End of day 2 at the Contender Worlds...

Day 1 started with 30 knots on the harbour wall so all racing was postponed until 1pm. The 144 sailors headed out to the bay for the first of the 2 heats. The wind moderated and was patchy with variable strength.

Top performances of the day had John Browett and Neil Ferguson winning the first round of heats followed by Ben Holden and Soren Andreasen in second and Graham Scott and Andrea Bonezzi in third.

The second round of heats saw Christoph Homeier and Scott lead the way. Stuart Jones and Jesper Nielsen followed in second and Tim Holden and Bjarke Johnsen followed in third.

At the end of day one, Wavelength sailmaker Graham Scott lead the first day.

Day 2 saw the sailors hit the water at 9.30am for 7 hours on the water. The wind was fickle but the days full schedule was completed successfully.

Bjarke Johnsen and Ben McGrane each won both of the two heats of the day. In the first set of heats in second place were Stuart Jones and David Bate and in third were Stacey Bray and Markus Maisenbacher. In the second set of heats Christoph Homeier and Soren Andreasen were second and Graham Scott and Max Billerbeck were third.


The new leader at the end of day 2 is Bjarke Johnsen.


Blinder of day 1 goes to Neil Ferguson on his first Worlds race win!


Blinder of day 2 goes to Richard Buttner who led for the majority of the last heat of the day finishing 6th.

At the end of day 2...
1st Bjarke Johnsen DEN
2nd Stuart Jones GBR
3rd Christoph Homeier GER
4th Ben McGrane GBR
5th Soren Andreasen DEN
6th Andrea Bonezzi ITA
 

Article Author Duncan Ellis 19/7/2011 21:31