HOLLANDIA NED-1 LEADS BY 4 POINTS OVER LAFAYETTE GBR-2 GOING INTO LAST DAY
8.3.2013 – 8-Meter Class Worlds
Conditions: NW 10 knots and shallow waves
Top three boats after 8 races:
1st Modern – Coppa d´Italia – Hollandia NED-1 – RNCYC – Ruud VAN HILST (NED) 1-2-2-1-1-(3)-1-2 = 10 points
2nd Modern – Coppa d´Italia – Lafayette GBR-2 – RNC – Murdoch MCKILLOP (GBR) 2-1RDG-(3)-2-2-2-2-3 = 14 points
3rd Modern – Coppa d´Italia Yquem II SUI-2 – SNG – Jean FABRE (SUI) 4-3-1-(28DNF)-3-1-3-1 = 16 points
Top three boats in Sira Cup after 8 races:
1st Sira Cup – Raven CAN-25 – RCYC – Brian Gooderham (CAN) (5)-5-5-3-4-5-4-4 = 30 points
2nd Sira Cup – Coppa d’Italia – Luna FIN-17 – HSS – Harri Roschier (FIN) 7-6-(8)-5-7-6-5-7 = 43 points
3rd Sira Cup – Coppa d´Italia – Sira N-33 – KNS – H.M. King Harald V of Norway (NOR) 6-9-6-4-11-(15)-9-11 = 56 points
Top three boats in Neptune fleet after 8 races:
1st Neptune – Sira Cup – Coppa d’Italia – Falcon K-20 – KNZ&RV – Jan Willem Ypma (NED) 2-1-1-1-1-(4)-1-1 = 8 points
2nd Neptune – Sira Cup – Coppa d’Italia – Anne Sophie GER-15 – MYC – Hanns-Georg Klein (GER) 1-(4)-4-4-3-1-2-2 = 17 points
3rd Neptune – Sira Cup – Aun J-1 – RNCYC – Yutaka Kobayashi (JPN) 3-2-3-2-2-2-3-(4) = 17 points
Top three boats in Coppa d’Italia after 8 races:
1st Modern – Coppa d´Italia – Hollandia NED-1 – RNCYC – Ruud VAN HILST (NED) 1-2-2-1-1-(3)-1-2 = 10 points
2nd Modern – Coppa d´Italia – Lafayette GBR-2 – RNC – Murdoch MCKILLOP (GBR) 2-1RDG-(3)-2-2-2-2-3 = 14 points
3rd Modern – Coppa d´Italia – Yquem II SUI-2 – SNG – Jean FABRE (SUI) 3-3-1-(25DNF)-3-1-3-1 = 15 points
AFTER 4 RACES HOLLANDIA NED-1 STRENGTHENS HER LEAD
8.1.2013 – 8-Meter Class Worlds – In strengthening wind, and with a change in course due to wave height, area G was chosen for racing to avoid high waves. Modern class boat Hollandia strengthens her lead, now with 6 points, and after the 4th day stands 1-2-2-1
With today’s lay day, and after 4 races now in the books, the results so far are:
Top three boats in overall after 4 races:
1st Modern – Coppa d´Italia – Hollandia NED-1 – RNCYC – Ruud VAN HILST (NED) 1-2-2-1 = 6 points
2nd Modern – Coppa d´Italia – Lafayette GBR-2 – RNC – Murdoch MCKILLOP (GBR) 2-1RDG-3-2 = 8 points
3rd Modern – Juanita AUS-8 – SASC – Graeme WOOD (AUS) 3-4-4-6 = 17 points
Top three boats in Sira Cup after 4 races:
1st Sira Cup – Raven CAN-25 – RCYC – Brian Gooderham (CAN) 5-5-5-3 = 18 points
2nd Sira Cup – Coppa d´Italia – Sira N-33 – KNS – H.M. King Harald V of Norway (NOR) 6-9-6-4 = 25 points
3rd Sira Cup – Coppa d’Italia – Luna FIN-17 – HSS – Harri Roschier (FIN) 7-6-8-5 = 26 points
Top three boats in Neptune fleet after 4 races:
1st Neptune – Sira Cup – Coppa d’Italia – Falcon K-20 – KNZ&RV – Jan Willem Ypma (NED) 2-1-1-1 = 5 points
2nd Neptune – Sira Cup – Aun J-1 – RNCYC – Yutaka Kobayashi (JPN) 3-2-3-2 = 10 points
3rd Neptune – Sira Cup – Coppa d’Italia – Catina VI SUI-1 – SNG – Fred Meyer (SUI) 4-3-2-3 = 12 points
Top three boats in Coppa d’Italia after 4 races:
1st Modern – Coppa d´Italia – Hollandia NED-1 – RNCYC – Ruud VAN HILST (NED) 1-2-2-1 = 6 points
2nd Modern – Coppa d´Italia – Lafayette GBR-2 – RNC – Murdoch MCKILLOP (GBR) 2-1RDG-3-2 = 8 points
3rd Sira Cup – Coppa d´Italia – Sira N-33 – KNS – H.M. King Harald V of Norway (NOR) 4-7-4-3 = 18 points