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Oman Sail Masirah win iShares Cup Round 2 in emphatic form
In brief: Typically for the iShares Cup, Round 2 went to the wire, with double points up for grabs in the final race. Oman Sail’s Masirah needed to finish higher than seventh place to secure overall victory with both James Spithill’s BMW ORACLE Racing and Loick Peyron’s Oman Sail Renaissance both in contention. In the final race, James Spithill covered Loick Peyron at the start leaving them at the back of the fleet. Incredibly Spithill went on to helm an amazing final race to cross the finish line in first place. As for Loick Peyron on Oman Sail Renaissance, well they got back in the race but problems furling their gennaker ruined their chances. With those two teams covering each other, this allowed Oman Sail’s Masirah to escape – Pete Cumming and his crew kept their cool to cross the finish line in third place taking Round 2 of the iShares Cup Hyères-TPM in emphatic form. The nail-biting finish didn’t disappoint the hundreds of spectators who were enthralled right to the end. Next step for the iShares Cup Extreme 40 Sailing Series 2009 is the UK round to be held in Cowes over the 1-3 August at the start of Cowes Week. Read more…
