Gilmour wins a Merc

10 straight wins for Australian match race veteran at Match Race Germany

Peter Gilmour’s Pizza-La Sailing Team, champions of the Swedish Match Tour 2003-’04, added another feather to their collective cap today at the Swedish Match Tour event in Germany.

Gilmour and crew, including Mike Mottl (AUS), Kazuhiko Sofuku (JPN), Yasuhiro Yaji (JPN) and local sailor Carsten Kemmling (GER), defeated Jes Gram-Hansen in Round Robin C.

In doing so they ran their record 10-0 (combined record between Rounds Robin A and C) and won the Mercedes Benz SLK 200 roadster, valued at approximately Euro 40,000 (approximately $47,000), from event sponsor Wuerttembergische Versicherungsagentur Speth.