Besides if you click at the attachment now you'll the makes of boats that I know of. Please lets not have a pissing contest on which boat rules are not as ; The championship is awarded to the best crew and not the to builder of the boat. People before makes !

Rikkert Graat and Daan Koene (cirrus 8th) had a big collision in their 6th race and Emmanuel Boulogne (owner BCM Yard, 2003 F18 world champ and current 12 th) has been working all night to repair the boat. As they had right of way they were assigned a redress for the DNF.

It seems that the old champ are in for a steep uphill battle as one 16 th and one 10 position out of a row of

- 16 - 4 - 8 - 10 - 5 - 4

Keeps them a 12th spot and 24 point behind the current leader of the board Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby.

It looks retaining the title is a task to big to be performed by a mere mortal in the fleet of this level.

JEAN CHRISTOPHE MORNIAC and FRANCK CITEAU or high up in the board at 5th place and only some 11 points behind the leader. One may ask why mention these sailors ? Well because in 2000, 2001, 2002 they came in 2nd three times in a row just behind Booth and Dercksen who became 1st in all of these events. Booth is now at 2nd with 9 points. So Jean Chris and Franck have been knocking on the door to 1st place for some time now and must be considered well in the race.

Greg Goodall with Daniel van Kerckhof are 6th with Mark Larffa and Liam Goodall on 7th ; at 20 and 21 points. Not bad for small builder just coming out with a complete new F18 design the Capricorn.

How ever, as always, the Tornado professionals are on top with

1 AUS BUNDOCK DARREN ASHBY 7 pnts
2 NED BOOTH MITCH DERCKSEN HERBERT 9 pnts

Than we have

3 SUI COLBY GAVIN CAMENISCH CORSIN 12 pnts

And a special mention goes to

4 NED KENBEEK REMCO BROUWER PAUL 16 pnts

Who by all intends and purposes are amateur sailors with a normal daytime job.

Although I hear Colby is a airline pilot. But than again the same rumour had it that he would stop international racing in 2002.

All on Tigers


Wouter