Alderson and Mcaullay win Flying 15 Worlds

by Sail-world.com/uk on 15 Jan 2009
Grant Alderson and Dean Mcaullay of Australia are the new Flying Fifteen World Champions. Finishing the final race in third place and one place ahead of Britain's Barry Parkin and Tim Hall was enough to clinch the Title.

With everything depending on which of the two leading contenders, Alderton or Parkin, finished ahead, it was the Aussie pair who crossed the line ahead of the Brits for the Flying Fifteen International 17th World Championship. Final race winners were Aaron Goodmanson and Alister Rowlands of New Zealand, with Steve Goacher and Phil Evans in second.

Unluckiest crew of the regatta were the defending world champions, Mike Hart and Richard Rigg, who finished fifth in the final race, which would have been more than sufficent for them to easily take the world title, had they not had a DSQ in Race 3 over a port and starboard incident soon after the start.

In the Classic Fleet, Britain's Andy Mckee and Maf Smith (GBR 2523) won by five points from Clive Arnold and Phillip Parish (AUS 2251) with Reagan Bear and Les Kearney (AUS 962) in third.

In the Silver Fleet, Steve and Megan Cranch (NZL 3167) had a clean sheet to wrap-up the title. Ronald Joseph and Laurie Hatch (AUS 3058) are in second and David and Michael Arnold (AUS 1690) third.

The next world championship will be sailed at Hayling Island SC, England in 2011.

Flying Fifteen World Championships - All Fleets results:

Flying Fifteen World Championship - Final overall Open Fleet results

1 AUS 3833 Grant Alderson No Bull 2 2 12 [12] 1 1 3 21 pts
2 GBR 3911 Barry Parkin **** [6] 1 5 3 4 5 4 22 pts
3 GBR 3821 Steve Goacher Tba 1 3 13 6 3 [16] 2 28 pts
4 NZL 3739 Aaron Goodmanson Ffortune 5 6 [11] 7 6 8 1 33 pts
5 GBR 3905 David McKee Secret Ingredient X 9 [18] 8 8 5 11 6 47 pts
6 GBR 3917 Mike Hart Art Gekko 3 36 [81] 1 2 2 5 49 pts
7 NZL 3781 David Tucker Sixteen 15 5 1 5 11 [33] 13 50 pts
8 NZL 3840 Murray Gilbert Ffrenetic 11 17 3 4 16 4 [18] 55 pts
9 GBR 3931 Alan Bax N/a 8 4 [40] 2 9 23 10 56 pts
10 GBR 3923 Charles Apthorp Ff 4 7 [81] 34 14 3 7 69 pts
11 AUS 3661 Gavin Dagley Fizz [43] 9 16 18 12 9 17 81 pts
12 NZL 3823 Brett Willcock Ffoto Finish 10 15 21 15 8 14 [29] 83 pts
13 AUS 3881 Adam Hawkins I'd Swap This For A Bundy 7 [23] 10 16 19 10 22 84 pts
14 GBR 3799 Veronica Falat One Under 23 20 2 19 22 12 [50] 98 pts
15 AUS 3670 Graeme Lillingston Escalator 29 16 14 11 25 [38] 12 107 pts
16 AUS 3910 Brad Sheridan Yes 25 [46] 26 13 26 7 16 113 pts
17 NZL 3832 Craig Coulan Blowffish [58] 10 4 23 36 21 25 119 pts
18 ESP 3796 Javier Chacártegui Ffatigaos 21 [81] 35 21 21 19 8 125 pts
19 AUS 3717 Greg Leversuch Glamour Buoys 16 [65] 28 41 15 17 11 128 pts
20 GBR 3914 Adrian Tattersall Defying Gravity 20 42 [42] 20 13 15 20 130 pts
21 GBR 3903 Ian Cleaver Elise 36 21 19 [43] 29 13 19 137 pts
22 AUS 3718 Ashley Smith Fully Active Board 14 22 [48] 10 33 18 46 143 pts
23 IRL 3883 John Lavery Boat 38 11 9 24 [81] 61 9 152 pts
24 IRL 3641 Andy Martin F'feckin'Eegit 22 31 15 [47] 27 30 33 158 pts
25 AUS 3662 John Tracey Wings 28 12 36 39 23 22 [49] 160 pts
26 AUS 3909 Gavin Gourley Skandia 12 25 45 42 10 26 [54] 160 pts
27 NZL 3907 Phil Quinn Foreign Affair [56] 29 23 27 7 52 23 161 pts
28 AUS 3743 Greg Tonnison Spot The Difference 33 34 34 14 17 [50] 31 163 pts
29 AUS 3619 Ron Packer Affrodisiac 27 28 [39] 22 31 32 24 164 pts
30 AUS 3525 Doug Cooksey Freodoctor 42 [51] 6 28 30 24 36 166 pts
31 NZL 3754 Ian Morley Business [54] 30 7 30 35 36 30 168 pts
32 AUS 3880 Craig Rainey Where The Bloody Hell Are You 30 [40] 18 31 34 31 32 176 pts
33 AUS 3572 Hamish Carnachan Relience 17 18 [49] 33 37 24 25 41 178 pts
34 GBR 3890 Geoff Bayliss If Only..... 13 35 29 [54] 42 39 21 179 pts
35 GBR 3851 Ian Linder Ffuk 19 38 51 32 32 20 [55] 192 pts
36 NZL 3541 Richard Guy Snafler 59 37 24 17 [81] 45 15 197 pts
37 AUS 3930 Dale Collings Aussie Falcon 41 [81] 27 44 41 6 39 198 pts
38 GBR 3611 Steve Douthawaite Smooth & Stoned 37 8 20 51 40 [65] 43 199 pts
39 AUS 3861 Brian Carroll Supertoy Plays On 31 45 44 38 28 [48] 14 200 pts
40 AUS 3879 Kim Peaker Aussie Way 47 26 47 29 [48] 34 27 210 pts
41 GBR 3818 Gill Browning Ffizzy 44 13 [81] 46 38 29 40 210 pts
42 IRL 3897 Ken Dumpleton Kooigjug 32 32 32 [81] 55 28 38 217 pts
43 GBR 3928 Howard Green Got any lettuce? 26 33 [81] 33 20 64 45 221 pts
44 AUS 3800 Rupert Leslie Saltheart 35 19 [63] 26 53 37 51 221 pts
45 AUS 3797 David Swan Changing Lanes 49 14 31 36 [56] 44 47 221 pts
46 AUS 3527 Peter Milne Just Looking 17 64 46 [81] 18 57 28 230 pts
47 GBR 3786 Christopher Harris Sans Culottes 51 43 25 45 [67] 42 26 232 pts
48 GBR 3835 Andy Goddard Sucking Feagulls 46 24 81 9 [81] 49 35 244 pts
49 AUS 3062 David Meldrum Good Thing 45 54 22 25 58 40 [58] 244 pts
50 AUS 3878 John Wilson Ffast Lane 2 40 [53] 37 52 50 47 34 260 pts
51 AUS 3854 William Shand Relience Ffenty Ffoo 50 52 30 40 [63] 43 48 263 pts
52 AUS 3095 Adam Semple Fiddle-de-dee 53 27 50 48 46 51 [62] 275 pts
53 NZL 3169 Robert Anderson Skinffull 52 55 [55] 50 43 41 37 278 pts
54 AUS 3822 John Crosby Ruffians 81 56 17 58 44 27 [81] 283 pts
55 IRL 3774 Tom Murphy Rollercoaster 39 [62] 59 57 39 53 42 289 pts
56 AUS 3259 Chris Hall Celtic Pride 48 57 43 60 47 35 [66] 290 pts
57 AUS 3616 Stephen Leiceter Ffunnily Enuff [64] 44 41 62 57 46 44 294 pts
58 AUS 3775 Philippa Packer Absolutely Ffabulous [81] 39 53 49 37 62 63 303 pts
59 AUS 3814 John Wallace Comited to conffusion 24 66 57 55 45 [66] 59 306 pts
60 NZL 3087 Sally Garrett Iff 55 48 38 [61] 54 56 57 308 pts
61 GBR 3902 Peter Hogg Blue Flame 34 61 54 [64] 51 54 60 314 pts
62 GBR 3893 Peter Lawson Ffrig It 62 41 [81] 56 49 67 53 328 pts
63 GBR 3815 Athol King Passing Wind 57 59 60 35 60 [69] 64 335 pts
64 AUS 3767 Ken Bubb Bubbles 58 63 62 53 52 [63] 52 340.6 pts
65 AUS 3709 ronald walker Ghost Magic 60 58 52 [69] 61 59 65 355 pts
66 NZL 3088 Fred Price Ffirst Offspring 63 47 68 [74] 62 70 56 366 pts
67 AUS 3063 Kevin Griffiths Stress Free Zone 65 [72] 56 59 65 68 61 374 pts
68 AUS 3846 Alan Carson Demon 3 61 70 64 63 [81] 60 68 386 pts
69 AUS 2823 Murray Latham Diffino [81] 50 61 71 71 74 70 397 pts
70 AUS 3859 Michael Clark Gannin Tappy Lappy 71 69 69 70 64 55 [75] 398 pts
71 AUS 3761 John Hassen Grumpy Old Woman 68 67 58 68 69 [71] 69 399 pts
72 AUS 2825 Jennifer Sims Happy Days 70 [75] 74 67 70 58 72 411 pts
73 AUS 3745 Tom Ruut Splash 67 68 49 65 81 81 [81] 411 pts
74 HKG 3876 Carlyon Knight-Evans Kerfuffle 81 60 66 73 [81] 72 67 419 pts
75 HKG 3722 Joseph Nelson Noisy Forefather 69 71 65 66 73 76 [77] 420 pts
76 AUS 3836 Peter Bradford Effeffex [81] 77 67 75 59 75 74 427 pts
77 AUS 3442 Doug Bell Lean & Mean [81] 74 71 72 68 77 71 433 pts
78 AUS 3012 Jennifer Richardson Sunday Session 66 78 70 77 70 [81] 73 434 pts
79 AUS 3887 Robert Chaffe Affa 74 73 73 76 66 73 [76] 435 pts
80 AUS 3309 Denis Buckley Clockwork V11 72 76 72 78 74 [81] 78 450 pts

Flying Fifteen World Championship - Final overall Classic Fleet results

1 GBR 2523 Andy McKee Feel Flows [19] 1 2 1 1 2 1 8 pts
2 AUS 2251 Clive Arnold Iffy 1 [4] 1 3 2 3 3 13 pts
2 AUS 962 Reagan Bear Affrodite [19] 2 3 2 3 1 2 13 pts
4 AUS 2672 Phillip Lammonby Gazelle Iii 4 6 5 5 4 5 [9] 29 pts
5 AUS 2116 Peter Mullenger Jakers 3 5 4 6 9 [10] 5 32 pts
6 AUS 2250 Robin Malpas Euffamism 5 7 9 7 [19] 4 4 36 pts
7 AUS 2352 Lisa Deppeler Black Pearl 7 3 6 4 10 [11] 7 37 pts
8 NZL 2030 James Horman Ffiesty 9 11 7 8 7 6 [19] 48 pts
9 AUS 2760 Paul Woodman Wal 8 8 8 12 [13] 9 8 53 pts
10 AUS 3064 Dave Raynolds Lock N' Load 10 9 15 [15] 5 7 12 58 pts
11 AUS 2243 Michael McCartney Relience Vi 2 [17] 14 16 8 13 6 59 pts
12 AUS 1129 Ari Sherr Shalom 12 10 10 13 6 12 [14] 63 pts
13 AUS 2671 Cameron Taylor Fee Fi Fo Fum 11 13 11 11 11 8 [19] 65 pts
14 AUS 2110 James Simmons Mistral 6 16 13 10 12 [17] 13 70 pts
15 AUS 2385 Amanda Milla