3rd Star Winter Series at Coral Reef Yacht Club
by Star Winter Series 27 Jan 2015 16:39 GMT
November 2014 - January 2015
Paul Cayard & Magnus Liljedahl win the Star Winter Series in Miami © Star Winter Series
The 3rd Star Winter Series presented by EFG (SWS) and hosted by Miami's Biscayne Bay was a shining success. Not only have all five regattas had stronger participation than last year but the final one, the Mid Winters, grew 35% with 45% of the sailors international (CAN, SWE, BRA, UKR, ARG, ITA and GER). Social Media has gone wild with over 9000 followers on Facebook for the Star Winter Series page.
The winners of the 2015 Star Midwinters were Augie Diaz and Arnis Baltins by 8 points over Brazil's Lars Grael and Samuel Gonçalves. 3rd place and 14 points behind the Brazilians were Peter Vessella and Guy Avellon.
This was the last regatta in the Star Winter Series for 2014-2015. The Overall results include a very familiar name at the top. America's Cup skipper Paul Cayard was the 1st place skipper. Olympian Magnus Liljedahl and Brian Terhaar split the responsibility of being Paul's crew over the four races (you are allowed to drop one). They won by beating Rolex Yachtsman of the Year Augie Diaz and Arnis Baltins with Peter Vessella and Guy Avellon in 3rd place.
With the Star Worlds here in Miami at Coral Reef Yacht Club in 2016, the SWS participation will continue to grow.
Final Results at starwinter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/SWS_Scoring_v1_2015_Preliminary_011215.pdf