196 entries in the Finn, 49er, 420, 470, Mistral, 29er, Laser, Tornado, 505, Laser Radial and 4.7 classes, raced in a building Nor ’East breeze on Sydney Harbour.

Finnish sailor Roope Suomalainen won the first race of the series in the 62 boat Laser fleet and leads the point score after two races on day one. Australian’s Tom Slingsby and Brendan Casey hold onto the remaining two podium positions in the Lasers after day one, with Casey winning race two.

Joining Australia’s Athens Olympic Finn representative and America’s Cup sailor Anthony ‘Nocka’ Nossiter in the SIRs Finn fleet is Alinghi America’s Cup grinder Will McCarthy. Nocka won both races today with Western Australian sailor Josh Beaver taking second in both races. Another America’s Cup grinder Jim Turner from the UK is racing alongside McCarthy and Nossiter.

Current Laser Radial World champion Krystal Weir scored a 4th and 2nd to be third overall in the 33 boat Laser Radial fleet. ‘We enjoyed the tricky conditions on Sydney Harbour today’ commented Weir after racing.

Tornado supremo Darren Bundock sailing with Aaron Worrall is in the lead position of the Tornado fleet after two races closely followed by Robbie Lovig and Glen Douglas.

Leading the 470 fleet is Western Australian sailors Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson with Queenslander Mathew Belcher and crew Nick Behrens, winning the first two race of the regatta before scoring an OCS which has dropped them back to third overall. Victorian Tom Chisholm and Jon Newman are currently placed in second.

49er family member Julian Bethwaite who has Tai Elliott as crew finished second in all three races today with Emmett Lazich and crew Jukka Piirainen dominating to win all three races.

Sydney International Regatta racing continues tomorrow and wraps up on Monday. A number of the fleet then race in State and National Championships or head onto the Victorian stop in the Sail Down Under Series at Sail Melbourne.

Top 3 results

29er

1st 29er 766 Silja Lehtinen, Scott Babbage NJK FIN 1 2 2 / 5
2nd 29er 712 Jalen Andreatta, Jamie Jochheim Half Moon Bay YC AUS 2 3 3 / 8
3rd 29er 563 Jamie Woods, Iain Jensen Wangi AUS 9 1 1 / 11

420

1st 420 51963 Craig Souter, Jeremy Roberts RPAYC AUS 1 1 2 / 4 
2nd 420 5086 Will Phillips, Max Taylor SSCBC AUS 2 2 1 / 5 
3rd 420 51880 Tom Brewer, Samuel Mackay BYRA AUS 4 4 4 / 12 

505

1st 505 GBR88 Michael Quirk, Geoff Lange GBR 1 1 1 / 3
2nd 505 8754 S Ouden, Bryce 3 3 4 / 10
3rd 505 8794 Brett Van Munster, Kent Penfold TRMYC AUS 5 4 3 / 12

LASER 4.7

1st Laser 4.7 177732 Hamish Hurley Sorrento SCBC AUS 2 3 /  5
2nd Laser 4.7 166832 Mark Lincoln Albert SC AUS 5 1 / 6
3rd Laser 4.7 175980 Marc Jarvin wsc AUS 6 2 /  8

LASER RADIAL

1st Laser Radial 175987 Zac Skulander 2 1 / 3
2nd Laser Radial 172264 Mark Langford Belmont 16's AUS 1 4 / 5
3rd Laser Radial 176926 Krystal Weir SYC AUS 4 2 / 6

TORNADO

1st AUS Darren Bundock, Aaron Worral TLMSC AUS 1 1 / 2
2nd AUS Robbie Lovig, Glen Douglas SYC AUS 2 2 / 4
3rd 315 Greg Wyers, David Hart 3 3 / 6

49er

1st 49er AUS811 Emmett Lazich, Jukka Piirainen WSC AUS 1 1 1 / 3
2nd 49er 813 Julian Bethwaite, Tai Elliott WSC AUS 2 2 2 / 6
3rd 49er 506 Scott Kennedy,Chris Kitchen Koki YC NZL 3 4 5 / 12

470

1st 470 341m/327s Elise Rechichi, Tessa Parkinson RPYC AUS 5 2 1 / 8
2nd 470 340 Tom Chisholm, Jon Newman Sorento AUS 3 4 8 / 15
3rd 470 351 Mathew Belcher, Nick Behrens RQYS AUS 1 1 OCS / 17

FINN

1st Finn AUS Anthony Nossiter MHYC AUS 1 1 / 2
2nd Finn 228 Josh Beaver RFBYC AUS 2 2 / 4
3rd Finn 2281 Jim Turner RYA GBR 3 4 / 7

LASER

FIN177076 Roope Suomalainen Kotka PS FIN 1 3 / 4
177111 Tom Slingsby Gosford SC AUS 2 4 / 6
181893 Brendan Casey Southport SC AUS 7 1 / 8

MISTRAL

1st Mistral 12 Jonathan Bonnitcha DAC AUS 1 1 1 / 3
2nd Mistral AUS 171 Michael Lancey 2 2 2 / 6
3rd Mistral AUS 2 Corey Plant Stormriders Sailboard Club AUS 3 3 3 / 9

Source: Sam Crichton