Ian Williams and his GAC Pindar crew made a strong statement on the final day of qualifying with a convincing victory over title rival Taylor Canfield in the eagerly anticipated showdown between the pair.
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The race got off to a tight start with the boats exchanging the lead before Williams took control of the conditions, catching a strong wind from the right hand side to open up a large gap to take the race win by an impressive 45 seconds.
Williams went on to beat home-favourite Koo in his final race of qualifying to secure the all-important first pick in the quarter finals draw.
Williams chose to face David Gilmour and has already taken a huge step towards the semi-finals by securing race wins in the first two flights of their best of five quarter final.
Commenting on the day’s racing, Williams said, “It was great to finish top of qualifying and get such a strong start in the quarter finals as it really shows how well we’re working as a team. The guys have been great so far this week and that showed in the race against Canfield. It was tight at the start, but we stuck to our game plan and were able to pull away for the win.”
“We’ve started the quarter finals well taking an important 2-0 lead. However, we’re not getting ahead of ourselves as tomorrow is a new day and Gilmour will come out fighting. We’re just taking each race as it comes”.
The quarter finals will continue tomorrow, with racing commencing at 10.00am (GMT+8).
2015 Monsoon Cup Malaysia Stage 7 - Season Finale 2014/15 Alpari World Match Racing Tour
Quarter-Finals Results
Ian Williams (GBR) GAC Pindar bt David Gilmour (AUS) Team Gilmour 2-0
Taylor Canfield (ISV) US One bt Pierre-Antoine Morvan (FRA) Vannes Agglo Sailing Team 2-0
Eric Monnin (SUI) Team SailBox bt Phil Robertson (NZL) WAKA Racing 2-0
Mathieu Richard (FRA) LunaJets vs Keith Swinton (AUS) Team Alpari FX 1-1
Final Results of Qualifying
1 Ian Williams (GBR) GAC Pindar 10-1
2 Taylor Canfield (ISV) US One 10-0
3 Phil Robertson (NZL) WAKA Racing 8 (7.5)-3 (0.5 point deducted for damage)
4 Mathieu Richard (FRA) LunaJets 7-4
5 Pierre-Antoine Morvan (FRA) Vannes Agglo Sailing Team 6-5
6 Eric Monnin (SUI) Team SailBox 6-5
7 Keith Swinton (AUS) Team Alpari FX 6 (5)-5 (1 point deducted for damage)
8 David Gilmour (AUS) Team Gilmour 5-6
9 Björn Hansen (SWE) Hansen Sailing Team 4-7
10 Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Stena Sailing Team 3-8
11 Maximilian Soh (SIN) Team Red Dot 1-10
12 Jeremy Koo (MAS) Sime Darby Foundation / 1 Malaysia Match Racing Team 0 (-0.5)-11 (0.5 point deducted for damage)
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