Down to the wire for Barfoot and Thompson 12fter Interdom

8:30 PM Sat 16 Jan 2010 GMT

'Barfoot and Thompson Interdominion 12ft skiffs - Day 6' Garrick Cameron Click Here to view large photo

Racing continues in the 50th Barfoot and Thompson 12ft skiff Interdominion, being sailed from Auckland Sailing Club on the inner Waitemata harbour.

Two teams of 12 boats each represent Australia and New Zealand - both competing for the individual trophy, as well as the Brooke Trophy for best scoring team/country.

It's all on!! Down to the wire for the overall winner.

Barfoot and Thompson Interdominion 12ft skiffs - Day 6 - Garrick Cameron Click Here to view large photo

Frankienskiff sailed by Tim Bartlett and Adam Miller holds a 0.7 of a point lead over Dimension Polyant Australia. It will be a toughie today on the water as light fickle winds are forecast for racing.

Yesterday saw close racing in light winds on the north easterly course in the morning and the northerly course in the afternoon. First to finish was little bus followed by Dimension Polyant NZ then Nice Action Too. Nuplex and Gizmo withdrew from the race after realizing they had gone around the wrong wing mark.

Barfoot and Thompson Interdominion 12ft skiffs - Day 6 - Garrick Cameron Click Here to view large photo

The afternoon race saw split decisions on which side of the course to go up wind. As the tide changed the sides altered making for tricky sailing conditions. First was Nice Action Too followed by Frankienskiff then Nuplex

Results at www.skiff.org.nz www.ascskiff.org.nz

On a protest hearing on Friday Dimension Polyant was awarded average points after an incident with Gizmo on Wednesday. Dimensions Polyant's average points fpr that race are determined after her two worst places are dropped (plus the DNF), she then takes the average of the points for her remaining races which is used for her points score for that race in question.

by Russell Davis