Denmark leads on Day 1 of 49er Worlds 2008

by Di Pearson on 4 Jan 2008

Peter & Soren Hansen (DEN) 49er - 2008 49er Worlds - Sail Melbourne Jeff Crow/ Sport the Library http://www.sportlibrary.com.au

Danish brothers Peter and Soren Hansen have taken the early lead on Day 1 of the 49er World Championship at Sail Melbourne today.

With three races away, the Hansen brothers notched up a bullet and two second places to lead Nathan Outteridge/Ben Austin (AUS) who scored 2,1,3 results to be two points behind the leaders.

Following them is a slew of British sailors. The defending world champions Stevie Morrison/Ben Rhodes (GBR)are on track too, currently third placed, only one point away from the Aussies after finishing 2,1,3 on the first day of qualifying races.

Great Britain entries fill out the next two places too; John Pink/Simon Wheeler are fourth and Paul Campbell-James/Mark Asquith fifth on equal points and just three behind Morrison and Rhodes.

Nathan Outteridge & Ben Austin 49er2 - 2008 49er Worlds - Sail Melbourne © Jeff Crow/ Sport the Library http://www.sportlibrary.com.au

Brazil’s campaign to qualify for the Games got off to a good start with Andrea Fonseca/Rodrigo Duarte holding down 13th place on equal points with the 11th and 12th placed crews from Portugal and the US Virgin Islands.

Finland crews are also out to qualify their nation, the best placed today of the four crews being Lauri Lehtinen/Heikki Soininen in 19th place.

Sorrento sailors, Will Phillips/Jon Newman were the next best placed Aussies. Scoring 5,6, 13 results, they are 24th overall in this hot international fleet.

Racing got underway on time this morning just after 10.00am in a gusting up to 15 knot nor-easterly with a nasty little chop off Sorrento Couta Sailing Club, host venue for the World’s. It was not surprising to see a number of bingles and subsequent protests after the earlier races.

As the day wore on, breezes slowly diminished to 5-8 knots and with the wind going against the tide, it was a tough day for all and took all eighty crews concentration skills to master the conditions.

Racing continues tomorrow with three further races planned. Forecasts say breezes will be light, giving those headed for the Beijing Games a taste of what is to come.

49er

Pl	Name	Boat	Sail Number	Club /Cty	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Net Points
1	HANSEN, Soren HANSEN, Peter	Hempel/Dong Energy	DEN12	DEN	1	2	1							4
2	AUSTIN, Ben OUTTERIDGE, Nathan	Fearless	AUS3	AUS	2	1	3							6
3	RHODES, Ben MORRISON, Stevie		GBR1	GBR	2	1	4							7
4	WHEELER, Simon PINK, John	Skandia Team GBR	GBR28	GBR	5	3	2							10
4	ASQUITH, Mark` CAMPBELL-JAMES, Paul	EITS	GBR21	GBR	3	5	2							10
6	PECKOLT, Hannes PECKOLT, Jan Peter		11	GER	1	4	6							11
7	SIBELLO, Gianfranco SIBELLO, Piero		ITA4	ITA	1	9	2							12
8	RESCH, Nikolaus Leopold DELLE KARTH, Nico Luca Marc	Mary Jane, HOBAS Tiroler Wasserkraft 1A Inst.	AUT2	AUT	6	3	5							14
9	ARTURO, Alonso FEDERICO, Alonso		ESP6	ESP	10	2	5							17
10	FERNANDEZ, Xabier MARTINEZ, Iker		ESP10	ESP	4	4	9							17
11	ANDRADE, Francisco LIMA, Jorge	Lusodiete	POR18	POR	3	5	12							20
12	THOMPSON, Cy KOTOUN, Anthony	www.verticalyachts.com	ISV817	ISV	7	10	3							20
13	DUARTE, Rodrigo FONSECA, Andre	Vaca Voadora	BRA29	BRA	7	7	6							20
14	LEONCHUK, George LUKA, Rodion	Voronin	UKR14	Ukraine	3	13	5							21
15	HOPSON, Alex EVANS, Dave	Myfanwy	GBR22	GBR	7	5	10							22
16	RAST, Chris WADLOW, Tim	Secora	USA13	USA	6	8	8							22
17	DENGSÃ˜ ANDERSEN, Dennis KRÃœGER ANDERSEN, Peter		DEN15	DEN	6	3	14							23
18	NEWMAN, Jon PHILLIPS, William		AUS27	AUS	5	6	13							24
19	SOININEN, Heikki LEHTINEN, Lauri		FIN1060	FIN	4	11	10							25
20	TORLÃ‰N, Kalle LINDBERG, Jonas	Aplicator	SWE42	SWE	10	6	9							25
21	STAVENUITER, Wilco SCHUTTE, Daan	CLB - TUDELFT	NED39	NED	13	13	1							27
22	YANN, Rochierieux EMMANUEL, Dyen		FRA16	FRA	2	9	16							27
23	BOVIM, Frode GUNDERSEN, Christopher		NOR20	NOR	11	8	8							27
24	ZUCCHETTI, Pietro ANGILELLA, Giuseppe		ITA30	ITA	4	2	22							28
25	STÃ‰PHANE, Christidis MORGAN, Lagraviere	Rougail River	FRA 7	FRA	5	6	17							28
26	SIOUZIOUS, Athanasios PACHOUMAS, Athanasios		GRE37	GRE	14	4	11							29
27	TAKAHASHI, Kenji TODOROKI, Kenjiro	KANTO AUTO WORKS	JPN 35	JPN	12	10	7							29
28	KRUSE, Clemens SIEBER, Christoph	T-Systems	AUT38	AUT	8	11	11							30
29	KIERKOWSKI, Krzysztof CZAJKOWSKI, Marcin		POL17	POL	8	10	14							32
30	MCGOVERN, Matthew MCGOVERN, Russell		IRL40	IRL	9	9	14							32
31	GRANQVIST, Jacob KUUSI, Ilmari	Gant	FIN48	FIN	10	12	10							32
32	BAUMANN, Hannes BAUR, Marcus	FritzII	GER26	GER	8	20	6							34
33	BASK, Kalle UUSI-AUTTI, Janne		FIN44	FIN	18	7	9							34
34	KIRKETERP, Martin WARRER, Jonas	Hempel Dong Energy	DEN 8	DEN	9	14	11							34
35	CUPAC, Petar KOSTOV, Pavle		CRO41	CRO	11	1	23							35
36	HALKES (HO WAI HO), Mike KNIGHT, Richard	Little Dragon	HKG1064	HKG	13	16	8							37
37	SIGN, Alain FLETCHER, Dylan	Great Bear	GBR33	GBR	20	15	4							39
38	IVANKOVIC, Ivan IVANKOVIC, Goran		CRO959	CRO	15	7	17							39
39	GUILLOU, Damien MONTEAU, Alexandre		FRA23	FRA	12	25	4							41
40	HEINEKEN, John NOBLE, Matt		USA50	USA	28 DNF	11	3							42
41	HUBER, Lorenz FRICKE, Leopold		GER34	GER	14	16	12							42
42	REMOCKER, Ben COOK, Gordon	Samson	CAN19	CAN	9	28 OCS	7							44
43	VILLAMBROSA, Federico GAINZA EURNEKIAN, Matias	Quicksilver	ARG1066	ARG	18	19	7							44
44	ZHUANG, Xuehai WEN, Zijin	Nautica	CHN1009	CHN	15	12	18							45
45	PEEL, Tom MASON, Richard	Murka	GBR806	GBR	16	14	15							45
46	KUZMICKI, Pawel STANCZY, Tomasz		POL1069	POL	11	14	21							46
47	PANAGIOTIDIS, Alfonso PANAGIOTIDIS, George		GRE994	GRE	28 DSQ	18	1							47
48	DELPECH, NoÃ© D'ORTOLI, Julien	French Connection	FRA32	FRA	12	18	17							47
49	HOGAN, Ian GOODERHAM, Billy		CAN1058	CAN	13	12	24							49
50	GIFFEN, Rory PASQUALI, Joey	USA 792	USA 792	USA	16	20	13							49
51	MAKINO, Yukio ISHIBASHI, Akira		JPN985	JPN	18	13	19							50
52	JENSEN, Iain O'CONNOR, David	The Cape	AUS46	AUS	19	15	16							50
53	MIRSKY, Torvar MANN, David	Polyester Girls	AUS929	AUS	17	17	16							50
54	KIVISTIK, Lenart HAAVEL, TÃµnis		EST894	EST	15	8	28 DNE							51
55	BLOCH, Sidney BELLOTTI, Marcelo		926	BRA	21	19	12							52
56	CORDINGLEY, Robert LINTON, Aaron	Oshin	AUS411	AUS	19	21	13							53
57	DE KOCK, Joe WADE-LEHMAN, Clynton	Seiko Velatura	RSA010	RSA	16	20	18							54
58	FENWICK, Andrew BORROWS, Kevin	Pocket Rocket	1063	NZL	14	23	20							57
59	MARSHALL, Ty MARSHALL, Clint	Spineless	AUS932	AUS	17	21	19							57
60	HU, Xianqiang LI, Fei	Nautica	CHN923	CHN	20	23	15							58
61	CHURCHER, Andrew PHILLIPS, Samuel	Jemma the Bushpig	762	AUS	21	17	21							59
62	KELLY, Paul PARKINSON, Luke	Fluid	AUS767	AUS	19	21	19							59
63	STEFANI, Diego SILVEIRA, Santiago		URU146	URU	28 BFD	15	18							61
64	DONNER, Kristoffer GAHMBERG, Jan	Aktia	FIN204	FIN	20	19	22							61
65	ARCHIBALD, Andrew MCDIARMID, David		NZL433	NZL	22	16	25							63
66	PATENIOTIS, Michalis DIMOU, Dionisis		GRE47	GRE	28 DNF	17	20							65
67	NOLAN, Ross SPILLANE, Marcus	Seiko Velatura	IRL691	IRL	24	22	20							66
68	GODMAN, Rory GRAHAM, Peter	Mourphes	NZL811	NZL	28 OCS	24	15							67
69	ROUGHLEY, Hamish GORDON, Murray	PPCC	AUS674	AUS	22	22	23							67
70	ZHOU , Boxiong LIN, Wuzhi	Nautica	CHN1008	CHN	28 DNF	18	22							68
71	SMYTHE, Charlie GOLDSBERRY, Jonathan	Skiffsailing.org	USA877	USA	17	24	28 DNF							69
72	BROWNIE, Nicholas WALL, Kynan	Wild Wilbur	AUS435	AUS	23	23	24							70
73	GOMES, Henrique GAGLIOTTI, Rafael	Porto Seguro	149	BRA	28 DNF	22	21							71
74	KINGSLEY-WILLIAMS, Topher GRANT, Jamie	Pine Time	230	AUS	26	24	23							73
75	BROOMAN, Matthew PETERS, Paul	Kemeny's	AUS164	AUS	23	26	25							74
76	DRESSLER, Cooper GILMORE, John		500	USA	24	27	24							75
77	BUCKINGHAM, Mitchell GRIFFITHS, Andrew	Sirocco	AUS423	AUS	21	27	28 DNF							76
78	RANDOLPH, Nick SPIERS, Emma	Chickn'Wings	AUS768	AUS	22	26	28 DNF							76
79	GAVIN, Aron PEARMAN, Lachlan		AUS678	AUS	25	25	26							76
80	SPENCER, Tim SPENCER, Jonathan	FKP Property Group	766	AUS	28 DNF	25	26							79
81	AUSTIN, Timothy ROOKLYN, Warwick	007	AUS1007	AUS	28 DNC	28 DNC	28 DNC							84