Italy to the fore

Lucio Boggi and crew Manuele La Porta claim race two of the Star's Bacardi Cup in Miami

The second race of the 2009 Bacardi Cup got off to a late start today after puffy 8 to 10 knot winds caused a 20-minute postponement followed by a general recall. The Italian team of Lucio Boggi and crew Manuele La Porta led at the start and played cat and mouse with three-time Bacardi Cup champion Peter Wright and crew Nathan Quist, both of Chicago, IL, through most of the 10.5 mile race on Biscayne Bay. The Italian duo are now in 8th place overall and the Chicagoans are in third.

Wright who took 10 years off since his last Bacardi Cup win in 1993, said he had good speed from the start and was in a jibing duel with the Italians from the second mark on. “We weren’t watching Bromby at all. He got between us at the end,” said Wright.

The powerhouse team of Peter Bromby and Magnus Liljedhal, both Olympians and Bacardi Cup champions, slid into second place on the run to the finish and move up to first place overall.

“We found some pressure at the right time and picked off a couple of boats by tacking to the left of the boats ahead of us just after the start,” said Bromby who was out of the top 10 at the first mark but had consistent gains throughout the race.

Miamian Augie Diaz and crew Mark Strube took fifth place today and moves into 5th place overall. “We had a really poor start but we were fortunate that the wind came in strong when we cleared. We made it to the weather mark 9th. “

Day one leader Szabo/Peters finished 20th today putting them at 6th overall and still in striking distance.

The 62-boat fleet, peppered with Star World champions and Olympians also has a first-time Star sailor from Slovakia.

The 82nd Annual Bacardi Cup Star Class regatta continues with daily racing through Friday, March 13th when the coveted Trofeo Bacardi will be awarded.

Results:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Nat	R1	R2	Tot
1	Bromby, Peter	Liljedahl, Magnus	BER	2/AVG	2	4
2	Hagebols, Rodney	Finlay, William	USA	7/AVG	7	14
3	Wright, Peter	Quist, Nathan	USA	13	3	16
4	VanderMollen, Jon	Ewenson, Goeff	USA	2	16	18
5	Diaz, Augie	Strube, Mark	USA	15	5	20
6	Szabo, George	Peters, Rick	USA	1	20	21
7	Cayard, Paul	Sperry, Austin	USA	11	10	21
8	Boggi, Lucio	LaPorta, Manuele	ITA	21	1	22
9	Mendelblatt, Mark	Prada, Bruno	USA	3	23	26
10	Reynolds, Mark	Haenel, Hal	USA	12	15	27
11	Pickel, Marc	Mitchell, Steve	GER	5	26	31
12	O'Leary, Peter	Goodbody, Tim	IRL	4	29	33
13	Anosov, Arthur	Dolan, Mark	USA	17	17	34
14	Brethorst, Rick	Anderson, Scott	USA	24	11	35
15	Irrera, Renato	Cristaldini, Corrado	ITA	28	9	37
16	Campbell, Andy	Nichol, Brad	USA	19	18	37
17	MacCausland, John	Murphy, Kevin	USA	10	28	38
18	Gimson, John	Greig, Ed	GBR	16	22	38
19	Jennings, Jack	Rehe, Mike	USA	31	8	39
20	Coughlin, Daniel	Balmert, Brad	USA	35	6	41
21	Mathias, Dahlman	Heinonen, Erkki	FIN	7	36	43
22	Hicks, Michael	Hicks, Patrick	GER	23	25	48
23	Cramer, Brian	Johnston, Matt	CAN	22	27	49
24	Merriman, Rick	Trinter, Phil	USA	6	44	50
25	Allen, Bill	Hatfield, Bruce	USA	32	21	53
26	Gureyev, Vasyl	Korotkov, Volodmyr	UKR	26	31	57
27	Johansson, Mats	Moller, Leif	SWE	8	53	61
28	Hofkirchner, Terry	Imai, Jeffrey	CAN	49	14	63
29	Tomasini Grinover, Roberto	Bahr, Gunnar	AUT	44	19	63
30	Hampe, Alex	Conrads, Chris	GER	27	38	65
31	Burmester, Jens	Kleine, Friedrich	GER	37	30	67
32	Bonanni, Claude	Burgess, Rick	USA	34	33	67
33	Bischoff, Clay	Bjorn, Tyler	USA	64/OCS	4	68
34	Barovier, Alberto	Nobili, Gilberto	ITA	35/AVG	35	70
35	Smith, Doug	Moore, Mike	USA	29	42	71
36	Marazzi, Flavio	Pedersen, Petter	SUI	64/OCS	12	76
37	MacDonald, Andy	Fatih, Brian	USA	64/DNF	13	77
38	Jorissen, Sander	Veldhuizen, Erik	NED	14	64/BFD	78
39	Suter, Larry	Jenkins, John	USA	38	41	79
40	Weissenberger, Gunti	Hardin, Chris	USA	39	45	84
41	Gunther, Stephen	Armstrong, Lance	USA	53	32	85
42	Tamburini, Antonio	Ricci, Renzo	ITA	47	39	86
43	Modena, Luca	Lambertenghi, Sergio	ITA	43/AVG	43	86
44	Passmore, Mark	Bunner, Ivan	CAN	64/OCS	24	88
45	Dannesboe, Henrick	Morey, Edward	SUI	30	58	88
46	Londrigan, Tom	Hall, Stewart	USA	25	64/BFD	89
47	Collins, Bert	Avellon, Guy	USA	43	48	91
48	Kohihas, Jock	Gesing, Witold	USA	46/AVG	46	92
49	Valasek, Marek	Galarce, Mauricio	SVK	57	37	94
50	Lehnert, Stefan	Struve, Dirk	GER	45	50	95
51	Wyss, Daniel	Joss, Urs	SUI	42	54	96