Parkin and Hall take lead at Audi Flying 15 Worlds

by Sail-World.com/uk on 11 Jan 2009
Britain's Barry Parkin and Tim Hall have taken a five point lead lead after day two at the Audi Flying 15 World Championship on Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne. Grant Alderson and Dean Mcaullay of Australia are in second place with Steve Goacher and Phil Evans in third place after three races.

Three nationalities are represented in the top five overall after the second day of racing. Britain lead the series after two races were sailed today, however in contrast to yesterday the racing was not just a contest between the top three crews, with the third race being the divider in the points score.

Racing was difficult in the light conditions allowing the British crew of Barry Parkin and Tim Hall (GBR) to take the overall lead in the series through consistent sailing. Their win in the second race of the series was backed up with a sixth, lifting them through to the points lead by four points.

In contrast to the sea breezes of yesterday, racing was initially postponed before getting underway in a light breeze of around five knots from 165 degrees - east of south and an indication that the sea breeze might not eventuate.

After several general recalls the fleet got underway for Race 2, a perfectly balanced line with top boats splitting between the boat and pin ends. Alderson and Mcaullay chose the left, with Goacher and Evans preferring the right, both getting off to good clean starts.

Both were beaten to the top mark by Parkin and Hall, however, who led the way down the next run while Alderson and Mcaullay, and Goacher and Evans match-raced for position behind them.

By the next rounding, Parkin and Hall had been overtaken, but then gained the lead back to eventually win the morning's race - and lodge a first place for the series. Alderson and Mcaullay were second with Goacher and Evans third. Alan Bax and Bill Masterman (GBR) took fifth and Aaron Goodmanson and Alister Rowlands (NZL) sixth.

Race 3 was the upset of the series for the series leaders, with Australia's Alderson and Mcaullay picking up a 13th place and Goacher and Evans one back in 14th place. Parkin and Hall played it safer and emerged with a sixth, their second of the series to take the series lead.

Britain's Mike Hart and Richard Rigg 36th place of the morning turned into a first in the afternoon's race. David Tucker and Matt Summers of New Zealand took second place, with Veronica and Ben Falat (GBR) in third place. Kiwi teams, Murray Gilbert and Jonathan Burgen were in fourth place and Craig Coulan and Adrienne Rekke in fifth.

It was not originally planned to sail two races today, however a forecast for stronger winds later in the week prompted officials to schedule an additional race to give themselves some leeway in the race schedule.

In the Classic Fleet, Australians Clive Arnold and Phillip Parish (AUS 2251) added two wins to go six points clear of second placed Peter Mullenger (AUS2116) with Phillip Lammonby and Deanna Wilson (AUS2672) moving into third overall.

In the Silver Fleet, Steve and Megan Cranch (AUS3167) have a clean sheet after three races, with Ronald Joseph and Laurie Hatch (AUS3058) in second and David and Michael Arnold (AUS1690) third.

Full provisional results for Open, Classic and Sliver fleets

Audi Flying 15 Worlds - Open Fleet Overall results after day 2, 3 races completed

1 GBR 3911 Barry Parkin **** 6 1 6 13 pts
2 AUS 3833 Grant Alderson No Bull 2 2 13 17 pts
3 GBR 3821 Steve Goacher Tba 1 3 14 18 pts
4 NZL 3781 David Tucker Sixteen 15 5 2 22 pts
5 NZL 3739 Aaron Goodmanson Ffortune 5 6 12 23 pts
6 NZL 3840 Murray Gilbert Ffrenetic 11 17 4 32 pts
7 GBR 3905 David McKee Secret Ingredient X 9 18 9 36 pts
8 GBR 3917 Mike Hart Art Gekko 3 36 1 40 pts
9 AUS 3881 Adam Hawkins I'd Swap This For A Bundy 7 23 11 41 pts
10 GBR 3799 Veronica Falat One Under 23 20 3 46 pts
11 NZL 3823 Brett Willcock Ffoto Finish 10 15 22 47 pts
12 GBR 3931 Alan Bax N/a 8 4 41 53 pts
13 IRL 3883 John Lavery Boat 38 11 10 59 pts
14 AUS 3670 Graeme Lillingston Escalator 29 16 15 60 pts
15 GBR 3611 Steve Douthawaite Smooth & Stoned 37 8 21 66 pts
16 IRL 3641 Andy Martin F'feckin'Eegit 22 31 16 69 pts
16 AUS 3661 Gavin Dagley Fizz 43 9 17 69 pts
18 NZL 3832 Craig Coulan Blowffish 58 10 5 73 pts
19 AUS 3662 John Tracey Wings 28 12 37 77 pts
19 GBR 3903 Ian Cleaver Elise 36 21 20 77 pts
21 GBR 3890 Geoff Bayliss If Only..... 13 35 30 78 pts
22 AUS 3909 Gavin Gourley Skandia 12 25 46 83 pts
23 AUS 3718 Ashley Smith Fully Active Board 14 22 49 85 pts
24 AUS 3880 Craig Rainey Where The Bloody Hell Are You 30 40 19 89 pts
25 NZL 3754 Ian Morley Business 54 30 8 92 pts
25 GBR 3923 Charles Apthorp Ff 4 7 81 92 pts
27 AUS 3619 Ron Packer Affrodisiac 27 28 40 95 pts
27 AUS 3797 David Swan Changing Lanes 49 14 32 95 pts
29 IRL 3897 Ken Dumpleton Kooigjug 32 32 33 97 pts
30 AUS 3910 Brad Sheridan Yes 25 47 27 99 pts
31 ESP 3796 Javier Chacártegui Ffatigaos 21 43 36 100 pts
32 AUS 3525 Doug Cooksey Freodoctor 42 52 7 101 pts
33 AUS 3572 Hamish Carnachan Relience 17 18 50 34 102 pts
33 AUS 3743 Greg Tonnison Spot The Difference 33 34 35 102 pts
35 GBR 3914 Adrian Tattersall Defying Gravity 20 42 43 105 pts
36 GBR 3851 Ian Linder Ffuk 19 38 52 109 pts
36 NZL 3907 Phil Quinn Foreign Affair 56 29 24 109 pts
38 AUS 3717 Greg Leversuch Glamour Buoys 16 66 29 111 pts
39 AUS 3800 Rupert Leslie Saltheart 35 19 64 118 pts
40 NZL 3541 Richard Guy Snafler 59 37 25 121 pts
40 GBR 3786 Christopher Harris Sans Culottes 51 44 26 121 pts
40 AUS 3879 Kim Peaker Aussie Way 47 26 48 121 pts
43 AUS 3861 Brian Carroll Supertoy Plays On 31 46 45 122 pts
44 AUS 3062 David Meldrum Good Thing 45 55 23 123 pts
45 AUS 3527 Peter Milne Just Looking 17 65 47 129 pts
46 AUS 3095 Adam Semple Fiddle-de-dee 53 27 51 131 pts
47 AUS 3878 John Wilson Ffast Lane 2 40 54 38 132 pts
48 AUS 3854 William Shand Relience Ffenty Ffoo 50 53 31 134 pts
49 GBR 3818 Gill Browning Ffizzy 44 13 81 138 pts
50 GBR 3928 Howard Green Got any lettuce? 26 33 81 140 pts
51 NZL 3087 Sally Garrett Iff 55 49 39 143 pts
52 AUS 3814 John Wallace Comited to conffusion 24 67 58 149 pts
53 AUS 3259 Chris Hall Celtic Pride 48 58 44 150 pts
53 AUS 3930 Dale Collings Aussie Falcon 41 81 28 150 pts
55 AUS 3616 Stephen Leiceter Ffunnily Enuff 64 45 42 151 pts
55 GBR 3835 Andy Goddard Sucking Feagulls 46 24 81 151 pts
55 GBR 3902 Peter Hogg Blue Flame 34 62 55 151 pts
58 AUS 3822 John Crosby Ruffians 81 57 18 156 pts
59 IRL 3774 Tom Murphy Rollercoaster 39 63 60 162 pts
60 NZL 3169 Robert Anderson Skinffull 52 56 56 164 pts
61 AUS 3709 ronald walker Ghost Magic 60 59 53 172 pts
62 AUS 3775 Philippa Packer Absolutely Ffabulous 81 39 54 174 pts
63 GBR 3815 Athol King Passing Wind 57 60 61 178 pts
64 NZL 3088 Fred Price Ffirst Offspring 63 48 69 180 pts
65 GBR 3893 Peter Lawson Ffrig It 62 41 81 184 pts
66 AUS 3745 Tom Ruut Splash 67 69 50 186 pts
67 AUS 2823 Murray Latham Diffino 81 51 62 194 pts
68 AUS 3063 Kevin Griffiths Stress Free Zone 65 73 57 195 pts
68 AUS 3761 John Hassen Grumpy Old Woman 68 68 59 195 pts
70 AUS 3846 Alan Carson Demon 3 61 71 65 197 pts
71 HKG 3722 Joseph Nelson Noisy Forefather 69 72 66 207 pts
72 AUS 3767 Ken Bubb Bubbles 81 64 63 208 pts
73 HKG 3876 Carlyon Knight-Evans Kerfuffle 81 61 67 209 pts
74 AUS 3859 Michael Clark Gannin Tappy Lappy 71 70 70 211 pts
75 AUS 3012 Jennifer Richardson Sunday Session 66 79 71 216 pts
76 AUS 2825 Jennifer Sims Happy Days 70 76 75 221 pts
77 AUS 3309 Denis Buckley Clockwork V11 72 77 73 222 pts
77 AUS 3887 Robert Chaffe Affa 74 74 74 222 pts
79 AUS 3836 Peter Bradford Effeffex 81 78 68 227 pts
80 AUS 3442 Doug Bell Lean & Mean 81 75 72 228 pts

Audi Flying 15 Worlds - Classic Fleet Overall results after day 2 - 3 races completed

1 2251 Iffy Clive Arnold 4 1 1 6 pts
2 2116 Jakers Peter Mullenger 5 4 3 12 pts
3 2672 Gaz