Kiwis have their work cut out in Tornados

by Sail-World on 4 Feb 2008

Part of the 17 strong fleet on the startline for the 2008 Tornado Nationals, Takapuna Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz

The New Zealand contingent are being shown a clean set of transoms by the international fleet at the 2008 Tornado Nationals, a build up regatta to the World Championships being staged later this month off Takapuna.

Only one international competitor is spoiling the clean sweep the Kiwis are making of the tail-end of the fleet.

The regatta is led by Xavier Revil and Christophe Espagnon (FRA), with Roman Hagara and Hans Peter Steinacher (AUT) holing second place overall.

As reigning Olympic champion, Hagara is obviously focussed on taking one of the Olympic Qualifying places available at the 2008 World Championships.

The runners up at the 2007 World Championships, Carolijn Brouwer and Sebbe Godefroid (BEL), in spite of being reasonably familiar with the Takapuna conditions are also suffering a little, lying in 5th place overall.

Top New Zealand crew is Aaron McIntosh and Mark Kennedy, who are in 10th position on the points table. Olympic Gold and Silver medallist, Rex Sellers with crew Nigel Williams lies in 14th place overall - just ahead of his son Brett, sailing with Peter Fyfe.

Conditions for the regatta this far have been light to moderate sea breezes.

Racing concludes on Tuesday, with Sail Auckland starting the following day.

2008 TORNADO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 3

Results as of 20:47 on February 4, 2008

Overall

Sailed:9, Discards:1, To count:8, Entries:17, Scoring system:My scoring system
Rank	Fleet	Nat	SailNo	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Total	Nett
1st	Open	FRA	1	Xavier Revil	Christophe Espagnon	1	2	4	2	4	1	3	1	(5)	23	18
2nd	Open	AUT	3	Roman Hagara	Hans Peter Steinacher	4	(10)	3	3	1	2	2	6	1	32	22
3rd	Open	ARG	1	Santiago Lange	Carlos Espinola	3	5	(6)	4	5	4	1	3	2	33	27
4th	Open	FRA	5	Billy Besson	Arnaud Jarlegan	8	3	1	6	7	3	(9)	4	3	44	35
5th	Open	BEL	7	Carolijn Brouwer	Sebastian Godefroid	6	1	2	5	(12)	5	7	5	10	53	41
6th	Open	CAN	7	Oskar Johansson	Kevin Stittle	2	(8)	5	8	3	7	6	8	4	51	43
7th	Open	USA	808	John Lovell	Charlie Ogletree	7	9	7	(13)	6	8	4	2	12	68	55
8th	Open	FRA	71	Yannon Guichardito	Alexandre Guyader	5	7	10	1	8	6	12	(18 DNF)	7	74	56
9th	Open	AUT	8	Thomas Zajac	Thomas Czajka	9	6	9	7	2	(10)	10	7	6	66	56
10th	NZ	NZL	121	Aaron McIntosh	Mark Kennedy	10	4	8	10	9	(12)	5	9	8	75	63
11th	NZ	NZL	8	Bruce Kendall	Blair Tuke	11	(13)	12	12	10	9	11	10	13	101	88
12th	Open	CHN	58	You Jia Lao	Xiu Ke Chen	(15)	11	14	15	11	11	8	12	9	106	91
13th	NZ	NZL	73	Dave Shaw	Susan Shaw	12	12	11	11	14	14	14	11	(15)	114	99
14th	NZ	NZL	84	Rex Sellers	Nigel Williams	14	(15)	13	9	15	15	15	15	11	122	107
15th	NZ	NZL	1	Brett Sellers	Peter Fyfe	13	14	(18 DNF)	14	13	13	13	13	14	125	107
16th	NZ	NZL	70	David Mead	Chris Burgess	16	16	15	16	16	(18 DNF)	16	14	16	143	125
17th	NZ	NZL	83	William Caunce	Liam Caunce	17	17	(18 DNS)	17	17	18 DNF	18 DNC	18 DNC	18 DNC	158	140