Two in a row for Percy and Mitchell

British duo do it again at Star class' Bacardi Cup in Miami

Team GBR's Skandia sponsored duo Iain Percy and Steve Mitchell pulled off their second consecutive win at the Star class' Bacardi Cup today, moving them up to 10th place overall now that they are able to discard the BFD they scored on the first day. They finished today with a long lead on the rest of the 93 boat fleet after passing the Danish team at the third mark in 15-knot winds coming in from the northeast. “Once we passed the Danes they had no chance of catching up,” commented Percy.

Nicklas Holm and crew Claus Olesen of Denmark took second place and the 2003 Star Class world champions Xavier Rohart and crew Pascal Rambeau took third. “This was the best race of the series so far, but we made one small error that cost us the race,” said the Danish skipper Holm. “We didn’t catch the right shift in the wind and the British did.”

Portugese sailors Afonso Domingos and Bernardo Santos continue to sail an immaculate regatta despite the conditions. Remarkably they are likely to become the first European winners of the Bacardi Cup since the race began in Cuba in 1927. ith a seventh place to date they continue to lead the regatta from Americans Howie Shiebler and Will Stout, who have today taken over the silver spot from former World Champion Ross Macdonald.

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Results:

Pos	Crew	Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Tot
1	Afonso Domingos & Bernardo Santos	POR	-7	7	1	2	7	17
2	Howie Shiebler & Will Stout	USA	-26	5	4	8	6	23
3	Ross Macdonald & Mike Wolfs	CAN	3	-13	5	5	11	24
4	Mark Reynolds & Steve Erickson	USA	12	9	(94\OCS)	4	10	35
5	Flavio Marazzi & Enrico De Maria	SUI	9	4	-24	22	8	43
6	Marc Pickel & Ingo Borkowski	GER	2	11	-61	14	17	44
7	Colin Beashel & David Giles	AUS	15	10	16	3	-22	44
8	Peter Bromby & Lee White	BER	-18	1	13	17	16	47
9	Hans Spitzauer & Andreas Hanakamp	AUT	8	-51	2	20	18	48
10	Iain Percy & Steve Mitchell	GBR	(94\BFD)	8	44	1	1	54
11	Xavier Rohart & Pascal Rambeau	FRA	21	14	-41	19	3	57
12	John Maccausland & Brad Nichol	USA	14	-37	30	11	4	59
13	Jali Makila & Erkki Heinonen	FIN	-29	17	18	13	13	61
14	Vince Brun & Mike Dorgan	USA	17	2	46	(94\DNS)	5	70
15	George Szabo & Mark Staube	USA	(94\DNF)	15	3	33	20	71
16	Nicklas Holm & Claus Olesen	DEN	23	18	-69	29	2	72
17	Michael Koch & Markus Koy	GER	11	19	35	7	(94\OCS)	72
18	Andy Macdonald & Austin Sperry	USA	19	20	-28	10	23	72
19	Mark Neeleman & Peter van Niekerk	NED	(94\BFD)	12	22	30	12	76
20	Riccardo Simoneschi & Marco Marenco	ITA	-44	30	12	21	15	78
21	John Dane III & Henry Sprague	USA	6	27	31	-42	19	83
22	Andy Lovell & Magnus Liljedahl	USA	10	42	8	24	(94\DNS)	84
23	Rick Merriman & Bill Bennett	USA	5	47	-52	9	28	89
24	Marko Dahlberg & Ville Kurki	FIN	32	6	19	32	(94\OCS)	89
25	Karl Anderson & Ezra Culver	USA	28	16	-63	15	31	90
26	Peter Wright & Dan Wright	USA	(94\BFD)	24	14	23	32	93
27	Arthur Anosov & Dave Caesar	UKR	-40	29	25	18	21	93
28	Bill Allen & Brad Lichter	USA	-55	21	9	38	39	107
29	Augie Diaz & Hal Haenel	USA	25	-56	17	44	26	112
30	Rohan Lord & Andrew Taylor	NZL	(94\BFD)	50	7	27	29	113
31	Erik Lidecis & Darrell Hiatt	USA	(94\DNF)	32	33	26	25	116
32	Alexander Hagen & Wolfram Jochen	GER	13	46	50	(94\OCS)	9	118
33	Steven Kelly & William Holowesko	BAH	27	-57	10	51	33	121
34	Eric Doyle & Brian Sharp	USA	22	23	73	6	(94\DNF)	124
35	Aaron Serinis & John Avis	USA	35	-64	27	28	36	126
36	Peter Vessella & Brian Fatih	USA	24	45	-48	35	27	131
37	Michael Hicks & Patrick Hicks	GBR	20	69	20	(94\DSQ)	24	133
38	Pat Londrigan & Christian Finnsgard	USA	(94\BFD)	22	11	45	60	138
39	Jock Kohlhas & Jon Rogers	USA	41	43	-72	47	14	145
40	Andrew Hurst & Ed Peel	GBR	54	(94\OCS)	15	39	37	145
41	Ben Cesare & Sergey Leonidor	USA	52	34	-74	16	49	151
42	Todd Gay & Jon Klenk	USA	-47	31	43	37	43	154
43	Joe Zambella & Jeremy Davidson	USA	31	25	-66	53	46	155
44	Steve Gould & Chris Gould	USA	(94\BFD)	33	51	40	34	158
45	Tony Herrmann & Todd Raynor	USA	46	35	36	41	-54	158
46	Paul Cayard & Phil Trinter	USA	1	(94\OCS)	55	12	94\DNS	162
47	Maxwell Treacy & Anthony Shanks	IRL	16	(94\OCS)	94\OCS	25	30	165
48	Argyle Campbell & Dmitry Yakovenk	USA	45	-63	26	57	42	170
49	Rob Emmet & Mike Voeltner	USA	51	-62	32	48\RDG	40	171
50	Klaus Meyer & Lutz Bogun	GER	60	26	23	63	(94\DNF)	172