Hungary and Spain lead after day 1 at Flying Dutchman Worlds

by Tim Sandall on 6 Jan 2009
Two races were completed on day 1 of the Flying Dutchman World Championships in Napier, New Zealand. Ian McCrossin and James Cook from Australia won the first and Szabolcs Majthenyi and Andras Domokos of Hungary the second. Both races were completed in six-ten knots of North Easterly breeze.

Race 1 started on schedule at 13:00 hours and Spanish sailors Marco and Roberto Sevila led the fleet to the first top mark. Australian pair Ian McCrossin and James Cook put the gas on and took the lead at mark 3, which they held to take the first bullet of the regatta.

Marco and Roberto Sevilia were second and Gines Remero and Alvaro Moreno (ESP 6) were third. The first Kiwi’s, Paul Scoffin and Pavel Ruzicka (NZL 145) were fourth.

Following one general recall Race 2 got away clean under a Z flag.

Kiwi’s Andrew McKee and Matt Bismark (NZL 111) led at mark 1 hotly pursued by Hungarian sailors and title favourites, Szabolcs Majthenyi and Andras Domokos. Australian sailors Norman Rydge and Richard Scarr (AUS 37) and Gines Remero and Alvaro Moreno followed.

On the final beat to the finish, places continued to change, and the Hungarians took the bullet from the Kiwi’s (NZL 111). American’s Lin Robson and Ian Gregg got through to finish third.

Overall placings see Hungarian sailors Szabolcs Majthenyi and Andras Domokos (HUN 70), in first on equal points with Spanish sailors Gines Remero and Alvaro Moreno in second. The leading New Zealand sailors are Paul Scoffin and Pavel Ruzicka (NZL 145) and they are in third.

FD Worlds - Provisional results:

1st Szabolcs Majthenyi Andras Domokos HUN 70 7 1 8 8pts
2nd Gines Romero Alvaro Moreno ESP 6 3 5 8 8
3rd Paul Scoffin Pavel Ruzicka NZL 145 4 6 10 10
4th Lin Robson Ian Gregg USA 36 9 3 12 12
5th Martinez Francisco Guijarro Vicente ESP 81 5 8 13 13
6th Ian McCrossin James Cook AUS 33 1 14 15 15
7th Norman Rydge Richard Scarr AUS 37 11 4 15 15
8th Andrew McKee Matthew Bismark NZL 111 15 2 17 17
9th Marco Sevila Schachermaier Roberto Sevila ESP 91 2 17 19 19
10th Erika Geelkerken Harald Berning NED 122 6 15 21 21
11th Alberto Barenghi Pieter Zandstra ITA 7 12 10 22 22
12th Enno Kramer Ard Geelkerken NED 26 14 9 23 23
13th Fred Schaaf Casper Schaaf NED 5 17 7 24 24
14th Kilian Konig Johannes Brack GER 113 13 11 24 24
15th Hideo Tayama Angus Reid NZL 110 10 16 26 26
16th Frank Nooijen Marc Van der Pol NED 18 16 19 35 35
17th Dolores Sanchez-Herrero Javier Higuera ESP 9 19 18 37 37
18th Hans-Albert Konig Heinz Bollweg GER 13 25 13 38 38
19th Tim Sayles Russell Miller USA 251 22 20 42 42
20th Jim Algert David Hislop USA 87 18 28 46 46
21st Alisdair Daines David Gibb NZL 107 24 22 46 46
22nd Paul Hemker Bruce Barrett USA 3 8 39 47 47
23rd Alister McCowan Andrew McCowan AUS 1 20 30 50 50
24th Edward Cox Peter Bevis AUS 361 28 23 51 51
25th Thijs Rutten Theo Rutten NED 348 23 31 54 54
26th Joseph Bailey Peter Bailey NZL 131 32 24 56 56
27th Matthew Mitchell Michael Nolan AUS 332 30 26 56 56
28th Paul Francis Simon Mander NZL 118 29 27 56 56
29th Toos Zandstra Durk Zandstra NED 341 27 29 56 56
30th Andras Suli David Papp HUN 13 45 OCS 12 57 57
31st Peter Doran Richard Phillips GBR 382 26 32 58 58
32nd Pawel Swiderski Marcin Zawistowski POL 133 21 41 62 62
33rd Tanja Heijink Nettie Van der Valk NED 33 37 25 62 62
34th Tobias Frank Simone Frank GER 86 45 OCS 21 66 66
35th Edward Markey Chris Decke NZL 112 31 35 66 66
36th Tony Lyall Alex Rogers GBR 386 36 33 69 69
37th Christine Headey Gun Caundle NZL 11 33 38 71 71
38th Mark Berry Charles Ainsworth NZL 106 39 34 73 73
39th Mark Brouwer Paul Van der Pol NED 4 38 36 74 74
40th Mihai Butucaru Dragos Blaga ROU 100 35 40 75 75
41st Ollie Steiner John Hoogerbrug NZL 1 34 42 76 76
42nd John Bailey Jeroen Bronstring NZL 72 41 37 78 78
43rd John Maguire Noel Whitaker AUS 327 40 43 83 83
44th Kelly Ryan Matthew Moore AUS 358 42 44 86 86