Star Bacardi Cup at Coral Reef Yacht Club, Miami

Star Bacardi Cup at Coral Reef Yacht Club, Miami - Day 3

by Janet Maizner 10 Mar 2009 23:11 GMT 8-13 March 2009

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

Mark Mendelblatt and crew Bruno Prada win day three

Mark Mendelblatt, the 2005 Bacardi Cup champion and America’s Cup tactician, and crew Bruno Prada of Brazil won the third race in the six race series at the 82nd Bacardi Cup Star Class Regatta on Biscayne Bay, near Miami. Today’s first place finish moves them up six slots to third overall.

Mendelblatt credits his win today to Bruno who he is sailing with for the first time. “He called the right off the start, fixed our rig for speed adjustment on the first run, and pulled the seaweed off our bow.” The duo took a sharp left tack off the downwind mark after noticing more wind on the left. “I like the left in Miami,” said Mendelblatt. “It seems the way to go more times than not.”

Light wind this morning pushed the race start back an hour, but the six knot breeze had little effect on Bermuda’s Peter Bromby and crew Magnus Liljedahl who had great speed on the course today and finished in second for the second day in a row.

“We concentrated on staying in pressure and it made the difference today, as well as having Magnus on board,” said Bromby who is a two-time winner of the Bacardi Cup. “We had a good first half and now we need a good second, but there are a lot of good sailors in this competition.”

Bromby/Liljedahl, who were in the top five in a fleet of 62 boats for the entire race today, maintain their first place overall after three of six races.

Californian Andy MacDonald and crew Brian Fatih of Miami finished third and are in 25th overall.

John MacCausland and crew Kevin Murphy, both from New Jersey, finished in fourth and had a strong race today rounding the first upwind mark second just behind Mark Reynolds and crew Hal Haenel, and coming through the downwind gate first. They are in 10th overall.

Floridian Arthur Anosov and crew Mark Dolan of Michigan finished in fifth place and move up to eighth overall.

Italians Lucio Boggi and crew Manuele LaPorta, the day two leaders, finished ninth and keep their sixth place overall. San Diego’s George Szabo and crew Rick Peters, the day one leaders, finished 25th and drop to 11th overall. Jon VanderMolen of Michigan and crew Goeff Ewenson from Maryland finished sixth and move up two slots to fourth overall.

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Results after Day 3:

Pos	Bow / Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	54/ 8272	Bromby, Peter	Liljedahl, Magnus	BER	2/AVG	2	2	6
2	76/ 8376	VanderMollen, Jon	Ewenson, Goeff	USA	2	16	6	24
3	59/ 8267	Mendelblatt, Mark	Prada, Bruno	USA	3	23	1	27
4	60/ 8259	Cayard, Paul	Sperry, Austin	USA	11	10	8	29
5	90/ 8285	Diaz, Augie	Strube, Mark	USA	15	5	10	30
6	40/ 8341	Boggi, Lucio	LaPorta, Manuele	ITA	21	1	9	31
7	32/ 8265	Wright, Peter	Quist, Nathan	USA	13	3	19	35
8	57/ 8157	Anosov, Arthur	Dolan, Mark	USA	17	17	5	39
9	20/ 8320	Reynolds, Mark	Haenel, Hal	USA	12	15	12	39
10	95/ 8195	MacCausland, John	Murphy, Kevin	USA	10	28	4	42
11	73/ 8273	Szabo, George	Peters, Rick	USA	1	20	25	46
12	37/ 8261	O'Leary, Peter	Goodbody, Tim	IRL	4	29	17	50
13	62/ 8362	Merriman, Rick	Trinter, Phil	USA	6	44	7	57
14	47/ 8318	Coughlin, Daniel	Balmert, Brad	USA	35	6	18	59
15	56/ 8382	Irrera, Renato	Cristaldini, Corrado	ITA	28	9	22	59
16	68/ 8268	Hagebols, Rodney	Finlay, William	USA	20/AVG	7	33	60
17	78/ 8077	Jennings, Jack	Rehe, Mike	USA	31	8	23	62
18	25/ 8025	Gimson, John	Greig, Ed	GBR	16	22	24	62
19	92/ 8292	Mathias, Dahlman	Heinonen, Erkki	FIN	7	36	20	63
20	52/ 8241	Campbell, Andy	Nichol, Brad	USA	19	18	28	65
21	29/ 8143	Cramer, Brian	Johnston, Matt	CAN	22	27	21	70
22	38/ 8338	Johansson, Mats	Moller, Leif	SWE	8	53	14	75
23	46/ 8361	Pickel, Marc	Mitchell, Steve	GER	5	26	45	76
24	53/ 8253	Brethorst, Rick	Anderson, Scott	USA	24	11	41	76
25	50/ 8250	MacDonald, Andy	Fatih, Brian	USA	64/DNF	13	3	80
26	49/ 7750	Burmester, Jens	Kleine, Friedrich	GER	37	30	16	83
27	34/ 8215	Allen, Bill	Hatfield, Bruce	USA	32	21	31	84
28	66/ 8263	Jorissen, Sander	Veldhuizen, Erik	NED	14	64/BFD	11	89
29	64/ 8364	Marazzi, Flavio	Pedersen, Petter	SUI	64/OCS	12	13	89
30	69/ 8369	Tomasini Grinover, Roberto	Bahr, Gunnar	AUT	44	19	27	90
31	80/ 8247	Gureyev, Vasyl	Korotkov, Volodmyr	UKR	26	31	36	93
32	36/ 7601	Hicks, Michael	Hicks, Patrick	GER	23	25	49	97
33	79/ 8279	Bonanni, Claude	Burgess, Rick	USA	34	33	30	97
34	74/ 8072	Smith, Doug	Moore, Mike	USA	29	42	29	100
35	30/ 7930	Hofkirchner, Terry	Imai, Jeffrey	CAN	49	14	44	107
36	89/ 8024	Fogh, Hans	Cheer, Roger	CAN	36	64/DNF	15	115
37	43/ 8132	Kohihas, Jock	Gesing, Witold	USA	39/AVG	46	32	117
38	77/ 8177	Modena, Luca	Lambertenghi, Sergio	ITA	40/AVG	43	37	120
39	65/ 7865	Lehnert, Stefan	Struve, Dirk	GER	45	50	26	121
40	70/ 8170	Londrigan, Tom	Hall, Stewart	USA	25	64/BFD	34	123
41	22/ 8311	Hampe, Alex	Conrads, Chris	GER	27	38	58	123
42	83/ 8183	Tamburini, Antonio	Ricci, Renzo	ITA	47	39	40	126
43	96/ 7307	Suter, Larry	Jenkins, John	USA	38	41	51	130
44	27/ 8329	Wyss, Daniel	Joss, Urs	SUI	42	54	35	131
45	67/ 8333	Bischoff, Clay	Bjorn, Tyler	USA	64/OCS	4	64/OCS	132
46	28/ 45	Valasek, Marek	Galarce, Mauricio	SVK	57	37	38	132
47	86/ 8286	Dannesboe, Henrick	Morey, Edward	SUI	30	58	47	135
48	93/ 7902	Gunther, Stephen	Armstrong, Lance	USA	53	32	52	137
49	63/ 8063	Collins, Bert	Avellon, Guy	USA	43	48	46	137
50	98/ 8095	Weissenberger, Gunti	Hardin, Chris	USA	39	45	55	139
51	45/ 8245	Zambella, Joe	Scott, Larry	USA	47/AVG	55	39	141
52	85/ 7986	Biegal-Vosbury, Barbara	Zuschnit, Michael	USA	50	52	42	144
53	35/ 7501	Karahanas, Amanda	Karahanas, Tony	CAN	55	49	43	147
54	48/ 8112	Bainton, John	Rogers, Chris	USA	52	47	48	147
55	24/ 7713	Fransen, Ben	Coleman, Ian	USA	64/OCS	34	50	148
56	23/ 8344	Barovier, Alberto	Nobili, Gilberto	ITA	49.5/AVG	35	64/DNF	148.5
57	26/ 7626	Passmore, Mark	Bunner, Ivan	CAN	64/OCS	24	64/OCS	152
58	55/ 8217	Phinney, Mike	Poole, Greg	USA	40	59	57	156
59	44/ 8348	Bierman, Guus	Skinner, Duncan	NED	46	51	64/OCS	161
60	82/ 8083	Chiarella, John	Carlson, Bob	USA	48	57	56	161
61	39/ 7970	Hopkins, Sam	Serenis, Aaron	USA	54	56	54	164
62	94/ 8323	Doyle, Erick	Calder, Steve	USA	64/DNS	40	64/OCS	168
63	97/ 7497	Wilson, Kris	Quinn, Sean	USA	56	60	53	169