Lightning World Championship concludes

by Event media on 21 Sep 2009 Lightning World Championship report.

At the beginning of the final beat of the final race of the 2009 Lightning World Championship, any of the top three boats had a shot at claiming the title. The day began with Matt Fisher, from Westerville, Ohio, in first place with 33 points. David Starck, from Amherst, New York, was 5 points back in second place and four-time World Champion Tito Gonzales, from Champa, Chile was in third with 43 points.

Gonzales started the final leg in first, Fisher was seventh, and Starck had jumped back up to ninth from very deep in the fleet. With Gonzales leading, Fisher had to finish in the top 10, and within 5 points of Starck to win the Championship. Gonzales went on to win the race and Starck slipped by Fisher to finish in the fifth spot. But with a seventh place finish, Fisher, along with crew Tobi and Dan Moriarty, held on to claim the 2009 World Champion title.

Overall Results

Sailed:9, Discards:1, To count:8, Entries:60, Scoring system:Appendix A

Rank	Bow	Nat	Sail	Helm	Hometown	Crew	R1 13SEP09 1446	R2 14SEP09 1301	R3 14SEP09 1504	R4 15SEP09 1105	R5 15SEP09 1301	R6 15SEP09 1505	R7 16SEP09 1115	R8 16SEP09 1320	R9 18SEP09 1105	Total
1st	45	USA	15045	Matt Fisher	Westerville, OH	Dan Moriarty, Tobi Moriarty	3	(13)	9	8	1	5	6	1	7	40.0
2nd	55	USA	15355	David Starck	Amherst, NY	Jody Starck, Ian Jones	6	(34)	1	1	2	13	5	10	5	43.0
3rd	11	CHI	11011	Tito Gonzales	Champa, Chile	Diego Gonzales, Cristian Hermann	1	(DSQ)	26	2	6	2	1	5	1	44.0
4th	53	USA	15353	Allan Terhune, Jr.	Arnold, MD	Katie Terhune, Sarah Merganthaller	10	8	3	4	13	3	(20)	6	4	51.0
5th	02	USA	15166	Jody Lutz	Brick, NJ	Jay Lutz, Matt Schon	5	4	10	12	8	16	3	(17)	6	64.0
6th	51	USA	15151	Geoff Becker	Arnold, MD	Dan Rabin, Bill Ward	11	1	11	3	20	29	7	2	(35)	84.0
7th	50	USA	14950	Bill Healy	Niantic, CT	Tim Healy, Nicole Breault	4	7	14	9	14	(41)	9	22	9	88.0
8th	08	USA	15208	Jim Allen	Walled Lake, MI	Ernie Dieball, Brenda Crane	2	(39)	5	16	7	15	33	8	11	97.0
9th	21	USA	14821	Ched Proctor	Southport, CT	Jay Mueller, James Barnash	(30)	3	15	7	16	27	15	3	19	105.0
10th	83	USA	15083	Jeff Linton	Tampa, FL	Amy Smith Linton, Jahn Tihansky	(29)	6	29	23	4	25	8	11	3	109.0
11th	15	USA	15215	David Peck	Old Lyme, CT	Neal Fowler, Debbie Dudas	7	5	2	15	27	(33)	25	7	22	110.0
12th	60	USA	15260	William Faude	Chicago, IL	Jared Drake, Brian Taboada	(35)	28	8	21	21	14	14	4	2	112.0
13th	81	USA	15381	Bill Fastiggi	Winooski, VT	Suzy Coburn, Heather Ambrose	(20)	17	12	20	19	12	11	19	10	120.0
14th	44	USA	14453	Darrell Peck	Gresham, OR	Allison Webber, Lois Parshley	26	18	32	13	10	10	4	(36)	13	126.0
15th	36	USA	14036	Justin Coplan	West Nyack, NY	Mike Carney, Danielle Prior	32	15	(47)	14	18	1	24	14	18	136.0
16th	80	USA	15380	James Crane	Darien, CT	Bill Crane, Steve Keen	23	29	19	6	12	18	(34)	12	27	146.0
17th	88	USA	14688	Brian Hayes Sr.	Milford, CT	Steve Davis, Laura Jeffers	(52)	23	21	10	5	48	19	16	12	154.0
18th	05	CAN	14905	Jamie Allan	Verdun, Canada	Jay Deakin, Marc Littee	22	10	13	33	22	(45)	13	24	17	154.0
19th	94	CHI	14794	Cristobal Perez	Santiago, Chile	Philipp Goyeneche, Francisco Perez	13	42	4	(46)	15	24	17	23	23	161.0
20th	71	USA	14719	Bill Bogardus	Northford, CT	Jarrett Lynn, Alyson Villano	19	9	20	(42)	11	19	42	38	8	166.0
21st	90	USA	15390	Todd Wake	Sheboygan, WI	Kristine Wake, Matt Burridge	9	36	23	18	9	28	18	34	(48)	175.0
22nd	64	USA	15164	Jed Dodge	Pittsford, NY	Bill Dodge, Sarah Costich	(45)	26	27	26	28	4	2	21	44	178.0
23rd	66	USA	14866	Bill Mauk	Miami, FL	Vladimir Kulinichenko, Michele Sumpton	14	24	(34)	29	24	11	32	33	21	188.0
24th	09	USA	09	Tom Allen Jr.	Buffalo, NY	Bill Pictor, Sara Paisley	27	31	24	22	37	9	31	9	(39)	190.0
25th	73	ECU	14673	Juan Santos	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Juan Andres Santos, Juan Rafael Santos	12	(DNF)	57	17	3	6	10	35	51	191.0
26th	19	USA	14619	Larry Colantuono	Portsmouth, RI	PJ Schaffer, Ellen Schaffer	8	11	(50)	5	34	47	16	28	46	195.0
27th	46	CAN	15246	Larry MacDonald	Carlisle, Canada	Steve Hayden, Adam MacDonald	18	2	(52)	48	32	8	26	13	49	196.0
28th	79	USA	15279	Bob King	Ontario, NY	Steve Cox, Owen MacDonald	(47)	25	40	11	23	30	29	18	26	202.0
29th	86	USA	14786	Jon Schwartz	Lincroft, NJ	Paul Krezinski, Donald Schon	34	32	18	31	33	7	30	(39)	28	213.0
30th	25	USA	15251	Debbie Probst	Fort Wayne, IN	Greg Fisher, Jo Ann Fisher	28	33	33	41	17	21	21	20	(43)	214.0
31st	76	ECU	14676	Carlos Lecaro	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Paco Sola, Jorge Norero	44	12	28	24	26	(52)	22	15	50	221.0
32nd	56	CAN	15064	Richard Walsh	Dryden, Canada	Alex Cox, Tina Walsh	24	19	6	27	39	(44)	23	43	41	222.0
33rd	91	CAN	14591	Alain Boucher	Beaconsfield, Canada	Chantal Leger, Terry Line	31	38	16	30	31	(OCS)	12	26	42	226.0
34th	24	USA	15240	Stephen Constants	Annapolis, MD	Todd Johnson, Sarah Evans	48	16	31	19	46	17	(49)	30	20	227.0
35th	75	MEX	14975	Aroldo De Rienzo	Mexico City, Mexico	Pablo Guzman, Skip Dieball	(DNS)	22	30	32	42	20	45	27	15	233.0
36th	54	USA	15154	Mark Schneider	Riverton, NJ	Josh McCaully, Kathryn Buckley	17	40	25	38	38	(43)	28	25	25	236.0
37th	82	CAN	15082	Michael Holly, Jr.	Beaconsfield, Canada	Pat Littee, Marc Robin	39	20	17	39	30	(56)	43	32	24	244.0
38th	48	USA	14548	Jonathan Guth	Baltimore, MD	Peter Rich, Martin Hermida	25	35	7	(53)	36	49	27	31	38	248.0
39th	40	CHI	14740	Victor Lobos	Concepcion, Chile	Sebastian Lobos, Cristobal Molina	16	47	22	35	29	39	(DNF)	48	14	250.0
40th	17	CAN	14174	David Sprague	Toronto, Canada	Sarah Foscarini, Daniel Sprague	38	30	(43)	34	43	26	35	40	16	262.0
41st	34	USA	15345	John Faus	Harvey Cedars, NJ	Paul Whitesides, Clay Shaner	42	37	37	28	(45)	23	39	42	29	277.0
42nd	43	USA	15143	David Helmick	Longwood, FL	Davy Helmick, Carol Stout	40	14	(55)	44	25	54	36	29	47	289.0
43rd	07	USA	15111	Gianni Cuccio	Southport, CT	Tom Emch, Adam Lewis	21	21	45	25	35	53	48	41	(DNC)	289.0
44th	04	COL	14704	Santiago Uzcategui	Bogota, Colombia	Jochen Raute, Johann Uzcategui	43	43	(56)	37	47	34	37	44	36	321.0
45th	95	CHI	14795	Ignacio Perez	Santiago, Chile	Edmundo Perez, Cristian Perez	46	44	48	36	(49)	22	38	47	45	326.0
46th	31	FIN	15341	Jukka Jaskari	Hollola, Finland	Pasi Hannila, Ritta Kangas	51	52	39	40	44	31	44	(54)	40	341.0
47th	01	COL	15401	Gustavo Tamayo	Bogota, Colombia	Nick Farina, Jimmy Roe	33	27	41	56	40	(59)	41	52	52	342.0
48th	10	AUS	15410	Ian Edwards	Northbridge, Australia	Knut Engerbretsen, Rick Rothenbuler	15	50	54	43	51	46	40	53	(55)	352.0
49th	16	CAN	14516	Lorrie Walsh	Thunder Bay, Canada	Katrina Oostveen, Tina Corness	(56)	41	35	49	48	42	46	37	56	354.0
50th	78	CAN	14878	Ross Bailey	Thunder Bay, Canada	Brian Cox, Kristin Thompson	49	49	42	52	53	40	(55)	45	30	360.0
51st	20	SUI	14520	Jacques Perret	Peseux, Switzerland	Todd Cox, Cortney O'Connor	41	51	51	47	41	(57)	50	49	33	363.0
52nd	42	NGR	15421	Michael Barnes	Lagos, Nigeria	Kevin Gosling, Alexander Hayman	37	45	(59)	45	57	36	47	46	54	367.0
53rd	52	FIN	15281	Kimmo Aromaa	Vantaa, Finland	Pekka Bollstrom, Waltteri Karhusaari	36	46	(60)	50	55	37	53	56	37	370.0
54th	38	ECU	14383	Jimmy Pazmino	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Santiago Salem, Mel Keen	(58)	53	46	51	54	35	58	55	32	384.0
55th	14	MEX	11046	Jorge Murrieta W.	Ville de Bravo, Mexico	Balbino Gallego, Pablo Carvajal	53	56	44	57	52	50	52	(DNF)	34	398.0
56th	41	FIN	15415	Sakira Pesola	Tuusula, Finland	Anna Henderson, Pyry Aalto	(59)	55	49	59	59	32	57	57	31	399.0
57th	26	NGR	15326	Gary Schwantz	Lagos, Nigeria	Jacques Schwantz, Richard Leek	57	48	36	55	56	51	54	50	(58)	407.0
58th	69	FIN	15369	Lauri Hemming	Espoo, Finland	Laura Hemming, Maria Hemming	55	57	38	58	(60)	38	59	58	57	420.0
59th	74	NGR	15274	Julian Calvin	Wilts, Nigeria	Mikkel Skaalum, Olav Skaalum	50	54	58	(60)	58	58	51	51	53	433.0
60th	03	CHI	15348	Hugo Perrin Costa	Concepcion, Chile	Ricardo Gonzalez, Paulo Segura	54	58	53	54	50	55	56	(DNS)	DNC	441.0

Event website: http://www.mbbc-vt.org/Events/LightningWorlds09/default.asp