Saturday 9 February 2013

2013 F18 Nacra Infusion World Championships at Southport Yacht Club

From the following article by Bronwen Ince posted on Sail-World.

http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Adam-Beatie-and-Jamie-Leitner-emerge-Nacra-Infusion-World-Champs/106379

Australian entrant Adam Beatie with Jamie Leitner have emerged winners of the 2013 F18 Nacra Infusion World Championships with a score of 20.8. They managed to take the lead from local Brisbane sailor Mick Guinea, whom came from sixth to place second and lose the regatta by only 0.2.

Competitors joined together on the Gold Coast for the World Championships from all around World including Australia, Oman, Thailand, The Netherlands, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, and Germany.

On Sunday 3rd February, the Gold Coast saw the beginning of the 2013 F18 Nacra Infusion World Championships, hosted from Southport Yacht Club's Hollywell Sailing Squadron. With heavy winds and testing conditions only one race was held on the Sunday from the scheduled two and unfortunately due to strong winds Monday was abandoned. However even with strong winds, Tuesday's racing was underway, due to two broken masts only one race was conducted. Wednesday and Thursday races were well underway with four races each day.


read more here

Full results here

'World Championships Fleet Offshore of the Gold Coast shore line' Peter Merten

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