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B14 Worlds underway Tuesday on Hobart's Derwent River

by Sail-World.com/uk on 6 Jan 2009
B14 GBR 772 Mark Watts and George Morris - Photograph:Fred Koolhof B14

The 2009 World Championship for the B14 class get underway Tuesday 5 January on Hobart's Derwent River. A record 51 boats are taking part thanks to a whopping turnout from Tasmania with 26 boats making an appearance, plus eleven from the UK.

Leading the challenge from the UK are Mark Barnes and Pete Nicholson, with a win in the Worlds Pre-event already under their belts. Also in the frame are Nick Craig and Matt Johnson, a new pairing that are just going quicker and quicker. And other top teams, Dave Hayes and Sean Dwyer, and Chris Bines and Dave Gibbons.

On the Australian side, Guy Bancroft and Nick Darlow have just won the Australian title and will be looking to complete the set with a World title. Other aussie teams sailing well this past week are; Dave Lorimer, Nick Richardson and Alan Nicholas, Kieran Livermore and Jonathan Branch, Chris Bibby and Scott Cunningham, and Rhys Bancroft and Joey Randell.

Worlds Pre-Event - B14 Open Australian Titles

1 GBR768 Seavolution Mark Barnes Pete Nicholson 14 2 1 4 7 3 6 23 pts
2 AUS778 Sly Bone Guy Bancroft Nick Darlow 6 7 6 10 5 1 3 28 pts
3 GBR773 Team Gill Nick Craig Matt Johnson 4 11 2 11 4 5 38 37 pts
4 AUS372 Pigs Arse Nick Richardson Alan Nicholas 3 10 4 8 9 17 7 41 pts
5 GBR757 MJF/North David Hayes Sean Dwyer 5 8 5 3 12 12 8 41 pts
6 AUS371 bangbang Kieran Livermore Jonathan Branch 9 6 17 2 6 6 38 46 pts
7 GBR775 Quinta Raddison Ltd Chris Bines Dave Gibbons 8 12 9 5 14 7 38 55 pts
8 AUS379 Last Gasp Chris Bibby Scott Cunningham 1 4 19 30 2 2 38 58 pts
9 AUS7 Bonework Rhys Bancroft Joey Randell 48 5 12 13 8 19 2 59 pts
10 AUS374 Toxic Dave Lorimer Raf 48 1 26 18 1 15 1 62 pts
11 GBR758 Anthill Mob Tim Harrison Jonathan Ratcliffe 2 23 11 6 16 22 5 62 pts
12 AUS368 The Nude Richie Reynolds Lissa McMillan 17 22 3 16 3 4 38 65 pts
13 GBR763 Hyde Sails Alan Davis Toby Barsley-Dale 11 3 24 9 22 11 12 68 pts
14 AUS370 The Plumbers Ian Cunningham David Cunningham 12 9 20 1 11 21 38 74 pts
15 GBR772 Simmons & Simmons Mark Watts George Morris 20 18 10 17 10 8 38 83 pts
16 AUS369 Strait4devils Budget Adrian Beswick Josh Phillips 10 19 29 27 15 10 4 85 pts
17 AUS037 Aviva Simon Morgan Drew Latham 22 13 21 22 13 13 9 91 pts
18 AUS357 Buggar The Bone Richard Fisher Stuart McDonnell 48 16 16 14 17 20 10 93 pts
19 AUS376 Hunt Leather Sophie Hunt Andrew Payne 7 25 8 25 25 18 11 94 pts
20 AUS363 Just In Time Ben Price Jim Morgan 25 17 7 12 20 25 15 96 pts
21 GBR760 On Purpose Geraldine Brown Leaky Fermor 15 15 23 24 19 14 16 102 pts
22 AUS359 Epic Chris Wells Dianne Maynard 19 21 13 33 23 16 13 105 pts
23 AUS353 Dodge A Bullet Andre Webster Jacob Webster 21 20 14 15 18 23 20 108 pts
24 AUS377 Early Warning Ross Daley John Genders 18 26 18 20 24 26 21 127 pts
25 AUS378 Siren Kelvin Boyle Josh Fullenger 13 14 25 23 30 27 38 132 pts
26 AUS367 Phantom Stephen Miller Lauren Keil 16 27 22 21 33 30 18 134 pts
27 GBR770 Compact Pussycat Simon Hadley Nikki Webster 48 29 48 7 21 9 38 152 pts
28 AUS366 The Cunning Plan Cole Dabner Rob Moreton 48 32 32 19 27 33 14 157 pts
29 AUS361 Smokin' David Cromarty Cameron Gibson 23 31 28 38 32 24 22 160 pts
30 AUS182 Power Play Simon Baker Aaron Ellis 48 35 15 28 29 35 23 165 pts
31 AUS355 Bondi Tram Stephen Mitchell Amy Van Galen 48 28 33 32 26 32 25 176 pts
32 AUS151 The George James Patterson James Huggett 48 24 30 29 31 28 38 180 pts
33 AUS159 Partic Nasty Weather William Short Alan Short 24 30 35 43 48 36 17 185 pts
34 AUS226 Esra Tew Gavin Barwick Simon Legge 48 37 34 31 37 29 29 197 pts
35 AUS152 Not Just Yet John Tanton Benn Morgan 48 48 48 26 28 31 19 200 pts
36 AUS250 B Alert Tim Grant Stuart Grant 48 34 31 39 38 37 26 205 pts
37 AUS181 The Edge Timothy Starkey Mathieu Mongin 48 36 37 36 35 38 28 210 pts
38 AUS356 B-Sting Daniel Watson Derek Schaefer 48 48 27 37 34 44 38 228 pts
39 AUS290 Serious Yahoo Peter Fox Mick Hawes 48 48 36 40 41 40 24 229 pts
40 AUS104 Austral Asia Line Benjamin Zamstra Peter Coad 48 48 48 42 39 34 27 238 pts
41 AUS299 Hurricane Geoff Waldon Rick Boughton 48 48 39 35 40 41 38 241 pts
42 AUS103 Blow Me Luke Cripps Sam Cannamela 48 33 40 45 48 44 38 248 pts
43 GBR728 Hey Ho, Here We Go Trevor Harris Lucy Walter 48 48 48 34 43 39 38 250 pts
44 AUS313 Bring It On Shaun Hancock Sam Lowe 48 48 38 44 42 44 38 254 pts
45 AUS280 B+ Craig Macaulay Louise Macaulay 48 48 48 41 36 44 38 255 pts
46 AUS101 TAB Jason Hancock Glen Bouse 48 48 48 47 48 44 38 273 pts
46 AUS362 Shmoo Roger Board Alex Board 48 48 48 47 48 44 38 273 pts

B14 AUS 778 Sly Bone, Guy Bancroft and Nick Darlow - Photograph:Fred Koolhof © B14
B14 AUS 778 Sly Bone, Guy Bancroft and Nick Darlow - Photograph:Fred Koolhof © B14

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