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Father and son-in-law take Bacardi Cup Race 4

by Janet Maizner on 8 Mar 2007
Hamish Pepper and David Giles still hold equal first on points after a 16th in Race 4 of the 2007 Bacardi Cup Fried Elliott http://www.friedbits.com

The father and son-in-law tandem of John Dane and crew Austin Sperry, the defending 2006 Bacardi Cup and 2006 Star Class Western Hemisphere champions, won the fourth race of the 2007 Bacardi Cup Star Class Regatta off the coast of Miami Wednesday.

With the victory, they climb to 14th in the overall standings heading into the final two races of the regatta.

Poland’s Mateusz Kusznierewics, the 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the Finn Class, and crew Dominik Zycki finished second Wednesday, followed by seven-time Bacardi Cup Champion Mark Reynolds and crew Hal Haenel in third. Rounding up the top five were Norway’s Eivind Melleby with crew Petter Pedersen and two-time Bacardi Cup Champion Peter Bromby of Bermuda with crew Bill McNiven.

Dane and Sperry showed good speed off the starting line and rounded each of the first two marks in the top 10, while Reynolds and Haenel built a commanding early lead. Dane and Sperry held the left side and manufactured consistent gains throughout the race. A wind shift on the final downwind leg helped them to overtake Reynolds and Haenel and take a clear lane to the finish.

The extreme downwind setup used in the Star class. © Fried Elliott http://www.friedbits.com
The extreme downwind setup used in the Star class. © Fried Elliott http://www.friedbits.com

'On the second beat, we started protecting the right side – that’s how we got the good early lead,' said Reynolds. 'But the attack came from the left. Then on the final leg, we were reaching coming up to the finish. The winds shifted in our favor, but just a little too much. Downwind, we just weren’t as fast; and you can’t cover Dane, Bromby, and Kusznierewicz all at the same time.'

The reigning World and North American Star Class Champion Hamish Pepper of New Zealand and his crew David Giles of Australia finished 16th, dropping to a tie with Kusznierewicz and Zycki for the overall lead. Australia’s Iain Murray with crew Andrew Palfrey finished eighth today and remains in third overall. Beginning Thursday, sailors drop their worst of six finishes to determine the overall leaders.

'We were having a lot more fun last year,' said Sperry, who with Dane held the overall lead at the midway point of the 2006 Bacardi Cup Regatta. 'We can only drop one of our two bad races this week, so we’re out of the title hunt this year; but with a couple of big races tomorrow and Friday, we can finish in the top 10.'

Star
Place Boat Skipper Crew Sail #: Fleet 1 2 3 4 Total
1 NZL 8187   PEPPER Hamish   Giles David   8187   ISOL   2.0 3.0 1.0 16.0 22
2 POL 8170   Kusznierewicz Mateusz   Zycki Dominik   8170   ISOL   4.0 9.0 7.0 2.0 22.0001
3 AUS 7836   Murray Ian   Palfrey Andrew   7836   LMac   6.0 5.0 6.0 8.0 25
4 SWE 8256   Loof Fredrik   Ekstrom Anders   8256   SC   8.0 2.0 2.0 18.0 30
5 BER 8044   Bromby Peter   McNiven Bill   8044   ISOL   5.0 11.0 10.0 5.0 31
6 GER 7991   Miller Matthias   Voight Manuel   7991   UB   7.0 7.0 17.0 11.0 42
7 NOR 8186   Melleby Eivind   Pedersen Petter Morland   8186   NOR   12.0 14.0 20.0 4.0 50
8 USA 8273   Szabo George   Liljedahl Magnus   8273   SDB   15.0 15.0 4.0 19.0 53
9 AUT 8226   Spitzauer Hans   Nehammer Christian   8226   H   14.3 [AVG] 17.0 11.0 15.0 57.3
10 ITA 8281   Modena Luca   Marchesini Michele   8281   NG   11.0 18.0 31.0 6.0 66
11 USA 8129   Reynolds Mark   Haenel Hal   8129   SDB.   24.0 21.0 24.0 3.0 72
12 CRO 7955   Lovrovic Marin   Mikulicic Sinisa   7955   ISOL   19.0 12.0 13.0 28.0 72.0001
13 GER 8213   Pickel Marc   BORKOWSKI Ingo   8213   Brm   10.0 48.0 8.0 10.0 76
14 USA 8268   DANE John   Sperry Austin   8268   MoB   9.0 41.0 30.0 1.0 81
15 SUI 8232   Dannesboe Henrik   HEINONEN Eki   8232   TB   20.0 46.0 5.0 14.0 85
16 USA 8132   Brun Vince   Brophy Doug   8132   SDB   31.0 13.0 28.0 22.0 94
17 ARG 7907   MAC GOWAN FABIAN   ENGELHARD Federico   7907   OL   28.0 34.0 9.0 24.0 95
18 NZL 8061   Lord Rohan   Addy Miles   8061   ISOL   22.0 35.0 14.0 25.0 96
19 USA 8286   Anderson Karl   Morey Edward   8286   BH   35.0 16.0 26.0 20.0 97
20 USA 8043   Kohlhas Jock   Scott Larry   8043   BisB   23.0 1.0 44.0 32.0 100
21 SWE 8238   Lofstedt Tom   Larsson Martin   8238   RS   27.0 10.0 47.0 17.0 101
22 USA 8095   Weissenberger Gunti   Wagner Will   8095   NCB   32.0 33.0 18.0 26.0 109
23 USA 8195   Maccausland John   Schofield Bob   8195   CR   76.0 [BFD] 6.0 21.0 7.0 110
24 CAN 8143   Cramer Brian   Bjorn Tyler   8143   LOC   29.0 40.0 22.0 21.0 112
25 USA 8250   Macdonald Andy   Fatih Brian   8250   NH   17.0 69.0 15.0 12.0 113
26 POR 8145   Domingos Afonso   Santos Bernardo   8145   CP   76.0 [BFD] 28.0 3.0 9.0 116
27 NED 8263   Jorissen Sander   Veldhuizen Erik   8263   Med   33.0 27.0 46.0 13.0 119
28 SUI 8138   Marazzi Flavio   Hofer Donat   8138   TB   14.0 4.0 27.0 76.0 [DNS] 121
29 USA 8059   Hovey Bear   Dayton Lee   8059   Mid   30.0 39.0 23.0 34.0 126
30 HUN 8166   Tenke Tibor   Bendicsek Jozsef   8166   Ore   25.0 31.0 25.0 54.0 135
31 GER 7971   Stanjek Robert   Kleen Frithjof   7971   BF   3.0 76.0 [DNF] 34.0 30.0 143
32 SUI 8009   Gautschi Christoph   Konig Jurg   8009   Bod   13.0 57.0 55.0 23.0 148
33 IRL 8028   O'Connell Maurice   Cooke Ben   8028   ISOL   1.0 56.0 19.0 76.0 [DNF] 152
34 GBR 7601   Hicks Michael   Hicks Patrick   7601   Sol   41.0 51.0 16.0 46.0 154
35 SUI 8085   Zimmermann Lorenz   Furer Andreas   8085   LUV   26.0 25.0 42.0 61.0 154
36 CHI 8181   Zuazola Rodrigo   Fuentes Marcos   8181   Val   18.0 63.0 39.0 35.0 155
37 UKR 8157   Anosov Arthur   Dolan Mark   8157   SL   34.0 19.0 76.0 [DNS] 27.0 156
38 HUN 7900   Forintos Robert   Komm Andras   7900   Ore   40.0 30.0 52.0 36.0 158
39 UKR 8247   GUREYEV Vasyl   KOROTKOV Volodymyr   8247   Ukr   16.0 61.0 38.0 44.0 159
40 ITA 8277   Irrera Renato   Cristaldini Corrado   8277   Pal   21.0 32.0 45.0 62.0 160
41 USA 8231   Museler Chris   Lidecis Erik   8231     43.0 8.0 64.0 47.0 162
42 USA 8222   Merriman Rick   Munroe Eric   8222   SDB   76.0 [BFD] 44.0 12.0 31.0 163
43 USA 8111   Brethorst Rick   Nielson Chris   8111   LS   39.0 29.0 41.0 56.0 165
44 CAN 6756   Hendershot Will   Vranderick Alain   6756   Q   37.0 38.0 33.0 59.0 167
45 GER 7545   Hampe Alex   Conrads Chris   7545   ZuW   38.0 67.0 29.0 37.0 171
46 ESP 7581   Bermudez Roberto   Arrarte Pablo   7581   Barc   76.0 [BFD] 23.0 35.0 50.0 184
47 USA 8072   Smith Doug   Moore Mike   8072   SBC   76.0 [BFD] 22.0 37.0 51.0 186
48 GER 7865   Lehnert Stefan   Menning Peter   7865   Bre   45.0 49.0 53.0 45.0 192
49 ITA 8183   Tamburini Antonio   Ricci Renzo   8183   SI   76.0 [BFD] 36.0 43.0 40.0 195
50 USA 8215   Allen Bill   Hatfield Bruce   8215   WH   42.0 62.0 32.0 60.0 196
51 USA 8128   Culberson Bill   Cruthirds Troy   8128   MoB   76.0 [BFD] 26.0 50.0 49.0 201
52 USA 7866   Manderson John   Semler Matt   7866   Mid   36.0 47.0 76.0 [OCS] 42.0 201
53 USA 8083   Chiarella John   Carlson Bob   8083   Sun   47.0 42.0 59.0 53.0 201
54 GER 7816   Girr Fritz   HASCHE Marko   7816   AM   76.0 [BFD] 20.0 48.0 58.0 202
55 ITA 8291   Veggetti Andrea   Coppa Franco   8291   FdAL   76.0 [BFD] 24.0 76.0 [OCS] 29.0 205
56 ITA 7227   Lillia Stefano   Canali Cicio   7227   Mu   46.0 54.0 36.0 72.0 208
57 USA 8245   Zambella Joe   Davidson Jeremy   8245   BH   76.0 [BFD] 55.0 40.0 43.0 214
58 GER 7863   Meyer Klaus   Struve Dirk   7863   Brm   76.0 [BFD] 43.0 62.0 41.0 222
59 USA 7814   Donald Keith   Carlson Michael   7814   AN   49.0 50.0 68.0 55.0 222
60 USA 7370   Emmet Rob   Avellon Guy   7370   AN   76.0 [BFD] 70.0 49.0 38.0 233
61 USA 7934   Von Schwarz Karl   Wharton Rich   7934   AN   44.0 52.0 66.0 71.0 233
62 SUI 7645   Wyss Daniel   Stegmeier Beat   7645   ZU   76.0 [BFD] 65.0 54.0 39.0 234
63 USA 8000   Walker Harry   Jensen Darin   8000   BisB   48.0 76.0 [DNS] 58.0 57.0 239
64 USA 8069   Mueller Fritz   Weinstein Bob   8069   BisB   76.0 [DNF] 37.0 76.0 [DSQ] 52.0 241
65 USA 7579   Seeling Timothy   Rogers Chris   7579   CD   52.0 58.0 65.0 68.0 243
66 USA 81   Bingham Julian   Clark Buddy   81   MoB   76.0 [BFD] 64.0 56.0 48.0 244
67 CHN 7784   Li Hongquan   Wang He   7784   ISOL   51.0 68.0 60.0 69.0 248
68 GER 8016   Rauch Hubert   Schappeler Ingo   8016   And   76.0 [DSQ] 71.0 57.0 48.0 [ZFP] 252
69 USA 8084   Teitge Bob   Koresjka Adam   8084   BisB   76.0 [BFD] 59.0 51.0 66.0 252
70 GER 823   Thomsen Dierk   Thomsen Lars   823   Glu   50.0 66.0 67.0 70.0 253
71 USA 8067   Oti Jose   May Henry   8067   GBT   76.0 [BFD] 53.0 61.0 64.0 254
72 ARG 8239   Pendola Martin   SIMONET ARIEL   8239   BA   76.0 [BFD] 45.0 76.0 [OCS] 63.0 260
73 USA 7970   Hopkins Sam   Pytlak John   7970   AN   53.0 72.0 69.0 73.0 267
74 USA 7567   Buckley Davis   Hardin Chris   7567   AN   76.0 [DNF] 60.0 76.0 [DNF] 67.0 279
75 USA 7434   Parks Bill   Anderson Clark   7434   WH   76.0 [DNF] 76.0 [DNS] 63.0 65.0 280
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