Photos: Marc Rouiller / Star Worlds 2013

France again

But MacCausland and Trinter now lead the Qualcomm Star Worlds conclude in San Diego

Wednesday September 4th 2013, Author: James Boyd, Location: United States

Once again, the winner of the day is French skipper Xavier Rohart and crew Serge Pulfer. Race 4 was equally as challenging as the previous day’s race, but not because of the weather. Rohart and Pulfer fought inch by inch with John MacCausland and Phil Trinter from the moment the starting gun was fired until the last couple of seconds at the finish.

With each day the competition among the Star fleet at the Qualcomm 2013 Star World Championship grows more intense. The fleet began the day with a starting sequence on time at 1230 hrs, but three minutes into the sequence the Race Committee postponed the race to adjust the starting line to avoid another general recall. Shortly after, the Race Committee attempted another start, but was forced to order a general recall when the majority of the fleet was over the starting line before the gun.

Finally on the third attempt, the fleet was all clear at the start but two of the Stars in particular stood out instantly. Xavier Rohart with crew Serge Pulfer and John MacCausland and Phil Trinter were the first two boats off the starting line at the gun with the best boat speed and position on the course. At this moment Rohart and MacCausland began leading the fleet up the right side of the course and their duel to win the race.

Rohart immediately took the controlling position over MacCausland and the two boats started to put some distance between themselves and the fleet. At the first windward mark rounding, Rohart rounded in first with MacCausland following closely behind. On the downwind leg, MacCausland and Rohart engaged in a one-on-one battle for the best position to round the leeward mark and gain the advantage of being the first boat to the favored side of the course.

As both teams approached the mark, Rohart was able to barely squeeze by MacCausland and round the left leeward gate mark in first. During the second windward leg, Rohart’s main focus was to protect his position on the course between the MacCausland, the rest of the fleet, and the next mark. At this point in the race, there was very little distance between the two leading boats, and MacCausland was waiting for his chance to take first place.

MacCausland and Rohart continued their duel throughout the last downwind leg, onto the final upwind leg to the finish. Despite the constant fight between the two, Rohart maintained his lead for the entire race and beat MacCausland to the finish by a mere 00:21 seconds.

Although Xavier Rohart and Serge Pulfer won Race 4 of the Qualcomm 2013 Star World Championship Series, John MacCausland and Phil Trinter’s second place finish in today’s race earned them the overall leading position in the regatta.

Full results below

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Results:

 

Pos Nat Sail# / Skipper Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 Tot
1 USA 8490 John MacCausland Phil Trinter 2 11 2 2 17
2 USA 8203 Brian Ledbetter Gregg Morton 9 1 3 6 19
3 USA 8320 George Szabo Craig Moss 7 6 4 5 22
4 FRA 8237 Xavier Rohart Serge Pulfer 6 16 1 1 24
5 USA 8209 Andrew Campbell John von Schwarz 3 19 22 4 48
6 USA 8465 Augie Diaz Arnis Baltins 13 3 33 8 57
7 USA 8448 Carl Buchan Jamie Buchan 12 22 9 18 61
8 USA 8362 Vincent Brun Brian Terhaar 4 5 41 12 62
9 GER 8331 Hubert Merkelbach Gerrit Bartel 20 4 25 13 62
10 USA 8323 Eric Doyle Payson Infelise 10 15 19 21 65
11 CAN 8028 Steven Fleckenstein Rob Mulder 15 25 7 25 72
12 USA 8129 Mark Reynolds Hal Haenel 8 7 61 3 79
13 USA 8291 William G. Swigart Brian Fatih 24 18 18 20 80
14 USA 8229 Tomas Hornos Josh Revkin 29 17 13 22 81
15 CAN 8143 Brian Cramer Cam Lymburner 22 8 15 38 83
16 USA 8440 Jim Buckingham Austin Sperry 5 67 ocs 11 7 90
17 USA 8336 Steve Brown Erick Lange 36 35 10 9 90
18 USA 7741 Benjamin Sternberg Valentin Veytsman 33 13 17 27 90
19 SUI 8479 Jean-Pascal Chatagny Patrick Ducommun 18 2 20 51 91
20 BRA 8390 Alessandro Pascolato Henry Raul Boening 16 10 40 26 92
21 BRA 8459 Admar Gonzaga Neto Andre Serpa 34 32 16 10 92
22 BRA 8474 Lars Schmidt Grael Samuel F. Goncalves 1 20 36 37 94
23 USA 7620 Derek De Couteau Jamie Stewart 27 27 6 43 103
24 USA 8072 Doug Smith Myles H. A. Prichard 14 21 52 17 104
25 USA 8000 Arthur Anosov David Caesar 30 37 24 14 105
26 USA 7209 Mark Butler John Rudderham 25 36 30 16 107
27 SUI 7929 Michel Niklaus Tyler Bjorn 28 43 14 28 113
28 USA 8082 Ben Mitchell Julian Busch 19 33 29 34 115
29 UKR 8247 Vasyl Gureyev Vitalii Kushnir 35 14 45 24 118
30 SUI 8409 Christoph Gautschi Dominik Schenk 39 26 23 32 120
31 USA 8015 Donny Massey Isao Toyama 23 29 51 23 126
32 USA 8088 Stephen G Gould Greg Sieck 40 23 54 11 128
33 ARG 8268 Alejandro Bugacov Eugenio Cingolani 17 40 42 30 129
34 USA 8023 Mike Dorgan Matt Dorgan 11 9 43 67 dnf 130
35 SWE 7978 Ingvar J-son Krook Benjamin Pettersen 37 30 49 15 131
36 USA 8361 Tom Londrigan, Jr. Rick Peters 67 ocs 12 39 19 137
37 CAN 8466 Stuart Hebb Mike Wolfs 67 dsq 31 12 31 141
38 USA 8410 Mike Phinney Rick Burgess 48 28 32 44 152
39 CAN 8271 Allan Cullen Dave Martin 21 53 37 48 159
40 USA 8163 Jon Pelliconi Henry Brawner 49 41 34 36 160
41 USA 8162 Chuck Driscoll Jim Oberg 59 48 8 47 162
42 USA 7621 Peter F. Costa Jessica Costa 41 57 27 39 164
43 USA 8379 Bill Allen Eric Beckwith 43 42 50 29 164
44 CAN 8389 Jerry Wendt Bryan Milne 32 54 47 33 166
45 USA 8087 Keith Donald Kevin Elterman 52 52 5 58 167
46 USA 8260 Bill Buchan Erik Bentzen 67 ocs 24 44 35 170
47 BRA 8403 Frederico H. V. de Lima Renato Moura 51 60 26 41 178
48 USA 8189 Robbie Haines Chris Barnard 44 34 35 67 dnc 180
49 CAN 8235 Mark Passmore Chris Rogers 31 39 58 53 181
50 USA 8306 Thomas E. Springer David Wood 67 ocs 46 31 40 184
51 USA 8187 Robert A Teitge Sam Eadie 54 63 21 52 190
52 USA 7844 Foss Miller Malcolm Macneil 53 47 28 67 dnf 195
53 USA 8484 Larry Whipple Mark Strube 26 38 67 dnc 67 dnc 198
54 USA 7425 Laura Beigel Read Beigel 47 58 38 56 199
55 USA 6840 Chris Wright Kyle Henehan 38 59 55 49 201
56 USA 8065 Doug Steele Andy Dippel 50 49 56 46 201
57 USA 8269 Jock Kohlhas John Wulff 56 44 64 45 209
58 CAN 8017 Bruce Long Paul Cobban 45 67 dnf 48 54 214
59 FRA 7663 Guillaume Rasse Nina Aviles 42 56 60 57 215
60 USA 8267 Stephen Gunther Ed Morey 58 45 62 50 215
61 USA 8215 John Chiarella Bob Carlson 46 55 57 60 218
62 GER 8416 Hubert Rauch Kilian Weise 60 51 67 dsq 42 220
63 USA 7294 Charles Beek Chas Beek 67 ocs 50 46 61 224
64 USA 7531 William Gerard Bill Gerard 57 61 59 59 236
65 VIE 8176 Huy Nguyen Andro Korlaet 55 64 53 67 dns 239
66 USA 7977 Paul Kresge Jon Kidder 61 62 63 55 241
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