Australia second at Yngling Worlds

by Sail-World.com/Peter Campbell on 16 Feb 2008 Breaking News: Australian Yngling Team win Silver at the 2008 World Championships in Miami.

The medal Race is double points and non discardable.

Krystal Weir, Karen Gojnich and Angela Farrell from the RSYS Yngling fleet, had only a five point gap over the German crew led by Ulrike Schuemann going into the Medal Race.

This meant that the Australians needed to finish no further than two places behind the German crew to hold on to second place for Silver. finished ninth but their German rivals had been sailed back into seventh place.

It was a remarkable performance by the three women as they have been sailing together in the Yngling class only for two months, with Krystal taking the place of the injured Nicky Bethwaite.

Karen Gojnich told Sailors Radio this morning Miami, 'we are ecstatic, we were focussing on process and to look up and discover we were second. This was only our second regatta as a combination. We had our moments, but whatever we're been doing, it has worked!'

'Early in the regatta we had 16-25's and everyone said, its the best conditions for the Aussie and New Zealanders, we were both doing well, but in the last few days when we had 6-10's we were still up there. '


 

2008 Yngling Women's World Championship

Series Standing - 11 races scored

Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results saved: Friday, February 15, 2008 2:03:16 PM EST

Division: Yngling (28 boats) (top)

Pos	Sail	Skipper/Crew	CBYRA	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Medal1,2	Total Points	Pos
Medal
1	GBR 12	Ayton, Sarah/Webb, Sarah/Wilson, Pippa	GBR	1	3	3	2	4	5	1	4	2	[11]	10	35.00	1
2	AUS 59	Weir, Krystal/Gojnich, Karyn/Farrell, Angela	AUS	4	6	2	3	10	10	9	9	3	[14]	18	74.00	2
3	GER 261	Schuemann, Ulrike/Bleck, Julia/Hoepfner, Ute	GER	6	7	5	1	3	9	5	8	[26]	17	14	75.00	3
4	USA 337	Barkow, Sally/Howe, carrie/Capozzi, Debbie	USA	2	14	11	6	13	1	12	10	[20]	2	8	79.00	4
5	RUS 8	Skudina, Ekaterina/Krutskikh, Diana/Ivanova, Natalia	RUS	13	2	19	16	14	6	4	[22]	4	1	6	85.00	5
6	FRA 9	LE BERRE, Anne-Claire/DEPLANQUE, Marion/PONSAR, Alice	FRA	20	9	8	4	2	8	10	[26]	16	7	2	86.00	6
7	FIN 2	Lehtinen, Silja/Klemetz, Maria/Varesmaa, Livia	FIN	3	10	4	15	7	14	3	16	14	[29/OCS]	4	90.00	7
8	GBR 17	Robertson, Shirley/Lush, Annie/Macgregor, Lucy	GBR	[29/OCS]	22	14	7	6	3	11	13	10	5	12	103.00	8
9	NZL 4	Ferris, Sharon/Smeal, Raynor/Powrie, Olivia	NZL	9/MAN(3)	1	6	11	[29/OCS]	11	2	24	17	6	16	103.001	9
10	NOR 406	Sundby, Siren/Fredriksen, Lise Birgitte/Koefoed, Alexandra	NOR	8	5	12	12	5	2	6	15	[29/DSQ]	23	22/OCS	110.00	10
Final
11	RUS 4	Basalkina, Anna/Ukraintseva, Vladislava/Maximova, Ekaterina	RUS	17	16	1	9	[20]	7	14	3	15	13		95.00	11
12	FRA 7	Le Helley, Anne/Catherine, Lepesant/Julie, Gerecht	FRA	12	8	7	[25]	22	21	21/RDG	1	1	4		97.00	12
13	NED 1	Mulder, Mandy/Faber, Mary/Witteveen, Merel	NED	23	4	15	13	[29/OCS]	13	13	6	11	3		101.00	13
14	GRE 7	Bekatorou, Sofia/Papadopoulou, Sofia/Charamountani, Christina	GRE	7	12	10	5	15	19	[29/DNF]	5	13	16		102.00	14
15	RSA 1	Provoyeur, Dominique/Alison, Penny/Rew, Kim	RSA	11	20	[29/DSQ]	19	9	15	7	12	5	15		113.00	15
16	NED 350	Thies, Annelies/Wierenga, Lieske/Heerema, Caroline	NED	[22]	19	9	10	16	16	20	17	6	8		121.00	16
17	ESP 3	Azon, Monica/Azon, Sandra/Pisonero, Graciela	ESP	15	15	20	18	8	20	[29/DNF]	7	12	9		124.00	17
18	NED 111	Groeneveld, Renee/Bes, Annemieke/Kampen, Marge	NED	10	13	16	23	17	18	[29/DNF]	2	7	22		128.00	18
19	ITA 16	Calligaris, Chiara/Scognamillo, Francesca/Pignolo, Giulia	ITA	5	17	25	21	1	12	[29/DNF]	23	19	18		141.00	19
20	CHN 1	Xia Qun, Song/XIAO NI, LI/YAN LI, YU	CHN	16	11	18	14	12	23	[29/DNF]	11	23	21		149.00	20
21	DEN 199	Palludan, Trine/Hartvig, Ida/Boidin, Susanne	DEN	24	[29/DSQ]	13	17	25	17	8	20	8	20		152.00	21
22	CHN 3	Jie, Li/ru, wang/yang, gao	CHN	19	[24]	22	20	11	24	19	18	9	12		154.00	22
23	CAN 14	Provan, Jennifer/Henderson, Martha/Abbott, Katie	CAN	[29/DNS]	21	17	8	21	22	18	28	25	10		170.00	23
24	NED 11	Hin, Janneke/V.D. Werf, Brechtje/Hendriksen, Floortje	NED	25	[29/RAF]	24	24	24	4	15/RDG	25	21	19		181.00	24
25	JPN 1	Shige, Yumiko/Horiuchi, Mayumi/Onizuka, Minami	JPN	14	18	23	[27]	23	27	15	14	24	27		185.00	25
26	UKR 1	Dolynska, Mariia/Matevusheva, Svetlana/Kalinina, Ganna	UKR	18	23	26	22	19	26	21/RDG	19	[27]	25		199.00	26
27	CAN 16	Moberg-Parker, Tine/Marshall, Sarah/Robson, Cressida	CAN	21	25	21	26	18	25	17	[27]	22	26		201.00	27
28	GRE 1	Danezi, Altani/karabatsou, zoe/vlachou, evagelia	GRE	26	[29/DNS]	27	28	26	28	29/DNF	21	18	24		227.00	28

Notes

(1)	Race Medal is non-discardable.
(2)	Race Medal has weight, 2, for the series.
(3)	Tie Breaking Correction
(4)	Scoring System is ISAF Low Point 2005-2008
(5)	Finishes in [brackets] denote throwouts