Another win for Bromby

Bermuda Star legend continues to dominate the Bacardi Cup

Bermuda’s Peter Bromby and crew Magnus Liljedhal of Miami held off a late charge by Jon VanderMolen and crew Geoff Ewenson to win day four at the 82nd Bacardi Cup Star class regatta on the waters of Biscayne Bay, Miami. With the victory, Bromby and Liljedahl increase their overall lead to seven points with two races to go in the regatta.

Winds were 8-10 knots out of the northeast today as the fourth day of racing got underway, picking up to 12 knots and more as the four-leg race progressed. Irish Olympian Peter O’Leary and Tim Goodbody were among the first boats off the starting line with a pack that took a left tack upwind.

However, Bromby and Liljedahl established themselves as the team to beat, leading at the first mark, and they never looked back. By the third mark, Bromby was ahead by more than eight boat lengths, but it whittled to about one boat at the finish following several strong attacks by the Americans on the final downwind leg.

“We bided our time before we attacked,” said VanderMolen. “If you start attacking too early, you potentially give up ground to the boats behind you, so it’s a delicate balance.” Ewenson added, “Chances weren’t good that we would pass [Bromby], but we had to attack him. We got close enough that we could hear them talking. I like to think we made them a little nervous today.”

When asked about that, Liljedahl assured: “They didn’t make us nervous at all. When they gybed out on the final leg, it allowed us to get a little more pressure on the run. [VanderMolen] did a good job, but I knew Peter would pull it out.”

With Wednesday’s second place finish, VanderMolen and Ewenson remain in second place in the overall standings.

Rounding out the top five Wednesday were Switzerland’s Flavio Marazzi and crew Petter Pedersen; Ireland’s O’Leary and crew Goodbody; and Americas Cup veteran and former Star Class World Champion Paul Cayard with Beijing Star crew Austin Sperry.

“We were a little bit faster, shorter and higher today,” said Pedersen (NOR), who rounded the third mark in sixth place, but gained three boats on stronger gusts during the final run. “There’s more action when there’s wind.”

Results:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Sail no	R1	R2	R3	R4	Tot
1	Bromby Peter	Liljedahl Magnus	BER 8272	1.7 [AVG]	2	2	1	6.7
2	Vandermolen Jon	Ewenson Geoff	USA 8376	2	16	6	2	26
3	Cayard Paul	Sperry Austin	USA 8259	11	10	8	5	34
4	Mendelblatt Mark	PRADA BRUNO	USA 8267	3	23	1	10	37
5	Wright Peter	Quist Nathan	USA 8265	13	3	19	13	48
6	O'Leary Peter	Goodbody Tim	IRL 8261	4	29	17	4	54
7	Szabo George	Peters Rick	USA 8273	1	20	25	9	55
8	Diaz Augie	Strube Mark	USA 8285	15	5	10	27	57
9	Anosov Arthur	Dolan Mark	USA 8157	17	17	5	21	60
10	Merriman Rick	Sharp Brian	USA 8362	6	44	7	6	63
11	Reynolds Mark	Haenel Hal	USA 8320	12	15	12	31	70
12	Maccausland John	Murphy Kevin	USA 8195	10	28	4	32	74
13	Gimson John	Greig Ed	GBR 8025	16	22	24	14	76
14	Campbell Andy	Nichol Brad	USA 8241	19	18	28	12	77
15	Dahlman Mathias	Heinonen Erkki	FIN 8292	7	36	20	15	78
16	Jennings Jack	Rehe Mike	USA 8077	31	8	23	16	78.0001
17	Pickel Marc	Mitchell Steve	GER 8361	5	26	45	8	84
18	Cramer Brian	Johnston Matt	CAN 8143	22	27	21	17	87
19	Macdonald Andy	Fatih Brian	USA 8250	64.0 [DNF]	13	3	11	91
20	Marazzi Flavio	Pedersen Petter	SUI 8364	64.0 [OCS]	12	13	3	92
21	Coughlin Daniel	Balmert Brad	USA 8318	35	6	18	34	93
22	Boggi Lucio	LaPorta Manuele	ITA 8341	21	1	9	64.0 [BFD]	95
23	Johansson Mats	Moller Leif	SWE 8338	8	53	14	23	98
24	Allen Bill	Hatfield Bruce	USA 8215	32	21	31	18	102
25	Hagebols Rodney	Finlay William	USA 8268	27.0 [AVG]	7	33	41	108
26	Irrera Renato	Cristaldini Corrado	ITA 8156	28	9	22	51	110
27	Brethorst Rick	Anderson Scott	USA 8253	24	11	41	35	111
28	Modena Luca	Lambertenghi Sergio	ITA 8177	29.0 [AVG]	43	37	7	116
29	Hicks Michael	Hicks Patrick	GER 7601	23	25	49	26	123
30	Smith Doug	Moore Mike	USA 8072	29	42	29	24	124
31	Bonanni Claude	Burgess Rick	USA 8279	34	33	30	28	125
32	Burmester Jens	Kleine Friedrich	GER 7750	37	30	16	43	126
33	GUREYEV Vasyl	Korotkov Volodmyr	UKR 8247	26	31	36	33	126
34	Jorissen Sander	Veldhuizen Erik	NED 8263	14	64.0 [BFD]	11	45	134
35	Tomasini Grinover Roberto	Bahr Gunnar	AUT 8369	44	19	27	47	137
36	Lehnert Stefan	Struve Dirk	GER 7865	45	50	26	22	143
37	Bischoff Clay	Bjorn Tyler	USA 8333	64.0 [OCS]	4	64.0 [OCS]	19	151
38	Valasek Marek	Fedyszn Todd	USA 45	57	37	38	20	152
39	Fogh Hans	Cheer Roger	CAN 8024	36	64.0 [DNF]	15	39	154
40	Dannesboe Henrick	Morey Edward	SUI 8286	30	58	47	25	160
41	Londrigan Tom	Hall Stewart	USA 8170	25	64.0 [BFD]	34	38	161
42	Hofkirchner Terry	Imai Jeffrey	CAN 7930	49	14	44	55	162
43	Zambella Joe	Scott Larry	USA 8245	41.0 [AVG]	55	39	29	164
44	Hampe Alex	Conrads Chris	GER 8311	27	38	58	42	165
45	Wyss Daniel	Joss Urs	SUI 8329	42	54	35	46	177
46	Beigel-Vosbury Barbara	Zuschnit Michael	USA 7986	50	52	42	36	180
47	Tamburini Antonio	Ricci Renzo	ITA 8183	47	39	40	54	180
48	Passmore Mark	Bunner Ivan	CAN 7626	64.0 [OCS]	24	64.0 [OCS]	30	182
49	Gunther Stephen	Armstrong Lance	USA 7902	53	32	52	49	186
50	Weissenberger Gunti	Hardin Chris	USA 8095	39	45	55	48	187
51	Bainton John	Rogers Chris	USA 8112	52	47	48	40	187
52	Kohlhas Jock	Gesing Witold	USA 8132	47.3 [AVG]	46	32	64.0 [BFD]	189.3
53	Sutter Larry	Jenkins John	USA 7307	38	41	51	60	190
54	Collins Bert	Avellon Guy	USA 8063	43	48	46	53	190
55	Bierman Guus	Skinner Duncan	NED 8348	46	51	64.0 [OCS]	37	198
56	Barovier Alberto	NOBILI Gilberto	ITA 8344	49.7 [AVG]	35	64.0 [DNF]	50	198.7
57	Fransen Ben	Coleman Ian	USA 7713	64.0 [OCS]	34	50	52	200
58	Karahanas Amanda	Karahanas Tony	CAN 7501	55	49	43	64.0 [DSQ]	211
59	Doyle Eric	Calder Steve	USA 8323	64.0 [DNS]	40	64.0 [OCS]	44	212
60	Phinney Mike	Poole Greg	USA 8217	40	59	57	59	215
61	Chiarella John	Carlson Bob	USA 8083	48	57	56	58	219
62	Hopkins Sam	Serenis Aaron	USA 7970	54	56	54	56	220
63	Wilson Kris	Quinn Sean	USA 7497	56	60	53	57	226