470 World Champion Matt Belcher and Malcom Page impress in SB3

1:16 AM Wed 9 Mar 2011 GMT

'SB3&rsquo;s at play'

While Australian SB3 sports boat champion Jono Shelley remains as a front line contender to defend his National crown during the Audi Port Stephens Race Week from April 11-17, he received a wake up call last weekend. Shelley gained an important insight into the speed sailing performance of major rival Rod Jones when he deputised for Jones at the helm of Club Marine Blue to win the Audi Sydney Harbour regatta Silver Medal. However the English skipper was handed a lesson in one design sports boat racing by World champion Olympic 470 class helmsman Matt Belcher and crew Malcolm Page ...

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by Ian Grant