420 Worlds trials a tight battle after two days

by Jodie Perkins and Sail-World on 18 Dec 2006
There is standing room only at the top of the points table at the 420 Worlds Selection Trials being sailed off Takapuna Boating Club.

Sailors are competing for a spot in the New Zealand team to sail at the 420 World Championships in January.

Currently Simon Cooke and Scott Illingworth, on 13 points have the lead over current world champions Carl Evans and Peter Burling in the Open fleet, who have 16 points. Rowan Swanson and Bruce Kennedy are third at this half way point in the series.

As current World Champions, Evans and Burling have automatic entry into the World Championships and a further 14 New Zealand spots are up for grabs in the Open division. Evans and Burling were well back on points after the first day, however a consistent performance on Sunday pulled them through.

Shelley Hesson and Bianca Barbarich-Bacher have had three race wins in the women’s division and have the lead on 7 points, with Sarah Bilkey and Rosie Sargisson lying second on 10 points. Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie are third, a further three points back.

Conditions were light and fluky on day one, however a more consistent 15 knot breeze built on Sunday, the second day of the four day regatta. Six races have been sailed so far over two days with further racing today and tomorrow.

Racing yesterday was staged in a building sea breeze with the famous Takapuna sea to provide some great downwind rides. The pumping permitted flag came on for the final race allowing the competitors to tweak their sheets to get the most out of the beautiful conditions.

A heavy rainsquall came onto the course later in the day, bringing more breeze, and then a heavy rain squall which completely killed the wind - after racing had concluded.

The courses have been bought close to shore as is practical with the trapezoid course, with one rounding mark not too far off Takapuna Beach and with excellent viewing from Takapuna Grammar School Grounds, high on the cliffs behind the race course.

After weeks of gusty south westerly’s in Auckland, conditions over the remainder of the Trials regatta are forecast to be light. Three races are scheduled today, and the same is planned for tomorrow. After racing tomorrow (Tuesday) the top qualifiers will have confirmed their position to sail at the same venue for the 420 World Championships 2007 starting on 3 January.

The top seven qualifiers in the Open division and the Women’s division will represent New Zealand with a further fourteen spots to be decided at the Pre-World regatta between Christmas and New Year.

INTERNATIONAL 420 CLASS NEW ZEALAND SELECTION TRIALS

TAKAPUNA BOATING CLUB

PRELIMINARY RESULTS

Open Fleet

Sailed:6, Discards:1, To count:5, Entries:26, Scoring system:My scoring system

Rank	Fleet	SailNo	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total	Nett
1	Open	52715	Simon Cooke	Scott Illingworth	KYC	(13)	1	4	2	3	3	26	13
2	Open	52716	Carl Evans	Peter Burling	KYC/TYPBC	3	(11)	9	1	2	1	27	16
3	Open	52357	Rowan Swanson	Bruce Kennedy	WBBC/TYPBC	2	6	(12)	3	1	6	30	18
4	Open	52462	Daniel Wilcox	Matthew Jones	MBSC	1	(20)	1	5	6	7	40	20
5	Open	52361	Paul Snow-Hansen	Chris Dawson	Wakatere/MBSC	5	7	3	(10)	4	2	31	21
6	Open	52362	Alistair Thompson	Jason Saunders	MBSC/YYPBC	4	2	5	4	(8)	8	31	23
7	Open	52549	Thomas Olds	Martin Pike	MBSC	9	3	7	8	(10)	5	42	32
8	Open	51986	Mike Snow-Hansen	Josh McCormack	Wakatere/MBSC	8	5	2	9	(27 OCS)	9	60	33
9	Open	51984	Derek Scott	Jamie Hunt	Naval Pt	10	(12)	8	6	5	4	45	33
10	Open	52359	Michael Langley	Sam Marshall	Howick SC	12	4	10	(27 OCS)	9	13	75	48
11	Open	52363	David Tucker	Ben Goodwin	Napier SC	11	9	6	11	(27 OCS)	11	75	48
12	Open	52364	David Hazard	Adrian Short	Sandspit YC	18	(27 OCS)	13	7	7	10	82	55
13	Open	51556	Travis Dow	Rob Ward	Whangarei CC	7	10	(19)	14	13	14	77	58
14	Open	52576	Andy Maloney	Blair Tuke	Kerikeri CC	6	(18)	18	12	11	12	77	59
15	Open	52570	Jamie Thompson	Brad Hooker	MBSC/RNZYS	(19)	8	11	16	12	15	81	62
16	Open	52550	Francisco Lardies	Simon Stanley-Harris	Glendowie BC	16	13	16	13	14	(19)	91	72
17	Open	50271	Phil Williams	Rob Bryant	Worser Bay BC	14	14	17	17	15	(18)	95	77
18	Open	52553	Paul Nicholls	Ben Lowe	Glendowie BC	17	16	14	15	(27 OCS)	17	106	79
19	Open	52571	Andrew Bettle	Chris Bettle	MBSC	15	(21)	20	18	17	21	112	91
20	Open	51642	Kane Illingworth	Josh Impey	KYC/GBC	21	(24)	21	19	19	16	120	96
21	Open	52358	Joshua Porebski	Benjamin Hanns	Worser Bay BC	20	17	15	(27 OCS)	27 OCS	24	130	103
22	Open	52580	Chris Staub	Patrick McDonald	MBC/Heretaunga BC	22	22	(25)	21	16	22	128	103
23	Open	49308	Jonathan Clough	Carl Syman	Evans Bay/MBC	(24)	23	24	20	18	20	129	105
24	Open	52579	James Hakes	Matthew Rogers	Evans Bay YMBC	(26)	19	26	23	20	25	139	113
25	Open	51621	Shaun Mason	Brett Elsob	MBSC	23	15	22	(27 DNC)	27 DNC	27 DNC	141	114
26	Open	51559	James Kennedy	Nicky Kennedy	Pleasant Point YC	25	25	23	22	(27 OCS)	23	145	118

Women Fleet

Sailed:6, Discards:1, To count:5, Entries:16, Scoring system:My scoring system

Rank	Fleet	SailNo	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total	Nett
1	Women	52721	Shelley Hesson	Bianca Barbarich-Bacher	MBSC	2	2	1	1	1	(6)	13	7
2	Women	52717	Sarah Bilkey	Rosie Sargisson	KYC	1	(7)	2	3	3	1	17	10
3	Women	52575	Jo Aleh	Olivia Powrie	KYC	3	1	(5)	2	2	5	18	13
4	Women	52360	Georgina Hill	Nichola Trudgen	KYC/MYC	4	3	3	5	(17 OCS)	4	36	19
5	Women	52711	Sarah Berry	Emma Berry	WBBC	5	(6)	4	4	5	2	26	20
6	Women	52577	Stephanie Hazard	Cindy Hazard	Sandspit YC	6	(17 OCS)	6	6	4	8	47	30
7	Women	52712	Susannah Pyatt	Danielle Bowater	MBSC/Charteris Bay	7	4	8	7	6	(11)	43	32
8	Women	52356	Alexandra Davies	Maddy Urry	KYC	11	5	7	9	(17 OCS)	3	52	35
9	Women	51849	Stephanie Lovelock	Ash-Leigh Campbell	Charteris Bay YC	9	(11)	10	8	7	7	52	41
10	Women	52548	Samantha Osborne	Jenna Hansen	MBSC	8	(12)	9	10	9	12	60	48
11	Women	52509	Gabriella Walmsley	Leah Rogers	TYPBC	10	8	(13)	12	10	9	62	49
12	Women	51852	Emma Reeves	Hayley Anderson	CYC/Naval Point	12	10	11	11	8	(14)	66	52
13	Women	51646	Rachel Basevi	Donna Hamilton	Sandspit YC	15	9	14	(17 DNF)	11	10	76	59
14	Women	52355	Leah Moncheur	Briar Dye-Hutchinson	MYC/MBSC	13	13	15	13	12	(17 DNF)	83	66
15	Women	52007	Shandy Buckley	Vicki Francis	TSPYC/TBC	14	(17 OCS)	12	14	13	15	85	68
16	Women	52578	Asia Rattenbury	Millie Burrell-Davis	EBYMBC	16	14	16	(17 OCS)	17 OCS	13	93	76

Scoring codes used

Code	Description
DNC	Did not come to the starting area
DNF	Started but did not finish
OCS	On course side at start or broke rule 30.1

420 World Championships 2007 Website: www.420Worlds2007.org.nz

420 Association Website: www.420sailing.org.nz (Full Trials Results available here)

420 World Championship 2007 is supported by:

BMW – TV3 – Lion Foundation – North Shore City Council – SPARC

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