Cassis Cup - Overall (03/04/02)
 (source : sail-online.fr)
Philippe Presti of the French Challenge for the America's Cup has won the Trophée Guillaume Cousin - Cassis Cup 2002, an ISAF Grade 1 (or 2) Event organised by the Cercle Nautique de Cassis.

Presti, sailing with Jean-Marie Dauris, Philippe Mourniac and Thierry Briend, outdueled defeated Danish Jes Gram Hansen l 2 - 1 in the final.

In the petit final Luc Pillot sailing with Gilles Favennec, Denis Vanier and Frédéric Guillemin defeated François Brénac to finish third.

Final Ranking :

1. Philippe PRESTI (FRA)
2. Jes GRAM HANSEN (DEN)
3. Luc PILLOT (FRA)
4. François BRENAC (FRA)
5. Sébastien COL (FRA)
6. Mathieu RICHARD (FRA)
7. Andrew ARBUZOV (RUS)
8. Marten HEDLUND (SWE)
9. Maxim TARANOV (RUS)
10. Lars NORDJBERG (DEN)
 
 Cassis Cup - Round Robin 2 (03/01/02)
 (source : Cassis Cup)
The second day of the match racing regatta taking place in Cassis, France. The first three flights of the second Robin round saw " wild combat " on water between the six best crews still in string: François BRENAC did not yield anything and won his three matches, Mathieu RICHARD won two out of three. Racing continues until 3 March.
 
JG
FB
LP
PP
MR
SC
TOTAL
Jes Gram Hansen

 

0

1

0

1

François Brenac

0

 

1

1

3

Luc Pillot

0

 

0

1

1

Philippe Presti

0

1

 

0

1

Mathieu Richard

0

1

 

1

2

Sébastien Col

1

0

0

 

1

 
 Cassis Cup - Round Robin 1 (02/28/02)
 (source : Cassis Cup)
The first day of the match racing regatta taking place in Cassis, France. The greatest number of matches was gained by Danish Jes GRAM HANSEN, 5th world rank, followed by French Philippe PRESTI, 16th world, then of French Luc PILLOT (10th) with the young Nantais Mathieu RICHARD (27th); just behind the two other French crews, François BRENAC (7ème) and Sebastien COL (96ème) point.

Leaderboard (The first 6 skippers will enter the Round Robin 2) :

1. Jes GRAM HANSEN (DEN), 8/1
2. Philippe PRESTI (FRA), 7/2
3. Luc PILLOT (FRA), 6/3
4. Mathieu RICHARD (FRA), 6/3
5. Sébastien COL (FRA), 5/4
6. François BRENAC (FRA), 5/4
----------------------------
7. Andrew ARBUZOV (RUS), 3/6
8. Marten HEDLUND (SWE), 3/6
9. Maxim TARANOV (RUS), 1/8
10. Lars NORDJBERG (DEN), 1/8

Results :
 
JG
FB
LP
AA
PP
LN
MR
MT
MH
SC
TOTAL
Jes Gram Hansen

 

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

8

François Brenac

0

 

1

1

0

1

0

1

1

0

5

Luc Pillot

0

0

 

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

6

Andrew Arbuzov

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

1

1

1

3

Philippe Presti

1

1

1

1

 

1

0

1

1

0

7

Lars Nordjberg

0

0

0

1

0

 

0

0

0

0

1

Mathieu Richard

0

1

0

1

1

1

 

1

0

1

6

Maxim Taranov

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

 

0

0

1

Marten Hedlund

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

 

0

3

Sébastien Col

0

1

0

0

1

1

0

1

1

 

5

 
 Cassis Cup - Preview (02/27/02)
 (source : Cassis Cup)
On February 27 through March 3, ten match-racers will take to the waters off the coast of Cassis, near Marseille south of France, alongside the Mediterranean sea. The event is an ISAF Grade 1 or 2 event (this grading is subject to review by the ISAF Match Race Advisory Board. The event may be re-graded when then is clear reason to do so).

The starter´s list in France includes Luc Pillot and Philippe Presti, representing Le Défi Areva French America´s Cup. Other prominent matchracers such as Jes Gram-Hansen from Denmark or the three French skippers Mathieu Richard, François Brennac and Sébastien Col will make this event very difficult to win for any of the competitors.

After a practice day, the action sailed in Beneteau 25 starts tomorrow (28st), the series featuring two Round robin, semi-finals followed by final on sunday.