Contender World Championship at Melbourne, Australia

Contender World Championship at Melbourne, Australia - Day 3

by Di Pearson 17 Jan 2002 10:43 GMT

BRETT’S TURN TO SWIM - BONEZZI TAKES THE LEAD IN CONTENDER WORLDS AT SAIL MELBOURNE REGATTA

Photo © Jeff Crowe/The Sport Library

The Contender World Championships at the Sail Melbourne Regatta will come down to the wire after today’s race on Port Phillip Bay.

It was current World Champion, Arthur Brett’s (VIC) turn to swim today - and he did so while leading the race. It cost him dearly; Italy’s Andrea Bonezzi took the lead and never looked back. Brett recovered quickly enough to take 2nd place.

Both Bonezzi and Brett were seen at Black Rock Yacht Club after the race wielding protest forms - whether they were protesting against each other is unclear at this stage.

The World Championship consists of seven races, competitors dropped their worst race after today’s fifth race. This leaves Bonezzi with 5 points - one point clear of Brett, who has 6 points.

Bonezzi had the swim in yesterday’s Race 4, but never recovered to finish 10th - this is the race he has dropped to take the lead, whilst Brett’s worst result was a 3rd placing.

Meanwhile, the United Kingdom’s Tim Holden had a bad day with an 8th placing, however he still holds 3rd place overall with 10 points, dropping today’s race.

The next-best placed Contender is Australia’s Philip Dubbin with 18 points, followed by Jan Von Der Bank (Germany) with 23 points.

Winds on Port Phillip Bay today were bitingly cold and in the 15-18 knot range from the south. The Contender’s still have two races to go, one to be sailed tomorrow and the final on Saturday, with the top three placegetters in the box seat.

Results after 5 Races: (1 discard)

Pos	Sail No	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	ITA11	Andrea Bonezzi	2	1	1	-10	1	5
2	AUS279	Arthur Brett	1	2	-3	1	2	6
3	GBR679	Tim Holden	3	3	2	2	-8	10
4	AUS237	Philip Dubbin	4	-7	7	3	4	18
5	GER507	Jan Von Der Bank	-10	5	4	8	6	23
6	AUS280	Tim Hill	5	4	9	6	-13	24
7	AUS247	Steven Grimes	7	-16	8	5	9	29
8	DEN44	Soren Andreasen	13	-14	11	4	5	33
9	AUS251	John Lindholm	11	9	6	7	-14	33
10	AUS252	Grant Robinson	14	(64F)	15	11	3	43
11	GBR686	Simon Mussell	8	12	14	12	-32	46
12	AUS238	Dan Kohlman	-26	6	10	14	19	49
13	GBR616	David Davies	6	25	5	(64F)	15	51
14	AUS281	Stephen Fries	17	10	13	(64F)	12	52
15	AUS260	Callum Burns	9	13	16	15	-18	53
16	AUS250	Darrell Faulkner	18	11	-24	9	16	54
17	GBR662	Richard Batten	12	17	19	(64F)	7	55
18	AUS286	Mark Phillips	21	8	-27	16	17	62
19	AUS217	Andrew Turner	19	15	12	-20	20	66
20	GER456	Karsten Jarke	-27	26	17	17	11	71
21	AUS272	Paul Green	16	22	20	19	-23	77
22	AUS264	Marcus Hamilton	20	20	22	18	-29	80
23	GBR681	Paul Walker	15	18	28	-30	22	83
24	GBR673	Gary Langdown	-36	29	18	27	10	84
25	GER499	Karsten Kraus	23	24	23	-28	26	96
26	ITA313	Virgilio Frau	32	19	26	(64F)	21	98
27	AUS219	Andrew Barney	-40	30	21	22	30	103
28	AUS261	Alan Griffith	24	(64O)	31	21	27	103
29	AUS234	Simon Dubbin	29	35	-38	13	28	105
30	NED217	Rene Heijnen	-38	21	34	32	31	118
31	GER495	Frank Lammerskitten	34	(64O)	29	31	25	119
32	NED225	Jaap Walter	31	34	-37	26	34	125
33	GBR684	Sandy Clapham	37	-46	33	24	33	127
34	AUS253	Damien Pound	-43	33	36	23	36	128
35	GBR636	Nick Grace	28	28	42	(64F)	35	133
36	AUS271	David Williamson	22	37	32	(64F)	43	134
37	GBR685	Chris Mitchell	25	23	25	(64F)	64C	137
38	GER483	Joachim Harpprecht	39	31	30	39	-42	139
39	GBR663	Jonathan Ward	35	(64S)	45	25	39	144
40	AUS245	Matthew Hannaford	-47	32	46	33	40	151
41	USA204	Gil Woolley	44	38	-47	37	38	157
42	GBR646	Rodger White	-46	39	43	38	37	157
43	GBR650	Tony White	42	(64O)	39	36	41	158
44	AUS257	Robert Roel	30	(64O)	41	64F	24	159
45	GER439	Bodo Riesen	45	36	35	(64F)	45	161
46	AUS243	Peter Murphy	-52	40	49	29	46	164
47	NED218	Mark Thorborg	-53	44	40	35	47	166
48	AUS226	Ian Bowman	-50	41	44	34	48	167
49	AUS206	Simon Spalding	33	27	(64F)	64F	44	168
50	AUS266	Marty Bennett	41	42	50	40	(64C)	173
51	AUS241	David Clayton	48	43	48	41	-50	180
52	GBR640	Alan Mollatt	49	47	58	42	(64F)	196
53	AUS168	Rob LeMan	57	49	53	(64F)	54	213
54	AUS283	Ian Kirkwood	61	50	54	(64F)	52	217
55	AUT31	Gerald Richtarski	59	45	52	(64F)	64F	220
56	AUT25	Andreas Keber	60	(64F)	51	64F	49	224
57	GER447	Fritz Selb	56	48	57	(64F)	64F	225
58	AUS144	Andrew Mattinson	55	(64F)	55	64F	51	225
59	AUS270	Gerard Bini	51	(64C)	60	64F	53	228
60	GER330	Ratgar Walter	58	51	59	(64F)	64C	232
61	GER400	Peter Zoernack	54	(64F)	56	64F	64C	238
62	AUS185	Tristan Bennett	62	(64F)	61	64F	55	242
63	AUS27	Amanda Aylward	(64C)	64C	64F	64C	64C	256