A-Class Australian Nats 2017: Brewin leads after 6 races
Image: Stevie Brewin foiling upwind by Harrison Reitman. More in a few mins, check his part 2 with more than 100 addtional pics of Day 1 here
3 More races held today , and Steve Brewin dominated with 3 bullets. Bundy scored 2 seconds and an 8th, giving the leader a good gap of 10pts after 6 races in two days. Good to see the fleet putting more races a day.
Brewin is racing the latest updates of the Exploder D3 platform, and he is putting the new devels to work. Third place overall for Brad Collet, Stephen Brayshaw 4th , both with an Exploder A15.
Carolijn Brouwer (D3) 19th overal , 14,13 & 12 for the day.
More details of the event and upwind foiling while racing in previous A-cat posts
Top ten below. Full results at mccraeyc.com.au/index.php/regattas/2016-17-regatta-results/2017-a-class-nationals
| Pos | Sail No | Skipper | Club | Cat | Race 1 2 Jan 17 |
Race 2 2 Jan 17 |
Race 3 2 Jan 17 |
Race 4 3 Jan 17 |
Race 5 3 Jan 17 |
Race 6 3 Jan 17 |
Total | Nett |
| 1 | AUS 4 | Steve Brewin | Kurnell CC | Open | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| 2 | AUS 88 | Darren Bundock | Gosford SC | Master | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 18 |
| 3 | AUS 10 | Brad Collett | QLD | Open | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 23 |
| 4 | AUS 25 | Stephen Brayshaw | McCrae YC | Open | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 26 |
| 5 | AUS 1035 | David Brewer | Safety Beach SC | Master | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 36 |
| 6 | AUS 308 | Andrew Landenberger | Clarence River SC | Master | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 38 |
| 7 | AUS 14 | Adam Beattie | Cairns YC | Open | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 40 | 40 |
| 8 | AUS 31 | Scott Anderson | Gosford SC | GGM | 8 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 43 |
| 9 | AUS 41 | Matt Homan | Humpybong YC | Open | 15 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 55 | 55 |
| 10 | AUS 321 | Andrew Williams | Palm Beach SC | Open | 11 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 71 | 71 |
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Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16