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Jason Saunders takes Starling Nationals

by Sail-World on 31 Jan 2007
Jason Saunders of Tauranga has won the 2007 Starling National Championships at Nelson YC.

In doing so the the Saunders family have completed a rare if not unique feat in New Zealand sailing history, where two brothers hold three of the top Junior sailing national championships, in the one year.

Earlier in January, brother Thomas won the Tanner and Tauranga Cups, for P-class, also sailed at Nelson in celebration of their 150th anniversary.

There was no racing on the penultimate day, due to high winds. And, even on the last day the wind cranked between 10 and 25 knots - giving four seasons in one race.

Jason Saunders had the regatta under control going into the final races and the real contest was on between several skippers who were all close on points. In the end, former Tanner and Tauranga Cup holder, Paul Snow-Hansen was the best peformed and most consistent, and came though to take second overall.

In spite of the wind peaking at up to 30 knots at times in the regatta, observers did not believe it was a heavy air event, with a wide range of conditions being enjoyed by the sailors, and the event provided a good test of all round sailing ability.

 
Nelson Pine Industries Starling National Championship
Nelson Yacht Club
Results are final as of 17:43 on January 30, 2007
Contents
Gold Fleet
Silver Fleet
Gold Fleet
Sailed:10, Discards:2, To count:8, Entries:55, Scoring system:My scoring system
Rank SailNo Fleet Helm Club Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 Total Nett Notes
1st 1297 Gold Jason Saunders Tauranga 1 2 3 1 (56.0 DNF) 3 2 2 -15 1 86 15  
2nd 1266 Gold Paul Snow-Hansen Wakatere 2 2 1 4 -25 -13 8 3 4 2 64 26  
3rd 1153 Gold Andy Maloney Kerikeri/MBSC 1 6 5 3 1 -10 6 1 -14 6 53 29  
4th 1040 Gold Bruce Kennedy Tauranga 9 -11 4 7 3 2 4 -12 1 5 58 35  
5th 1296 Gold Darren Kennedy Tauranga 3 1 2 1 11 4 -14 -13 3 10 62 35  
6th 1129 Gold Hayden Cockburn Howick 7 5 1 2 2 9 -15 8 5 -14 68 39  
7th 1118 Gold Cameron McKee Nelson 2 3 3 3 6 -11 11 -23 10 9 81 47  
8th 1144 Gold Sam Meech Tauranga (56.0 OCS) 1 4 7 10 1 3 26 2 (56.0 DNF) 166 54  
9th 1054 Gold Matt Vincent Nelson 6 4 18 10 -31 7 1 -22 6 8 113 60  
10th 1294 Gold Ben Goodwin Napier 3 -19 7 11 5 15 9 -28 13 7 117 70  
11th 1277 Gold Rowan Swanson Worser Bay 5 4 9 23 (56.0 DNF) 5 5 6 -34 16.0 RDG 163 73  
12th 1301 Gold Tom Bilkey Kohimarama 20 -29 10 6 15.0 ZFP -37 7 7 11 4 146 80  
13th 1231 Gold Vincent Saunders Glendowie 19 6 11 -24 16 12 10 -48 12 3 161 89  
14th 1260 Gold Luke Deegan Howick 8 18 2 10 18.0 ZFP -19 (56.0 DSQ) 15.0 ZFP 16 11 173 98  
15th 1284 Gold Thomas Saunders Tauranga 4 3 6 2 12 27 (56.0 DNF) (31.0 ZFP) 25 21 187 100  
16th 1245 Gold Tim Coltman Muritai 12 16 13 11 -19 8 12 (25.0 ZFP) 18 12 146 102  
17th 1117 Gold Ryan Donaldson Naval Point 10 12 10 -23 22 14 18 -24 9 15 157 110  
18th 1033 Gold Scott Barnes Murrays Bay 21 12 8 12 9 -40 -33 16 20 20 191 118  
19th 1099 Gold Codie Banks Bucklands Beach 9 9 8 12 24 -25 21 17 23 -29 177 123  
20th 2005 Gold Sarah Tootill Bucklands Beach 21 17 -29 18 8 -29 20 21 7 13 183 125  
21st 1191 Gold Gabrielle Cross Naval Point 11 9 15 9 (56.0 DNF) 21 28 -32 8 26 215 127  
22nd 1306 Gold Kagan Weeks Napier 18 8 17 16 18 6 16 -37 -35 32 203 131  
23rd 1251 Gold Jordan Coles Tauranga (56.0 OCS) 8 23 9 20 34 24 5 17 -43 239 140  
24th 1168 Gold Michael Rodgers Howick 7 7 6 14 26 22 -37 30 -33 31 213 143  
25th 1201 Gold George Kool Glendowie 6 11 7 6 28 38 35 -39 -40 18 228 149  
26th 1132 Gold George Lane Murrays Bay 30 13 14 13 (56.0 DNF) 32 -34 9 19 25 245 155  
27th 1122 Gold Madeleine Urry Kohimarama 17 15 18 26 (56.0 DNF) -36 25 15 24 17 249 157  
28th 1263 Gold Laura Hemingway Tauranga 23 10 11 17 21 -41 19 33 -53 23 251 157  
29th 1289 Gold Michael Glassford Mt Pleasant 14 28 28 28 (56.0 DNF) 18 13 11 -32 19 247 159  
30th 1011 Gold Emma Berry Worser Bay 37 5 16 19 (56.0 DNF) 26 17 (47.0 ZFP) 27 16 266 163  
31st 902 Gold Sarah Berry Worser Bay 22 18 17 16 (56.0 DNF) 20 23 (49.0 ZFP) 29 22 272 167  
32nd 1063 Gold James Harrex Macandrew Bay 20 23 19 21 (56.0 DNF) 30 25.0 RDG 10 22 -36 262 170  
33rd 1179 Gold Adam Locke Tauranga 4 14 12 19 23 -45 36 -50 28 34 265 170  
34th 1293 Gold Josh Weeks Napier 16 10 24 20 28.0 ZFP 16 31 (46.0 ZFP) 31 -37 259 176  
35th 1193 Gold Sam Bullock Napier 13 28 16 4 27 24 -43 -40 30 39 264 181  
36th 2046 Gold Leon Johnstone New Plymouth 10 15 20 5 30 -46 39 41 26 -47 279 186  
37th 1198 Gold Charlie Wilkinson Kohimarama 14 23 12 27 (56.0 DNF) 23 -45 31 21 40 292 191  
38th 1233 Gold Russell Hopper   25 7 25 22 25.0 ZFP -44 29 (45.0 ZFP) 44 27 293 204  
39th 1150 Gold Chelsea Whitburn Macandrew Bay 8 20 22 15 (56.0 DNF) -51 38 25 43 35 313 206  
40th 1283 Gold Matthew Lee Murrays Bay 24 13 9 14 15 50 (56.0 DNF) 45 37 -51 314 207  
41st 1267 Gold Patrick Mcdonald Heretaunga 16 21 15 15 (56.0 DNF) 33 27 -46 45 42 316 214  
42nd 1162 Gold Mark Noyer Sandspit 15 14 5 27 (56.0 DNF) 42 44 29 38 -45 315 214  
43rd 1248 Gold James Poore Murrays Bay -50 24 21 17 (56.0 DNF) 17 49 18 41 30 323 217  
44th 1295 Gold Emma Goodwin Napier 23 17 14 13 (56.0 DNF) 43 47 27 -49 44 333 228  
45th 1100 Gold Jake Weeks   29 26 24 8 13 (56.0 DNF) 46 -52 36 48 338 230  
46th 1308 Gold Briar Mannering Napier 5 22 19 5 29 52 51 -54 48 (56.0 DNF) 341 231  
47th 1227 Gold Matthew Hern Mt Pleasant 18 20 34 32 (56.0 DNF) 28 22 43 -51 38 342 235  
48th 2014 Gold Bobby Gordon Glendowie 12 34 27 21 (56.0 DNF) 31 32 -42 39 41 335 237  
49th 1223 Gold Chris Smith 0 13 19 (56.0 DNS) 26 (56.0 DNF) 35 30 30.0 ZFP 42 56.0 DNF 363 251  
50th 1182 Gold Danika Mowlem Kohimarama 15 43 20 24 (56.0 DNF) 39 40 (56.0 DNF) 56.0 DNS 28 377 265  
51st 1059 Gold Ryan Thomson Akaroa 32 25 22 20 (56.0 DNF) 49 42 47 -50 33 376 270  
52nd 1309 Gold Gye Simkin New Plymouth 34 16 29 8 (56.0 DNF) 47 48 -51 46 46 381 274  
53rd 1128 Gold Alexandra Davies Kohimarama 22 22 13 18 (56.0 DNF) -54 50 53 54 50 392 282  
54th 844 Gold Juleon Green Torbay 28 30 27 22 (56.0 DNF) 48 41 (55.0 ZFP) 47 52 406 295  
55th 1080 Gold Ollie Steiner Napier 11 (56.0 OCS) 32 30 (56.0 DNF) 53 56.0 DNF 49 52 49 444 332  
Silver Fleet
Sailed:10, Discards:2, To count:8, Entries:54, Scoring system:My scoring system
Rank SailNo Fleet Helm Club Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 Total Nett Notes
1st 1014 Silver Matthew Hix Waimakariri 27 -29 -31 28 1 2 2 8 2 3 133 73  
2nd 1088 Silver Tom Peet Glendowie (56.0 OCS) 25 -32 31 10 1 7 2 19 1 184 96  
3rd 2019 Silver Chris Staub Muritai -35 26 30 -41 5 9 6 11 14 6 183 107  
4th 1304 Silver Hamish Andrew Glendowie -44 -43 26 34 22 3 3 19 8 11 213 126  
5th 1025 Silver Callum Jones Sandspit 26 -32 23 29 19 4 (55.0 DNF) 4 9 21 222 135  
6th 758 Silver Alex Morris Macandrew Bay -42 21 28 -31 7 13 13 13 31 14 213 140  
7th 1180 Silver Scott Osborne Torbay -37 36 -46 36 2 17 10 23 16 9 232 149  
8th 1255 Silver Jonelle Gillespie Bucklands Beach 24 -44 30 30 13 20 (55.0 DNF) 7 25 5 253 154  
9th 1052 Silver Thomas Gee Vauxhall 30 -37 35 -44 27 16 8 9 7 24 237 156  
10th 1147 Silver Claudia Pierce Tauranga/Taupo -36 32 21 29 -35 28 12 10 15 10 228 157  
11th 1281 Silver Byron Peard Torbay 32 -37 -43 33 25 21 11 3 6 27 238 158  
12th 1249 Silver Niall Pearson   33 40 (56.0 OCS) 34 39 7 (55.0 DNF) 1 5 2 272 161  
13th 1305 Silver Matthew Broome Napier 29 27 44 -47 3 25 (55.0 DNF) 12 23 12 277 175  
14th 1300 Silver Lauren Peet Glendowie (56.0 OCS) 31 25 37 16 19 (55.0 DNF) 29 4 17 289 178  
15th 1279 Silver Kieran McDonald Waimakariri 43 -48 -52 35 32 23 4 21 17 8 283 183  
16th 1204 Silver Nathan McArthur New Plymouth -49 41 41 46 6 8 24 16 3 (55.0 DNF) 289 185  
17th 1290 Silver Jay Gable   44 24 37 39 21 (55.0 DNF) (55.0 DNF) 5 1 15 296 186  
18th 2043 Silver Emily Batchelor New Plymouth 28 -39 -34 25 14 32 17 30 12 28 259 186  
19th 1217 Silver Michael Hatch New Plymouth 42 44 -47 -49 14 15 5 22 22 23 283 187  
20th 2009 Silver Thomas Rutter Murrays Bay 31 31 26 -38 24 29 26 17 -33 4 259 188  
21st 1066 Silver Jacob Cox   40 -46 33 42 17 (55.0 DNF) 15 6 24 13 291 190  
22nd 1286 Silver Kristin de Lisle Worser Bay 35 -41 37 38 8 24 (55.0 DNF) 14 18 30 300 204  
23rd 1024 Silver Finn Drummond Wakatere -48 -45 36 42 31 11 25 20 10 32 300 207  
24th 1086 Silver Stacey Swanson Horowhenua -47 42 39 32 12 22 (55.0 DNF) 34 11 26 320 218  
25th 1171 Silver Ash-Leigh Campbell Naval Point 43 33 41 40 -51 5 (55.0 DNF) 15 36 7 326 220  
26th 1113 Silver Hayden White   -46 38 31 -47 36 6 23 41 30 19 317 224  
27th 1178 Silver Yelena Lee Murrays Bay 17 35 33 33 9 18 27.0 RDG (55.0 DNF) (55.0 DNS) 55.0 DNF 337 227  
28th 1228 Silver Carl Syman Worser Bay 45 -53 -48 48 33 10 1 32 35 25 330 229  
29th 2035 Silver Emily Martin Glendowie 19 40 -51 37 34 33 14 -46 29 36 339 242  
30th 1145 Silver Sean Syman Worser Bay 39 -47 38 -45 20 30 9 40 40 29 337 245  
31st 1252 Silver William Stevens Wakatipu 34 30 36 39 22.0 ZFP 14 19 (55.0 DNF) (55.0 DNS) 55.0 DNS 359 249  
32nd 2057 Silver Hamish Fraser New Plymouth 38 27 40 -41 28 36 (55.0 DNF) 18 41 22 346 250  
33rd 1133 Silver John Gamble Vauxhall 33 33 -39 36 29 27 (55.0 DNF) 37 26 33 348 254  
34th 579 Silver Lance Hailwood Tauranga 38 36 -42 35 38 -40 16 28 38 31 342 260  
35th 1285 Silver Josh Edmonds QCYC 26 (56.0 DNC) (56.0 DNC) 56.0 DNC 15.0 ZFP 55.0 DNF 55.0 DNF 26 13 18 376 264  
36th 1114 Silver Sean Stirling Murrays Bay 31 -49 44 43 30 26 (55.0 DNF) 27 34 35 374 270  
37th 1185 Silver Vicky Francis Murrays Bay -51 -46 45 40 40 44 22 31 37 16 372 275  
38th 1102 Silver Sanne den Boon Nelson 27 34 40 25 18 37 (55.0 DNF) 42 (55.0 DNS) 55.0 DNS 388 278  
39th 2054 Silver Joshua Webster Murrays Bay 39 39 42 44 -50 39 (55.0 DNF) 39 20 20 387 282  
40th 1160 Silver Jamie Hatch New Plymouth 48 38 50 45 23 12 (55.0 DNF) 25 (55.0 DNS) 55.0 DNS 406 296  
41st 923 Silver Oliver Staub Muritai 52 -54 -53 52 41 35 18 33 39 39 416 309  
42nd 1044 Silver Julia Cox   47 (56.0 OCS) 43 46 -49 46 21 43 32 38 421 316  
43rd 1242 Silver Dylan Menzies- Elliott   51 35 51 -53 53.0 ZFP 45 (55.0 DNF) 24 27 34 428 320  
44th 1275 Silver Georgina Mowlem Kohimarama 45 51 52 -53 37 41 (55.0 DNF) 36 21 40 431 323  
45th 467 Silver Lauren Anderson Bucklands Beach 46 -50 49 48 47 (55.0 DNF) 20 35 43 37 430 325  
46th 2034 Silver Rimon Simhony Murrays Bay 41 48 48 -49 43 34 (55.0 DNF) 44 28 41 431 327  
47th 1271 Silver Kate Waghorn Naval Point 25 47 35 43 26 47 (55.0 DNF) (55.0 DNF) 55.0 DNS 55.0 DNS 443 333  
48th 1208 Silver Louise Daley Worser Bay (56.0 DNF) 45 46 51 52 38 (55.0 DNF) 38 42 42 465 354  
49th 2027 Silver Duncan McLachlan Muritai 41 42 47 50 45 31 (55.0 DNF) (55.0 DNF) 55.0 DNS 55.0 DNS 476 366  
50th 1072 Silver Alex Laurence Nelson 40 50 38 51 48 42 (55.0 DNF) 45 (55.0 DNS) 55.0 DNS 479 369  
51st 1195 Silver James De Lisle   36 52 45 50 (56.0 DNC) (56.0 DNC) 56.0 DNC 55.0 DNF 55.0 DNS 55.0 DNS 516 404  
52nd 2004 Silver Nicolle Wood Nelson 50 51 54 54 46 48 (55.0 DNF) 47 (55.0 DNS) 55.0 DNS 515 405  
53rd 754 Silver Nathaniel Watts Nelson 49 49 49 52 (55.0 DNF) 43 (55.0 DNF) 55.0 DNF 55.0 DNS 55.0 DNS 517 407  
54th 1092 Silver Ben Borland Hamilton (56.0 DNC) (56.0 DNC) 50 56.0 DNS 44 56.0 DNC 55.0 DNS 55.0 DNF 55.0 DNS 55.0 DNS 538 426  
Scoring codes used
Code Description
DNC Did not come to the starting area
DNF Started but did not finish
DNS Came to the start area but did not start
DSQ Disqualification
OCS On course side at start or broke rule 30.1
RDG Redress - points set by protest hearing
ZFP 20% penalty under rule 30.2
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