Contender World Championships at St. Petersburg Yacht Club

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Contender World Championships at St. Petersburg Yacht Club

by Editor 30 Apr 2012 08:34 UTC 23-28 April 2012

Full results and videos from the Contender World Championships in St. Petersburg, Florida where Antonio Lambertini won in a fleet of 44 helms.

Day 1 Video:

Interview with Antonio Lambertini: (recorded while he was in second place)

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	315	Antonio Lambertini	-10	1	5	2	-16	1	3	2	4	18
2	ITA47	Giovanni Bonzio	4	3	1	-10	3	-6	4	5	2	22
3	1	Soren Dulong Andreasen	5	2	8	-9	5	3	1	-9	1	25
4	2459	Joachim Harpprecht	1	5	7	3	6	7	-8	6	-14	35
5	2535	Ethan Bixby	9	6	2	6	1	12	-16	1	-17	37
6	2360	Dan Kohlman	8	4	12	-18	4	8	2	-14	5	43
7	2136	Richard Kingsmill	7	9	4	-11	(OCS)	4	6	8	8	46
8	40	Luca Bonezzi	3	7	-18	7	13	5	11	(OCS)	3	49
9	551	Christoph Homeier	6	11	-13	13	-24	2	5	7	6	50
10	2366	Markus Maisenbacher	11	17	3	1	(OCS)	-19	9	3	12	56
11	2508	Oliver Brandt	13	-19	6	5	14	9	-17	4	10	61
12	2390	Gernot Goetz	12	10	11	14	2	11	(OCS)	12	-16	72
13	2522	Chris Boshier	-17	8	15	12	-19	15	10	17	7	84
14	NED2	Mark Thorborg	2	(DNF)	-22	19	10	14	13	11	22	91
15	9	Paul Verhallen	16	14	-26	8	-20	13	15	18	11	95
16	111	Emilio Betta	-36	16	17	24	(OCS)	10	7	13	9	96
17	2347	Martin Jones	18	12	10	-22	-22	18	12	15	13	98
18	712	Rodger White	-25	15	20	17	8	17	-24	10	21	108
19	2481	Guiseppe Albano	14	-22	16	15	18	16	(OCS)	16	15	110
20	2375	Jonathan Vandervoort	15	-27	9	4	9	26	27	26	-32	116
21	2471	Lars Bo Rasmussen	21	18	14	16	11	-23	-28	19	23	122
22	2397	Michael Smits	-35	20	19	20	12	20	14	(OCS)	19	124
23	2432	Jerry Hone	24	28	25	21	7	21	(OCS)	-29	24	150
24	GBR2506	Tony White	19	26	-28	-31	25	22	19	21	20	152
25	397	Michele Betta	23	21	21	23	15	-35	21	-30	29	153
26	2398	Neil Smith	26	23	-29	27	-29	25	20	20	18	159
27	2399	Roger Martin	20	13	24	33	32	27	18	(OCS)	-37	167
28	2538	Nick Bell	28	-32	30	-34	21	24	22	22	27	174
29	393	Luigi Tezza	-32	-31	23	29	28	28	23	25	25	181
30	2537	Peter Hale	29	30	-34	30	17	30	-36	23	26	185
31	2250	John McLean	22	24	-33	32	(OCS)	29	26	27	28	188
32	2525	Stephanie Mah	30	34	-39	25	26	33	34	24	-38	206
33	2426	Pim Langendijk	31	-33	27	28	27	31	29	-35	33	206
34	1771	Peter White	34	29	-37	-38	31	32	31	33	31	221
35	694	Bo Frohne	-40	36	32	26	30	34	-37	28	36	222
36	2117	Gil Woolley	38	39	-41	36	33	-40	25	31	30	232
37	1114	Jerome White	33	35	-36	35	35	-38	30	34	34	236
38	2498	Larry Christian	37	-40	35	(DNF)	23	36	33	36	40	240
39	1599	Frank Whittington	-41	38	31	37	34	37	32	37	-39	246
40	81	Bernie Bieber	-39	37	38	-39	37	39	35	32	35	253
41	US185	Mike Mashi	-42	41	-42	40	36	41	38	38	41	275
42	1664	Joel Magnan	27	25	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	277
43	302	Piefranco Marchi	43	(DNS)	40	(DNS)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	308
44	2404	Roger Gates	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	315

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