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Star Champion Hamish Pepper extends at Bacardi

by Janet Maizner on 9 Mar 2007
Hamish Pepper and David Giles SW
Poland’s Mateusz Kusznierewicz, the 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the Finn Class, and crew Dominik Zycki won day five at the 2007 Bacardi Cup Star Class Regatta on the waters of Biscayne Bay Thursday. They finished only two boat lengths ahead of new Zealand’s Hamish Pepper, the reigning World and North American Star Class champion, who finished second today with crew and coach David Giles of Australia.

The two teams had been tied for the overall lead heading into Thursday’s race. However, because sailors drop their worst of five finishes today, the victory assures Kusznierewicz and Zycki second in the overall standings, six points behind Pepper and Giles. Today was Pepper’s only finish out of the top three this week.

Sweden’s Fredrik Loof and crew Anders Ekstrom, the 2007 Rolex Miami Olympic Class Regatta champions, finished third today and climb to third overall, only one point behind Kusznierewicz and Zycki.

'We’re just gonna go for it tomorrow,' said Loof. 'We hope the two top teams are so occupied with each other that we can surprise them both.'

Meanwhile, Australia’s Iain Murray and crew Andrew Palfrey were disqualified for an early start Thursday and fall to fourth overall. Bermuda’s Peter Bromby, a two-time Bacardi Cup champion who sails this week with crew Bill McNiven, also was disqualified for an early start and remains in fifth overall.

Pepper and Giles showed good speed off the starting line and rounded the first mark in the lead, just ahead of Kusznierewicz and Zycki. The Polish team proved faster downwind today and would round the remaining three marks ahead of Pepper and Giles.

With a commanding lead heading into the final leg, Kusznierewicz and Zycki protected well against an aggressive attack from Pepper and Giles, who made substantial gains upwind, but could not overtake the Polish team for the win.

'We’re faster than Pepper downwind, but he’s faster upwind,' said Kusznierewicz. 'When there are no big winds and no big waves, like today, we can maintain good speed upwind. But it was the small things that played in our favor today; we were very tactical and our technique was sound.'

'I think we’ve secured a top three, but we want to win,' he added. Both [Pepper] and [Loof] have a bad discard, so we have to be prepared for a good fight tomorrow. At least no one can sit out the final race.'

Two American teams are in the top overalls today with 49 points each: John Dane and Austin Sperry in 10th place and George Szabo and Magnus Liljedahl in 11th place.

More than 75 teams representing 23 countries are competing in the 80th Bacardi Cup Star Class Regatta, one of the most competitive and highly anticipated Star Class events in the world.

The Bacardi Cup Star Class Regatta is co-hosted by the Coral Reef Yacht Club and the U.S. Sailing Center, both based in Coconut Grove, and is sponsored by BACARDI U.S.A., Inc.

All participants compete aboard 22-foot Olympic-class Star sloops, and race teams comprise two members: a skipper and crew. Bacardi Cup participants sail one race per day from Sunday through Friday on a 10.5-mile course in Biscayne Bay. Sailors are allowed to drop their worst performance of the six races in the regatta.

 
1 NZL 8187   PEPPER Hamish   Giles David   8187   ISOL   2.0 3.0 1.0 16.0 2.0 8
2 POL 8170   Kusznierewicz Mateusz   Zycki Dominik   8170   ISOL   4.0 9.0 7.0 2.0 1.0 14
3 SWE 8256   Loof Fredrik   Ekstrom Anders   8256   SC   8.0 2.0 2.0 18.0 3.0 15
4 AUS 7836   Murray Ian   Palfrey Andrew   7836   LMac   6.0 5.0 6.0 8.0 76.0 [OCS] 25
5 BER 8044   Bromby Peter   McNiven Bill   8044   ISOL   5.0 11.0 10.0 5.0 76.0 [OCS] 31
6 GER 8213   Pickel Marc   BORKOWSKI Ingo   8213   Brm   10.0 48.0 8.0 10.0 6.0 34
7 GER 7991   Miller Matthias   Voight Manuel   7991   UB   7.0 7.0 17.0 11.0 11.0 36
8 NOR 8186   Melleby Eivind   Pedersen Petter Morland   8186   NOR   12.0 14.0 20.0 4.0 10.0 40
9 SUI 8232   Dannesboe Henrik   HEINONEN Eki   8232   TB   20.0 46.0 5.0 14.0 5.0 44
10 USA 8268   DANE John   Sperry Austin   8268   MoB   9.0 41.0 30.0 1.0 9.0 49
11 USA 8273   Szabo George   Liljedahl Magnus   8273   SDB   15.0 15.0 4.0 19.0 15.0 49.0001
12 USA 8195   Maccausland John   Schofield Bob   8195   CR   76.0 [BFD] 6.0 21.0 7.0 16.0 50
13 AUT 8226   Spitzauer Hans   Nehammer Christian   8226   H   13.8 [AVG] 17.0 11.0 15.0 12.0 51.8
14 SUI 8138   Marazzi Flavio   Hofer Donat   8138   TB   14.0 4.0 27.0 76.0 [DNS] 7.0 52
15 ITA 8281   Modena Luca   Marchesini Michele   8281   NG   11.0 18.0 31.0 6.0 19.0 54
16 POR 8145   Domingos Afonso   Santos Bernardo   8145   CP   76.0 [BFD] 28.0 3.0 9.0 17.0 57
17 CRO 7955   Lovrovic Marin   Mikulicic Sinisa   7955   ISOL   19.0 12.0 13.0 28.0 20.0 64
18 USA 8250   Macdonald Andy   Fatih Brian   8250   NH   17.0 69.0 15.0 12.0 24.0 68
19 GER 7971   Stanjek Robert   Kleen Frithjof   7971   BF   3.0 76.0 [DNF] 34.0 30.0 4.0 71
20 USA 8129   Reynolds Mark   Haenel Hal   8129   SDB.   24.0 21.0 24.0 3.0 76.0 [DNF] 72
21 USA 8132   Brun Vince   Brophy Doug   8132   SDB   31.0 13.0 28.0 22.0 14.0 77
22 USA 8286   Anderson Karl   Morey Edward   8286   BH   35.0 16.0 26.0 20.0 18.0 80
23 ARG 7907   MAC GOWAN FABIAN   ENGELHARD Federico   7907   OL   28.0 34.0 9.0 24.0 22.0 83
24 NED 8263   Jorissen Sander   Veldhuizen Erik   8263   Med   33.0 27.0 46.0 13.0 13.0 86
25 NZL 8061   Lord Rohan   Addy Miles   8061   ISOL   22.0 35.0 14.0 25.0 26.0 87
26 HUN 8166   Tenke Tibor   Bendicsek Jozsef   8166   Ore   25.0 31.0 25.0 53.0 8.0 89
27 SWE 8238   Lofstedt Tom   Larsson Martin   8238   RS   27.0 10.0 47.0 17.0 38.0 92
28 CAN 8143   Cramer Brian   Bjorn Tyler   8143   LOC   29.0 40.0 22.0 21.0 25.0 97
29 USA 8043   Kohlhas Jock   Scott Larry   8043   BisB   23.0 1.0 44.0 32.0 51.0 100
30 USA 8222   Merriman Rick   Munroe Eric   8222   SDB   76.0 [BFD] 44.0 12.0 31.0 21.0 108
31 USA 8095   Weissenberger Gunti   Wagner Will   8095   NCB   32.0 33.0 18.0 26.0 76.0 [DNF] 109
32 UKR 8157   Anosov Arthur   Dolan Mark   8157   SL   34.0 19.0 76.0 [DNS] 27.0 31.0 111
33 SUI 8009   Gautschi Christoph   Konig Jurg   8009   Bod   13.0 57.0 55.0 23.0 23.0 114
34 USA 8059   Hovey Bear   Dayton Lee   8059   Mid   30.0 39.0 23.0 33.0 76.0 [OCS] 125
35 UKR 8247   GUREYEV Vasyl   KOROTKOV Volodymyr   8247   Ukr   16.0 61.0 38.0 43.0 32.0 129
36 GBR 7601   Hicks Michael   Hicks Patrick   7601   Sol   41.0 51.0 16.0 45.0 33.0 135
37 USA 8072   Smith Doug   Moore Mike   8072   SBC   76.0 [BFD] 22.0 37.0 50.0 29.0 138
38 SUI 8085   Zimmermann Lorenz   Furer Andreas   8085   LUV   26.0 25.0 42.0 60.0 47.0 140
39 HUN 7900   Forintos Robert   Komm Andras   7900   Ore   40.0 30.0 52.0 35.0 35.0 140
40 ITA 8277   Irrera Renato   Cristaldini Corrado   8277   Pal   21.0 32.0 45.0 61.0 46.0 144
41 GER 7545   Hampe Alex   Conrads Chris   7545   ZuW   38.0 67.0 29.0 36.0 43.0 146
42 USA 8111   Brethorst Rick   Nielson Chris   8111   LS   39.0 29.0 41.0 55.0 37.0 146
43 IRL 8028   O'Connell Maurice   Cooke Ben   8028   ISOL   1.0 56.0 19.0 76.0 [DNS] 76.0 [DNS] 152
44 CHI 8181   Zuazola Rodrigo   Fuentes Marcos   8181   Val   18.0 63.0 39.0 34.0 76.0 [DNF] 154
45 ITA 8291   Veggetti Andrea   Coppa Franco   8291   FdAL   76.0 [BFD] 24.0 76.0 [OCS] 29.0 30.0 159
46 USA 8215   Allen Bill   Hatfield Bruce   8215   WH   42.0 62.0 32.0 59.0 27.0 160
47 USA 8231   Museler Chris   Lidecis Erik   8231     43.0 8.0 64.0 46.0 76.0 [OCS] 161
48 CAN 6756   Hendershot Will   Vranderick Alain   6756   Q   37.0 38.0 33.0 58.0 53.0 161
49 USA 7866   Manderson John   Semler Matt   7866   Mid   36.0 47.0 76.0 [OCS] 41.0 40.0 164
50 USA 8245   Zambella Joe   Davidson Jeremy   8245   BH   76.0 [BFD] 55.0 40.0 42.0 28.0 165
51 GER 7816   Girr Fritz   HASCHE Marko   7816   AM   76.0 [BFD] 20.0 48.0 57.0 44.0 169
52 GER 7865   Lehnert Stefan   Menning Peter   7865   Bre   45.0 49.0 53.0 44.0 36.0 174
53 ITA 7227   Lillia Stefano   Canali Cicio   7227   Mu   46.0 54.0 36.0 71.0 39.0 175
54 ESP 8212   Bermudez Roberto   Arrarte Pablo   7581   Barc   76.0 [BFD] 23.0 35.0 49.0 76.0 [DNF] 183
55 GER 7863   Meyer Klaus   Struve Dirk   7863   Brm   76.0 [BFD] 43.0 62.0 40.0 41.0 186
56 SUI 7645   Wyss Daniel   Stegmeier Beat   7645   ZU   76.0 [BFD] 65.0 54.0 38.0 34.0 191
57 ITA 8183   Tamburini Antonio   Ricci Renzo   8183   SI   76.0 [BFD] 36.0 43.0 39.0 76.0 [DNF] 194
58 USA 8083   Chiarella John   Carlson Bob   8083   Sun   47.0 42.0 59.0 52.0 55.0 196
59 USA 8128   Culberson Bill   Cruthirds Troy   8128   MoB   76.0 [BFD] 26.0 50.0 48.0 76.0 [OCS] 200
60 USA 7370   Emmet Rob   Avellon Guy   7370   AN   76.0 [BFD] 70.0 49.0 37.0 54.0 210
61 USA 8069   Mueller Fritz   Weinstein Bob   8069   BisB   76.0 [DNF] 37.0 76.0 [DSQ] 51.0 48.0 212
62 USA 7814   Donald Keith   Carlson Michael   7814   AN   49.0 50.0 68.0 54.0 61.0 214
63 USA 81   Bingham Julian   Clark Buddy   81   MoB   76.0 [BFD] 64.0 56.0 47.0 49.0 216
64 USA 8000   Walker Harry   Jensen Darin   8000   BisB   48.0 76.0 [DNS] 58.0 56.0 56.0 218
65 CHN 7784   Li Hongquan   Wang He   7784   ISOL   51.0 68.0 60.0 68.0 42.0 221
66 USA 7934   Von Schwarz Karl   Wharton Rich   7934   AN   44.0 52.0 66.0 70.0 60.0 222
67 USA 8084   Teitge Bob   Koresjka Adam   8084   BisB   76.0 [BFD] 59.0 51.0 65.0 52.0 227
68 ARG 8239   Pendola Martin   SIMONET ARIEL   8239   BA   76.0 [BFD] 45.0 76.0 [OCS] 62.0 45.0 228
69 USA 7579   Seeling Timothy   Rogers Chris   7579   CD   52.0 58.0 65.0 67.0 57.0 232
70 USA 8067   Oti Jose   May Henry   8067   GBT   76.0 [BFD] 53.0 61.0 63.0 58.0 235
71 GER 823   Thomsen Dierk   Thomsen Lars   823   Glu   50.0 66.0 67.0 69.0 76.0 [DNF] 252
72 GER 8016   Rauch Hubert   Schappeler Ingo   8016   And   76.0 [DSQ] 71.0 57.0 76.0 [OCS,ZFP] 50.0 254
73 USA 7970   Hopkins Sam   Pytlak John   7970   AN   53.0 72.0 69.0 72.0 62.0 256
74 USA 7434   Parks Bill   Anderson Clark   7434   WH   76.0 [DNF] 76.0 [DNS] 63.0 64.0 59.0 262
75 USA 7567   Buckley Davis   Hardin Chris   7567   AN   76.0 [DNF] 60.0 76.0 [DNF] 66.0 76.0 [DNS] 278

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