RC44 Championship Tour, il match race è di Rod Davis e Team Ceeref
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RC44 Championship Tour – Dubai – Sfruttando i refoli di una brezza debole e instabile, Peter “Luigi” Reggio è riuscito a completare il programma relativo all’evento di match race della Sea Dubai RC4 Gold Cup, appuntamento di chiusura del circuito internazionale riservato al monotipo voluto da Russell Coutts. La sorpresa odierna è stata rappresentata dal crollo di Artemis, incapace di difendere la leadership in classifica generale sia a causa di un’avaria al timone, sia a causa di un evidente calo prestazionale. Fattori che hanno impedito a Dean barker e compagni di lottare ad armi pari con Rod Davis, implacabile nel guidare Team Ceeref verso il successo di tappa e, di conseguenza, verso il trionfo nella graduatoria stagionale dell’uno contro uno.
Va comunque sottolineato che a favorire l’exploit di un imbattuto Team Ceeref, oltre alle vicissitudini occorse ad Artemis, è stato il particolare format dell’evento, condizionato dal rinvio delle regate in programma per la giornata di ieri e dal tardivo inizio dei match odierni.
Se nel Gruppo A la legge è stata quela degli uomini di Igor Lah, nel Gruppo B, invece, si è imposto Canarias Puerto Calero di José Maria Ponce, primi davanti a No Way Back.
I risultati odierni, valendo doppio ai fini della classifica generale, hanno provocato uno stravolgimento nella classifica generale. Successo di Team Ceeref a parte, si è assistito al crollo di Team Aqua, passato dalla terza alla settima piazza overall, di Artemis, passato da primo a settimo, e alla scalata di No Way Back e Organika, portato da un Jablonsky in evidente stato di grazia.
Domani, con gli animi tesi in virtù degli accadimenti odierni, avranno inizio le regate di flotta: Artemis sarà ancora una volta l’osservato speciale assieme a Team Aqua.
Sea Dubai RC 44 Gold Cup – match race
1. Team Ceeref, R.Davis, pt. 4
2. Islas Canarias Puerto Calero, J.M.Ponce, pt. 3
3. Organika, K.Jablonski, pt. 3
4. No Way Back, R.Davies, pt. 2
5. BMW Oracle Racing, M.Larson, pt. 1.5
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RC 44 Championship Tour, final results 2009
1. Team Ceeref, R.Davis, pt. 13
2. No Way Back, R.Davies, pt. 20
3. Organika, K.Jablonski, pt. 24
4. Artemis, D.Barker, pt. 27
5. BMW Oracle Racing, M.Larson, pt. 28
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RC44 CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR, ROD DAVIS CONQUERS THE SEA DUBAI GOLD CUP
[RC44 Press Release] The Sea Dubai match race took place today in a light and fairly stable sea breeze. Due to the cancellation of the races yesterday and in order to save time, the fleet got split into two groups of five boats, resulting in two parallel rankings. The wind unfortunately didn’t allow for a Grand Finale; the event is nevertheless valid, with five flights completed and a proper ranking.
Sailing for the season title, Artemis, with Dean Barker at the helm, suffered from a steering failure during the pre-start of the first regatta against Team Sea Dubai. Markus Wieser, who was steering the local team, immediately saw the benefit he could get from this situation and inflicted a penalty to his opponent before the start, winning the race and an important point although Barker and his team remained a serious threat until the arrival line. However, Dean’s steering position, squatting in the cockpit during the entire race – holding the spare tiller – made a come back impossible.
The RC44 technical team managed to repair the failure but the crew on board Artemis suffered throughout the day, sailing way below their usual level and finishing a disappointing ninth overall. A result that allows Ceeref to grab the annual Championship Tour match race title.
The irony of the story is that Artemis’ main opponent today was no other than their own coach: Rod Davis, steering Ceeref exceptionally today as a substitute to their usual helmsman Sébastien Col, who was not available this week.
Davis was on fire, beating Team Aqua in the first flight after a fantastic match race lesson that included a dial up at the windward mark, fake jibes and many more of the “dirty tricks” available in the match race encyclopaedia. Ceeref then went on to beat Team Austria, Organika and BMW Oracle Racing, finishing the contest unbeaten.
The situation was tighter in the second group, with Islas Canarias Puerto Calero (José Maria Ponce) winning ahead of No Way Back (Ray Davies) to grab the second place overall.
There were many penalties today, and the overall ranking is deeply affected by the nervousness of some of the teams. Indeed, Team Aqua – who was third overall in the match race ranking before this regatta – finishes the Gold Cup at an unbelievable last place and ends up seventh in the yearly ranking. Artemis, who was leading, finishes fourth… On the other hand, Ceeref is the season winner ahead of No Way Back and Karol Jablonski’s Organika, definitely on great form after their performance last week in Nice.
The fleet regatta starts tomorrow. Artemis leads the season ranking, two points ahead of Team Aqua and five points ahead of BMW Oracle Racing and No Way Back. Artemis dominated last month’s event in Portoroz and is the favourite of this contest. However, as the match race event proved, nothing’s ever acquired until the last race!
Sea Dubai RC 44 Gold Cup – match race
1. Team Ceeref, R.Davis, pt. 4
2. Islas Canarias Puerto Calero, J.M.Ponce, pt. 3
3. Organika, K.Jablonski, pt. 3
4. No Way Back, R.Davies, pt. 2
5. BMW Oracle Racing, M.Larson, pt. 1.5
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RC 44 Championship Tour, final results 2009
1. Team Ceeref, R.Davis, pt. 13
2. No Way Back, R.Davies, pt. 20
3. Organika, K.Jablonski, pt. 24
4. Artemis, D.Barker, pt. 27
5. BMW Oracle Racing, M.Larson, pt. 28
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