Laser 2 Worlds at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy Day 4
by Mike Croker 23 Jul 2009 10:51 PDT
18-25 July 2009
After a sparkling day's racing in Weymouth Bay, Brits Nigel Skudder and Keith Hills look set to retain their Laser II World Champions mantle, despite only scoring one more bullet. The wind steadily increased for from F3-4 for the first race to F5+ for third race, giving screaming reaches, exciting runs and a good few swims as the waves built.
The top 3 teams were in a class of their own but, behind the leaders, competition for the next 3 places also remains close, with the rapidly improving team of David Annan & Amanda Childs hoping that the strong wind forecast for Friday does not cause the last 2 scheduled races to be abandoned.
Results after Day 4: (11 races, 2 discards)
| Pos | Sail No | Nat | Helm | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | Pts |
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| 1st | 10588 | GBR | Nigel Skudder | Keith Hills | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 2nd | 10591 | GER | Lisa Buddemeier | Matthias Duwel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 15 |
| 3rd | 5460 | GER | Marian Scheer | daniel Scheer | -4 | 3 | -5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
| 4th | 5749 | GBR | Mike Croker | Diana Croker | 3 | 7 | 3 | -17 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | -9 | 4 | 47 |
| 5th | 9937 | NED | Sytze Harkema | Carmen Gerlach | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -10 | -12 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 52 |
| 6th | 9142 | GBR | David Annan | Amanda Childs | -11 | 9 | -16 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 56 |
| 7th | 10610 | GER | Ralf Terheyden | Wesley Wloka | 10 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 9 | -20 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 5 | (DNC) | 74 |
| 8th | 10620 | NED | Anne Marks | Claas Visser | 9 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 12 | (DNC) | 8 | 3 | 6 | -22 | 14 | 80 |
| 9th | 10626 | GBR | Michael Clapp | Mark Bond | 8 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 11 | (DNC) | -13 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 80 |
| 10th | 10331 | NED | Wilbert Van Vliet | Jenneke van der Wal | -22 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 7 | (DNC) | 11 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 87 |
| 11th | 10592 | GBR | Jude Baird | Fred Fuller | 6 | 10 | 9 | -23 | (DSQ) | 5 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 90 |
| 12th | 10628 | GBR | Chris Huffen | Emma Taylor | 14 | -17 | 10 | 11 | -19 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 97 |
| 13th | 10330 | GBR | Roger Jamieson | Kate Fitzsimmons | -15 | 8 | 8 | -18 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 98 |
| 14th | 9257 | NED | Frits Klaver | Cynthia Markus | 13 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 11 | (DNC) | (DNC) | DNC | 123 |
| 15th | 6883 | GER | Niels Krenz | Christian Gerdum | 12 | 13 | -24 | -26 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 132 |
| 16th | 10599 | GBR | Tom Derham | Rachel Willerton | -27 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 13 | -30 | 9 | 144 |
| 17th | 10100 | GBR | Sam Nicholls | Neil Bishop | 19 | 23 | -29 | 16 | 16 | 7 | -24 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 146 |
| 18th | 10003 | GER | Meike Flatau | Venessa Freitag | 20 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -28 | 23 | 28 | (DNC) | 156 |
| 19th | 8394 | GBR | Ian Carpenter | Imogen Carpenter | 17 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 10 | (DNC) | 19 | 18 | -24 | 20 | 24 | 159 |
| 20th | 10418 | NED | Eelke V D Bos | Erik V D Linden | 21 | 16 | 14 | 21 | -26 | 9 | -31 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 162 |
| 21st | 8105 | NED | Bram Van Driel | Sophie or Iris Van Driel | 24 | -28 | -30 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 23 | 190 |
| 22nd | 10004 | NED | Maud Wuisman | Han Horlings | -31 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 25 | (DNC) | 16 | 13 | 22 | 29 | 25 | 191 |
| 23rd | 10500 | NED | Koen V D Kouwe | Sanne Verhoeve | -32 | 22 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 28 | -29 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 193 |
| 24th | 6465 | NED | Esther Meewis | Margot Linssen | 18 | 20 | 19 | (DNC) | 17 | (DNC) | 20 | 27 | 19 | 16 | DNC | 194 |
| 25th | 10503 | NED | Floris Stapel | Fran Steenwinkel | 16 | 30 | 21 | 31 | 21 | (DNC) | 25 | 16 | 16 | 23 | (DNC) | 199 |
| 26th | 9203 | GER | Peter Kruse | Arne Wittemer | 25 | -26 | 25 | 24 | -29 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 202 |
| 27th | 10107 | GBR | Mark Hardy | Peter Walcroft | 26 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 30 | (DNC) | 29 | -31 | 28 | 25 | 15 | 211 |
| 28th | 9490 | NED | Mark den Heijer | M Van Sijenborgh | -30 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 27 | 20 | -32 | 14 | 18 | 211 |
| 29th | 9940 | GER | Jens Lassman | Britta Wenzek | 28 | 29 | -31 | 22 | 23 | 16 | -30 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 217 |
| 30th | 9179 | GBR | Gary Kinch | Jackie Kinch | 7 | 25 | 13 | 28 | 31 | (DNC) | 23 | 26 | 29 | (DNC) | DNC | 220 |
| 31st | 8344 | GER | Christoph Beutler | Thomas Bertram | 29 | -31 | 26 | -30 | 28 | 18 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 26 | 21 | 220 |
| 32nd | 9144 | GBR | Robert Bushell | James Brookes | -36 | -34 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 23 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 26 | 278 |
| 33rd | 9473 | GBR | Timothy Wild | Michael Wild | 23 | 33 | 32 | 25 | 24 | (DNC) | (DNC) | DNC | 30 | DNC | DNC | 281 |
| 34th | 10609 | GBR | Steve Skudder | Louise Griffiths | 33 | 32 | 34 | 32 | (DNC) | (DNC) | 32 | 32 | 31 | 21 | DNC | 285 |
| 35th | 6450 | AUT | Sabine Lengger | Elise Van Dongen | (DNC) | 36 | 35 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 34 | DNC | 31 | DNC | 326 |
| 36th | 9277 | NED | Martyn Rochx | Bas Venbogt | 34 | 35 | 36 | (DNC) | (DNC) | DNC | 34 | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 329 |
| 37th | 1062 | GBR | Ben Jenkins | Nigel Jenkins | 35 | (DNC) | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 339 |