Roger Blasse (AUS) took the lead of the Toshiba 2006 OK Dinghy Australian and Interdominion Championships with two emphatic race wins in what can only be described as perfect sailing conditions on Lake Macquarie yesterday.

The wind had moved round to the south-east and gradually increased throughout the day from 12 knots at the start of race one to a gusty 20 by the end of race 2. The sailors were treated to some great Australian weather with wall-to-wall sunshine and temperatures into the 30s.

In race three Brett Holly (AUS) took in the left-hand side of the course to find a nice shift to round the top mark in first place just ahead of Russell Wood (NZL), who came from the right, and Roger Blasse (AUS). Blasse went high on the first reach and took the lead, which he never let go. Wood held onto second place until the final beat when fourth placed Nick Craig (GBR) pulled through both him and Alistair Deaves (NZL) in the strengthening breeze.

For race four the breeze had increased to 20 knots, providing for some spectacular sailing and fast reaches. Jorgen Lindhardtsen (DEN) was the early leader followed by Peter Horne (AUS) and Blasse. Horne led for two rounds before being overhauled by Blasse to take his second win of the day. Andre Blasse (AUS) also overtook Horbe to finish second with Horne holding onto third.

After four races and one drop, Blasse has a narrow lead over Craig, with the rest of the fleet some way behind. The conditions for day three look the same as day two with a strengthening sea breeze and high temperatures. There are three more races (two Thursday and one Friday) to decide the championship.

Results after 4 races

1 AUS678 R Blasse 4.0

2 GBR2116 N Craig 6.0

3 NZL526 R Wood 12.0

4 NZL502 K Purdie 13.0

5 NZL521 M Perrow 14.0

6 AUS719 A Blasse 14.0

7 DEN1348 J Lindhardtsen 17.0

8 AUS716 P Horne 18.0

9 NZL525 S McDowell 27.0

10 NZL522 G Wilcox 27.0

11 NZL523 J Porebski 29.0

12 NZL504 A Mannering 31.0

13 AUS720 M Williams 31.0

14 NZL472 A Deaves 33.0

15 AUS722 P Foster 38.0

16 DEN1340 J Petersen 41.0

17 SWE99 H Elkjaer 47.0

18 GBR2081 R Deaves 54.0

19 AUS703 M McQueen 55.0

20 NZL497 T Pryce 58.0

21 AUS676 T Davies 60.0

22 GBR2110 J Fish 68.0

23 AUS718 P Burton 71.0

24 AUS711 N Gray 72.0

25 NZL491 M Bismark 74.5

26 AUS668 P Wallace 75.0

27 AUS681 M Gleeson 76.0

28 NZL500 P Rzepecky 77.0

29 GBR2100 D Ager 82.0

30 AUS724 R Howard 82.5

31 AUS704 B Chapman 84.0

32 AUS713 P Lynch 86.0

33 AUS666 S Wilson 88.0

34 AUS610 T Burton 90.0

35 NZL481 D Hoogenboom 91.0

36 NZL498 D Hunt 94.0

37 NZL518 G Pedersen 95.0

38 GBR2117 A Scoles 96.0

39 AUS721 J Barr 96.0

40 AUS696 J McAllister 105.0

41 AUS708 C Visick 105.0

42 AUS693 E O’Donnell 107.0

43 AUS672 D Ketteridge 111.0

44 AUS628 B Ashton 114.0

45 AUS692 B Tyler 122.0

46 AUS689 G Yates 125.0

47 AUS7 P Richards 132.0

48 AUS709 P Yates 133.0

49 AUS641 B Holly 138.0

50 AUS688 P Robinson 146.0

51 AUS680 C McQueen 150.0

52 AUS715 T Pearce 152.0

53 AUS636 A Stiel 152.0

54 AUS625 D Swales 153.0

55 AUS655 D Coleman 153.0

56 AUS694 R Furneaux 165.0

57 AUS695 J Hogan 166.0

58 AUS663 A Maclean 167.0

59 SWE2759 P Olssen 169.0

60 AUS642 N Wallis 172.0

61 AUS612 D Parker 173.0

62 AUS653 D Lock 174.0

63 POL24 D Kras 176.0

64 NZL493 G Lambert 178.0

65 AUS660 D O’Donnell 180.0

66 GER699 J Hoffman 183.0

67 AUS685 D Smith 205.0

68 AUS646 M Walker 205.0

69 AUS717 K Semmens 218.0

70 AUS687 E Furneaux 218.0

71 AUS637 P Blunt 218.0

72 AUS698 G Gillespie 219.0

73 AUS684 C Lynch 220.0

74 AUS619 E Kennedy 222.0

75 GBR2048 R Thorne 237.0

75 AUS650 M Date 237.0

75 GER695 J Hoffman 237.0

75 AUS638 A Stiel 237.0