| BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(17-9-2003) After the second day of racing at the ISAF world sailing
championship, defending world champions Iain Percy and Steve Mitchell of
Great Britain have taken an early lead in the 83 boat Star class.
Percy, who won the Olympic gold in the Finn class at the 2000 Sydney
Olympics, teamed up with Steve Mitchell last year and within ten months they
had won the world championship title. A year on they are looking in good
shape and a second and first place finish today placed them first overall
after managing to discard their worst result so far, a thirteenth.
Percy said, `We are really pleased with our results today. We are sailing
steadily which works for us as it is months and months of effort up to this
point and I think it is the only thing we can do. Everyone is going to have
good and bad luck but in the long run you need to work so hard on your
speed. We don't feel that we are there yet but we are good in these
conditions and feel we are making good progress.`
They lead the class by three points from Xavier Rohart and Pascal Rambeau of
France with Francesco Bruni and Guido Vigna of Italy in third place.
Today saw the Finn class get underway and fellow British Olympic gold
medallist Ben Ainslie made a steady start to the world championships. In
conditions that ranged from 14-20 knots he managed a third and fifth,
placing him fourth overall.
Ainslie commented, `I am really pleased with this result on the first day of
the event. A couple of people in our class had average days and really at
this stage you just want to get two relatively consistent races in the bag.`
The 1996 Olympic silver medallist Sebastien Godefroid of Belgium takes an
early lead in the fleet from David Burrows of Ireland.
It was also a good day for Team GBR in the Mistral fleets as Nick Dempsey
posted two results in the top five to climb up into fifth place overall and
team mate Dom Tidey moved up to fourteenth place from 22nd.
In the women's Mistral fleet Natasha Sturges scored a tenth and a seventh to
move from seventeenth to thirteenth overall.
Tomorrow will see racing commence in the Tornado, 49er, Laser and 470 men
and women classes and will also see the final day of racing for the Europe
class and the new 2003 Europe world champion crowned. The Mistral class have
a lay day tomorrow.
Results
Finn (day one)
1, Sebastien Godefroid, BEL (2,1) 3 pts
2, David Burrows, IRL (5,2) 7 pts
3, Jonas Hoegh-Christensen, DEN (4,3) 7 pts
GBR
4, Ben Ainslie (3,5) 8 pts
6, Charlie Cumbley (7,12) 19 pts
21, Andrew Simpson (32,14) 46 pts
34, Dave Mellor (51,16) 67 pts
40, Matt Howard (44,38) 82 pts
48, Ed Greig (57,36) 93 pts
Star (after day two)
1, Iain Percy/Steve Mitchell ((13),1,1,2,1) 5 pts
2, Xavier Rohart/Pascal Rambeau, FRA (1,2,(5),2,3) 8 pts
3, Francesco Bruni/Guido Vigna, ITA (1,2,4,3,(OCS)) 10 pts
GBR
46, Jez Fanstone/Luke Chapman (19,20,12,(24),21) 72 pts
Mistral Men (after day three)
1, Przemek Miarczynski, POL (1,1,1,(8),1,1) 5 pts
2, Julien Bontemps, FRA (1,2,7,3,2,(16)) 15 pts
3, Joao Rodrigues, POR (4,3,3,1,4,(11)) 15 pts
GBR
5, Nick Dempsey ((14),7,4,6,4,3) 24 pts
14, Dominic Tidey ((16),12,7,19,3,6) 44 pts
55, Leo McCallin (20,24,22,33,(58),27) 126 pts
73, Richard Potter ((45),32,38,32,43,17) 162 pts
82, Peter Bird (42,(47),45,47,10,43) 187 pts
85, Toby Monk (29,41,(43),43,40,39) 192 pts
91, Douglas Etheridge (43,(50),38,39,41,46) 207 pts
97, Gavin Rogers (45,42,47,42,44,(53)) 220 pts
105, Paul Sibley (49,49,53,49,48,(54)) 248 pts
Mistral Women (after day three)
1, Lee Korsitz, ISR (1,4,3,6,1,(32)) 15 pts
2, Allison Shreeve, AUS ((24),14,4,2,2,1) 23 pts
3, Faustine Merret, FRA (3,(27),10,1,6,6) 26 pts
GBR
13, Natasha Sturges (18,(21),18,15,10,7) 68 pts
39, Bryony Shaw (23,44,28,34,(46),42) 171 pts
Yngling (after day three)
1, Ulrike Schuemann/Wibke Buelle/Winnie Lippert, GER (15,(27),1,1,13,2) 32
pts
2, Hannah Swett/Joan Touchette/Melissa Purdy, USA ((16),12,2,7,1,10) 32 pts
3, Jody Swanson/Cory Sert/Elizabeth Krat, USA (3,1,11,(16),7,11) 33 pts
GBR
7, Shirley Robertson/Sarah Webb/Sarah Ayton ((37),18,5,10,2,3) 38 pts
15, Cathy Foster/Jane Norris/Annie Lush (22,23,10,5,10,(28)) 70 pts
39, Dominica Lyndsey/Lucy Burn/Vicky Symmers (40,39,29,34,(OCS),41) 183 pts
Europe - Gold fleet (after day five)
1, Siren Sundby, NOR (1,1,3,5,2,3,15,1,(23),1) 31 pts
2, Lenka Smidova, CZE (2,8,5,8,3,4,7,10,(OCS),7) 54 pts
3, Sari Multala, FIN (1,1,2,1,33,53,1,15,1,6) 61 pts
GBR
31, Laura Baldwin (29,30,23,25,29,10,20,(43),22,12) 200 pts
54, Nicky Muller (9,31,20,18,54,47,34,(55),35,45) 293 pts
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