Poor finish by Mongia-Ramchandran

Today8217;s race was won by South African brothers, Pat and Peadar Mitchell. Surprisingly, it was the first race won by an SA pair in the history of this class of sailing in the World Championships.

The winds were so light that a 10.00 am start was delayed by more than five hours.

Mongia-Mahesh had all kinds of problems at the start with the Mitchells stealing a march and Llewellyn Vilojeon-Pete Rowley of South Africa following them. These two pairs rounded the first windward mark first and maintained their position throughout the race to come up trumps.

In the eight-race series, the sailors are allowed to discard their worst result.

RESULTS

Third race: 1. Pat Mitchell-Peadar Mitchell RSA; 2. Llewellyn Vilojeon-Pete Rowley RSA; 3. Roy Van Mammen-Neil Van Mammen Ireland; 4. Simon Corper-Sue Pinnell GBR; 5. Neil Piper-Sarah Green GBR; 6. Naresh Yadav-Girdharilal Yadav; 7. Peter Jackson-James Dyas GBR; 8. Sean Craig-Leslie Ryan Ireland; 9. Ashim Mongia-Mahesh Ramachandran; 10. Russel Short-Mike Rowley GBR.

Overall positions after three races: 1. Maanen-Maanen 8pps; 2. Mongia-Mahesh 11 PPs; 3. Craig-Ryan 13 PPs 4. Vilojeon-Rowley 15 PPs; 5. Mitchell-Mitchell 16 PPs; 6. Corper-Pinnell 16 PPs; 7. Yadav-Yadav 16 PPs; 8. Jackson-Dyas 18 PPs; 9. Piper-Green 24 PPs; 10. Short-Rowley 29 PPs.