Wily Brazilians slip ahead

Champagne sailing for day two of the Stars' Bacardi Cup in Miami

It was another beautiful day on Biscayne Bay. The sea breeze that greeted sailors in the morning while they were launching their boats held while the Bacardi Cup race committee attempted to get a start off at noon. Once, twice, three times you’re out and unlike yesterday, everyone heeded the black flag and got off cleanly on the third attempt to start the race.

Predictions were for the wind to veer right throughout the day, but the group that favored the right and protected the middle left found themselves looking pretty as a right shift came through. Mark Reynolds and Jamie Gale (USA) and Henry Filter and Will Wagner (USA) rounded 1, 2 ahead of Luca Modena and Sergio Lambertenghi (ITA). At least a third of the fleet over stood the port tack layline during their approach to the weather mark. You can imagine the bobbing and weaving that was done as the 109-fleet bore away on a run and the port tackers scrambled to reach the weather mark.

Reynolds/Gael held the lead down the run, but as the wind shifted so did positions. As Prof O’Connell (IRL), who rounded the weather mark well behind the leaders said: “We frantically tried to calculate the reciprocal of 135 and realised that the leaders were sailing high. We sailed a straight line down the middle.” They rounded the left gate in third behind Modena/Lambertenghi (ITA) and former European champion Diego Negri and Luigi Viale (ITA). In the meantime, Reynolds/Gael and Marin Lovrovic Jr and Sinsa Mikulicic (CRO) rounded the right gate. With most of the fleet rounding the left gate, there was lots of noise - mostly shouting, but some crunching.

Negri/Viale jumped out to a five boat length lead over Poland's Mateusz Kusnierewicz and Dominik Zycki on the next shifty beat and Reynolds/Gael held onto third. Portugese duo Afonso Domingos and Bernardo Santos pulled into fourth with a string of Italians fighting for the spot on the Olympic team right on their tail. O’Connell/Cooke were in pursuit also.

Positions continued to shift throughout the next two legs as the breeze hovered between 6 and ten knots and Modena/Lambertenghi were able to hold the lead around the final leeward gate. The team that had a slow and steady climb through the fleet, Brazilians Lars Grael and Marcelo Jordao moved from sixth place at the bottom of the final beat to first place by keeping an eye on local legend, Augie Diaz and Phil Trinter who favored the mid-left during the final beat. The Brazilians won the race with Modena/Lambertenghi finishing second and the best Latin dancer (Diaz) in the fleet and Trinter right behind. Italians Barovier/Colaninno, and Bruni/Nobili finished fourth and fifth, respectively. O’Connell/Cooke held on to sixth.

Grael/Jordao, who just finished second in the Brazilian Olympic Trials are sitting in the lead with eight points. Diaz/Trinter are in second and O’Connell/Cooke are in third for the regatta.

Results:

Pos	Skipper/Crew	Bow/Sail	R1	R2	Tot
1	Grael, Lars/ Jordao, Marcelo	84/ BRA 8284	7	1	8
2	Diaz, Augie/ Trinter, Phil	Y4/ USA 8285	9	3	12
3	O'Connell, Maurice/ Cooke, Ben	X2/ IRL 8254	8	6	14
4	Scheidt, Robert/ Prada, Bruno	55/ BRA 8255	4	12	16
5	Percy, Iain/ Simpson, Andrew	45/ GER 8345	3	14	17
6	Kusznierewicz, Mateusz/ Zycki, Dominik	X3/ POL 8209	11	8	19
7	Modena, Luca/ Lambertenghi, Sergio	48/ ITA 8281	18	2	20
8	Adler, Alan/ Seifert, Ronald	37/ BRA 8337	2	19	21
9	Domingos, Afonso/ Santos, Bernardo	U1/ POR 8309	12	9	21
10	Negri, Diego/ Viale, Luigi	66/ ITA 8266	16	7	23
11	Bromby, Peter/ White, Lee	43/ BER 8272	6	20	26
12	Reynolds, Mark/ Gale, Jamie	20/ USA 8320	10	16	26
13	Barovier, Alberto/ Colaninno, Nando	44/ ITA 8313	23	4	27
14	Bruni, Francesco/ Nobili, Gilberto	82/ ITA 8180	22	5	27
15	O'Leary, Peter/ Milne, Stephen	X4/ IRL 8261	14	15	29
16	Melleby, Eivind/ Pedersen, Petter	34/ NOR 8234	1	31	32
17	Pepper, Hamish/ Peel, Ed	Y3/ NZL 8187	19	13	32
18	Murray, Iain/ Palfrey, Andrew	14/ AUS 8214	13	23	36
19	Marazzi, Flavio/ De Maria, Enrico	96/ SUI 8296	15	21	36
20	Filter, Henry/ Wagner, Will	36/ USA 8136	21	24	45
21	Santoni, Silvio/ Natucci, Dodo	91/ ITA 8290	38	11	49
22	Makila, Jali/ Heinonen, Erkki	Y5/ FIN 8094	24	29	53
23	MacCausland, John/ Murphy, Kevin	95/ USA 8195	40	18	58
24	Dane, John/ Sperry, Austin	30/ USA 8230	20	39	59
25	Spitzauer, Hans/ Nehammer, Christian	Y6/ AUT 8226	5	55	60
26	Zuazola, Rodrigo/ Riegel, Robert	19/ CHI 8319	45	17	62
27	Chieffi, Enrico/ Galli, Massimo	38/ ITA 8332	33	30	63
28	Merriman, Rick/ Sharp, Brian	12/ USA 8312	17	47	64
29	Shevtsov, Sergey/ Sadchikov, Roman	25/ RUS 8305	39	27	66
30	Suzuki, Kunio/ Wada,Daichi	X1/ JPN 8144	32	34	66
31	Rigoni, Alejo/ Gonzalez, Gustavo	17/ ARG 7	35	32	67
32	Macdonald, Andy/ Fatih, Brian	24/ USA 8303	27	43	70
33	Buckingham, Jim/ Monroe, Eric	75/ USA 8306	29	48	77
34	Bermudez, Roberto/ Ferreira, Marcelo	18/ ESP 7581	34	45	79
35	MacGowan, Fabian/ Engelhard, Federico	F7/ ARG 7907	31	52	83
36	Labandeira, Julio/ Chernobilsky, Nicolas	86/ USA 7986	26	61	87
37	VanderMolen, Jon/ Ticknor, Steve	Y1/ USA 8317	59	28	87
38	Kohlhas, Jock/ Scott, Larry	Y2/ USA 8269	47	42	89
39	Datsenko, Kostyantin,/ Yevseyenko, Oleksandr	Y9/ UKR 8205	65	25	90
40	Lovrovic, Dan/ Lovrovic Sr., Marin	80/ CRO 8280	55	35	90
41	Allen, Bill/ Hatfield, Bruce	93/ USA 8215	52	38	90
42	Kelly, Steven/ Bill Holowesko	65/ BAH 8265	42	54	96
43	Stegmeier, Daniel/ Stegmeier, Beat	90/ SUI 7990	50	46	96
44	McChesney, Peter/ Zwingelberg, Shane	15/ USA 8264	46	51	97
45	Brun, Gastao/ Kraiczyk, Fabio	83/ BRA 8283	28	70	98
46	Szabo, George/ Peters, Rick	73/ USA 8273	49/AVG(1)	49	98
47	Cramer, Brian/ Bjorn, Tyler	87/ CAN 8143	62	37	99
48	Lidecis, Erik/ Marzahl, Michael	76/ USA 8176	25	75	100
49	Zanetti, Alberto/ Warburg, Gustavo	69/ ARG 8169	58	44	102
50	Hicks, Michael/ Hicks, Patrick	47/ GBR 7601	48	57	105
51	Tenke, Tibor/ Bendicsek, Jozsef	67/ HUN 8166	36	71	107
52	Zimmerman, Lorenz/ Mutti, Michael	85/ SUI 8085	53	56	109
53	Voigt, Henning/ Dirk, Steve	31/ GER 8130	51	59	110
54	Manderson, John/ Gotsulyak, Roman	26/ USA 8043	43	68	111
55	Pascolato, Alessandro/ Boening, Henry	28/ BRA 8282	49	63	112
56	Serinis, Aaron/ Schofield, Bob	72/ USA 8218	41	73	114
57	Fields, Bill/ Rogers, Chris	F4/ USA 8336	80	41	121
58	Avksentiev/ Kondratyuk	Y8/ UKR 8096	60	64	124
59	Londrigan, Tom Jr./ Hall, Stewart	77/ USA 8077	62/AVG(2)	62	124
60	Gautschi, Christoph/ Gouda, Alex	92/ SUI 8009	44	84	128
61	Lovrovic Jr., Marin/ Mikulicic, Sinsa	41/ CRO 8339	119/BFD	10	129
62	Chinca, Valerio/ Ciano, Massimo	64/ ITA 8164	71	58	129
63	Wilhelm, Peer/ Hollweg, Nils	13/ GER 8213	37	95	132
64	Brethorst, Rick/ Anderson, Scott	53/ USA 8253	54	78	132
65	Lehnert, Stefan/ Menning, Peter	52/ GER 7865	72	60	132
66	Li, Hongquan/ Wang, He	F5/ CAN 7784	63	72	135
67	Pendola, Martin/ Engelhard, Jaun Pablo	39/ ARG 8239	61	77	138
68	Gardner, Ed/ Gardner, Kip	22/ USA 8222	69	69	138
69	Stanjek, Robert/ Koy, Markus	32/ GER 7971	119/DSQ	22	141
70	Hendershot, Will/ Vranderick, Alain	74/ CAN 7474	77	66	143
71	Ficker, Peter/ Lopes, Arthur	10/ BRA 8300	68	76	144
72	Rohart, Xavier/ Rambeau, Pascal	F9/ FRA 8107	119/BFD	26	145
73	Zambella, Joe/ Morey, Ed	49/ USA 8245	74	74	148
74	Gureyev, Vasyl/ Korotkov, Volodymyr	89/ UKR 8314	30	119/DNS	149
75	Irrera, Renato/ Corrado, Cristaldini	58/ ITA 8156	64	85	149
76	Merkelbach, Hubert/ Bartel, Gerrit	56/ GER 8256	119/DNS	33	152
77	Bonanni, Claude/ Burgess, Rick	X9/ USA 8270	70	82	152
78	Emmet, Rob/ Amlong, Paul	70/ USA 7370	89	65	154
79	Jennings, Jack/ Rehe, Mike	F6/ USA 8061	119/DNS	36	155
80	Bierman, Guus/ Skinner, Duncan	F1/ NED 8103	75	80	155
81	Proctor, Ched/ Semler, Matt	59/ USA 8159	119/DNS	40	159
82	Krook, Ingvar/ Hasselgren, Henrik	54/ SWE 7978	57	106	163
83	Mc Neil, Kevin/ Baltins, Arnis	Y7/ USA 8087	66	97	163
84	Hampe, Axel/ Conrads, Chris	11/ GER 8311	67	96	163
85	Fransen, Ben/ Coleman, Ian	78/ USA 7713	73	90	163
86	Tamburini, Antonio/ Ricci, Renzo	60/ ITA 8344	56	108	164
87	Thomsen, Dierk/ Jensen, Darin	68/ GER 7866	84	81	165
88	Boggi, Lucio/ Laporta, Manuel	F3/ ITA 8341	119/BFD	50	169
89	Rickard, Jack/ Farrier, Tom	94/ USA 8036	76	93	169
90	Burmester, Jens/ Mehlen, Markus	50/ GER 7750	79	92	171
91	Bettarini, Stefano/ Giachetti, Alessandro	62/ ITA 7562	88	83	171
92	Tomasini-Grinover, Roberto/ Bahr, Gunnar	16/ AUT 8216	119/DNF	53	172
93	Gudat, Patrick/ Smith, Mark	27/ USA 8227	83	89	172
94	Rauch, Hubert/ Kling, Felix	99/ GER 8016	82	91	173
95	Wyss, Daniel/ Joss, Urs	29/ SUI 8329	78	100	178
96	Collins, Bert/ Wilson, Kris	X8/ USA 8063	90	88	178
97	Chiarella, John/ Carlson, Bob	88/ USA 8083	86	98	184
98	von Schwarz, Karl/ Beigel-Vosbury, Barbara	40/ USA 7934	97	87	184
99	Gunther, Stephen/ Day, Tom	F2/ USA 7902	99	86	185
100	Girr, Fritz/ Hasche, Marko	98/ GER 7816	119/DNF	67	186
101	Donald, Keith/ Hardin, Chris	42/ USA 7814	81	105	186
102	Gagnon, Andre/ Despres, Daniel	79/ CAN 7520	85	101	186
103	de La Villehuchet, Thierry/ Gesing	21/ USA 8132	87	99	186
104	Wirth, Harald/ Pickering, Jim	X5/ AUT 8021	95	94	189
105	Meyer, Klaus/ Boguhn, Lutz	63/ GER 7863	94	102	196
106	Alt, Karen/ Perkins, Rowan	X6/ USA 7786	93	104	197
107	Passmore, Mark/ Bunner, Ivan	23/ CAN 8045	119/DNF	79	198
108	Rusowsky, Fernando/ Gimeno, Vincente Pablo	81/ CHI 8181	96	103	199
109	Weiler, Hermann/ Schmid, Thomas	46/ GER 7946	92	111	203
110	Hopkins, Sam/ Kaplan, Bart	X7/ USA 7970	98	110	208
111	Pro, Joseph/ Pro, Nicolaus	F8/ USA 7828	101	107	208
112	Phinney, Mike/ Balmert, Brad	51/ USA 7851	100	109	209
113	Sperry, Brooks/ Contaras, Robert	71/ USA 8207	91	119/DNS	210
114T	Londrigan, Patrick/ Burgandy, Ron	33/ USA 7602	119/DNS	119/DNS	238T
114T	Lord, Rohan/ Addy, Miles	61/ NZL 8061	119/DNS	119/DNS	238T
114T	Anosov, Arthur/ Dolan, Mark	57/ USA 8157	119/DNF	119/DNS	238T
114T	Whipple, Larry/ Bjorn, Kai	35/ USA 8235	119/DNS	119/DNS	238T
114T	van der Ploeg, Jose Maria/ Rivero,Fernandez Rodriguez	97/ ESP 8297	119/DNS	119/DNS	238T