July 17, 2004
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French Claim World Title
The French husband and wife team of Thierry and Christine WIBAUX took the Dart 18 World Championship yesterday in Lagos, Portugal.
The French husband and wife team of Thierry and Christine WIBAUX took the Dart 18 World Championship yesterday in Lagos, Portugal.
The seven race series experienced light winds throughout, but their performance did not suffer and they wrapped up the Championship with a 16 point margin.
Demonstrating the mix in the fleet, the race wins were very much shared amongst the competitors with the Wibaux’s only having one to their credit.
Top 10 Results
| Pos | Sail | Crew | From | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pts |
| 1 | 7789 | THIERRY WIBAUX | ANGOULEME | -9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| CHRISTINE WIBAUX | |||||||||||
| 2 | 7818 | VINCENT BOUVIER | MARSEILLE | (88DNF) | 2 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 39 |
| FANNY MERELLE | |||||||||||
| 3 | 7712 | DAVE ROBERTS | STOKES BAY S.C. | (88BFD) | 18 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 55 |
| LOUISE ROBERTS | |||||||||||
| 4 | 6069 | MICHEL FEHR | Y.C.SE. | (88BFD) | 4 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 61 |
| JOLINE FEHR | |||||||||||
| 5 | 7777 | HERVE LE MAUX | LE TOUQUET | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | (88DSQ) | 16 | 63 |
| JOANNA JONES-PIERCE | |||||||||||
| 6 | 7575 | JOSE CUNHA | C.N.S. | 6 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 19 | (88DNF) | 5 | 67 |
| HELENA MURTA | |||||||||||
| 7 | 7738 | ALAN KERNICK | STOKES BAY S.C. | 12 | 15 | 10 | 24 | 9 | -27 | 6 | 76 |
| FIONA KERNICK | |||||||||||
| 8 | 7749 | GARETH OWEN | DEE S.C. | -23 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 77 |
| WILL THOMPSON | |||||||||||
| 9 | 7421 | PEDRO VILELA | C.N.S. | -24 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 81 |
| JOSE BEIRÃO | |||||||||||
| 10 | 683 | PAUL WAKELIN | MUMBLES Y.C. | -32 | 20 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 87 |
| JO COE |