Broo Premium Lager Musto Skiff Worlds

Broo Premium Lager Musto Skiff Worlds - Overall

by Paul Manning, Musto Skiffs 16 Jan 2011 06:13 PST 11-16 January 2011

The Broo Premium Lager Musto Skiff Worlds podium (l to r) Marcus Hamilton (bronze), Daniel Henderson (gold), Bruce Keen (silver) © Shane Baker / www.shanebaker.net

Race 10

Following a brief postponment ashore, the AP flag was lowered at 11:30 and the competitors launched into an 8 knot southerly breeze.

Race 10 was general recalled at 12:32 with the wind at 190 degrees and 5-6 knots, and the restart went off clean at 13:16 with the breeze at 180 degrees and 8 knots.

The majority of the fleet taking the pin end of the line and heading left. This proved to be the formula for Jono Neate AUS 440 who stormed into a one minute lead at the windward mark and extended to take the win by two minutes from Aussie team mate Jonathon Newman AUS 425. The racing, especially at the front, has been very close and Newman had Dan Ward GBR 286 and Tom Wright GBR 432 in close company, but held them both off to the finish for a well deserved 2nd position. Further back event leader Daniel Henderson GBR 409 and his closest rival Australia's Marcus Hamilton AUS 453 were fighting their way back up the fleet having both had conservative starts. Hamilton finished 9th and Henderson 6th. This gave Daniel Henderson the championship title.

Race 11

With the breeze freshening to 12 knots at 170 degrees, the final race of the championships started at the first attempt at 14:35.

Bruce Keen GBR 441 copied Jono Neate from race 10, by pulling clear to lead all the way and again take the win by some 2 minutes from Julian Ramm GER 443. Marcus Hamilton AUS 453 pulled through to take 3rd place, which just dropped him from an overnight 2nd overall to 3rd overall by tie break with race winner Bruce Keen.

Daniel Henderson has won the Broo Premium Lager Musto Performance Skiff World Championships. Daniel started sailing in the Optimist class, but soon grew out of this and moved into the highly competitive 29er class. As with many kids of his age, Daniel soon got too big for the 29er and moved into the Musto Performance Skiff at age 17, along with his 29er mates Tom Wright and Matt and Nick Hollis.

His ambition like many youths of this age is to sail in the Olympics, but with a degree course on the go, and girlfriends keeping him busy there is more to life for this talented young sailor.

Overall Results:

Pos	Helm	Sail No	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts
1	Daniel Henderson	GBR 409	2	2	3	4	1	-16	-13	1	3	6	4	26
2	Bruce Keen	GBR 441	1	7	6	1	-14	-43	6	2	5	8	1	37
3	Marcus Hamilton	AUS 453	3	6	4	2	6	3	3	7	-8	-9	3	37
4	Jonathon Newman	AUS 425	5	1	5	5	-10	5	7	-10	6	2	6	42
5	Jono Neate	AUS 440	4	4	7	-11	-9	6	5	5	7	1	5	44
6	Dan Ward	GBR 286	-11	3	11	7	3	1	8	8	10	3	-17	54
7	Julian Ramm	GER 443	6	9	-12	6	2	8	10	9	2	-14	2	54
8	Tim Hill	AUS 424	8	5	2	9.5	4	4	-16	-15	9	13	8	62.5
9	Ian Renilson	GBR 449	7	12	-13	3	13	11	2	3	11	5	-43	67
10	Iver Ahlmann	GER 370	12	10	1	9.5	-24	9	14	4	1	-16	7	67.5
11	Tom Wright	GBR 432	10	8	14	-18	12	2	1	12	-18	4	11	74
12	Matt Hollis	GBR 356	9	11	9	-16	7	12	-17	6	4	7	9	74
13	Dave Poston	GBR 324	15	-29	19	12	15	14	4	-34	25	18	10	132
14	Matthew Hosie	AUS 413	24	-28	8	13	-33	10	24	23	12	10	23	147
15	Brendan Jenner	GBR 376	21	-32	16	17	17	-43	9	14	14	28	12	148
16	Richard Ekberg	AUS 438	23	19	17	22	8	-36	12	-25	19	12	19	151
17	John Evans	GBR 211	13	18	21	15	-25	23	-38	13	13	23	15	154
18	Tim Moorhouse	AUS 379	17	14	-32	20	11	15	18	31	-36	15	20	161
19	William Nigel Walbank	GBR 394	18	13	23	-31	16	25	19	11	-26	20	18	163
20	Christopher Sutherland	AUS 429	20	16	20	23	-28	19	21	27	27	11	-31	184
21	Martin Mayrhofer	AUT 447	-35	17	24	30	22	7	-39	16	22	32	16	186
22	Mark Elsworth	AUS 243	28	22	15	21	29	26	-31	-32	20	22	13	196
23	Brett Williams	AUS 408	29	23	10	27	-35	18	-33	21	16	27	26	197
24	James Lewis	GBR 439	25	27	27	-43	-38	17	15	19	29	17	24	200
25	Alastair Smith	GBR 274	14	31	30	-33	21	30	-36	17	15	21	25	204
26	Tim Chapman	GBR 333	-32	15	22	26	23	13	23	29	30	29	-43	210
27	David Annan	GBR 169	-37	35.5	26	19	5	21	35	22	21	-41	27	211.5
28	Russ Evans	NZL 387	16	25	31	8	-43	22	27	26	-39	24	33	212
29	Mark Haine	GBR 248	31	-37	18	-43	18	35	29	18	23	34	14	220
30	Richie Robertson	AUS 380	-36	26	33	28	-39	34	11	33	31	19	22	237
31	Tony Nash	AUS 417	-38	21	36	14	31	20	26	-37	24	36	29	237
32	Yaroslav Petrov	GBR 368	19	20	-37	32	27	24	22	30	32	-35	32	238
33	Catharina Gauda	GER 170	22	-40	40	36	19	28	-41	24	17	25	30	241
34	Hans Zuurendonk	NED 435	-41	33	34	-43	30	29	20	20	34.5	31	21	252.5
35	Tristan Williams	AUS 371	27	30	35	24	20	-38	30	-38	28	37	34	265
36	Huud Ouwehand	NED 229	-40	39	29	35	26	31	37	28	34.5	26	-43	285.5
37	Alistair Kerr	GBR 374	33	34	28	34	32	-37	-40	35	33	30	37	296
38	Tom Conway	GBR 294	34	35.5	-42	38	37	27	25	-39	38	33	36	303.5
39	Ron Barnes	GBR 228	39	-43	38	29	-43	33	32	36	37	39	28	311
40	Edoardo Amato	ITA 136	30	38	39	39	34	32	34	-40	40	38	-43	324
41	Robert Yeamans	GBR 098	-42	-41	41	25	36	39	28	41	41	40	35	326
42	Gavin Homer	GBR 253	26	24	25	37	-43	-43	43	43	43	43	43	327