Australians 1,2 in SAP 505 Worlds Race 3

by Rob Kothe on 28 Jan 2007

Sandy Higgins and Paul Marsh lead Chris and Darren Nicholson into the finish of Race 3 of the 2007 SAP World Championship Sail-World.com /AUS http://www.sail-world.com

Today’s third race in the 2007 SAP International 505 World titles is being sailed out of Brighton and Redcliff Yacht Club, south of Adelaide city in South Australia.

Overcast with rain showers this morning, the wind built steadily during the morning and an hour before the start it was gusting to 18 knots, with steady drizzling rain.

Once again today the Championship race officials, both on the water, at the marks and on ‘The Bridge’ at the Clubhouse will be combining to provide live mark roundings for the front of the fleet, which will be posted during the race to the event site www.505worlds2007.com

The wind eased just ahead of the start time, blowing around 12-14 knots. Sea conditions were much flatter than yesterday with waves around 0.5 metres. The first leg was set at 170 degrees, with the first leg length 1.2 miles.

Bill Cuneo and John Warlow round the windward mark in Race 3 of the 2007 SAP World 505 Championships © Sail-World.com /AUS http://www.sail-world.com

Coming up towards the top mark, Mike Martin's (USA) Black Boat was was near the lead, along with Mike Holt (USA) The wind had lifted to 15-16 knots and the seas were larger at the top mark, around 0.75 metres. The rain showers continued.

At the top mark for the first time, Queenslander Bill Cuneo just led from Mike Martin (USA) with Nick Adamson (USA) about three boat lengths back. In fourth pace was Doug Hagan (USA/AUS), ahead of Sandy Higgins (AUS/SA), then another boat length to Jens Findel (GER). Then Jeff Robinson, Kevin Taugher (USA), overlapped by Chris Nicholson (AUS/NSW) and Mike Holt (USA) another two boat lengths behind.

The boats surfed down the run at serious speed. Cuneo held onto the lead.. just, from Martin, then there was a big gap of six-eight boat lengths back to Nick Adamson, with Doug Hagan another two boat lengths back. Then two more boat lengths to local Sandy Higgins, Jeff Robinson had fallen back to ninth. Sandy Higgins seemed to be moving steadily through the fleet.

Changes after the shy reach at the wing mark; South Australian Sandy Higgins was just in front of Chris Nicholson, who sailed a blinder across the reach. Cuneo was third, so it was Australia 1-2-3. It was still generally overcast but there were patches of sunlight and the wind was easing, 12-15 knots swinging a little right.

Chris and Darren Nicholson (AUS), 2007 505 Worlds - Day 2, Race 3 © Sail-World.com /AUS http://www.sail-world.com

At the next mark the top four were unchanged, but Martin has slipped behind Taugher. At Mark 5, Higgins had stretched his lead to two lengths from Nicholson, and then there was a three boat length gap to Cuneo.

Adamson was back now another six lengths behind Cuneo, the top three seemed to be in their own race.

Higgins and Nicholson worked the shifts up the middle of the beat but Adamson found a private shift and reached the starboard lay line inside Cuneo.

At the bottom mark again, Higgins Hawaii Five O was five-six lengths ahead of Chris Nicholson and brother Darren, with Nick Adamson almost a minute back, four lengths ahead of Cuneo, then Holt.

Gate mark chaos in the 2007 SAP 505 Worlds - Day 2, Race 3 © Sail-World.com /AUS http://www.sail-world.com

Just when we thought it was over, Nicholson rounded just ahead of Higgins, with Adamson almost two minutes back. It seemed Cuneo had a problem, he lost almost 30 seconds on that leg and fell back to 10th. Holt was fourth.

The wind was building gradually from the 10-12 knots of the previous leg.

It was a match race up the long final beat to the gun, the two crews threw tack after tack, but finally there was just three seconds in it, Sandy Higgins and Paul Marsh won by from triple 505 World Champion Chris Nicholson and his brother Darren (NSW) with American Nick Adamson and crew Steve Bourdow, third.

A reminder that these results are unofficial and we not know what protests if any, might affect the onwater outcome.

505 World Championships 2007

Brighton & Seacliff Yacht Club

Printed on : 28/01/2007 17:42:01

SERIES SCORES for Open up to Race 3 on 28/01/2007 Ties Breaking to Stage 1 & 2 & 3 Duty Score Average of 3 best scores

(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RAF S=DNS U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=No Data "(x.y)" Discarded)

Series Results [Open ] up to Race 3 (Drops = 0)
Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Crew	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
`1`	`3R`	`8081`		`Nick Adamson`	`Steve Bourdow`	`USA`	`9.00`	`3.00`	`2.00`	`4.00`
`2`		`8822`		`Mike Holt`	`Carl Smit`	`USA`	`9.00`	`4.00`	`3.00`	`2.00`
`3`		`8839`	`Hawaii Five O`	`Sandy Higgins`	`Paul Marsh`	`AUS/SA`	`10.00`	`1.00`	`8.00`	`1.00`
`4`		`8714`	`The Black Boat`	`Mike Martin`	`Jeff Nelson`	`USA`	`21.00`	`6.00`	`1.00`	`14.00`
`5`		`8894`		`Chris Nicholson`	`Darren Nicholson`	`AUS/NSW`	`24.00`	`2.00`	`9.00`	`13.00`
`6`		`8882`	`Musto`	`Ian Pinnell`	`Steve Hunt`	`GBR`	`27.00`	`14.00`	`10.00`	`3.00`
`7`		`7771`	`Sherwood Scuba`	`Kevin Taugher`	`Jon Bell`	`USA`	`29.00`	`13.00`	`7.00`	`9.00`
`8`		`8266`		`Howie Hamlin`	`Fritz Lanzinger`	`USA`	`31.00`	`9.00`	`15.00`	`7.00`
`9`		`8620`		`Jan Saugmann`	`Morten Ramsbaek`	`DEN`	`33.00`	`7.00`	`6.00`	`20.00`
`10`		`8875`		`Jens Findel`	`Johannes Tellen`	`GER`	`35.00`	`20.00`	`4.00`	`11.00`
`11`		`8784`	`Slam`	`Adrian Finglas`	`Tom Watson`	`AUS/QLD`	`38.00`	`28.00`	`5.00`	`5.00`
`12`		`8744`		`Martin Goerge`	`Hans-Heinrich Rix`	`GER`	`40.00`	`8.00`	`13.00`	`19.00`
`13`		`8920`	`B2`	`Michael Quirk`	`Geoff Lange`	`AUS/NSW`	`41.00`	`15.00`	`11.00`	`15.00`
`14`		`8881`		`Terry Scutcher`	`Christian Diebitsch`	`GBR`	`46.00`	`12.00`	`12.00`	`22.00`
`15`		`8783`	`Mikaila Lee`	`Michael Thomson`	`Nick Johnston`	`AUS/SA`	`48.00`	`19.00`	`19.00`	`10.00`
`16`		`8877`	`Commonwealth Bank`	`Robin Deussen`	`Jordan Spencer`	`AUS/SA`	`50.00`	`10.00`	`34.00`	`6.00`
`17`		`8890`	`Groove Train`	`Malcolm Higgins`	`Andrew Chisholm`	`AUS/SA`	`54.00`	`17.00`	`25.00`	`12.00`
`18`		`8922`	`Daring Kestrel 2`	`Bill Cuneo`	`John Warlow`	`AUS/QLD`	`56.00`	`16.00`	`16.00`	`24.00`
`19`		`8915`		`Hasso Plattner`	`Peter Alarie`	`GER`	`60.00`	`25.00`	`14.00`	`21.00`
`20`		`8644`	`Skat`	`Phil Gray`	`Richard Machin`	`AUS/QLD`	`65.00`	`35.00`	`22.00`	`8.00`
`21`		`8893`	`Literacy Circle`	`Andrew Hewson`	`Kane Sinclair`	`AUS/NSW`	`67.00`	`32.00`	`17.00`	`18.00`
`22`	`18.0S`	`8232`		`Ebbe Rosen`	`Olle Wenrup`	`Sweden`	`68.00`	`18.00`	`18.00`	`32.00`
`23`		`8853`	`FARM`	`Carter Jackson`	`Ian Taylor`	`AUS/NSW`	`68.00`	`21.00`	`20.00`	`27.00`
`24`		`8831`		`Mats Elf`	`Paul VonGrey`	`USA`	`73.00`	`30.00`	`27.00`	`16.00`
`25`		`8891`	`The Surly Mermaid`	`Damian Carey`	`Marcus Cooper`	`AUS/SA`	`77.00`	`23.00`	`28.00`	`26.00`
`26`		`8921`	`Sweaty Betty`	`Nigel Lott`	`Bob Franks`	`AUS/QLD`	`86.00`	`22.00`	`21.00`	`43.00`
`27`		`8631`	`Blue Steel`	`Parker Shin`	`Gareth Williams`	`USA`	`87.00`	`33.00`	`26.00`	`28.00`
`28`		`8880`	`Lustspiel`	`Christian Kellner`	`Robert Rothe`	`GER`	`89.00`	`34.00`	`30.00`	`25.00`
`29`		`8826`	`Powerware`	`Tom Bojland`	`Jakob Karbo`	`DEN`	`91.00`	`26.00`	`29.00`	`36.00`
`30`		`8681`		`Barney Harris`	`Stuart Park`	`USA`	`96.00`	`56.00`	`23.00`	`17.00`
`31`		`8855`	`Occy`	`Mark Stowell`	`Anthony Dean`	`AUS/WA`	`98.00`	`27.00`	`31.00`	`40.00`
`32`		`8557`	`Whatever`	`Neil Long`	`Les Evans`	`AUS/NSW`	`111.00`	`58.00`	`24.00`	`29.00`
`33`		`8012`		`Henry Amthor`	`Douglas Amthor`	`USA`	`116.00`	`29.00`	`38.00`	`49.00`
`34`		`8084`	`88th Planet`	`Aaron Ross`	`Rob Waterman`	`USA`	`117.00`	`51.00`	`35.00`	`31.00`
`35`		`8520`	`Geelslang`	`Rudolph Holm`	`Dirk Rother`	`RSA`	`119.00`	`50.00`	`32.00`	`37.00`
`36`		`8554`	`Panic`	`Doug Hagan`	`Michael Duffield`	`USA /AUS`	`121.00`	`5.00`	`93.00F`	`23.00`
`37`		`8840`	`The Full Monty`	`Kevin Cameron`	`Jeremy Manders`	`AUS/QLD`	`124.00`	`38.00`	`36.00`	`50.00`
`38`		`8919`		`Neal Fowler`	`Doug McKeige`	`USA`	`128.00`	`39.00`	`51.00`	`38.00`
`39`		`8905`	`Itinerant`	`Stuart Turnbull`	`Jason Lunn`	`GBR`	`133.00`	`47.00`	`42.00`	`44.00`
`40`		`8701`	`Orlando`	`Rob Napier`	`Pip Pearson`	`GBR/AUS`	`134.00`	`52.00`	`47.00`	`35.00`
`41`		`8675`	`Graue Maus`	`Volker Goerge`	`Friederichs Hartwig`	`GER`	`138.00`	`49.00`	`41.00`	`48.00`
`42`		`8925`		`Martin Wedge`	`Scott Allen`	`GBR`	`142.00`	`60.00`	`40.00`	`42.00`
`43`		`8810`	`Go`	`John Jenkins`	`Steve Sievewright`	`AUS/SA`	`144.00`	`68.00`	`46.00`	`30.00`
`44`		`8876`		`Chris Tattersall`	`Greg Clarke`	`AUS/QLD`	`149.00`	`62.00`	`48.00`	`39.00`
`45`		`8817`	`Cut Snake`	`Marco Gambardella`	`Gabriele Cortegiani`	`ITA`	`151.00`	`55.00`	`45.00`	`51.00`
`46`		`7873`	`Floyd`	`Mark Dowdy`	`Jason Bright`	`USA`	`154.00`	`61.00`	`39.00`	`54.00`
`47`		`8795`	`Sleek`	`Martin Pike`	`Dan Cowan`	`AUS/SA`	`155.00`	`67.00`	`54.00`	`34.00`
`48`		`8785`	`SS Cardsharks`	`Ian Burford`	`Wayne Boyd`	`AUS/SA`	`156.00`	`48.00`	`44.00`	`64.00`
`49`		`8751`		`Helen Fischer`	`Angela Stenger`	`GER`	`161.00`	`59.00`	`49.00`	`53.00`
`50`		`8781`	`Alexander & Assoc.`	`Earle Alexander`	`Ian Gregg`	`AUS/QLD`	`162.00`	`24.00`	`93.00S`	`45.00`
`51`		`8849`		`Per Larsen`	`Andreas Carlsson`	`DEN/SWE`	`167.00`	`31.00`	`43.00`	`93.00F`
`52`		`8811`	`Crimson Autograph`	`Matt Hansen`	`Shane Attwell`	`AUS/WA`	`170.00`	`63.00`	`50.00`	`57.00`
`53`		`8796`	`Fangin Hoons`	`Jonno Bannister`	`Matt Burns`	`AUS/SA`	`171.00`	`41.00`	`37.00`	`93.00S`
`54`		`8777`	`Strawberry`	`Stefan Schollmayer`	`Frisco Sanguino`	`GER`	`172.00`	`46.00`	`33.00`	`93.00F`
`55`		`8501`	`TSTOY Windscreen`	`Heath Patten`	`Nick Merker`	`AUS/WA`	`175.00`	`53.00`	`66.00`	`56.00`
`56`	`37.0S`	`8884`	`Schiavello`	`Chris Went`	`Mitchell McDonald`	`AUS/SA`	`176.00`	`37.00`	`93.00F`	`46.00`
`57`		`8864`		`Hamish Jarrett`	`Chris Pearson`	`AUS/NSW`	`176.00`	`71.00`	`58.00`	`47.00`
`58`	`33.0S`	`8321`	`Ataraxia`	`Bertrand Loyal`	`Laurent Nevo`	`France`	`183.00`	`57.00`	`93.00F`	`33.00`
`59`		`7539`	`ADHD`	`Kuba Pawluk`	`Piotr Zoltowski`	`POL`	`183.00`	`65.00`	`57.00`	`61.00`
`60`		`8760`	`2 Minute Noodles`	`Peter Woolman`	`Phil Webb`	`AUS/SA`	`185.00`	`40.00`	`93.00S`	`52.00`
`61`		`8759`	`The Missus`	`Scott Ovenden`	`Bryce Penfold`	`AUS/NSW`	`188.00`	`54.00`	`93.00S`	`41.00`
`62`		`8637`	`Blowflies`	`Sam Cronin`	`Kevin Whitbread`	`AUS/NSW`	`191.00`	`84.00`	`52.00`	`55.00`
`63`		`8278`	`Valkyrie`	`Luke Payne`	`Ben Davis`	`AUS/WA`	`192.00`	`77.00`	`53.00`	`62.00`
`64`		`8602`	`Makybe Diva`	`Kym Campion`	`Charlie Longbottom`	`AUS/SA`	`193.00`	`78.00`	`55.00`	`60.00`
`65`	`44.0S`	`8786`		`Hubert Guy`	`Steve Adolph`	`USA`	`196.00`	`44.00`	`93.00F`	`59.00`
`66`		`8092`	`Swift`	`Bill Travis`	`Warren Cosh`	`AUS/SA`	`196.00`	`73.00`	`56.00`	`67.00`
`67`		`8903`		`Boris Herrmann`	`Julien Kleiner`	`GER`	`197.00`	`11.00`	`93.00S`	`93.00F`
`68`		`8803`	`Don't Ask`	`Ian Bryden`	`James Bryden`	`AUS/NSW`	`199.00`	`43.00`	`93.00S`	`63.00`
`69`		`8589`	`Ross Island`	`Annabel Jones`	`Brian Jones`	`AUS/QLD`	`205.00`	`79.00`	`60.00`	`66.00`
`70`		`8789`	`Flobalob`	`Tony Murray`	`Karl Kuhn`	`RSA`	`213.00`	`93.00F`	`62.00`	`58.00`
`71`		`8292`	`Zooom`	`Mark Scrymgour`	`Liam McMahon`	`AUS/SA`	`215.00`	`85.00`	`65.00`	`65.00`
`72`		`8648`	`eziboats.com`	`Jeff Robinson`	`Mick O'Donnell`	`AUS/NSW`	`222.00`	`36.00`	`93.00F`	`93.00F`
`73`	`42.0S`	`6499`	`Orgasmatron`	`Angus Brackett`	`Colin Orsini`	`USA`	`228.00`	`42.00`	`93.00S`	`93.00F`
`74`		`8707`	`Aitsa`	`Albrecht Holm`	`Warwick Ham`	`RSA`	`228.00`	`72.00`	`63.00`	`93.00Q`
`75`		`8173`	`Fussbus`	`Bob Fussell`	`Jeremy Fussell`	`AUS/NSW`	`230.00`	`69.00`	`93.00F`	`68.00`
`76`		`8746`	`Panther`	`Raimo Raita`	`Juha Nurmela`	`Finland`	`231.00`	`45.00`	`93.00S`	`93.00S`
`77`		`8577`	`Plum Crazy`	`Bruce Van Deventer`	`Scott Weiler`	`USA`	`233.00`	`76.00`	`64.00`	`93.00F`
`78`		`8765`	`Into the Red`	`Greg Illman`	`Andrew Slater`	`AUS/SA`	`235.00`	`83.00`	`59.00`	`93.00F`
`79`		`8040`	`A Cunning Plan`	`Robin Cross`	`Mark Paparella`	`AUS/SA`	`236.00`	`82.00`	`61.00`	`93.00F`
`80`		`8445`	`Big Red Todger`	`Patrick McCosh`	`David Horsfall`	`ZIM`	`250.00`	`64.00`	`93.00F`	`93.00F`
`81`		`8885`		`Ben Iliffe`	`Simon Lake`	`GBR`	`252.00`	`66.00`	`93.00S`	`93.00F`
`82`		`8808`	`The Regurgitator`	`Evert Meyer`	`Matt Kennerknecht`	`USA`	`256.00`	`70.00`	`93.00S`	`93.00S`
`83`		`8418`		`Jan Sell`	`Wiebke Gewinn`	`GER`	`260.00`	`74.00`	`93.00S`	`93.00F`
`84`		`8907`	`Zimmerjim`	`Jim Berry`	`Carl Gibbon`	`GBR`	`261.00`	`75.00`	`93.00S`	`93.00F`
`85`		`7983`	`Absolutely Fugly`	`David Johnson`	`Grahame Tindall`	`AUS/NSW`	`266.00`	`80.00`	`93.00S`	`93.00F`
`86`		`7830`	`Stiff Ripples`	`Jake Flintoff`	`Jesse Flintoff`	`AUS/WA`	`267.00`	`81.00`	`93.00S`	`93.00S`
`87`		`8755`	`Banshee`	`Brian Trainor`	`Karl Oswald`	`CAN`	`272.00`	`86.00`	`93.00S`	`93.00S`
`88`		`7338`	`Bluebeard`	`Glen Greenhalgh`	`Jeff Keogh`	`AUS/SA`	`273.00`	`87.00`	`93.00S`	`93.00S`
`89`		`8647`	`Liberator`	`Hank Henry`	`Mike Zimmerman`	`USA`	`274.00`	`88.00`	`93.00S`	`93.00S`
`90`		`6765`	`Infrared`	`Peter Croft`	`Gary Rushton`	`AUS/QLD`	`275.00`	`89.00`	`93.00F`	`93.00F`
`91`		`8728`	`XY`	`Meiki Schomaeker`	`Andrea Goerge`	`GER`	`279.00`	`93.00S`	`93.00S`	`93.00S`
`91`		`8435`		`Patrick McGale`	`Marcus Korobacz`	`GBR/AUS`	`279.00`	`93.00F`	`93.00S`	`93.00S`