Flying Dutchman Worlds Day 3 - Hungarian Sailors Dominate

by Tim Sandall on 8 Jan 2009

Hungarian sailors Szabolcs Majthenyi and Andras Domokos (HUN 70) after racing day 3 - 2008 Flying Dutchman Worlds, Napier Kevin Hayton

Hungarian Sailors dominate at the Flying Dutchman Worlds in Napier with two bullets in races 5 & 6. Both races were completed in 5 to 7 knots of fluctuating North Easterly breeze.

Race 5 – Szabolcs Majthenyi and Andras Domokos (HUN 70) led from start to finish winning by 40 seconds from Ian McCrossin and James Cook (AUS 33) closely followed by Kiwi’s Andrew Mckee and Matt Bismark (NZL 111).

USA 36 Lyn Robson and Ian Gregg at wing mark - 2008 Flying Dutchman Worlds, Napier © Kevin Hayton

Race 6 – The Hungarians sailors really stamped their authority on the regatta, increasing their lead at each mark by over 30 seconds to take the bullet by 3 minutes 38 seconds. The German pair of Kilian Konig/Johannes Brack (GER113) had a well deserved 2nd placing with ESP 6 Gines Remero and Alvaro Moreno (ESP 6) taking 3rd after the skipper had taken an unexpected dunking at the start of the previous race (race 5).

Overall placings see the Hungarians extending their lead to 6 points over Aussie’s McCrossin and Cook who are 6 points ahead of compatriots Rydge and Scarr (AUS 37). The leading Kiwi’s are McKee and Bismark tied on equal points with Scoffin and Ruzicka in 4th and 5th.

Friday the 9th is a lay day. Racing resumes on Saturday the 10th with a further two races and the regatta will concludes on the 11th with 1 race scheduled.

Race six heading toward bottom mark for the final time - 2008 Flying Dutchman Worlds, Napier © Kevin Hayton

Flying Dutchman Class - Open World Championships Napier SC - New Zealand

FD Worlds - Provisional Results as of 16:23 on January 8, 2009, Sailed: 6, Discards: 1, To count: 5, Entries: 44

1st Szabolcs Majthenyi Andras Domokos HUN 70 7 1 (10) 1 1 1 21 11
2nd Ian McCrossin James Cook AUS 33 1 (14) 6 4 2 4 31 17
3rd Norman Rydge Richard Scarr AUS 37 (11) 4 2 3 5 9 34 23
4th Andrew McKee Matthew Bismark NZL 111 (15) 2 11 2 3 13 46 31
5th Paul Scoffin Pavel Ruzicka NZL 145 4 6 3 11 7 (14) 45 31
6th Lin Robson Ian Gregg USA 36 9 3 5 8 8 (15) 48 33
7th Gines Romero Alvaro Moreno ESP 6 3 5 (45 DSQ) 7 17 3 80 35
8th Fred Schaaf Casper Schaaf NED 5 (17) 7 8 6 12 5 55 38
9th Martinez Francisco Guijarro Vicente ESP 81 5 8 12 (20) 6 10 61 41
10th Kilian Konig Johannes Brack GER 113 13 11 (16) 9 9 2 60 44
11th Alberto Barenghi Pieter Zandstra ITA 7 12 10 4 10 (14) 8 58 44
12th Enno Kramer Ard Geelkerken NED 26 (14) 9 13 13 4 6 59 45
13th Hideo Tayama Angus Reid NZL 110 10 16 1 5 20 (29) 81 52
14th Andras Suli David Papp HUN 13 (45 OCS) 12 26 16 10 7 116 71
15th Dolores Sanchez-Herrero Javier Higuera ESP 9 19 18 9 14 13 (25) 98 73
16th Erika Geelkerken Harald Berning NED 122 6 15 14 18 (25) 23 101 76
17th Marco Sevila Schachermaier Roberto Sevila ESP 91 2 17 18 (27) 26 21 111 84
18th Tobias Frank Simone Frank GER 86 (45 OCS) 21 17 28 11 11 133 88
19th Tim Sayles Russell Miller USA 251 22 20 21 12 (27) 19 121 94
20th Frank Nooijen Marc Van der Pol NED 18 16 19 24 24 (29) 12 124 95
21st Toos Zandstra Durk Zandstra NED 341 27 29 7 (30) 18 17 128 98
22nd Alisdair Daines David Gibb NZL 107 24 22 20 (26) 15 18 125 99
23rd Hans-Albert Konig Heinz Bollweg GER 13 25 13 (32) 22 19 27 138 106
24th Paul Francis Simon Mander NZL 118 (29) 27 22 17 24 16 135 106
25th Alister McCowan Andrew McCowan AUS 1 20 (30) 23 19 16 30 138 108
26th Paul Hemker Bruce Barrett USA 3 8 (39) 31 15 28 28 149 110
27th Jim Algert David Hislop USA 87 18 28 (36) 25 21 22 150 114
28th Edward Cox Peter Bevis AUS 361 28 23 25 (35) 23 26 160 125
29th Mark Brouwer Paul Van der Pol NED 4 (38) 36 15 23 32 24 168 130
30th Thijs Rutten Theo Rutten NED 348 23 (31) 27 21 30 31 163 132
31st Tanja Heijink Nettie Van der Valk NED 33 (37) 25 19 29 33 33 176 139
32nd Mihai Butucaru Dragos Blaga ROU 100 35 (40) 30 40 22 20 187 147
33rd Matthew Mitchell Michael Nolan AUS 332 30 26 28 32 34 (35) 185 150
34th Tony Lyall Alex Rogers GBR 386 (36) 33 29 33 31 32 194 158
35th Peter Doran Richard Phillips GBR 382 26 32 33 34 (38) 36 199 161
36th Pawel Swiderski Marcin Zawistowski POL 133 21 (41) 35 36 36 37 206 165
37th Joseph Bailey Peter Bailey NZL 131 32 24 39 39 40 (42) 216 174
38th Mark Berry Charles Ainsworth NZL 106 39 34 34 31 (45 DNF) 38 221 176
39th Christine Headey Gun Caundle NZL 11 33 38 (40) 38 35 34 218 178
40th Edward Markey Chris Decke NZL 112 31 35 37 41 37 (43) 224 181
41st Ollie Steiner John Hoogerbrug NZL 1 34 (42) 38 37 39 40 230 188
42nd John Bailey Jeroen Bronstring NZL 72 41 37 41 (42) 42 39 242 200
43rd Kelly Ryan Matthew Moore AUS 358 42 (44) 42 43 41 41 253 209
44th John Maguire Noel Whitaker AUS 327 40 43 (45 DNF) 45 DNS 43 45 OCS 261 216