First run of the season

Beadsworth and Carr 11th at the Star's class Levin Memorial Trophy in Miami

A very different day on Biscayne Bay today, more like a typical Miami day with a 8-11 knot NNEerly and a more typical performance form Beadsworth and Carr.

The fleet got away on its second attempt and a black flag. Having been out on the water early sailing the course with fellow team mates Andy Horton and Brad Nichol we decided that the right of the course was favourable and decided to start near the committee boat. The opportunity arose so we took it and started at the committee boat. We hit the line at pace on time and were launched - a little more risk than we intended, but we were good. With a right hand shift we decided to continue rather than tack and wait for the shift. It never really came with many of the boats who tacked out early to the right now ahead of us. However we were in contention, 10 or early teens. By the first mark we were already sixth. At the leeward mark we were fifth. Good speed in the light choppy conditions.

On the next windward leg we hit the right hand side hard and initially took a small loss but came good in the end, moving into third at the top mark, a place we maintained to the finish, not for the want of trying to catch first and second...

Overall we finished 11th counting all three races. The first two or three were clear ahead but it was close overall after that. 25th yesterday afternoon after we were fouled at the start took its toll. It could of been worse though.

The day had special significance. Last year in a different boat we showed very good speed in these conditions. In fact the boat had a history of being fast in the conditions, however our current boat is rumoured to have a small weakness in these conditions and an advantage in the heavier air conditions. It was not evident today. We had excellent speed both up and downwind. We hope that will be true for future days.

We start five days training tomorrow with the Irish team O'Connell/Peel and the French Team Presti/Salute.

We will introduce our new rigs and get them set up, work on sail choices and rig set ups as well as sailing techniques. A mixture of speed and race training - a lot to do in a short period of time, however we will achieve whatever best suits the conditions. Just time in the boat will be good for us!

Beadsworth Carr
Sponsored by
K2 Partnering - www.k2partnering.com

Final results:

Pos	Skipper	Sail #:	R1	R2	R3	Tot
1	Kostecki John	8230	6	1	7	14
2	Stout Will	8067	10	14	2	26
3	Presti Phillipe	FRA 7879	12	5	9	26
4	Diaz Augie	8045	4	22	1	27
5	Merriman Rick	8222	7	12	8	27
6	Mendelblatt Mark	8157	5	4	25	34
7	Macdonald Andy	8162	3	10	22	35
8	Pepper Hamish	NZL 8187	14	16	5	35
9	Filter Henry	8136	22	3	11	36
10	Lovell Andy	8061	8	8	23	39
11	Beadsworth Andy	GBR 8025	13	25	3	41
12	Cramer Brian	8143	9	2	31	42
13	Maccausland John	8195	17	13	15	45
14	Anderson Karl	8177	24	9	16	49
15	Boliakis Fotis	8080	25	24	4	53
16	Lidecis Erik	8176	15	26	12	53
17	Szabo George	7995	16	19	19	54
18	Milner Mike	CAN 7899	2	21	38	61
19	Adams Ross	7515	19	17	26	62
20	Siese Martin	BER 8044	35	18	10	63
21	Allen Bill	8215	27	15	21	63
22	Kohlhaus Jock	8043	37	7	20	64
23	Horton Andy	8156	1	53.0 [BFD]	13	67
24	Anosov Arthur	7640	11	6	53.0 [DNS]	70
25	Whipple Larry	8235	31	11	30	72
26	Hovey Bear	7763	20	29	24	73
27	Reynolds Mark	8239	18	53.0 [BFD]	6	77
28	McChesney Peter	7713	32	31	14	77
29	Gay Todd	8217	21	35	36	92
30	Perce Hyde	7986	30	34	29	93
31	Zambella Joe	7228	29	32	33	94
32	Weissinberger Gunti	8095	34	36	27	97
33	Doyle Eric	8153	53.0 [BFD]	27	18	98
34	Rowse Sam	8231	33	30	39	102
35	Kelly Steven	BAH 8236	53.0 [BFD]	23	28	104
36	Emmet Rob	7370	23	39	42	104
37	Babel Jim	8175	28	38	40	106
38	Smith Doug	8072	53.0 [BFD]	37	17	107
39	Pahum Jimmy	FRA 7714	36	40	34	110
40	Wright Peter	8037	26	53.0 [BFD]	32	111
41	Culberson Bill	8128	53.0 [BFD]	20	41	114
42	Vanderhoff John	8038	53.0 [DNC]	28	35	116
43	Collins Bert	8063	53.0 [DNS]	33	47	133
44	Anderson Brad	7988	53.0 [DNC]	53.0 [DNS]	37	143
45	Parks Bill	7434	53.0 [DNC]	53.0 [DNS]	43	149
46	Haarstick Steve	7369	53.0 [DNC]	53.0 [DNS]	44	150
47	Von Schwarz Karl	7934	53.0 [DNC]	53.0 [DNS]	45	151
48	Tyson Jay	7521	53.0 [DNC]	53.0 [DNS]	46	152
49	Joyce William	7193	53.0 [DNC]	53.0 [DNS]	48	154
50	Kohlerman IV Charles	7964	53.0 [DNC]	53.0 [DNS]	49	155
51	O'Connell Maurice	IRL 8028	53.0 [DNS]	53.0 [DNS]	53.0 [DNS]	159
51	Vandermolen Tom	8163	53.0 [DNC]	53.0 [DNS]	53.0 [DNS]	159