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iSail Whitsundays Contender Worlds at McCrae Yacht Club - Day 3

by VR Sport Media 23 Jan 2018 15:10 GMT 21-25 January 2018

It's official! It's a two horse race - everyone expected the duel between Bulka and Beebe - well they have it!

Two points separating them after the discard came into play after Day Three of the Contender Worlds hosted by McCrae Yacht Club, Australia. Local sailor, Mark Bulka, had a blistering day on the water with a first and second whilst Jason picked a fifth and first with only a half boat length between them both on the final race.

Similar 'champagne sailing' weather tomorrow - two races planned for Day Four - keep up to date with all of the action via Race Tracker Live: contenders.sailracer.org

Results after Day 3:

PosSail NoSkipperClubR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
1AUS 2457Mark BulkaMcCrae YC1-16241210
2AUS 2482Jason BeebeRQYS3-7125112
3ITA 11Andrea BonezziSCM11243-35626
4AUS 2571Scott CunninghamMcCrae YC583116-1833
5AUS 2652Jono NeateMornington YC2122-3041140
6AUS 2502Anthony NashDavey's Bay YC659-2981240
7NED 2582Rene HeynenMaas en Roer1841979-2057
8AUS 2670Matt MulderBalmoral SC735(DNC)63859
9AUS 2650Steven JohannessenMcCrae YC-69135529759
10AUS 2575Dan KohlmanMcCrae YC1414614-302169
11AUS 2380Geoff FisherDPSS99-4511182471
12AUS 2408Jan ScholtenAvalon SC415162524-4484
13GER 2438Markus MaisenbacherWassersportverein Hemelingen15-43153219586
14AUS 2323Clay CookRFBYC1621722(DNF)2288
15GBR 2420Simon MussellHighcliffe SC413359-48391
16AUS 2565John LindholmBlairgowie YS-49101810144092
17GER 2400Thomas WietingWVH Wassersportverein Hemelingen-47191320271392
18GBR 2618Nick NobleBristol Corinthian YC2238.514176-4297.5
19GER 551Christoph HomeierSVGO282388-313198
20GBR 2439Gary LangdownHighcliffe SC833-391638499
21AUS 2578Andre WebsterCanberra YC132827-371715100
22AUS 2560Jeff OwenMcCrae YC2031231513-48102
23AUS 2204Michael MacdonaldMcCrae YC-353421231016104
24GBR 678Tommy HootonBurton SC-33626182630106
25AUS 2437Scott MunroMcCrae YC2725252812(DNF)117
26AUS 2263Richard BattenMudeford SC-71112413763118
27NED 26Enno KramerRoei en Zeil Vereninging Gouda1926313111-56118
28ITA 2561Antonio LambertiniYCD231838(RET)2023122
29GBR 2449Rob SmithCastle Cove SC25-522821250126
30GBR 2572Ed PresleyCotswold SC42201224-5128126
31GER 2527Dirk MuellerSKWB-531720124039128
32ITA 40Luca BonezziCanottieri Mincio Mantova44123038-549133
33AUS 2468Callum BurnsBlairgowrie YS10(UFD)11362551133
34AUS 2320Chris JonesRoyal Geelong YC38-4029332217139
35GBR 2383David DaviesLoch Ryan SC21-38.532342132140
36AUS 2680Lindsay IrwinBlack Rock YC242733-353326143
37AUS 2237Simon BarwoodRFBYC1232(DNF)DNC1514164
38NED 2Mark ThorborgKMJC-654136393619171
39AUS 2600Steve WilsonRoyal Queensland YS(DNS)2234196436175
40GBR 716Richard FranksWeston SC17-5952443925177
41GBR 630James SpikesleyNetley SC503044-603233189
42AUS 1753Thomas YoungCanberra YC552417-595541192
43AUS 2681Thomas VincentMcCrae YC2644(DNF)DNC3410205
44AUS 2666Michael HughesMcCrae YC5436492641-66206
45AUS 2614Rob StentaM16FSSC3250414742-60212
46AUS 2518Joseph RandallMcCrae YC406446(DNF)2837215
47GBR 2522Chris BoshierThorpe Bay YC5229-734558.543227.5
48AUS 2174Mathew VandervoortTeralba SC395543(DNF)4449230
49AUS 2665Paul WilsonBYS367742(RET)2353231
50AUS 2548Alister DanksBlairgowrie YS-564748515634.5236.5
51AUS 2651Dean TaylorBlairgowrie YS34565843-58.546237
52AUS 2360Scott WatsonMcCrae YC43-5756415345238
53AUS 1483Andrew ChisholmB and SYC63604042-6638243
54AUS 2142Tim DorningBlairgowrie YS3051664062-68249
55AUS 2577Paul CohenCanberra YC3142(DNF)DNC5734.5255.5
56GBR 666Bill HootonBurton SC-665853464359259
57AUS 2517Jonathan VandervoortTeralba Amateur SC2961.5635650(DNF)259.5
58AUS 3John McLeanDarling Point SS-774862544658268
59AUS 1329Luke MairsWhitsunday SC83(UFD)10496862272
60AUS 2284Darrell FaulknerFrankston YC80373727(DNC)DNC272
61SUI 92Jacqueline RufenachtThunersee YC62695557-74.529272
62AUS 2562Andrew ButlerRoyal Geelong YC46-7469585257282
63AUS 2136Ian BowmanRQYS6467-74524755285
64NED 2637Cees de GruijterGWV de Vrijbuiter-844950538452288
65AUS 2667Craig SmithBlairgowrie YS(DNF)6561484967290
66AUS 2208Pat MooreSomers YC51-7151616564292
67AUS 2411Andrew ChurcherMcCrae YC575447(DNC)45UFD294
68AUS 2617Matthew TrigloneManly SC5870545080-81312
69AUS 2668Jonathan HardingBlairgowrie YS4545(DNF)DNC6074315
70AUS 1364James MeggisonBalmoral SC7961.5576261-83320.5
71AUS 2375Garrath JamesBlairgowrie YS37(DNF)DNFDNC7627322
72AUS 2530Iain LarkinsROYAL FRESHWATER BAY YC59(DNF)DNFDNC3747325
73AUS 1752Ned LindholmBlairgowie YS61766565-7961328
74AUS 2542Chris BattyBlairgowrie YS686868(DNC)6765336
75CAN 2525Stephanie MahOuter Harbour Centreboard Club4875717073-78337
76GBR 712Rodger WhiteKing George SC6046(DNF)DNC7170338
77AUS 2441Ian KirkwoodBSYC73726455-8175339
78AUS 2207James TaylorBlairgowrie YS70(DNC)726974.554339.5
79AUS 226Glenn DaltonHumpybong YC-856660668369344
80NED 2630Pim LangendijkWV Braassemermeer677967(DNC)6371347
81AUS 2167Toby BathMcCrae YC72735967-7777348
82AUS 1327Jamie TaylorBlairgowrie YS(SCP)6376647273348
83AUS 2349Stephen IannaTeralba Amateur SC7553(DNF)DNC6972360
84AUS 2176Hugo TaylorBlairgowrie YS-868070717079370
85AUS 2165Sian HardingBlairgowrie YS7482757378-85382
86AUS 2649Neil WhitakerMcCrae YC82(DNC)DNF638582403
87AUS 1246Mark YoungCanberra YC8878(DNF)6886.584404.5
88AUS 1306Jeremy EdlestonBYS78(DNF)7772DNSDNC409
89AUS 2109Brian Carroll 8181(DNF)DNC86.576415.5
90AUS 2616Adrian MulcahyBlairgowrie YS8783(DNC)DNC8280423

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