Snow-Hansen and Saunders win VW Print 420 NZ Championships at Napier

by Lyle Tresadern on 23 Feb 2009
The VW Print 420 National title goes to Paul Snow-Hansen and Jason Saunders after winning races 9 and 10 they effectively wrapped up the title without having to sail the last race.

Lardies and Drummond sailed consistently during the day to secure 2nd place overall by one point over first female youth sailors Maloney and Babaich-Bacher who were equal on points with the first male youth sailors Dunning-Beck and Goodwin, but claiming third on count back with one extra win on their scorecard.

Race 9
After waiting for the sea breeze to arrive the first race of the day got underway with a clear start in a building 8-12 knot breeze. At the first mark it was a Napier Sailing Club benefit with Mackay and Broome leading and Mannering and Weeks 2nd however this was not to last as Snow-Hansen and Lardies took over with Tauranga sailors Stevenson and Bullock in close attendance.

Positions stayed the same through to the finish with Snow-Hansen claiming his fourth win of the regatta and Lardies coming second to retain second overall. Stevenson and Bullock held onto 3rd from a fast finishing Maloney.

Race 10
Snow-Hansen stamped his authority on the regatta by clearing out with a lead of over one minute at times. The wind held steady at 10- 12 knots from the North East direction. Dunning-Beck and Goodwin steadily improved during the race to claim second with the ever consistent Lardies and Drummond in 3rd.

Race 11

With Snow-Hansen and Saunders already claiming the title they went into cruise mode for the last race which then left Lardies and Drummond, Maloney and Babaich-Bacher and Dunning-Beck and Goodwin all fighting for the minor places. Maloney after a titanic struggle with Dunning-Beck just held on for the win to claim 3rd overall while Lardies finished 9th and dropped this race which still gave him a one point margin to claim second overall. Dunning-Beck and Goodwin ended up fourth on count back with Cooke and Illingworth fifth after fading in the lighter conditions.

Snow-Hansen and Saunders were clear winners with a 12 point margin. This is their second title but both with different crews in previous contests.

420 National Championship 2009 - Napier Sailing Club
Results are final as of 17:38 on February 23, 2009

Overall - Sailed:11, Discards:2, To count:9, Entries:24, Scoring system:Appendix A

Rank Youth M/F SailNo HelmName CrewName R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 Total Nett
1st Open 51986 Paul Snow-Hansen Jason Saunders 1 1 3 2 1 2 (7) (10) 1 1 6 35 18
2nd Open 52550 Francisco Lardies Finn Drummond 3 6 (14) 1 5 3 6 1 2 3 (9) 53 30
3rd Youth F 52576 Alexandra Maloney Bianca Barbarich-Bacher (6) 2 1 4 6 (7) 5 2 4 6 1 44 31
4th Youth M 52363 Logan Dunning-Beck Ben Goodwin 5 3 (11) 3 (9) 4 1 4 7 2 2 51 31
5th Open 53435 Simon Cooke Scott Illingworth 2 8 (25 DNS) 5 2 1 2 6 5 4 (10) 70 35
6th Youth M 53461 James Turner Marcus Hansen 4 4 2 6 4 (10) 8 7 6 (13 ZFP) 3 67 44
7th Youth M 53467 Luke Stevenson Sam Bullock 9 5 9 10 3 6 3 8 3 (14) (12) 82 56
8th Youth F 52571 Brittany Wornall Emma Goodwin (17) 9 7 15 15 (17) 4 3 11 5 4 107 73
9th Open 53160 Jane Butler Jenny Andreasson 10 7 8 (18) 10 (20) 10 5 14 7 8 117 79
10th Youth F 53459 Sarah Berry Emma Berry 8 10 5 8 7 5 (25 OCS) 11 9 18 (20) 126 81
11th Youth M 52358 Alex Munro Sam Schofield 14 (15) 6 9 13 12 13 9 (15) 10 5 121 91
12th Open 52361 Naomi Mannering Kagan Weeks (13) 12 4 13 8 9 12 (14) 12 11 11 119 92
13th Youth F 52713 Yelana Lee Vicki Francis 7 11 12 7 (25 DNS) 8 9 15 (17) 13 13 137 95
14th Youth M 52711 Sam Mackay Matt Broome 11 (17) 10 11 11 (16) 11 13 8 12 15 135 102
15th Youth F 52716 Stacy Swanson Alice Pearson 12 13 (16) 14 12 14 (15) 12 10 9 7 134 103
16th Youth M 51924 Wade Tresadern Oliver Steiner 16 16 (17) 12 14 13 14 (19) 13 15 17 166 130
17th Youth F 52575 Janey Goedhart Christie Osborne (19) 18 13 19 18 15 16 16 (20) 16 14 184 145
18th Open 50273 Josh Weeks Dominic Waibel 15 14 18 16 16 11 19 (20) 18 (20) 19 186 146
19th Open 49191 Jake Weeks Briar Mannering 18 (20) (25 DNF) 20 17 18 17 17 16 17 16 201 156
20th Youth M 5257 Tomer Simhony Brad Moss (25 DNF) (25 DNF) 25 DNS 17 25 DNF 25 DNF 18 18 19 19 18 234 184
21st Youth M 52360 Mackenzie Taylor Stuart Williams 21 22 (25 DNF) 22 19 22 21 22 21 21 (23) 239 191
22nd Open 49830 Casey Glynn Andrew Callinicos 20 21 (25 DNS) (25 DNF) 20 19 23 23 23 23 22 244 194
23rd Youth F 51689 Vicki Callinicos Sophie Panton (25 DNF) 19 20 ZFP 21 (25 DNF) 21 20 21 25 DNS 25 DNS 25 DNS 247 197
24th Youth M 52553 James Allan Sean Bassett (25 DNF) (25 DNF) 25 DNS 25 DNF 25 DNF 25 DNF 22 24 22 22 21 261 211


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