Mendelblatt takes day three

But Peter Bromby is still the resounding leader at the Star's Bacardi Cup in Miami

Mark Mendelblatt, the 2005 Bacardi Cup champion and America’s Cup tactician, and crew Bruno Prada of Brazil won the third race in the six race series at the 82nd Bacardi Cup Star Class Regatta on Biscayne Bay, near Miami. Today’s first place finish moves them up six slots to third overall.

Mendelblatt credits his win today to Bruno who he is sailing with for the first time. “He called the right off the start, fixed our rig for speed adjustment on the first run, and pulled the seaweed off our bow.” The duo took a sharp left tack off the downwind mark after noticing more wind on the left. “I like the left in Miami,” said Mendelblatt. “It seems the way to go more times than not.”

Light wind this morning pushed the race start back an hour, but the six knot breeze had little effect on Bermuda’s Peter Bromby and crew Magnus Liljedahl who had great speed on the course today and finished in second for the second day in a row.

“We concentrated on staying in pressure and it made the difference today, as well as having Magnus on board,” said Bromby who is a two-time winner of the Bacardi Cup.
“We had a good first half and now we need a good second, but there are a lot of good sailors in this competition.”

Bromby/Liljedahl, who were in the top five in a fleet of 62 boats for the entire race today, maintain their first place overall after three of six races.

Californian Andy MacDonald and crew Brian Fatih of Miami finished third and are in 25th overall.

John MacCausland and crew Kevin Murphy, both from New Jersey, finished in fourth and had a strong race today rounding the first upwind mark second just behind Mark Reynolds and crew Hal Haenel, and coming through the downwind gate first. They are in 10th overall.

Floridian Arthur Anosov and crew Mark Dolan of Michigan finished in fifth place and move up to eighth overall.

Italians Lucio Boggi and crew Manuele LaPorta, the day two leaders, finished ninth and keep their sixth place overall. San Diego’s George Szabo and crew Rick Peters, the day one leaders, finished 25th and drop to 11th overall. Jon VanderMolen of Michigan and crew Goeff Ewenson from Maryland finished sixth and move up two slots to fourth overall.

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Results:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Boat	R1	R2	R3	Tot
1	Bromby Peter	Liljedahl Magnus	BER 8272	2.0 [AVG]	2	2	6
2	Vandermolen Jon	Ewenson Geoff	USA 8376	2	16	6	24
3	Mendelblatt Mark	PRADA BRUNO	USA 8267	3	23	1	27
4	Cayard Paul	Sperry Austin	USA 8259	11	10	8	29
5	Diaz Augie	Strube Mark	USA 8285	15	5	10	30
6	Boggi Lucio	LaPorta Manuele	ITA 8341	21	1	9	31
7	Wright Peter	Quist Nathan	USA 8265	13	3	19	35
8	Anosov Arthur	Dolan Mark	USA 8157	17	17	5	39
9	Reynolds Mark	Haenel Hal	USA 8320	12	15	12	39.0001
10	Maccausland John	Murphy Kevin	USA 8195	10	28	4	42
11	Szabo George	Peters Rick	USA 8273	1	20	25	46
12	O'Leary Peter	Goodbody Tim	IRL 8261	4	29	17	50
13	Merriman Rick	Sharp Brian	USA 8362	6	44	7	57
14	Coughlin Daniel	Balmert Brad	USA 8318	35	6	18	59
15	Irrera Renato	Cristaldini Corrado	ITA 8156	28	9	22	59.0001
16	Hagebols Rodney	Finlay William	USA 8268	20.0 [AVG]	7	33	60
17	Jennings Jack	Rehe Mike	USA 8077	31	8	23	62
18	Gimson John	Greig Ed	GBR 8025	16	22	24	62.0001
19	Dahlman Mathias	Heinonen Erkki	FIN 8292	7	36	20	63
20	Campbell Andy	Nichol Brad	USA 8241	19	18	28	65
21	Cramer Brian	Johnston Matt	CAN 8143	22	27	21	70
22	Johansson Mats	Moller Leif	SWE 8338	8	53	14	75
23	Pickel Marc	Mitchell Steve	GER 8361	5	26	45	76
24	Brethorst Rick	Anderson Scott	USA 8253	24	11	41	76.0001
25	Macdonald Andy	Fatih Brian	USA 8250	64.0 [DNF]	13	3	80
26	Burmester Jens	Kleine Friedrich	GER 7750	37	30	16	83
27	Allen Bill	Hatfield Bruce	USA 8215	32	21	31	84
28	Jorissen Sander	Veldhuizen Erik	NED 8263	14	64.0 [BFD]	11	89
29	Marazzi Flavio		SUI 8364	64.0 [OCS]	12	13	89.0001
30	Tomasini Grinover Roberto	Bahr Gunnar	AUT 8369	44	19	27	90
31	GUREYEV Vasyl	Korotkov Volodmyr	UKR 8247	26	31	36	93
32	Hicks Michael	Hicks Patrick	GER 7601	23	25	49	97
33	Bonanni Claude	Burgess Rick	USA 8279	34	33	30	97.0001
34	Smith Doug	Moore Mike	USA 8072	29	42	29	100
35	Hofkirchner Terry	Imai Jeffrey	CAN 7930	49	14	44	107
36	Fogh Hans	Cheer Roger	CAN 8024	36	64.0 [DNF]	15	115
37	Kohlhas Jock	Gesing Witold	USA 8132	39.0 [AVG]	46	32	117
38	Modena Luca	Lambertenghi Sergio	ITA 8177	40.0 [AVG]	43	37	120
39	Lehnert Stefan	Struve Dirk	GER 7865	45	50	26	121
40	Londrigan Tom	Hall Stewart	USA 8170	25	64.0 [BFD]	34	123
41	Hampe Alex	Conrads Chris	GER 8311	27	38	58	123
42	Tamburini Antonio	Ricci Renzo	ITA 8183	47	39	40	126
43	Sutter Larry	Jenkins John	USA 7307	38	41	51	130
44	Wyss Daniel	Joss Urs	SUI 8329	42	54	35	131
45	Bischoff Clay	Bjorn Tyler	USA 8333	64.0 [OCS]	4	64.0 [OCS]	132
46	Valasek Marek	Fedyszn Todd	USA 45	57	37	38	132
47	Dannesboe Henrick	Morey Edward	SUI 8286	30	58	47	135
48	Gunther Stephen	Armstrong Lance	USA 7902	53	32	52	137
49	Collins Bert	Avellon Guy	USA 8063	43	48	46	137
50	Weissenberger Gunti	Hardin Chris	USA 8095	39	45	55	139
51	Zambella Joe	Scott Larry	USA 8245	47.0 [AVG]	55	39	141
52	Biegel-Vosbury Barbara	Zuschnit Michael	USA 7986	50	52	42	144
53	Karahanas Amanda	Karahanas Tony	CAN 7501	55	49	43	147
54	Bainton John	Rogers Chris	USA 8112	52	47	48	147
55	Fransen Ben	Coleman Ian	USA 7713	64.0 [OCS]	34	50	148
56	Barovier Alberto	NOBILI Gilberto	ITA 8344	49.5 [AVG]	35	64.0 [DNF]	148.5
57	Passmore Mark	Bunner Ivan	CAN 7626	64.0 [OCS]	24	64.0 [OCS]	152
58	Phinney Mike	Poole Greg	USA 8217	40	59	57	156
59	Bierman Guus	Skinner Duncan	NED 8348	46	51	64.0 [OCS]	161
60	Chiarella John	Carlson Bob	USA 8083	48	57	56	161
61	Hopkins Sam	Serenis Aaron	USA 7970	54	56	54	164
62	Doyle Eric	Calder Steve	USA 8323	64.0 [DNS]	40	64.0 [OCS]	168
63	Wilson Kris	Quinn Sean	USA 7497	56	60	53	169