49er and 49erFX Worlds – Maloney and Meech climb

Yachting New Zealand

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27 SEP 2013

49er and 49erFX Worlds – Maloney and Meech climb, no racing for the men

After another extremely light wind day in Marseille only the women’s 49erFX fleet 2013 49er and 49erFX World Championships managed to put any results on the board.

In the 49er Marcus Hansen and Josh Porebski remain in 3rd with Peter Burling and Blair Tuke in 4th on equal points.

In the 49erFX New Zealand’s Alex Maloney and Molly Meech have lifted their overall standing to lie in 7th overall at the end of day three. Today they placed 6th, 18th and 2nd in their three races sailed.

Coach, Hamish Willcox reports from Marseille; “There was no racing today, after a long wait for the 49er top 40 sailors. They were scheduled to race after the FX girls.” 

“Another light sea breeze day of 3-5 knots with chop and swell making conditions very stressful for sailors. Four races scheduled and none completed after a long day finishing at 1830. This means we miss the semi-finals and go straight to a twenty boat gold fleet finals tomorrow.”

“Pete and Blair were in the purple vest today as the fastest downwind boat from yesterday. This is a bit like having the dotted shirt in the tour of France.”

Racing runs for six days with the world titles for the Olympic skiff classes set to be decided on Sunday 29th September.

49er and 49erFX World Championship

New Zealand’s standings after day three

Men’s 49er -95 boat

3rdMarcus Hansen and Josh Porebski (NZL Sailing Team) – 12 point

4thPeter Burling and Blair Tuke (NZL Sailing Team) – 12 point

52nd Ben Goodwin and Sam Bullock – 56 points

Women’s 49erFX – 53 boat

7th Alex Maloney and Molly Meech – 34 point

25th Erica Dawson and Ellie Copeland – 54 points

ENDS

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