Contender World Championship at Melbourne, Australia

Contender World Championship at Melbourne, Australia - Day 4

by Di Pearson 18 Jan 2002 09:17 GMT

BONEZZI IN FRONT - BRETT A CLOSE SECOND IN CONTENDER WORLDS AT SAIL MELBOURNE REGATTA

Italy’s Andrea Bonezzi has stamped his authority on the Contender World Championships winning Race 6 today, at the Sail Melbourne Regatta.

Going into today’s race, the former three-time World champion had a one point lead over the Current World, National and State champion, Australia’s Arthur Brett. Today’s result puts him two points in front after Brett finished 2nd to Tim Holden’s (GBR) 3rd with 13 points.

Both Bonezzi and Brett were seen with a protest form a piece last night at Black Rock Yacht Club, the host club for the event. Both later dropped their protests against each other.

In an incident packed offshore series, Australia’s Damien Pound holed his boat in one collision, UK’s Dr. Chris Mitchell sunk his chartered boat (now retrieved and both driver and boat recovered), and finished the race on another competitor’s boat, winning the double-handed Contender trophy, while yesterday Tim Holden finished 8th after breaking his trapeze on a windward leg. He was handy enough to effect a jury-rig repair and finish 8th, while a number of other competitors have had numerous capsizes and had to be towed ashore.

Tomorrow’s final race will come down to the wire - will it be Bonezzi, Brett or Holden? Anything could, and has happened, in these flying unstable boats.

Results after 6 Races: (1 discard)

Pos	Sail No	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	ITA11	Andrea Bonezzi	2	1	1	-10	1	1	6
2	AUS279	Arthur Brett	1	2	-3	1	2	2	8
3	GBR679	Tim Holden	3	3	2	2	-8	3	13
4	AUS237	Philip Dubbin	4	7	7	3	4	-9	25
5	GER507	Jan Von Der Bank	-10	5	4	8	6	5	28
6	AUS280	Tim Hill	5	4	9	6	-13	6	30
7	AUS247	Steven Grimes	7	-16	8	5	9	10	39
8	DEN44	Soren Andreasen	13	-14	11	4	5	7	40
9	AUS251	John Lindholm	11	9	6	7	-14	8	41
10	AUS252	Grant Robinson	14	(64F)	15	11	3	4	47
11	AUS238	Dan Kohlman	-26	6	10	14	19	13	62
12	GBR616	David Davies	6	25	5	(64F)	15	12	63
13	AUS281	Stephen Fries	17	10	13	(64F)	12	11	63
14	AUS260	Callum Burns	9	13	16	15	-18	14	67
15	AUS250	Darrell Faulkner	18	11	-24	9	16	18	72
16	GBR686	Simon Mussell	8	12	14	12	32	(64O)	78
17	AUS286	Mark Phillips	21	8	-27	16	17	22	84
18	AUS217	Andrew Turner	19	15	12	20	20	-26	86
19	GER456	Karsten Jarke	-27	26	17	17	11	16	87
20	AUS272	Paul Green	16	22	20	19	-23	15	92
21	GBR673	Gary Langdown	-36	29	18	27	10	19	103
22	GBR681	Paul Walker	15	18	28	-30	22	21	104
23	AUS264	Marcus Hamilton	20	20	22	18	29	-32	109
24	ITA313	Virgilio Frau	32	19	26	(64F)	21	17	115
25	GER499	Karsten Kraus	23	24	23	-28	26	20	116
26	GBR662	Richard Batten	12	17	19	(64F)	7	64O	119
27	AUS219	Andrew Barney	-40	30	21	22	30	28	131
28	AUS261	Alan Griffith	24	(64O)	31	21	27	33	136
29	GER495	Frank Lammerskitten	34	(64O)	29	31	25	23	142
30	AUS234	Simon Dubbin	29	35	38	13	28	(64C)	143
31	NED217	Rene Heijnen	-38	21	34	32	31	34	152
32	NED225	Jaap Walter	31	34	-37	26	34	31	156
33	GER483	Joachim Harpprecht	39	31	30	39	-42	24	163
34	AUS271	David Williamson	22	37	32	(64F)	43	30	164
35	GBR685	Chris Mitchell	25	23	25	(64F)	64C	27	164
36	GBR684	Sandy Clapham	37	-46	33	24	33	39	166
37	AUS253	Damien Pound	-43	33	36	23	36	42	170
38	GBR636	Nick Grace	28	28	42	(64F)	35	37	170
39	GBR663	Jonathan Ward	35	(64S)	45	25	39	29	173
40	AUS206	Simon Spalding	33	27	(64F)	64F	44	25	193
41	GBR650	Tony White	42	(64O)	39	36	41	35	193
42	AUS245	Matthew Hannaford	-47	32	46	33	40	44	195
43	USA204	Gil Woolley	44	38	-47	37	38	41	198
44	GER439	Bodo Riesen	45	36	35	(64F)	45	38	199
45	AUS257	Robert Roel	30	(64O)	41	64F	24	43	202
46	GBR646	Rodger White	46	39	43	38	37	-54	203
47	NED218	Mark Thorborg	-53	44	40	35	47	40	206
48	AUS243	Peter Murphy	-52	40	49	29	46	45	209
49	AUS226	Ian Bowman	-50	41	44	34	48	46	213
50	AUS266	Marty Bennett	41	42	50	40	(64C)	47	220
51	AUS241	David Clayton	48	43	48	41	-50	49	229
52	GBR640	Alan Mollatt	49	47	58	42	(64F)	36	232
53	AUS283	Ian Kirkwood	61	50	54	(64F)	52	50	267
54	AUT31	Gerald Richtarski	59	45	52	(64F)	64F	51	271
55	AUS144	Andrew Mattinson	55	(64F)	55	64F	51	48	273
56	AUT25	Andreas Keber	60	(64F)	51	64F	49	52	276
57	AUS168	Rob LeMan	57	49	53	(64F)	54	64C	277
58	GER447	Fritz Selb	56	48	57	(64F)	64F	55	280
59	AUS270	Gerard Bini	51	(64C)	60	64F	53	53	281
60	GER330	Ratgar Walter	58	51	59	(64F)	64C	64F	296
61	GER400	Peter Zoernack	54	(64F)	56	64F	64C	64C	302
62	AUS185	Tristan Bennett	62	(64F)	61	64F	55	64F	306
63	AUS27	Amanda Aylward	(64C)	64C	64F	64C	64C	64F	320