Laser 2 Worlds at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy Day 4

by Mike Croker 23 Jul 2009 18:51 BST 18-25 July 2009

After a sparkling day's racing in Weymouth Bay, Brits Nigel Skudder and Keith Hills look set to retain their Laser II World Champions mantle, despite only scoring one more bullet. The wind steadily increased for from F3-4 for the first race to F5+ for third race, giving screaming reaches, exciting runs and a good few swims as the waves built.

The top 3 teams were in a class of their own but, behind the leaders, competition for the next 3 places also remains close, with the rapidly improving team of David Annan & Amanda Childs hoping that the strong wind forecast for Friday does not cause the last 2 scheduled races to be abandoned.

Results after Day 4: (11 races, 2 discards)

Pos	Sail No	Nat	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts
1st	10588	GBR	Nigel Skudder	Keith Hills	1	1	-2	1	-3	1	2	1	2	1	2	12
2nd	10591	GER	Lisa Buddemeier	Matthias Duwel	2	2	1	2	2	-3	1	2	1	2	-3	15
3rd	5460	GER	Marian Scheer	daniel Scheer	-4	3	-5	4	1	2	3	4	3	3	1	24
4th	5749	GBR	Mike Croker	Diana Croker	3	7	3	-17	5	6	4	8	7	-9	4	47
5th	9937	NED	Sytze Harkema	Carmen Gerlach	5	5	6	3	4	4	-10	-12	9	6	10	52
6th	9142	GBR	David Annan	Amanda Childs	-11	9	-16	5	8	8	7	5	5	4	5	56
7th	10610	GER	Ralf Terheyden	Wesley Wloka	10	6	12	6	9	-20	6	9	11	5	(DNC)	74
8th	10620	NED	Anne Marks	Claas Visser	9	4	15	9	12	(DNC)	8	3	6	-22	14	80
9th	10626	GBR	Michael Clapp	Mark Bond	8	12	4	10	11	(DNC)	-13	7	4	12	12	80
10th	10331	NED	Wilbert Van Vliet	Jenneke van der Wal	-22	11	18	7	7	(DNC)	11	6	12	7	8	87
11th	10592	GBR	Jude Baird	Fred Fuller	6	10	9	-23	(DSQ)	5	5	19	14	11	11	90
12th	10628	GBR	Chris Huffen	Emma Taylor	14	-17	10	11	-19	12	12	15	8	8	7	97
13th	10330	GBR	Roger Jamieson	Kate Fitzsimmons	-15	8	8	-18	14	11	14	10	10	10	13	98
14th	9257	NED	Frits Klaver	Cynthia Markus	13	14	7	8	13	10	9	11	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	123
15th	6883	GER	Niels Krenz	Christian Gerdum	12	13	-24	-26	15	13	15	14	15	13	22	132
16th	10599	GBR	Tom Derham	Rachel Willerton	-27	19	17	19	18	15	17	17	13	-30	9	144
17th	10100	GBR	Sam Nicholls	Neil Bishop	19	23	-29	16	16	7	-24	24	18	17	6	146
18th	10003	GER	Meike Flatau	Venessa Freitag	20	15	11	12	6	19	22	-28	23	28	(DNC)	156
19th	8394	GBR	Ian Carpenter	Imogen Carpenter	17	18	20	13	10	(DNC)	19	18	-24	20	24	159
20th	10418	NED	Eelke V D Bos	Erik V D Linden	21	16	14	21	-26	9	-31	22	20	19	20	162
21st	8105	NED	Bram Van Driel	Sophie or Iris Van Driel	24	-28	-30	20	20	17	21	23	27	15	23	190
22nd	10004	NED	Maud Wuisman	Han Horlings	-31	24	22	15	25	(DNC)	16	13	22	29	25	191
23rd	10500	NED	Koen V D Kouwe	Sanne Verhoeve	-32	22	28	27	22	14	28	-29	17	18	17	193
24th	6465	NED	Esther Meewis	Margot Linssen	18	20	19	(DNC)	17	(DNC)	20	27	19	16	DNC	194
25th	10503	NED	Floris Stapel	Fran Steenwinkel	16	30	21	31	21	(DNC)	25	16	16	23	(DNC)	199
26th	9203	GER	Peter Kruse	Arne Wittemer	25	-26	25	24	-29	21	18	21	25	24	19	202
27th	10107	GBR	Mark Hardy	Peter Walcroft	26	21	23	14	30	(DNC)	29	-31	28	25	15	211
28th	9490	NED	Mark den Heijer	M Van Sijenborgh	-30	27	27	29	27	22	27	20	-32	14	18	211
29th	9940	GER	Jens Lassman	Britta Wenzek	28	29	-31	22	23	16	-30	30	26	27	16	217
30th	9179	GBR	Gary Kinch	Jackie Kinch	7	25	13	28	31	(DNC)	23	26	29	(DNC)	DNC	220
31st	8344	GER	Christoph Beutler	Thomas Bertram	29	-31	26	-30	28	18	26	25	21	26	21	220
32nd	9144	GBR	Robert Bushell	James Brookes	-36	-34	33	33	32	23	33	33	33	32	26	278
33rd	9473	GBR	Timothy Wild	Michael Wild	23	33	32	25	24	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	30	DNC	DNC	281
34th	10609	GBR	Steve Skudder	Louise Griffiths	33	32	34	32	(DNC)	(DNC)	32	32	31	21	DNC	285
35th	6450	AUT	Sabine Lengger	Elise Van Dongen	(DNC)	36	35	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	34	DNC	31	DNC	326
36th	9277	NED	Martyn Rochx	Bas Venbogt	34	35	36	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	34	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	329
37th	1062	GBR	Ben Jenkins	Nigel Jenkins	35	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	339