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After again a great start, the fleet bombshelled chasing the wind shifts. Through good luck or good judgement, and the calibre of the leaders having already shown the way in the previous races the old cliché once again proved opposite, the more you win the luckier you get.

From the start to the top mark the first 5 boats that took the left hand side of the course, got there well ahead of the rest of the fleet. The boats on the right hand side then joined in and there were a lot of port and starboard calls and several boats took penalties.

At the end of the downwind run the boats again converged on the leeward mark from different angles, creating some chaotic aggression where more boats took infringement penalties.

On the second beat the wind having shifted about 40 degrees, the top mark was repositioned in line with a true beat. Ian Barker, former 505 world champion and Olympic silver medallist in 49er at Sydney 2000, having scarpered with the wind at the top mark, led the fleet to the finish. Nevertheless Peter Chappell (AUS) , got out of gaol, meticulously picking the shifts, to cross the line not far behind. Chappell now leads with a consistant scoreline Simon Payne, from Britain, racing with another former 505 world champion, Bill Masterman, finished third.

Racing finishes today in the Australian Open with a lay day and late measurement for the World Championship tomorrow. Racing proper starts with two races per day on Sunday 8 December and continues until 14 December.

Overall Top Ten (after 4 Races)

Position	Nation	Skipper/Crew	Total	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4
1	AUS	Peter Chappell/Ian Davidson	4	1( 1)	[ 6]( 6)	1( 1)	2( 2)
2	USA	Howard Hamlin/Mike Martin	6	2( 2)	1( 1)	3( 3)	[ 10]( 10)
3	AUS	Alexander Higgins/Paul Marsh	12	7( 7)	3( 3)	2( 2)	[ 7]( 7)
4	AUS	Luke Molloy/Lucas Prescott	12	3( 3)	5( 5)	4( 4)	[ 103](DNC)
5	AUS	Leslie Nathanson/Richard Machin	18	4( 4)	7( 7)	7( 7)	[ 11]( 11)
6	USA	Andrew Beekman/Ben Benjamin	22	[ 106](DNF)	4( 4)	6( 6)	12( 12)
7	GBR	Terry Scutcher/Christian Diebitsch	23	[ 11]( 11)	9( 9)	8( 8)	6( 6)
8	USA	Dan Thompson/Andrew Zen	24	5( 5)	[ 103](DNC)	5( 5)	14( 14)
9	AUS	Hugh Stodart/Peter Holden	27	[ 106](DNF)	8( 8)	10( 10)	9( 9)
10	AUS	Michael Quirk/Geoff Lange	32	10( 10)	14( 14)	[ 38]( 38)	8( 8)