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Silver Medal for Pepper and Monk at Star World Championship in Sweden

by Jodie Bakewell-White, Yachting on 9 Aug 2009
Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk have eon the Silver Medla in the Star Worlds in their first season of sailing together Fried Elliott http://www.friedbits.com

Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk have won silver at the 2009 Star World Championships just concluded in Varberg, Sweden. George Szabo and Rick Peters of USA secured the world title.

While disappointed to miss out on the World Championship win, the silver medal performance stands as an outstanding and exciting achievement for Pepper and Monk who have only been paired in the Star class for a few months. Their first ever regatta together was in May this year in Germany.

Last night’s sixth and final race of the hard fought series became the kiwis discard race when they finished in 25th place in light winds. Szabo and Peters took 3rd place in last night’s race which put them seven points clear of Pepper and Monk winning them the 2009 world title.

Pepper and Monk sailing in race 5 of the 2009 Star Worlds in Sweden © Fried Elliott http://www.friedbits.com
Pepper and Monk sailing in race 5 of the 2009 Star Worlds in Sweden © Fried Elliott http://www.friedbits.com


Lars Schmidt Grael and Ronald Seifert of Brazil came from 10th overall to hit the podium and narrowly take the bronze medal with a win in last night’s final race. They were no threat to Pepper and Monk who were ten points ahead in the final standings.

The Olympic Star class World Championship always attracts a star studded fleet of sailors and 2009 was no exception. This year’s 86 boat fleet included multiple former world and Olympic champions.

Finn Bronze medalist, Craig Monk edges into frontier- land in the 2009 Star Worlds © Fried Elliott http://www.friedbits.com
Finn Bronze medalist, Craig Monk edges into frontier- land in the 2009 Star Worlds © Fried Elliott http://www.friedbits.com


Monk and Pepper set up the mast for the downwind leg in the 2009 Star Worlds © Fried Elliott http://www.friedbits.com
Monk and Pepper set up the mast for the downwind leg in the 2009 Star Worlds © Fried Elliott http://www.friedbits.com



2009 Star World Championships

Star
Place Boat Skipper Crew Sail #: Fleet 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
1 USA 8273   George Szabo   Rick Peters   8273   SDB   54.0 1.0 3.0 20.0 3.0 3.0 30
2 NZL 8187   Hamish Pepper   Craig Monk   8187   Isol   11.0 9.0 1.0 11.0 5.0 25.0 37
3 BRA 8392   Lars Schmidt Grael   Ronald Seifert   8392   Par   30.0 6.0 14.0 14.0 12.0 1.0 47
4 GER 8140   Alexander Schlonski   Frithjof Kleen   8140   Lub   9.0 17.0 11.0 5.0 32.0 5.0 47.0001
5 USA 8241   Andrew Campbell   Magnus Liljedahl   8241   SDB   14.0 14.0 4.0 8.0 8.0 37.0 48
6 SWE 8387   Fredrik Loof   Johan Tillander   8387   BK   2.0 5.0 15.0 23.0 7.0 54.0 52
7 POL 8209   Mateusz Kusznierewicz   Dominik Zycki   8209   Isol   1.0 12.0 50.0 18.0 6.0 21.0 58
8 SUI 8364   Flavio Marazzi   Enrico De Maria   8364   TB   3.0 3.0 35.0 1.0 20.0 35.0 62
9 ARG 8211   Alejo Rigoni   Juan Pablo Percossi   8211   BA   16.0 16.0 38.0 15.0 16.0 2.0 65
10 GER 8109   Johannes Polgar   Tim Kroeger   8109   Ess   31.0 22.0 7.0 4.0 2.0 31.0 66
11 BRA 8255   Robert Scheidt   Bruno Prada   8255   Gua   26.0 2.0 33.0 13.0 15.0 11.0 67
12 POR 8309   Afonso Domingos   Frederico Melo   8309   CP   38.0 7.0 10.0 10.0 50.0 4.0 69
13 ITA 8266   Diego Negri   Valerio Chinca   8266   VE   22.0 11.0 19.0 22.0 9.0 9.0 70
14 USA 8250   Andrew Macdonald   Brian Fatih   8250   NH   17.0 13.0 64.0 17.0 10.0 13.0 70.0001
15 USA 8267   Mark Mendelblatt   Mark Strube   8267   TaB   8.0 4.0 2.0 26.0 35.0 34.0 74
16 SWE 8338   Mats Johansson   Leif Moller   8338   Kat   10.0 20.0 44.0 2.0 21.0 22.0 75
17 IRL 8385   Max Treacy   Anthony Shanks   8385   Isol   12.0 32.0 24.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 75.0001
18 FRA 8237   Xavier Rohart   Pierre Alexis Ponsot   8237   NI   43.0 15.0 46.0 3.0 14.0 6.0 81
19 GER 8340   Robert Stanjek   Markus Koy   8340   BF   35.0 19.0 13.0 39.0 1.0 17.0 85
20 CRO 8339   Marin Lovrovic Jr   Sinisa Mikulicic   8339   KV   18.0 26.0 27.0 6.0 11.0 30.0 88
21 ITA 8384   Nicola Celon   Edoardo Natucci   8384   SG   7.0 21.0 8.0 25.0 27.0 87.0 [DNF] 88.0001
22 GER 8299   Matthias Miller   Benedikt Wenk   8299   UB   5.0 24.0 31.0 7.0 45.0 36.0 103
23 IRL 8261   Peter O Leary   Tim Goodbody   8261   Isol   15.0 10.0 22.0 53.0 22.0 38.0 107
24 BRA 8393   Horacio Carabelli   Ubiratan Matos   8393   RdJ   20.0 30.0 9.0 37.0 76.0 18.0 114
25 DEN 8380   Benny Andersen   Mogens Just   8380   DF   32.0 25.0 6.0 28.0 74.0 29.0 120
26 CRO 8280   Dan Lovrovic   Antonio Arapovic   8280   KV   59.0 8.0 45.0 30.0 23.0 20.0 126
27 GER 8378   Johannes Babandererde   Timo Jacobs   8378   Moh   4.0 34.0 34.0 9.0 87.0 [BFD] 48.0 129
28 ARG 8381   Juan Kouyoumdjian   Steven Erickson   8381   LAR   29.0 43.0 29.0 29.0 47.0 8.0 138
29 GBR 8025   John Gimson   Ed Greig   8025   SOL   19.0 27.0 12.0 21.0 70.0 62.0 141
30 ITA 8390   ALBERTO BAROVIER   Nando Colaninno   8390   SG   21.0 42.0 20.0 40.0 62.0 23.0 146
31 ITA 8290   Silvio Santoni   Fabio Toccoli   8290   NG   6.0 54.0 26.0 27.0 42.0 49.0 150
32 GER 7991   Manuel Voigt   Paul Sradnick   7991   BF   24.0 39.0 16.0 46.0 36.0 40.0 155
33 AUS 8107   Paul McKenzie   Philip Toth   8107   Isol   45.0 18.0 32.0 60.0 77.0 7.0 162
34 DEN 8225   Flemming Sorensen   Niels Trysoe Hansen   8225   DF   23.0 82.0 58.0 19.0 31.0 33.0 164
35 SWE 8352   Lars Edwall   Henrik Ljungdahl   8352   Kat   48.0 52.0 36.0 36.0 30.0 15.0 165
36 GER 8149   Alexander Hagen   Kai Falkentahl   8149   KF   47.0 31.0 40.0 44.0 4.0 87.0 [DNF] 166
37 BRA 6475   Andre Mirsky   Marcelo Jordao   6475   RdJ   60.0 23.0 51.0 63.0 19.0 16.0 169
38 GBR 8316   Ante Razmilovic   Brian Hammersley   8316   NFB   28.0 38.0 23.0 41.0 72.0 39.0 169
39 JPN 8144   Kunio Suzuki   Daichi Wada   8144   Isol   41.0 59.0 21.0 24.0 33.0 68.0 178
40 CAN 8143   Brian Cramer   Matt Johnston   8143   WLOC   51.0 28.0 63.0 62.0 17.0 26.0 184
41 HUN 8386   Tibor Tenke   Miklos Berezeti   8386   Ore   25.0 37.0 18.0 52.0 53.0 52.0 184
42 SWE 8108   Erik Dahlen   Krister Carlsson   8108   Bk   13.0 46.0 25.0 33.0 87.0 [DNC] 72.0 189
43 UKR 8343   Konstantin Datsenko   Bazurin Ilya   8343   Ukr   36.0 57.0 80.0 43.0 34.0 19.0 189
44 SWE 7661   Fredrik Ljungkvist   Daniel Alm   7661   BK   40.0 79.0 37.0 58.0 18.0 41.0 194
45 DEN 7575   Herluf Joergensen   Lars Wegener   7575   DF   39.0 49.0 30.0 51.0 87.0 [BFD] 32.0 201
46 AUS 8121   Andrew Landenberger   Beat Stegmeier   8121   Isol   33.0 87.0 [DSQ] 5.0 47.0 58.0 59.0 202
47 ITA 7556   Andrea Fornaro   Riccardo Capociuchi   7556   LdB   65.0 60.0 65.0 34.0 37.0 10.0 206
48 CRO 8360   Mate Arapov   Ivan Misura   8360   Dal   37.0 72.0 59.0 31.0 26.0 55.0 208
49 SWE 8207   Calle Schroder   Stefan Hemlin   8207   Kat   27.0 87.0 [DNF] 42.0 35.0 54.0 53.0 211
50 SUI 7854   Roman Juchli   Philipp Juchli   7854   Bod   77.0 51.0 52.0 66.0 25.0 24.0 218
51 SWE 7489   Hans Oskarsson   Hakn Lundgren   7489   PN   69.0 67.0 39.0 48.0 28.0 42.0 224
52 UKR 8247   Vasyl Gureyev   Volodymyr Korotkov   8247   Ukr   53.0 74.0 70.0 42.0 49.0 12.0 226
53 SUI 8232   Henrik Dannesboe   Vincent Hagin   8232   H   34.0 65.0 43.0 38.0 80.0 47.0 227
54 SUI 7969   Kurt Scheidegger   Markus Scheidegger   7969   TB   46.0 66.0 54.0 45.0 40.0 50.0 235
55 SWE 7712   Philip Carlson   Benjamin Peterson   7712   Kat   70.0 63.0 17.0 70.0 29.0 60.0 239
56 SWE 7647   Henrik Jorhov   Karl Kristensen   7647   Kat   44.0 35.0 61.0 50.0 60.0 87.0 [DNS] 250
57 SWE 7917   Tomas Franzen   Pontus Gabel   7917   Kat   78.0 45.0 41.0 64.0 38.0 64.0 252
58 NED 8263   Sander Jorissen   Erik Veldhuizen   8263   Med   56.0 36.0 82.0 16.0 63.0 87.0 [DNS] 253
59 FIN 8004   Joni Leeve   Asko Salminen   8004   Fin   58.0 64.0 55.0 49.0 68.0 28.0 254
60 AUT 7846   GERHARD WEINREICH   Alexander Kagl   7846   H   82.0 40.0 53.0 56.0 79.0 27.0 255
61 SWE 5300   Pelle Petterson   Anders Ekstrom   5300   Kat   50.0 29.0 75.0 78.0 67.0 46.0 267
62 SWE 7978   Ingvar Krook   Henrik Hasselgren   7978   AR   62.0 47.0 72.0 57.0 41.0 69.0 276
63 GER 8355   Christian Paucksch   Christian Knoll   8355   Sta   63.0 73.0 60.0 68.0 24.0 67.0 282
64 SWE 8275   Sune Carlsson   Dan Anders Carlsson   8275   RS   74.0 44.0 28.0 76.0 65.0 73.0 284
65 DEN 8066   Johnny Jensen   Claus Lauritsen   8066   DF   55.0 55.0 78.0 55.0 43.0 87.0 [DNS] 286
66 SWE 8126   Jan Stromeck   Stefan Jacobsson   8126   Kat   75.0 61.0 69.0 32.0 51.0 87.0 [DNS] 288
67 USA 8279   Claude Bonanni   Richard Burgess   8279   TaB   52.0 62.0 62.0 59.0 61.0 57.0 291
68 SUI 8257   Juerg Wittich   Christian Trachsel   8257   Bod   72.0 50.0 68.0 72.0 59.0 43.0 292
69 GER 8016   Hubert Rauch   Chris Conrads   8016   And   49.0 87.0 [BFD] 49.0 77.0 75.0 44.0 294
70 SWE 7019   Olle Johansson   Dag Hansson   7019   Kat   73.0 33.0 71.0 67.0 55.0 70.0 296
71 SWE 7872   Fredrik Fransson   Tomas Akerman   7872   SwB   81.0 77.0 56.0 71.0 39.0 58.0 301
72 POL 7858   Arkadiusz Wierzbicki   Krzysztof Pawlowski   7858   Isol   61.0 80.0 84.0 61.0 44.0 56.0 302
73 NED 7541   Peter Van Veen   Paul Goeist   7541   Hol   57.0 68.0 48.0 74.0 73.0 65.0 311
74 RUS 8359   Andrey Berezhnoy   Sergey Masalov   8359   Vol   67.0 71.0 85.0 82.0 48.0 45.0 313
75 AUT 8368   Roberto Tomasini Grinover   Gunnar Bahr   8368   AU   71.0 69.0 67.0 54.0 57.0 87.0 [DNS] 318
76 SUI 8329   Daniel Wyss   Urs Joss   8329   ZU   68.0 58.0 74.0 87.0 [DSQ] 69.0 51.0 320
77 GBR 8254   David Tabb   Tom Peyton   8254   Isol   66.0 70.0 73.0 69.0 46.0 87.0 [DNS] 324
78 FRA 8075   Regis Berenguier   Laurent Bernaz   8075   FdeM   76.0 53.0 57.0 73.0 66.0 87.0 [DNS] 325
79 SWE 8331   Anders Hoagland   Gunnar Faernert   8331   SwB   79.0 41.0 81.0 75.0 71.0 63.0 329
80 SWE 7338   Benny Nilsson   Stefan Fagerlund Nilsson   7338   RS   83.0 78.0 47.0 80.0 56.0 71.0 332
81 GER 8055   Jochen Diercks   Herbert Braasch   8055   Lub   64.0 81.0 66.0 65.0 78.0 61.0 334
82 GER 7866   Dierk Thomsen   Philip Behn   7866   KF   80.0 75.0 83.0 83.0 52.0 66.0 356
83 SWE 7513   Gota Eriksson   Bjon Beskow   7513   Kat   84.0 56.0 77.0 87.0 [DNF] 64.0 75.0 356
84 GER 8160   Florian Von Linde   Tobias Steffens   8160   ZuW   42.0 76.0 76.0 79.0 87.0 [DNF] 87.0 [DNS] 360
85 SWE 8031   Boje Larsson   Carl Redrik Larsson   8031   RS   85.0 48.0 79.0 81.0 81.0 74.0 363
86 POL 8170   Mariusz Modrzynski   Sebastian Moras   8170   Isol   87.0 [DNF] 83.0 86.0 84.0 82.0 76.0 411

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