Etchells World Championship day one - Hiatt top placed foreign boat

by Etchells Worlds on 7 Jun 2011

Courtesy Doug Peterson - EW SD 2011 - Etchells World Championship 2011 Doug Peterson - copyright

The Etchells World Championship 2011 is underway in San Diego. The event is being organized by Etchells Fleet 13 in conjunction with the San Diego Yacht and will be sailed on the Pacific Ocean from June 6 to June 11, 2011.

AUS 1278 Michael Hiatt is the top foreign boat in sixth place overall.

A great day for USA 979 Bill Hardesty (1,1) who takes and early lead. USA 1227 Vince Brun (3,4) is second and the top Corinthian boat is Peter Vessella (USA 1168) who is third overall.

With calm seas and consistent 275-280 direction, the race committee presented two races on Day 1 with wind in the range of 7-16 knots averaging 10-11 all day. The two sided start line (committee boat in the middle and two pin boats on 1/3 mile to port and starboard), allowed for better line judgment with the 83 boat Etchells fleet.

Bill Hardesty and Vince Brun were at the front of the fleet for nearly the entire day. After a middle of the pack finish for AUS 1278 Michael Hiatt in Race 1, they were able to take and hold the lead through every turn of Race 2 until Hardesty made the pass on the final leg for his second bullet of the day.

More to follow when available.

2011 Etchells World Championship

Place	Bow		Sail	Skipper	1	2	Total
1	79	USA	979	Bill Hardesty	1	1	2
2	27	USA	1227	Vincent Brun	3	4	7
3	68	USA	1168	Peter Vessella*	5	7	12
4	46	USA	946	Craig Healy*	10	3	13
5	60	USA	1060	Dennis Conner	15	5	20
6	80	AUS	1278	Michael John Hiatt	20	2	22
7	23	USA	969	Chris Busch	4	18	22
8	05	USA	1305	Michael Gavin	13	15	28
9	08	USA	1308	Senet Bischoff	8	21	29
10	26	AUS	1026	Noel Drennan	21	9	30
11	75	USA	1375	Argyle Campbell*	19	11	30
12	16	USA	1216	Brian Camet	9	23	32
13	69	USA	1018	Chris Snow	22	10	32
14	48	NZL	1348	Andrew Wills	2	33	35
15	78	USA	1378	Marvin Beckmann	7	30	37
16	52	USA	1152	Keith Whittemore	23	14	37
17	35	USA	935	David Ullman	24	19	43
18	81	FRA	1281	Frederic Laffitte*	16	28	44
19	85	USA	1285	Bruce Golison	37	8	45
20	37	USA	1137	Shannon Bush	35	12	47
21	56	USA	1234	David Levy	31	16	47
22	54	USA	556	David Steffan	44	6	50
23	62	USA	1262	Philippe Kahn	18	38	56
24	31	GRE	1368	George Andreadis	33	24	57
25	96	GBR	962	Rob Goddard	14	45	59
26	10	USA	1066	Jon Rogers	6	55	61
27	98	USA	985	Andy La Dow*	27	36	63
28	06	USA	706	JJ Fetter	47	17	64
29	28	USA	1283	Andrew Whittome*	30	34	64
30	84	USA	984	Steve Wright*	41	25	66
31	33	AUS	1337	Rupert Henry	26	40	66
32	04	USA	904	Will Stout	36	32	68
33	94	USA	794	Steve Pacelli	11	59	70
34	89	AUS	1389	Robert Hanna	52	20	72
35	86	USA	986	Bruce Nelson	32	43	75
36	66	USA	666	Don Jesberg*	25	51	76
37	21	USA	1221	Wade Edwards	12	65	77
38	03	NZL	1379	Gavin Gerrard	28	49	77
39	07	USA	552	Tom Malone	48	29	77
40	40	AUS	1384	Stephen Orourke	65	13	78
41	73	CAN	973	Kirk Palmer*	17	62	79
42	18	AUS	1223	Chris Hampton	43	37	80
43	83	USA	983	Kevin Hoyt*	42	39	81
44	19	USA	966	Michael Laport	56	26	82
45	22	USA	1224	Peter Sulick	29	53	82
46	87	GBR	987	Robert Elliott	34	50	84
47	30	USA	1350	Bruce Burton	63	22	85
48	20	BER	1394	Mark Watson	59	27	86
49	93	AUS	1293	Ian Crisp	55	31	86
50	99	USA	669	Ted Hardenbergh	38	52	90
51	57	AUS	1237	John Savage	45	48	93
52	50	AUS	1150	Bill Steele*	53	41	94
53	58	NZL	1058	John Melville	39	58	97
54	45	UAE	1386	Jan Muysken*	68	35	103
55	29	USA	294	Larry Schmitz	40	64	104
56	44	USA	1044	John Downing	62	42	104
57	51	USA	926	Nico Landauer	60	44	104
58	09	USA	909	Marshall Harrington*	51	57	108
59	77	AUS	1277	Peter Coleman	46	66	112
60	14	USA	1149	John Pedlow	50	63	113
61	49	BER	1249	Tim Patton	61	54	115
62	36	ITA	836	Marco Cimarosti	70	47	117
63	41	USA	1241	Ken Womack*	58	61	119
64	39	USA	1220	Mark Teborek	64	56	120
65	15	USA	1315	John Gilmour	57	67	124
66	97	USA	897	Bill Melbostad*	54	72	126
67	17	AUS	1117	Ian Anderson	69	60	129
68	12	USA	1126	Rick Kaiser	84 dnc	46	130
69	47	SUI	1187	Seamus McHugh	49	84 dnc	133
70	01	USA	1301	Peter Shumaker	66	69	135
71	88	USA	889	Thomas Corkett	71	68	139
72	74	USA	977	Tom Oller*	73	71	144
73	11	USA	1111	Patricia Stadel*	76	70	146
74	55	USA	674	Tom Stanford	72	76	148
75	24	AUS	1124	Michael Morris*	77	73	150
76	53	USA	583	Kjeld Hestehave	75	75	150
77	43	AUS	1343	Nick Kingsmill	67	84 ocs	151
78	38	USA	385	Gary Baker*	74	77	151
79	32	USA	1069	Elizabeth Altman	79	74	153
80	02	USA	1002	John Chapman*	78	78	156
81	25	AUS	1025	Glenn Norton*	84 dnc	84 dnc	168
82	34	GBR	1354	David Franks	84 dnc	84 dnc	168
83	42	AUS	1385	Jason Ward	84 dnc	84 dnc	168