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Yngling and 49er North American Championships

by Sail-World UK on 4 Feb 2007
Sarah Ayton/Sarah Webb/Pippa Wilson at Rolex Miami event Rolex / Dan Nerney

The North American Championships for Olympic classes continues with the Yngling and 49er classes. Racing is taking place at the Biscayne Bay, Miami, from the 1 to 4 February.

After three days racing, Britain's Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson top the Yngling event by two points ahead of Silja Lehtinen, Maria Klemetz and Livia Varesmaa (FIN) with Anna Basalkina, Vladislava Ukrantseva and Ekaterina Maximova (RUS).

The racing is very close in this event, eight points covering the top seven teams. The second GBR team, Victoria Rawlinson, Sue Monson and Emma Rawlinson are in ninth place.

After ten races in the 49er class, Morgan Larson and Pete Spaulding (USA) lead, 18 points ahead of Jan Peterand Hannes Peckolt (GER). In third place are Tim Wadlow and Chris Rats (USA).

Britain's only entry, Paul Campbell-James and Mark Asquith are seventh overall, with a best result of second.

Leading Overall positions after racing 3 February:

Yngling - After 7 races, 16 entries:
1 GBR 12 Ayton, Sarah Webb, Sarah/Wilson, Pippa 26pts
2 FIN 11 Lehtinen, Silja Klemetz, Maria/Varesmaa, Livia 28
3 RUS- 4 Basalkina, Anna Ukraintseva, Vladislava/Maximova, Ekaterina 29
4 NZL 4 Ferris, Sharon Smeal, Raynor/Buckley, Shandy 32
5 RUS 1 Ilienko, Vlada Kovalenko, Ekaterina/Shtromberger, Nina 33
6 USA 337 Barkow, Sally Howe, Carrie/Capozzi, Debbie 34
7 FRA 8 Anne-Claire, Le Berre Ponsar, Alice/Gerecht, Julie 34
8 USA 341 CRONIN, CAROL COURANZ, KIMBERLY/PODLICH, MARGARET 42
9 GBR 16 Rawlinson, Victoria Monson, Sue/Rawlinson, Emma 44
10 NOR 406 Sundby, Siren Fredriksen, Lise Birgitte/Koefoed, Alexandra 47

49er - After 10 races, 39 entries:
1 USA 11 Larson, Morgan Spaulding, Pete 37pts
2 GER 4 Peckolt, Jan Peter Peckolt, Hannes 54.7
3 USA 14 Wadlow, Tim Rast, Chris 65
4 FRA 13 Manu, Dyen yann, rocherieux 68
5 GER 5 Baur, Marcus Baumann, Hannes 74
6 USA 7 Bergan, Dalton Maxam, Zack 80
7 GBR 955 Campbell-James, Paul Asquith, Mark 84
8 DEN 26 Krager Andersen, Peter Dengso, Dennis 85
9 DEN 877 Warrer, Jonas Kirketerp, Martin 87
10 DEN 8 Hansen, Peter hansen, soren 88
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