Hart and Rigg lead Australian Flying 15 Nationals

9:31 AM Mon 5 Jan 2009 GMT

'Flying 15 Australian Nationals 2009' Flying 15

Second day of the Flying 15 Australian Nationals and Worlds Pre-event. Another glorious day on Port Phillip Bay for the 106 competitiors. After three races completed Britain's Mike Hart and Richard Rigg lead ahead of Javier Chac?rtegui and Miguel Santaursula, of Spain who have the advantage of a better discard.

The second race for the aussie titles was started at 12.05 in about 7-8 knots from 165 degrees, but breeze was unstable. This time the boats on the left gained on the first beat with a good shift a more pressure.

Britain's Barry Parkin and Tim Hall led from start to finish but were OCS so the gun went to Hart and Rigg. David McKee took third place.

The second race of the day was started in a good 12-14 knot sea breeze at 155 degrees, which increased throughout the race to about 18 knots by the end from 165.

Boats from each side of the course arrived at the first windward mark together. Steve Goacher and Phil Evans came in from the left and led followed by Graeme Lillingston and Ed Respecuvious of Australia who had gone hard right.

A gybe set on the run powered Lillingston into the lead by the leeward gate. However, Goachers superior upwind pace meant he regained the lead and went on to do one of his famous horizon jobs.

A good tussle endured behind Goacher with Grant Alderson and Dean Mcauley of Australia eventually taking second with Lillo third.

Alderson and Mcauley are tied in fourth place overall with Lillingston and Respecuvious and lead the Australian Title race.

Flying 15 - Australian Nats, Worlds Pre-Event, Positions after 3 races

1 3917 Mike Hart Art Gekko 5 1 7 13 pts
2 3796 Javier Chac?rtegui Ffatigaos 1 13 4 18 pts
3 3931 Alan Bax N/a 3 10 6 19 pts
4 3821 Steve Goacher Tba 11 18 1 30 pts
4 3833 Grant Alderson No Bull 7 21 2 30 pts
4 3670 Graeme Lillingston Escalator 15 12 3 30 pts
7 3905 David McKee Secret Ingredient X 19 3 9 31 pts
8 3823 Brett Willcock Ffoto Finish 22 2 10 34 pts
8 3881 Adam Hawkins I'd Swap This For A Bundy 9 17 8 34 pts
10 3840 Murray Gilbert Ffrenetic 24 5 14 43 pts
11 3619 Ron Packer Affrodisiac 10 4 32 46 pts
12 3883 John Lavery Boat 14 15 21 50 pts
13 3781 David Tucker 16 21 8 23 52 pts
14 3718 Ashley Smith Fully Active Board 36 6 25 67 pts
15 3914 Adrian Trattersall Defying Gravity 45 7 17 69 pts
16 3832 Adrienne Rekke Blowffish 6 26 39 71 pts
17 3907 Phil Quinn Foreign Affair 28 28 16 72 pts
18 3930 Dale Collings Aussie Falcon 35 14 27 76 pts
19 3880 Craig Rainey Where The Bloody Hell Are You 31 32 15 78 pts
20 3661 Gavin Dagley Fizz 32 37 11 80 pts
21 3928 Howard Green Got any lettuce? 12 39 30 81 pts
22 3890 Geoff Bayliss If Only..... 33 31 18 82 pts
23 3818 Gill Browning Ffizzy 13 51 20 84 pts
24 3851 Ian Linder Ffuk 18 40 28 86 pts
25 3641 Andy Martin F'feckin'Eegit 37 16 34 87 pts
26 3611 Steve Douthawaite Smooth & Stoned 27 23 38 88 pts
27 3062 Trevor Williams Good Thing 48 9 37 94 pts
28 3754 Graeme Robinson Business 41 24 31 96 pts
28 3910 Brad Sheridan Yes 38 45 13 96 pts
30 3743 Greg Tonnison Spot The Difference 44 33 24 101 pts
31 3903 Ian Cleaver Elise 34 56 12 102 pts
32 3861 Brian Carroll Supertoy Plays On 16 41 46 103 pts
33 3616 Matt Gleeson Ffunnily Enuff 46 27 33 106 pts
34 3835 Andy Goddard Sucking Feagulls 52 42 19 113 pts
35 3911 Barry Parkin **** 2 107 5 114 pts
36 3774 Tom Murphy Rollercoaster 8 63 45 116 pts
37 3717 Greg Leversuch Gamour Buoys 29 64 26 119 pts
38 3854 William Shand Relience Ffenty Ffoo 23 49 48 120 pts
38 3572 Ray Sebo Relience 17 26 53 41 120 pts
40 3739 Aaron Goodmanson Ffortune 4 11 107 122 pts
41 3879 Neil White Aussie Way 25 61 40 126 pts
42 3662 John Tracey Wings 39 47 42 128 pts
43 3902 Peter Hogg Blue Flame 30 70 29 129 pts
44 2523 Andy McKee Feel Flows 49 20 63 132 pts
45 3541 Richard Guy Snafler 50 48 35 133 pts
46 3786 Christopher Harris Sans Culottes 58 19 60 137 pts
46 3897 Ken Dumpleton Kooigjug 55 30 52 137 pts
46 3800 Rupert Leslie Saltheart 59 35 43 137 pts
49 3095 Adam Semple Fiddle-de-dee 62 25 57 144 pts
50 3797 David Swan Changing Lanes 51 36 58 145 pts
51 3878 John Wilson Ffast Lane 2 60 43 44 147 pts
52 3775 Philippa Packer Absolutely Ffabulous 56 44 50 150 pts
53 3799 Veronica Falat One Under 107 22 22 151 pts
54 3923 Charles Apthorp Ff 17 29 107 153 pts
55 3815 Athol King Passing Wind 47 46 64 157 pts
56 3169 Robert Anderson Skinffull 54 69 36 159 pts
57 3814 John Wallace Comited to conffusion 42 78 49 169 pts
57 3103 Jim Callahan F N F 68 54 47 169 pts
59 3525 Doug Cooksey Freodoctor 57 57 56 170 pts
59 3087 Sally Garrett Iff 67 34 69 170 pts
61 3822 John Crosby Ruffian 53 59 59 171 pts
62 3893 Peter Lawson Ffrig It 72 50 53 175 pts
63 3657 Matthew Owen Super Snabb 40 38 107 185 pts
64 3767 Ken Bubb Bubbles 69 55 65 189 pts
65 2251 Clive Arnold Iffy 74 67 51 192 pts
66 3909 Adam Kingston Skandia 20 68 107 195 pts
66 3709 ronald walker Ghost Magic 71 62 62 195 pts
68 3846 Alan Carson Demon 3 43 77 78 198 pts
69 3167 Steve Cranch Different Priorities 79 60 61 200 pts
70 3745 Tom Ruut Splash 76 72 54 202 pts
71 3259 Chris Hall Celtic Pride 73 75 55 203 pts
72 3761 John Hassen Grumpy Old Woman 64 66 74 204 pts
73 962 Reagan Bear Affrodite 63 81 66 210 pts
74 3859 Michael Clark Gannin Tappy Lappy 65 74 75 214 pts
75 2250 Robin Malpas Euffamism 66 79 72 217 pts
75 3012 Jennifer Richardson Sunday Session 92 58 67 217 pts
77 3527 Peter Milne Just Looking 61 52 107 220 pts
77 3088 David McIntyre First Offspring 70 82 68 220 pts
79 2116 Michael Monk Jakers 78 65 85 228 pts
80 3063 Kevin Griffiths Stress Free Zone 75 86 71 232 pts
81 3442 Doug Bell Lean & Mean 82 73 79 234 pts
82 2823 Murray Latham Diffino 84 76 80 240 pts
83 1690 David Arnold Red Hot Go 87 80 76 243 pts
84 3876 Carlyon Knight-Evans Kerfuffle 77 99 70 246 pts
85 3058 Ronald Joseph Just Add Water 89 88 73 250 pts
86 2352 Lisa Deppeler Black Pearl 81 71 107 259 pts
87 2672 Phillip Lammonby Gazelle Iii 80 95 87 262 pts
88 2110 James Simmons Mistral 91 90 84 265 pts
89 3056 Katarina Lammonby Ffang 86 89 91 266 pts
89 2825 Jennifer Sims Happy Days 93 96 77 266 pts
91 2385 Amanda Millar In the Pink 83 102 83 268 pts
92 2671 Cameron Taylor Fee Fi Fo Fum 96 85 88 269 pts
93 2030 James Horman Ffiesty 107 83 82 272 pts
94 3064 Dave Raynolds Lock N' Load 95 93 86 274 pts
95 2243 Michael McCartney Relience Vi 85 100 90 275 pts
96 3836 Peter Bradford Effeffex 94 101 81 276 pts
97 2971 Leigh Nielsen Rag Dolly 90 94 93 277 pts
98 2114 Thomas Thujis Sweet Caroline 88 98 92 278 pts
99 3887 Robert Chaffe Affa 107 84 94 285 pts
100 2760 Paul Woodman Wal 107 92 89 288 pts
101 1129 Ari Sherr Shalom 97 87 107 291 pts
102 3246 Peter Shell Traveling Sailsman 98 91 107 296 pts
103 3309 Denis Buckley Clockwork V11 99 97 107 303 pts
104 2115 Gordon Cook Miniffini 107 103 95 305 pts
105 2388 Joe Wilding Polka Dot 107 104 96 307 pts
106 1401 Shea Wilding Mag 107 107 107 321 pts

by Greg Wells

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