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Star Worlds: Kusnierewicz wins again - Percy out

'Mateusz Kusnierewicz and Dominik Zycki win 2 races in a row at the 2008 Star Worlds Miami' Fried Elliott © Click Here to view large photo

It was all grins for Polish team of Mateusz Kusnierewicz and Dominik Zycki of Poland as they crushed the rest of the fleet during the second race of the 2008 Star World Championship. But while the Poles celebrated a second win, Britain's Ian Percy and Andrew Simpson were heading home for an early shower after being caught out by the black flag sequence after the first aborted start.

It was Black Saturday for many who had hoped to win the 2008 Star Worlds or go to the Olympics. Among the twenty five crews who have already qualified for the Olympics John Dane III and Austin Sperry (USA), Marc Pickel and Ingo Borkowski (GER), Ian Percy and Andrew Simpson (GBR) and Hamish Pepper and Carl Williams (NZL) were black flagged.

No such problems for Kusnierewicz and Zycki. Although Marin Lovrovic Jr. and Sinsa Mikulicic from Croatia approached the weather mark from the middle left with a nice lead over Kusnierewicz and Zycki as they bore off for the offset mark,the polish pair took a peek at the board to see if their bow number was among the 25 boats that were black flagged. Relieved that they were not among the nearly quarter of the fleet sent marching home, they got down to business. Lovrovic/Mikulicic went high and Kusnierewicz/Zycki went low and 2.1 miles later Kusnierewicz and Zycki had a three boat length lead as they rounded the leeward gate and headed back up wind.

Among the teams who have mounted quadrennium long campaigns from countries that are still trying to qualify for the Olympics and who were also black flagged were Rodrigo Zuazola and Robert Riegel (CHI), Eivind Melleby and Petter Morland Pedersen (NOR), Maurice O’Connell and Ben Cooke (IRL), Max Treacy and Anthony Shanks (IRL) and Peter Bromby and Lee White (BER).

Thankfully, the Irish can breath a sigh of relief, because the young lads who came onto the scene this season Peter O’Leary and Stephen Milne (IRL) carried the baton for their county. There were many other very talented crews who were tagged after the race committee went to the black flag following the first general recall. The second starting sequence ended with the AP going up, and many aggressive competitors charged the line during the third attempt at the start.

With the fleet thinned out immediately behind them, Kusnierewicz/Zycki and Lovrovic/Mikulicic pulled away and Diego Negri and Luigi Viale (ITA) followed around the left gate while John MacCausland and Kevin Murphy (USA) and Freddy Loof and Anders Ekstrom (SWE) tried to make up ground by rounding the right gate. Peter O’Leary and Stephen Milne (IRL) executed a picture perfect left gate rounding inside the father and son team of Carl and Jamie Buchan (USA) to snag sixth.

The sun came out for the final beat as Kusnierewicz/Zycki sailed their final beat alone for the second day in a row. Having to defend against some formidable veterans, Lovrovic/Sinsa slipped back in the 8-10 knot breeze from the SE, but were able to cover Negri/Viale and cross the finish line in second place. MacCausland/Murphy, who showed off their starts and speed in the practice race, finished fourth. The Irish youth, O’Leary/Milne posted yet another impressive finish in Miami and took fifth.

Kusnierewicz/Zycki are sailing a Folli that is the sister ship to Dane/Sperry’s trial horse, 8320. It’s likely that both teams are shipping their trusty steeds to Qingdao shortly after the 2008 Star Worlds hosted by Coral Reef Yacht Club.

Countries that are leading the charge toward qualifying for the 2008 Olympics are Switzerland, Ireland, Japan and Croatia.

Place	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Sail No	Fleet	R1	R2	Total
1	POL 8170	Mateusz Kusznierewicz	Dominik Zycki	8170	Isol	1	1	2
2	ITA 8266	Diego Negri	Luigi Viale	8266	VE	3	3	6
3	USA 8267	Mark Mendelblatt	Mark Strube	8267	TaB	2	6	8
4	USA 8195	John A Maccausland	Kevin Murphy	8195	CR	15	4	19
5	SUI 8296	Flavio Marazzi	Enrico De Maria	8296	TB	6	14	20
6	AUS 7836	Iain Murray	Andrew Palfrey	7836	LMac	11	11	22
7	IRL 8261	Peter O'Leary	Stephen Milne	8261	Isol	19	5	24
8	JPN 8144	Kunio Suzuki	Daichi Wada	8144	Isol	9	15	24
9	CRO 8339	Marin Lovrovic Jr	Sinisa Mikulicic	8339	Isol	29	2	31
10	POR 8309	Afonso Domingos	Bernardo Santos	8309	CP	21	10	31
11	AUT 8226	Hans Spitzauer	Christian Nehammer	8226	Att	14	18	32
12	CAN 8291	Ross Macdonald	Steve Mitchell	8291	EB	25	9	34
13	SWE 8331	Fredrik Loof	Anders Ekstrom	8331	BK	27	8	35
14	USA 8260	Carl Buchan	Jamie Buchan	8260	PS	31	7	38
15	ITA 8348	Luca Modena	Sergio Lambertenghi	8348	NG	24	17	41
16	ITA 8290	Silvio Santoni	Dodo Natucci	8290	NG	22	23	45
17	FRA 8107	Xavier Rohart	Pascal Rambeau	8107	NI	26	21	47
18	BRA 8337	Alan Adler	Ronald Seifert	8337	RdJ	16	32	48
19	BRA 8255	Robert Scheidt	Bruno Prada	8255	Gua	37	12	49
20	ITA 8332	Enrico Chieffi	Nando Colaninno	8332	PDV	32	19	51
21	USA 8285	Augie Diaz	Phil Trinter	8285	BisB	49	13	62
22	ARG 8003	Alejo Rigoni	Gustavo Gonzalez	8003	BA	33	29	62
23	USA 8273	George Szabo	Rick Peters	8273	SDB	39	25	64
24	USA 8177	Jud Smith	Terry Yuill	8177	CA	51	16	67
25	CAN 8143	Brian Cramer	Tyler Bjorn	8143	WLOC	47	22	69
26	CRO 8280	Dan Lovrovic	Marin Lovrovic Sr	8280	Isol	40	30	70
27	SUI 8232	Henrik Dannesboe	Edward Morey	8232	Sem	34	37	71
28	CAN 7570	Hunter Lowden	Brett Wilson	7570	EB	35	36	71
29	GER 7860	Werner Fritz	Uli Seeberger	7860	B	44	31	75
30	ARG 7907	Fabian Mac Gowan	Federico Engelhard	7907	OL	50	26	76
31	USA 8312	Rick Merriman	Brian Sharp	8312	LH	58	20	78
32	USA 8250	Andrew Macdonald	Brian Fatih	8250	NB	52	27	79
33	GER 8213	Peer Wilhelm	Nils Hollweg	8213	Kf	43	41	84
34	NED 8277	Sjaak Haakman	Wietze Zetzema	8277	Med	45	40	85
35	SUI 7990	Daniel Stegmeier	Beat Stegmeier	7990	TB	48	43	91
36	USA 8253	Richard Brethorst	Scott Anderson	8253	LS	41	53	94
37	GRE 8192	Leonidas Pelekanakis	George Stylianos	8192	Gre	38	57	95
38	NED 8263	Alexander Jorissen	Erik Veldhuizen	8263	Hol	64	34	98
39	USA 8136	Henry Filter	Will Wagner	8136	AN	54	46	100
40	DEN 8343	Joegen Svendsen	Jens Christian Jurlander	8343	DF	46	56	102
41	USA 8159	Ched Proctor	Matt Semler	8159	CLIS	78	28	106
42	USA 8175	Jim Babel	Bill Hawk	8175	GL	56	51	107
43	HUN 8166	Tibor Tenke	Jozsef Bendicsek	8166	Ore	63	45	108
44	BER 8272	Peter Bromby	Lee White	8272	Isol	4	105.0 [BFD]	109
45	USA 8269	Jock Kohlhas	Larry Scott	8269	BisB	71	38	109
46	GER 8333	Marc Pickel	Ingo Borkowski	8333	Bre	5	105.0 [BFD]	110
47	IRL 8158	Maxwell Treacy	R Anthony Shanks	8158	Isol	7	105.0 [BFD]	112
48	UKR 8096	Eugen Avksentiev	Kostyantyn Kondratuyk	8096	Ukr	79	33	112
49	GBR 8345	Iain Percy	Andrew Simpson	8345	Sol	8	105.0 [BFD]	113
50	USA 8230	John Dane III	Austin Sperry	8230	MoB	10	105.0 [BFD]	115
51	RUS 8281	Dmitriy Vokhmintsev	Yury Pinegin	8281	StP	61	54	115
52	NZL 8187	Hamish Pepper	Carl Williams	8187	Isol	12	105.0 [BFD]	117
53	ITA 8164	Valerio Chinca	Massimo Ciano	8164	FDM	59	58	117
54	USA 8156	Andy Horton	Andrew Scott	8156	NB	13	105.0 [BFD]	118
55	SWE 8298	Tom Lofstedt	Krister Carlsson	8298	Ras	69	49	118
56	UKR 8205	Konstantin Datsenko	Olexandr Yevseyenko	8205	Ukr	77	42	119
57	USA 8320	Mark Reynolds	Hal Haenel	8320	SDB	17	105.0 [BFD]	122
58	GER 8109	Robert Stanjek	Markus Koy	8109	BF	18	105.0 [BFD]	123
59	SUI 8009	Christoph Gautschi	Alex Gouda	8009	Bod	84	39	123
60	NOR 8183	Eivind Melleby	Petter Morland Pedersen	8183	Nor	20	105.0 [BFD]	125
61	RUS 8305	Sergey Shevtsov	Roman Sadchikov	8305	StP	23	105.0 [BFD]	128
62	ESP 8301	Franciso Sanchez	Manuel Roca	8301	Lar	105.0 [DNF]	24	129
63	BUL 7437	Nedko Vassilev	Boycho Nikolov	7437	Isol	83	47	130
64	USA 8279	Claude Bonanni	Richard Burgess	8279	TaB	80	50	130
65	SWE 7978	Ingvar Krook	Henrik J-son Hasselgren	7978	AR	66	65	131
66	ESP 7581	Roberto Bermudez	Marcelo Ferreira	7581	P-San	28	105.0 [BFD]	133
67	ITA 8344	Antonio Tamburini	Renzo Ricci	8344	SI	70	63	133
68	IRL 8254	Maurice O'Connell	Ben Coe	8254	Isol	30	105.0 [BFD]	135
69	SUI 8329	Daniel Wyss	Urs Joss	8329	ZU	75	60	135
70	USA 8245	Joe Zambella	Peter Costa	8245	BH	74	64	138
71	BRA 8300	Peter Ficker	Arthur Lopes	8300	San	72	67	139
72	GER 8256	Hubert Merkelbach	Gerrit Bartel	8256	UB	105.0 [BFD]	35	140
73	USA 8215	Bill Allen	Brad Lichter	8215	WH	88	52	140
74	DEN 8218	Benny Andersen	Mogens Just	8218	DF	36	105.0 [BFD]	141
75	GER 8016	Hubert Rauch	Felix Kling	8016	And	67	77	144
76	USA 8061	Derek Decouteau	Trevor Nederlof	8061	BI	90	55	145
77	USA 7105	Bill Babel	Trevor Davis	7105	GL	85	61	146
78	USA 7462	Dave Watt	Dave Martin	7462	PS	42	105.0 [BFD]	147
79	USA 7814	Keith Donald	Sean Bryson Quinn	7814	AN	89	59	148
80	BRA 8282	Alessandro Pascolato	Henry Raul Booning	8282	Gua	105.0 [BFD]	44	149
81	CHI 7972	Vicente Gimeno	Ignacio Pablo Hasbun	7972	Val	76	74	150
82	SUI 8085	Lorenz Zimmermann	Michael Mutti	8085	LUV	105.0 [BFD]	48	153
83	GER 7866	Dierk Thomsen	Darin Jensen	7866	Glu	82	73	155
84	GER 7750	Jens Burmester	Markus Mehlen	7750	Ed	91	66	157
85	BRA 8283	Gastao Brun	Fabio Kraiczyk	8283	RdJ	53	105.0 [BFD]	158
86	USA 8043	John Manderson	Roman Gotsuyak	8043	Mid	55	105.0 [BFD]	160
87	CHN 7784	Hong Quan Li	He WANG	7784	EB	92	69	161
88	FIN 8292	Jali Makila	Erkki Heinonen	8292	Fin	57	105.0 [BFD]	162
89	ITA 7562	Stefano Bettarini	Corrado Cristaldini	7562	Viar	87	75	162
90	USA 8163	Ryan Staszko	Jack Donahue	8163	BH	93	70	163
91	CRO 7828	Mate Arapov	Ognjen Uljevic	7828	Isol	60	105.0 [BFD]	165
92	USA 8083	John Chiarella	Robert Carlson	8083	Sun	95	71	166
93	AUT 8021	Harald Wirth	Jim Pickering	8021	AU	94	72	166
94	RUS 8119	Vitaliy Tarakanov	Maxim Karelsky	8119	Mosc	105.0 [BFD]	62	167
95	BRA 8284	Lars Schmidt Grael	Marcelo Jordao	8284	Par	62	105.0 [BFD]	167
96	CHI 8319	Rodrigo Zuazola	Robert Riegel	8319	Val	65	105.0 [BFD]	170
97	GER 7816	Marko Hasche	Philip Behn	7816	HF	96	76	172
98	AUT 8216	Roberto Tomasini Grinover	Gunnar Bahr	8216	AU	105.0 [BFD]	68	173
99	UKR 8247	Vasyl Gureyev	Volodymyr Korotkov	8247	Ukr	68	105.0 [BFD]	173
100	GER 7946	Hermann Weiler	Niklas Dietrich	7946	Neu	98	78	176
101	ARG 7777	Julio Labandeira	Enrique Della Torre	7777	OL	73	105.0 [BFD]	178
102	USA 7713	Ben Fransen	Ian Coleman	7713	AN	81	105.0 [DNS]	186
103	GER 7865	Stefan Lehnert	Peter Menning	7865	Bre	86	105.0 [BFD]	191
104	CAN 7451	Dennis Burgess	Gordon Clay	7451	EB	97	105.0 [BFD]	202

by Lynn Fitzpatrick

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