The competition is hotting up at the Flying Dutchman World Championships with the first two boats - Szabolcs Majthenyi and Andras Domokos HUN 70, and Uwe Ludtke and Kai Schafers GER 88 - tied on points after six races and one discard in the nine race Championship. After a shoreside postponement due to lack of wind, the 45 entries were released from the harbour at Santa Cruz, California, for races 5 and 6.
Flying Dutchman - World Championship, Provisional Overall Results after 6 races (1 discard)
1st HUN 70 Szabolcs Majthenyi / Andras Domokos - 14 pts
2nd GER 88 Uwe Ludtke / Kai Schafers - 14 pts
3rd NED 26 Enno Krammer / Ard Geelkerken - 24 pts
4th ITA 4 Nicola / Francesco Vespasiani - 26 pts
5th GER 19 Peggy Bahr / Torsten Bahr - 30 pts
6th GER 135 Ralph Jambor / Jens Schreiber - 33 pts
GBR:
37th GBR 387 Peter Doran / Alex Rogers 151 pts
Winner of the first race was Majthenyi and Domokos with Kramer and Geelkerken of the Netherlands second. In race two Ludtke and Schafers with Nicola were the winners and Francesco Vespasiani of Italy second.
G New
28 September 2012 12:57