Laser 2 Worlds at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy Day 2

by Mike Croker 21 Jul 2009 09:29 PDT 18-25 July 2009

Nigel Skudder and Keith Hills tightened their hold on the Laser II World Championships over races 4 to 6, which were run inside Portland harbour in deference to the wind gusting 25 knots. Once again it was the German teams of Lisa Buddemeier & Matthias Duwel and Marian & Daniel Scheer who provided the main challenge.

The race team again put on a slick performance, with minimal waiting time between races, although their ambition to get an extra race in the bag was thwarted as the wind continued to rise and the safety crews became more active.

Attentions now turn to Wednesday's forecast, which is currently for even more wind! Watch this space for developments.

Results after Day 2:

Pos	Sail No	Nat	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1st	10588	GBR	Nigel Skudder	Keith Hills	1	1	2	1	-3	1	6
2nd	10591	GER	Lisa Buddemeier	Matthias Duwel	2	2	1	2	2	-3	9
3rd	5460	GER	Marian Scheer	daniel Scheer	4	3	-5	4	1	2	14
4th	9937	NED	Sytze Harkema	Carmen Gerlach	5	5	-6	3	4	4	21
5th	5749	GBR	Mike Croker	Diana Croker	3	7	3	-17	5	6	24
6th	10592	GBR	Jude Baird	Fred Fuller	6	10	9	-23	10	5	40
7th	9142	GBR	David Annan	Amanda Childs	11	9	-16	5	8	8	41
8th	10610	GER	Ralf Terheyden	Wesley Wloka	10	6	12	6	9	-20	43
9th	10626	GBR	Michael Clapp	Mark Bond	8	12	4	10	12	(DNC)	46
10th	10620	NED	Anne Marks	Claas Visser	9	4	15	9	13	(DNC)	50
11th	9257	NED	Frits Klaver	Cynthia Markus	13	-14	7	8	14	10	52
12th	10330	GBR	Roger Jamieson	Kate Fitzsimmons	15	8	8	-18	15	11	57
13th	10003	GER	Meike Flatau	Venessa Freitag	-20	15	11	12	6	19	63
14th	10628	GBR	Chris Huffen	Emma Taylor	14	17	10	11	-20	12	64
15th	10331	NED	Wilbert Van Vliet	Jenneke van der Wal	22	11	18	7	7	(DNC)	65
16th	6883	GER	Niels Krenz	Christian Gerdum	12	13	24	-26	16	13	78
17th	8394	GBR	Ian Carpenter	Imogen Carpenter	17	18	20	13	11	(DNC)	79
18th	10418	NED	Eelke V D Bos	Erik V D Linden	21	16	14	21	-27	9	81
19th	10100	GBR	Sam Nicholls	Neil Bishop	19	23	-29	16	17	7	82
20th	10599	GBR	Tom Derham	Rachel Willerton	-27	19	17	19	19	15	89
21st	9179	GBR	Gary Kinch	Jackie Kinch	7	25	13	28	32	(DNC)	105
22nd	8105	NED	Bram Van Driel	Sophie or Iris Van Driel	24	28	-30	20	21	17	110
23rd	6465	NED	Esther Meewis	Margot Linssen	18	20	19	(DNC)	18	DNC	113
24th	10500	NED	Koen V D Kouwe	Sanne Verhoeve	-32	22	28	27	23	14	114
25th	10107	GBR	Mark Hardy	Peter Walcroft	26	21	23	14	31	(DNC)	115
26th	10004	NED	Maud Wuisman	Han Horlings	31	24	22	15	26	(DNC)	118
27th	9940	GER	Jens Lassman	Britta Wenzek	28	29	-31	22	24	16	119
28th	10503	NED	Floris Stapel	Fran Steenwinkel	16	30	21	31	22	(DNC)	120
29th	9203	GER	Peter Kruse	Arne Wittemer	25	26	25	24	-30	21	121
30th	8344	GER	Christoph Beutler	Thomas Bertram	29	-31	26	30	29	18	132
31st	9490	NED	Mark den Heijer	M Van Sijenborgh	-30	27	27	29	28	22	133
32nd	9473	GBR	Timothy Wild	Michael Wild	23	33	32	25	25	(DNC)	138
33rd	9144	GBR	Robert Bushell	James Brookes	-36	34	33	33	33	23	156
34th	10609	GBR	Steve Skudder	Louise Griffiths	33	32	34	32	(DNC)	DNC	169
35th	9277	NED	Martyn Rochx	Bas Venbogt	34	35	36	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	181
36th	6450	AUT	Sabine Lengger	Elise Van Dongen	(DNC)	36	35	DNC	DNC	DNC	185
37th	1062	GBR	Ben Jenkins	Nigel Jenkins	35	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	187

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