Loof into the lead

After first day fate of Percy/Mitchell befalls Cayard/Trinter

With a light chop and winds of 15 knots, the second race of the six day Bacardi Cup Star Class Regatta started after one general recall and a false start disqualification for day one leaders Paul Cayard and Phil Trinter.

Swedish team Freddy Loof and crew Anders Ekstrom were in front of today’s winner, defending Bacardi Cup champion and Bermuda Olympian Peter Bromby, sailing this year with new crew Lee White, through the first two marks. Both teams were a full minute ahead of the rest of the fleet. The two teams switched places after the third mark, coming into the mark on different tacks.

There were a lot of place changes today, but none as notable as when five-time Bacardi Cup champion Vince Brun and crew Mike Dorgan manoeuvred from ninth position to squeeze across the line ahead of the Swedes and just behind Bromby. “Not bad for an old guy,” Brun said later, crediting his quick move up on the final run to “a bit of skill, bit of making the right call, and just a good break.. I thought we might win today, but Loof was tough.”

Scoring three points today Swedish sailors Freddie Loof and Anders Eckstrom currently lead the series.

Former German Olympian Marc Pickel and crew Ingo Borkowski were in sixth place after the first two marks but when the wind dropped to 10 knots after the third mark, they fell back to eighth place and finished 11th. Pickel is currently in second place overall.

Great Britain’s Iain Percy and crew Steve Mitchell made a comeback today taking eighth position after scoring a BFD on day one. They currently lie 46th hoping that they will be allowed a discard.

Yesterday’s third place finisher Canadians Ross Macdonald and Mike Wolfs
were in sixth place at the start and fell back to 13th place. They are now in fifth overall.

Swiss team Flavio Marazzi and Enrico De Maria finished fourth today and move into third place overall. Afonso Domingos and Bernardo Santos of Portugal finished in seventh place for the second day in a row.

Results

Pos	Boat	Skipper	Crew	R1	R2	Tot
1	SWE 8141	Frederik Loof	Anders Ekstrom	4	3	7
2	GER 8140	Marc Pickel	Ingo Borkowski	2	11	13
3	SUI 8085	Flavio Marazzi	Enrico De Maria	9	4	13.0001
4	POR 8145	Afonso Domingos	Bernardo Santos	7	7	14
5	CAN 8168	Ross Macdonald	Mike Wolfs	3	13	16
6	BER 7988	Peter Bromby	Lee White	18	1	19
7	USA 8132	Vince Brun	Mike Dorgan	17	2	19.0001
8	USA 8129	Mark Reynolds	Steve Erickson	12	9	21
9	AUS 8157	Colin Beashel	David Giles	15	10	25
10	GER 8150	Michael Koch	Markus Koy	11	19	30
11	USA 8077	Howie Shiebler	Will Stout	26	5	31
12	USA 7832	John Dane III	Henry Sprague	6	27	33
13	FRA 8107	Xavier Rohart	Pascal Rambeau	21	14	35
14	FIN 8073	Marko Dahlberg	Villie Kurki	32	6	38
15	USA 8162	Andy Macdonald	Austin Sperry	19	20	39
16	DEN 8101	Nicklas Holm	Claus Olesen	23	18	41
17	USA 7592	Karl Anderson	Ezra Culver	28	16	44
18	USA 8163	Eric Doyle	Brian Sharp	22	23	45
19	FIN 8094	Jali Makila	Erkki Heinonen	29	17	46
20	CAN 8184	John Maccausland	Brad Nichol	14	37	51
21	USA 8082	Rick Merriman	Bill Bennett	5	47	52
22	USA 8061	Andy Lovell	Magnus Liljedahl	10	42	52.0001
23	USA 7228	Joe Zambella	Jeremy Davidson	31	25	56
24	AUT 8123		Andreas Hanakamp	8	51	59
25	GER 7959	Alexander Hagen	Wolfram Jochen	13	46	59.0001
26	USA 8059	Peter Vessella	Brian Fatih	24	45	69
27	UKR 7640	Arthur Anosov	Dave Caesar	40	29	69.0001
28	USA 7732	Gary Macdonald	Bill Batton	33	40	73
29	ITA 8190	Riccardo Simoneschi	Marko Marenco	44	30	74
30	USA 7986	Bill Allen	Brad Lichter	55	21	76
31	USA 7042	Steve Brown	Mike Marzahl	38	39	77
32	USA 8017	Todd Gay	Jon Klenk	47	31	78
33	USA 8045	Augie Diaz	Hal Haenel	25	56	81
34	USA 7956	Tony Herrmann	Todd Raynor	46	35	81.0001
35	BAH 8176	Steven Kelly	William Holowesko	27	57	84
36	USA 8084	Bob Teitge	Richard Burgess	30	54	84.0001
37	USA 8043	Jock Kohlhas	Jon Rogers	41	43	84.0002
38	GER 7863	Klaus Meyer	Lutz Bogun	60	26	86
39	USA 7952	Ben Cesare	Sergey Leonidor	52	34	86.0001
40	GBR 7601	Michael Hicks	Patrick Hicks	20	69	89
41	USA 7664	Tom Londrigan Jr	Christopher Wallner	66	28	94
42	CAN 7793	Brian Cramer	Eric Monroe	36	58	94.0001
43	USA 8159	Paul Cayard	Phil Trinter	1	94.0 [OCS]	95
44	GER 7450	Stefan Lehnert	Peter Menning	37	59	96
45	USA 7	Aaron Serinis	John Avis	35	64	99
46	GBR 8025	Iain Percy	Steve Mitchell	94.0 [BFD]	8	102
47	USA 8080	Nelson Stephenson	Carsten Witt	61	41	102
48	USA 7999	Tiani Hausen	Marcelo Cabral	65	38	103
49	NED 8028	Mark Neeleman	Peter Van Niekerk	94.0 [BFD]	12	106
50	USA 7078	Henrik Wennerstrom	Rick Rundle	57	49	106