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Defiant's Second-Day Lead Under Protest, Le Renard Close on Heels
at Rolex Farr 40 Worlds

PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS (November 14, 2002) -- It was another good day for Terry McLaughlin's Canadian team aboard Defiant, but the evening could prove tough in the protest room. Defiant won the first and third of three races on this second day of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championships in Nassau. The team's two victories are threatened, however, by two protests involving incidents at the start. In race three, the Race Committee has protested Flash Gordon, Helmut Jahn's Chicago entry, for fouling on the anchor line of its committee boat. A resulting chain of protests worked backward to Defiant, the alleged source of the problem. In race one, Crocodile Rock, owned by Alex Geremia and Scott Harris of Santa Barbara, Calif., protested Defiant for barging at the start.

"The fleet is very aggressive," said Crocodile Rock's tactician Robbie Haines, an Olympic Gold medallist from San Diego, Calif. "Consistency and staying out of trouble is the key here." With finish positions of 12-10-2 today, Crocodile Rock rose from ninth to third overall in the ideal 20-25 knot breezes.

Also making huge gains today was Le Renard, skippered by Steve Phillips of Arnold, Md., when it posted finishes of 2-7-10 to move up from eighth to second place overall. "As much as everyone wanted to win today, you just have to say that a second is fine," said tactician Mark Reynolds of San Diego, Calif., explaining that Le Renard was winning today's first race up until the last quarter of the last downwind leg. It was then that Defiant caught them. "I've learned from experience that in this class you just need to be in the top ten every race." Under that premise, Reynolds, a Rolex Yachtsman of the Year and three-time Olympic medallist, is satisfied with Le Renard's two worse finishes for the day. "In both those races, we were much deeper at times and much better at other times."

Today's second race was won by Breeze, the Italian entry skippered by Vincenzo Onorato, who came straight to this championship after being eliminated from the America's Cup Challenger Races in New Zealand. Breeze currently is in 13th.

Sailing through Saturday on the waters off Atlantis, Paradise Island are 25 teams representing eight nations.

Today officially was Bahamas Ministry of Tourism Day. The event is hosted by the Storm Trysail Club. Full results can be found at www.farr40.org

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(Results Before Protests Attached)

Place, Boat Name, Skipper, Hometown, Home Country, Finish Positions, Total Score
1. DEFIANT Terry McLaughlin, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA, 1-4-1-9-1, 16
2. LE RENARD Steve Phillips, Arnold, Md., USA, 17-2-2-7-10, 38
3. CROCODILE ROCK Alexandra Geremia/Scott Harris, Santa Barbara, Calif., USA, 11-9-12-10-2, 44
4. SAMBA PA TI John Kilroy, Los Angeles, Calif., USA, 12-5-8-8-13, 46
5. BARKING MAD Jim Richardson, Boston, Mass./Newport, R.I. USA, 13-3-3-13-15, 47
6. NERONE Massimo Mezzaroma/Antonio Migliori, Rome, ITALY, 6-1-16-3-21, 47
7. BOTTADICULO Giovanni Arrivabene/Andrea Bocchini, Massarosa, ITALY, 2-10-7-4-DNF, 49
8. GROOVEDERCI Deneen/John Demourkas, Montecito, Calif., USA, 8-14-17-2-4, 50
9. MORNING GLORY Hasso Plattner, GERMANY/San Francisco, Calif., DSQ-6-5-17-3, 57
10. ASSEGAI Leonidas Christeanakis/Chris Hunt, London, ENGLAND, 7-16-22-5-8, 58
11. BAMBAKOU John Coumantaros, New York, N.Y., USA, 10-17-6-15-11, 59
12. PEGASUS Philippe Kahn, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 19-8-26-6, 59
13 BREEZE, Vincenzo Onorato, Naples, ITALY, 5-11-23-1-20, 60
14. JOSS Owen Kratz, League City, Texas, USA, 19-20-15-12-5, 61
15. KATANGA Robin Patterson, London, ENGLAND, 22-23-4-11-7, 67
16. NORWEGIAN STEAM Eivind Astrup, Oslo, NORWAY, 3-22-19-14-12, 70
17.VIRAGO Stuart Townsend, Chicago, Ill., USA, 4-13-21-24-16, 78
18. EMOTIONAL HOOLIGAN Marcus Blackmore, Sydney, AUSTRALIA, 14-19-9-16-23, 81
19. GONE TOO FARR Dave Carrel, Belvedere, Calif., USA, 15-12-18-18-18, 81
20. KOKOMO Lang Walker, Potts Point, AUSTRALIA, 18-15-14-22-14, 83
21. NITEMARE Tom Neill, Berkeley, Ill., USA, 21-7-13-23-22, 86
22. SLED Takashi Okura, Tokyo, JAPANm 23-21-10-25-9, 88
23. HONOUR Alek Krstajic, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA, 24-24-11-20-17, 96
24. SOLUTION John Thomson, Port Washington, N.Y., USA , 16-18-24-19-19, 96
25. FLASH GORDON Helmut Jahn, Chicago, Ill., USA, 20-25-25-21-24, 115