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4 February 2007, 10:28 pm

World Champ Victory

Finn Midwinters 2007

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

World Champion and world #1 Jonas HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN (DEN) finished a clear winner of the ISAF Grade 1 Finn Midwinters, with an opening trio of bullets leading him to victory with a rare to spare in Fort Lauderdale, USA.

After losing out to Per MOBERG (NOR) in the Medal Race of the ISAF Grade 1 Rolex Miami OCR, HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN immediately stamped his authority on the Midwinters with scores of 1,1,1,3,1 in the opening five races. From there on in the Danish World Champion never looked like losing control of the 26 strong Finn fleet and ended up a comfortable winner.

Pieter-Jan POSTMA (NED) finished strongly to come in second overall, whilst Zach RAILEY (USA) repeated his 2006 result by finishing third, just ahead of Dan SLATER (NZL).

Brendan CASEY (AUS) again demonstrated the rapid improvement he has made since switching from the Laser to the Finn last year, coming in fifth overall.

The Finn Midwinters are taking place as part of the Winter Circuit surrounding the ISAF Grade 1 Rolex Miami OCR.

Top Ten Results

Pos	Nation	Skipper	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	DEN	Jonas HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN	1	1	1	3	1	3	4	2	(29) DNC	16
2	NED	Pieter-Jan POSTMA	4	2	6	1	2	2	6	1	(8)	24
3	USA	Zach RAILEY	3	3	2	6	3	5	2	3	(11)	27
4	NZL	Dan SLATER	(7)	6	5	4	4	4	1	4	4	32
5	AUS	Brendan CASEY	2	4	4	7	(29) DNC	1	8	7	2	35
6	GBR	Ed GREIG	11	5	3	(18)	6	10	3	5	12	55
7	IRL	Timothy GOODBODY	6	7	(17)	2	9	12	11	10	1	58
8	IRL	Aaron O'GRADY	5	12	7	8	7	7	5	(17)	9	60
9	USA	Geoffrey EWENSON	10	8	11	10	8	8	(12)	6	5	66
10	NED	Wietze ZETZEMA	9	10	8	5	12	(13)	9	12	3	68