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 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.

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.

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