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Laser 4.7 World Championships race win to Ben Walkemeyer

'Ben Walkemeyer (to windward) and Dylan Gore sailing on San Francisco Bay - Laser 4.7 Championships 2011'    Richard Scarr    Click Here to view large photo

West Australian Ben Walkemeyer today notched up the first win by an Australian sailor at the Laser 4.7 World Championships, taking out heat 7 in his fleet on San Francisco Bay.

The win has lifted Walkemeyer back up the leader board to 12th overall, despite a 22nd in heat 8. His results so far have been 7-2-11-12-9-(23)-1-22.

Apart from a third placed Japanese sailor, Ben is the only non-European in the top dozen, with New Zealander Keith Inglis one place back.

Today was the first when neither of the two top-placed Spanish sailors won a heat, although they still hold a commanding lead in the 112 boat fleet.

Of the other Australians, Nicholas Connor (NSW) is 25th with an 11th and a 34th today. He is also fifth placed 16-year-old sailor in the fleet. Dylan Gore (Tas) is 38th (14-27 today), Max Vos (NSW) 44th (30-bfd), Kailas Johnson (Tas) 54th (22-18), Nelson Brown (Tas) 69th (29-37) and 13-year-old Jock Sturrock 72nd (ocs-32) but still 13th overall among under 16 year olds.

The girls are still sailing their seventh and eighth heats of their Laser 4.7 world championship.




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