The 29er World Championships at the WPNSA were back in action Thursday with the first racing for the Final Series.
After one race was completed for the four fleets . . . Anton and Johann Sach of Germany (15+5) top the Gold fleet with 20 pts.
There is a three way tie for second place comprising: Maximo Videla and Juan Cruz Albamonte (26+1) of Argentina, Alex Demurtas and Giovanni Santi (16+11) of Italy, and Ben Crafoord and Jacob Marks (8 +19) of Australia all with 27 pts.
Next up in fifth place with 32 pts is Britain’s Charlie Gran and Sam Webb (20+12) and in sixth place Mateo and Simon Codoñer Alemany (11+23) of Spain with 34 pts.
Videla and Albamonte were winners of the one race for the Gold fleet, with second Amparo Stupenengo and Tadeo Funes De Rioja (38+2) of Argentina and third Lucas Patrick and Luke Rogers (58+3) of Australia.
Best British finisher in that race were Gran and Webb in 12th.
Final day of racing is Friday 4 August 2023
29er World Championship 2023 – Top 20 after Qualification + Race 8 (205 entries)
1st GER 3222 GER Anton Sach and Johann Sach 15 5 – – 20 pts
2nd ARG 8 ARG Maximo Videla and Juan Cruz Albamonte 26 1 – – 27 pts
3rd ITA 2 ITA Alex Demurtas and Giovanni Santi 16 11 – – 27 pts
4th AUS 3084 AUS Ben Crafoord and Jacob Marks 8 19 – – 27 pts
5th GBR 3260 GBR Charlie Gran and Sam Webb 20 12 – – 32 pts
6th ESP 2976 ESP Mateo and Simon Codoñer Alemany 11 23 – – 34 pts
7th AUS 3014 AUS Aiden Hodzic and Ethan Lozevski 27 9 – – 36 pts
8th IRL 22 IRL Clementine and Nathan Van Steenberge 22 17 – – 39 pts
9th FRA 3 FRA Hugo Revil and Karl Devaux 10 29 – – 39 pts
10th ARG 2581 ARG Amparo Stupenengo and Tadeo Funes De Rioja 38 2 – – 40 pts
11th AUS 3191 AUS Joel Beashel and Logan Radford 33 8 – – 41 pts
12th GBR 3081 GBR Ben Mueller and Ben Bradley 30 13 – – 43 pts
13th ARG 2570 ARG Juani Crespo and Lucio Fenouil 29 14 – – 43 pts
14th ITA 3231 ITA Mosè Bellomi and Pietro Berti 35 15 – – 50 pts
15th GBR 2433 GBR Jamie Wilkinson and Jamie Gatehouse 25 27 – – 52 pts
16th GBR 13 GBR Tom Goron and Mael Clochard 16 37 – – 53 pts
17th GER 2256 GER Paula Claus and Jakob Schubach 45 10 – – 55 pts
18th AUS 3216 AUS Lucas Patrick and Luke Rogers 54 3 – – 57 pts
19th NED 2896 NED Zeb Van Dorst and Yannick Van Den Akker 13 46 – – 59 pts
20th NZL 3024 NZL Sean and Rowan Kensington 54 6 – – 60 pts
