Star Bacardi Cup at Coral Reef Yacht Club, Miami

Star Bacardi Cup at Coral Reef Yacht Club, Miami - Day 2

by Janet Maizner 9 Mar 2009 21:55 GMT 8-13 March 2009

Racing on day two of the 2009 Bacardi Cup © Janet Maizner

Italians Boggi & LaPorte win second race

Bromby & Liljedahl take the lead overall

The second race of the 2009 Bacardi Cup got off to a late start today after puffy 8 to 10 knot winds caused a 20-minute postponement followed by a general recall. The Italian team of Lucio Boggi and crew Manuele La Porta led at the start and played cat and mouse with three-time Bacardi Cup champion Peter Wright and crew Nathan Quist, both of Chicago, IL, through most of the 10.5 mile race on Biscayne Bay. The Italian duo are now in 8th place overall and the Chicagoans are in third.

Wright who took 10 years off since his last Bacardi Cup win in 1993, said he had good speed from the start and was in a jibing duel with the Italians from the second mark on. “We weren’t watching Bromby at all. He got between us at the end,” said Wright.

The powerhouse team of Peter Bromby and Magnus Liljedhal, both Olympians and Bacardi Cup champions, slid into second place on the run to the finish and move up to first place overall.

“We found some pressure at the right time and picked off a couple of boats by tacking to the left of the boats ahead of us just after the start,” said Bromby who was out of the top 10 at the first mark but had consistent gains throughout the race.

Miamian Augie Diaz and crew Mark Strube took fifth place today and moves into 5th place overall. “We had a really poor start but we were fortunate that the wind came in strong when we cleared. We made it to the weather mark 9th. “

Day one leader Szabo/Peters finished 20th today putting them at 6th overall and still in striking distance. Olympians Paul Cayard and crew Austin Sperry.

The 62-boat fleet, peppered with Star World champions and Olympians also has a first-time Star sailor from Slovakia.

The 82nd Annual Bacardi Cup Star Class regatta continues with daily racing through Friday, March 13th when the coveted Trofeo Bacardi will be awarded.

Results after day two:

Pos	Bow / Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	Pts
1	54/ 8272	Bromby, Peter	Liljedahl, Magnus	BER	2/AVG	2	4
2	68/ 8268	Hagebols, Rodney	Finlay, William	USA	7/AVG	7	14
3	32/ 8265	Wright, Peter	Quist, Nathan	USA	13	3	16
4	76/ 8376	VanderMollen, Jon	Ewenson, Goeff	USA	2	16	18
5	90/ 8285	Diaz, Augie	Strube, Mark	USA	15	5	20
6	73/ 8273	Szabo, George	Peters, Rick	USA	1	20	21
7	60/ 8259	Cayard, Paul	Sperry, Austin	USA	11	10	21
8	40/ 8341	Boggi, Lucio	LaPorta, Manuele	ITA	21	1	22
9	59/ 8267	Mendelblatt, Mark	Prada, Bruno	USA	3	23	26
10	20/ 8320	Reynolds, Mark	Haenel, Hal	USA	12	15	27
11	46/ 8361	Pickel, Marc	Mitchell, Steve	GER	5	26	31
12	37/ 8261	O'Leary, Peter	Goodbody, Tim	IRL	4	29	33
13	57/ 8157	Anosov, Arthur	Dolan, Mark	USA	17	17	34
14	53/ 8253	Brethorst, Rick	Anderson, Scott	USA	24	11	35
15	56/ 8382	Irrera, Renato	Cristaldini, Corrado	ITA	28	9	37
16	52/ 8241	Campbell, Andy	Nichol, Brad	USA	19	18	37
17	95/ 8195	MacCausland, John	Murphy, Kevin	USA	10	28	38
18	25/ 8025	Gimson, John	Greig, Ed	GBR	16	22	38
19	78/ 8077	Jennings, Jack	Rehe, Mike	USA	31	8	39
20	47/ 8318	Coughlin, Daniel	Balmert, Brad	USA	35	6	41
21	92/ 8292	Mathias, Dahlman	Heinonen, Erkki	FIN	7	36	43
22	36/ 7601	Hicks, Michael	Hicks, Patrick	GER	23	25	48
23	29/ 8143	Cramer, Brian	Johnston, Matt	CAN	22	27	49
24	62/ 8362	Merriman, Rick	Trinter, Phil	USA	6	44	50
25	34/ 8215	Allen, Bill	Hatfield, Bruce	USA	32	21	53
26	80/ 8247	Gureyev, Vasyl	Korotkov, Volodmyr	UKR	26	31	57
27	38/ 8338	Johansson, Mats	Moller, Leif	SWE	8	53	61
28	30/ 7930	Hofkirchner, Terry	Imai, Jeffrey	CAN	49	14	63
29	69/ 8369	Tomasini Grinover, Roberto	Bahr, Gunnar	AUT	44	19	63
30	22/ 8311	Hampe, Alex	Conrads, Chris	GER	27	38	65
31	49/ 7750	Burmester, Jens	Kleine, Friedrich	GER	37	30	67
32	79/ 8279	Bonanni, Claude	Burgess, Rick	USA	34	33	67
33	67/ 8333	Bischoff, Clay	Bjorn, Tyler	USA	64/OCS	4	68
34	23/ 8344	Barovier, Alberto	Nobili, Gilberto	ITA	35/AVG	35	70
35	74/ 8072	Smith, Doug	Moore, Mike	USA	29	42	71
36	64/ 8364	Marazzi, Flavio	Pedersen, Petter	SUI	64/OCS	12	76
37	50/ 8250	MacDonald, Andy	Fatih, Brian	USA	64/DNF	13	77
38	66/ 8263	Jorissen, Sander	Veldhuizen, Erik	NED	14	64/BFD	78
39	96/ 7307	Suter, Larry	Jenkins, John	USA	38	41	79
40	98/ 8095	Weissenberger, Gunti	Hardin, Chris	USA	39	45	84
41	93/ 7902	Gunther, Stephen	Armstrong, Lance	USA	53	32	85
42	83/ 8183	Tamburini, Antonio	Ricci, Renzo	ITA	47	39	86
43	77/ 8177	Modena, Luca	Lambertenghi, Sergio	ITA	43/AVG	43	86
44	26/ 7626	Passmore, Mark	Bunner, Ivan	CAN	64/OCS	24	88
45	86/ 8286	Dannesboe, Henrick	Morey, Edward	SUI	30	58	88
46	70/ 8170	Londrigan, Tom	Hall, Stewart	USA	25	64/BFD	89
47	63/ 8063	Collins, Bert	Avellon, Guy	USA	43	48	91
48	43/ 8132	Kohihas, Jock	Gesing, Witold	USA	46/AVG	46	92
49	28/ 45	Valasek, Marek	Galarce, Mauricio	SVK	57	37	94
50	65/ 7865	Lehnert, Stefan	Struve, Dirk	GER	45	50	95
51	27/ 8329	Wyss, Daniel	Joss, Urs	SUI	42	54	96