Tornado Worlds

Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts
Amsterdam, 27 September 2002

Booth / Dercksen running for gold!

EDS Sailing Team with Mitch Booth and Herbert Dercksen from the Netherlands are running for gold due to the first and second place on Thursday 26 September 2002 at the Tornado Worlds in America. Booth/Dercksen caught up on Backes/Voiron from France. Both teams are three points behind the Australian leaders Bundock/Forbes.

The EDS Sailing Team won the first race of the day, followed by Bundock/Forbes. The Austrian team Hagara/Steinacher took the victory in the second race. Booth/Dercksen crossed the line in second and Bundock/Forbes in fifth position. The top three is standing close together and that makes the battle for gold in the last four races very exciting. Herbert: "Today, lady Fortune was on our side. Everything fitted together and we sailed a perfect race. The speed was good and we made less failures than yesterday. It is going to be thrilling, but it is in our own hands." According to the
forecast, the wind will be stronger today.

Fifty-seven teams from twenty countries and five continents are participating in the Exact Software 2002 Tornado World Championship from Monday 23 until Saturday 29 September 2002. The championship takes place at Martha's Vineyard, near the American coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The World Championship Tornado 2002 is also the first qualifying round for the Olympic Games of 2004 in Athens. The top five of the World Championship Tornado 2002 will qualify its country for the Olympic Games in Athens.

Top ten after 6 races and one discard:

		Country	Total (after discard)
1	BUNDOCK / FORBES	AUS	11
2	BACKES / VOIRON	FRA	14
3	BOOTH / DERCKSEN	NED	14
4	HAGARA / STEINACHER	AUT	25
5	STRANDBERG / MATTSON	SWE	36
6	REVIL / GUILLEMETTE	FRA	39
7	LANGE / ESPINOLA	ARG	43
8	KARSENBARG / HEEMSKERK	NED	44
9	KIRILYUK / USHKOV	RUS	51
10	MCMILLAN / BULKELEY	GBR	57