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07 Dec 2010

Straight Line Bullets in Sydney

Tricky light and patchy conditions opened the first day of racing at Sail Sydney, with the fleet leaving the ramp at the Woollahra Sailing Club in a light easterly of 8 knots. The same pattern continued on Tuesday's day 2 with continued light and oscillating winds, but with a swing to the north-east.

With five races sailed apiece so far, in what will be a 10 race series, it is great to see some old and new names in the tally.

In the men's fleet, Sam Kivell and Will Ryan (AUS) are leading the pack with three bullets out of the five races. Ryan sailed with Mat Belcher earlier this year at Semaine Olympique Francaise, whilst usual crew Malcolm Page was on his honeymoon. So no surprise to see this pairing at the front. A relatively new team in the form of Scott Cotton and Robert Size (AUS) won today's final race, to pump them up to second overall. A team with a world ranking of #267 are definitely punching above their weight in Sydney. The pair finished 13 at last year's Sail Sydney and so far look set to exceed that result.

In third overall are Roy Tay and Terence Koh (SIN), who are fresh from the Asian Games where they finished fourth overall.

Pos Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Pts
1 Samuel Kivell / Will Ryan (AUS) 1 (3) 1 1 2 5
2 Scott Cotton / Robert Size (AUS) 5 2 (8) 3 1 11
3 Roy Tay / Terence Koh (SIN) 2 1 5 (7) 4 12

The women's fleet sees an amazing straight line of bullets for Hannah Nattrass and Chelsea Hall (AUS). Aurora Paterson and Ashley Carney (AUS) are in second with Veronica Fredriksson and Michal Hughes (SWE) in third.

Pos Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Pts
1 Hannah Nattrass / Chelsea Hall (AUS) (1) 1 1 1 1 4
2 Aurora Paterson / Ashley Carney (AUS) 2 2 2 (3) 2 8
3 Veronica Fredriksson / Michal Hughes (SWE) (3) 3 3 2 3 11

Racing continues until Thursday 9 December.

More Information:
Event Website
470 Men Results
470 Women Results

Image: Samuel Kivell / Will Ryan (AUS) © Sport the Library/Jeff Crow