2013 Star World Championship - Rohart-Pulfer wins again + Video

by Star Worlds 2013 on 5 Sep 2013 The winner of the day is French skipper Xavier Rohart and crew Serge Pulfer again. Race four was equally as challenging as the previous day’s race, but not because of the weather. Rohart and Pulfer fought inch by inch with John MacCausland and Phil Trinter from the moment the starting gun was fired until the last couple of seconds at the finish.

With each day the competition among the Star fleet at the Qualcomm 2013 Star World Championship grows more intense. The fleet began the day with a starting sequence on time at 1230 hrs, but three minutes into the sequence the Race Committee postponed the race to adjust the starting line to avoid another general recall. Shortly after, the Race Committee attempted another start, but was forced to order a general recall when the majority of the fleet was over the starting line before the gun.

Finally on the third attempt, the fleet was all clear at the start but two of the Stars in particular stood out instantly. Xavier Rohart with crew Serge Pulfer and John MacCausland and Phil Trinter were the first two boats off the starting line at the gun with the best boat speed and position on the course. At this moment Rohart and MacCausland began leading the fleet up the right side of the course and their duel to win the race.



Rohart immediately took the controlling position over MacCausland and the two boats started to put some distance between themselves and the fleet. At the first windward mark rounding, Rohart rounded in first with MacCausland following closely behind. On the downwind leg, MacCausland and Rohart engaged in a one-on-one battle for the best position to round the leeward mark and gain the advantage of being the first boat to the favored side of the course.

As both teams approached the mark, Rohart was able to barely squeeze by MacCausland and round the left leeward gate mark in first. During the second windward leg, Rohart’s main focus was to protect his position on the course between the MacCausland, the rest of the fleet, and the next mark. At this point in the race, there was very little distance between the two leading boats, and MacCausland was waiting for his chance to take first place.

MacCausland and Rohart continued their duel throughout the last downwind leg, onto the final upwind leg to the finish. Despite the constant fight between the two, Rohart maintained his lead for the entire race and beat MacCausland to the finish by a mere 00:21 seconds.

Although Xavier Rohart and Serge Pulfer won Race four of the Qualcomm 2013 Star World Championship Series, John MacCausland and Phil Trinter’s second place finish in today’s race earned them the overall leading position in the regatta.

Provisional results after four races:
1) J. MacCausland-P. Trinter, USA, 17 pts.
2) B. Ledbetter-G. Morton, USA, 19 pts.
3) G. Szabo-C. Moss, USA, 22 pts.
4) X. Rohart-S. Pulfer, FRA, 24 pts.
5) A. Campbell-J. von Schwarz, USA, 48 pts
6) A. Diaz-A. Baltins, USA, 57 pts.
7) C. Buchan-J. Buchan, USA, 61 pts.
8) V. Brun-B. Terhaar, USA, 62 pts.
9) H. Merkelbach-G. Bartel, GER, 62 pts.
10) E. Doyle-P. Infelise, USA, 65 pts.

Sept. 1-6, 2013

Place	#	Country		Sail# / Skipper	Crew	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Total
1	97		USA	8490 John MacCausland	Phil Trinter	2	11	2	2			17
2	03		USA	8203 Brian Ledbetter	Gregg Morton	9	1	3	6			19
3	20		USA	8320 George Szabo	Craig Moss	7	6	4	5			22
4	37		FRA	8237 Xavier Rohart	Serge Pulfer	6	16	1	1			24
5	82		USA	8209 Andrew Campbell	John von Schwarz	3	19	22	4			48
6	65		USA	8465 Augie Diaz	Arnis Baltins	13	3	33	8			57
7	48		USA	8448 Carl Buchan	Jamie Buchan	12	22	9	18			61
8	62		USA	8362 Vincent Brun	Brian Terhaar	4	5	41	12			62
9	31		GER	8331 Hubert Merkelbach	Gerrit Bartel	20	4	25	13			62
10	92		USA	8323 Eric Doyle	Payson Infelise	10	15	19	21			65
11	28		CAN	8028 Steven Fleckenstein	Rob Mulder	15	25	7	25			72
12	29		USA	8129 Mark Reynolds	Hal Haenel	8	7	61	3			79
13	91		USA	8291 William G. Swigart	Brian Fatih	24	18	18	20			80
14	96		USA	8229 Tomas Hornos	Josh Revkin	29	17	13	22			81
15	43		CAN	8143 Brian Cramer	Cam Lymburner	22	8	15	38			83
16	54		USA	8440 Jim Buckingham	Austin Sperry	5	67 ocs	11	7			90
17	85		USA	8336 Steve Brown	Erick Lange	36	35	10	9			90
18	41		USA	7741 Benjamin Sternberg	Valentin Veytsman	33	13	17	27			90
19	51		SUI	8479 Jean-Pascal Chatagny	Patrick Ducommun	18	2	20	51			91
20	90		BRA	8390 Alessandro Pascolato	Henry Raul Boening	16	10	40	26			92
21	59		BRA	8459 Admar Gonzaga Neto	Andre Serpa	34	32	16	10			92
22	74		BRA	8474 Lars Schmidt Grael	Samuel F. Goncalves	1	20	36	37			94
23	98		USA	7620 Derek De Couteau	Jamie Stewart	27	27	6	43			103
24	72		USA	8072 Doug Smith	Myles H. A. Prichard	14	21	52	17			104
25	99		USA	8000 Arthur Anosov	David Caesar	30	37	24	14			105
26	09		USA	7209 Mark Butler	John Rudderham	25	36	30	16			107
27	58		SUI	7929 Michel Niklaus	Tyler Bjorn	28	43	14	28			113
28	80		USA	8082 Ben Mitchell	Julian Busch	19	33	29	34			115
29	47		UKR	8247 Vasyl Gureyev	Vitalii Kushnir	35	14	45	24			118
30	57		SUI	8409 Christoph Gautschi	Dominik Schenk	39	26	23	32			120
31	15		USA	8015 Donny Massey	Isao Toyama	23	29	51	23			126
32	88		USA	8088 Stephen G Gould	Greg Sieck	40	23	54	11			128
33	68		ARG	8268 Alejandro Bugacov	Eugenio Cingolani	17	40	42	30			129
34	23		USA	8023 Mike Dorgan	Matt Dorgan	11	9	43	67 dnf			130
35	78		SWE	7978 Ingvar J-son Krook	Benjamin Pettersen	37	30	49	15			131
36	61		USA	8361 Tom Londrigan, Jr.	Rick Peters	67 ocs	12	39	19			137
37	66		CAN	8466 Stuart Hebb	Mike Wolfs	67 dsq	31	12	31			141
38	10		USA	8410 Mike Phinney	Rick Burgess	48	28	32	44			152
39	71		CAN	8271 Allan Cullen	Dave Martin	21	53	37	48			159
40	50		USA	8163 Jon Pelliconi	Henry Brawner	49	41	34	36			160
41	52		USA	8162 Chuck Driscoll	Jim Oberg	59	48	8	47			162
42	21		USA	7621 Peter F. Costa	Jessica Costa	41	57	27	39			164
43	79		USA	8379 Bill Allen	Eric Beckwith	43	42	50	29			164
44	83		CAN	8389 Jerry Wendt	Bryan Milne	32	54	47	33			166
45	87		USA	8087 Keith Donald	Kevin Elterman	52	52	5	58			167
46	60		USA	8260 Bill Buchan	Erik Bentzen	67 ocs	24	44	35			170
47	56		BRA	8403 Frederico H. V. de Lima	Renato Moura	51	60	26	41			178
48	89		USA	8189 Robbie Haines	Chris Barnard	44	34	35	67 dnc			180
49	35		CAN	8235 Mark Passmore	Chris Rogers	31	39	58	53			181
50	06		USA	8306 Thomas E. Springer	David Wood	67 ocs	46	31	40			184
51	81		USA	8187 Robert A Teitge	Sam Eadie	54	63	21	52			190
52	44		USA	7844 Foss Miller	Malcolm Macneil	53	47	28	67 dnf			195
53	84		USA	8484 Larry Whipple	Mark Strube	26	38	67 dnc	67 dnc			198
54	25		USA	7425 Laura Beigel	Read Beigel	47	58	38	56			199
55	40		USA	6840 Chris Wright	Kyle Henehan	38	59	55	49			201
56	95		USA	8065 Doug Steele	Andy Dippel	50	49	56	46			201
57	69		USA	8269 Jock Kohlhas	John Wulff	56	44	64	45			209
58	17		CAN	8017 Bruce Long	Paul Cobban	45	67 dnf	48	54			214
59	63		FRA	7663 Guillaume Rasse	Nina Aviles	42	56	60	57			215
60	67		USA	8267 Stephen Gunther	Ed Morey	58	45	62	50			215
61	55		USA	8215 John Chiarella	Bob Carlson	46	55	57	60			218
62	16		GER	8416 Hubert Rauch	Kilian Weise	60	51	67 dsq	42			220
63	94		USA	7294 Charles Beek	Chas Beek	67 ocs	50	46	61			224
64	53		USA	7531 William Gerard	Bill Gerard	57	61	59	59			236
65	76		VIE	8176 Huy Nguyen	Andro Korlaet	55	64	53	67 dns			239
66	77		USA	7977 Paul Kresge	Jon Kidder	61	62	63	55			241