2:56 AM Mon 21 Sep 2009 GMT
Lightning World Championship report.
At the beginning of the final beat of the final race of the 2009 Lightning World Championship, any of the top three boats had a shot at claiming the title. The day began with Matt Fisher, from Westerville, Ohio, in first place with 33 points. David Starck, from Amherst, New York, was 5 points back in second place and four-time World Champion Tito Gonzales, from Champa, Chile was in third with 43 points.
Gonzales started the final leg in first, Fisher was seventh, and Starck had jumped back up to ninth from very deep in the fleet. With Gonzales leading, Fisher had to finish in the top 10, and within 5 points of Starck to win the Championship. Gonzales went on to win the race and Starck slipped by Fisher to finish in the fifth spot. But with a seventh place finish, Fisher, along with crew Tobi and Dan Moriarty, held on to claim the 2009 World Champion title.
Overall Results
Sailed:9, Discards:1, To count:8, Entries:60, Scoring system:Appendix A
|
Rank
|
Bow
|
Nat
|
Sail
|
Helm
|
Hometown
|
Crew
|
R1
13SEP09 1446
|
R2
14SEP09 1301
|
R3
14SEP09 1504
|
R4
15SEP09 1105
|
R5
15SEP09 1301
|
R6
15SEP09 1505
|
R7
16SEP09 1115
|
R8
16SEP09 1320
|
R9
18SEP09 1105
|
Total
|
|
1st
|
45
|
USA
|
15045
|
Matt Fisher
|
Westerville, OH
|
Dan Moriarty, Tobi Moriarty
|
3
|
(13)
|
9
|
8
|
1
|
5
|
6
|
1
|
7
|
40.0
|
|
2nd
|
55
|
USA
|
15355
|
David Starck
|
Amherst, NY
|
Jody Starck, Ian Jones
|
6
|
(34)
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
13
|
5
|
10
|
5
|
43.0
|
|
3rd
|
11
|
CHI
|
11011
|
Tito Gonzales
|
Champa, Chile
|
Diego Gonzales, Cristian Hermann
|
1
|
(DSQ)
|
26
|
2
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
44.0
|
|
4th
|
53
|
USA
|
15353
|
Allan Terhune, Jr.
|
Arnold, MD
|
Katie Terhune, Sarah Merganthaller
|
10
|
8
|
3
|
4
|
13
|
3
|
(20)
|
6
|
4
|
51.0
|
|
5th
|
02
|
USA
|
15166
|
Jody Lutz
|
Brick, NJ
|
Jay Lutz, Matt Schon
|
5
|
4
|
10
|
12
|
8
|
16
|
3
|
(17)
|
6
|
64.0
|
|
6th
|
51
|
USA
|
15151
|
Geoff Becker
|
Arnold, MD
|
Dan Rabin, Bill Ward
|
11
|
1
|
11
|
3
|
20
|
29
|
7
|
2
|
(35)
|
84.0
|
|
7th
|
50
|
USA
|
14950
|
Bill Healy
|
Niantic, CT
|
Tim Healy, Nicole Breault
|
4
|
7
|
14
|
9
|
14
|
(41)
|
9
|
22
|
9
|
88.0
|
|
8th
|
08
|
USA
|
15208
|
Jim Allen
|
Walled Lake, MI
|
Ernie Dieball, Brenda Crane
|
2
|
(39)
|
5
|
16
|
7
|
15
|
33
|
8
|
11
|
97.0
|
|
9th
|
21
|
USA
|
14821
|
Ched Proctor
|
Southport, CT
|
Jay Mueller, James Barnash
|
(30)
|
3
|
15
|
7
|
16
|
27
|
15
|
3
|
19
|
105.0
|
|
10th
|
83
|
USA
|
15083
|
Jeff Linton
|
Tampa, FL
|
Amy Smith Linton, Jahn Tihansky
|
(29)
|
6
|
29
|
23
|
4
|
25
|
8
|
11
|
3
|
109.0
|
|
11th
|
15
|
USA
|
15215
|
David Peck
|
Old Lyme, CT
|
Neal Fowler, Debbie Dudas
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
15
|
27
|
(33)
|
25
|
7
|
22
|
110.0
|
|
12th
|
60
|
USA
|
15260
|
William Faude
|
Chicago, IL
|
Jared Drake, Brian Taboada
|
(35)
|
28
|
8
|
21
|
21
|
14
|
14
|
4
|
2
|
112.0
|
|
13th
|
81
|
USA
|
15381
|
Bill Fastiggi
|
Winooski, VT
|
Suzy Coburn, Heather Ambrose
|
(20)
|
17
|
12
|
20
|
19
|
12
|
11
|
19
|
10
|
120.0
|
|
14th
|
44
|
USA
|
14453
|
Darrell Peck
|
Gresham, OR
|
Allison Webber, Lois Parshley
|
26
|
18
|
32
|
13
|
10
|
10
|
4
|
(36)
|
13
|
126.0
|
|
15th
|
36
|
USA
|
14036
|
Justin Coplan
|
West Nyack, NY
|
Mike Carney, Danielle Prior
|
32
|
15
|
(47)
|
14
|
18
|
1
|
24
|
14
|
18
|
136.0
|
|
16th
|
80
|
USA
|
15380
|
James Crane
|
Darien, CT
|
Bill Crane, Steve Keen
|
23
|
29
|
19
|
6
|
12
|
18
|
(34)
|
12
|
27
|
146.0
|
|
17th
|
88
|
USA
|
14688
|
Brian Hayes Sr.
|
Milford, CT
|
Steve Davis, Laura Jeffers
|
(52)
|
23
|
21
|
10
|
5
|
48
|
19
|
16
|
12
|
154.0
|
|
18th
|
05
|
CAN
|
14905
|
Jamie Allan
|
Verdun, Canada
|
Jay Deakin, Marc Littee
|
22
|
10
|
13
|
33
|
22
|
(45)
|
13
|
24
|
17
|
154.0
|
|
19th
|
94
|
CHI
|
14794
|
Cristobal Perez
|
Santiago, Chile
|
Philipp Goyeneche, Francisco Perez
|
13
|
42
|
4
|
(46)
|
15
|
24
|
17
|
23
|
23
|
161.0
|
|
20th
|
71
|
USA
|
14719
|
Bill Bogardus
|
Northford, CT
|
Jarrett Lynn, Alyson Villano
|
19
|
9
|
20
|
(42)
|
11
|
19
|
42
|
38
|
8
|
166.0
|
|
21st
|
90
|
USA
|
15390
|
Todd Wake
|
Sheboygan, WI
|
Kristine Wake, Matt Burridge
|
9
|
36
|
23
|
18
|
9
|
28
|
18
|
34
|
(48)
|
175.0
|
|
22nd
|
64
|
USA
|
15164
|
Jed Dodge
|
Pittsford, NY
|
Bill Dodge, Sarah Costich
|
(45)
|
26
|
27
|
26
|
28
|
4
|
2
|
21
|
44
|
178.0
|
|
23rd
|
66
|
USA
|
14866
|
Bill Mauk
|
Miami, FL
|
Vladimir Kulinichenko, Michele Sumpton
|
14
|
24
|
(34)
|
29
|
24
|
11
|
32
|
33
|
21
|
188.0
|
|
24th
|
09
|
USA
|
09
|
Tom Allen Jr.
|
Buffalo, NY
|
Bill Pictor, Sara Paisley
|
27
|
31
|
24
|
22
|
37
|
9
|
31
|
9
|
(39)
|
190.0
|
|
25th
|
73
|
ECU
|
14673
|
Juan Santos
|
Guayaquil, Ecuador
|
Juan Andres Santos, Juan Rafael Santos
|
12
|
(DNF)
|
57
|
17
|
3
|
6
|
10
|
35
|
51
|
191.0
|
|
26th
|
19
|
USA
|
14619
|
Larry Colantuono
|
Portsmouth, RI
|
PJ Schaffer, Ellen Schaffer
|
8
|
11
|
(50)
|
5
|
34
|
47
|
16
|
28
|
46
|
195.0
|
|
27th
|
46
|
CAN
|
15246
|
Larry MacDonald
|
Carlisle, Canada
|
Steve Hayden, Adam MacDonald
|
18
|
2
|
(52)
|
48
|
32
|
8
|
26
|
13
|
49
|
196.0
|
|
28th
|
79
|
USA
|
15279
|
Bob King
|
Ontario, NY
|
Steve Cox, Owen MacDonald
|
(47)
|
25
|
40
|
11
|
23
|
30
|
29
|
18
|
26
|
202.0
|
|
29th
|
86
|
USA
|
14786
|
Jon Schwartz
|
Lincroft, NJ
|
Paul Krezinski, Donald Schon
|
34
|
32
|
18
|
31
|
33
|
7
|
30
|
(39)
|
28
|
213.0
|
|
30th
|
25
|
USA
|
15251
|
Debbie Probst
|
Fort Wayne, IN
|
Greg Fisher, Jo Ann Fisher
|
28
|
33
|
33
|
41
|
17
|
21
|
21
|
20
|
(43)
|
214.0
|
|
31st
|
76
|
ECU
|
14676
|
Carlos Lecaro
|
Guayaquil, Ecuador
|
Paco Sola, Jorge Norero
|
44
|
12
|
28
|
24
|
26
|
(52)
|
22
|
15
|
50
|
221.0
|
|
32nd
|
56
|
CAN
|
15064
|
Richard Walsh
|
Dryden, Canada
|
Alex Cox, Tina Walsh
|
24
|
19
|
6
|
27
|
39
|
(44)
|
23
|
43
|
41
|
222.0
|
|
33rd
|
91
|
CAN
|
14591
|
Alain Boucher
|
Beaconsfield, Canada
|
Chantal Leger, Terry Line
|
31
|
38
|
16
|
30
|
31
|
(OCS)
|
12
|
26
|
42
|
226.0
|
|
34th
|
24
|
USA
|
15240
|
Stephen Constants
|
Annapolis, MD
|
Todd Johnson, Sarah Evans
|
48
|
16
|
31
|
19
|
46
|
17
|
(49)
|
30
|
20
|
227.0
|
|
35th
|
75
|
MEX
|
14975
|
Aroldo De Rienzo
|
Mexico City, Mexico
|
Pablo Guzman, Skip Dieball
|
(DNS)
|
22
|
30
|
32
|
42
|
20
|
45
|
27
|
15
|
233.0
|
|
36th
|
54
|
USA
|
15154
|
Mark Schneider
|
Riverton, NJ
|
Josh McCaully, Kathryn Buckley
|
17
|
40
|
25
|
38
|
38
|
(43)
|
28
|
25
|
25
|
236.0
|
|
37th
|
82
|
CAN
|
15082
|
Michael Holly, Jr.
|
Beaconsfield, Canada
|
Pat Littee, Marc Robin
|
39
|
20
|
17
|
39
|
30
|
(56)
|
43
|
32
|
24
|
244.0
|
|
38th
|
48
|
USA
|
14548
|
Jonathan Guth
|
Baltimore, MD
|
Peter Rich, Martin Hermida
|
25
|
35
|
7
|
(53)
|
36
|
49
|
27
|
31
|
38
|
248.0
|
|
39th
|
40
|
CHI
|
14740
|
Victor Lobos
|
Concepcion, Chile
|
Sebastian Lobos, Cristobal Molina
|
16
|
47
|
22
|
35
|
29
|
39
|
(DNF)
|
48
|
14
|
250.0
|
|
40th
|
17
|
CAN
|
14174
|
David Sprague
|
Toronto, Canada
|
Sarah Foscarini, Daniel Sprague
|
38
|
30
|
(43)
|
34
|
43
|
26
|
35
|
40
|
16
|
262.0
|
|
41st
|
34
|
USA
|
15345
|
John Faus
|
Harvey Cedars, NJ
|
Paul Whitesides, Clay Shaner
|
42
|
37
|
37
|
28
|
(45)
|
23
|
39
|
42
|
29
|
277.0
|
|
42nd
|
43
|
USA
|
15143
|
David Helmick
|
Longwood, FL
|
Davy Helmick, Carol Stout
|
40
|
14
|
(55)
|
44
|
25
|
54
|
36
|
29
|
47
|
289.0
|
|
43rd
|
07
|
USA
|
15111
|
Gianni Cuccio
|
Southport, CT
|
Tom Emch, Adam Lewis
|
21
|
21
|
45
|
25
|
35
|
53
|
48
|
41
|
(DNC)
|
289.0
|
|
44th
|
04
|
COL
|
14704
|
Santiago Uzcategui
|
Bogota, Colombia
|
Jochen Raute, Johann Uzcategui
|
43
|
43
|
(56)
|
37
|
47
|
34
|
37
|
44
|
36
|
321.0
|
|
45th
|
95
|
CHI
|
14795
|
Ignacio Perez
|
Santiago, Chile
|
Edmundo Perez, Cristian Perez
|
46
|
44
|
48
|
36
|
(49)
|
22
|
38
|
47
|
45
|
326.0
|
|
46th
|
31
|
FIN
|
15341
|
Jukka Jaskari
|
Hollola, Finland
|
Pasi Hannila, Ritta Kangas
|
51
|
52
|
39
|
40
|
44
|
31
|
44
|
(54)
|
40
|
341.0
|
|
47th
|
01
|
COL
|
15401
|
Gustavo Tamayo
|
Bogota, Colombia
|
Nick Farina, Jimmy Roe
|
33
|
27
|
41
|
56
|
40
|
(59)
|
41
|
52
|
52
|
342.0
|
|
48th
|
10
|
AUS
|
15410
|
Ian Edwards
|
Northbridge, Australia
|
Knut Engerbretsen, Rick Rothenbuler
|
15
|
50
|
54
|
43
|
51
|
46
|
40
|
53
|
(55)
|
352.0
|
|
49th
|
16
|
CAN
|
14516
|
Lorrie Walsh
|
Thunder Bay, Canada
|
Katrina Oostveen, Tina Corness
|
(56)
|
41
|
35
|
49
|
48
|
42
|
46
|
37
|
56
|
354.0
|
|
50th
|
78
|
CAN
|
14878
|
Ross Bailey
|
Thunder Bay, Canada
|
Brian Cox, Kristin Thompson
|
49
|
49
|
42
|
52
|
53
|
40
|
(55)
|
45
|
30
|
360.0
|
|
51st
|
20
|
SUI
|
14520
|
Jacques Perret
|
Peseux, Switzerland
|
Todd Cox, Cortney O'Connor
|
41
|
51
|
51
|
47
|
41
|
(57)
|
50
|
49
|
33
|
363.0
|
|
52nd
|
42
|
NGR
|
15421
|
Michael Barnes
|
Lagos, Nigeria
|
Kevin Gosling, Alexander Hayman
|
37
|
45
|
(59)
|
45
|
57
|
36
|
47
|
46
|
54
|
367.0
|
|
53rd
|
52
|
FIN
|
15281
|
Kimmo Aromaa
|
Vantaa, Finland
|
Pekka Bollstrom, Waltteri Karhusaari
|
36
|
46
|
(60)
|
50
|
55
|
37
|
53
|
56
|
37
|
370.0
|
|
54th
|
38
|
ECU
|
14383
|
Jimmy Pazmino
|
Guayaquil, Ecuador
|
Santiago Salem, Mel Keen
|
(58)
|
53
|
46
|
51
|
54
|
35
|
58
|
55
|
32
|
384.0
|
|
55th
|
14
|
MEX
|
11046
|
Jorge Murrieta W.
|
Ville de Bravo, Mexico
|
Balbino Gallego, Pablo Carvajal
|
53
|
56
|
44
|
57
|
52
|
50
|
52
|
(DNF)
|
34
|
398.0
|
|
56th
|
41
|
FIN
|
15415
|
Sakira Pesola
|
Tuusula, Finland
|
Anna Henderson, Pyry Aalto
|
(59)
|
55
|
49
|
59
|
59
|
32
|
57
|
57
|
31
|
399.0
|
|
57th
|
26
|
NGR
|
15326
|
Gary Schwantz
|
Lagos, Nigeria
|
Jacques Schwantz, Richard Leek
|
57
|
48
|
36
|
55
|
56
|
51
|
54
|
50
|
(58)
|
407.0
|
|
58th
|
69
|
FIN
|
15369
|
Lauri Hemming
|
Espoo, Finland
|
Laura Hemming, Maria Hemming
|
55
|
57
|
38
|
58
|
(60)
|
38
|
59
|
58
|
57
|
420.0
|
|
59th
|
74
|
NGR
|
15274
|
Julian Calvin
|
Wilts, Nigeria
|
Mikkel Skaalum, Olav Skaalum
|
50
|
54
|
58
|
(60)
|
58
|
58
|
51
|
51
|
53
|
433.0
|
|
60th
|
03
|
CHI
|
15348
|
Hugo Perrin Costa
|
Concepcion, Chile
|
Ricardo Gonzalez, Paulo Segura
|
54
|
58
|
53
|
54
|
50
|
55
|
56
|
(DNS)
|
DNC
|
441.0
|
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