Light winds and two races for Day 2 of Audi Flying Fifteen Worlds

by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World on 11 Jan 2009
Three nationalities are represented in the top five overall after the second day of racing in the 2009 Audi Flying Fifteen World Championship sailed on Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne.

Britain lead the series after two races were sailed today, making three for the series to date. However in contrast to yesterday the racing was not just a contest bettween the top three crews, with the third race being the divider in the points score.

After two races were completed, mid-afternoon, today two competitors were tied on the top of the points table. Grant Alderson/Dean Mcaullay (AUS) and Steve Goacher/Phil Evans (GBR) each had four points from two races.

Racing was difficult in the light conditions allowing the British crew of Barry Parkin and Tim Hall (GBR) to take the overall lead in the series through consistent sailing. Their win in the second race of the series was backed up with a sixth, lifting them through to the points lead by four points.

In contrast to the sea breezes of yesterday, racing was initially postponed before getting underway in a light breeze of around five knots from 165 degrees - east of south and an indication that the sea breeze might not eventuate.

After several general recalls the fleet got underway for Race 2 with Parking, Alderson and Goacher in control, and with a safe margin over the rest of the fleet.

Race 3 was the upset of the series for the series leaders with Alderson/Mcaullay (AUS) picking up a 13th place and Goacher/Evans (GBR) one back in 14th place. Parkin and Hall (GBR) played it safer and emerged with a sixth, their second of the series to take the series lead.

two New Zealand crews feature in the top five overall with David Tucker/Matt Summers scoring second place in Race 3, and a good supporting oplace for their fifth in Race 2. Aaron Goodmanson/Alister Rowlands took sixth in Race 2 and 12th in race 3 to lie within ten points of the race leader.

It was not originally planned to sail two races today, however a forecast for stronger winds later in the week prompted officials to schedule an additional race to give themselves some leeway in the race schedule.

Provisional Results after three races - 2009 Audi Flying Fifteen Worlds

 

 

Sail	Yacht	Skipper	1	2	3	Total	Standing
3911	****	Barry Parkin	6	1	6	13	1
3833	No Bull	Grant Alderson	2	2	13	17	2
3821	Tba	Steve Goacher	1	3	14	18	3
3781	16	David Tucker	15	5	2	22	4
3739	Ffortune	Aaron Goodmanson	5	6	12	23	5
3840	Ffrenetic	Murray Gilbert	11	17	4	32	6
3905	Secret Ingredient X	David McKee	9	18	9	36	7
3917	Art Gekko	Mike Hart	3	36	1	40	8
3881	I'd Swap This For A Bundy	Adam Hawkins	7	23	11	41	9
3799	One Under	Veronica Falat	23	20	3	46	10
3823	Ffoto Finish	Brett Willcock	10	15	22	47	11
3931	N/a	Alan Bax	8	4	41	53	12
3883	Boat	John Lavery	38	11	10	59	13
3670	Escalator	Graeme Lillingston	29	16	15	60	14
3611	Smooth & Stoned	Steve Douthawaite	37	8	21	66	15
3641	F'feckin'Eegit	Andy Martin	22	31	16	69	16
3661	Fizz	Gavin Dagley	43	9	17	69	16
3832	Blowffish	Craig Coulan	58	10	5	73	18
3662	Wings	John Tracey	28	12	37	77	19
3903	Elise	Ian Cleaver	36	21	20	77	19
3890	If Only.....	Geoff Bayliss	13	35	30	78	21
3909	Skandia	Gavin Gourley	12	25	46	83	22
3718	Fully Active Board	Ashley Smith	14	22	49	85	23
3880	Where The Bloody Hell Are You	Craig Rainey	30	40	19	89	24
3923	Ff	Charles Apthorp	4	7	81	92	25
3754	Business	Ian Morley	54	30	8	92	25
3619	Affrodisiac	Ron Packer	27	28	40	95	27
3797	Changing Lanes	David Swan	49	14	32	95	27
3897	Kooigjug	Ken Dumpleton	32	32	33	97	29
3910	Yes	Brad Sheridan	25	47	27	99	30
3796	Ffatigaos	Javier Chacártegui	21	43	36	100	31
3525	Freodoctor	Doug Cooksey	42	52	7	101	32
3743	Spot The Difference	Greg Tonnison	33	34	35	102	33
3572	Relience 17	Hamish Carnachan	18	50	34	102	33
3914	Defying Gravity	Adrian Tattersall	20	42	43	105	35
3907	Foreign Affair	Phil Quinn	56	29	24	109	36
3851	Ffuk	Ian Linder	19	38	52	109	36
3717	Glamour Buoys	Greg Leversuch	16	66	29	111	38
3800	Saltheart	Rupert Leslie	35	19	64	118	39
3541	Snafler	Richard Guy	59	37	25	121	40
3786	Sans Culottes	Christopher Harris	51	44	26	121	40
3879	Aussie Way	Kim Peaker	47	26	48	121	40
3861	Supertoy Plays On	Brian Carroll	31	46	45	122	43
3062	Good Thing	David Meldrum	45	55	23	123	44
3527	Just Looking	Peter Milne	17	65	47	129	45
3095	Fiddle-de-dee	Adam Semple	53	27	51	131	46
3878	Ffast Lane 2	John Wilson	40	54	38	132	47
3854	Relience Ffenty Ffoo	William Shand	50	53	31	134	48
3818	Ffizzy	Gill Browning	44	13	81	138	49
3928	Got any lettuce?	Howard Green	26	33	81	140	50
3087	Iff	Sally Garrett	55	49	39	143	51
3814	Comited to conffusion	John Wallace	24	67	58	149	52
3259	Celtic Pride	Chris Hall	48	58	44	150	53
3930	Aussie Falcon	Dale Collings	41	81	28	150	53
3835	Sucking Feagulls	Andy Goddard	46	24	81	151	55
3616	Ffunnily Enuff	Stephen Leiceter	64	45	42	151	55
3902	Blue Flame	Peter Hogg	34	62	55	151	55
3822	Ruffians	John Crosby	81	57	18	156	58
3774	Rollercoaster	Tom Murphy	39	63	60	162	59
3169	Skinffull	Robert Anderson	52	56	56	164	60
3709	Ghost Magic	ronald walker	60	59	53	172	61
3775	Absolutely Ffabulous	Philippa Packer	81	39	54	174	62
3815	Passing Wind	Athol King	57	60	61	178	63
3088	Ffirst Offspring	Fred Price	63	48	69	180	64
3893	Ffrig It	Peter Lawson	62	41	81	184	65
3745	Splash	Tom Ruut	67	69	50	186	66
2823	Diffino	Murray Latham	81	51	62	194	67
3761	Grumpy Old Woman	John Hassen	68	68	59	195	68
3063	Stress Free Zone	Kevin Griffiths	65	73	57	195	68
3846	Demon 3	Alan Carson	61	71	65	197	70
3722	Noisy Forefather	Joseph Nelson	69	72	66	207	71
3767	Bubbles	Ken Bubb	81	64	63	208	72
3876	Kerfuffle	Carlyon Knight-Evans	81	61	67	209	73
3859	Gannin Tappy Lappy	Michael Clark	71	70	70	211	74
3012	Sunday Session	Jennifer Richardson	66	79	71	216	75
2825	Happy Days	Jennifer Sims	70	76	75	221	76
3887	Affa	Robert Chaffe	74	74	74	222	77
3309	Clockwork V11	Denis Buckley	72	77	73	222	77
3836	Effeffex	Peter Bradford	81	78	68	227	79
3442	Lean & Mean	Doug Bell	81	75	72	228	80