Steve Girling’s Lion Heart grabs overall victory of 2012 King of the Bays Regatta title – Sailing
America’s Steve Girling on his boat Lion Heart bounced back brilliantly into the 2012 King of the Bays Regatta to claim the overall victory with 11 points after taking part in seven races. One of the seven races was discarded from the total points.
Girling started tremendously with a superb sailing display as he clinched a bullet on the opening race of the regatta. The second race was totally opposite of the first for Girling as he dropped down to 10th place at the end of the regatta which
tumbled him down in the standings.
However, the American sailors bounced back into the event with a couple of higher finishes in the middle of the regatta. The final two races formulated the result in Girling’s favour.
Lion Heart cruised into the top podium place in the final two races and with the help of a discarded race the US sailor was able to claim the top place in the overall standings.
His fellow American, Peter Carroll hit the second podium place with 16 points. He sailed on Firefly and could clinch only one bullet in the fifth beat but his finished in top three podium spots brought him up in the standings.
The 2012 King of the Bays Regatta is the first leg of the broader 2012 Etchells Atlantic Championship Series. The event was hosted and organised by the Shelter Island Yacht Club in Shelter Island, New York.
The second regatta of the 2012 Etchells Atlantic Championship Series will be the 2012 Long Island Sound Championships and it is going to be hosted by Shelter Island Yacht Club.
Overall standings at the end of the regatta:
1. USA 1200 Lion Heart, Steve Girling 1 -10 4 2 2 1 1 = 11 Points
2. USA 944 Firefly, Peter Carroll 3 2 -12 6 1 2 2 = 16 Points
3. CAN 1396 CAN 1396, Hank Lammens 2 4 2 -11 6 4 4 = 22 Points
4. USA 1085 Cougar, Ethan Doyle 6 -13 3 4 7 3 7 = 30 Points
5. CAN 398 S****y jane, jay cross 4 7 6 3 9 9 -10 = 38 Points
6. USA 1185 1185, Robert Allardice 5 -9 5 9 3 8 8 = 38 Points
7. USA 698 white trash, christian langendal 10 -14 9 5 12 7 3 = 46 Points
8. USA 1221 Riva, Wade Edwards 9 12 11 1 5 10 -18/DNF = 48 Points
9. USA 1139 USA1139, A J Wolf -14 6 1 7 10 12 12 = 48 Points
10. USA 1199 USA 1199, Mills / Constant 12 8 -13 10 4 5 9 = 48 Points
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