505 Pre-Worlds 2011 - Consistency pays for Davis and Duffield

9:49 AM Wed 23 Mar 2011 GMT

'This picture tells it all - a light air crawl - SAP 2011 505 Pre-Worlds' Christophe Favreau ?

SAP Pre-Worlds 2011 Race 3 at Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia. Consistent results have rewarded Nick Davis and Michael Duffield from Western Australia with the SAP 2011 Pre-Worlds title today, but it was a German woman?s crew that stole the show, winning the only race today, sailed in light and extremely shifty winds on Catseye Bay. Most of the crews came ashore telling of 180 degree shifts ? 'three of them,' according to American skipper Howie Hamlin, who was pathfinder today, but still managed to come home fourth. Nicky Birkner and Angela Stenger had wide smiles when they came ashore after ...

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by Di Pearson