Mistral World Championships - Day 6

LIGHT WINDS PLAGUE PENULTIMATE DAY OF MISTRAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Another day of uncharacteristically light and shifty conditions at Noumea in the Pacific's French Polynesian Islands led to a further turn around in the results, leaving RYA Team GBR's Christine Johnston and Nick Dempsey, who both started the week in superb form, with a lot to do if they are to make the top twenty after tomorrow's final race.

Dempsey (from Peterborough) sailed an exceptional first race today to finish eighth across the line but wasn't able to reproduce the same form in the second race, finishing twenty fifth, which leaves him in twenty first position. At the head of the fleet, Pre Olympic winner Lars Kleppich (Australia) has a seven-point lead over Tony Philp (Fiji) with one race remaining.

In the women's fleet, which has been won by defending champion Barbara Kendall (New Zealand) with a day to spare, World Class Performance sailor Christine Johnston drops to twenty seventh overall, once place in front of Helen Cartwright.

No overall men's gold fleet results are currently available due to a number of outstanding protests.

NEW CALEDONIA: Mistral World Championships (after day 6):

Men Silver Fleet (after 10 races, 1 discard)
 1, Gao Chuanwei      Chn 16,23,29,36,5,5,18,5,11,7 - 119pts 
 2, Phanuthat Ruamsap     29,43,,35,33,7,4,7,11,4,1 - 131pts
 3, Mo Zehai          Chn 34,20,DSQ,32,2,6,1,20,8,9 - 132pts
British Placings:
10, Ben Proffitt   - 33,21,19,26,14,19,16,18,3, BFD - 169pts
13, Alan Jackson     - 30,11,24,29,14,9,29,14,17,32 - 177pts
20, Matthew Wemmss  - 34,22,37,25,23,14,30,27,25,15 - 215pts
 
Women's fleet (10 races, 1 discard)
 1, Barbara Kendall (Nzl) 1,2,1,2,2,6,2,2,4,4         - 20pts
 2, Faustine Merret (Fra) 8,21,31,15,1,1,1,10,1,6     - 64pts
 3, Jessica Crisp   (Aus) 9,5,9,4,3,2,22,1,27,25      - 80pts
British Placings:
27, Christine Johnston - 10,10,2,5,35,34,38,41,36,DNF - 211pts
28, Helen Cartwright - 25,23,8,9,33,26,35,44,31,23    - 213pts
48, Jessica Ash - 53,45,43,54,38,57,40,47,33,41       - 394pts

For further information, please contact Nigel Cherrie on:
Email: nigel.cherrie@rya.org.uk
Website: www.rya.org.uk