J24 National Championships day one - Wetty Gripper leads

1:44 AM Tue 5 Jan 2010 GMT

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Sean Wallis in Wetty Gripper from Perth leads day one of the 2010 J24 National Championships being held at Sandringham Yacht Club in Melbourne this week.

Melbourne really turned on the glamour weather with a 10 knot southerly and flat water. Bright sunny skies and warm temperatures meant competitors enjoyed great Port Phillip sailing.

The quality of the racing is obvious with the first five places being held by five previous national champions after three races today.

Hugo Ottaway a local Sandringham sailor in Vice Versa, is in second place pressing hard with a first, second and a fourth.

Third place is held down by another Sandringham sailor David Suda in Pacemaker with a second, third and fifth.

The battle of the Seans didn't go head to head today with Sean Kirkjian finishing fourth for the day after a fourth and two sixes.

Doug McGain had an up and down day to finish in fifth. Racing is incredibly close with the leaders and the pack all within seconds of each other. The close racing and high standard of racing means some of the sailors expecting to be in the top bunch find themselves nearer the back.

J24 National Championships 2010

PROVISIONAL RESULTS

***Series Results [Elapsed time] for D2 up to Race 3 (Drops = 0)***
Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		AUS5085	WETTY GRIPPER	Sean Wallis	ASC	4.0	1.0	2.0	1.0
2		AUS5218	VICE VERSA	Hugo Ottaway	SYC	7.0	2.0	1.0	4.0
3		AUS4792	PACEMAKER	Herschel Landes	SYC	10.0	5.0	3.0	2.0
4		AUS5247	STARPAC	Sean Kirkjian	CYCA	16.0	4.0	6.0	6.0
5		AUS4857	CODE VIOLATION	Douglas McGain	RANSA	17.0	3.0	4.0	10.0
6		AUS5246	HYPERACTIVE	Kirsty Harris	SYC	19.0	6.0	8.0	5.0
7		AUS5304	FUN2	Alyn Stevenson	PASC	22.0	14.0	5.0	3.0
8		AUS4859	VERTIGO	Jamie Goode	CYCSA	27.0	7.0	7.0	13.0
9		AUS4787	MAKE MY JAY	Simon Grain	SYC	28.0	8.0	11.0	9.0
10		AUS2663	GOOD COMPANY	Robin Townsend	CYCSA	30.0	11.0	12.0	7.0
11	9.0S	AUS1324	KICKING BOTTOM	Ron Thomson	SYC	34.0	9.0	14.0	11.0
12		AUS4795	HI	Peter Stevens	CYCSA	34.0	10.0	10.0	14.0
13		AUS2792	TWO DOGS	Adam Evans	SYC	36.0	15.0	9.0	12.0
14		AUS4436	VERTIGO	Andrew Hely	SYC	37.0	16.0	13.0	8.0
15		AUS4470	SANGUINE	Peter Moulang	SYC	43.0	12.0	16.0	15.0
16		AUS5086	CRACKERJACK	Doug Macgregor	SYC	44.0	13.0	15.0	16.0