NZ OK Nationals and Interdominions - Cat and Mouse on day two

10:01 AM Tue 2 Feb 2010 GMT

'Startline - NZ OK Nationals and Interdominions' Adrian Rumney Click Here to view large photo

NZ OK Nationals and Interdominions. 57 boats took to the water today, from all the seven countries entered in the 2010 World Championships. The breeze at Point Jerningham settled at around 8-10 knots enabling a clear, but delayed, start for Race 3 at 1250hrs.

There was profound 'argie-bargie' all day with a game of 'virtual dodgems' between current World Champion, Thomas Hansson-Mild of Sweden, past Pommie World Champ Nick Craig and Terry Curtis of UK, Soenke Behrens of Germany, Christian Hedlund of Denmark, and the local boys. Over the course of Day 2, in Races 3, 4 and 5, they were all 'up there', first around the marks at one stage or other.

At the end of Day 2, after five races, the provisional results are as follows -

1st - Paul Rhodes, NZL
2nd - Karl Purdie, NZL
3rd - Steve Mc Dowell, NZL
4th - Nick Craig, GBR
5th - Greg Wilcox, NZL
6th - Thomas Hansson-Mild, SWE
7th - Michael Williams, AUS
8th - Terry Curtis, GBR
9th - Matt Steven, NZL
10th - Luke O'Connell, NZL

Curtis Terry (Great Britain) rounding the bottom mark in race 2 - NZ OK Nationals and Interdominions - Adrian Rumney Click Here to view large photo

We are looking forward to the last day of racing tomorrow, hopefully, with a good breeze present early in the day, so that they guys can get on and off the water in good time for the evening prizegiving and Kiwiana BBQ.

Full results can be found on the homepage of the OK Worlds website, where regular updates will be posted during the course of racing.

www.okworlds2010.com
www.okdinghy.co.nz
www.okdia.org

by Mandy Burt