SAP 505 World Championships 2011 mishaps and capsizes on day one

11:11 AM Sat 26 Mar 2011 GMT

'Wolfgang Hunger and Julien Kleiner aboard their rocketship - 2011 SAP 505 World Championship' Christophe Favreau ?

SAP 505 World Championship day one, held at Hamilton Island today, was sailed in difficult gusty conditions. Germany?s Wolfgang Hunger and Julien Kleiner struck the first blow with the defending champions winning the opening two races on Catseye Bay. Hunger and Kleiner led race one from the first mark and did not look back, extending their lead at each mark of the course in a 15 knot south-easterly breeze that produced waves and a big swell on the Bay. South Australians Sandy Higgins/Paul Marsh finished the race in second, stopping an all-international assault on the opening race, with the USA?s ...

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by Di Pearson