Ian Barker and Daniel Cripps are leading the 505 world championship in Australia after three races.

The predicted Fremantle Doctor failed to materialise leaving both of yesterday’s races sailed in a shifty, puffy easterly. However, Ian Barker and Dan Cripps mastered the conditions suitably finishing in first place with another British team, Simon Payne and Bill Masterman finishing second.

After one aborted gate start and a disqualification for one team who forced the pathfinder to take avoiding action on the second start, the second race of the day finally got underway. Once again it was a shifty, puffy race, with place changes all around the course. Ian Barker and Dan left the gate early, punched out on the boats near them and then tacked to cross. However, apparently they were forced to capsize the boat during the race to fix something dropping well down the fleet. But still managed to pull through to second just behind 1992 and 1993 505 World Champions Chris and Darren Nicholson. Andy Beeckman/Ben Benjamin were third.

Results (after 3 races)

1 GBR 107 8743 – Bodge It and Scarper, Ian Barker/Daniel Cripps 10 10 7( 7) 1( 1) 2( 2)

2 USA 83 8762 – Nice Wood, Dan Thompson/Andrew Zinn 13 13 2( 2) 7( 7) 4( 4)

3 SWE 64 8655 – Mind Com, Krister Bergstrom/Thomas Moss 15 15 4( 4) 4( 4) 7( 7)

4 USA 84 8714 – Black Boat, Howard Hamlin/Mike Martin 16 16 5( 5) 3( 3) 8( 8)

5 AUS 75 8804 – Jigsaw, Chris Nicholson/Darren Nicholson 17 17 11( 11) 5( 5) 1( 1)

6 USA 8 7771 – Gummi de Milo, Andrew Beeckman/Ben Benjamin 25 25 8( 8) 14( 14) 3( 3)

7 AUS 12 8784 – Express Post, Hugh Stodart/Peter Holden 25 25 12( 12) 8( 8) 5( 5)

8 AUS 33 8809 – Scalpel, Leslie Nathanson/Richard Machin 31 31 14( 14) 6( 6) 11( 11)

9 AUS 30 8796 – Fangin Hoons, Malcolm Higgins/Andrew Chisholm 33 33 18( 18) 9( 9) 6( 6)

10 GBR 72 8774 – Boys on Tour, Ian Pinnell/Steve Hunt 35 35 9( 9) 11( 11) 15( 15)