Bromby and the Beat

by Lynn Fitzpatrick on 5 Apr 2007 For the third day in a row sailors in the Western hemisphere Star titles arrived at Davis Island Yacht Club to find a glassy Tampa Bay.

Races were postponed on shore until there was a sign of breeze.

Wind readings on the race committee boat and the on the weather mark boat varied enough so that it took a long time for the race committee to reach agreement and set the weather mark at 285 degrees.

Peter Bromby and Bill McNiven had three of their signature starts from the pin end of the line. They read the shifts and the pressure and rounded the first weather mark in each of today’s three races in the lead. They may very well have won all three races had it not been for a fouled jib halyard that distracted them and let their competition get to their right after the final leeward mark rounding of the second race. The Bermudians allowed ten boats to pass them up the final beat. They finished the day with a 1, 11, and 1.

Peter and Bill seem to have perfected sailing in flat water and shifty conditions. 'It bears a striking resemblance to Hamilton Harbor. I’m used to trimming hard, keeping the boat flat and pointing a little higher than most. It’s when the wind comes on and there are a lot of waves when I start to have some problems', admitted Peter.

Freddy Loof who had a 2, 5, 2 for the day, said today's sailing conditions were 'very tricky and shifty. The wind was very hard to predict. It was tough out there, but it was a great day of sailing.'

Others who managed to stay at the top of the fleet as the wind picked up to top out at about 12 knots include: Eivind Melleby and Petter Morleland Pederson, Rohan Lord and Miles Addy, Iain Murray and Andrew Palfrey and Andy Macdonald and Mike Wolfs.

Davis Island Yact Club
2007 Western Hemsphere Championship
March 31, - April 6, 2007
All Boats
Series Summary, Preliminary 

Pl	B#	Sail	Crew	Subgroup	1	2	3	4	5	6	Tot
1	41	8256	Fredrik Loof & Anders Ekstrom		4	1	2	2	(5)	2	11
2	21	8044	Peter Bromby & Bill McNiven		(26\DNF)	3	5	1	11	1	21
3	15	7836	Iain Murray & Andrew Palfrey		6	(10)	4	3	6	4	23
4	23	8061	Rohan Lord & Miles Addy		2	4	10	(13)	1	7	24
5	40	8250	Andy MacDonald & Mike Wolfs	Masters	(13)	6	1	9	3	6	25
6	35	8234	Elvind Melleby & Petter Morland Pederson		11	5	8	(15)	2	3	29
7	44	8273	George Szabo & Andrew Scott		1	8	(17)	5	7	13	34
8	43	8230	John Dane III & Austin Sperry	Masters	5	7	(16)	7	10	8	37
9	30	8143	Brian Cramer & Tyler Bjorn	Masters	3	(17)	15	12	4	9	43
10	20	8043	Jock Kohlhas & Larry Scott	Masters	10	2	6	18	(26\RAF)	11	47
11	33	8195	John MacCausland & Bob Schofield		8	15	3	16	(26\OCS)	5	47
12	36	8235	Larry Whipple & Eric Monroe	Masters	7	18	(21)	8	8	12	53
13	34	8215	Bill Allen & Brad Lichter	Grand Masters	16	16	(23)	6	9	14	61
14	31	8157	Arthur Anosov & David Caesar		(17)	13	14	14	14	10	65
15	46	8286	Karl Anderson & Edward Morey		9	11	11	19	17	(26\DNF)	67
16	24	8080	Fotis Boliakis & Michael Nichol		12	(26\DNF)	9	11	18	17	67
17	39	8245	Joe Zambella & Peter Costa	Masters	14	9	12	21	12	(26\DNF)	68
18	12	7670	Gene McCarthy & Glenn McCarthy	Grand Masters	15	14	(20)	10	15	16	70
19	16	7907	Fabian Mac Gowan & Federico Engelhard		(26\DNF)	26\DNS	7	4	16	18	71
20	26	8084	Robert Teitge & J Darin Jensen	Grand Masters	(20)	12	18	17	13	19	79
21	45	8279	Claude Bonanni & Richard Burgess		21	20	13	(22)	21	20	95
22	37	8239	Martin Pendola & Lucas Pendola		19	19	(24)	23	19	15	95
23	18	8000	Harry Walker & David Hartman	Grand Masters	18	21	19	(25)	20	22	100
24	10	6643	Brian Malone & John Brennan		(26\DNF)	26\DNS	22	20	22	21	111
25	11	7640	Eric Ferrier & Zach Hahn		22	22	(25)	24	23	23	114