Kiwis slip on Day 4, Holland Regatta

by Sail-World on 28 May 2006 The Kiwi sailors all slipped down the points table in their respective classes on the fourth day of the Holland Regatta.

Four of the crews, Andrew Murdoch (Laser), Jo Aleh (Laser Radial) Dan Slater (Finn), and Hamish Pepper/David Chiles (Star) are in the top ten overall in their respective classes and will sail on the final Medal Race day tomorrow Sunday night, NZT).

Of the other crews in the regatta, Stephen and Philip Keen in the Mnes 470 were the unluckiest, finishing in 11th place overall and just missing the cut for the Medal race by just one place. This is their best performance in Europe, certainly this year, and represents a good gain on their part.

Conditions for the regatta, except for the first day have been very light with big windshifts, which has had a significant impact on the outcome of the racing. The light conditions have been made more difficult by the cold air temapertures which have yet to go above 10 degrees.

Australian Tom Slingsby has tied up the Mens Laser class without having to sail in the Medal Race, which counts for double points.

Rank	Country	Sail Nr	Start Nr	Helmsman		Crew	Crew 2	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	Points
470 men
11	NZL	201	54	Stephen	Keen	Philip Keen		5	11	24	1	6	5	8	21	16	11						84
18	NZL	198	85	Geoffrey	Woolley	Mark Overington		10	9	16	16	18	11	8	18	10	4						102
2 team(s) in this class
49er
29	NZL	143	33	Peter	Graham	Rory Godman		DNC	24	29	24	28	29	29	27	26							216
1 team(s) in this class
Finn
7	NZL	1	7	Dan	Slater			5	4	5	15	4	9	9									36
1 team(s) in this class
Laser
6	NZL	184682	7	Andrew	Murdoch			3	20	1	15	5	10	12	22	OCS	1						89
19	NZL	184683	142	David	Weaver			18	43	2	4	19	7	2	33	49	18						146
32	NZL	178795	25	Matthew	Blakey			21	28	4	29	11	8	OCS	32	18	35						186
33	NZL	184688	33	Michael	Bullot			2	2	11	20	6	43	28	57	OCS	17						186
4 team(s) in this class
Laser Radial
4	NZL	177775	20	Jo	Aleh			10	1	1	15	4	24	25	32	12	2						94
29	NZL	181881	73	Sara	Winther			8	27	20	37	DNF	DNS	DNF	18	4	19						253
2 team(s) in this class
Neil Pryde RS:X women
26	NZL	3	0	Steffanie	Williams			DNC	19	19	19	28	25	22									132
1 team(s) in this class
Star
2	NZL	8187	35	Hamish	Pepper	David Giles		1	6	2	6	1	3										13
1 team(s) in this class
Yngling
14	NZL	4	1	Sharon	Ferris	Raynor Smeal	Ashley Holtum	OCS	8	9	22	20	19	3	15	9							105
1 team(s) in this class
13 team(s) for "NZL" found.
DNC: Did not come to the starting area DNS: Did not start OCS: On the course side of the starting line DNF: Did not finish RAF: Retired after finishing DSQ: Disqualification RDG: Redress given