One Ton Cup for IC45s at Pwllheli Sailing Club - Day 3
by Event Press 8 Sep 2001 10:49 BST
With 8 points more than 2nd boat, Greek IC 45 cannot be caught up
This morning's changing sky turned to sun. Gavin Brady's (Atalanti X) superiority was already clear and went stronger throughout the four races of the day without being disturbed by the moves in middle-ranking. Nigel Bramwell (Hawk) managed to convince the Jury to give him an amount of points for races 3 (6 points) and 4 (7 points for DNS) equal to the average of the points to be scored in all other races. In colliding with a support boat, Hawk had been damaged yesterday. Laurent Delage (Faster K-Yote II) was disqualified in Race 5 for irregular manoeuvring on the starting line.
Following Hawk's performance, Ben Ainslie (Babbalaas) won the first race today. Jeremy Robinson (Bounder) and Laurent Delage (Faster K-Yote II) collided going round the leeward mark : 50% penalty for both. Bounder loses a lot today in going down from 2nd to 4th place overall. Atalanti X won the three other races of the day. As the sun goes down, victory is virtually in the bag. Indeed, the Discard Rule (the worst result for each boat is discarded if seven races or more are completed, the two worst results are discarded if nine races or more are completed) makes George Andreadis' IC 45 untouchable.
Contrary to what the crushing superiority by Atalanti X would have us believe, it was not a pushover, according to New Zealand skipper Gavin Brady : " The results do not reflect the level of the race, we had to fight to win. " He explains : " There was no room for error and we had to work very hard in the first five minutes of each race. With a six boats race, everyone was on the starting line from the word go. " However, the competition is not yet over, et no doubt that the race for second place will be hotly contested.
Day 3 Results: (9 races)
| Pos | Boat Name | Nat | Owner | Helm | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts |
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| 1 | Atalanti X | GRE | George Andreadis | Gavin Brady | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Babbalaas | GBR | David McLean | Ben Ainslie | 2 | -6 | 2 | -3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Hawk | GBR | Nigel Bramwell | Nigel Bramwell | 3 | 3 | 3* | 3* | 1 | -4 | 2 | -4 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Bounder | GBR | Chris Little | Jeremy Robinson | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | (9**) | -5 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Faster K-Yote II | FRA | Stéphane Kandler | Laurent Delage | (5) | 4 | 4 | 4 | (DSQ) | 4.5** | 4 | 5 | 5 | 30.5 |
| 6 | Faster K-Yote I | GER | Ortwin Kandler | Dawn Riley | ( 6) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 6 | 6 | 37 |
* After protest, Hawk obtained from the Jury a number of points equal to the average of the points to be won in the other races for Races 3 (6th) et 4 (DNS)
** 50% penalty for fault
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