29er North American Championship - Final series kicks off

by Marianne Davis on 24 Jul 2014 Today kicked off the final series of the 29er North American Open, in which competitors are competing for the North American, United States and Canadian Championships. Competition is strong in the final series, with the fleet now split into gold and silver. Today provided shifty, challenging wind conditions in the morning due to rain and surrounding storms, however the sun appeared and a strong breeze came in for the afternoon.

The gold fleet started the day at 11am and finished four races, to finish the day ahead an extra race ahead of schedule. Aussies Kurt Hansen and Harry Morton sit at the top of the leaderboard with a solid 1-3-6-1 in today’s races. Marta Munte and Carla Munte, of Spain, finish the day in second, with Canadians Rachel Spinelli and Ian Woodbury following in third. The third, fourth and fifth place boats are all within one point of each other, so tomorrow will bring some fierce competition for the podium.

The silver fleet had a 12pm start time, and completed the scheduled three races. Great Britain is dominating the podium, with Gillies Munro and Daniel Harris sitting in first, with James Grummett and Daniel Budden following in second and Ed Connellan and Matthew Rhodes in third.

The final day of racing is tomorrow, with the awards ceremony occurring after racing is completed for the day. Following this event is the 29er World Championship, July 26th to August 2nd, in which 102 boats representing 14 countries will compete for the title of 29er World Champion.

Results are provisional as of 8:46 on July 24, 2014

Gold Fleet

Sailed: 5, Discards: 0, To count: 5, Entries: 25, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	SailNo	Skipper	Crew	Female	Youth	Nat	Numeric	F1	F2	F3	F4	QPoints	Total	Nett
1st	AUS4	Kurt Hansen	Harry Morton		Y	AUS	4	1.0	3.0	6.0	1.0	2.0	13.0	13.0
2nd	ESP1787	Marta Munte	Carla Munte	F	Y	ESP	1787	4.0	5.0	9.0	11.0	1.0	30.0	30.0
3rd	CAN1423	Rachel Spinelli	Ian Woodbury			CAN	1423	9.0	16.0	4.0	3.0	11.0	43.0	43.0
4th	GBR2291	Ruth Allan	Alice Masterman	F		GBR	2291	3.0	12.0	8.0	6.0	14.0	43.0	43.0
5th	CAN1050	Lloyd Lyall	Andrew Moreno		Y	CAN	1050	5.0	14.0	3.0	9.0	13.0	44.0	44.0
6th	ARG1884	Ignacio Varisco	Nicolas Peirano			ARG	1884	11.0	2.0	14.0	21.0	4.0	52.0	52.0
7th	USA2190	Jacob Rosenberg	Rhodes Garner		Y	USA	2190	16.0	8.0	1.0	10.0	21.0	56.0	56.0
8th	GBR2025	Matt venables	Curtis mearns		Y	GBR	2025	10.0	7.0	16.0	8.0	16.0	57.0	57.0
9th	HKG2244	Yann d'Argenlieu	Nathan Bradley		Y	HKG	2244	7.0	17.0	11.0	12.0	10.0	57.0	57.0
10th	USA2251	Max Brill	Zach Malcolm		Y	USA	2251	13.0	1.0	26.0 UFD	16.0	5.0	61.0	61.0
11th	USA1131	Sean Brennan	Pere Puig		Y	USA	1131	2.0	25.0	20.0	4.0	15.0	66.0	66.0
12th	GBR 23	Mimi El-Khazindar	Ben Batten		Y	GBR	23	14.0	22.0	22.0	2.0	7.0	67.0	67.0
13th	GBR18	Owen Bowerman	Morgan Peach		Y	GBR	18	8.0	23.0	2.0	26.0 UFD	8.0	67.0	67.0
14th	NZL416	James Wilson	Oscar Gunn		Y	NZL	416	23.0	4.0	5.0	15.0	22.0	69.0	69.0
15th	AUS2315	Liam Seagreen	Cameron Seagreen		Y	AUS	2315	12.0	21.0	10.0	14.0	12.0	69.0	69.0

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