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Worlds Results Worlds Competitor List Masters Results Masters Competitor List There are now over 1000 pictures posted on the Photos page Matt Fisher, Tobi Moriarty, and Dan Moriarty are the 2009 Lightning World Champions
Malletts Bay Boat Club, Colchester, Vermont. 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.
Race 9 - Friday, September 18, 2009
1745 - Results are final 1505 - Provisional Final Results posted - Protests Pending 1425 - Thanks to the following people for providing updates from the water: Katrina Ouellette, Rick Fastiggi, Rod Carr, Chuck Padula, Kathy Manning, Keith Kennedy, John O'Rourke, Susan Davis, Leslie Wright, Suzanne Hebeler, Al Russell, Jill Gagne, David Hazelett, Marcy Milton, Barb Wagner, and Janice Lange. Finally, we need to thank the PRO, Don Brush, for not minding that his course workers were talking to us on their cell phones. 1420 - Unofficial top 9 finishes: 11, 60, 83, 53, 55, 02, 45, 71, 50. 1410 - With Starck back in the picture, Fisher needs a top five finish to clinch. 1404 - Top 26 boats at second leeward mark rounding: 11 (Gonzales), 60, 53, 50, 02, 83, 45 (Fisher), 44, 55 (Starck), 08, 05, 21, 88, 79, 80, 71, 15, 94, 81, 51, 56, 24, 25, 48, 09 1357 (live) - Top boats at the second leeward rounding 11, 60 ,50, 53, 02, 83, 44, 45. (first 6 are pretty spread out; 44/45 are close) 1353 - Moving the final beat to the finish to right. Wind is building a little. 1350 - Leaders are 2/3rds of the way down the final run of the regatta. Wind is down to about 10 knots. 1348 - Pictures from the second weather mark rounding
1345 - If you have enjoyed this coverage, please take a minute to click through and check out some of the sponsors. 1344: Top 19 boats at the second weather mark: 60, 11 (Gonzales), 50, 53, 02, 21, 45 (Fisher), 83, 79, 08, 44, 80, 71, 94, 88, 55, 15, 56, 05. 1332 - Leaders are about half way up the second beat. Wind is about 16 in very lumpy conditions. The direction has settled in. 1.75 mile legs. 1326 - A top 10 finish for Fisher clinches the regatta. 1322 - Top 20 boats at the first leeward rounding: 60 (Faude), 11 (Gonzales), 53 (Terhune), 83 (Linton), 45 (Fisher), 79, 21, 91, 50, 02, 71, 08, 94, 05, 44, 80, 15, 88, 36, 75. 1313 - Leaders are about a quarter of the way down the run. Wind is a "very civil" 15-17 knots. Next beat is being shifted to the left 1310 - Top 24 boats at the first weather mark: 60 (Faude), 45 (Fisher), 79 (King), 53 (Terhune), 21 (Proctor), 11 (Gonzales), 71 (Bogardus), 34 (Faus), 83 (Linton), 02 (Lutz), 91 (Boucher), 75 (De Rienzo), 50 (Healy), 94 (Perez), 56 (Walsh), 05 (Allan), 08 (Allen), 36 (Coplan), 88 (Hayes), 80 (Crane), 46 (MacDonald), 44 (Peck), 55 (Starck), 15 (Peck), 1304 - Leaders are approaching the weather mark. 60 (Faude) looks like they will round first. 1256 - Reminder that the top five going into the last race are bow 45 (Fisher) with 33, discarding a 13; bow 55 (Starck) with 38, discarding a 34; and bow 11 (Gonzales) with 43, discarding a DSQ; bow 53 (Terhune) with 47, discarding a 20; and bow 51 (Becker) with 55, discarding a 29. 1251 - Sounds like bow 78? lost a halyard just before the start. Someone up the mast retrieving it during the start sequence. 1250 - Right now the wind is down to about 12. Was pushing 20 knots about 5 minutes ago. 1245 - All clear. The final race for the World championship is under way. 1244 - Start - Unofficial: 78, 05 were OCS but went back and cleared 1240 - I flag up. Lifejacket flag is also up 1239 - Back in a start sequence 1238 - General recall down. 1232 - Start - General recall. Wind is really blowing now 1227 - Warning Sequence for the final race of the regatta. The course is windward/leeward with five legs. Wind is about 15 knots from the northwest with small puffs. 1215 - Wind is up to 10-15. Start boat is reanchoring 1200 - Start boat is anchored 1145 - Wind is about 5 from the west 1100 - Postpone flag is up. We typically see the wind shut off from the old direction and then fill from the new direction (rather than shifting to the new direction). 1055 - Wind has dropped to almost nothing. Race Committee is probably going to postpone. It is pretty wet. 1035 - The skies are clearing to the west. Course is getting set up. 1015 - About 10 knots from the southwest right now. Boats are making their way to the course
0930 - Harbor Start 0915 - No one seems to be in a hurry to head out 0900 - Cold and rainy. Looking at an on time harbor start at 0930. It is currently blowing about 20 out in the race area. 0745 - It is going to be windy. A strong cold front will push through the area this morning triggering rain showers. Initially the winds should be from the west at 15 to 20. The wind will shift to the northwest with the passage of the front as the post frontal pressure gradient tightens. Once the wind shifts, we can expect winds to be in the 20 to 30 knot range and quite gusty. There is a Lake Wind Advisory.
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