2016 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship – Day 3 Media Release

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    Media release – 18 February 2016

    Event: 2016 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship, 16-19 February hosted by the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron

    Transfusion chases world title

    Three races took place today on the Manly Circle in an 8-10 knot sou’ easterly with a three metre swell.  With just two races left and a substantial shuffle to the scoreboard, the 2016 World Title is still very much up for grabs.

    Guido Belgiorno-Nettis and the Transfusion crew are currently in third place on equal points with Flash Gordon and four points behind Championship leader Plenty.  Belgiorno-Nettis said it was a hard day on the water.   “The conditions were tough with the swell and light winds, which are not ideal for us.  I suspect everyone found it difficult driving today and it certainly took its toll on our team.  The good news is we have caught up to Flash Gordon.  Plenty are a great team and they sailed better than Flash and ourselves today.  We are still very close and anything can happen in two races. We are going in positive against two past World Champions…all we can do is sail the best we can.”

    Australian Class President Rod Jones and the Kindergarten crew won the last race of the day and the Skipper couldn’t be happier to have gained two places and be in the top five.

    Forty Skipper Stephen Barlow bounced back after some low scores in the previous two days to snatch a fourth in Race 9.  The crew has been working hard on rig tune and sail selection and they are happy with their position of 9th.   “We were a little more consistent today which we weren’t yesterday.  There has been some fantastic sailing down the bottom end of the fleet and realistically, I would be more than happy to walk away with an 8th or 9th.   The competition is unbelievably hard and I think there are some broken hearts and expectations within the fleet.”

    The final two races will take place offshore on the Manly Circle at 1200hrs tomorrow, Friday, 19 February 2016 where the 2016 Rolex Farr 40 National Champion will be decided.

    RESULTS

    Bow Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Owner/Skipper Race
    1    		 Race
    2    		 Race
    3    		 Race
    4    		 Race
    5    		 Race
    6    		 Race
    7    		 Race
    8    		 Race
    9    		 Total
    World Championship Racing
    One Design Division
    Farr 40
    1. 14   USA 60059 Plenty Farr 40 Alex Roepers 5 2 2 1 5 3 1 7 3 29.0
    2. 4   USA 60002 Flash Gordon 6 Farr 40 Helmut and Evan Jahn 1 7 5 3 1 2 4 5 5 33.0
    3. 2   AUS 6422 Transfusion Farr 40 Guido Belgiorno-Nettis 3 4 7 2 3 1 3 8 2 33.0
    4. 15   GER 40 Struntje light Farr 40 Wolfgang Schaefer 8 1 4 11 2 5.2/RDG 2 4 1 38.2
    5. 6   AUS 5868 Kindergarten Farr 40 Rodney Jones 7 8 6 4 11 5 6 1 6 54.0
    6. 24   AUS 8883 Kokomo Farr 40 Lang Walker 2 3 9 7 6 8 5 10 7 57.0
    7. 7   AUS 007 Edake (Corinthian) Farr 40 Jeff Carter 4 9 1 6 8 7 11 2 10 58.0
    8. 23   AUS 615 Estate Master Farr 40 Martin Hill 6 5 8 9 4 9 7 3 8 59.0
    9. 5   AUS 8001 Forty Farr 40 Stephen Barlow 11 6 10 8 10 11 8 6 4 74.0
    10. 1   AUS SM2008 Double Black (Corinthian) Farr 40 Robert Pitts 12 10 3 5 7 6 10 12 12 77.0
    11. 8   AUS 64221 ZEN (Corinthian) Farr 40 Gordon Ketelbey 9 11 12 12 9 4 9 9 11 86.0
    12. 3   AUS 8884 Exile (Corinthian) Farr 40 Rob Reynolds 10 12 11 10 12 10 12 11 9 97.0

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    By Jennie Hughes

    Farr 40 Class Administrator

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