Beijing Sailing Centre’s Rick Pointon wins Beneteau 40.7 title in 2011 China Cup International Regatta
Beijing Sailing Centre was outstanding throughout the Beneteau 40.7 class race and after eight races, Rick Pionton’s team was able to hit the top spot of the class standings with eight points at the conclusion of 2011 China Cup International Regatta in Shenzen.
Pointon grabbed two race victories on last day to claim the title.
The wind conditions were a bit same as Day 3 because in the morning, there was no breeze to drag the boats on Shenzen waters. The breeze then showed up on time just before the first race on the final day was about to start.
A strong but challenging wind started blowing from 15 to 20 knots around the harbour at the Shenzhen Maritime Sports Base in Daya Bay. The participants in Beneteau 40.7 class were in a competitive mood as they got their boats rigged and readied for the final
day’s racing. Before the race even started, there were some small collisions among the fleet line-up.
After observing a strong wind over the race course, the Race Committee was hoping to commence three races but unfortunately the forecast soon died the way it had woken, so the Race Officer had to cut the course down to two races for Beneteau 40.7 class.
Both races were clinched by Pointon to make sure his team takes the ultimate glory at the end of the day.
Top 10 podium places of Beneteau 40.7 in 2011 China Cup International Regatta are given below:
1. CHN55032 Beijing Sailing Centre, Rick Pointon (7), 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1 = 8 points
2. CHN55030 Simpson Marine, Gordon Gregor 2, 5, 5, (8), 3, 2, 2 = 19 points
3. CHN55023 Yachtfinders Global, Jayson Herbert 9, 4, 3, (12), 6, 5, 9 = 36 points
4. HKG2023 Team Eurosport Han, Willem Kotterman 3, 9, 7, 6, 4, 9, (11) = 38 points
5. CHN55011 Sea Wolf, Wang Shao Jun 13, (16), 2, 3, 8, 14, 5 = 44.5 points
6. CHN55021 China Equity, Thierry Barot (29), 2, 4, 1, 29, 4, 6 = 46 points
7. CHN55028 Team Imagination, Robin Hawthorn (20), 8, 12, 10, 7, 6, 3 = 46 points
8. CHN55037 Seven Feet, Ermakov Mikhail 11, 3, (16), 9, 9, 7, 8 = 47 points
9. CHN55027 Team Isral, Gil Blum (22), 6, 11, 4, 10, 8, 12 = 51 points
10. CHN55029 Two True Vicsail, Andrew Saies (17), 15, 10, 11, 1, 11, 4 = 52 points
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