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Thailand Preworlds Day Four

27 March 2014

It was all up to play for on the final day of the pre worlds with three points separating first and second. 

Ther best breeze so far presented itself - averaging around 14 knots. The pumping flag was up and everyone was keen to get going. everyone except for a few of the Aussies who after a bit of a dodgy meal were staying on shore close to the amenities.

Ben and Doug showed the same form as the last race yesterday powering off the line to lead at the top mark closely followed by Christian and Sam then Nathan and Sam.

Ben and Christian changed places three times over the next lap with Ben leading up the second beat and Christian up the third.  Going into the final gybe they we dead even parking up and letting Nathan close in with Greg close behind. 

Christian managed to hold on just over Nathan while Ben got spat out after an untidy gybe allowing Greg to get through to third.

Christian and Sam finally won a race after having previously needing to retire from two races for over pumping and getting arrested two nights ago. It seems their ability to play within the rules both on the water and off are slowly getting better.

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Ben and Christian were worn out after their battle in race one so headed to the beach for a rest leaving Nathan and Sam to close out the regatta. In the stronger breezes they maintained superior speed to Heather and Chris. They achieved a comformtable win with Greg and Allen second and Heather and Chris rounding out the top three.

This means that Nathan and Sam walk away as winners of the preworlds with Heather and Chris Second then Ben and Doug third.

Now the fleet gets to relax for two days before the main event begins on Sunday.

 

   

 

Final Preworlds Results

No

Sailno

Name

Scores

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1

GBR 15087

Nathan Batchelor, Sam Pascoe

9.0

1

(dns )

2

1

1

1

2

1

2

AUS 15048

Heather MacFarlane, Chris Payne

15.0

2

1

1

2

3

3

(6 )

3

3

AUS 15062

Ben Schulz, Doug Sheppard

30.0

6

3

4

4

5

4

4

(dnc)

4

CAN 15024

Joe Jospe, Tom Egli

42.0

(10 )

5

8

5

9

6

5

4

5

GBR 15092

Veronica Falat, Ben Falat

46.0

4

2

(11 )

6

10

11

7

6

6

GBR 14887

Bryan Sargeant, William Sargeant

55.0

8

7

7

8

(11 )

10

8

7

7

AUS 14814

Steve Goacher, Peter Crossley

57.0

11

6

10

9

(12 )

7

9

5

8

AUS 15032

Greg Allinson, Allen Blenkle

60.0

5

(ocs)

dnf

dns

4

2

3

2

9

AUS 14510

Jim Hughes, Tom Hughes

68.0

(15 )

8

9

7

13

9

12

10

10

AUS 15011

Jaline Thompson-Kambas, Cameron Philcox

70.0

7

9

12

12

7

(ocs )

14

9

11

GBR 15107

Christian Birrell, Sam Brearey

75.0

3

(ocs )

3

dnf

2

dnf

1

dnc

12

SUI 14859

Christina Haerdi-Landerer, Cedric Landerer

77.0

13

4

5

15

8

(ocs )

10

dnf

13

RSA 14901

David Laing, Mark Dee

78.0

12

10

14

11

(16 )

12

11

8

14

AUS 15071

Thomas Gordon, Jack Fletcher

89.0

9

(dnf )

6

3

dnf

5

dnc

dnc

15

SUI 14921

Maja Suter, Thomas Boehm

92.0

14

11

13

14

14

13

13

(dnf)

16

AUS 14812

Dick McCulloch, Glenn Stewart

105.0

(dnf)

dnc

15

10

6

8

dnc

dnc

17

AUS 15076

Tim Ninnes, Taylor Neighbour

125.0

(dnf)

dnc

16

13

15

15

dnc

dnc

18

AUS 14747

Derian Scott, Jeffrey Schulz

135.0

(dnf)

dnf

dnc

dnc

17

14

16

dnc

19

AUS 14265

Kevin Luff, Jordan Rumsby

136.0

(dnc)

dnc

dnc

dnc

dnc

dnc

15

11

20

THA 10338

Don Whitcraft, Dylan Whitcraft

154.0

(dnc)

dnc

dnc

dnc

dnc

dnc

dnc

dnc

20

FRA 14793

Erich Moser, Jean-Francois Nouel

154.0

(dnc)

dnc

dnc

dnc

dnc

dnc

dnc

dnc