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Norwegians claim race one

Eivind Melleby and Petter Morland Pedersen claim race one of the Star's Bacardi Cup

Monday March 7th 2011, Author: Jan Harley, Location: United States

The Norwegian Star team of Eivind Melleby and Petter Morland Pedersen have won the opening race of the 84th Bacardi Cup, the first event of the 2011 Bacardi Miami Sailing Week presented by EFG Bank. After an hour delay due to light air, the 89-strong Star fleet got down to business with elite-level competition making Biscayne Bay the place to be.

Melleby and Pedersen have been here before – they also finished first in the opening race of the Bacardi Cup in 2008. And while today’s result is surely déjà vu, hopefully it is also not a curse – no team winning the opening race has gone on to claim the title in at least the last 10 years. The duo are making their fourth run at the Bacardi Cup, having achieved, to date, their best finish of seventh overall in 2010.

"We've never won the Bacardi Cup, but hope to this year,” said Melleby. “The day was marked by a very light breeze, so they postponed the race for an hour before they started. It was a long race. The wind shifted quite a lot to the left, but we were able to get out in front of it, and veer away from the rest of the fleet coming up to the first mark in fourth position. From there we were able to get away from the pack and managed to get into first position and stay there for most of the race. We were about 100 meters out in front until the end when Andrew Campbell (San Diego, Calif.) and crew Ian Coleman (Annapolis, Md.) were able to get a lot closer than we wanted. Campbell closed in less than 50 meters with a breeze from behind. With a light day like this, the boat speed is very similar, so our win was mostly about positioning and strategy."

"There are 20 boats, maybe more, that can win the Bacardi Cup at anytime,” observed Melleby. “We're just trying to stay consistent, and do well in every race this week. Hopefully, we can be at the top of the podium when all this ends."

Third overall after day one is the French team of Guillaume Florent and Pascal Rambeau, followed by George Szabo with Caleb Paine (both San Diego, Calif.). Mark Reynolds (San Diego, Calif.) and Rick Peters (Venice, Calif.) round out the top-five.

Results:

Pos Boat Helm Crew R1 Tot
1 NOR 8317   Eivind Melleby   Petter Morland Pedersen   1 1
2 USA 8408   Andrew Campbell   Ian Coleman   2 2
3 FRA 8270   Guillaume Florent   Pascal Rambeau   3 3
4 USA 8434   George Szabo   Paine   4 4
5 USA 8320   Mark Reynolds   Rick Peters   5 5
6 POL 8417   Mateusz Kusznierewicz   Dominik Zycki   6 6
7 IRL 8418   Peter O'Leary   David Burones   7 7
8 USA 8396   Andy Horton     8 8
9 POL 8412   Maciej Grabowski   Lukasz Lesinski   9 9
10 USA 8395   John Maccausland   Kevin Mullerg   10 10
11 USA 8362   Peter Vessella   Rodney Hagerbols   11 11
12 USA 8285   Augie Diaz   Bruno Prada   12 12
13 UKR 8247   Vasyl Gureyev   Vasyl Gureyev   13 13
14 NZL 8187   Hamish Pepper   Craig Monk   14 14
15 ITA 8373   GUIDO FALCIOLA   Federico Medolago   15 15
16 USA 8250   Andrew Macdonald   Michael Nichol   16 16
17 USA 8440   Larry Whipple   Phil Trinter   17 17
18 GER 8140   Alexander Schlonski   Matthias Bohn   18 18
19 GER 8414   Johannes Polgar   Markus Koy   19 19
20 CAN 8235   Hans Fogh   Roger Cheer   20 20
21 USA 8422   Rick Merriman   Carol Marriman   21 21
22 ITA 8399   Francesco Bruni     22 22
23 USA 8067   Tomas Hornos   Roman Gotsulyok   23 23
24 USA 8177   Jud Smith   Edward Morey   24 24
25 USA 8000   Arthur Anosov   Vitali Kushnir   25 25
26 USA 8267   Mark Mendelblatt   Magus Liljedhal   26 26
27 USA 7620   Derek Decouteau   Dave Martin   27 27
28 SWE 8428   Fredrik Loof   Max Salminen   28 28
29 USA 8410   Jon Vandermolen   Geoff Ewenson   29 29
30 AUT 8437   Hans Spitzauer   MASSIMO CANALI   30 30
31 AUS 8336   Paul McKenzie   Phil Toth   31 31
32 CAN 8143   Brian Cramer   Matt Johnston   32 32
33 AUS 8101   Peter Bellingham   Nando Coloninno   33 33
34 SUI 8075   Jean-Pascal Chatagny   Vincent Hagin   34 34
35 CAN 8427   Stuart Hebb   Chris Lanza   35 35
36 USA 8269   Jock Kohlhas   Rick Burgess   36 36
37 GER 8433   Johannes Babendererde   Timo Jacobs   37 37
38 USA 8401   Christopher Line   Larry Scott   38 38
39 USA 8077   Jack Jennings   Marck Valasek   39 39
40 ITA 8392   Renato Irrera   Manvele La Porta   40 40
41 SWE 8338   Mats Johansson   Levie Moller   41 41
42 ITA 8242   Lucio Boggi   Sierro Lanberten   42 42
43 CAN 8271   Allan Cullen   Brett Wilson   43 43
44 USA 7741   Benjamin Sternberg   Valentin Vettsman   44 44
45 GER 8331   Hubert Merkelbach   Gerrit Bartel   45 45
46 CAN 7930   Harri Palm   Jeffrey Imai   46 46
47 SWE 8254   Philip Carlson   Daniel Bylock   47 47
48 AUT 8110   Hans-Christian Nehammer   Felix Kling   48 48
49 SUI 8409   Christoph Gautschi   Benedikt Wenk   49 49
50 GBR 7601   Michael Hicks   Patrick Hicks   50 50
51 USA 8265   Peter Wright   Nathan Quist   51 51
52 USA 8063   Bert Collins   Jacob Doyle   52 52
53 BER 8442   Peter Bromby   Lee White   53 53
54 SUI 7829   Michel Niklaus   Serge Pulfer   54 54
55 SWE 8351   Tom Lofstedt   Hakan Luudgreu   55 55
56 USA 4125   Keith Donald   Jim Pickering   56 56
57 GER 7865   Stefan Lehnert   Dietmar Hobbie   57 57
58 SUI 8085   Lorenz Zimmermann   Nils Hollweg   58 58
59 USA 7964   Charles F Kohlermann IV   Matt Silverman   59 59
60 GER 8311   Axel Hampe   Christian Knoll   60 60
61 BRA 8127   Fabio Bruggioni   Marconi Sansollo   61 61
62 USA 8069   John Foster   H   62 62
63 USA 7629   Ken Woods   Bill Peter   63 63
64 USA 7747   Donald Massey   R J Treg   64 64
65 USA 8153   Joseph Pro   Nicolas Pro   65 65
66 USA 7677   Chris Rogers   Mark Dolan   66 66
67 USA 8095   Gunti Weissenberger   Chris Hardin   67 67
68 USA 8132   Witold Gesing   Adam Gesing   68 68
69 ITA 8421   VINCENZO LOCATELLI   Giuseppe Ogeioni   69 69
70 GER 7816   Fritz Girr   Bernhard Schaefer   70 70
71 USA 7802   Tom Doran   Jim Albert   71 71
72 USA 8215   John Chiarella   Bob Carlson   72 72
73 SUI 8329   Daniel Wyss   Urs Joss   73 73
74 AUT 8436   Roberto Tomasini Grinover   Gunnar Bahr   74 74
75 CAN 7501   Amanda Karahanas   Tony Karahanas   75 75
76 USA 8036   Jack Rickard   Jack Richard   76 76
77 GER 7750   Jens Burmester   Friedrich Kleine   77 77
78 CAN 6680   Greg Poole   Andrew Hamblin   78 78
79 USA 8379   Bill Allen   Brad Lichter   79 79
80 USA 7970   Sam Hopkins   Bark Leaplan   80 80
81 USA 8217   Mike Phinney   Scott Pie   81 81
82 GER 8333   Klaus Meyer   Dirk Struve   82 82
83 BAH 8406   Mark Holowesko   Mark Holowesko   94.0 [DNC] 94
83 ARG 7907   Fabian Mac Gowan     94.0 [DNC] 94
83 CAN 7626   Mark Passmore   Ivan Bunner   94.0 [OCS] 94
83 CAN 8236   Philippe Hofer   Gary Soules   94.0 [OCS] 94
83 POR 8309   Afonso Domingos   Federico Melo   94.0 [OCS] 94
83 USA 8157   Thomas White     94.0 [DNC] 94
83 CAN 8361   Richard Clark   Tyler Bjorn   94.0 [DNC] 94
83 USA 8291   William Swigart   Chuck Beek   94.0 [OCS] 94
83 CRO 8339   Marin Lovrovic   Sinisa Mikulicic   94.0 [OCS] 94
83 USA 8312   Tony Hermann   Curll   94.0 [OCS] 94
83 USA 8084   Robert Teitge   John Finch   94.0 [OCS] 9

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