Incredibly Tense And Tight Finish

14:45:40  End of Race 6. Quantum wins, followed by Synergy, Matador and Bribón, who still lead by just one point!!!  

15:13:26  Last race of the 2009 TP52 World Championship about to start.  
  

15:26:01  Finishing the first beat, Matador leads, followed by Valars and Synergy, Quantum and Bribón. Shifty top of the beat.

15:31:25  Windward Mark: Matador, Valars, Artemis, Quantum, Henri Lloyd, Synergy, Cristabella, Bribón, Audi Q8, Paprec.

15:39:41  Valars, Artemis and Quantum together down the run.

15:43:55  Leeward Gate: Matador (left), Valars (right), Artemis (right), Quantum (left), Synergy, Henri Lloyd …

15:57:56  Windward Mark: Matador, Valars, Artemis, Quantum, Synergy, Henri Lloyd.

                Quantum need to move up if they want to beat Matador.          

16:01:26  Quantum and Bribón going right; the rest of the fleet is going left…

16:06:30  Quantum is got a little bit of extra pressure on the right. It’s gonna be close with Artemis.

16:09:54  Quantum gybe ahead of Artemis. The Americans need one more…

16:11:42  Matador win the race, Valars, Quantum, Artemis, Synergy…

And win the championship on basis of a better score in the tie break…

(23 points each, 2 firsts each, 3 thirds vs 2 thirds)

MATADOR IS THE 2009 TP52 WORLD CHAMPION!!! 

QUANTUM RACING 2nd, ARTEMIS 3rd.

CONGRATULATIONS