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Overall
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| Ever-steady Australian John Bertrand
and his crew win the New Zealand Etchells Championship.
Dennis Conner had best results to end the competition in
9th place. |
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Crew
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R1
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R2
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R3
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R4
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R5
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R6
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R7
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Total
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| 1 |
AUS |
John Bertrand/Ernest
Lawrence/Bill
Browne |
3
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2
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5
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2
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DSQ
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3
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2
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17
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| 2 |
NZL |
Morgan
Larsen/Matthew
Mason/Will Bayliss |
4
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7
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3
|
1
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12
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1
|
3
|
19
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| 3 |
USA |
Bruce Nelson/Mark
Mandelblatt/Jeremy
Scantlebury |
5
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1
|
2
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4
|
6
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OCS
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7
|
25
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| 4 |
AUS |
Jan Scholten/Mike
Hughes/Simon Grosser |
1
|
4
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6
|
10
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4
|
11
|
5
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30
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| 5 |
USA |
James Spitthall/Ben
Durham/Joey Newton |
10
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3
|
4
|
6
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5
|
5
|
10
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33
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| 6 |
NZL |
Cameron
Thorpe/Steve Barton/Paul
Morrish |
13
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8
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1
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7
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14
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4
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4
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37
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| 7 |
NZL |
Kelvin
Harrap/Craig Monk/Peter
Weymouth |
12
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5
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10
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3
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OCS
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8
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8
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46
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| 8 |
AUS |
Jake Gunther/Tom
McPhail/Andrew
Palfrey |
6
|
13
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11
|
12
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1
|
6
|
11
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47
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| 9 |
USA |
Dennis
Conner/Steve Jarvin/Matt
Day |
11
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12
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22
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8
|
2
|
10
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9
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52
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| 10 |
AUS |
Julian
Plante/Nick Garland/David
Stevens |
16
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17
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OCS
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5
|
13
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2
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1
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54
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Day 2
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Races were sailed in gusty southwesterlies
and southerlies up to and over 20 knots, with choppy seas,
forcing some crews to abandon while others cried off even
before the start. The conditions and the close racing in
the big fleet led, not surprisingly, to some damage, with
a couple of yachts holed.
Ever-steady Australian John Bertrand is in second place
on the same points as Nelson. Dennis Conner had his best
result so far - eighth in the fourth race - to end the day
in 12th place.
First-day leader Australian yachtsman
Jan Scholten could not repeat those early efforts in difficult
conditions yesterday and slipped back to fourth place after
four races in the Etchells nationals off Gulf Harbour yesterday.
Scholten followed Thursday's first and fourth placings with
a sixth and 10th yesterday, allowing Bruce Nelson - second
and fourth in races three and four - to leapfrog from third
to top of the table. |
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Day 1
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With a third and a second place, John Bertrand heads
the leaderboard at the end of the first day of the NZ
Etchells Championship. Dennis Conner finished 11th and
12th.
Bruce Nelson, best known as the designer of the Stars
and Stripes yacht Conner sailed to America's Cup victory
in Fremantle, with his crew of New Zealanders Richard
Dodson and Jeremy Scantlebury, was 5th in the first race
then won the next in ideal conditions - 15-20 knot westerlies
- to finish the day in third place behind Australian Jan
Scholten.
The closeness of the racing was reflected in the finishing
times - less than six minutes between first and last (48th)
in the first race and just under 10 minutes in the second.
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