Duel of the Gold Stars in Race 3 of Bacardi Cup
by Janet Maizner and Lynn Fitzpatrick on 8 Mar 2007
Pepper and Giles cross the finish line to win Race 3 of the 2007 Bacardi Cup Fried Elliott
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Hamish Pepper and David Giles had a stellar start about four boats down from the committee boat. To his right was the other gold star in the fleet, Freddie Loof and Anders Ekstrom.
The two gold stars spent most of the 10.5 mile race trying to get around one another. That’s not to say that others didn’t find themselves out in the lead or in the mix.
Portugal’s Fabian MacGowan and Federico Engelhard managed to hold onto the lead around the first weather mark, the first leeward mark and all the way up the second beat.
That’s a long time to stay composed when you have Loof/Ekstrom, Szabo/Liljedahl, Pepper/Giles, Miller/Voigt and Kusznierewicz/Zycki to hold off. Heading up the top of the second weather leg it was clear that each of the top four boats wanted to protect the right. Pepper/Giles bowed out of the tacking drill and stayed to leeward while Loof/Ekstrom kept trying to get to the right of MacGowan/Englehard. At the top of the beat MacGowan/Engelhard was ahead and Pepper/Giles crossed Loof/Ekstrom to tack onto the starboard layline.
Down the run the devil in sheep’s skin wanted the right, but was forced left by the Swedes. Staying low the Kiwis took the lead. Szabo/Liljedahl slipped by MacGowan/ Englehard by getting room at the mark. Going up the final beat the Kiwis favored the right and the Swedes and Szabo/Lilijedahl went middle right. When the threesome crossed well up the beat in heavier air, Pepper and Giles were ahead.
The regatta leaders arrived at the dock smiling. Pepper said that Giles made him look good as the breeze came up. 'They’re the ones with the medals' he said referring to his coach and crew, 'I’m still trying to get my first'. Coach, Aaron McIntosh and crew, David Giles each have an Olympic bronze medal. McIntosh won the bronze in board sailing at the Sydney games and Giles won his in the Star Class at the Atlanta games.
Annabel, the other member of Hamish & Co., is in Valencia providing updates to all of the Star sailors missing out on the 80th Annual Bacardi Cup and Magnus Liljedhal’s birthday while they practice with their America’s Cup teams.
Ian Percy, Andrew Simpson, Carl Anderson, Mark Mendleblatt, Mark Strube, Andy Horton, Phillippe Presti, Francesco Bruni, Phil Trinter, Torben Grael and Paul Cayard – we miss you and hope you’ll be in Miami for next year’s Star Worlds.
Sail-World NZL:
The second NZ crew in the event, Olympic Squad members, Rohan Lord and Miles Addy had a better day, finishing 14th, their best place so far in the series, and lie in 18th pleace overall. After a slow start to the series, and given the way points are distributed, their best option as this stage is to get into the top 12 overall, which will be a creditable result in this 75 strong fleet.
Bacardi Cup Third Day and Overall Results after three races
1. Pepper/Giles – NZL. 2. Loof/Ekstrom – SWE. 3. Domingos/Santos – 3 pts. 4. Szabo/Liljedhal – USA. 5. Dannesboe/Heinonen – SUI. 6. Murray/Palfrey – AUS. 7. Kusznierewicz/Zycki. 8. Pickel/Borowski – GER. 9. MacGowan/ Engelhard – ARG. 10. Bromby/McNiven – BER. Rohan Lord/Miles Addy - NZL. 14
Place |
Boat |
Skipper |
Crew |
Sail #: |
Fleet |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
1 |
NZL 8187 |
PEPPER Hamish |
Giles David |
8187 |
ISOL |
2.0 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
6 |
2 |
SWE 8256 |
Loof Fredrik |
Ekstrom Anders |
8256 |
SC |
8.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
12 |
3 |
AUS 7836 |
Murray Ian |
Palfrey Andrew |
7836 |
LMac |
6.0 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
17 |
4 |
POL 8170 |
Kusznierewicz Mateusz |
Zycki Dominik |
8170 |
ISOL |
4.0 |
9.0 |
7.0 |
20 |
5 |
BER 8044 |
Bromby Peter |
McNiven Bill |
8044 |
ISOL |
5.0 |
11.0 |
10.0 |
26 |
6 |
GER 7991 |
Miller Matthias |
Voight Manuel |
7991 |
UB |
7.0 |
7.0 |
17.0 |
31 |
7 |
USA 8273 |
Szabo George |
Liljedahl Magnus |
8273 |
SDB |
15.0 |
15.0 |
4.0 |
34 |
8 |
AUT 8226 |
Spitzauer Hans |
Nehammer Christian |
8226 |
H |
14.0 [AVG] |
17.0 |
11.0 |
42 |
9 |
CRO 7955 |
Lovrovic Marin |
Mikulicic Sinisa |
7955 |
ISOL |
19.0 |
12.0 |
13.0 |
44 |
10 |
SUI 8138 |
Marazzi Flavio |
Hofer Donat |
8138 |
TB |
14.0 |
4.0 |
27.0 |
45 |
11 |
NOR 8186 |
Melleby Eivind |
Pedersen Petter Morland |
8186 |
NOR |
12.0 |
14.0 |
20.0 |
46 |
12 |
ITA 8281 |
Modena Luca |
Marchesini Michele |
8281 |
NG |
11.0 |
18.0 |
31.0 |
60 |
13 |
GER 8213 |
Pickel Marc |
BORKOWSKI Ingo |
8213 |
Brm |
10.0 |
48.0 |
8.0 |
66 |
14 |
USA 8043 |
Kohlhas Jock |
Scott Larry |
8043 |
BisB |
23.0 |
1.0 |
44.0 |
68 |
15 |
USA 8129 |
Reynolds Mark |
Haenel Hal |
8129 |
SDB. |
24.0 |
21.0 |
24.0 |
69 |
16 |
SUI 8232 |
Dannesboe Henrik |
HEINONEN Eki |
8232 |
TB |
20.0 |
46.0 |
5.0 |
71 |
17 |
ARG 7907 |
MAC GOWAN FABIAN |
ENGELHARD Federico |
7907 |
OL |
28.0 |
34.0 |
9.0 |
71.0001 |
18 |
NZL 8061 |
Lord Rohan |
Addy Miles |
8061 |
ISOL |
22.0 |
35.0 |
14.0 |
71.0002 |
19 |
USA 8132 |
Brun Vince |
Brophy Doug |
8132 |
SDB |
31.0 |
13.0 |
28.0 |
72 |
20 |
IRL 8028 |
O'Connell Maurice |
Cooke Ben |
8028 |
ISOL |
1.0 |
56.0 |
19.0 |
76 |
21 |
USA 8286 |
Anderson Karl |
Morey Edward |
8286 |
BH |
35.0 |
16.0 |
26.0 |
77 |
22 |
USA 8268 |
DANE John |
Sperry Austin |
8268 |
MoB |
9.0 |
41.0 |
30.0 |
80 |
23 |
HUN 8166 |
Tenke Tibor |
Bendicsek Jozsef |
8166 |
Ore |
25.0 |
31.0 |
25.0 |
81 |
24 |
USA 8095 |
Weissenberger Gunti |
Wagner Will |
8095 |
NCB |
32.0 |
33.0 |
18.0 |
83 |
25 |
SWE 8238 |
Lofstedt Tom |
Larsson Martin |
8238 |
RS |
27.0 |
10.0 |
47.0 |
84 |
26 |
CAN 8143 |
Cramer Brian |
Bjorn Tyler |
8143 |
LOC |
29.0 |
40.0 |
22.0 |
91 |
27 |
USA 8059 |
Hovey Bear |
Dayton Lee |
8059 |
Mid |
30.0 |
39.0 |
23.0 |
92 |
28 |
SUI 8085 |
Zimmermann Lorenz |
Furer Andreas |
8085 |
LUV |
26.0 |
25.0 |
42.0 |
93 |
29 |
ITA 8277 |
Irrera Renato |
Cristaldini Corrado |
8277 |
Pal |
21.0 |
32.0 |
45.0 |
98 |
30 |
USA 8250 |
Macdonald Andy |
Fatih Brian |
8250 |
NH |
17.0 |
69.0 |
15.0 |
101 |
31 |
USA 8195 |
Maccausland John |
Schofield Bob |
8195 |
CR |
76.0 [BFD] |
6.0 |
21.0 |
103 |
32 |
NED 8263 |
Jorissen Sander |
Veldhuizen Erik |
8263 |
Med |
33.0 |
27.0 |
46.0 |
106 |
33 |
POR 8145 |
Domingos Afonso |
Santos Bernardo |
8145 |
CP |
76.0 [BFD] |
28.0 |
3.0 |
107 |
34 |
GBR 7601 |
Hicks Michael |
Hicks Patrick |
7601 |
Sol |
41.0 |
51.0 |
16.0 |
108 |
35 |
CAN 6756 |
Hendershot Will |
Vranderick Alain |
6756 |
Q |
37.0 |
38.0 |
33.0 |
108 |
36 |
USA 8111 |
Brethorst Rick |
Nielson Chris |
8111 |
LS |
39.0 |
29.0 |
41.0 |
109 |
37 |
GER 7971 |
Stanjek Robert |
Kleen Frithjof |
7971 |
BF |
3.0 |
76.0 [DNF] |
34.0 |
113 |
38 |
USA 8231 |
Museler Chris |
Lidecis Erik |
8231 |
|
43.0 |
8.0 |
64.0 |
115 |
39 |
UKR 8247 |
GUREYEV Vasyl |
KOROTKOV Volodymyr |
8247 |
Ukr |
16.0 |
61.0 |
38.0 |
115 |
40 |
CHI 8181 |
Zuazola Rodrigo |
Fuentes Marcos |
8181 |
Val |
18.0 |
63.0 |
39.0 |
120 |
41 |
HUN 7900 |
Forintos Robert |
Komm Andras |
7900 |
Ore |
40.0 |
30.0 |
52.0 |
122 |
42 |
SUI 8009 |
Gautschi Christoph |
Konig Jurg |
8009 |
Bod |
13.0 |
57.0 |
55.0 |
125 |
43 |
UKR 8157 |
Anosov Arthur |
Dolan Mark |
8157 |
SL |
34.0 |
19.0 |
76.0 [DNS] |
129 |
44 |
USA 8222 |
Merriman Rick |
Munroe Eric |
8222 |
SDB |
76.0 [BFD] |
44.0 |
12.0 |
132 |
45 |
ESP 7581 |
Bermudez Roberto |
Arrarte Pablo |
7581 |
Barc |
76.0 [BFD] |
23.0 |
35.0 |
134 |
46 |
GER 7545 |
Hampe Alex |
Conrads Chris |
7545 |
ZuW |
38.0 |
67.0 |
29.0 |
134 |
47 |
USA 8072 |
Smith Doug |
Moore Mike |
8072 |
SBC |
76.0 [BFD] |
22.0 |
37.0 |
135 |
48 |
USA 8215 |
Allen Bill |
Hatfield Bruce |
8215 |
WH |
42.0 |
62.0 |
32.0 |
136 |
49 |
ITA 7227 |
Lillia Stefano |
Canali Cicio |
7227 |
Mu |
46.0 |
54.0 |
36.0 |
136 |
50 |
GER 7816 |
Girr Fritz |
HASCHE Marko |
7816 |
AM |
76.0 [BFD] |
20.0 |
48.0 |
144 |
51 |
GER 7865 |
Lehnert Stefan |
Menning Peter |
7865 |
Bre |
45.0 |
49.0 |
53.0 |
147 |
52 |
USA 8083 |
Chiarella John |
Carlson Bob |
8083 |
Sun |
47.0 |
42.0 |
59.0 |
148 |
53 |
USA 8128 |
Bingham Julian |
Cruthirds Troy |
8128 |
MoB |
76.0 [BFD] |
26.0 |
50.0 |
152 |
54 |
ITA 8183 |
Tamburini Antonio |
Ricci Renzo |
8183 |
SI |
76.0 [BFD] |
36.0 |
43.0 |
155 |
55 |
USA 7866 |
Manderson John |
Semler Matt |
7866 |
Mid |
36.0 |
47.0 |
76.0 [OCS] |
159 |
56 |
USA 7934 |
Von Schwarz Karl |
Wharton Rich |
7934 |
AN |
44.0 |
52.0 |
66.0 |
162 |
57 |
USA 7814 |
Donald Keith |
Carlson Michael |
7814 |
AN |
49.0 |
50.0 |
68.0 |
167 |
58 |
USA 8245 |
Zambella Joe |
Davidson Jeremy |
8245 |
BH |
76.0 [BFD] |
55.0 |
40.0 |
171 |
59 |
USA 7579 |
Seeling Timothy |
Rogers Chris |
7579 |
CD |
52.0 |
58.0 |
65.0 |
175 |
60 |
ITA 8291 |
Veggetti Andrea |
Coppa Franco |
8291 |
FdAL |
76.0 [BFD] |
24.0 |
76.0 [OCS] |
176 |
61 |
CHN 7784 |
Li Hongquan |
Wang He |
7784 |
ISOL |
51.0 |
68.0 |
60.0 |
179 |
62 |
GER 7863 |
Meyer Klaus |
Struve Dirk |
7863 |
Brm |
76.0 [BFD] |
43.0 |
62.0 |
181 |
63 |
USA 8069 |
Mueller Fritz |
Weinstein Bob |
8069 |
BisB |
76.0 [DNF] |
37.0 |
69.0 |
182 |
64 |
USA 8000 |
Walker Harry |
Jensen Darin |
8000 |
BisB |
48.0 |
76.0 [DNS] |
58.0 |
182 |
65 |
GER 823 |
Thomsen Dierk |
Thomsen Lars |
823 |
Glu |
50.0 |
66.0 |
67.0 |
183 |
66 |
USA 8084 |
Teitge Bob |
Koresjka Adam |
8084 |
BisB |
76.0 [BFD] |
59.0 |
51.0 |
186 |
67 |
USA 8067 |
Oti Jose |
May Henry |
8067 |
GBT |
76.0 [BFD] |
53.0 |
61.0 |
190 |
68 |
USA 7370 |
Emmet Rob |
Avellon Guy |
7370 |
AN |
76.0 [BFD] |
70.0 |
49.0 |
195 |
69 |
USA 7970 |
Hopkins Sam |
Pytlak John |
7970 |
AN |
53.0 |
72.0 |
70.0 |
195 |
70 |
SUI 7645 |
Wyss Daniel |
Stegmeier Beat |
7645 |
ZU |
76.0 [BFD] |
65.0 |
54.0 |
195 |
71 |
USA 81 |
Bingham Julian |
Clark Buddy |
81 |
MoB |
76.0 [BFD] |
64.0 |
56.0 |
196 |
72 |
ARG 8239 |
Pendola Martin |
SIMONET ARIEL |
8239 |
BA |
76.0 [BFD] |
45.0 |
76.0 [OCS] |
197 |
73 |
GER 8016 |
Rauch Hubert |
Schappeler Ingo |
8016 |
And |
76.0 [DSQ] |
71.0 |
57.0 |
204 |
74 |
USA 7567 |
Buckley Davis |
Hardin Chris |
7567 |
AN |
76.0 [DNF] |
60.0 |
76.0 [DNF] |
212 |
75 |
USA 7434 |
Parks Bill |
Anderson Clark |
7434 |
WH |
76.0 [DNF] |
76.0 [DNS] |
63.0 |
215 |
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