Magic Marine RS500 World Championships day 2

by RS Association on 18 Aug 2011 The Magic Marine RS500 World Championships have now completed the second day of racing which brought totally different wind conditions and introduced a mix of top contenders.

Alex Mobbs and Bryan Taylor proved they’re not just made for the high winds, winning both races. However, they had to fight for their wins with the racing incredibly close and hard fought right to the finish line.

Around sixty boats started the two races that were held inside the harbour. The light, shifty conditions meant that it could have been any of the top ten boats making it over the finish line in first position. Significant wind shifts during the starting sequence made it difficult for race officer Arky to get the second start underway, with two last-minute postponements and, finally, the black flag coming out again.

Showing good, consistent form in the difficult conditions were team Hong Kong Lars Schkade and Justin Tse who claimed two third positions with exceptional downwind speed. Fellow team mates Cosmas Grelon and Will Stephens along with Brits Mike Saul and Meg Fletcher, and 2010 World Champions Tim Wilkins and Heather Martin also did well.

Close racing throughout the fleet was shown by the fact that the whole fleet finished within five minutes of each other.

Sailed: 4, Discards: 1, To count: 3, Entries: 57, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Tally	Class	Nat	SailNo	Helm	Crew	R1 16/08/2011 14:00	R2 16/08/2011 15:00	R3 17/08/11 12:00	R4 17/08/11 13:30	Total	Nett
1st	339	RS500	GBR	799	Alex Taylor	Bryan Mobbs	(2.0)	1.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	3.0
2nd	358	RS500	NED	899	Barend Hiltermann	Max Blom	1.0	2.0	(13.0)	5.0	21.0	8.0
3rd	348	RS500	GBR	536	Mike Saul	Meg Fletcher	4.0	3.0	2.0	(9.0)	18.0	9.0
4th	315	RS500	GBR	625	Tim Wilkins	Heather Martin	(6.0)	5.0	4.0	2.0	17.0	11.0
5th	364	RS500	GBR	665	Phillip Highfield	Tamsin Butcher	3.0	8.0	6.0	(16.0)	33.0	17.0
6th	334	RS500	GBR	659	Peter Curtis	James Cutis	8.0	4.0	(23.0)	7.0	42.0	19.0
7th	330	RS500	HKG	939	Lars Schkade	Justin TSE	13.0	(27.0)	3.0	3.0	46.0	19.0
8th	355	RS500	HKG	937	Cosmas Grelon	Will Stephens	(19.0)	12.0	8.0	4.0	43.0	24.0
9th	346	RS500	SWE	112	Johan Rook	Malin Broberg	5.0	10.0	(19.0)	10.0	44.0	25.0
10th	332	RS500	GBR	934	Jon Partridge	10.0	6.0	(18.0)	12.0	46.0	28.0

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