Bundock & Ashby second in Final Series F18 Worlds
by Sail-World Team on 15 Jul 2006
F18 Worlds 2006 SW
Darren Bundock and Glen Ashby finished second today in the Gold Fleet, Final Series, at Day 1 of the F18 World Championships.
AUS 45, Boag and Stevens won the last of three races sailed today in the Silver Round.
Current leaders in the Gold Fleet are the German team of Helge and Christian Sach with another German team, Andrew Landenberger and Felix Egner, in third.
After three days of qualifying rounds, the Bundock/Ashby pairing finished fourth and was the highest placed team amongst the Aussie contingent.
The large fleet was hampered by the lack of wind and sudden thunderstorms throughout the qualifying rounds, but managed to complete six races.
Top 10 positions in Gold Fleet
Pos Sail Competitors Grp Pts Net Pts tot Acquis préc. r.1 r.2 r.3 Club/Country
1 GER 143 SACH Helge (M1956) GOL 20 20 13 4 1 2 Germany
SACH Christian (M1958)
2 AUS 7 BUNDOCK Darren (M1971) GOL 33 33 26 3 3 1 Australia
ASHBY Glenn (M1977)
3 GER 308 LANDENBERGER Andrew (M1968) GOL 66 66 54 6 2 4 Germany
EGNER Felix (M0000)
4 FRA 11 MOURNIAC Jean Christoph (M1970) GOL 80 80 12 10 22 36 C N STE MAXIME - France
CITEAU Franck (M1969) Y C GRANDE MOTTE
5 NED 578 SAMAMA Wouter (M1981) GOL 81 81 51 5 13 12 The Netherlands
VAN LEEUWEN Jeroen (M1981)
6 FRA 847 MORVAN Francois (M1983) GOL 87 87 39 25 9 14 S R VANNES - France
VANDAME Mathieu (M1982) S R VANNES
7 FRA 1 VAUCHEL-CAMUS Thibaut (M1978) GOL 92 92 39 1 10 42 CATA C BAIE LA FORET - France
LAGARRIGUE Jeremie (M1982) Y C TOULON
8 NED 1 KENBEEK Remco (M1972) GOL 96 96 47 8 35 6 The Netherlands
BROUWER Paul (M1962)
9 FRA 2106 RENAUD Christophe (M1982) GOL 98 98 43 16 18 21 C.C.N - France
ROSSOLLIN Alban (M1980) C.C.N
10 FRA 5 SELLIER Thomas (M1977) GOL 110 110 45 29 7 29 S N O NANTES - France
MOREAU Frederic (M1977) S N LOCMARIAQUER
Other Australians:
14 - Laruffa and Bradley
32 - Thompson and Neville
35 - Goodall and Goodall
58 - Paterson and Binder
65 - Richardson and Beath
73 - MacKeon and MacKeaon
Silver Fleet:
77 - Boag and Stevens - Leading the Silver fleet placings
80 - Booth and Van Geloeren
86 - McDonald and Sims
118 - Dull and Dull
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