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B14 Worlds at Yacht Club de Carnac - Day 1

by Célia Mas-Delfault 12 Jul 2010 21:22 BST 12-16 July 2010

Day one started with grey skies and the chance of rain. Everyone was at the club early full of nerves for the day to come.

The first races got underway in about 8 – 10 knots in a building south westerly. The fleet split to both the right hand side and the left, with the top 5 coming from either side, but it was Guy Bancroft and David Grace who led at the top mark by about 10 boat lengths. The race saw many changes in the fleet positions but it was the Bancroft and Grace combination walking away with the race in style, followed by Tim Harrison and Johnny Radcliff and in 3rd place David Hayes and Richie Bell.

Race 2 started with about 10 – 15 knots with a 20 degree wind shift to the left. The top 5 was again made up of both left and right hand sided boats, with Richie Reynolds and Lissa McMillan clear ahead, However the early gybing boats came out on top with Hayes and Bell leading at the bottom hotly followed by Bancroft and Grace and Nick Craig and MJ. The Race saw many wind shifts with lots of place changing but resulted in a broken wing for Bancroft and Grace who managed to nurse the boat through for a 3rd place. The winners were Hayes and Bell 1st with Scott Cunningham and Jason Walker 2nd.

The fleet is keen for the second day's racing which is expected to bring more rain along with some more wind!

Results after Day 1:

PosSail NoHelmCrewR1R2Pts
1 785HAYES David BELL Richie 314
2 AUS 778BANCROFT Guy GRACE David 134
3 AUS  7CUNNINGHAM Scott WALKER Jason 527
4 784BARNES Mark SMITH Paul 4610
5 773CRAIG Nick JOHNSON Matt 7411
6 GBR 758HARRISON Tim RATCLIFFE Jonny 21012
7 GBR 787FELLS Tim RAMUS Andy 10515
8 AUS 374LORIMER David HEALE Rafael 61117
9 772WATTS Mark BISHOP Chris 11819
10 GBR 777DOBRIJEVIC David ELTRINGHAM Philipp 14721
11 GBR 775BINES Chris GIBBONS Dave 81422
12 AUS 780REYNOLDS Richard MC MILLAN Lissa 13922
13 370CUNNINGHAM IAN CUNNINGHAM David 91322
14 763DAVIS Alan BARSLEY DALE Toby 121224
15 779BOYLE Kelvin MACDONALD Michael 151934
16 768MC GRATH Will REECE Harry 181634
17 GBR 672HOLLINGSWORTH Steve MURPHY Chris 171734
18 AUS 376HUNT Sophie PAYNE Andrew 231538
19 GBR 767BOSWIJK Rod BINNEY Sharon 211839
20 764BLACKMORS Tony JONAS Charlotte 192241
21 733TRIFFITT Rhys REYNOLDS JONES Simon 222143
22 GBR 757MURRAY Phil RUTHEFORD Kevin 202444
23 FRA 739CADRE Alain CADRE Francois 252045
24 AUS 356WATSON Daniel MC KENDRICK Ailie 242347
25 656HOLMAN Elliot NASH Elisabeth Jane 262652
26 751GENDRON Cedric GENDRON Gael 292554
27 GBR 786BROWN Géraldine FERMOR Leaky 16DNF56
28 AUS 355MITCHELL Stephen VAN GALEN Amy 302858
29 GBR 774SHERRATT Kathy BENNET Rachel 273259
30 766PRICE Barry STORER Alistair 283159
31 FRA 737DUCHASTENIER Walter PERIE Jean baptiste 342761
32 FRA 743DUCARROIR Christophe FRABOULET Cedric 333063
33 FRA 717LECAM Sebastien LE CAM Sophie 313364
34 647FOURNIER Bruno MEZIERES Eric 323567
35 GBR 646CRISPIN Taylor GUY Harrill DNS2969
36 FRA 616LE CORGUILLE Philippe SUDRIE Erwann DPI3473
37 AUS 368WALDON Geoff PONGRATZ Nicole DNS3676
38 742RAYNES Carl RAYNES Guy DNF3777
--- 769COWIN Daniel HOLLANDS Daniel DNFDNS80

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