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After solid wind through the opening half of the 2013 Laser World Championships in Oman, day four provided sailors a new challenge with light and very shifty conditions at Mussanah Beach.
Photo by Oman Sail
Two races were sailed and Sam Meech was the New Zealand sailor to best meet the challenging conditions kicking the day off with a 2nd place in the first race and going on to record and 8th in the second race of the day.
Ascending through the ranks after an average day one Meech, from the Tauranga Yacht & Powerboat Club, is now the bets placed of the NZL Sailing Team in 11th position overall in the world-class fleet.
Meech’s team-mates Andy Maloney and Thomas Saunders both produced one excellent race apiece today, and one less desirable. For Saunders race seven becomes his discard.
Maloney (Murrays Bay Sailing Club) is lying 15th overall after a 22nd and a 5th today, while Saunders (Tauranga Yacht & Powerboat Club) who recorded a 44th and a 6th is in 17th on the leaderboard.
With the qualifying series completed, Robert Scheidt now has a five point lead over Pavlos Kontides of Cyprus with Sweden’s Jesper Stalheim four points behind in third place. On Thursday, the fleet is divided into Gold and Silver fleets with two races scheduled on each of the two remaining days.
2013 Laser World Championships, Muscat, Oman
New Zealand’s standings after day four (total fleet 126)
11th Sam Meech (16, 26, 7, 15, 17, 1, 2, 8)
15th Andy Maloney (7, 7, 8, 19, 5, 23, 22, 5)
17th Thomas Saunders (15, 4, 11, 2, 22, 21, 44, 6)
104th George Lane
106th Michael Cate
Links
Regatta website: http://omanlaserworlds2013.com/eng/index.php
NZL Sailing Team on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NZLSailingTeam
Yachting New Zealand website: http://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/
NZL Sailing Team sailor profiles: http://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/racing/nzl-sailing-team/team-profiles
For more information:
Jodie Bakewell-White
YNZ Communications Manager
Tel. 021 709 065
Email. jodie@yachtingnz.org.nz
