Another winner

Andy Campbell and Mike Nichol claim the penultimate day of the Star's Bacardi Cup

The penultimate day of the Star's Bacardi Cup was one of perfect sailing on Biscayne Bay with 10 - 12 knots of wind from the northeast, sunny skies and temperatures in the high 70s.

It was also the perfect day for Star newcomer Andy Campbell of San Diego and crew Mike Nichol of Miami who edged out Olympians Marc Pickel of Germany and former Ian Percy crewman Steve Mitchell on the approach to the finish line to win the fifth race in the 82nd Annual Bacardi Cup.

Campbell was in the top dozen off the start line, moved up to second at the third mark, and never let go. “We made nice gains downwind and hung tough, “said Campbell, a 2008 Olympian in the Laser Class and 2006 College Sailor of the Year. “Truth is my legs fell asleep as we never let up.”

The two teams went bow to bow on the last upwind leg and Campbell and Nichol kept their speed up through the finish line beating Pickel and Mitchell by seconds.

“There was some pressure to keep up the lead, but as the race goes on, the pace gets to you,” said Pickel who had an almost 30 boat lead at the first mark. “We are still pretty happy with the results,” he said.

“If there is a competition to do a year, it has to be the Bacardi Cup,” added Pickel. “The camaraderie among the competitors creates a special atmosphere and I believe that this Bay is the best place to sail Stars.”

2005 Bacardi Cup champion Mark Mendelblatt and his Brazilian crew Bruno Prada, took third place today after running in the top six for most of the race. “We got off to a good start, even though we choose the wrong side,” said Mendelblatt. “To be third today means we still have a shot at the regatta, an opportunity we were close to loosing if it wasn’t for today’s efforts.”

Rounding out the top five were Irish Olympian Peter O’Leary and crew Tim Goodbody, and Swiss Olympian Falvio Marazzi and his Norwegian crew Petter Pedersen.

Overall leaders Peter Bromby and crew Magnus Liljedhal, both Olympians and Bacardi Cup champions had a disappointing day finishing 24th in the 64-boat fleet but keep the number one slot with 12.3 points after discarding today’s race. All competitors toss out their worst race after completing five races in the six race Bacardi Cup.

Other changes in the leaderboard include Mendelblatt/ Prada who move from fourth into second overall with 17 points after discarding their second race finish, and Gull Lake, MI “weekend warrior” Jon VanderMolen and crew Geoff Ewenson drop down from second to third overall after discarding today’s 20th place finish.

The final race and sixth race in the 2009 Bacardi Cup will be sailed tomorrow.

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Results:

Pos	Skipper	Crew	Sail no	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Tot
1	Bromby Peter	Liljedahl Magnus	BER 8272	7.3 [AVG]	2	2	1	24	12.3
2	Mendelblatt Mark	PRADA BRUNO	USA 8267	3	23	1	10	3	17
3	Vandermolen Jon	Ewenson Geoff	USA 8376	2	16	6	2	20	26
4	O'Leary Peter	Goodbody Tim	IRL 8261	4	29	17	4	4	29
5	Merriman Rick	Sharp Brian	USA 8362	6	44	7	6	12	31
6	Marazzi Flavio	Pedersen Petter	SUI 8364	65.0 [OCS]	12	13	3	5	33
7	Cayard Paul	Sperry Austin	USA 8259	11	10	8	5	11	34
8	Macdonald Andy	Fatih Brian	USA 8250	65.0 [DNF]	13	3	11	8	35
9	Pickel Marc	Mitchell Steve	GER 8361	5	26	45	8	2	41
10	Wright Peter	Quist Nathan	USA 8265	13	3	19	13	13	42
11	Anosov Arthur	Dolan Mark	USA 8157	17	17	5	21	10	49
12	Szabo George	Peters Rick	USA 8273	1	20	25	9	26	55
13	Diaz Augie	Strube Mark	USA 8285	15	5	10	26	27	56
14	Campbell Andy	Nichol Brad	USA 8241	65.0 [RAF]	18	28	12	1	59
15	Maccausland John	Murphy Kevin	USA 8195	10	28	4	31	17	59.0001
16	Gimson John	Greig Ed	GBR 8025	16	22	24	14	14	66
17	Boggi Lucio	LaPorta Manuele	ITA 8341	20	1	9	65.0 [BFD]	37	67
18	Dahlman Mathias	Heinonen Erkki	FIN 8292	7	36	20	15	25	67.0001
19	Reynolds Mark	Haenel Hal	USA 8320	12	15	12	30	34	69
20	Modena Luca	Lambertenghi Sergio	ITA 8177	23.5 [AVG]	43	37	7	7	74.5
21	Johansson Mats	Moller Leif	SWE 8338	8	53	14	22	31	75
22	Jennings Jack	Rehe Mike	USA 8077	30	8	23	16	51	77
23	Coughlin Daniel	Balmert Brad	USA 8318	34	6	18	33	23	80
24	Cramer Brian	Johnston Matt	CAN 8143	21	27	21	17	43	86
25	Hagebols Rodney	Finlay William	USA 8268	25.3 [AVG]	7	33	40	21	86.3
26	Jorissen Sander	Veldhuizen Erik	NED 8263	14	65.0 [BFD]	11	44	22	91
27	Bischoff Clay	Bjorn Tyler	USA 8333	65.0 [OCS]	4	65.0 [OCS]	19	6	94
28	Smith Doug	Moore Mike	USA 8072	28	42	29	23	16	96
29	Allen Bill	Hatfield Bruce	USA 8215	31	21	31	18	42	101
30	Irrera Renato	Cristaldini Corrado	ITA 8156	27	9	22	50	48	106
31	Brethorst Rick	Anderson Scott	USA 8253	23	11	41	34	41	109
32	Hicks Michael	Hicks Patrick	GER 7601	22	25	49	25	45	117
33	Fogh Hans	Cheer Roger	CAN 8024	35	65.0 [DNF]	15	38	30	118
34	GUREYEV Vasyl	Korotkov Volodmyr	UKR 8247	25	31	36	32	32	120
35	Bonanni Claude	Burgess Rick	USA 8279	33	33	30	27	35	123
36	Burmester Jens	Kleine Friedrich	GER 7750	36	30	16	42	65.0 [DNF]	124
37	Tomasini Grinover Roberto	Bahr Gunnar	AUT 8369	43	19	27	46	47	135
38	Passmore Mark	Bunner Ivan	CAN 7626	65.0 [OCS]	24	65.0 [OCS]	29	18	136
39	Londrigan Tom	Hall Stewart	USA 8170	24	65.0 [BFD]	34	65.0 [DSQ]	15	138
40	Valasek Marek	Fedyszn Todd	USA 45	56	37	38	20	44	139
41	Dannesboe Henrick	Morey Edward	SUI 8286	29	58	47	24	39	139
42	Barovier Alberto	NOBILI Gilberto	ITA 8344	42.0 [AVG]	35	65.0 [DNS]	49	19	145
43	Hampe Alex	Conrads Chris	GER 8311	26	38	58	41	40	145
44	Zambella Joe	Scott Larry	USA 8245	40.0 [AVG]	55	39	28	38	145
45	Kohlhas Jock	Gesing Witold	USA 8132	42.8 [AVG]	46	32	65.0 [BFD]	28	148.8
46	Lehnert Stefan	Struve Dirk	GER 7865	44	50	26	65.0 [DSQ]	33	153
47	Tamburini Antonio	Ricci Renzo	ITA 8183	46	39	40	53	29	154
48	Doyle Eric	Calder Steve	USA 8323	65.0 [DNS]	40	65.0 [OCS]	43	9	157
49	Hofkirchner Terry	Imai Jeffrey	CAN 7930	48	14	44	54	62	160
50	Weissenberger Gunti	Hardin Chris	USA 8095	38	45	55	47	36	166
51	Wyss Daniel	Joss Urs	SUI 8329	41	54	35	45	65.0 [OCS]	175
52	Beigel-Vosbury Barbara	Zuschnit Michael	USA 7986	49	52	42	35	49	175
53	Sutter Larry	Jenkins John	USA 7307	37	41	51	59	46	175
54	Karahanas Amanda	Karahanas Tony	CAN 7501	54	49	43	37	55	183
55	Gunther Stephen	Armstrong Lance	USA 7902	52	32	52	48	60	184
56	Fransen Ben	Coleman Ian	USA 7713	65.0 [OCS]	34	50	51	50	185
57	Bainton John	Rogers Chris	USA 8112	51	47	48	39	52	185
58	Bierman Guus	Skinner Duncan	NED 8348	45	51	65.0 [OCS]	36	54	186
59	Collins Bert	Avellon Guy	USA 8063	42	48	46	52	56	188
60	Phinney Mike	Poole Greg	USA 8217	39	59	57	58	57	211
61	Chiarella John	Carlson Bob	USA 8083	47	57	56	57	59	217
62	Hopkins Sam	Serenis Aaron	USA 7970	53	56	54	55	58	218
63	Wilson Kris	Quinn Sean	USA 7497	55	60	53	56	61	224
64	Culberson Bill	Jakubowska A J	USA 8128	65.0 [DNS]	65.0 [DNS]	59	65.0 [DNC]	53	242