A-Class Worlds 2010 - Ashby wins seventh World Championship

6:25 PM Fri 2 Jul 2010 GMT

'Glenn Ashby wins his 7th A-Class Cat World Championships- Italy 2010' Eva Fagnoli Click Here to view large photo

This afternoon Australia's Glenn Ashby has taken out his seventh A Class World Championships, on the Adriatic in Cesenatico Italy, from a fleet of 100 entries. It was another extremely light day. The wind finally lifted to 4-5 knots going into the last race of the day (two races had been scheduled though the last one was cancelled due to lack of breeze.) Glenn had a two point lead over fellow Aussie Steve Brewin. Rather than attempting to cover his rivals, Ashby chose to sail his own race starting at the pin end. He had a clear start and was ...

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