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Peter Holmberg (left) raises the Y flag looking for a penalty against Peter Gilmour after he tacked to port in front of the previously starboard-tack Holmberg. (©Swedish Match Tour/Stephanie Lamy)
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Peter Gilmour heads to the start line of his first semifinal match against Peter Holmberg. (©Swedish Match Tour/Stephanie Lamy)
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Peter Gilmour (right) bears away to clear the start line in his first semifinal match against Peter Holmberg. (©Swedish Match Tour/Stephanie Lamy)
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PTPORTUGAL MATCH CUP
Cascais, Portugal
July 19-24, 2005
UPDATE 23 // July 24, 2005, 5:25 p.m.
Peter Holmberg beat Ben Ainslie 3-1 to win the 2005 PTPortugal Match Cup. Holmberg won the fourth race to clinch the championship after completing a penalty turn on the finish line. In the Petit Final, Peter Gilmour beat Jes Gram-Hansen 2-0. More to come.
UPDATE 22 // July 24, 2005, 1:55 p.m.
Peter Holmberg will square off against Ben Ainslie for the championship of the Portugal Match Cup, Stage 1 of the 2005-’06 Swedish Match Tour. Holmberg beat reigning Tour champ Peter Gilmour 3-1 in one semifinal match, the same score by which Ainslie beat Jes Gram-Hansen.
Holmberg trailed Gilmour in their third race, but got to the right on the second beat to score the come-from-behind victory. In the decider Gilmour was over the line early which gave Holmberg an early advantage and he led by about 15 seconds at the windward mark. Gilmour halved that margin at the leeward mark, but Holmberg upped it back to about 17 seconds at the second windward mark. Gilmour closed again on the run to the finish, but ran out of racecourse and Holmberg won by about one and a half boatlengths.
Ainslie, up 2-0, led Gram-Hansen around the first lap in their third match, but let the Dane get to the right of him on the second beat. Gram-Hansen won to pull within 2-1.
The decider was close throughout, and Ainslie showed great poise in a tight match. He led by just 4 seconds at the first windward mark. But when it seemed that Gram-Hansen would roll over to windward on the run Ainslie luffed him outside the port layline to the leeward mark. Ainslie led by about the same margin at the leeward mark.
The key moment came at the top of the second beat when Ainslie, on port, crossed Gram-Hansen with no more than 2 feet to spare. That allowed him to get around the windward mark in the lead and then he held on for the win, by about 5 seconds.
The final is a first to 3 points series.
SEMIFINAL PAIRINGS
(A1) Peter Holmberg vs. (A3) Peter Gilmour
Holmberg wins, 3-1
(B1) Jes Gram-Hansen vs. (B3) Ben Ainslie
Ainslie wins, 3-1
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UPDATE 21 // July 24, 2005, 12:10 p.m.
At 12:00 p.m. Principal Race Officer Joao Pedro Cascais signaled for the competitors to head to the water to complete the final stages of the PTPortugal Match Cup. Ben Ainslie is up 2-0 in his semifinal match against Jes Gram-Hansen while Peter Gilmour and Peter Holmberg are tied 1-1 in their match. The first to score 3 points will advance to the finals with the losers racing in the first to 2 points petit final. The wind is blowing from the north around 12 knots, a more steady direction than the past two days. Racing is expected to commence by 12:30 p.m.
UPDATE 20 // July 24, 2005, 10:10 a.m.
The completion of Semifinal Round is first up on the final day of the 2005 PTPortugal Match Cup. Ben Ainslie leads his match against Jes Gram-Hansen 2-0. The other match, between Peter Gilmour and Peter Holmberg, is tied 1-1. The two winners will square off for the championship in a first to 3 points series starting as soon after the semifinals as possible. Racing is scheduled to start shortly after 12:00 p.m.
Last night the international jury disallowed Holmberg’s protest against the race committee over the start of his first match against Gilmour. Gilmour won the match, and Holmberg protested the race committee saying that Gilmour shouldn’t have been scored a finisher because he never started the race.
The protest stemmed from a frantic final 30 seconds of the pre-start. Gilmour tacked to port and forced the starboard-tack Holmberg to do the same. Then Gilmour tacked back to starboard as the start signal sounded. He was on the course side at the signal, which meant he had to restart.
The umpires gave Gilmour a red flag penalty for the incident because he broke a rule and gained control of the match. Gilmour saw the penalty, bore away and jibed, coming up to close-hauled on port tack and completing what the umpires deemed was a penalty turn.
The umpires didn’t realize that Gilmour was OCS, and his penalty turn shouldn’t have been allowed. Gilmour received a subsequent penalty because the umpires felt he had control of the match. Penalizing an infringing boat to keep the race close is a standard practice in match-racing. Gilmour performed that penalty turn at the finish, but Holmberg felt Gilmour still had an outstanding penalty.
The confusion stemmed from the umpires lowering the red flag penalty and deeming that Gilmour had completed his penalty turn. Umpires are only human and mistakes are made sometimes. But the hearing points out the value of the umpiring system. The hearing and deliberation was conducted in about a half hour. It’s a less formal hearing than an official protest in a fleet race, and the competitors don’t end up in a long protracted hearing.
5th – 8th PLACES
Flight 1
Staffan Lindberg d. Bertrand Pacé
Chris Law d. Michael Dunstan
Flight 2
(5th) Staffan Lindberg d. (6th) Chris Law
(7th) Bertrand Pacé d. (8th) Michael Dunstan
QUARTERFINAL MATCHES
(A1) Peter Holmberg vs. (R2) Michael Dunstan
Holmberg wins, 2-0
(B2) Bertrand Pacé vs. (A3) Peter Gilmour
Gilmour wins, 2-0
(A2) Staffan Lindberg vs. (B3) Ben Ainslie
Ainslie wins, 2-1
(B1) Jes Gram-Hansen vs. (R1) Chris Law
Gram-Hansen wins, 2-0
PTPORTUGAL MATCH CUP STANDINGS
Group A (after 5 of 5 scheduled flights)
1. Peter Holmberg (ISV) Alinghi, 4-1
Crew Rodney Ardern, Murray Jones, Lorenzo Mazza, Matthew Mitchell
2. Staffan Lindberg (FIN) Team Finland, 3-2
Crew Nils Bjerkas, Niklas Carlzon, Carl-Johan Uckelstam, Daniel Wallberg
3.Peter Gilmour (AUS) Pizza-La Sailing Team, 3-2
Crew Frederico Cerveira, Thierry Fouchier, Fred Guilmin, Yasuhiro Yaji
4. Chris Law (GBR) The Outlaws, 3-2
Crew Andy Oliver, Shamn Pammenter, Diogo Pereira, Mark Sadler
5. Michael Dunstan (AUS), 2-3
Crew James Fox, Andrew Hutchinson, Ben Morrison-Jack, Nick Wilcox
6. Hamish Pepper (NZL) Mascalzone Latino – Capitalia Team, 0-5
Crew Marco Constant, Cameron Dunn, Pietro Mantovani, Jon Ziskind
Group B (after 5 of 5 scheduled flights)
1. Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN) Gram-Hansen Racing, 4-1
Crew Michael Arnhild, Rasmus Kostner, Chresten Plinius, Pete Poulsen
2. Bertrand Pacé (FRA) BMW Oracle Racing, 4-1
Crew Eric Doyle, Noel Drennan, Zack Hurst, Brad Webb
3. Ben Ainslie (GBR) Emirates Team New Zealand, 3-2
Crew Stu Bettany, Ray Davies, Rob Salthouse, Chris Ward
4. Ian Williams (GBR) Team Musto, 3-2
Crew Will Howden, Portus Meijer, Simon Sktawn, Mark Williams
5. Afonso Domingos (POR), 1-4
Crew Manuel Dantas, Luis Neves, Miguel Nunes, Bernardo Plantier
6. Manuel Marques (POR), 0-5
Crew Vasco Almeida, Goncalo Cabrita, Duarte Neves, Rui Sancho
Repechage Round Robin (after 5 of 5 scheduled flights)
1. Chris Law (GBR) The Outlaws, 4-1
Crew Andy Oliver, Shaun Pammenter, Diogo Pereira, Mark Sadler
2. Michael Dunstan (AUS), 3-2
Crew James Fox, Andrew Hutchinson, Ben Morrison-Jack, Nick Wilcox
3. Ian Williams (GBR) Team Musto, 3-2
Crew Will Howden, Pontus Meijer, Simon Shaw, Mark Williams
4. Hamish Pepper (NZL) Mascalzone Latino – Capitalia Team, 3-2
Crew Marco Constant, Cameron Dunn, Pietro Mantovani, Jon Ziskind
5. Afonso Domingos (POR), 2-3
Crew Manuel Dantas, Luis Neves, Miguel Nunes, Bernardo Plantier
6. Manuel Marques (POR), 0-5
Crew Vasco Almeida, Goncalo Cabrita, Duarte Neves, Rui Sancho
FLIGHT SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
GROUP A
Flight 1 // July 20
Match 1: Michael Dunstan d. Staffan Lindberg
Match 2: Peter Holmberg d. Hamish Pepper
Match 3: Peter Gilmour d. Chris Law
Flight 2 // July 20
Match 1: Peter Holmberg d. Michael Dunstan
Match 2: Peter Gilmour d. Hamish Pepper
Match 3: Staffan Lindberg d. Chris Law
Flight 3 // July 20
Match 1: Peter Holmberg d. Peter Gilmour
Match 2: Staffan Lindberg d. Hamish Pepper
Match 3: Chris Law d. Michael Dunstan
Flight 4 // July 20
Match 1: Chris Law d. Hamish Pepper
Match 2: Peter Gilmour d. Michael Dunstan
Match 3: Peter Holmberg d. Staffan Lindberg
Flight 5 // July 20
Match 1: Michael Dunstan d. Hamish Pepper
Match 2: Chris Law d. Peter Holmberg
Match 3: Staffan Lindberg d. Peter Gilmour
GROUP B
Flight 1 // July 21
Match 1: Bertrand Pacé d. Manuel Marques
Match 2: Ben Ainslie d. Afonso Domingos
Match 3: Ian Williams d. Jes Gram-Hansen
Flight 2 // July 21
Match 1: Ben Ainslie d. Manuel Marques
Match 2: Jes Gram-Hansen d. Afonso Domingos
Match 3: Bertrand Pacé d. Ian Williams
Flight 3 // July 21
Match 1: Jes Gram-Hansen d. Ben Ainslie
Match 2: Bertrand Pacé d. Afonso Domingos
Match 3: Ian Williams d. Manuel Marques
Flight 4 // July 21
Match 1: Ian Williams d. Afonso Domingos
Match 2: Jes Gram-Hansen d. Manuel Marques
Match 3: Bertrand Pacé d. Ben Ainslie
Flight 5 // July 21
Match 1: Afonso Domingos d. Manuel Marques
Match 2: Ben Ainslie d. Ian Williams
Match 3: Jes Gram-Hansen d. Bertrand Pacé
REPECHAGE ROUND ROBIN
Flight 1 // July 21
Match 1: Michael Dunstan d. Manuel Marques
Match 2: Hamish Pepper d. Chris Law
Match 3: Ian Williams d. Afonso Domingos
Flight 2 // July 21
Match 1: Michael Dunstan d. Hamish Pepper
Match 2: Ian Williams d. Manuel Marques
Match 3: Chris Law d. Afonso Domingos
Flight 3 // July 21
Match 1: Afonso Domingos d. Manuel Marques
Match 2: Chris Law d. Michael Dunstan
Match 3: Ian Williams d. Hamish Pepper
Flight 4 // July 21
Match 1: Hamish Pepper d. Afonso Domingos
Match 2: Chris Law d. Manuel Marques
Match 3: Michael Dunstan d. Ian Williams
Flight 5 // July 21
Match 1: Hamish Pepper d. Manuel Marques (DSQ)
Match 2: Afonso Domingos d. Michael Dunstan
Match 3: Chris Law d. Ian Williams
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