March 16, 2004
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Alinghi Skipper Victorious
Two-time America's Cup winning skipper Russell COUTTS (NZL), added the HM King Juan Carlos Trophy in the Dragon class to his plethora of titles last week in Cascais.
Two-time America’s Cup winning skipper Russell COUTTS (NZL), added the HM King Juan Carlos Trophy in the Dragon class to his plethora of titles last week in Cascais.
Coutts, who was at the event at the invitation of the Club Commodore, competed in the event, part of the annual Iberian Championship, at the weekend.
Hard, competitive racing eventually developed into a victory for the skipper of the Swiss America’s Cup syndicate, Alinghi. In second place was Poul Richard HOJ-JENSEN and Danish sailor Frank BERG finished third
Full results are available on the event website at the address below.
Top Ten
| Series Place | Nation | Helm | Crew | Total | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 |
| 1 | SUI | Russell Coutts | Pieter van Niewenheuzen / Yann Nargaard | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | IRL | Poul Richard Hoj Jensen | Berma Faber / Edouard Card | 21 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | DEN | Frank Berg | Peter Johansen / Soren Kastel | 24 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 6 |
| 4 | GER | Dieter Schon | Vincent Hoesch / Andreas Huber | 28 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | GBR | Martin Payne | Theis Palm / Ivan Bradbury | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | GER | Peter Koch | Dirk David / Stefan Abel | 37 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | GBR | David Palmer | Mark Spruce / Jamie Lea | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 14 |
| 8 | POR | António Mardel Correia | Miguel Contreiras / Luis Nunes | 50.4 | 16 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 11 | APS8,4 |
| 9 | FRA | Louis Urvois | Gwen Chapalain / Gilles Favennec | 57 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | POR | Jos’ Matoso | Bernardo Queiroz / Jos’ Pinto | 57 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 12 |