Etchells Worlds 2008 Final Results
R.C.Chair: Tom Duggan
Bill Hardesty, Erik Shampain, Steve Hunt and Jennifer Wilson were today crowned the 2008 Etchells Worlds Champions at the Chicago Etchells Worlds. 
'Etchells-Worlds 2008'
Tim Wilkes ©
In race six sailed today, at the top of the first beat Jose Fuentes led from Argyle Campbell ahead of Bermudan Tim Patton with Chris Busch third.
After the second beat Busch had taken the lead, Hardesty had climbed to 13th place and Smith was 18th. After the final lap Busch won from Dwyer/Beadsworth. Hardesty and crew were 12th, ahead of Jud Smith and that was enough to give them the title.
Hardesty was the pre-event favorite having won both Midwinters East and West. He won the 2008 US Mid-Winters East, ahead of 2006 Etchells World Champion Jud Smith and Andy Beadsworth, and then the Mid-Winters West, ahead of Tom Hughes and Chris Busch.
The final race win pushed Busch into second place overall, while for Jud Smith, the 2006 World Champion this was his seventh podium placings in Etchells World titles events. Peter Duncan, Tom Blackwell and Bill Barton were fourth overall. The first foreign team was from Ireland. Dave Dywer, Andy Beadsworth and Simon Fry were fifth overall, Beadsworth was the 2007 World Champion. In sixth place was Graham Bailey, Stephen Bailey and David Heritage.
The top Canadian result came from Hank Lammens, Dirk Kneulman and Dwayne Smithers who were eighth.
Kiwis Andrew Wills, Anatole Masfen and Alastair Gair were 14th. It was a disappointing regatta for the Australian Etchells fleets with their best result a 28th, from the 2004 World Champion Peter McNeill with crew David Gleadhill and Tom Woods.
The next Etchells World Championships will be held in Melbourne Australia in March 2009.
2008 Etchells World Championship
June 23-28, 2008
Race 6
Series Summary, Preliminary Pl B# Sail # Crew 6 Tot 1 47 USA969 Chris Busch, Chad Hough, Chuck Sinks & Peter Burton 1 1 2 46 IRL1375 Dave Dwyer, Andy Beadsworth & Simon Fry 2 2 3 35 USA1229 Argyle Campbell, Jack Jakosky & Dwight Belden 3 3 4 59 USA1285 Bruce Golison, Steve Flam & Steve Girling 4 4 5 17 USA1097 Jose Fuentes, Greg Hryniewic & Paul Garn 5 5 6 74 BER1249 Tim Patton, Patrick Siewers & Christian Monachon 6 6 7 4 NZL1058 Andrew Wills, Anatole Masfen & Alastair Gair 7 7 8 37 USA1224 Kurt Winkelmann, Larry Ledgerwood & Brad Boston 8 8 9 14 USA1296 Jeffrey Siegal, Jeff Madrigali, Willem Van Waay & Becky Nygren 9 9 10 41 CAN1349 Hank Lammens, Dirk Kneulman & Dwayne Smithers 10 10 11 7 AUS1102 Steve O'Rourke, Scott Condie & Steve Backhouse 11 11 12 49 USA979 Bill Hardesty, Erik Shampain, Steve Hunt & Jennifer Wilson 12 12 13 20 USA102 Judson Smith, Henry Frazer & James Porter 13 13 14 34 USA1228 Brian Camet, Eric Doyle & Brian Terhaar 14 14 15 51 USA706 Artie Means, Will Stout & Chuck Skewes 15 15 16 60 USA1232 Marvin Beckmann, Matt Cunningham & Timothy Banks 16 16 17 81 GBR1352 Graham Bailey, Stephen Bailey & David Heritage 17 17 18 24 NZL716 Simon C Minoprio, Ryan Houston, Mike Buckley & Kelly McKenna 18 18 19 3 USA1306 Thomas Hughes, Ron Rosenberg & Curt Oetking 19 19 20 12 USA1137 Shannon Bush, David Thomas & Charlie Dickey 21 21
2008 Etchells World Championship
June 23-28, 2008
Series Overall
Series Summary, Preliminary Pl B# Sail # Crew 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot 1 49 USA979 Bill Hardesty, Erik Shampain, Steve Hunt & Jennifer Wilson 7 1 1 (39) 8 12 29 2 47 USA969 Chris Busch, Chad Hough, Chuck Sinks & Peter Burton (49) 2 4 19 12 1 38 3 20 USA102 Judson Smith, Henry Frazer & James Porter 15 9 (41) 2 1 13 40 4 46 IRL1375 Dave Dwyer, Andy Beadsworth & Simon Fry (40) 24 22 4 3 2 55 5 81 GBR1352 Graham Bailey, Stephen Bailey & David Heritage 24 7 3 (64) 7 17 58 6 51 USA706 Artie Means, Will Stout & Chuck Skewes 13 3 (84\OCS) 13 17 15 61 7 41 CAN1349 Hank Lammens, Dirk Kneulman & Dwayne Smithers 35 27 (43) 11 2 10 85 8 33 USA1227 Vincent Brun, Ben Mitchell & Jeff Pape 4 5 5 (51) 25 46 85 9 19 USA1310 Robert Wray, Scott Nixon & Mike Wolfs 37 4 9 34 6 (49) 90 10 37 USA1224 Kurt Winkelmann, Larry Ledgerwood & Brad Boston 2 48 (61) 3 30 8 91 11 34 USA1228 Brian Camet, Eric Doyle & Brian Terhaar 22 6 31 (40) 21 14 94 12 4 NZL1058 Andrew Wills, Anatole Masfen & Alastair Gair 14 8 (43\SCP) 24 41 7 94 13 80 GBR1329 Julia Bailey, Dylan Potter, Anna Bailey & Pedro Rebelo de Andra (28) 18 25 20 11 22 96 14 66 USA1238 Gary Gilbert, Mark Mendelblatt, Stu Argo & Mark Strube 27 23 (33) 10 4 33 97 15 24 NZL716 Simon C Minoprio, Ryan Houston, Mike Buckley & Kelly McKenna 30 (58) 23 17 9 18 97 16 56 USA1327 Peter Duncan, Thomas Blackwell & William Barton 17 22 10 5 51 (84\OCS) 105 17 14 USA1296 Jeffrey Siegal, Jeff Madrigali, Willem Van Waay & Becky Nygren (66) 19 30 27 22 9 107 18 2 USA701 Aaron Housten, Daniel Somers & John Harford 3 30 12 21 46 (55) 112 19 32 USA1168 Peter Vessella, Tracy Usher & John Callahan (34) 13 13 33 28 25 112 20 35 USA1229 Argyle Campbell, Jack Jakosky & Dwight Belden 9 56 6 45 (73) 3 119 21 3 USA1306 Thomas Hughes, Ron Rosenberg & Curt Oetking 20 11 46 (59) 23 19 119 22 60 USA1232 Marvin Beckmann, Matt Cunningham & Timothy Banks 12 26 28 (58) 38 16 120 23 67 USA1308 Senet Bischoff, Colin Gordon & Ben Kinney 8 50 17 1 (59) 47 123 24 82 GBR1333 Ante Razmilovic, Jez Fanstone & Stuart Flinn (57) 25 29 6 39 24 123 25 59 USA1285 Bruce Golison, Steve Flam & Steve Girling (76) 14 7 32 69 4 126 26 30 IRL1015 David Burrows, Peter Coad & Dan O'Grady (55) 16 19 48 10 35 128 27 53 USA1350 Bruce Burton, Glenn Burton & Jon Easley (52) 33 39 8 20 29 129 28 77 AUS915 Peter McNeill, David Gleadhill & Tom Woods 58 15 2 46 13 (84\OCS) 134 29 70 USA1085 Ethan Doyle, Holt Condon, AJ Crane & Matt Hooks 25 31 14 35 (36) 31 136 30 8 NZL1127 Gavin Gerrard, Richard Bouzaid & John Baxter 5 45 (56) 15 44 32 141 31 28 USA1363 Justin Palm, John Erik Garr & Hans Pusc Pusch 1 17 32 50 42 (53) 142 32 23 SUI1187 James-Se Mc-Hugh, Oliver Tache, Nick Gibbons & Anthony Kotoun 11 38 (55) 7 48 42 146 33 63 CAN1247 Allan Leibel, Kent Paisley & Mike Hren 32 28 11 (66) 18 58 147 34 1 USA1373 Buddy Cribb, Eammon DeLisser & Frank Atkinson 33 34 18 37 26 (45) 148 35 27 USA822 Fred Joosten, David Williams & Niels Heemskerk 10 44 16 9 71 (72) 150 36 16 AUS1320 Rob Bird, Graeme Johnson & Nick Gray (69) 51 35 12 16 38 152 37 11 USA978 Rick Kaiser, Gerri Whitley, Matt Shirilla & Libby Christy 42 29 27 (56) 5 56 159 38 74 BER1249 Tim Patton, Patrick Siewers & Christian Monachon 21\SCP (74) 45 26 65 6 163 39 69 CAN398 Andrew Macrae, Marcus Stone & Bruce Scott (68) 12 8 38 43 62 163 40 62 USA1281 Frederic Laffitte, Janet Laffitte, Lucas Laffitte & Jean-Didi Martial 29 20 20 61 37 (71) 167 41 68 USA1149 John Pedlow, Craig Cooper & Blaine Pedlow 47 21 52 18 (84\DSQ) 30 168 42 17 USA1097 Jose Fuentes, Greg Hryniewic & Paul Garn 18 42 44 (72) 63 5 172 43 39 USA1301 Peter Shumaker, Michael Herlihy & Brad Swebles (65) 49 64 16 14 34 177 44 25 AUS1356 Michael Manford, Dean McAullay & Richard Rowell (84\OCS) 43 38 29 32 39 181 45 22 AUS1134 Matty Whitnall, Christian Brook & Ant Elliott (64) 40 15 25 57 46\ZFP 183 46 7 AUS1102 Steve O'Rourke, Scott Condie & Steve Backhouse 36 47 (68) 44 47 11 185 47 54 IRL1323 Stephen Quinn, Stephen O'Flaherty & Peter Kingston (70) 46 54 14 27 44 185 48 65 USA1207 Jeff Padnos, Juan Pabl Del Solar, Sam Padnos & Josh Padnos (59) 36 49 36 15 54 190 49 84 USA928 Bill Mauk, Michele Sumpton, Jeff Eiber & Matthew Smith (77) 37 26 41 24 64 192 50 13 USA1008 Michael Goldfarb, James Stewart & Mark Brink 19 (84\OCS) 57 55 40 23 194 51 5 AUS1244 Jake Gunther, Andrew Cooper & Russell Tyson 44 39 21 53 (81\SCP) 40 197 52 31 USA1283 Andrew Whittome, Bob Capita & William Kalmbach 38 10 67 52 45 (84\OCS) 212 53 40 AUS1355 Bryon Ehrhart, Chris Lefferdink & Stewart Dilisser 41 59 42 23 (70) 48 213 54 76 GBR987 Robert Elliott, Sam Richmond & Matt Adams 48 32 (66) 42 50 41 213 55 21 USA1239 Stephen Horwitz,, Robby Brown, Erick Rodriguez & Megan Place 28\SCP 73 48 47 (84\DSQ) 28 224 56 6 AUS1150 Terence Steele, Jameson Buxton & Bradley Moore 6 60 71 (78) 34 57 228 57 58 USA1044 David Whelan, Jake Scott & Joshua Knapp (73) 66 50 30 19 68 233 58 57 USA1315 John V Gilmour II, Andrew Mirkwitz & Patrick Vincent 31\SCP 54 70 43 (78) 36 234 59 45 USA1307 Jeffrey Nehms, Ezra Culver & Fred Chandler 50 41 47 (69) 53 43 234 60 15 USA1199 William Mills IV, Christoph Constant & William Mills III 53 69 36 (70) 49 37 244 61 75 GBR1354 David Franks, Graham Sunderlan & Mark Watson 71 35 24 (75) 61 60 251 62 12 USA1137 Shannon Bush, David Thomas & Charlie Dickey 61 (67) 59 63 52 21 256 63 79 GBR962 Rob Goddard, Garth Britton & Dave Freemantle 54 (84\OCS) 53 65 66 26 264 64 9 USA21 Doug Scheibner, Tom Norsworthy & Angela Scheibner 43 61 51 49 64 (84\DNS) 268 65 61 USA1076 Ray Harrington, Karl Fjeld & Don Brush 56 70 (76) 28 58 59 271 66 38 USA1342 Thomas Dawson, Chris Clark & Don Maxwell 51 57 (65) 62 62 39\ZFP 271 67 36 USA668 Richard Sidell, Ed Coyne & Paul Mahon 39 52 (78) 74 35 74 274 68 29 USA980 Jack Bernhardt, John Powell & Marc Simmel 62 71 (74) 22 56 65 276 69 42 USA1211 Kevin Boyle, Mike Considine & Steve Outlaw 31 65 69 (73) 68 50 283 70 44 USA1069 Elizabeth Altman, Ed Furry, Doug Nickel & Vickie Matthews (75) 62 34 67 54 66 283 71 26 CAN1053 Allan Gray, Gregg Rolston & Matt Skafel (74) 53 40 60 60 73 286 72 64 IRL1271 Mary O' Loughlin, Katie Dwyer, Karena Knaggs & Alice Cowman 63 79 (84\DNF) 68 29 52 291 73 83 IRL1252 Alexander Lacy, Paul Derham & Jonathon Carroll (78\SCP) 63 73 76 31 51 294 74 72 CAN898 Jerry Wendt, Darrell Suderman & Bryan Milne 79 55 58 (80) 33 69 294 75 71 USA1241 Ken Womack, Marc Holdaway & Andrew Lee 21 76 60 (79) 75 63 295 76 73 CAN1154 Glenn McKay, Brian McKay, Richard Weld & Michelle Skutelsky 67 77 62 54 55 (84\DNS) 315 77 52 USA583 Kers Clausen, Bob Branstad & Alson Silva 45 75 (77) 71 67 61 319 78 18 AUS1360 Jan Muysken, Steve Tracey & Ed McCarthy 60 68 72 57 (84\DNF) 70 327 79 10 USA1313 Patricia Stadel, Patrick Sloan & Mark Toso 46 64 75 (84\DNF) 76 77 338 80 43 ITA942 Marco Cimarosti, Peter Bellingham & Charles Winstone (84\SCP) 84\DSQ 79 31 80 67 341 81 50 USA1166 Gretchen Sullivan, Ralph Carpenter, Brent Sullivan & Sarah Callahan 80 72 63 (81) 72 75 362 82 78 AUS917 Stephen Ingate, Andrew Jeffery & Nick Smith 78 80 (81) 77 79 76 390 83 48 USA1299 Jerry Fulp, Randall White & Marie Hansson 82 78 80 (84\DNF) 77 84\OCS 401
Jury Chair: Lisa Bettcher
Scorekeeper: Nancy Arnold
by Sail-World USA 
Aldgate, SA
