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Pro hockey player takes the lead

Hank Lammens edges ahead at the Etchells Worlds

Wednesday June 25th 2014, Author: James Boyd, Location: United States

Like many of his fellow competitors competitors in 2014 Etchells World Championship, Hank Lammens  was an All-American athlete during college. The significant difference is that Lammens earned his All-American honours in hockey. The Canadian sailor was a stalwart defenseman for St. Lawrence University during the late 1980s, and was drafted by the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League.

This week, however, it's all about winning on ice in its liquid form; and Lammens (center) and his team of Jens Bojsen-Moller (right) and Steve Girling (left) have proven themselves more than up to the challenge. With four of nine races in the books, their scoreline of 1-8-1-12 is good enough for a three-point lead over two-time world champion Bill Hardesty, who himself is two points ahead of reigning world champion Marvin Beckmann.

"We're starting with 100 boats, anything can happen," said Lammens. "So anything in the top little bit is pretty good. We feel kind of fortunate because there's a lot of roll of the dice with which end of the line to start at, the black flags. It's worked out pretty well so far."

Lammens is no late-comer to the sport of sailing. He was a stand-out youth sailor and continued after graduating from college, winning the Finn world championship in 1990 and 1991, while he was working his way through hockey's minor leagues. He took the 1991-'92 hockey season off to prepare for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but finished a disappointing 13th in that regatta. He returned to hockey the following season, captaining the Canadian National Team before finally making the NHL, playing 27 games for the Ottawa Senators in the 1993-'94 season.

"Where I grew up there were a couple of guys on the Canadian National [Sailing] Team, so I started sailing like any other kid and I had some success when I was young," said Lammens of his dual-pronged athletic career. "But on September 1, it was hockey, because that's all I wanted to do. Looking back at it, I probably should've played more hockey in the summer and I should've sailed more in the winter. It probably hurt me doing both things, but it's good for me to be busy."

After retiring from both hockey and Olympic-class sailing, Lammens embarked on a successful career in finance. Etchells sailing has been one of his competitive outlets - golf being another. Not surprisingly, he's had some success. He's a five-time Canadian National Etchells Champion and also won the U.S. National Championship in 2009 and the North American championship in 2011. The world title, to date, has eluded him, though he's finished as high as fourth in three attempts.

Yesterday's leader, Bill Hardesty, struggled in today's first race. After a subpar start, Hardesty found himself rounding the first mark smack in the middle of the fleet. He was able to claw back to 20th and then won the fourth race of the regatta to move into second overall. He spoke about the importance of exercising caution during the early stages of this event.

"We're trying not to put all of our eggs into one basket, to be conservative and play the first beat up the middle," said Hardesty. "Our goal is to round in the top 15 or top 10 and pick people off from there."

Results

Pos Sail no Yacht Name Skipper/Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 Tot
1 CAN 1396 CAN 1396 Hank Lammens / Jens Bojsen-Moller / Steve Girling 1 8 1 12 22
2 USA 979 Line Honors Bill Hardesty / Taylor Canfield / Stephanie Roble / Marcus Eagan 2 2 20 1 25
3 USA 1378 The Martian Marvin Beckmann / Steve Hunt / Ezra Culver 8 3 11 5 27
4 AUS 1383 Triad John Bertrand / Grant Simmer / Andrew Palfrey 4 10 5 28 47
5 USA 1388 Annie Gary Gilbert / Mark Mendleblatt / Luke Lawrence 45 5 2 2 54
6 HKG 1333 Swedish Blue Ante Razmilovic / Chris Larson / Stuart Flinn 3 6 8 44 61
7 USA 1296 Appreciation Jeffrey Siegal / Tim Healy / Willem Van Waay / Sarah Callahan 17 17 16 17 67
8 USA 1372 Aretas Skip Dieball / John McClean / Jeff Eiber 38 13 4 19 74
9 USA 1228 Terrapin Stephen Benjamin / Moose McLintock / Phil Trinter 16 22 17 25 80
10 USA 1394 Amercian Baby George Francisco / Michael Guerriero / Zach Railey 18 24 23 23 88
11 USA 1397 Raging Rooster Peter Duncan / Thomas Blackwell / Judson Smith 27 25 3 38 93
12 USA 1411 Elizabeth Tom Carruthers / Chris Busch / Andrew Campbell 5 12 37 46 100
13 USA 1308 KGB Senet Bischoff / Ben Kinney / Clay Bischoff 10 20 25 52 107
14 USA 1137 La Tormenta Shannon Bush / Brad Boston / Curt Oetking 26 16 31 37 110
15 USA 1404 Lifted Jim Cunningham / Jeff Madrigali / Mark Ivey / Bryn Bachman 42 4 32 40 118
16 NZL 1348 NZL 1348 Andrew Wills / Anatole Masfen / Matthew Kelway 50 28 26 20 124
17 USA 1229 Viva Don Jesberg / Scott Mason / Ed Wright 40 54 28 3 125
18 USA 1355 Lucky Bryon Ehrhart / Rodney Hagebols / Chris Lefferdink 14 38 67 7 126
19 BER 1412 Tiberon Mark Watson / Dirk Kneulman / Andreas Josenhans 60 7 18 43 128
20 USA 1376 Arethusa Phil Lotz / Eric Doyle / Rodrigo Meireles 9 18 6 96/BFD 129
21 USA 1208 Gumption3 Kevin Grainger / Max Skelley / Karl Anderson 6 19 76 33 134
22 USA 1149 Moneyball Blaine Pedlow / Danny Pavel / Justin Boitano 30 27 48 32 137
23 USA 1262 Scimitar Stewart Neff / Will Welles / Henry Brauer 13 57 51 18 139
24 USA 1198 America Jane 11 Scott Kaufman / Justin Law / Jesse Kirkland / Austen Anderson 25 14 42 62 143
25 GBR 1036 Esprit Robert Elliott / Stuart Childerley / Sam Richmond 48 43 30 24 145
26 USA 1199 USA 1199 W. Jay Mills / Christopher Constant / William J. Mills III / Luke Reich 96/BFD 9 29 14 148
27 USA 988 USA 1185 Tomas Hornos / Josh Revkin / Andy Casey 67 31 12 42 152
28 USA 1012 Natasha Ted Hardenbergh / James Hardenbergh / Mark Hardenbergh 7 30 46 71 154
29 USA 1222 Marx Bros Chris Marx / Tom Marx / Dan Ronan 78/ZFP 59 15 4 156
30 IRL 987 Bedrock David Burrows / Richard Burrows / Samantha Burrows 66 26 56 8 156
31 UKR 1297 Arctur Vasyl Gureyev / Andriy Shafranyuk / Vitalii Kushnir 21 77 19 39 156
32 USA 1373 Victory Buddy Cribb / Eamonn deLisser / Stuart deLisser 29 46 10 74 159
33 USA 1405 Caramba Jose Fuentes / Geoff Ewenson / Greg Hryniewicz 37 64 24 35 160
34 HKG 1364 1364 Frank Van Kempen / Gregory Kearns / Ronan Collins 43 37 13 73 166
35 USA 1221 Riva Wade Edwards / Timo Platt / Ben Newman 51/ZFP 33 33 50 167
36 USA 1168 Mahalaga Peter Vessella / John Callahan / Tracy Usher 22 29 22 96/BFD 169
37 USA 1398 Firing Line Bruce Burton / Glenn Burton / Jon Easley 63 32 9 66 170
38 UAE 1400 African Queen Jan Muysken / Gavin Brady / Brad Farrand 56 42 61 11 170
39 HKG 1269 RX2 Mark Thornburrow / Bucky Smith / Malcolm Page / Simon Cooke 53/ZFP 1 21 96/BFD 171
40 AUS 1393 Bootross Mark Bradford / Brad Butterworth / Will McCarthy 58 21 14 78 171
41 USA 1309 Landed Gentry Don Brush Ken Fells / Kevin Hawko 71 39 35 27 172
42 USA 928 Something Good Tito Gonzalez / Trinnidad Gonzalez / Bill Mauk / Ched Proctor 36 23 80 34 173
43 AUS 1150 Chelsea Lady Bill Steele / Jake Gunther / David Heritage 74 44 45 13 176
44 AUS 1391 Tango Chris Hampton / Ian Walker / Matt Johns 12 40 82 48 182
45 AUS 1306 The Hole Way Cameron Miles / Grant Crowle / David Sampson 39/ZFP 96/BFD 40 9 184
46 SIN 1340 Matatu Nils Razmilovic / Brian Hammersley / Andrew Mills 38/ZFP 36 69 41 184
47 USA 1307 Nemesis Jeff Nehms / Bill Johns / Tim Banks 55 49 68 16 188
48 AUS 1384 Panther Steve O'Rourke / Terry Yuill / Burke Melia 88 35 36 30 189
49 GBR 1354 Strait Dealer David Franks / Graham Sunderland / Bleddyn Mon / Amy Prime 49 41 50 49 189
50 USA 398 Skanky Gene Jay Cross / Jeremy Wilmot / Aubrey Mayer / Lauren Gillooly 15 50 72 53 190
51 USA 1248 USA 1248 Will Ricketson / Annie Haeger / Luke Ramsay / Addison Caproni 80 11 39 61 191
52 USA 1375 1375 Argyle Campbell / Robert Kinney / Payson Infelise 92/ZFP 15 49 36 192
53 GBR 1407 Ice Andrew Cooper / James Downer / Robert O'Leary 64 45 54 31 194
54 AUS 1325 Iris III Peter McNeill / David Gleadhill / Phil Smidmore 61 70 58 6 195
55 USA 1305 Clean Execution Michael Gavin / William Abbott / Paul Davis 46 73 55 29 203
56 AUS 1022 Screaming Plum Doug Kerr / Greg Kerr / Luke Paterson 52/ZFP 61 41 56 210
57 USA 1285 Midlife Crisis Bruce Golison / Bill Lynn / Richard Clarke / Dina Corsi 52 58 7 96/BFD 213
58 AUS 1399 Thats Life Ian Crisp / Marcus Sill / Fergus Forbes 28 51 65 70 214
59 USA 971 Miss Murphy Kjeld Hestehave / Ian Storer / Lynne Shore 39 34 74 68 215
60 AUS 1395 Should'a Gone Left Peter Coleman / Iain Gartley / Wayne Dixon 24 62 85 45 216
61 USA 944 Firefly Meredith Carroll / Peter Carroll / Allan Terhune / Mitchell Callahan 47 88 34 47 216
62 AUS 932 Karabos Paul Garaty / Dean Blatchford / Richard Allanson 11 53 57 96/DSQ 217
63 CAN 1327 Blackadder Andrew Cumming / Brian Kamilar / Eric Aronsohn / Victor Diaz de Leon 41 96/BFD 27 54 218
64 GBR 992 China Wight Nicholas Stagg / Kim Ridge / David Bedford 54 47 63 58 222
65 USA 1300 USA 1300 Michael Dressell / Ernie Pomerleau / Chris Morgan / Justin Callahan 65 72 84 10 231
66 SUI 1403 No Dramas James (Seamus) McHugh / Andy Beadsworth / Simon Fry 23 96/BFD 96/DSQ 21 236
67 USA 1260 Playmaker Alan Kelly / Jonathan Forsberg / Robbie Brown 75 55 59 51 240
68 USA 1085 Cougar Ethan Doyle / Will Graves / Matt Szala 77 69 70 26 242
69 AUS 868 Yandoo XX Jeanne-Claude Strong / Neville Wittey / Marcus Burke / Tiana Wittey 51 71 60 60 242
70 AUS 963 The Rat Grantham Kitto / Bradley Moore / Tim Ward / Rachel Mullins 81 52 47 65 245
71 NZL 1083 Echelon Gavin Gerrard / Richard Bouzaid / Ross Bannan / Troy Bannan 85 80 64 22 251
72 USA 1301 Mary Ann Peter Shumaker / Lindsey Horvat / Kenneth Flaska 84 60 38 72 254
73 BER 1249 Thrash Tim Patton / Peter Martin / Jason Owen 31 75 71 79 256
74 USA 819 Make Mine a Double Jeff Borland / Reid McLaughlin / Brian Robinson 35 48 78 96/BFD 257
75 USA 1212 Carina Jonathan Nye / Ray Harrington / Karl Fjeld 96/DNF 68 79 15 258
76 CAN 968 JRWOneDesign Jerry Wendt / Alex Baker / Mike Nichol 70 85/ZFP 44 64 263
77 USA 1103 Indefinitely Todd Lalumiere / Matthew Lalumiere / Charlie Lalumiere 44 65 83 75 267
78 AUS 511 Grand V Gordon Hinds / Stephen Ingate / Nicholas Ingate 96/DSQ 67 52 55 270
79 USA 1363 Untouchable Justin Palm / Chris Clark / Tom Dawson 57 79 73 63 272
80 USA 1238 Whirlwind Christopher Brady / Catherine Guiader / James McKenna / Melissa Deveney 53 84 53 86 276
81 GBR 1329 Stampede Rob Goddard / Scott Findley / Nigel Wakefield 79 78 43 77 277
82 USA 1313 Crapshoot Patricia Stadel / Ralph Carpenter / Andrew Coldicutt 76 76 75 57 284
83 USA 1061 Panache Paul V. McLaughlin / Rob Gorman / Wayne Huntley 62 56 91 82 291
84 USA 575 Perezoso Mark Luckes / Rick Humphrey / Josh White 68 81 81 69 299
85 USA 1371 1371 Ken Womack / Watt Duffy / Cary Trapani 72 86 62 87 307
86 HKG 1344 Mind the Bumps John Breen / Denis Martinet / Mike Huang / Chandler Gregoire 82 83 87 59 311
87 AUS 1165 Kirribilli Doug Flynn / Alex Flynn / Andy Green 96/RET 63 77 76 312
88 USA 1328 Hat Trick Mark Toso / Terry Naylon / Joshua Toso 87 74 86 67 314
89 USA 1097 Eduardo Especial Ed Holt / Ernest Freeland / Sarah Russell 96/BFD 66 66 88 316
90 CAN 931 Impudence David Lowther / Anthony Lowther / Andrew Lowther 69 89 88 85 331
91 AUS 1025 Walk on Water Glenn Norton / Peter Rattray / Richard Hodgson 89 82 90 80 341
92 AUS 1124 Gumption Michael Morris / Geoff Masters / Joshua Singh / Maclean Paton 86 85 93 81 345
93 NZL 1114 Windward Charles Maud / Luke Carter / Scott Clark 90 87 92 83 352
94 AUS 401 Ozzi Al Harrison / Ian Staples / Brady Lowe 83 90 94 89 356
95 USA 54 Christine Francis Daniel Smith / Sara Smith / Gregory Hoyt 96/DNF 96/DNC 89 84 365

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