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Contender World Championships at St. Petersburg Yacht Club

by Editor 30 Apr 2012 09:34 BST 23-28 April 2012

Full results and videos from the Contender World Championships in St. Petersburg, Florida where Antonio Lambertini won in a fleet of 44 helms.

Day 1 Video:

Interview with Antonio Lambertini: (recorded while he was in second place)

Overall Results:

PosSail NoHelmR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Pts
1315Antonio Lambertini-10152-16132418
2ITA47Giovanni Bonzio431-103-645222
31Soren Dulong Andreasen528-9531-9125
42459Joachim Harpprecht157367-86-1435
52535Ethan Bixby9626112-161-1737
62360Dan Kohlman8412-18482-14543
72136Richard Kingsmill794-11(OCS)468846
840Luca Bonezzi37-18713511(OCS)349
9551Christoph Homeier611-1313-24257650
102366Markus Maisenbacher111731(OCS)-19931256
112508Oliver Brandt13-1965149-1741061
122390Gernot Goetz12101114211(OCS)12-1672
132522Chris Boshier-1781512-19151017784
14NED2Mark Thorborg2(DNF)-2219101413112291
159Paul Verhallen1614-268-201315181195
16111Emilio Betta-36161724(OCS)10713996
172347Martin Jones181210-22-221812151398
18712Rodger White-25152017817-241021108
192481Guiseppe Albano14-2216151816(OCS)1615110
202375Jonathan Vandervoort15-27949262726-32116
212471Lars Bo Rasmussen2118141611-23-281923122
222397Michael Smits-35201920122014(OCS)19124
232432Jerry Hone24282521721(OCS)-2924150
24GBR2506Tony White1926-28-312522192120152
25397Michele Betta2321212315-3521-3029153
262398Neil Smith2623-2927-2925202018159
272399Roger Martin20132433322718(OCS)-37167
282538Nick Bell28-3230-342124222227174
29393Luigi Tezza-32-3123292828232525181
302537Peter Hale2930-34301730-362326185
312250John McLean2224-3332(OCS)29262728188
322525Stephanie Mah3034-392526333424-38206
332426Pim Langendijk31-332728273129-3533206
341771Peter White3429-37-383132313331221
35694Bo Frohne-403632263034-372836222
362117Gil Woolley3839-413633-40253130232
371114Jerome White3335-363535-38303434236
382498Larry Christian37-4035(DNF)2336333640240
391599Frank Whittington-4138313734373237-39246
4081Bernie Bieber-393738-393739353235253
41US185Mike Mashi-4241-42403641383841275
421664Joel Magnan2725(DNC)(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNCDNC277
43302Piefranco Marchi43(DNS)40(DNS)DNCDNCDNCDNCDNC308
442404Roger Gates(DNC)(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNC315

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