Stenhouse leads inaugural Musto PS Worlds at Garda

by Musto PS Event media on 21 Jun 2007
86 boats from 12 nations lined up on the start line for the first formal world championships following the ISAF ratification of the Musto Performance Skiff Class last year.

The event is being hosted by Fraglia Vela Malcesine at Lake Garda Italy.

The wind kicked in from nothing to a 10 - 14 knot Ora breeze as the fleet launched for the first race.

The racing is being held just off the shore of the club giving spectators a great view of the racing which is being run as one huge single fleet creating a real spectical for both competitors and spectators alike.

The first race got away after a couple of false starts and the fleet headed off for the left hand corner.

First to show was FRA337 George Richards chased hard GBR294 Ian Trotter and the rest of the fleet.

With such a large fleet each rounding was very busy with Trotter eventually taking the win followed by first lady Kit Stenhouse who beat husband and 2006 World Champion Richard Stenhouse.

In the second race Ian Turnbull started well and was never headed as he took the race win followed hard by Richard Stenhouse and Ian Renilson.

The wind moderated a little for the third race and again the left paid upwind and Richard Stenhouse was first their followed by Trotter and Turnbull. Those places remained to the finish.

At the end of an epic first day for the fleet all the competitors were treated to after race pasta and beer over which to discuss the ups and downs of the day.

Stenhouse heads the leader board from Trotter with former Contender world championship Ian Renilson in third. Pablo Arandia from Spain is laying 4th with Rick Perkins (GBR) 5th and Kit Stenhouse in 6th.

Looks set to be quite a high scoring regatta.

Full results here: www.fragliavela.org/

1 GBR332 Richard Stenhouse
2 GBR294 Ian Trotter
3 GBR128 Ian Renilson
4 ESP247 Pablo Arandia
5 GBR294 Rick Perkins
6 GBR252 Kit Stenhouse