Nacra 17s @Kiel Week 2018: Gimson & Burnet 1st
All images www.segel-bilder.de / Kiel Week. John Gimson & Ann Burnet have been fighting for the top spots this 2018 season with a 3rd in Medemblik and 5th at Marseille & Hyeres.
Confirming their aim for the podium , the British crew won today at Kiel Week over a talented pack of Nacra 17 top crews like Rio 2016 silver medalists Waterhouse-Darmanin and bronze helm Thomas Zajak & Barbara Matz.
Gimson-Burnet scored a 6th in the medal race, 12pts against on the last race double scoring, but enough to win the regatta by 1pt.
Nathan & Haylee Outteridge, on their first N17 racing together finished in 9th overall. They will also compete at the 2018 N17 Europeans & Worlds.
Kiel Week official web: kieler-woche.de
Top ten below, full results here
| Nr | Segel Nummer | Mannschaft | Tot. | Net. | O1 | O2 | O3 | O4 | O5 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | M1 |
| 1 | GBR 21 | John GIMSON – Anna BURNET | 46 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -11 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | AUS 2 | Jason WATERHOUSE – Lisa DARMANIN | 54 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -18 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | AUT 3 | Thomas ZAJAC – Barbara MATZ | 64 | 51 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | NZL 22 | Gemma JONES – Jason SAUNDERS | 60 | 52 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | DEN 71 | Lin CENHOLT – Cp LÜBECK | 76 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -22 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
| 6 | USA 27 | Riley GIBBS – Louisa CHAFEE | 78 | 55 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | -23 | 2 |
| 7 | ARG 29 | Mateo MAJDALANI – Eugenia BOSCO | 76 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | -16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| 8 | ESP 70 | Iker MARTINEZ | 93 | 70 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | -23 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 4 |
| 9 | AUS 46 | Nathan OUTTERIDGE – Haylee OUTTERIDGE | 95 | 72 | 6 | -23 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| 10 | NZL 96 | Olivia MACKAY – Micah WILKINSON | 108 | 85 | 4 | 5 | -23 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 20 |
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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