Zhik 49er Australian Championship 2009-10 - Lead shared after day one

10:26 AM Sat 28 Nov 2009 GMT

'A victory wave from New Zealand's Blair Tuke and Peter Burling, crossing the line first in race 2 at the Zhik 49er Australian Championship. Photograph: Haylee Outteridge' Click Here to view large photo

Zhik 49er Australian Championship day one report.

Warm conditions and shifty breezes marked the first day of racing for the Zhik 49er Australian Championship today at Wangi RSL Amateur Sailing Club on Lake Macquarie. Equal in first place with seven points after four races are Australia's Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen, and New Zealand's Peter Burling and Blair Tuke.

'It will be tight racing all week,' said Outteridge. 'Conditions were quite shifty as the northeaster didn't really come in', said Blair Tuke. Conditions ranging from six to sixteen knots resulted in some capsizes in an otherwise incident-free day.

Ireland's Ryan Seaton and Mat McGowern enjoyed the 'perfect 49er racing conditions'.

The next 49er World Championships will be held in the Bahamas in January 2010 and the Wangi Nationals is a lead-in and testing ground for this event.

RESULTS

Results

Place


Sail No	Skipper	Crew	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1	NZL1103	Peter Buling	Blair Tuke	7	1	1	1	4
1	AUS1	Nathan Outteridge	Iain Jensen	7	2	2	2	1
3	AUS1062	Will Phillips	Sam Phillips	24	10	9	3	2
4	AUS1140	Steven Thomas	Luke Parkinson	25	7	5	8	5
5	AUS1069	Tom Johnson	Rhys Mara	28	4	8	9	7
6	AUS1051	Euan McNicol	Tim Austin	30	8	12	7	3
6	AUS413	Andrew Chapman	Peter Kendall	30	6	11	4	9
8	GRE858	Stelios Noutsos	Dimitris Benakis	31	5	10	6	10
9	RSA1010	Clynton Wade-Lehman	Jo De Kock	33	11	6	5	11
10	IRL26	Ryan Seaton	Matt mcGovern	34	3	3	20.0 OCS	8
11	AUS931	Nigel Littlewood	Luggi Bruen	43	13	13	11	6
12	AUS1063	Robbie Gibbs	Jamie Woods	45	9	4	12	20.0 DNC
13	AUS1139	Sean O'Rourke	Harry Bethwaite	51	12	7	20.0 DNF	12
14	AUS676	Paul Peters	Matt Brodman	52	14	15	10	13
15	AUS216	Byrce Waters	Mattie Zuppini	56	15	14	13	14
16	AUS875	Cameron Robinson	David Robinson	74	20.0 DNC	20.0 DNF	14	20.0 DNC
17	AUS407	Graham Holdaway	Richard Kodet	80	20.0 DNC	20.0 DNC	20.0 DNC	20.0 DNC
17	AUS11	Brodie Johnco	Karen Sangsta	80	20.0 DNC	20.0 DNC	20.0 DNC	20.0 DNC
17	AUS4	Cat Sturrock	Rob Sangster	80	20.0 DNC	20.0 DNC	20.0 DNC	20.0 DNC