Pierrick Contin / COYCH

Percy and Simpson take the lead

After two light days conditions blow up for the third race of the Star Worlds

Monday May 7th 2012, Author: James Boyd, Location: France

In Hyeres, it seems the wind is all or nothing. After two days of very shifty weather in the beginning of the Star World Championship, it finally decided to blow 20 knots with more in the gusts. These conditions were to the liking of Skandia Team GBR's Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson.

Today's race started at 11.00 and got away cleanly. Danes Michael Hestbaeck and Claus Olesen were the first at the weather mark, with Mateusz Kusznierewicz and Dominik Zycki (POL) just behind with Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson third. The Poles took the lead downwind, trying not to incur any damage on their boat and particularly its mast for in today's conditions nine boats didn't finished and three suffered broken masts. But ultimately the Brits shows their superiority in the conditions to pulled into the lead and were followed across the line by Kusznierewicz/Zycki and Freddie Loof/Max Salminen.

Tomorrow 10 knots of wind is forecast with the start scheduled for 12.00.

Top 50 results:

Pos Helm Crew Nat R1 R2 R3 Tot
1 PERCY LAIN  SIMPSON ANDREW  GBR 6 7 1 14
2 SCHEIDT ROBERT  PRADA BRUNO  BRA 7 2 6 15
3 O'LEARY PETER  BURROWS DAVID  IRE 3 4 12 19
4 ROHART Xavier  PONSOT Pierre alexis  FRA 1 19 5 25
5 KUSZNIEREWICZ MATEUSZ  ZYCKI DOMINIK  POL 5 20 2 27
6 MARAZZI FLAVIO  DE MARIA ENRICO  SUI 14 1 14 29
7 PEPPER HAMISH  TURNER JIM  NZL 18 5 8 31
8 STANJEK ROBERT  KLEEN FRITHJOF  GER 8 8 16 32
9 HESTBAEK MICHAEL  OLESEN CLAUS  DEN 25 3 7 35
10 LOOF FREDRIK  SALMINEN MAX  SWE 2 32 3 37
11 ECHAVARRI ERASON FERNANDO  RODRIGUEZ RIVERO FERNANDO  ESP 4 11 22 37
12 POLGAR JOHANNES  KOY MARKUS  GER 26 9 10 45
13 SPITZAUER HANS  HABERMUELLER GERD  AUT 10 22 15 47
14 MATE ARAPOV  SIHISA MIKULICIC  CRO 16 12 20 48
15 CLARKE RICHARD  BORJN TYLER  CAN 12 37 4 53
16 PAPATHANASIOU EMILIOS  TSOTRAS ANTONIOS  GRE 39 6 9 54
17 MELLEBY EIVIND  PEDERSEN PETTER  NOR 15 28 13 56
18 MENDELBLATT MARK  FATIH BRIAN  USA 13 34 11 58
19 LOVROVIC,JR MARIN  LOVROVIC DAN  CRO 11 33 19 63
20 SUZUKI KUNIO  WADA DAICHI  JAP 36 10 21 67
21 NEGRI DIEGO  VOLTOLINI ENRICO  ITA 19 35 17 71
22 WARBURG GUSTAVO  CARISSIMI LUCAS  ARG 17 29 27 73
23 ANDERSEN BENNY  JUST MOGENS  DEN 9 41 24 74
24 DOMINGOS AFONSO  MELO FREDERICO  POR 20 18 36 74
25 LOFSTEDT TOM  LUNDGREN HAKEN  SWE 29 15 32 76
26 SZABO GEORGE  HAGIN VINCENT  USA 24 25 28 77
27 BORTOLETTO Davide  VONGHER ALESSANDRO  ITA 35 17 31 83
28 STEGMEIR DANIEL  STEGMEIR BEAT  SUI 21 23 41 85
29 LABANDEIRA JULIO  CALEGARI FEDERICO  ARG 27 26 34 87
30 GIMSON JOHN  SHANKS ANTHONY  GBR 23 38 30 91
31 JENSEN JOHNNY  GROTH JAKOB  DEN 44 13 39 96
32 NAZZARO PAOLO  NATUCCI EDOUARDO  ITA 37 16 43 96
33 DE HAAS MARC  VELDHUIZEN ERIK  NED 28 36 38 102
34 GUREYEV VASYL  KOROTKOV VOLODYMYR  UKR 31 50 23 104
35 MERKELBACH HUBERT  HOLLWEG NILS  GER 32 46 33 111
36 PASCOLATO ALESSANDRO  BOENING HENRY PAUL  BRA 22 56 35 113
37 BURGER CHRISTOPH  MARAZZI RENATO  SUI 30 57 29 116
38 MISURA MARIN  BARAC TONKO  CRO 55 39 25 119
39 NIKLAUS MICHEL  STRUBE MARK  SUI 33 14 DNF 120
40 MCKENZIE PAUL  TOTTH PHILIP  AUS 38 61 26 125
41 ANOSOV ARTHUR  KUSHNIR VITALII  UKR 49 62 18 129
42 CHATAGNY JEAN PASCAL  DUCOMMUN PATRICK  SUI OCS 21 37 131
43 KROOK INGVAR J SON  PETERSON BENJAMIN  SWE 53 27 51 131
44 WYSS DANIEL  JOSS URS  SUI 50 30 60 140
45 DABRY Raoul  COTTE Tristan  FRA 51 43 46 140
46 WITTICH JUERG  TRACHSEL CHRISTIAN  SUI 45 47 48 140
47 WEINREICH GERHARD  KAGI ALEXANDER  AUT 43 48 53 144
48 ZIMMERMANN LORENZ  ROESELER RONALD  SUI 48 24 DNF 145
49 KHASHINA DENID  MECHETIN DMITRY  UKR 40 60 45 145
50 ANTONIC BOSTJAN  STRAKH GENNADI  SLO 61 31 55 147

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