to the Aussies of Schulz / Sheppard who managerd a first and a second and now move within three points of the lead with two races to be sailed. Bachelor / Pascoe had a first and a fourth and Birrell / Brearey a second and third.
Gordon and Fletcher had a solid day with a thrid and a forth to move into forth overall.
Whilst the front of the fleet is fighting out the podium positions, the real race among the league of nations in the middle to bottom of the fleet is just as hard fought with places changing on every beat and small mistakes proving very costly. Conditions in Race 7 were very similar to race 6 with the advantage up the lefthand side into the steep chop. The reaches proved quite challenging, with many instances of being on the edge, and the slightest mistake resulting in the loss of a position.
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Race 8 started in a mild increase in wind with the whole fleet being well bunched on the weather mark. The leaders then went off to play in front and our mid fleet race started with a capsize on the mark by Christina and several out of control boats on the reach. The run settled everyone down except for Bryan and William who did us a great service by capsizing and allowing the chasing pack to get away. The last reach was very tight with the more intellegent of us opting to white sail reach, with no speed loss and a bunched finish ensued.
Tomorrow last two races with all to play for for the big boys, and positions to be defended for the rest of us. Conditions are forecast to be slightly lighter which should suit all the broken bodies in the mid fleet. We have an early start at 11h00 and then packing up and prize giving in the evening.
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1 |
GBR 15107 |
Christian Birrell, Sam Brearey |
14.0 |
1 |
1 |
(dsq ) |
1 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
|
2 |
GBR 15087 |
Nathan Batchelor, Sam Pascoe |
15.0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
(4 ) |
1 |
|
3 |
AUS 15062 |
Ben Schulz, Doug Sheppard |
17.0 |
(4 ) |
4 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
4 |
AUS 15071 |
Thomas Gordon, Jack Fletcher |
26.0 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
(8 ) |
4 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
5 |
AUS 15048 |
Heather MacFarlane, Chris Payne |
30.0 |
3 |
(6 ) |
1 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
|
6 |
AUS 15032 |
Greg Allison, Allen Blenkle |
35.0 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
(dnf ) |
5 |
6 |
5 |
|
7 |
CAN 15024 |
Joe Jospe, Tom Egli |
53.0 |
6 |
(11 ) |
6 |
10 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
9 |
|
8 |
FRA 14793 |
Erich Moser, Jean-Francois Nouel |
55.0 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
9 |
(10 ) |
8 |
|
9 |
GBR 15092 |
Veronica Falat, Ben Falat |
57.0 |
9 |
7 |
9 |
6 |
8 |
11 |
(dnf ) |
7 |
|
10 |
AUS 14814 |
Steve Goacher, Peter Crossley |
63.0 |
(10 ) |
8 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
7 |
9 |
10 |
|
11 |
AUS 14812 |
Dick McCulloch, Glenn Stewart |
70.0 |
12 |
10 |
7 |
(dnf ) |
9 |
13 |
8 |
11 |
|
12 |
GBR 14887 |
Bryan Sargeant, William Sargeant |
86.0 |
13 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
14 |
10 |
11 |
(17) |
|
13 |
SUI 14859 |
Christina Haerdi-Landerer, Cedric Landerer |
91.0 |
11 |
14 |
12 |
11 |
13 |
(15 ) |
15 |
15 |
|
14 |
RSA 14901 |
David Laing, Mark Dee |
92.0 |
14 |
13 |
(16 ) |
15 |
11 |
12 |
14 |
13 |
|
15 |
AUS 14510 |
Jim Hughes, Tom Hughes |
93.0 |
15 |
(19 ) |
11 |
12 |
12 |
14 |
13 |
16 |
|
16 |
AUS 15011 |
Jaline Thompson-Kambas, Cameron Philcox |
104.0 |
17 |
18 |
14 |
16 |
15 |
(dns ) |
12 |
12 |
|
17 |
AUS 15076 |
Tim Ninnes, Taylor Neighbour |
107.0 |
16 |
15 |
15 |
14 |
16 |
(dnf ) |
17 |
14 |
|
18 |
SUI 14921 |
Maja Suter, Thomas Boehm |
120.0 |
19 |
16 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
(dnf ) |
16 |
18 |
|
19 |
AUS 14265 |
Kevin Luff, Peta Luff |
135.0 |
21 |
21 |
18 |
19 |
(dnf ) |
16 |
18 |
dnc |
|
20 |
AUS 14747 |
Daniel Wolch, Alan Schaiars |
138.0 |
20 |
20 |
19 |
18 |
(dns ) |
17 |
dnc |
dnc |
|
21 |
THA 10338 |
Jirawat Jodkby, Dylan Whitcraft |
145.0 |
18 |
17 |
(dnf) |
dnf |
dnc |
dnc |
dnc |
dnc |
