Perth International Regatta - Day one challenging conditions



5:47 PM Tue 16 Nov 2010 GMT
'The Perth International Regatta 16th-21st November 2010.' Perth 2011
Perth International Regatta's first day of racing - the test event for next year's Perth 2011 Sailing World Championships - provided the Men's Full Rig Laser sailors with challenging conditions until the sea breeze filled in for the second race. At the end of the morning's two races, the joint leaders were ISAF seventh ranked sailor Tonci Stipanovic of Croatia and Maxim Semerkhanov of Russia, who is outside the top ten ISAF rankings. They were followed by Nick Thompson of Great Britain who is ranked world number three. Paul Goodison, a favourite from Great Britain, was in fifth place and ...


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by Richard Palfreyman




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