Jud Smith leads Audi Etchells Worlds after Day 2

by Rob Kothe on 19 Nov 2006 A win on Day one followed by a second today and Marblehead MA. sailor Jud Smith leads the 70 boat 2006 Audi Etchells Worlds fleet in Fremantle West Australia.

The ‘Fremantle Doctor’ must have been busy with house calls today as the sea breeze did not lift above 14 knots.

Smith sailing with Canadian Dirk Kneulman, the 1998 Etchells World Champion and two Kiwi's Andrew Wells the New Zealand Optimist coach and 48kg 14 year old Opti sailor Thomas Saunders, sailed into second place and retained the regatta lead.

Dockside Smith first wanted to praise his youngest crewman.

‘The four man crew is really working well. Thomas has been really sailing well. He has some good moves, very mature, he is a good yachtie.’

Then to the racing... ‘The die was cast on the first beat. There was not a lot of wind, you had to commit early; we decided to start in the lower half. The leaders at the windward mark all came off the leeward line, the pressure filled in from the left. Dave Clark was windward end of the leeward line and just sailed away.

‘At the top mark, the Brit Barry Parkin had done a good job and we were third. The first run was risky; we centred ourself to reduce the risk. Michael Manford was battling with us, we discovered he was OCS.

‘I was watching for Mark Bulka, he came 13th today; we rate him as one of the big threats. But there are another 10 or 15 to watch. Andy Beadsworth has lifted a notch after sailing well at the Europeans and Chris Busch is going well. Rob Brown was third today. Stuart Childerley was going well, he just missed one shift, but he will be a threat when the breeze picks up.

And the final modest comment, ‘We were just lucky to survive the day.’

Pittwater sailor Dave Clark opened a big margin to record an 82 second win against what is probably the strongest Etchells fleet of the last decade.

‘I spent 20 years in New Zealand, but I married a Perth girl and I’ve sailed more in Fremantle than anywhere else. I was tactician aboard Syd Fisher’s (Australian) boat in San Diego in 1992. I campaigned a Soling up to the 2000 Olympics with two Perth guys, David Lightfoot and Mike Hughes.

‘Yesterday a 19th, today a first, we just need to keep accumulating counters!’

There were some observations from other key players.

Dual World Etchells Champion Stuart Childerley had a tough Race 1, going back for a restart though not OCS. ‘We were just a bit too pronounced, better to start the week with a 27th, rather than an OCS. Today we misjudged a cross and had to do a 720.

‘We seem to be going forward, but we just keep making little errors. We have plenty of work to do this week.’

Alastair Gair finished second yesterday. ‘Too far back on the start, a boat rolled us and forced us to the wrong side of the course, finished in the mid-20’s but we will learn from that.’

Racing will continue tomorrow through until Saturday 25th November.
# Bow No Skipper/Crew Total Nett 18/11/2006 19/11/2006
RC 1 RC 2

1 77 Jud Smith/Dirk Kneulman/Andrew Wills/Thomas Saunders 3 3 1( 1) 2( 2)

2 13 Andy Beadsworth/James McHugh/Simon Fry 7 7 3( 3) 4( 4)

3 27 Chris Busch/Rod Hagebols/Willem van Waay 14 14 7( 7) 7( 7)

4 20 Cameron Miles/Phil Smidmore/Dave Samson 18 18 4( 4) 14( 14)

5 41 Ante Razmilovic/Jez Fanstone/Stuart Flinn 18 18 9( 9) 9( 9)

6 17 David Clark/Stephen Barlow/Andrew Smith 20 20 19( 19) 1( 1)

7 29 Alastair Gair/David Ridley/Carl Peters/Derek Scott 25 25 2( 2) 23( 23)

8 55 John Bertrand/Ian Johnson/Tim Ede 27 27 10( 10) 17( 17)

9 11 Jake Gunther/Russell Tyson/Richard Ironmonger 27 27 12( 12) 15( 15)

10 38 Julian Plante/Michael Coxon/Nick Garland/Matt Day 30 30 25( 25) 5( 5)

11 22 Mark Bulka/Stewart Nichols/Steve Young 31 31 18( 18) 13( 13)

12 12 Roger Hickman/Phillip Endersbee/Peter Inchbold 32 32 22( 22) 10( 10)

13 53 Murray Smith/Brad Sheridan/Barrie Sturgeon 33 33 6( 6) 27( 27)

14 39 Rob Brown/Bruce Wookey/Garry Gudmunson 36 36 33( 33) 3( 3)

15 76 Stuart Childerley/Simon Russell/Roger Marino 38 38 27( 27) 11( 11)

16 30 Mark Bradford/Graeme Taylor/Steve Jarvin 39 39 5( 5) 34( 34)

17 74 Barry Parkin/Mike Till/Bill Masterman 41 41 35( 35) 6( 6)

18 37 Gary Smith/Mark Lovelady/Mick McAulley 45 45 23( 23) 22( 22)

19 18 Mark Thornburrow/Gray Gibson/Mark Parker 47 47 31( 31) 16( 16)

20 54 Alastair McMichael/Richard Edinger/Andrew McAullay 49 49 30( 30) 19( 19)

21 78 Joseph Bainton/Ched Proctor/Tod Raynor 50 50 42( 42) 8( 8)

22 24 Andrew Cooper/David Heritage/George Cooper 50 50 17( 17) 33( 33)

23 51 Peter Chappell/Sam Gill/Michael Hughes 50 50 29( 29) 21( 21)

24 45 David Bedford/Phil Lawrence/Jonathon Taylor 52 52 34( 34) 18( 18)

25 26 Rob Bird/Graeme Johnson/Nic Gray 53 53 28( 28) 25( 25)

26 35 Skip Lissiman/ Ben Durham/Kane Williamson 54 54 24( 24) 30( 30)

27 46 Noel Drennan/Peter Ahern/Bill Browne 57 57 45( 45) 12( 12)

28 34 Chris Pratt/Nick Paterson/Mark O Brien 57 57 16( 16) 41( 41)

29 65 Richard Coxon/Ed Mc Carthy/Graeme Spence 57 57 21( 21) 36( 36)

30 14 Richard Burrows/David Burrows/Peter Coad 61 61 32( 32) 29( 29)

31 36 Lindsay Kennedy/Trevor Swinburne/Peter Waters 62 62 20( 20) 42( 42)

32 58 Damien King/Simon Cunnington/James Ware/Andy Butler 63 63 26( 26) 37( 37)

33 16 Mark Johnson/Robert Bishop/Nik Burfoot 66 66 46( 46) 20( 20)

34 64 Dan O Grady/Paul Reilly/Brian Hammersley 68 68 13( 13) 55( 55)

35 56 Peter McNeil/Peter McLachlan/Rick Maxwell 68 68 44( 44) 24( 24)

36 32 Michael Jones/Bill Sykes/Roy Ditmarsch 71 71 11( 11) 60( 60)

37 50 Dirk van der Struyf/Reid Fleming/Torvar Mirsky 77 77 49( 49) 28( 28)

38 73 Craig Healy/Kieth Stahnke/David Gruver 78 78 8( 8) 70(OCS)

39 52 Gordan Lucas/Geoff Chambers/John Gardiner 79 79 36( 36) 43( 43)

40 80 David Royle/Peter Royle/Jon Ward 83 83 52( 52) 31( 31)

41 31 Rod Jones/Bucky Smith/Gregor McAllan-Smith 84 84 14( 14) 70(DNF)

42 47 Michael Manford/Dean McAullay/Richard Rowell 85 85 15( 15) 70(OCS)

43 67 Doug Flynn/Mark Cartwright/Tim Powell 85 85 38( 38) 47( 47)

44 57 Paul Henshall/Bruce Henshall/Lyall Milford 85 85 39( 39) 46( 46)

45 28 Grantham Kitto/Brad Moore/Simon Shaw 87 87 55( 55) 32( 32)

46 43 Ian Anderson/Peter Vos/Gus McBrair 88 88 62( 62) 26( 26)

47 19 Gordon Blaauw/Andrew Short/Peter Kernot 89 89 50( 50) 39( 39)

48 66 David Healey/Noel Paterson/Gary van Lunteren 91 91 53( 53) 38( 38)

49 59 Robert J Elliott/Sam Richmond/Andrew Yates 91 91 40( 40) 51( 51)

50 10 Dave Roberts/Brett Shoebridge/Christian Christiansen 97 97 43( 43) 54( 54)

51 60 Chester Maudslay/Paul Kelsey/Guy Manners-Spencer 99 99 59( 59) 40( 40)

52 15 Bill Steele/Rob Rooke/Geoff Reilly 102 102 58( 58) 44( 44)

53 42 Martin Payne/Jonathon Mortimer/Steve Birbeck 104 104 48( 48) 56( 56)

54 23 Rob Davis/Andrew Baker/John Gibson 105 105 70(OCS) 35( 35)

55 82 Gordon Hinds/Peter Bellingham/Steve Ingate 107 107 37( 37) 70(DNS)

56 81 Chris Clark/Tom Dawson/Dick Hodgson 108 108 63( 63) 45( 45)

57 62 Mary Hanna/Ben O Brien/Brendon Garner/Jock Sinclair 108 108 60( 60) 48( 48)

58 70 Tim Patton/Mark Thomas/Simon Wilder 111 111 41( 41) 70(OCS)

59 40 John St Clair Brown/Robert Croft/David Healy 113 113 51( 51) 62( 62)

60 21 Peter Godley/Rod Godley/Geert Buters 113 113 54( 54) 59( 59)

61 25 Nick Knezic/John Coates/Rod McIntosh 114 114 56( 56) 58( 58)

62 69 Andrew Whittome/Jim Gregory/John Callahan 114 114 57( 57) 57( 57)

63 75 Kers Clausen/Kjeld Hestehave/Matt Noble 115 115 66( 66) 49( 49)

64 61 David Franks/Graham Sunderland/Mark Watson 116 116 64( 64) 52( 52)

65 68 John Gilmour/Andrew Minkwitz/Terry Dobell 117 117 47( 47) 70(DNF)

66 33 Doug Kerr/Greg Kerr/Luke Paterson 120 120 70(DNF) 50( 50)

67 63 Tim Daughton/Keith Tippell/Charlotte Lamport/Jonathon Halliday 123 123 70(DNF) 53( 53)

68 48 Frank Van Ruth/Thor Schoenhoff/Daniel Wadsworth 124 124 61( 61) 63( 63)

69 72 Jan Muysken/Richard Bryson/Ben Grauer