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Conditions over the last three days have been tough
for both the Race Committee and competitors at the
Marseille International Match Race. The Principle
Race Officer had to go scouring for wind on Marseille’s
Outer Harbor for the final day.
Poland's Karol Jablonski overcame both a slow start
earlier in the week and the regatta’s hottest skipper
Bertrand Pacé, to win his second Marseille International
Match Race in a row.
The Polish took the first race quite comfortably,
but then watched the French battle back to even
the score and force a third and deciding match.
In his semifinal, Jablonski dispatched of his opponent,
the Frenchman Luc Pillot, former helmsman for America’s
Cup le Défi Areva Challenge, 2-0, to gain momentum
heading into his clash with Pacé, who likewise shed
his opponent, France’s Matthieu Richard.
In the petit finals, the young French match racer
Matthieu Richard defeated his fellow countryman
Luc Pillot to finish third. In the sail-off, New
Zealand’s Kelvin Harrap swept past native son Dimitri
Deruelle to finish fifth.
The next event on the International Tour is the
Congressionnal Cup in Long Beach, California, April
19/24.
Results
Finals : Jablonski def. Pacé, 2/1
Petit finals : Richard def. Pillot, 2/0
Semi-finals : Pacé def. Richard, 2/0 - Jablonski
def. Pillot, 2/0
Sail-off : Harrap def. Deruelle, 2/0
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