Peter Gilmour’s Pizza-La Sailing Team will meet Bertrand Pacé’s French crew tomorrow for the championship of Match Race Germany, the penultimate event of the Swedish Match Tour 2003-’04.

Gilmour and Pacé advanced to the final by finishing 1-2 in Round Robin C at the 9th annual event on Lake Constance, bordering Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

The final is a rematch of the Swedish Match Tour final in Croatia two weeks ago, where Pacé defeated Gilmour 3-0 in a series plagued by light winds. Gilmour is out for revenge.

With the final still to sail, Gilmour was referring to the race for the Mercedes Benz SLK 200, offered at Match Race Germany by event sponsor Wuerttembergische Versicherungsagentur Speth.

Gilmour and his Pizza-La Sailing Team were the first to reach 10 consecutive wins when they defeated Jes Gram-Hansen’s Team Denmark in their fifth race of Round Robin C. In doing so they ran their record 10-0 (combined record between Rounds Robin A and C) and won the silver SLK roadster.

Conditions for Day 4 of Match Race Germany were ideal. After a slow morning that included a two-hour postponement amid attempted starts, a fresh northwesterly breeze filled around 15 knots. It would veer to the right and blow from the north as the day progressed, but the strength never dropped below 12 knots.

While the Pizza-La Sailing Team won all seven of its Round C races, Pacé’s French crew finished Round C with a 5-2 record, but had to wait out the final flight between Gilmour and New Zealander Gavin Brady’s BMW Oracle Racing Team.

Brady entered that match with a 5-1 record. A win over Gilmour would put him in the final. A loss would give the spot to Pacé, who owned the tiebreaker over Brady due to his win in Flight 2.

Pacé wondered if Gilmour would throw the race to give Brady the final slot, but Gilmour never throws a race. Now Pacé knows he’ll have his hands full tomorrow.

Brady will meet Gram-Hansen for the Petit Final. Brady finished Round C with a 5-2 mark, while Gram-Hansen finished 4-3.

Late this afternoon, sail-offs were held for fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth overall. France’s Luc Pillot defeated compatriot Mathieu Richard for fifth, while Switzerland’s Eric Monin beat Tino Ellegast of Germany for seventh.

Round Robin C Results

Flight 5 : Jes Gram-Hansen def. Luc Pillot - Peter Gilmour def. Tino Ellegast - Gavin Brady def. Mathieu Richard

Flight 10 : Luc Pillot def. Bertrand Pacé - Mathieu Richard def. Tino Ellegast - Peter Gilmour def. Jes Gram-Hansen

Flight 7 : Peter Gilmour def. Mathieu Richard - Bertrand Pacé def. Jes Gram-Hansen - Gavin Brady def. Eric Monin

Flight 3 : Bertrand Pacé def. Tino Ellegast - Gavin Brady def. Jes Gram-Hansen - Eric Monin def. Luc Pillot

Flight 6 : Luc Pillot def. Mathieu Richard - Peter Gilmour def. Gavin Brady - Tino Ellegast def. Eric Monin