Knickerbocker Cup Day 2 at Manhasset Bay Yacht Club

by Claude Chazotte on 2 Sep 2012 Knickerbocker Cup 2012, the 30th Anniversary of Long Island’s premier Match Racing Series, second day of racing was held at Manhasset Bay Yacht Club (MBYC) in Port Washington, NY on Friday 31st August. The breeze was steady from the northwest between 15-16 knots and flat water conditions.

The race committee completed six round robin flights today. A total of 17 flights, of which 16 were completed today for a total required 45 round robin races. After the initial round robin we narrowed down to quarter finals with eight remaining teams: ranked #1: Nicholai Sehested; #2: William Tiller; #3: David Gilmour; #4: Peter Wickwire; #5: Sally Barkow; #6: Jordan Reece; #7: Taylor Canfield; and #8: Peter Nicholas. Vladimir Lipavsky and Jon Singsen were eliminated.

The race committee was able to successfully complete half of the second stage Quarter Final Knockout with the following results:

• In the first two flights David Gilmour and Nicholai Sehested had a 2:0 lead over their competitors.

• Sally Barkow split races with Peter Wickwire. In the first race she was ahead and the race was abandoned because William Tiller wrapped his keel. Eventually she won the first race. In the second race Barkow misjudged the starting line and Wickwire won the race, resulting in tying the series 1:1.

• William Tiller dropped the first match after making a good comeback and was unable to claim victory because he could not hoist the spinnaker in time.

• In the second match Taylor Canfield forced William Tiller over the start line and received a penalty in this race, but the race was abandoned due to a race committee procedural error.

• In the third match Taylor Canfield was behind at the first mark and William Tiller wrapped the mark around the keel, which he eventually had to cut it loose. The race committee awarded him a second penalty (first being over early at the start) and completed his turns but unfortunately he was inside the zone and had to restart resulting in Canfield winning the match. In the next match Canfield was over early and Tiller hit Talyor’s boat in the stern. Tiller received an additional three quarter penalty from the race committee.

• In the final match of the day Taylor Canfield and Tiller was able to win victory tying the series 1:1. Canfield successfully completed all his races today to put him in seventh place and to qualify for the Quarter Finals.

Summary of the second day of Round Robin Flights 1-17:
Knickerbocker Cup website

Rank	Percent	Team	Total Races	Total Win	Total Loss
1	89%	Nicolai Sehested	9	8	1
2	89%	William Tiller	9	8	1
3	67%	David Gilmour	9	6	3
4	56%	Peter Wickwire	9	5	4
5	44%	Sally Barkow	9	4	5
6	44%	Jordan Reece	9	4	5
7	33%	Taylor Canfield	9	3	6
8	33%	Peter Nicholas	9	2	7
9	22%	Vladimir Lipavsky	9	2	7
10	22%	Jon Singsen	9	2	7