Star World Championship at Coral Reef Yacht Club - Day 4
by Star Worlds 2016 15 Apr 2016 08:07 BST
7-17 April 2016
At 10.15 am the Race Committee got the teams off early on race day 4 at the Star Worlds 2016 to complete four races. Another beautiful sunny day in South Florida.
The Star sailors kicked off race 4 with the signal given at 11.55am. It was generally a clear start with only a single individual recall for the 72 teams competing in the fourth race of the 2016 Star World Championship. The single recalled team was San Francisco's: Andrew Macdonald & Brad Nichol. The race was comprised of a Course 3 (five legs) at 2 miles a leg, 7 knots in 140 degrees of wind direction.
The fleet was divided in two as they crossed the line. Playing the middle-right in the first leg was more favoured but speed was also a big factor for this light wind day. As the day progressed, the wind turned slightly to the right and climbed to 10 knots.
Brian Ledbetter rounded the first mark at the top of the fleet and maintained his position until the last mark rounding. On the last leg, Diego Negri took a lefty in the last crossings before the finish line overtaking the Silver Olympic Medallist, Brian Ledbetter for the win.
Augie Diaz & Bruno Prada posted a third place and keep their lead in the overall results.
Diego Negri continues in 2nd place overall just 4 points behind Augie.
Brian Ledbetter climbed to 3rd overall after his last two strong finishes.
Following tomorrow's results, we should haven a clear picture of who our top competitors will be in the hunt for the 2016 Star World Championship.
Results after Day 4: (top ten, 4 races)
1 Augie Diaz / Bruno Prada
2 Diego Negri / Sergio Lambertenghi
3 Brian Ledbetter / Joshua Revkin
4 Lars Schmidt Grael / Samuel Goncalves
5 Andrew Macdonald / Brad Nichol
6 George Szabo / Steve Mitchell
7 Peter Vessella / Phil Trinter
8 Hubert Merkelbach / Markus Koy
9 Tom Londrigan Jr / TC Belco
10 Eric Doyle / Payson Infelise
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