2009 Highland Spring HIHO resport and results

by Highland Spring HIHO media on 11 Jul 2009
2009 Highland Spring HIHO Final Day. Sebastian Kornum of Denmark became the youngest winner ever in the 25 times the race has been contested in the waters off the British Virgin Islands today.

The 16-year old U17 World Champion won both the morning race and the afternoon race of Sandy Cay to finish the event with four straight stage victories in one of the more impressive HIHO victories in recent years.

'I didn’t make any mistakes today,' said Kornum, who noted that he checked the course in the early morning before the race to set his strategy. His father Torben, also a contender this week, said ' sailing in 14 knots of wind around this tricky island made for interesting racing, very technical and exciting. Sebastian just tacks and jibes faster than the rest of us, and is very sure of how he wants to attack the course. I can guaranty I did everything I could to catch him, but I’m also very proud of him.'

Ricardy Maricel of St. Martin had won the first two legs and hung on to his overall lead until the last day, but had to beat Sebastian at least once to have a shot to hang on. Maricel was competing in his ninth Highland Spring HIHO and, despite also showing strong form in previous events, has yet to win the event.

The event’s much larger Techno Class was dominated by another Highland Spring HIHO veteran, Eli Fuller of Antigua. Fuller dominated the 43-racer strong class which is geared more toward top and less accomplished amateurs. The Techno 'one design' class sees all racers compete on identical boards. Open Class racers compete on different boards which are generally faster. Fuller sailed very well all week on his Techno board, however, and frequently challenged the Open contenders in several of the races.

'It’s a little like driving a BMW (techno) or a Ferrari, although the right driver can beat a Ferrari once in a while,' pointed out Fuller.

The Techno class is broken into six divisions. Fuller took first overall in the class and won the masters division. Second overall in the Techno class went to St Martin veteran Jean-Marc Peyronnet who took top honors in the Grand Master class. Third overall in the class went to US racer Al Simmons who won the Super Master category.

Owen Waters was the top BVI finisher in 14th overall.

The annual Highland Spring HIHO is a six-day windsurfing and sailing adventure comprising a series of island-to-island races. Windsurfers cover 150-miles of racing and visit all the major islands in the BVI’s. A fleet of yachts provided by The Moorings follow the fleet and serve as overnight accommodations for all participants.

Event sponsors include Highland Spring, The Moorings, HIHO, Red Stripe, the BVI Tourist Board and Neil Pryde.

Highland Spring HIHO 2009

Overall Results by Class & Division

* = discard

		Last	First	Country	Class	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Total
Open
	1	Kornum	Sebastian	DEN	O	4*	3	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	6
	2	Kornum	Torben	DEN	O	2	4*	2	2	2	2	10
	3	Maricel,	Ricardy	SXM	O	0.75	0.75	3*	3	3	3	10.5
	4	Sausen	Klaus	GER	O	6*	5	4	5	5	4	23
	5	Ford	Nat	STJ	O	3	40*	8	4	4	5	24
	6	Hafer	Chris	GER	O	35*	12	10	6	6	6	40
	7	Vastenhout	Bas	SXM	O	22	23	32	41*	35	31	143
Techno - Master
	1	Fuller	Eli	ANT	MA	5*	2	5	0.75	3	0.75	11.5
	2	Champeval	Pierre- Franc	MART	MA	10	7	32*	2	4	3	26
	3	Rhodes	Rupert	UK	MA	12*	8	6	5	5	7	31
	4	Rogier	Brans	SXM	MA	15*	9	15	3	6	4	37
	5	Waters	Owen	BVI	MA	7	11	20*	12	8	16	54
	6	Cole	Chris	USA	MA	26*	16	11	11	14	14	66
	7	Christenson	Henrik	DEN	MA	17	18	32	8	39*	8	83
	8	Spiess	Carl	CAN	MA	28*	19	17	10	19	23	88
	9	Foster	Nick	UK	MA	38	40*	31	29	30	34	162
	10	Russell	Paul	UK	MA	50*	40	32	41	34	29	176
	11	Chan	Monte	AUS	MA	45	40	50*	50	39	50	224
Techno - Grand Master
	1	Peyronnet	Jean Marc	SXM	GM	9*	6	7	4	2	2	21
	2	Herault	Denis	MART	GM	11	10	19	13	9	24*	62
	3	Wallis	Adrian	UK	GM	13	15	22	9	23*	9	68
	4	Northwood	Jerry	UK	GM	16	21	18	24*	15	6	76
	5	Simpson	Chris	BVI	GM	21	20	26*	7	18	13	79
	6	Fontanille	Eric	MART	GM	33*	32	21	18	13	10	94
	7	Bus	Frits	SXM	GM	27	22	13	27	17	28*	106
	8	Tjaden	Ubo	SXM	GM	41	34	50*	16	11	20	122
	9	Hooper	Wayne	CAN	GM	43*	36	28	15	27	21	127
	10	Strudwick	Dave	UK	GM	34*	26	29	22	29	27	133
	11	Groenendijk	Joep	SXM	GM	36	31	32	41	16	50*	156
	12	Ediale	Kode	USA	GM	25	30	24	31	50*	50	160
	13	Powell	Richard	UK	GM	44*	39	32	41	36	39	187
Techno - Men
	1	Roberts	Steven	UK	M	14	14	12	17*	7	5	52
	2	Creque	Gabriel	BVI	M	32*	28	14	14	20	12	88
	3	Filliol	P-Yves	MART	M	19	17	32*	25	10	19	90
	4	Bent	Phil	UK	M	31	24	32*	20	22	15	112
	5	Fisher	Rupert	UK	M	29	33*	25	21	21	17	113
	6	Auty	Rob	UK	M	23	25	23	41*	28	18	117
	7	Nicholson	Gav	UK	M	24	27	27	32*	26	25	129
	8	Garneau	Pierre	MART	M	37*	35	32	28	31	26	152
Techno - Super Masters
	1	Simmons	Al	USA	SM	8	13*	9	6	0.75	11	34.75
	2	Famechon	Phillipe	SXM	SM	20	40*	32	30	24	22	128
	3	Rowland	Bob	USA	SM	30	40*	32	26	25	32	145
	4	Burch	David	UK	SM	40*	38	30	33	39	37	177
	5	Sangeorzan	Brian	USA	SM	46*	40	32	41	39	38	190
	6	Nelleman	Jac	DEN	SM	42	37	32	34	50*	50	195
	7	Bakker	Arijan	NED	SM	50	40	50*	50	50	50	240
Techno - Women
	1	Simmons	Susan	USA	W	18	29	16	19	12	30*	94
	2	Driscoll	Jean	USA	W	39	40	32	41*	33	33	177
Techno - Junior
	1	Morrell	Josh	BVI	JR	50	40	50*	50	37	35	212
	2	Morrell	Sam	BVI	JR	50	40	50*	50	38	36	214

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