A-Cat Australian Nats 2024: Day 3
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Day 3 at the 2024 A-Cat Australian Nats. 3 more races complete for a total of 9 in three days which is a lot for the A-Class. Two good fights for the lead in both fleets. Adam Beattie keeps scoring only 1st & 2nd but Ravi Parent is still there holding the pace winning last race of the day. Currently 5pts gap to Beattie .
The old guard bit behind with Bundy in 3rd and Brewin 5th. Matt Homan in between (4th) racing a DBA F1 / Mischa DS.
In the Classics/Floating, Andrew Landenberger got his stuff together racing again the Scheurer A-Cat and went to hunt Scotty Anderson. 2, 1 & 1 today and Landy sits only 3pts behind the leader after two discards entered the game.
Top ten both fleets below, complete results here
All images Gordon Upton Photography / IACA. More here
Top ten Open / Foiling:
| Pos | Sail No | Skipper | Nett | R9 | R8 | R7 | R6 | R5 | R4 | R3 | R2 | R1 |
| 1 | AUS14 | Adam Beattie | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | (2) | 1 | 1 | 1 | (2) | 1 |
| 2 | USA76 | Ravi Parent | 13 | 1 | 3 | (4) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | (5) |
| 3 | AUS88 | Darren Bundock | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | (4) | 2 | 3 | (4) |
| 4 | AUS 41 | Matt Homan | 26 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | (5) | 3 | 4 | (21 DNF) | 2 |
| 5 | AUS4 | Steven Brewin | 26 | (6) | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | (8) | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | AUS10 | Brad Collett | 44 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | (10) | 8 | 7 | 5 | (12) |
| 7 | AUS1087 | Stuart Scott | 49 | 11 | (12) | (21 DNF) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| 8 | AUS1065 | Jake Liddell | 50 | 8 | 7 | 9 | (9) | (9) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| 9 | AUS20 | David Brewer | 60 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | (21 DNF) | (21 DNF) | 11 | 8 |
| 10 | AUS7 | Hamish Sinclair | 69 | 10 | 10 | 10 | (13) | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | (16) |
Top Ten Classics / Floating:
| Pos | Skipper | Club | Nett | R9 | R8 | R7 | R6 | R5 | R4 | R3 | R2 | R1 |
| 1 | Scott Anderson | Saratoga SC | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | (23) | (2) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Andrew Landenberger | Big River SC | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | (17) | 2 | (13) |
| 3 | Bruce Woodward | Hervey Bay SC | 24 | 4 | (8) | 5 | 4 | (11) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Richard Howells | St Leonards YC&MS | 27 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | (10) | (8) | 2 |
| 5 | Matt Johnson | Merricks YC | 38 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | (14) | 5 | (19) |
| 6 | Chris Cairns | Saratoga SC | 40 | (12) | 9 | (12) | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| 7 | David Mckenzie | Colac YC | 40 | 7 | (28 DNF) | (28 DNF) | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | Mark Capel | Lake Cootharaba SC | 58 | 9 | 6 | 10 | (12) | 8 | 9 | 9 | (15) | 7 |
| 9 | Wayne Mercer | Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron | 61 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | (13) | (14) |
| 10 | Paul Neeskens | Hervey Bay SC | 62 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 5 | (12) | 11 | 10 | (15) |
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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