Dutch pair lead FD Worlds Pre-Event in New Zealand

by Lyle Tresadern on 2 Jan 2009
Strong and building north westerly winds greeted sailors today as the race committee pushed to complete four back to back races in the NZ Flying Dutchman National Championship and Pre-Worlds regatta at the Napier Sailing Club.

After four races Dutch sailors Frank Nooijen and Marc van der Pol are leading with a consistent score card of 4, 2, 2, 2. Hungarian sailors Szabolcs Mathenyi and Andras Domokos (5 times FD World Champions) were the standout sailors convincingly winning the three races they started and hold third overall.

The leading New Zealand sailors are Paul Scoffin and Pavel Ruzicka holding second place.

Again as this is the Pre-Worlds and rig damage was a definite possibility today, many sailors opted to stay on shore and enjoy the fine wineries of Hawkes Bay.

With four races completed, one more race is required to make series on the final race day tomorrow, which is forecast to have more strong winds, giving a final test to gear, equipment and sailors fortitude.

FD New Zealand Nationals - Worlds Pre-Event (32 entries)

1st 18 Nooijen; Frank NED 4 2 2 2 10 10
2nd 145 Scoffin; Paul NZL 2 4 8 3 17 17
3rd 70 Mathenyi; Szaboics HUN 33 DNC 1 1 1 36 36
4th 81 Martinez; Francisco ESP 5 3 3 33 DNC 44 44
5th 87 Algert; Jim USA 9 8 5 33 DNC 55 55
6th 111 McKee; Andrew NZL 10 12 4 33 DNC 59 59
7th 11 Francis; Paul NZL 7 13 6 33 DNC 59 59
8th 107 Daines; Alisdair NZL 12 10 7 33 DNF 62 62
9th 131 Bailey; Joseph NZL 33 DNC 33 DNC 9 4 79 79
10th 7 Barenghi; Alberto ITA 13 5 33 DNC 33 DNC 84 84
11th 110 Tayama; Hideo NZL 11 7 33 DNC 33 DNC 84 84
12th 13 Suli; Andras HUN 15 6 33 DNC 33 DNC 87 87
13th 11 Heady; Christine FD 14 33 DNC 10 33 DNC 90 90
14th 6 Romero; Gines ESP 1 33 DNC 33 DNC 33 DNC 100 100
15th 37 Rydge; Norman AUS 3 33 DNC 33 DNC 33 DNC 102 102
16th 113 Konig; Kilian GER 6 33 DNC 33 DNC 33 DNC 105 105
17th 361 Cox; Edward ESP 8 33 DNC 33 DNC 33 DNC 107 107
18th 13 Gretten; Ernst GER 33 DNC 9 33 DNC 33 DNC 108 108
19th 332 Mitchell; Mathew AUS 33 DNC 11 33 DNC 33 DNC 110 110
20th 358 Ryan; Kelly AUS 16 33 DNC 33 DNC 33 DNC 115 115

FD 2009 Worlds Entry

AUS 001 Duncan McCowan Andrew McCowan
AUS 34 Alister McCowan Simon McCowan
AUS 33 Ian McCrossin James Cook
AUS 332 Matthew Mitchell Michael Nolan
AUS 365 Michael Chapman David Ham
AUS 358 Kelly Ryan Moore Matthew
AUS 327 John Maguire Noel Whitaker
AUS 37 Norman Rydge Richard Scarr
AUS 361 Edward Cox Peter Bevis
ESP 6 Ginés Romero Álvaro Moreno
ESP 91 Marco Sevila Schachermaier Roberto Sevila
ESP 9 Dolores SánchezHerrero, Javier Higuera
ESP 81 Martinez Francisco Guijarro Vicente
GBR 382 Peter Doran Richard Phillips
GBR 386 Tony Lyall Alex Rogers
GER 86 Frank Tobias Frank Simone
GER 13 HansAlbert, Konig Heinz Bollweg
GER 113 Kilian Konig Johannes Brack
HUN 13 András Süli Dávid Papp
HUN 70 Szabolcs Mathenyi Andras Domokos
ITA 7 Alberto Barenghi TBA
NED 341 Toos Zandstra Durk Zandstra
NED 33 Tanja Heijink Nettie van der Valk
NED 122 Erika Geelkerken Harald Berning
NED 348 Thijs Rutten Theo Rutten
NED 4 Mark Brouwer Paul van der Pol
NED 26 Enno Kramer Ard Geelkerken
NED 18 Frank Nooijen Marc van der Pol
NED 5 Fred Schaaf Casper Schaaf
NZL 131 Joseph Bailey Peter Bailey
NZL 145 Paul Scoffin Pavel Ruzicka
NZL 111 Andrew McKee Matthew Bismark
NZL 110 Hideo Tayama TBA
NZL 104 Paul Francis Simon Mander
NZL 112 Edward Markey Chris Dekkie
NZL 103 Tony Lyall John Hoogerbrug
NZL 107 Alisdair Daines David Gibb
NZL 72 John Bailey Jeroen Bronstring
NZL 100 Christine Heady Gun Caundle
NZL 106 Mark Berry Charles Ainsworth
POL 133 Pawel Swiderski Marcin Zawistowski
ROU 100 Butucaru Mihai Blaga Dragos Mugurel
USA 36 Lin Robson Ian Gregg
USA 251 Tim Sayles Russell Miller
USA 3 Paul Hemker Bruce Barrett
USA 87 Jim Algert David Hislop