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1.	Ian WILLIAMS Team Pindar	47
2.	Bjorn HANSEN Alandia Sailing Team	40
3.	Sebastien COL French Team/ K-Challenge	37
=3.	Mathieu RICHARD French Team	37
5.	Mattias RAHM Stena Bulk Sailing Team	34
6.	Paolo CIAN Team Shosholoza	33
=6.	Torvar MIRSKY Mirsky Racing Team	33
8.	Magnus HOLMBERG Victory Challenge	27

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A key moment: The umpires issued a double penalty for this starting line incident between Peter Gilm

Peter Gilmour’s win in Croatia tied him with Ed Baird for the Tour championship as the season came to a head last July at the Swedish Match Cup on idyllic Marstrand Island. Splendid weather brought out more than 100,000 people over the final three days, according to police estimates. And they weren’t disappointed. The field had a bevy of stars including Dean Barker, Russell Coutts, Magnus Holmberg, Peter Holmberg and Bertrand Pacé, among others, but all eyes were focused on the start of the third and final quarterfinal match between Gilmour and Baird. It was the race that would decide the season. One race no more than 20 minutes long to decide the winner of $145,000, the sum of a $60,000 bonus for winning the Tour and a BMW 545i Touring valued at $85,000 from Tour partner BMW. Gilmour got the start he wanted, tight on Baird’s leebow, and then sailed to victory in front of nearly 40,000 spectators.

Peter Gilmour sails downwind towards the finish line and a lucrative payday in his quarterfinal matc

Peter Gilmour sails downwind towards the finish line and a lucrative payday in his quarterfinal matc

(Photos ©Swedish Match Tour/Guido Cantini)

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