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Both of the NZL Sailing Team's defending skiff world champions in the 49er and 49er FX have started their 2015 World Championship run on top form. Peter Burling and Blair Tuke opened their regatta in the men's skiff fleet with a race win followed by two more good races to lead the regatta so far, and they are are followed closely by young New Zealanders Logan Dunning Beck and Jack Simpson who placed sit third. There was no racing overnight for
After yesterday's postponement, there were also three quality races for the NZL Sailing Team's 49erFX crew of Alex Maloney and Molly Meech who finished the day to sit in fifth overall.
Day five of the Satandar 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships was anticipated to be "Super Tuesday' with all fleets taking to the water apart from the Women's RS:X. However, not everything went to plan with a handful of race abandonments due to strong current and fickle breeze; challenging for both sailors and race management.
After two more races each in both the Mens' and Women's 470, both kiwi crews have moved up the leader board.
2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, Santander, Spain
New Zealand’s Current Standings
Full results here
49er Skiff - 80 boats
1st Peter Burling and Blair Tuke(1,4,6)
3rd Logan Dunning-Beck and Jack Simpson (6,19,2)
48th Marcus Hansen and Josh Porebski (1, 23) - no racing today
49erFX Skiff - 55 boats
5th Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech (3,8,11)
41st Erica Dawson and Ellie Copeland (4,22)
Laser (Men’s single-handed dinghy / 150 boats)
12th Andy Maloney (18, 10, 19, 4, 1)
13th Sam Meech (12, 6, 2, 43, 16)
18th Mike Bullot (23, 11, 4, 24, 4)
20th Thomas Saunders (11, 5, 22, 5, 23)
Laser Radial (Women’s single-handed dinghy / 120 boats)
17th Sara Winther (7, 19, 10, 13, 27)
35th Susannah Pyatt (18, 11, 36, 61, 11)
108th Ali Nightingale (19, 58, 58, 58)
Men’s RS:X Windsurfing / 100 sailors
16th Jon-Paul Tobin (9, 10, 9, 4)
Women’s RS:X Windsurfing / 62 sailors
8th Natalia Kosinska (10, 5, 18, 4, 3)
Women’s 470 (double-handed dinghy)
7th Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie (7, 5,6,2)
Men’s 470 (double-handed dinghy)
10th Paul Snow-Hansen and Daniel Willcox (14,4,20)
Nacra 17 (mixed multihull) - Racing now starts Tuesday 16th
Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders
Finn (men’s heavy-weight dinghy) - Racing now starts Tuesday 16th
Andrew Murdoch
Josh Junior
Karl Purdie
Support and Coaching:
Jez Fanstone , Nathan Handley, Mark Howard, Dave Robertson, Ian Neely , John Cutler, Hamish Willcox, Will Howden, Peter Evans, Grant Beck, Louise Johnson, Rebecca van Weerd
Links
Regatta website
ISAF website
Yachting New Zealand website
NZL Sailing Team sailor profiles
NZL Sailing Team Facebook page
Media information
- NZL Media Releases: Yachting New Zealand will issue daily written media releases focussing on New Zealand’s performance as soon as possible after the day’s results are published. These reports will be published at yachtingnz.org.nz at the same time as release.
- Footage for TV: Sunset+Vine/APP are the host broadcaster in Santander to capture the action. Contact Sabina Mollart Rogerson onSMollartRogerson@sunsetvineapp.com
- Photography: Professional high resolution images of the NZL Sailing Team in action in Spain will be available and free for editorial use. Please contact Jodie Bakewell-White with your image requests.
For more information contact:
Jodie Bakewell-White, YNZ Communications Manager
Tel. 021 709 065
Email. jodie@yachtingnz.org.nz
About the NZL Sailing Team
The NZL Sailing Team includes New Zealand’s top Olympic campaigners who have made the top 20% in their most recent (respective) class World Championships or pinnacle event and have shown consistency of performance over the year including other significant Championships.
Yachting New Zealand’s High Performance Programme is focussed on winning medals at the Olympics in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
NZL Sailing Team sailors all started out at grass roots yacht clubs around the country and with commitment, dedication and drive have risen to be world class athletes; they work hard in the gym, train long hours on the water and are supported by great coaches.
