British Team at 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships day 3
by British Sailing Team 5 Dec 2019 01:42 PST
3-8 December 2019
John Gimson and Anna Burnet - 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships day 3 © Jesus Renedo / Sailing Energy
The Headlines:
- Qualification concludes - regatta now moves into finals series
- John Gimson and Anna Burnet hold their Nacra 17 lead on tricky day of light winds in Auckland
- Third race win for Ben Saxton and Nikki Boniface but a 16th in final race moves them to sixth
- Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell are top Brits in 49er in fifth overall
- Jack Hawkins and Chris Thomas still within sight of top 10 in 13th
- Brit 49er pairs Grummett and Budden / Taylor and Hawes miss gold fleet cut
- Dobson and Tidey go into 49erFX gold fleet in 12th; Brickwood and Orton will race finals in silver fleet
- Racing continues at 10pm GMT Thursday / 11am local time Friday
What they said:
John Gimson (36, Congleton, Cheshire), Nacra 17
"Quite a stressful day with three wacky light races but we managed to just about keep all the scores inside the top 10 with a couple of big comebacks, which I think will be important heading in to gold fleet - it only gets harder from here. Nice to finish the day with a second in the final race, which made the long postponement for it worthwhile. I've no idea how we are doing, I don't follow the results during the regatta as no-one is really winning until the end, but so far so good in terms of how we are sailing."
Dylan Fletcher (31, Thames Ditton, Surrey), 49er
"We have had a tough start out here in Auckland but have dug our way through to be in the mix. We can't wait to get into finals racing tomorrow and be back with a bang. There's plenty of racing left and now it's the real game with the top 25 boats."
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