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 |
Scoring codes used
| Code |
Description |
| DNC |
Did not come to the starting area |
| DNF |
Started but did not finish |
| DNS |
Came to the start area but did not start |
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