Laser Midwinters East - Comfortable Win for Goodison while Tunnicliffe Pips Railey to the Title
February 27, 2007 0 comments
The ISAF Grade 1 Laser Midwinters East came down to a final race shoot out in Florida as Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) got the better of team mate and rival Paige Railey (USA) to take the Laser Radial title on countback. In the Laser fleet, world #1 Paul Go
The ISAF Grade 1 Laser Midwinters East came down to a final race shoot out in Florida as Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) got the better of team mate and rival Paige Railey (USA) to take the Laser Radial title on countback. In the Laser fleet, world #1 Paul Goodison (GBR) secured a more comfortable victory with a double bullet finish.
Tunnicliffe and 2006 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Railey had been a class apart in their respective qualifying fleets, winning nine of the ten races between them to both move into the gold fleet on a perfect four points.
In the 88 strong Laser fleet, Brits Nick Thompson and Goodison led after the qualifying series, and from there the world #1 took control. Goodison took three bullets from the five gold fleet races to score victory by ten points. Thompson was less consistent and slipped back to third place overall, as Bernard Luttmer (CAN) moved up to take second. Victory in the 19 strong Laser 4.7 fleet went to Cameron Hall (USA). Daivd Alfonso (PUR) was second, with Alex Anderson (IVB) third.
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ISAF,
Top five Lasers:
1. Paul Goodison, GBR, 19 points
2. Bernard Luttmer, CAN, 29
3. Nick Thompson, GBR, 31
4. Andrew Campbell, USA, 31
5. Brad Funk, USA, 34
Top five Radial Class:
1. Anna Tunnicliffe, USA, 15
2. Paige Railey, USA, 15
3. Gintare Volungeviciute, LTU, 19
4. Lisa Ross, CAN, 38
5. Keamia Rasa, CAN, 71
