Day of consolidation

Dana Paxton reports from day two of the Rolex Farr One Design Invitational

With two days of racing completed and two more to go at the Rolex Farr One Design Invitational in Miami, the international competitors assembled here are at a critical junction. Every one of the 11 scheduled races count toward the overall score. Similar to their Olympic class cousins, there are no throwouts in this regatta. That's okay with Stuart Townsend and his Virago team who currently lead the highly competitive Farr 40 class with 21 points.

"Very seldom does the class use a throwout race," said Townsend. "It's been tried before, but we didn't want it. There are an awful lot of good boats here and we want every race to count. Look at Barking Mad. They came out of the middle of the fleet and now they're second by nine points, which is a lot in this class. But, really, we're only one bad race away from losing our lead."

Virago tactician Chris Larson credited crew work as the key to success. "Although this is my first time sailing on Virago, pretty much all the guys have sailed together before," said the Rolex Yachtsman of the Year. "Darren Jones and Paul Westlake, our trimmers, are doing a great job. We're always going fast and it is so much easier for me because I don't have to worry about rig tension or how the sails are trimmed. Also, it keeps Stuart at the right target speed and going the right way."

Barking Mad, owned by past world champion Jim Richardson scored a 5th and 8th and then came back to win the third race of the day. Richardson credited his crew which includes America's Cup sailors Terry Hutchinson calling tactics and trimmers Dave Scott, Morgan Trubovich and Skip Baxter.

John Kilroy's Samba Pa Ti is in third place, three points behind Barking Mad, with Nerone, owned by Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori in fourth.

It seems only fitting that on North Sails Race Day, Ken Read should guide the winning boat in the Mumm 30 class to victory. The America's Cup sailor and two-time Rolex Yachtsman of the Year is calling tactics on board Jack Lefort's Off the Gauge. The Florida entry scored a fourth and two firsts for a total of 13 points overall. David Pyles and USA65 holds second, with Dan Cheresh's Team Intermec close behind in third place.

Peter Davidson and the Farr 395 Shades of Gray continues to lead the Open Class.

Racing continues through Saturday and is run by the venerable Storm Trysail Club.

Preliminary Results:

Pos	Boat Name	Owner	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
	Farr 40
1	VIRAGO	Stuart Townsend	3	4	2	2	4	6	21
2	BARKING MAD	Jim Richardson	1	11	4	5	8	1	30
3	SAMBA PA TI	John Kilroy	2	1	12	6	9	3	33
4	NERONE	Mezzaroma/Sodo Migliori	4	7	6	10	3	4	34
5	SHADOW ROCK	Geremia / Stoneberg	13	2	1	14	1	9	40
6	ATALANTI	George Andreadis	8	3	3	9	2	16	41
7	MEAN MACHINE	Peter de Ridder	17	5	8	1	7	14	52
8	NORWEGIAN STEAM	Eiviind Astrup	10	6	13	3	5	18 dnc	55
9	TWINS 2	Erik Maris	6	10	11	11	17	2	57
10	BAMBAKOU	John Counmantaros	11	8	5	17	10	8	59
11	Le RENARD	Steve Phillips	15	12	16	7	6	10	66
12	SOTTO VOCE	Arien van Vemde	7	16	9	8	15	12	67
13	RIOT	Mark Ewing	12	17	7	4	16	13	69
14	GOOD TIMES	Eduardo Ramos	5	14	10	15	11	15	70
15	SOLUTION	John Thompson	9	15	15	13	13	7	72
16	PHISH FOOD	Alexis Michas	14	13	14	16	12	11	80
17	FLASH GORDON	Helmut Jahn	16	9	17	12	14	14 p50	82
	Mumm 30
1	OFF THE GAUGE	Jack Lefort	4	2	1	4	1	1	13
2	USA65	David Pyles	1	3	7	1	2	5	19
3	TEAM INTERMEC	Dan Cheresh	2	6	4	6	5	2	25
4	TURBO DUCK	Bodo/Nick vd Wense	5	4	6	5	3	3	26
5	TRAMP	Tom Ritter	6	1	5	2	8	6	28
6	TEAM BOLD	Nelson Stephenson	8	8	2	3	4	4	29
7	GO FIGURE	Dave Koski	3	7	3	8	6	7	34
8	CYGNET	Rick Swann	10 dnc	5	8	7	7	9	46
9	CHAMPOSA	Jonathan McDonagh	7	9	9	9	9	8	51
	Farr 395
1	SHADES OF GRAY	Peter Davidson	1	1	1	1	1	1	6
2	SPINAL SHOCK	Gordon Donald	3 dnc	3 dnc	3 dnc	3 dnc	3 dnc	3 dnc	18

Title sponsor is Rolex Watch U.S.A. Organizers include the Storm Trysail
Club, Mumm 30 and Farr 40 Class Associations. Avalon Majestic Hotel is the
official hotel. North Sails and Lewmar are supporting sponsors.