Sea, Sail & Surf newsSteinlager/Line 7 Regatta
Luc Pillot still leads after day two
jeudi 21 mars 2002 –
Pillot sailed through the early part of the day undefeated, beating Peter Holmberg, Magnus Holmberg and Ken Read, before taking a hammering at the hands of Gavin Brady.
"We are again happy with that day," the self effacing Frenchman commented, "it could be a little bit better. I think against Gavin Brady, the last match, we had some bad luck, but some of the other matches we had some good luck, so overall it was fair."
The day’s final match featured the Swedish Match Tour’s top two points leaders, Magnus Holmberg of Team SeaLife and Oracle Racing’s Peter Holmberg.
Magnus rallied from a poor start, a rarity in the regatta due to the tricky winds and current on Hauraki Harbor, to defeat Peter and finish the day one win off the pace.
"It was a quite important win, it makes it a little easier for us tomorrow, it was good to end the day that way after losing the first two matches today," said Holmberg "it’s good to see we have a bye first thing tomorrow so maybe we can wake up."
Behind Luc, two skippers share second place, with a six win, three loss scoreline, Magnus Holmberg, current leader of the Swedish Match Tour, and non-America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup skipper Jes Gram-Hansen from Denmark.
Also assured of a place in the quarter finals is Prada Challenge’s Gavin Brady, who also has six wins, but has suffered four defeats.
The battle of the other four places in the quarter finals is on for young and old, with so much hanging on Friday’s three remaining flights of races, and so many premutations and combinations of what could happen, nobody’s fate is entirely in their own hands.
RESULTS after day 2.
1 Luc Pillot - France, Le Defi Areva 7 wins 2 loss
2 Magnus Holmberg - Sweden, Victory Challenge 6 3
2 Jes Gram-Hansen - Denmark 6 3
4 Gavin Brady - Italy, Prada Challenge 6 4
5 Paolo Cian - Italy, Mascalzone Latino Challenge 5 4
5 Ed Baird - U.S.A. 5 4
7 Rod Davis - Italy, Prada Challenge 4 5
7 Peter Holmberg - U.S.A., Oracle Challenge 4 5
7 Ken Read - U.S.A., Team Dennis Conner 4 5
10 Dean Barker - New Zealand, Team New Zealand 3 6
10 Ian Walker - Britain, GBR Challenge 3 6
12 Andy Green - Britain, GBR Challenge 2 8
Information John Roberson / http://www.steinlagerline7cup.co.nz
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