El barco americano campeón mundial
Fuente info Sail world
Lightning World Championship report.
At the beginning of the final beat of the final race of the 2009 Lightning World Championship, any of the top three boats had a shot at claiming the title. The day began with Matt Fisher, from Westerville, Ohio, in first place with 33 points. David Starck, from Amherst, New York, was 5 points back in second place and four-time World Champion Tito Gonzales, from Champa, Chile was in third with 43 points.
Gonzales started the final leg in first, Fisher was seventh, and Starck had jumped back up to ninth from very deep in the fleet. With Gonzales leading, Fisher had to finish in the top 10, and within 5 points of Starck to win the Championship. Gonzales went on to win the race and Starck slipped by Fisher to finish in the fifth spot. But with a seventh place finish, Fisher, along with crew Tobi and Dan Moriarty, held on to claim the 2009 World Champion title.
1st
Matt Fisher Westerville, OH Dan Moriarty, Tobi Moriarty 3 (13) 9 8 1 5 6 1 7 40.0
2nd
David Starck Amherst, NY Jody Starck, Ian Jones 6 (34) 1 1 2 13 5 10 5 43.0
3rd
Tito Gonzales Champa, Chile Diego Gonzales, Cristian Hermann 1 (DSQ) 26 2 6 2 1 5 1 44.0
