Sail Downunder Leaders after Regatta One of Three

6:53 AM Tue 2 Dec 2008 GMT

'Sail Brisbane 2008' Suellen Hurling &copy

The Sail Downunder Series 2008 consists of three regattas with all events counting towards finding the overall 'Sail Down Under Series Winners' in each competing class. For classes to be eligible in the series they must be racing at all three events.

The Classes:
Olympic Classes: Laser Radial Women, Laser Men and 470
Invited Classes: Laser Radial, Laser 4.7 and 29er

The Regattas:
Sail Brisbane - 27-30 November 2008
Sail Sydney - 6-9 December 2008
Sail Melbourne - 16-21 December 2008

The first of the three events, Sail Brisbane concluded on Sunday after four days of racing. The 143 boats competing on the waters of both Waterloo and Moreton Bays from host club Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron saw an array of conditions dealing with torrential rain, freak storms and winds reaching 35 knots.

Sail Downunder Series 2008 leaders after Sail Brisbane:

Olympic Classes:
Women's One-Person Dinghy Event - Laser Radial Class
1st - Gabrielle King (AUS)
2nd - Victoria Chan (SIN)
3rd - Elizabeth Yin (SIN)

Australian Sailing Development Squad (ASDS) Results:
1st Overall and 1st Women - Gabrielle King
11th Overall and 5th - Ashley Stoddart

Men's One-Person Dinghy Event - Laser Class:
1st - Matt Coutts (NZL)
2nd - Matias Del Solar (CHI)
3rd - Javier Hernandez (ESP)

Australian Sailing Team (AST) Results:
7th - Brendan Casey

Australian Sailing Development Squad (ASDS) Results:
5th - Ryan Palk
14th - Tom Burton

Men's & Women's Two-Person Dinghy Event - 470 Class
1st - Tom Brewer & Will Ryan (ASDS)
2nd - Laura Baldwin & Rike Ziegelmayer (ASDS)
3rd - Alexander Conway & Patrick Conway

Invited Classes:
Laser Radial Class:
1st - Gabrielle King
2nd - Greg Adams
3rd - Curtis Skinner

Laser 4.7 Class:
1st - Andrew Torpelund
2nd - Ella Evans
3rd - Casey Sutherland

29er Class:
1st - Searle/Phillips
2nd - Rankin/Dahl
3rd - Mariteau/Franklin

Full Sail Brisbane Regatta Results 2008 www.sailbrisbane.com/2008-results/

www.saildownunder.org.au

by Laura Baldwin, Yachting Australia