Gilmour wins in Elba

Gilmour (Perth, Western Australia) today won the fifth annual Locman Cup – Elba Island. He and crewmembers Rod Dawson, Christian Scherrer, Kazuhiko Sofuku and Yasuhiro Yaji added the event title to their previously won World Match Racing Tour championship and ISAF World Championship of Match Race Sailing.
They earned nearly $120,000 in prize money between the event and the World Tour, including a new BMW X3, and gold medals from ISAF. Last season the team won nearly $180,000 at the final event.
The World Tour and ISAF joined forces earlier this year to award the two championships in conjunction. Besides winning the past two Tour championships, Gilmour previously won the ISAF Worlds in 1990, ’97 and ’98.

1. Peter Gilmour (AUS) PST, 17-5, 35,000€
2. Ian Williams (GBR) Williams Sail Racing, 16-5, 20,000€
3. Cameron Dunn (NZL) Mascalzone Latino – Capitalia, 16-7, 10,000€
4. Staffan Lindberg (FIN) Alandia Sailing Team, 8-12, 9,000€
5. Ian Ainslie (RSA) Team Shosholoza, 5-9, 8,000€
6. Thierry Peponnet (FRA) Areva Challenge, 5-9, 7,000€
7. Pierre Mas (FRA) China Team, 3-11, 6,000€
8. Giovanni Segnini (ITA) Locman Sailing Team, 2-12, 5,000€

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