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On a day when Russell Coutts couldn’t keep from
plowing into Peter Holmberg, American Ed Baird rolled
to a 6-0 record to ensure himself a spot in Saturday’s
quarterfinals of the Swedish Match Cup.
With racing in Group B suspended late this afternoon
due to lack of wind, Baird, the reigning match-racing
world champion, rolled to a 6-0 record in a tough
group looking completely at ease in the light winds.
Despite having one more flight to sail before Group
B completes its initial round robin, Baird can’t
be beat. Below him the standings are a jumbled mess
as the competitors fought each other and light winds.
Coutts (NZL) is second with 3.5 points on a 4-1
record and Björn Hansen (SWE) is third at 3-2. Three
skippers are tied at 2-3, including Peter Gilmour
(AUS), Holmberg (USVI) and Luc Pillot (FRA). Lars
Nordbjerg (DEN) is seventh at 1-4, while Staffan
Lindberg (FIN) is eighth at 1-5.
The highlight match of the day pitted Coutts against
Holmberg. Coutts wound up putting Holmberg in the
drink when he hit the past Swedish Match Tour champion
during an incident at the windward mark of their
Flight 2 match.
Results
Flight 1 : Luc Pillot def. Lars Nordbjerg - Ed Baird
def. Peter Gilmour - Russell Coutts def. Staffan
Lindberg - Peter Holmberg def. Björn Hansen
Flight 2 : Luc Pillot def. Peter Gilmour - Björn
Hansen def. Staffan Lindberg - Ed Baird def. Lars
Nordbjerg - Russell Coutts def. Peter Holmberg
Flight 3 : Ed Baird def. Staffan Lindberg - Björn
Hansen def. Lars Nordbjerg - Peter Holmberg def.
Luc Pillot - Russell Coutts def. Peter Gilmour
Flight 4 : Ed Baird def. Peter Holmberg - Russell
Coutts def. Lars Nordbjerg - Björn Hansen def. Peter
Gilmour - Staffan Lindberg def. Luc Pillot
Flight 5 : Peter Gilmour def. Peter Holmberg - Russell
Coutts def. Luc Pillot - Ed Baird def. Björn Hansen
- Lars Nordbjerg def. Staffan Lindberg
Flight 6 : Ed Baird def. Russell Coutts - Björn
Hansen def. Luc Pillot - Peter Gilmour def. Staffan
Lindberg - Peter Holmberg def. Lars Nordbjerg
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