Daily Reports
Day 3 –
Friday, September 24, 2004
The second Round Robin began on Friday on Tampa Bay,
site of the 2004 U.S. Match Race Championship, sponsored by Rolex Watch
U.S.A. The standings by the lunch break saw Ziegler, Hardesty, and
defending champion, Hollerbach tied with four wins with three flights to
go.
The leaders met each other after lunch. Spirited
racing with many flags from competitors indicates that lunch did not settle
well. In the final race of the last flight, Karl Ziegler with crew Dean
Brenner and Mike Welch edged out Bill Hardesty and crew Jeff Nelson and
Brian Bissel to hold the lead at the end of stage 2. Standings at the end
of the second round robin:
Karl
Ziegler (SCYC)
Bill
Hardesty (SDYC)
Nathan
Hollerbach (BYC)
Andy
Lovell (SYC)
Colin Campbell
(KHYC)
Chris Van Tol
(BYC)
Robby
Brown (DIYC)
Brian Comfort
(Sail Newport)
The top four teams go on to the
semi-finals tomorrow. The next hurricane is on the way and is expected
to arrive late tomorrow. It could be windy, although the forecast is
for northerlies at 15 -20 knots and the barometer is falling.
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