Australian Finn Championship 2010 - Little change at the top

12:38 AM Sat 9 Jan 2010 GMT

'Anthony Nossiter' Greg Pratt

Australian Finn Championship 2010 Day Three.

Australian Olympian, Anthony Nossiter had the race won from the start, blasting out of the blocks at the pin end of the line, he lead to the finish. With the tide ebbing at full force across the course and the winds so light it was critical to get the strategy right. The slightest mistake was heavily punished in the tight fleet.

The race got underway in 7 knots of gradient wind and softened as the race progressed. There where place changes all the way to the finish, most notably, the performance of Victoria's Jake Gunther and the Kiwi, Nik Burfoot who sailed passed the bunch down the last run to finish second and third.

The race committee were quick to act on the changing situation and sent the fleet back ashore after the finish. The thickening cloud cover cooled the land too much to get a sea breeze and after a two hour postponement racing was abandoned for the day with the scheduled start bought forward an hour to 10am.

With no discard until after eight races, consistency is key to the overall positions at this stage. There was little change at the top of the leader board;

1 Nik Burfoot (NZL) 11.00
2 Anthony Nossiter (AUS) 18.00
3 James Paterson (AUS) 23.00
4 Oliver Tweddell (AUS) 29.00
5 Warwick Hill (AUS) 38.00
6 Jake Gunther (AUS) 41.00
7 Timothy Castles (AUS) 42.00
8 John Condie (AUS) 53.00
9 Shaun Wells (AUS) 60.00
10 Chris Caldecoat (AUS) 61.00

Overall Results - Australian Finn Class National Championship

Sat 9-1-10 at 9.45 AP over Naval Numeral 2 was displayed

Pl	Name	Boat	Sail Num	State	Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total Points	Net Points
1	BURFOOT, Nik	Roulette	21	NSW	MHYC	1	1	1	3	2	3					11	11
2	NOSSITER, Anthony	Dural Stock Feeds	221	NSW	MHC	2	2	11	1	1	1					18	18
3	PATERSON, James	Wombat	223	SA	ASC	4	3	4	2	3	7					23	23
4	TWEDDELL, Oliver	-	261	VIC	SYC	3	6	2	7	5	6					29	29
5	HILL, Warwick	Victoria's Sea Crate	243	VIC	SYC	8	4	6	8	4	8					38	38
6	GUNTHER, Jake	Black Dog	3	VIC	SYC	6
5	12	9	2					41	41
7	CASTLES, Timothy	TBA	235	WA	FSC	12	11	3	6	6	4					42	42
8	CONDIE, John	Red	262	NSW	WSC	10	8	8	9	8	10					53	53
9	WELLS, Shaun		234	NSW	WSC	9	9	7	14	12	9					60	60
10	CALDECOAT, Chris	The Sleigh	260	NSW	GSC	7	10	9	11	19 DNF	5					61	61
11	MCMILLAN, Robert	Finnports	2		RPAYC	13	5	14	5	10	19 DNC					66	66
12	BAGNALL, Henry	Finnports2	121		RCYC	5	19 DNF	16	4	7	19 DNC					70	70
13	SHALLVEY, John	Little Wing	9	VIC	YYC	14	12	13	10	11	14					74	74
14	BUCHANAN, Robert	Bundy	242	NSW	MYC	11	14	10	13	15	12					75	75
15	HERITAGE, Aaron	Roller Coaster	264	SA	ASC	16	13	12	15	13	13					82	82
16	CLARK, Greg	Makeup 1	72	VIC	SYC	17	17	17	17	14	11					93	93
17	KIRKPATRICK-WHITBY, Craig	May Contain Nuts	1		MRSC	19 DNF	15	15	16	19 DNC	19 BFD					103	103
18	BAGLIN, Andrew	Racing Line	252	NSW	PYC	15	16	19 DNF	19 DNF	19 DNF	19 DNC					107	107