Cadet Worlds in Nieuwpoort, Belgium - Day 1
by Steve Proffitt 4 Aug 2003 09:26 BST
The Cadet World Championships are being held in Nieuwpoort, Belgium from the 2nd of August to the 8th of August. Great Britain have seven boats in the World Championship; Oren Richards and Connie Stock, Adam Richards and Sam Muskett, Jodie and Stevie Green, Andrew Mackay and Jonathon Kimber, Guy Brearey and Christopher Proffitt, Elliott Parsons and Jenny Lennon and James
Wade and Katie Barr. There are 72 boats taking part from 12 countries.
Day one saw the first race sailed in a shifty force 1. With two recalls the
black flag got the fleet away. Guy Brearey and a Russian Boat had port end
flyers and tacked across the fleet to lead at the first mark. The rest of
the team were all well up the fleet. The race was shortened before the final
beat leaving a downwind finish. Guy finished second, Elliott fourth, Adam
seventh. Andrew used terrific downwind speed to pull back to ninth. All the
team finished in the top 30.
There was a delay to allow the sea breeze to fill in. The second race was
then sailed in a force 3, after one recall. With some very close racing all
the team finished in the top half, with Jodie seventh and James eight. This
meant that all the team are in the top twenty overnight, with James best
placed in sixth.
There is also a Promotional Regatta taking part alongside the Worlds, on a
parallel course. Great Britain have a fantastic turnout of 48 boats from a
fleet of 77.
Race one saw Ben Stone and James Eminson take the gun from Will and James
Rusden. Christopher Bailey and Joanna Freeman were third just piping David
and Katrina Brewer.
Race two was dominated by Jonathan Moss and Sophie Dingwall, who took off
from the start and sprinted away. Second was Victoria Cooper and Adam
Hopwood, with Thomas Makey and Clare Dallimore third.
After two races Great Britain boats hold the first nineteen places, with
Thomas Makey and Claire Dallimore leading.