Hungarian Sailors take the lead after day 3 of Flying Dutchman Worlds

4:06 AM Wed 7 Jan 2009 GMT

'Regatta Leaders (Hun 70) chasing IFDCO President Alberto Barenghi - 2008 Flying Dutchman Worlds, Napier' Kevin Hayton Click Here to view large photo

Day 2 - 2008 Flying Dutchman Worlds, Napier

Races 3 & 4 were completed in 4 to 8 knots of oscillating North Easterly breeze.

Race 3 - Australian's Norman Rydge and Richard Scarr (AUS 37) led round the first triangle and were passed at the second top mark by NZL 110 Hideo Tayama and Angus Reid closely followed by Paul Scoffin and Pavel Ruzicka (NZL 145) in third. Following the flat off and beat to finish these placings remained the same with NZL 110 taking the bullet. IFDCO President Alberto Barenghi and crew Pieter Zandstra finished with a stylish fourth.

Race 4 - Hungarian sailors Szabolcs Majthenyi and Andras Domokos (HUN 70) demonstrated exceptional skills in light and shifting breezes to bounce back from a 10th in race 3 to convincingly lead for the entire race. Kiwi sailors Andrew Mckee and Matt Bismark (NZL 111) sailed strongly to take second and Norman Rydge and Richard Scarr (AUS 37) were third finishing off a great day for them.

Overall placing's see Hungarian sailors Szabolcs Majthenyi and Andras Domokos (HUN 70), take a 1 point lead over Australian's Norman Rydge and Richard Scarr (AUS 37) second and leading Kiwi's Paul Scoffin and Pavel Ruzicka (NZL 145) retain their third placing.

Provisional results (prior to protests) are:

2008 International Flying Dutchman Class
Open World Championships
Napier Sailing Club - New Zealand

Provisional Results as of 16:20 on January 7, 2009
Overall

Total Nett
1st Szabolcs Majthenyi Andras Domokos HUN 70 7 1 10 1 19 19
2nd Norman Rydge Richard Scarr AUS 37 11 4 2 3 20 20
3rd Paul Scoffin Pavel Ruzicka NZL 145 4 6 3 11 24 24
4th Ian McCrossin James Cook AUS 33 1 14 6 4 25 25
5th Lin Robson Ian Gregg USA 36 9 3 5 8 25 25
6th Gines Romero Alvaro Moreno ESP 6 3 5 12 7 27 27
7th Andrew McKee Matthew Bismark NZL 111 15 2 11 2 30 30
8th Hideo Tayama Angus Reid NZL 110 10 16 1 5 32 32
9th Alberto Barenghi Pieter Zandstra ITA 7 12 10 4 10 36 36
10th Fred Schaaf Casper Schaaf NED 5 17 7 8 6 38 38
11th Martinez Francisco Guijarro Vicente ESP 81 5 8 13 20 46 46
12th Kilian Konig Johannes Brack GER 113 13 11 17 9 50 50
13th Enno Kramer Ard Geelkerken NED 26 14 9 14 13 50 50
14th Erika Geelkerken Harald Berning NED 122 6 15 15 18 54 54
15th Dolores Sanchez-Herrero Javier Higuera ESP 9 19 18 9 14 60 60
16th Marco Sevila Schachermaier Roberto Sevila ESP 91 2 17 19 27 65 65
17th Tim Sayles Russell Miller USA 251 22 20 22 12 76 76
18th Frank Nooijen Marc Van der Pol NED 18 16 19 25 24 84 84
19th Toos Zandstra Durk Zandstra NED 341 27 29 7 30 93 93
20th Hans-Albert Konig Heinz Bollweg GER 13 25 13 33 22 93 93
21st Alister McCowan Andrew McCowan AUS 1 20 30 24 19 93 93
22nd Alisdair Daines David Gibb NZL 107 24 22 21 26 93 93
23rd Paul Hemker Bruce Barrett USA 3 8 39 32 15 94 94
24th Paul Francis Simon Mander NZL 118 29 27 23 17 96 96
25th Andras Suli David Papp HUN 13 45 OCS 12 27 16 100 100
26th Thijs Rutten Theo Rutten NED 348 23 31 28 21 103 103
27th Jim Algert David Hislop USA 87 18 28 37 25 108 108
28th Tanja Heijink Nettie Van der Valk NED 33 37 25 20 29 111 111
29th Tobias Frank Simone Frank GER 86 45 OCS 21 18 28 112 112
30th Edward Cox Peter Bevis AUS 361 28 23 26 35 112 112
31st Mark Brouwer Paul Van der Pol NED 4 38 36 16 23 113 113
32nd Matthew Mitchell Michael Nolan AUS 332 30 26 29 32 117 117
33rd Peter Doran Richard Phillips GBR 382 26 32 34 34 126 126
34th Tony Lyall Alex Rogers GBR 386 36 33 30 33 132 132
35th Pawel Swiderski Marcin Zawistowski POL 133 21 41 36 36 134 134
36th Joseph Bailey Peter Bailey NZL 131 32 24 40 39 135 135
37th Mark Berry Charles Ainsworth NZL 106 39 34 35 31 139 139
38th Edward Markey Chris Decke NZL 112 31 35 38 41 145 145
39th Mihai Butucaru Dragos Blaga ROU 100 35 40 31 40 146 146
40th Christine Headey Gun Caundle NZL 11 33 38 41 38 150 150
41st Ollie Steiner John Hoogerbrug NZL 1 34 42 39 37 152 152
42nd John Bailey Jeroen Bronstring NZL 72 41 37 42 42 162 162
43rd Kelly Ryan Matthew Moore AUS 358 42 44 43 43 172 172
44th John Maguire Noel Whitaker AUS 327 40 43 45 DNF 45 DNS 173 173

by Tim Sandall

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