Sail-World.com : iShares Cup leaderboard reshuffle after prang and redress to Peyron
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iShares Cup leaderboard reshuffle after prang and redress to Peyron |
Round 2 of the iShares Cup Hyères-TPM and the weather scenario was a repeat of yesterday: starting weak, shifting right, then building to up to first 10 knots then 15 for the last two races.
In these conditions, the Race Committee managed to stage seven races in total, setting the short, sharp race courses well within the view of the hundreds of spectators – the finish line itself was set almost within touching distance of the crowds who cheered on as the Extreme 40s fought closely for the finish line.
Day 2 of the iShares Cup Hyères-TPM has been a day of mixed fortunes… BMW Oracle Racing and Gitana Extreme – Group LCF Rothschild piled on the pressure with two race wins for Spithill and three race wins for Guichard – moving both teams up the leaderboard that is still dominated by Oman Sail’s Masirah who had another convincing day.
James Spithill: 'It was a bit like survival at times at the top mark, it's very aggressive on the water. Masirah sailed very well again, Gitana is always good and I think it's still very open for tomorrow. I think we have to look for consistency and try to always be in the top five.'
 | iShares Cup Hyeres-TPM France. Round 2 , Day 2. Extreme 40 'BMW Oracle Racing' (USA) skipper James Spithill (AUS) - ThMartinez_- Sea & Co - Copyright |
For Loick Peyron it was a day of frustration as Oman Sail’s Renaissance remained on the dock after the collision with Ecover in the first race – Mike Golding was on port so was at fault. With the port tiller arm almost detached from the rudder, Peyron had to ‘hand-steer’ the port rudder whilst moving the starboard rudder using the long tiller arm – of course, the super cool Peyron did it ‘standing up’! The Race Committee have yet to publish the results of this protest. Franck Cammas was mixing it up with the front-runners, scoring three third places, leaving Groupama in fifth place on today’s leaderboard after the redress ahead of BT.
The stage is now set for the final day of Round 2 of the iShares Cup – Oman Sail Masirah has a 110 points, a 10-point lead on Oman Sail’s Renaissance (100 points). BMW Oracle Racing in third place are on 97 points, a 10-point lead on Gitana Extreme – Groupe LCF Rothschild (87 points). Pete Cumming’s crew on Oman Sail Masirah is looking sharp and the front-runners will have a real fight on their hands tomorrow.
But in the iShares Cup game anything is possible.
 | iShares Cup Hyeres-TPM France. Round 2 , Day 2. Extreme 40 'Oman Sail’s Renaissance' (OMA) skipper Loick Peyron (FRA) finishing Race 1 in day with broken rudder . - ThMartinez_- Sea & Co - Copyright |
 | iShares Cup Hyeres-TPM France. Round 2 , Day 2. Part of the fleet turning top mark in Race 6. - ThMartinez_- Sea & Co - Copyright |
 | iShares Cup Hyeres-TPM -France. Round 2 . Day 2. - ThMartinez_- Sea & Co - Copyright |
 | iShares Cup Hyeres-TPM France. Extreme 40 'Gitana Extreme - Groupe LCF Rothschild' (FRA) skipper Yann Guichard - ThMartinez_- Sea & Co - Copyright |
 | iShares Cup Hyeres-TPM - France. Round 2 , Day 2. Finish of Race 4. - ThMartinez_- Sea & Co - Copyright |
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10:06 PM Sat 4 Jul 2009 GMT
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