Dragon Australasian Championship Heat 2 - 'Puff' the Dragon winner

5:54 AM Mon 4 Jan 2010 GMT

'Puff crosses the finish line to take his second win from two starts' Bernie Kaaks Click Here to view large photo

Richard Lynn on 'Puff' made it two in row today with an all the way win in Race 2 of the Prince Philip Cup, the Dragons' Australasian Championship, held at the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club in Perth, Western Australia.

Reading the shifts well on a course which favoured the south side all day, he found upwind speed that gave him control of the race and consolidated on downwind legs of the four lap event. The breeze started at about 10 knots from the south west and increased through the afternoon to 15 to 18 knots at the end perfect conditions for the Dragon fleet.

Second today was Tony Lynn sailing 'Red Baron' and third was Russia's Mikhail Muratov who worked hard to overcome an average start. Andrew Foulkes had 'Snapdragon' in second place early but was over run in the second half of the race to finish fourth. Windward mark roundings were interesting early, with a number of near misses and at least one solid collision but the leaders were always clear of trouble.

Prince Philip Cup - Results after 2 races:

Pos'n	Bow No	Boat Details	Skipper/Crew	Total	Nett	02/01/10 1	03/01/10 2
1	20	AUS191 Puff	Richard Lynn	0	0	0( 1)	0( 1)
2	15	AUS177 Snapdragon	Andrew Foulkes	16	16	8( 4)	8( 4)
3	29	RUS98 Murka 12	Mikhail Muratov	17.4	17.4	11.7( 6)	5.7( 3)
4	28	RUS89 Murka 11	Olga White	19.7	19.7	5.7( 3)	14( 8)
5	16	AUS181 Red Baron	Tony Lynn	20	20	17( 11)	3( 2)
6	25	AUS207 Indulgence	Rob Campbell	23	23	3( 2)	20( 14)
7	26	AUS209 Baikal	Wolf Breit	30	30	13( 7)	17( 11)
8	22	AUS198 Whim	Gordon Ingate	31	31	18( 12)	13( 7)
9	19	AUS190 Seajoy	Rob Perrin	31.7	31.7	20( 14)	11.7( 6)
10	17	AUS188 Sassafrass	Sandy Anderson	32	32	22( 16)	10( 5)
11	27	AUS210 Linnea	Andrew Crisp	33	33	15( 9)	18( 12)
12	21	AUS197 Gazelle XIV	Geoff Black	38	38	10( 5)	28( 22)
13	03	AUS109 Aeolus	Peter Bowman	38	38	19( 13)	19( 13)
14	07	NZL11 Gazelle VIII	Scott Palmer	39	39	14( 8)	25( 19)
15	18	AUS189 Sidewinder	Carl Ryves	39	39	16( 10)	23( 17)
16	08	AUS156 Canewdon Witch	Trish Ford	43	43	28( 22)	15( 9)
17	10	AUS160 Achernar	John Anderson	45	45	29( 23)	16( 10)
18	11	AUS170 Icefyre	Ron Packer	45	45	21( 15)	24( 18)
19	24	AUS201 Wizzadry	Andrew York	47	47	25( 19)	22( 16)
20	23	AUS199 Allegra	Geoff Totterdell	50	50	24( 18)	26( 20)
21	04	AUS144 Hotspur	Ken Stevenson	51	51	30( 24)	21( 15)
22	06	AUS154 Merum	Ray Chatfield	55	55	23( 17)	32( 26)
23	12	AUS173 Solveig	Andrew Locke	57	57	27( 21)	30( 24)
24	30	AUS152 Georgia	Colin Harrison	59	59	26( 20)	33( 27)
25	14	AUS176 Amazing Grace	Tony Moody	59	59	32( 26)	27( 21)
26	05	AUS147 Gilt Dragon	Ian Malley	60	60	31( 25)	29( 23)
27	09	AUS157 Charisma	Steve Cole	67	67	36(DNS)	31( 25)
28	01	AUS055 Gustel XI	Simon Carroll	67	67	33( 27)	34( 28)
29	02	AUS078 Slaghoken III	Craig Readhead	69	69	34( 28)	35( 29)