Australians hold lead Tornado Asia Pacific Regatta

by Di Pearson on 7 Jan 2008

Carolijn Brouwer & Seb Godefroid do not like the light airs - Tornado Asia Pacific Races Jeff Crow/ Sport the Library © http://www.sportlibrary.com.au

Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby (AUS) continue to lead the Tornado Asia Pacific Regatta being hosted by Somers Yacht Club on the Mornington Peninsula at Sail Melbourne today.

Although Bundock and Ashby did not win either Races 5 or 6 today, finishing with third and fifth places, they remain in the lead on nine points after dropping their worst place. Today’s racing was conducted in extremely shifty winds of up to 15 knots.

World champions Fernando Echavarri/Anton Paz scored their first win of the series in Race 5, with Germany’s Tino and Niko Mittlemeier finished second.

Top Russian pair, Andrey Kirilyuk/Valeriy Ushkov won Race 6 and are now third overall. Oscar Johansson/Kevin Stittle (CAN) were second in this race, with Leigh McMillan/Will Howden third.

Currently Mitch Booth/Pim Nieuwenhuis are second placed in the series overall on 17 points, the Russians one point behind, leaving Bundock and Ashby a clear eight points in the lead with four races remaining.

Carolijn Brouwer © OC Events http://www.isharescup.com/

Carolijn Brouwer, the lone female skipper in the fleet, did not have the top three day she was hoping for. Sitting 23rd in the ISAF World Rankings, she is very impressed by the quality of the sailors competing.

'There are a lot of top class sailors here. It’s an awesome regatta with really high level competition. But Bundy and Glenn are in a different league; they are good in any kind of conditions. We are up with the rest of the pack, but we can push harder and do better. We have a lot more in there,' said Brouwer, who with her crew Sebastien Godefroid is looking for a top five finish.

Looking forward to the Beijing Olympics Brouwer/Godefroid find themselves in an enviable position, they have qualified Belgium and themselves for the Games. 'This regatta is good for us.

'We are in a comfortable position at the moment we have the opportunity to play around with our boat and sails and try things out before the Games. This is important for us as we don’t have as much experience as the other guys in the class so it takes us a bit longer,' Brouwer said.

The Championship concludes on Wednesday 9th and results are provisional pending protests. The Sail Melbourne ISAF Grade 1 event continues tomorrow.

Tornado Asia Pacific Championships

**Series Results [Elapsed Time] for Tornado up to Race 4 (Drops = 0)**
Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Crew	From	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		AUS8	MARINEPOOL	Darren Bundock	Glenn Ashby	AUS	6.00	1.00	3.00	1.00	1.00
2		NED1	ZWITSERLEVEN	Mitch Booth	Pim Nieuwenhuis	ESP	15.00	2.00	1.00	10.00	2.00
3		GBR436	NA2	Leigh Mc Millan	Will Howden	GBR	22.00	3.00	2.00	7.00	10.00
4		RUS97	NA3	Andrey Kirilyuk	Valeriy Ushkov	RUS	23.00	10.00	5.00	4.00	4.00
5	2.0S	GER5	NA6	Tino Mittelmeier	Niko Mittelmeier	GER	25.00	11.00	9.00	2.00	3.00
6		ESP1	MOVISTAR	Fernando Echavarri	Anton Paz	ESP	25.00	5.00	4.00	5.00	11.00
7		GER1	K NIG & CIE T-SYSTE	Roland Gaebler	Gunnar Struckmann	DEN	32.00	13.00	7.00	6.00	6.00
8		GBR430	NA5	Andrew Walsh	Edward Barney	GBR	36.00	9.00	6.00	12.00	9.00
9		CAN7	CAN 7	Oskar Johansson	Kevin Stittle	CAN	38.00	4.00	12.00	15.00	7.00
10		DEN1	HEMPEL & DONG ENERGY	Allan Norregaard	Michael Risoer	DEN	47.00	6.00	15.00	8.00	18.00
11		GBR431	MAX AND PADDY	John Gimson	Stuart Bithell	GBR	50.00	14.00	11.00	11.00	14.00
12		PUR1	NA7	Enrique Figueroa	Jorge Hernandez	PUR	52.00	12.00	10.00	13.00	17.00
13		GBR3	ALY & AJAY	Tom Phipps	Marcus Lynch	GBR	54.00	16.00	14.00	19.00	5.00
14		BEL7	BLOSO	Carolijn Brouwer	Sebbe Godefroid	BEL	55.00	7.00	33.00F	3.00	12.00
15	8.0S	GRE7		Iordanis Paschalidis	Konstantine Trigkoni	GRE	57.00	8.00	8.00	33.00O	8.00
16		RUS007	NA4	Sergey Dzhienbaev	Maxim Semenov	RUS	57.00	15.00	13.00	9.00	20.00
17		BRA7		Bruno Di Bernardi	Mario Tinoco	BRA	65.00	20.00	16.00	14.00	15.00
18		AUS13	TEAM TORNADO NT	Rohan Langworthy	Jack Punch	AUS	73.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	22.00
19		AUS300	A.F.R.I.C.A.	Damien Ford	Mark Edmonds	AUS	75.00	23.00	19.00	20.00	13.00
20		AUS322	WINDRUSH	Brett Burvill	Ryan Duffield	AUS	77.00	19.00	21.00	21.00	16.00
21		GBR406	NA1	Robbie Lovig	Stuart Offer	AUS	83.00	18.00	18.00	22.00	25.00
22		AUS305	AEOLUS	Allan Gamble	Kim Nicholas	AUS	89.00	22.00	23.00	25.00	19.00
23		AUS315	HARTATAK	Kevin Kay	David Hart	AUS	92.00	33.00F	20.00	16.00	23.00
24		AUS289		Michael Vandenberg	Ben Carroll	AUS	99.00	21.00	33.00F	18.00	27.00
25		AUS285		Paul Peterson	Matt Thackray	AUS	103.00	33.00F	22.00	24.00	24.00
26		AUS320		Ron Stokes	Alexander Bertrand	AUS	114.00	33.00C	33.00F	27.00	21.00
27		AUS321	FLYING HIGH	Andrew Griffin	Chris Tucker	AUS	115.00	33.00C	33.00F	23.00	26.00
28		AUS269		Andrew Heaney	Lukas Muir	AUS	120.00	33.00C	33.00C	26.00	28.00
29		AUS251	ESOTERIC	Gwyn Cracknell	Peter Togno	AUS	123.00	33.00C	33.00C	28.00	29.00
30		AUS295		Ian Simpson	Gary Sawyer	AUS	125.00	33.00C	33.00C	29.00	30.00
31		AUS193		Martin Dunlop	Dana Rathova	AUS	132.00	33.00C	33.00C	33.00C	33.00C
31		AUS967	G2	Paul Raymond	Nicholas Raymond	AUS	132.00	33.00C	33.00F	33.00C	33.00C

SERIES RESULTS

(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RAF S=DNS U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)

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