Excellent winds, sunshine and arguably the best sailing waters in the world with some of the best 49er sailors in the world gave this National Ranking event a slightly differnt twist.

The standard of competition was extremely high with Iker Martinez and Xabi Frenadez, the Spanish Olympic gold medallists, fellow Brits and European champions Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes and World Champions Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks meant that every winner of every top event this year was out on the water.

Predictably the racing was extremely tight, only on the Saturday did Iker and Xabi, demonstrate any kind of dominance with 3 straight race wins. Morrison, Martinez and Draper all fought it out for the top spot, but it was the Austrian Red Bull team of All classes report


Excellent winds, sunshine and arguably the best sailing waters in the world with some of the best 49er sailors in the world gave this National Ranking event a slightly differnt twist.

The standard of competition was extremely high with Iker Martinez and Xabi Frenadez, the Spanish Olympic gold medallists, fellow Brits and European champions Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes and World Champions Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks meant that every winner of every top event this year was out on the water.

Predictably the racing was extremely tight, only on the Saturday did Iker and Xabi, demonstrate any kind of dominance with 3 straight race wins. Morrison, Martinez and Draper all fought it out for the top spot, but it was the Austrian Red Bull team of Nico Delle Karth and Nikolaus Resch who very nearly won the weekend with a remarkably consistent performance.

Many teams complained of feeling a bit rusty, Draper and Hiscocks complained that after a month off they were feeling particularly rusty, however Andy Rice and Gareth Edwards put it all into place with a three year break ! Plenty of top teams were seen on upturned boats durring the weekend !

On Friday  the first ever Sail for Gold regatta gets underway with a similar or even bigger entry the racing is going to be tighter than ever.

Results

1    GBR1    Chris Draper    Simon Hiscocks    WPNSA    746    16    3    2    3    1    21    7
2    AUT20    Nico Delle Karth    Nikolaus Resch    KYK    743    17    7    4    5    6    1    1
3    ESP10    Iker Martinez    Xabi Fernandez    CNH    749    20    1    1    1    17    14    3
4    GBR3    Stevie Morrison    Ben Rhodes              25    2    7    2    3    15    11
5    GER4    Jan Peter Peckolt    Hannes Peckolt    YC Langenargen    732    26    5    8    4    9    5    4
6    GBR955    Paul Campbell-James    Mark Asquith              38    12    14    9    7    2    8
7    GBR969    Dave Evans    Rick Peacock              43    11    13    8    5    23    6
8    ESP37    Frederico Alonso    Arturo Alsonso    CVPRA    750    50    17    19    14    8    9    2
9    FRA13    Dien    Yann Rocherieux    CNVA    752    52    13    10    12    26    3    14
10   USA14    Tim Wadlow    Chris Rast    SWYC    737    55    19    6    11    14    27    5
11   GBR21    Ian Martin    Ben McGrane              59    22    15    RDG18    2    6    18
12   POL965    Marcin Czajkowski    Krzysztof Kierkowski    YKP GDYNA    734    63    23    11    DNC41    13    7    9
13   GBR25    Russell McGovern    Matt McGovern    BYC    726    66    DNC41    12    10    16    13    15
14   POL950    Tomasz Stanczyk    Pawel Kuzmicki    Delphia    733    67    4    24    18    11    25    10
15   FRA8    Paul Meilhat    Mathieu Bourdais              69    20    28    7    21    8    13
16   AUT809    Florian Kohout    Juergan Brandstoetter    BYC    727    77    15    16    24    12    18    16
17   GBR935    John Wilson    James Barker    Restronguet    740    79    18    23    17    4    17    23
18   FRA15    Morgan Lagraviere    Stephane Christidis    CN st Paul    748    81    16    3    6    15    RET41    OCS41
19   CAN42    Gordon Cook    Ben Remocker    RCYC    742    83    8    9    13    34    28    25
20   SWE975    Jonas Lindberg    Kalle Torlen    GKSS    731    84    6    DNC41    19    29    11    19
21   GBR789    Richard Bone    Chris Rodway              86    9    17    DNC41    28    12    20
22   AUT951    Christoph Sieber    Clemens Kruse    UYCWG    738    87    10    18    16    19    24    31
23   NOR939    Christopher Gundersen    Frode Bovim              89    14    5    DNC41    25    4    DNC41
24   GBR19    John Pink    Alex Hopson              93    24    27    DNC41    20    10    12
25   FRA974    Ascel Silvy    Noe Delpech    SR Brest