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The winds continued to fluctuate today at Match
Race Germany, although they averaged more than the
5 knots that dominated the first two days of racing.
Winds this morning were out of the north and started
at 12 to 14 knots, but faded to zero by the time
Karol Jablonski’s crew drifted across the finish,
the last finisher in the last flight.
A lengthy postponement ensued until the wind filled
in from the south between 6 and 10 knots. That helped
finish the Group A round robin, which saw Gilmour,
Brady, Pacé and the local hero Tino Ellegast
advance to the next round.
The light wind conditions of the first three days
have forced a rescheduling of racing at Match Race
Germany. Instead of conducting a quarterfinal round
as originally scheduled, the race committee put
the top four from Groups A and B into Round Robin
C.
Each team will sail seven races, and the top two
teams will advance to the finals, while third and
fourth will race the petit final.
Peter Gilmour and Jes Gram-Hansen have maintained
perfect records through eight flights as the event
rolls into its middle stages. They remain on track
to win the Mercedes Benz SLK 200 (the first skipper
to win 10 straight races will win the car).
Gavin Brady third overall in the Swedish Match Tour
standings, was in the hunt at the beginning of Round
Robin , but fell out of contention after losing
to Frenchman Bertrand Pacé, who is fifth
in the standings.
Round Robin C Results
Flight 1 : Gavin Brady def. Luc Pillot - Bertrand
Pacé def. Eric Monin - Jes Gram-Hansen def.
Tino Ellegast
Flight 2 : Bertrand Pacé def. Gavin Brady
- Luc Pillot def. Tino Ellegast - Jes Gram-Hansen
def. Eric Monin
Flight 8 :Bertrand Pacé def. Mathieu Richard
- Peter Gilmour def. Eric Monin
Flight 9 : Peter Gilmour def. Bertrand Pacé
- Mathieu Richard def. Eric Monin
Flight 4 : Peter Gilmour def. Luc Pillot - Jes Gram-Hansen
def. Mathieu Richard - Gavin Brady def. Tino Ellegast
Group A Results
Flight 4 : Peter Gilmour def. Tino Ellegast - Bertrand
Pacé def. Lars Nordbjaerg - Gavin Brady def.
Karol Jablonski
Flight 5 : Bertrand Pacé def. Tino Ellegast
- Peter Gilmour def. Gavin Brady - Karol Jablonski
def. Lars Nordbjaerg
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