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Star Bacardi Cup Regatta at Miami, Florida - Day 2

by Janet Maizner, Bacardi Cup 6 Mar 2007 06:13 GMT

Kohlhaus & Scott win Day Two at 2007 Bacardi Cup Regatta

Star Class World Champions Hamish Pepper & David Giles take overall lead

Miamian Jock Kohlhaus, former executive director of the U.S. Sailing Center in Miami, and crew Larry Scott from Canada won Monday’s race at the second day of the 2007 Bacardi Cup Star Class Regatta. The victory catapults them into eighth in the overall standings.

Kohlhaus and Scott held a comfortable 20-second lead over Sweden’s Fredrik Loof and crew Anders Ekstrom, the defending Rolex Miami OCR champions, at the fourth and final mark. Loof and Ekstrom tacked aggressively during the final leg and were within striking distance, when Kohlhaus and Scott slipped upwind of them. Kohlhaus and Scott rode a strong northern wind to the finish line, edging the Swedish duo by less than half a boat length.

“We went the right way from the start and on the second beat we picked up the wind shift and then hung on,” said Kohlhaus who is competing in his 15th BACARDI Cup regatta.

Defending Star Class World and North American Champions Hamish Pepper and crew David Giles of New Zealand finished third today and take the overall lead following a second place finish in Sunday’s first race.

Loof and Ekstrom move to second in the overall standings. Americas Cup veteran Iain Murray and crew Andrew Palfrey of Australia finished fifth Monday and sixth Sunday, moving to third place overall.

“To date in my Star Class campaign, the smartest thing I’ve done is to get the best people around me; and having a veteran crew like David Giles has been huge for me,” said Pepper, who made his Star Class debut just over a year ago at the 2006 Bob Levin Memorial in Miami. “We’ve had two good results, but it’s a strong fleet, and we have four important races to go. One slip-up and we can be at the back of the pack.”

Defending Bacardi Cup Champions John Dane and Austin Sperry, sailing out of Gulfport, Mississippi, are currently 16th in the overall standings.

More than 75 teams representing 23 countries are competing in the 80th Bacardi Cup Star Class Regatta, one of the most competitive and highly anticipated Star Class events in the world.

The Bacardi Cup Star Class Regatta is co-hosted by the Coral Reef Yacht Club and the U.S. Sailing Center, both based in Coconut Grove, and is sponsored by BACARDI U.S.A., Inc.

All participants compete aboard 22-foot Olympic-class Star sloops, and race teams comprise two members: a skipper and crew. Bacardi Cup participants sail one race per day from Sunday through Friday on a 10.5-mile course in Biscayne Bay. Sailors are allowed to drop their worst performance of the six races in the regatta.

Results after Day 2:

PosSail NoHelmCrew R1R2Pts
1NZL 8187   Pepper Hamish   Giles David   235
2SWE 8256   Loof Fredrik   Ekstrom Anders   8210
3AUS 7836   Murray Ian   Palfrey Andrew   6511
4POL 8170   Kusznierewicz Mateusz   Zycki Dominik   4913
5GER 7991   Miller Matthias   Voight Manuel   7714
6BER 8044   Bromby Peter   McNiven Bill   51116
7SUI 8138   Marazzi Flavio   Hofer Donat   14418
8USA 8043   Kohlhas Jock   Scott Larry   23124
9NOR 8186   Melleby Eivind   Pedersen Petter Morland   121426
10ITA 8281   Modena Luca   Marchesini Michele   111829
11USA 8273   Szabo George   Liljedahl Magnus   151530
12CRO 7955   Lovrovic Marin   Mikulicic Sinisa   191231
13AUT 8226   Spitzauer Hans   Nehammer Christian   17.0 [AVG] 1734
14SWE 8238   Lofstedt Tom   Larsson Martin   271037
15USA 8132   Brun Vince   Brophy Doug   311344
16USA 8129   Reynolds Mark   Haenel Hal   242145
17USA 8268   DANE John   Sperry Austin   94150
18USA 8231   Museler Chris   Lidecis Erik   43851
19USA 8286   Anderson Karl   Morey Edward   351651
20SUI 8085   Zimmermann Lorenz   Furer Andreas   262551
21UKR 8157   Anosov Arthur   Dolan Mark   341953
22ITA 8277   Irrera Renato   Cristaldini Corrado   213253
23HUN 8166   Tenke Tibor   Bendicsek Jozsef   253156
24IRL 8028   O'Connell Maurice   Cooke Ben   15657
25NZL 8061   Lord Rohan   Addy Miles   223557
26GER 8213   Pickel Marc   BORKOWSKI Ingo   104858
27NED 8263   Jorissen Sander   Veldhuizen Erik   332760
28ARG 7907   MAC GOWAN FABIAN   ENGELHARD Federico   283462
29USA 8095   Weissenberger Gunti   Wagner Will   323365
30SUI 8232   Dannesboe Henrik   HEINONEN Eki   204666
31USA 8111   Brethorst Rick   Nielson Chris   392968
32CAN 8143   Cramer Brian   Bjorn Tyler   294069
33USA 8059   Hovey Bear   Dayton Lee   303969
34SUI 8009   Gautschi Christoph   Konig Jurg   135770
35HUN 7900   Forintos Robert   Komm Andras   403070
36CAN 6756   Hendershot Will   Vranderick Alain   373875
37UKR 8247   GUREYEV Vasyl   KOROTKOV Volodymyr   166177
38GER 7971   Stanjek Robert   Kleen Frithjof   376.0 [DNF] 79
39CHI 8181   Zuazola Rodrigo   Fuentes Marcos   186381
40USA 8195   Maccausland John   Schofield Bob   76.0 [BFD] 682
41USA 7866   Manderson John   Semler Matt   364783
42USA 8250   Macdonald Andy   Fatih Brian   176986
43USA 8083   Chiarella John   Carlson Bob   474289
44GBR 7601   Hicks Michael   Hicks Patrick   415192
45GER 7865   Lehnert Stefan   Menning Peter   454994
46GER 7816   Girr Fritz   HASCHE Marko   76.0 [BFD] 2096
47USA 7934   Von Schwarz Karl   Wharton Rich   445296
48USA 8072   Smith Doug   Moore Mike   76.0 [BFD] 2298
49ESP 7581   Bermudez Roberto   Arrarte Pablo   76.0 [BFD] 2399
50USA 7814   Donald Keith   Carlson Michael   495099
51ITA 8291   Veggetti Andrea   Coppa Franco   76.0 [BFD] 24100
52ITA 7227   Lillia Stefano   Canali Cicio   4654100
53USA 8128   Bingham Julian   Cruthirds Troy   76.0 [BFD] 26102
54POR 8145   Domingos Afonso   Santos Bernardo   76.0 [BFD] 28104
55USA 8215   Allen Bill   Hatfield Bruce   4262104
56GER 7545   Hampe Alex   Conrads Chris   3867105
57USA 7579   Seeling Timothy   Rogers Chris   5258110
58ITA 8183   Tamburini Antonio   Ricci Renzo   76.0 [BFD] 36112
59USA 8069   Mueller Fritz   Weinstein Bob   76.0 [DNF] 37113
60GER 823   Thomsen Dierk   Thomsen Lars   5066116
61GER 7863   Meyer Klaus   Struve Dirk   76.0 [BFD] 43119
62CHN 7784   Li Hongquan   Wang He   5168119
63USA 8222   Merriman Rick   Munroe Eric   76.0 [BFD] 44120
64ARG 8239   Pendola Martin   SIMONET ARIEL   76.0 [BFD] 45121
65USA 8000   Walker Harry   Jensen Darin   4876.0 [DNS] 124
66USA 7970   Hopkins Sam   Pytlak John   5372125
67USA 8067   Oti Jose   May Henry   76.0 [BFD] 53129
68USA 8245   Zambella Joe   Davidson Jeremy   76.0 [BFD] 55131
69USA 8084   Teitge Bob   Koresjka Adam   76.0 [BFD] 59135
70USA 7567   Buckley Davis   Hardin Chris   76.0 [DNF] 60136
71USA 81   Culberson Bill   Clark Buddy   76.0 [BFD] 64140
72SUI 7645   Wyss Daniel   Stegmeier Beat   76.0 [BFD] 65141
73USA 7370   Emmet Rob   Avellon Guy   76.0 [BFD] 70146
74GER 8016   Rauch Hubert   Schappeler Ingo   76.0 [DSQ] 71147
75USA 7434   Parks Bill   Anderson Clark   76.0 [DNF] 76.0 [DNS] 152

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