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:
Pos | Sail No | Helm | Crew | R1 | R2 | Pts |
1 | NZL 8187 | Pepper Hamish | Giles David | 2 | 3 | 5 |
2 | SWE 8256 | Loof Fredrik | Ekstrom Anders | 8 | 2 | 10 |
3 | AUS 7836 | Murray Ian | Palfrey Andrew | 6 | 5 | 11 |
4 | POL 8170 | Kusznierewicz Mateusz | Zycki Dominik | 4 | 9 | 13 |
5 | GER 7991 | Miller Matthias | Voight Manuel | 7 | 7 | 14 |
6 | BER 8044 | Bromby Peter | McNiven Bill | 5 | 11 | 16 |
7 | SUI 8138 | Marazzi Flavio | Hofer Donat | 14 | 4 | 18 |
8 | USA 8043 | Kohlhas Jock | Scott Larry | 23 | 1 | 24 |
9 | NOR 8186 | Melleby Eivind | Pedersen Petter Morland | 12 | 14 | 26 |
10 | ITA 8281 | Modena Luca | Marchesini Michele | 11 | 18 | 29 |
11 | USA 8273 | Szabo George | Liljedahl Magnus | 15 | 15 | 30 |
12 | CRO 7955 | Lovrovic Marin | Mikulicic Sinisa | 19 | 12 | 31 |
13 | AUT 8226 | Spitzauer Hans | Nehammer Christian | 17.0 [AVG] | 17 | 34 |
14 | SWE 8238 | Lofstedt Tom | Larsson Martin | 27 | 10 | 37 |
15 | USA 8132 | Brun Vince | Brophy Doug | 31 | 13 | 44 |
16 | USA 8129 | Reynolds Mark | Haenel Hal | 24 | 21 | 45 |
17 | USA 8268 | DANE John | Sperry Austin | 9 | 41 | 50 |
18 | USA 8231 | Museler Chris | Lidecis Erik | 43 | 8 | 51 |
19 | USA 8286 | Anderson Karl | Morey Edward | 35 | 16 | 51 |
20 | SUI 8085 | Zimmermann Lorenz | Furer Andreas | 26 | 25 | 51 |
21 | UKR 8157 | Anosov Arthur | Dolan Mark | 34 | 19 | 53 |
22 | ITA 8277 | Irrera Renato | Cristaldini Corrado | 21 | 32 | 53 |
23 | HUN 8166 | Tenke Tibor | Bendicsek Jozsef | 25 | 31 | 56 |
24 | IRL 8028 | O'Connell Maurice | Cooke Ben | 1 | 56 | 57 |
25 | NZL 8061 | Lord Rohan | Addy Miles | 22 | 35 | 57 |
26 | GER 8213 | Pickel Marc | BORKOWSKI Ingo | 10 | 48 | 58 |
27 | NED 8263 | Jorissen Sander | Veldhuizen Erik | 33 | 27 | 60 |
28 | ARG 7907 | MAC GOWAN FABIAN | ENGELHARD Federico | 28 | 34 | 62 |
29 | USA 8095 | Weissenberger Gunti | Wagner Will | 32 | 33 | 65 |
30 | SUI 8232 | Dannesboe Henrik | HEINONEN Eki | 20 | 46 | 66 |
31 | USA 8111 | Brethorst Rick | Nielson Chris | 39 | 29 | 68 |
32 | CAN 8143 | Cramer Brian | Bjorn Tyler | 29 | 40 | 69 |
33 | USA 8059 | Hovey Bear | Dayton Lee | 30 | 39 | 69 |
34 | SUI 8009 | Gautschi Christoph | Konig Jurg | 13 | 57 | 70 |
35 | HUN 7900 | Forintos Robert | Komm Andras | 40 | 30 | 70 |
36 | CAN 6756 | Hendershot Will | Vranderick Alain | 37 | 38 | 75 |
37 | UKR 8247 | GUREYEV Vasyl | KOROTKOV Volodymyr | 16 | 61 | 77 |
38 | GER 7971 | Stanjek Robert | Kleen Frithjof | 3 | 76.0 [DNF] | 79 |
39 | CHI 8181 | Zuazola Rodrigo | Fuentes Marcos | 18 | 63 | 81 |
40 | USA 8195 | Maccausland John | Schofield Bob | 76.0 [BFD] | 6 | 82 |
41 | USA 7866 | Manderson John | Semler Matt | 36 | 47 | 83 |
42 | USA 8250 | Macdonald Andy | Fatih Brian | 17 | 69 | 86 |
43 | USA 8083 | Chiarella John | Carlson Bob | 47 | 42 | 89 |
44 | GBR 7601 | Hicks Michael | Hicks Patrick | 41 | 51 | 92 |
45 | GER 7865 | Lehnert Stefan | Menning Peter | 45 | 49 | 94 |
46 | GER 7816 | Girr Fritz | HASCHE Marko | 76.0 [BFD] | 20 | 96 |
47 | USA 7934 | Von Schwarz Karl | Wharton Rich | 44 | 52 | 96 |
48 | USA 8072 | Smith Doug | Moore Mike | 76.0 [BFD] | 22 | 98 |
49 | ESP 7581 | Bermudez Roberto | Arrarte Pablo | 76.0 [BFD] | 23 | 99 |
50 | USA 7814 | Donald Keith | Carlson Michael | 49 | 50 | 99 |
51 | ITA 8291 | Veggetti Andrea | Coppa Franco | 76.0 [BFD] | 24 | 100 |
52 | ITA 7227 | Lillia Stefano | Canali Cicio | 46 | 54 | 100 |
53 | USA 8128 | Bingham Julian | Cruthirds Troy | 76.0 [BFD] | 26 | 102 |
54 | POR 8145 | Domingos Afonso | Santos Bernardo | 76.0 [BFD] | 28 | 104 |
55 | USA 8215 | Allen Bill | Hatfield Bruce | 42 | 62 | 104 |
56 | GER 7545 | Hampe Alex | Conrads Chris | 38 | 67 | 105 |
57 | USA 7579 | Seeling Timothy | Rogers Chris | 52 | 58 | 110 |
58 | ITA 8183 | Tamburini Antonio | Ricci Renzo | 76.0 [BFD] | 36 | 112 |
59 | USA 8069 | Mueller Fritz | Weinstein Bob | 76.0 [DNF] | 37 | 113 |
60 | GER 823 | Thomsen Dierk | Thomsen Lars | 50 | 66 | 116 |
61 | GER 7863 | Meyer Klaus | Struve Dirk | 76.0 [BFD] | 43 | 119 |
62 | CHN 7784 | Li Hongquan | Wang He | 51 | 68 | 119 |
63 | USA 8222 | Merriman Rick | Munroe Eric | 76.0 [BFD] | 44 | 120 |
64 | ARG 8239 | Pendola Martin | SIMONET ARIEL | 76.0 [BFD] | 45 | 121 |
65 | USA 8000 | Walker Harry | Jensen Darin | 48 | 76.0 [DNS] | 124 |
66 | USA 7970 | Hopkins Sam | Pytlak John | 53 | 72 | 125 |
67 | USA 8067 | Oti Jose | May Henry | 76.0 [BFD] | 53 | 129 |
68 | USA 8245 | Zambella Joe | Davidson Jeremy | 76.0 [BFD] | 55 | 131 |
69 | USA 8084 | Teitge Bob | Koresjka Adam | 76.0 [BFD] | 59 | 135 |
70 | USA 7567 | Buckley Davis | Hardin Chris | 76.0 [DNF] | 60 | 136 |
71 | USA 81 | Culberson Bill | Clark Buddy | 76.0 [BFD] | 64 | 140 |
72 | SUI 7645 | Wyss Daniel | Stegmeier Beat | 76.0 [BFD] | 65 | 141 |
73 | USA 7370 | Emmet Rob | Avellon Guy | 76.0 [BFD] | 70 | 146 |
74 | GER 8016 | Rauch Hubert | Schappeler Ingo | 76.0 [DSQ] | 71 | 147 |
75 | USA 7434 | Parks Bill | Anderson Clark | 76.0 [DNF] | 76.0 [DNS] | 152 |