 Broo
Premium Lager Musto Performance Skiff 2011 World Championship
Worlds Overall
Reported by Paul Manning
Images by Shane Baker Photographs
(photo@shanebaker.net)
Race 10
Following a brief postponment ashore, the AP flag was
lowered at 11:30 and the competitors launched into an
8 knot southerly breeze.
Race 10 was general recalled at 12:32 with the wind
at 190 degrees and 5-6 knots, and the restart went off
clean at 13:16 with the breeze at 180 degrees and 8
knots.
The majority of the fleet taking the pin end of the
line and heading left. This proved to be the formula
for Jono Neate AUS 440 who stormed into a one minute
lead at the windward mark and extended to take the win
by two minutes from Aussie team mate Jonathon Newman
AUS 425. The racing, especially at the front, has been
very close and Newman had Dan Ward GBR 286 and Tom Wright
GBR 432 in close company, but held them both off to
the finish for a well deserved 2nd position.
Further back event leader Daniel Henderson GBR 409 and
his closest rival Australia's Marcus Hamilton AUS 453
were fighting their way back up the fleet having both
had conservative starts. Hamilton finished 9th and Henderson
6th. This gave Daniel Henderson the championship title.
Race 11
With the breeze freshening to 12 knots at 170 degrees,
the final race of the championships started at the first
attempt at 14:35.
Bruce Keen GBR 441 copied Jono Neate from race 10, by
pulling clear to lead all the way and again take the
win by some 2 minutes from Julian Ramm GER 443. Marcus
Hamilton AUS 453 pulled through to take 3rd place, which
just dropped him from an overnight 2nd overall to 3rd
overall by tie break with race winner Bruce Keen.
Daniel Henderson has won the Broo Premium Lager Musto
Performance Skiff World Championships. Daniel started
sailing in the Optimist class, but soon grew out of
this and moved into the highly competitive 29er class.
As with many kids of his age, Daniel soon got too big
for the 29er and moved into the Musto Performance Skiff
at age 17, along with his 29er mates Tom Wright and
Matt and Nick Hollis.
His ambition like many kids of this age is to sail in
the Olympics, but with a degree course on the go, and
girlfriends keeping him busy there is more to life for
this talented young sailor.
Top 3 overall :: From left to right
Marcus Hamilton AUS (3rd)
Daniel Henderson GBR (1st)
Bruce Keen GBR (2nd)
Full results can be found here:
http://www.yachting.org.au/site/yachting/event/31986/default.html
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