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Pepper and Williams lead NA Stars by one point

by Lynn Fitzpatrick and Annabel Jeaffreson on 17 Nov 2006
After the conclusion of four of the six races in the North American Star Championships in Miami, Florida, Carl Williams is still smiling after the conclusion of the second day of racing.

He and skipper Hamish Pepper are sitting one point in front of Rohart and Rambeau. Freddie Loof and Anders Ekstrom redeemed themselves by taking a 1, 2 for the 3rd and 4th races of the series.

The second Kiwi crew of Rohan Lord sailing with Peter Fox are in eight place overall in the 79 strong fleet of US and international sailors. A discard race is yet to be allowed which should improve Williams and Pepper's points margin.

The weather stole the show during the second race of the second day.

The race was started in 9-10 knots at about 240 degrees. The sky was overcast and cumulus clouds with very dark bottoms marched their way from the Everglades to Biscayne Bay. The anvils grew higher as the fleet sailed back upwind in light chop toward a dirty grey wall that swallowed the shoreline behind it. Xavier Rohart and Pascal Rambeau rounded the weather mark first.

They rounded the offset mark just as the first lightning bolt hit. Freddie Loof and Anders Ekstrom were a thunder clap behind them. The first 10 boats bore away and took off on a plane on the leading edge of the front. Those who followed had a hard time handling the 30-knot gust that came through. Clean up crews dodged lightning bolts as they followed the fleet toward the finish line and Coconut Grove.

At the end of four races Pepper, Rohart and Scheidt have 12, 13, and 23 points, respectively. Andy Horton and Brad Nichol are the leading North American contenders, sitting in fourth with 42 points, George Szabo and Mark Strube are in 6th, Andy Macdonald and Brian Fatih are in 9th and John MacCausland and Robert Schofield are in 10th.

From: Annabel Jeaffreson

Hamish Pepper and Carl Williams continue to lead at the end of day two in the North American Championship’s, Miami.

Day two has proven to be a little more challenging after their impressive start to the regatta with two wins.

Pepper said 'It was a good day but with some disappointments. The conditions varied with a medium breeze in the first race with some nice waves to catch, to a squall coming in with thunder and lighting in the second race. The wind increased to a fresh 30 knots, we were sailing blind unable to see the finish. But that’s just sailing!'

Pepper finished 3rd in the 3rd race, and 7th in the 4th, losing 4 places right before the finish due to a decision not to gybe set at the top mark. Xavier Rohert and Pascal Rambeau of France are bitting at the heels of Pepper with only a 1 point difference for the lead position.

The unsettled stormy weather is reported to ease off before tomorrows racing.



2006 North American Star Class Championships
Provisional Results after Day 2

Star
Place Boat Skipper Crew Sail #: Fleet 1 2 3 4 Total
1 NZL 8187   Hamish Pepper   Carl Williams   NZL 8187   ISOL   1.0 1.0 3.0 7.0 12
2 FRA 8107   Xavier Rohart   Pascal Rambeau   FRA 8107   NI   5.0 3.0 4.0 1.0 13
3 BRA 8127   Robert Scheidt   Bruno Prada   BRA 8127   GuB   7.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 23
4 USA 8156   Andy Horton   Brad Nichol   USA 8156   NB   25.0 2.0 2.0 13.0 42
5 GER 8213   Marc Pickel   Ingo Borkowski   GER 8213   Brm   9.0 7.0 8.0 19.0 43
6 USA 8273   George Szabo   Mark Strube   USA 8273   SDB   20.0 12.0 9.0 11.0 52
7 SUI 8138   Flavio Marazzi   Michael Herrmann   SUI 8138   TB   21.0 10.0 6.0 24.0 61
8 NZL 8061   Rohan Lord   Peter Fox   NZL 8061   ISOL   24.0 5.0 13.0 20.0 62
9 USA 8250   Andrew Macdonald   Brian Fatih   USA 8250   NH   4.0 19.0 16.0 27.0 66
10 USA 8195   John A Maccausland   Robert Schofield   USA 8195   CR   15.0 18.0 23.0 10.0 66.0001
11 POR 8145   Afonso Domingos   Bernardo Santos   POR 8145   CP   10.0 17.0 21.0 22.0 70
12 POL 8252   Mateusz Kusznierewicz   Dominik Zycki   POL 8252   ISOL   11.0 4.0 15.0 42.0 72
13 BRA 8034   Alan Adler   Ricardo Ermel   BRA 8034   RdJ   18.0 27.0 20.0 8.0 73
14 GER 7991   Matthias Miller   Manuel Voigt   GER 7991   UB   29.0 32.0 7.0 6.0 74
15 BER 8044   Peter Bromby   Bill Mc Niven   BER 8044   ISOL   38.0 9.0 10.0 17.0 74.0001
16 USA 8239   Mark Reynolds   Skip Dieball   USA 8239   SDB   12.0 11.0 36.0 15.0 74.0002
17 CAN 8168   Ross Macdonald   Mike Wolfs   CAN 8168   EB   2.0 8.0 12.0 54.0 76
18 USA 8222   Rick Merriman   Eric Monroe   USA 8222   SDB   13.0 24.0 31.0 9.0 77
19 DEN 8147   Benny Andersen   Mogens Just   DEN 8147   DF   6.0 23.0 41.0 12.0 82
20 AUT 8226   Hans Spitzauer   Christian Nehammer   AUT 8226   Att   28.0 13.0 25.0 16.0 82.0001
21 ITA 8014   ALBERTO BAROVIER   Umberto Coppola   ITA 8014   SG   17.0 36.0 33.0 14.0 100
22 USA 8264   Peter McChesney   Todd Hiller   USA 8264   AN   30.0 37.0 24.0 21.0 112
23 USA 8136   Henry Filter   Will Wagner   USA 8136   AN   26.0 31.0 28.0 28.0 113
24 USA 8045   Augie Diaz   Phil Trinter   USA 8045   BisB   32.0 29.0 38.0 18.0 117
25 AUS 8269   James Spithill   Magnus Liljedahl   AUS 8269   WSFB   80.0 [DNS] 15.0 27.0 3.0 125
26 AUS 7836   Iain Murray   Andrew Palfrey   AUS 7836   LMac   19.0 16.0 17.0 80.0 [OCS] 132
27 ARG 7213   Julio Labandeira   Luis Hornos   ARG 7213   OL   47.0 20.0 44.0 26.0 137
28 GER 7971   Robert Stanjek   Frithjof Kleen   GER 7971   BF   16.0 30.0 14.0 80.0 [OCS] 140
29 ARG 7907   Fabian Mac Gowan   Federico Engelhard   ARG 7907   OL   31.0 35.0 29.0 48.0 143
30 ITA 8290   Silvio Santoni   Sergio Lambertenghi   ITA 8290   NG   35.0 52.0 18.0 41.0 146
31 IRL 8158   Maxwell Treacy   R Anthony Shanks   IRL 8158   ISOL   80.0 [DNS] 26.0 37.0 4.0 147
32 ARG 7700   Alejo Rigoni   Gustavo Gonzalez   ARG 7700   BA   22.0 14.0 32.0 80.0 [DNF] 148
33 USA 8072   Douglas D Smith   Mike Moore   USA 8072   SBC   37.0 33.0 49.0 31.0 150
34 CAN 8143   Brian Cramer   Tyler Bjorn   CAN 8143   LOC   43.0 34.0 34.0 44.0 155
35 USA 8043   Jock Kohlhas   Arthur Anosov   USA 8043   BisB   50.0 39.0 40.0 29.0 158
36 USA 8278   Peter Vessella   J Darin Jensen   USA 8278   WSFB   80.0 [DNS] 25.0 22.0 32.0 159
37 SUI 8232   Henrik Dannesboe   Igor Kaptourovitch   SUI 8232   BSL   46.0 50.0 26.0 37.0 159
38 NOR 8183   Eivind Melleby   Petter Morland Pedersen   NOR 8183   ISOL   14.0 41.0 59.0 46.0 160
39 SWE 8256   Fredrik Loof   Anders Ekstrom   SWE 8256   SC   80.0 [OCS] 80.0 [OCS] 1.0 2.0 163
40 USA 8153   Eric Doyle   Steve Calder   USA 8153   NH   27.0 45.0 11.0 80.0 [OCS] 163
41 AUS 8234   Andrew Landenberger   Simon Reffold   AUS 8234   UB   42.0 40.0 42.0 39.0 163
42 USA 8245   Joe Zambella   Peter Costa   USA 8245   BH   55.0 22.0 58.0 34.0 169
43 BAH 8265   Steven Kelly   William Holowesko   BAH 8265   N   36.0 55.0 47.0 35.0 173
44 SUI 8009   Christoph Gautschi   Alexander Gouda   SUI 8009   Bod   8.0 57.0 30.0 80.0 [DNF] 175
45 GER 7863   Klaus Meyer   Dirk Struve   GER 7863   Brm   51.0 28.0 46.0 51.0 176
46 USA 8215   Bill Allen   Brad Lichter   USA 8215   WH   54.0 47.0 39.0 38.0 178
47 CAN 8236   Hans Fogh   David Caesar   CAN 8236   LOC   48.0 43.0 50.0 40.0 181
48 LAT 8135   Eizens Cepurnieks   Alexander Muzicenko   LAT 8135   ISOL   45.0 38.0 52.0 47.0 182
49 CHI 8181   Rodrigo Zuazola   Marcelo Ferreira   CHI 8181   VAL   39.0 59.0 55.0 30.0 183
50 USA 8268   John Dane III   Austin Sperry   USA 8268   MoB   3.0 21.0 80.0 [DNF] 80.0 [OCS] 184
51 NED 8263   Erik Broekhof   Erik Veldhuizen   NED 8263   Med   33.0 58.0 60.0 33.0 184
52 CAN 7626   Mark Passmore   Larry Scott   CAN 7626   LOC   60.0 51.0 54.0 25.0 190
53 USA 8235   Larry Whipple   Doug Brophy   USA 8235   PS   57.0 54.0 48.0 36.0 195
54 ITA 8183   Antonio Tamburini   Renzo Ricci   ITA 8183   SI   41.0 42.0 61.0 55.0 199
55 USA 7866   John Manderson   Matt Semler   USA 7866   Mid   58.0 60.0 43.0 43.0 204
56 USA 8095   Gunti Weissenberger   Chris Brown   USA 8095   NCB   49.0 44.0 64.0 49.0 206
57 USA 8077   Thomas Londrigan Jr   Matt Pederson   USA 8077   LS   80.0 [OCS] 49.0 56.0 23.0 208
58 FIN 8094   Staffan Lindberg   Erkki Heinonen   FIN 8094   Fin   34.0 80.0 [OCS] 19.0 80.0 [OCS] 213
59 ARG 8169   Alberto Zanetti   Juan Pablo Engelhard   ARG 8169   OL   23.0 80.0 [OCS] 35.0 80.0 [DNF] 218
60 USA 8080   Fotis Boliakis   Guy Avellon   USA 8080   CLIS   52.0 56.0 62.0 57.0 227
61 USA 8227   Jon Vandermolen   T C Belco   USA 8227   GL   44.0 53.0 51.0 80.0 [DNF] 228
62 GER 7450   Stefan Lehnert   Peter Menning   GER 7450   Brm   65.0 62.0 45.0 56.0 228
63 USA 8063   Bert Collins   Brent Ostbye   USA 8063   AN   61.0 66.0 57.0 45.0 229
64 ITA 8277   Renato Irrera   Corrado Cristaldini   ITA 8277   Pal   53.0 67.0 65.0 50.0 235
65 GER 7887   Philipp Rotermund   Florian Fendt   GER 7887   Glu   40.0 46.0 80.0 [DNF] 80.0 [DNF] 246
66 USA 8065   G Brooks Sperry   Tim Ray   USA 8065   WSFB   63.0 68.0 63.0 59.0 253
67 USA 7916   Timothy J Delaney   Michael Delaney   USA 7916   SLE   66.0 72.0 66.0 52.0 256
68 USA 8000   Harry W Walker   Chris Rogers   USA 8000   BisB   64.0 70.0 71.0 53.0 258
69 ARG 7976   Martin Pendola   Ariel Simonet   ARG 7976   BA   59.0 73.0 53.0 80.0 [DNF] 265
70 USA 7659   Rick Peters   Christel Gruenewald   USA 7659   SMB   67.0 71.0 67.0 62.0 267
71 USA 8084   Robert Teitge   Fielden Fleming   USA 8084   DR   69.0 69.0 73.0 58.0 269
72 USA 8083   John Chiarella   Robert Carlson   USA 8083   Sun   70.0 65.0 74.0 60.0 269
73 USA 7425   Barbara Beigel-Vosbury   Shane Zwingelberg   USA 7425   AN   56.0 64.0 72.0 80.0 [DNF] 272
74 USA 8279   Claude Bonanni   Richard Burgess   USA 8279   TaB   62.0 63.0 69.0 80.0 [OCS] 274
75 USA 8036   Jack Rickard   Tom Ferrier   USA 8036   WH   68.0 48.0 80.0 [DNF] 80.0 [DNF] 276
76 USA 7999   Tiani Hausen   Ellie Holloway   USA 7999   BisB   73.0 74.0 68.0 61.0 276
77 GER 8016   Hubert Rauch   Ingo Schappeler   GER 8016   And   72.0 61.0 70.0 80.0 [DNF] 283
78 USA 7956   Tony Herrmann   Rebecca Ruhm   USA 7956   WLM   71.0 80.0 [DNF] 80.0 [DNS] 80.0 [DNS] 311
79 USA 8132   Thierry De La Villehuchet   Witold Gessing   USA 8132   Mid   80.0 [DNS] 80.0 [DNS] 80.0 [DNS] 80.0 [DNS] 320
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