iShares Cup - Six races and six different winners
Kiel - Six races were staged at the 2nd day of the iShares Cup. Every race had its own winner – BT, Groupama, Oman Sail Masirah, LUNA, Oman Sail Renaissance and Holmatro.
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The battle between the teams was intense and close. The conditions where tricky. Pete Cumming's crew on Oman Sail Masirah managed to stay at the top of the leaderboard with a 17-point lead going into the final day of racing. A grand battle developed for second place today between three of the French skippers - Yann Guichard's team Gitana Extreme raced a great final race which put them in second place overall, whereas Groupama's seventh place relegated the team to third place overall, and Loick Peyron on Oman Sail Renaissance is waiting in the wings in fourth – only one point separates each of these three teams. The nine-boat Extreme 40 fleet, minus Mike Golding’s Ecover that was dismasted in a capsize yesterday, went out on the Kiel Fjord today expecting 30 knots and instead had to deal with light, shifty conditions and torrential downpours with occasional gusts, thunder and lightning that turned today’s racing into a game of snakes and ladders for many. The battle for the podium looks set to be between Oman Sail Masirah (104 points), Gitana Extreme – Groupe LCF Rothschild (87 points), Groupama Extreme (86 points) and Oman Sail Renaissance (85 points). At 5th place LUNA with 75 points is closely followed by Team iShares (6th on 65 points), |
BT (7th with 64 points) and Holmatro (8th on 62 points). The Dutch team of Holmatro who have a new man at the helm for the rest of the season, were delighted to score a win in the final race today. Although just before the race started, they struck a rock performing a fly-by for the crowds. The local German team, Wirsol Team Kiel. Sailing City are enjoying the racing and the support of the thousands of home supporters. A third-place in the penultimate race of today was there best result so far in the event, but in the final race skipper Roland Gäbler, fell overboard. He managed to scramble back on by himself to finish the race to the obvious appreciation of the crowd. The forecast for the final day of the iShares Cup Kiel is similar to today’s forecast – SW 10-15 knots with strong gusts. In reality, the Extreme 40 fleet might end up with the same tricky conditions they had today. The Ecover team still has work to do preparing the spare mast and repair the mainsail damage, as well as find replacement crew following the injury to Bruno Dubois. Source: iShares Cup |
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