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Samba Pa Ti dominates in Miami

John Kilroy's team win by 11 points in Miami

Sunday March 6th 2011, Author: Joy Dunnigan, Location: none selected

All eight races scheduled for the 2011 Melges 32 Miami Championship, hosted by Coconut Grove Sailing Club, sponsored by Melges Performance Sailboats have been completed, leaving John Kilroy on his Samba Pa Ti as champion.

Kilroy's team consisted of tactician Nathan Wilmot and crew members Morgan Reeser, Federico Michetti, Martino Tortarolo, Justin Smart, Luca Faravelli and Dean Curtis. He won by an impressive 11 points.

Reigning Melges 32 U.S. National Champion, 20-year-old Ryan DeVos on Volpe (Ed Baird, tactician) was second, and Jason Carroll on Argo (Charlie Ogletree, tactician) was third.

The first race of the day took place under, what was considered, more civilised conditions than days past. The seas were still pretty lumpy, yet the breeze was absolutely perfect. Sunshine and 15-18 knots at the start allowed Vincenzo Onorato's Mascalzone Latino (Francesco Bruni, tactician) to get into a winning groove. He rounded the top mark in the lead and extended throughout the race. By the final run, on his way to the finished, his Melges 32 was launched by a mile. Onorato won, Dalton DeVos on Delta found some success taking second, while Kilroy maintained a solid third place position.

Jason Carroll had another great day on the water scoring another bullet in the final race of the day and event. Kilroy, ultimately sealed the overall deal with a second place finish, while Dalton DeVos continued his top three streak finishing in third.

Results:

Pos Boat Skipper R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Dis Net
1 Samba Pa Ti John Kilroy, Jr. 4 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 [4] 13
2 Argo Jason Carroll 15 3 10 6 1 1 8 1 [15] 30
3 Volpe Ryan Devos 5 11 1 2 5 4 5 9 [11] 31
4 Fantastica Lanfranco Cirillo 1 4 5 7 7 7 7 7 [7] 38
5 Delta Dalton DeVos 3 6 8 18 12 5 2 4 [18] 40
6 roXanne Kip Meadows 8 7 4 3 3 20 12 14 [20] 51
7 Full Throttle John Porter 10 5 7 9 8 6 6 11 [11] 51
8 Heartbreaker Bob Hughes 2 12 13 4 6 9 19 6 [19] 52
9 Ramrod Rodrick Jabin 13 10 3 13 18 3 10 3 [18] 55
10 Mascalzone Latino Vincenzo Onorato 6 2 20 11 15 17 1 5 [20] 57
11 Dark N'Stormy Edward Tillinghast 17 14 6 5 9 12 15 17 [17] 78
12 Shakedown Geoff Pierini 18 13 16 10 10 15 4 12 [18] 80
13 Arethusa Phil Lotz 11 19 12 17 4 19 9 10 [19] 82
14 Ninkasi John Taylor 16 8 11 15 14 18 13 13 [18] 90
15 Yasha Samurai Makoto Uematsu 7 16 15 16 11 13 14 15 [16] 91
16 Dawn Raid Oscar Strugstad 19 18 9 12 13 14 11 16 [19] 93
17 Catapult Joel Ronning 9 9 17 19 16 11 17 18 [19] 97
18 Celeritas Malcolm Gefter 12 20 18 8 17 8 21/DNF 21/DNC [21] 104
19 Zetiana Alexis Michas 20 17 14 20 19 10 16 8 [20] 104
20 Lake Effect Bob Hesse 14 15 19 14 20 16 18 19 [20] 115

The 2011 Melges 32 Midwinter Series concluded with the Miami event with Lanfranco Cirillo on Fantastica the winner. In second overall, Joel Ronning on Catapult and Newport's Phil Lotz on Arethusa takes third.

Top Five Midwinter Series Results (After 3 events)
1.) Lanfranco Cirillo, Fantastica = 284
2.) Joel Ronning, Catapult = 267
3.) Phil Lotz, Arethusa = 264
4.) Alexis Michas, Zetiana = 257
5.) Geoff Pierini, Shakedown = 255 

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