A-Class Australian Nats 2018: Day 3 Results
Photo from day 1 by Wangi Amateur Sailing Club. – Three races held today in 8-15 knots as reported by Gavin Rietman/Forward WIP Australia. Gavin also reports close racing which can be seen in his fb videos.
Steve Brewin scored 6,1,1 for the day to maintain lead just by 0.5pts over Glenn Ashby (2,2 & 2.5). Highlight of the day was Brad Collet placing a bullet on the fourth race, a 6th & a tie in 2nd with Ashby in the last race of the Day. Brad finished 3rd last year and he is always in the top spots, being one of the best A-Cat sailors in Australia.
The special aspect fir this event is sailing a DNA F1 vs a full fleet dominated with Exploder D3 sailed by the other top contenders. So it is good to see he could take two top spots today as a proof the F1 can still deliver with it Z foils from 2014.
The other sailor to my knowledge (not much pics sadly from Australia ) sailing a DNA F1 is Matt Homan, currently in 5th place. Will confirm this later.
Rest of the top ten Stephen Brayshaw holds 10th overall but an ocs gets him a bit back on positions, with a discard he will raise to top 5.
Outteridge getting top tens but not enough to push the leaders. Hope he can enjoy the new devels in the Class and continue to race As in the future.
On a New Year post, take this one, nothing better to celebrate a great 2017 following this regatta. Still to start 2018 a new cat design might be revealed next week. Renders I’ve been receiving look like a special new weapon. (Not A-Class related)
Top ten below, complete results here
| Place | Bow No | Sail No | Skipper | Class | Tot | R6 | R5 | R4 | R3 | R2 | R1 |
| 1 | 4 | AUS4 | Steve Brewin | AclassFoil | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | AUS111 | Glen Ashby | AclassFoil | 12.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | 21 | AUS1035 | David Brewer | AclassFoil | 36 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | 47 | NZL270 | Dave Shaw | AclassFoil | 37 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 41 | AUS41 | Matt Homan | AclassFoil | 42 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 6 | 11 | AUS11 | Nathan Outteridge | AclassFoil | 45 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | 10 | AUS10 | Brad Collett | AclassFoil | 45.5 | 2.5 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 |
| 8 | 34 | AUS998 | Zac Heuchmer | AclassFoil | 69 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 9 |
| 9 | 32 | AUS1037 | Mark Griffiths | AclassFoil | 71 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 11 |
| 10 | 25 | AUS25 | Stephen Brayshaw | AclassFoil | 76 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 52.0O | 5 | 3 |
