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Ninkasi shines on big day

Breeze up for day two of the Audi Melges 20 World Championship in Miami

Friday December 13th 2013, Author: Joy Dunigan, Location: United States

The penultimate day of the 2013 Audi Melges 20 World Championship, hosted by Ocean Reef Club was better than expected, most especially where racing conditions were concerned. What started out with uncertainty, ended as one of the very best days of racing yet.

John Taylor aboard Ninkasi stunned spectators with an outstanding performance that has him now seated in first overall, nine points ahead of Travis Weisleder on Lucky Dog|Gill Race Team in second. Marcus Eagan and family aboard Cajun Underwriting moves up a notch to third overall. Alessandro Rombelli's Stig and Tony Tabb's Yolo both had a great day to complete the top five placing fourth and fifth respectively.

Of today's three races Taylor won two. Richard Davies aboard Section 16 with Charlie McKee on tactics and Matt Pistay on bow claimed the win in race seven.

Rhonda Joyce's Batteries Not Required is currently ranked as the top female boat with tactician Steve Hunt and crew member Matthew Woodsworth. They are in heated contention with Leo van denThillart's Team True Racing with Cate Gundlach at the helm. Kent Haegar's Mach Schnell is next in succession with Laura McKenna aboard, as well as his daughter Annie Haegar and fellow Team HP470 partner Briana Provancha. Annie and Briana have teamed up as they both share the dream of winning a Gold Medal in the Olympics. The Audi Melges 20 has become a big part of their program over the last few months. Additional female teams include Camille Rasdal's Odin and Bob Hayward's Gypsea.

Other notables include fleet newcomer Drew Friedes on Pacific Yankee with Chad Corning and Charlie Smythe. It's their first time competing in the class and having a wonderful event currently seated 18th overall. W

With only one day of racing left, tension will be high on the course on Saturday. Two final races are scheduled and with the points still relatively tight, this Championship is still very much up for grabs.

In the Corinthian results, Eagan and his crew comprised of his father and brother lit up the course on Friday, sitting fourth overall and first in the Corinthian Division. John Brown's Blind Squirrel remains in second with Paul Currie's Wild Deuces in third.

Apres racing, teams gathered at ORC Town Hall for food and drinks with daily race winner trophies being awarded to Taylor and Davies. A Pussers Survival Kit, presented by Pussers Rum went to Elliott James and crew Jeff Causey and Dan Morris on Problem Child for most improved.

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Results

Pos Sail no Boat Owner/Skipper R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Net
1 USA 1315 Ninkasi John Taylor 1 11 31 4 14 1 5 1 37
2 USA 3 Lucky Dog / Gill Race Team Travis Weisleder 2 9 4 5 1 12 13 21 46
3 USA 176 Cajun Underwriting Marcus Eagan 6 27 13 2 7 5 11 3 47
4 ITA 65 STIG Alessandro Rombelli 29 4 6 3 20 3 6 6 48
5 USA 088 YOLO Anthony Tabb 5 17 1 18 46 2 2 7 52
6 USA 228 Midnight Blue Jason Michas 4 1 20 13 13 11 4 8 54
7 USA 226 Section 16 Richard Davies 20 15 2 17 8 9 1 5 57
8 USA 20 STAR Jeff Ecklund 17 7 27 7 3 26 3 4 67
9 USA 13131 Samba Pa Ti John Kilroy 9 2 32 1 27 13 10 12 74
10 USA 147 Cinghiale Robert Wilber 43 3 9 6 21 24 14 2 79
11 USA 247 Barking Mad James Richardson 15 5 19 9 5 22 7 28 82
12 USA 193 Heartbreaker Robert Hughes 16 6 10 11 26 6 9 24 82
13 USA 13 Bacio Michael Kiss 11 14 17 12 35 10 8 10 82
14 USA 21 Fu Marc Hollerbach 8 20 16 10 11 14 16 19 94
15 USA 14 Red Sky Sailing Team Paul Reilly 22 13 29 14 10 16 23 11 109
16 USA 8 Shimmer Russell Lucas 36 25 8 16 15 19 17 13 113
17 USA 250 oleander James Wilson 21 28 11 21 24 4 18 23 122
18 USA 236 Pacific Yankee Drew Freides 19 8 26 30 18 46 12 20 133
19 ITA 23 Mascalzone Latino Jr. Achille Onorato 10 16 25 15 36 20 20 29 135
20 USA 217 Slingshot Wes Whitmyer Jr 13 23 42 53/DNF 17 7 19 18 139
21 BRA 245 Portobello Cesar Gomes Neto 14 21 7 37 23 28 37 15 145
22 MON 333 Monaco Racing Fleet Guido Miani 25 24 5 27 16 37 30 30 157
23 USA 207 Velocity Bruce Broussard 49 12 3 33 39 18 34 27 166
24 CAN 170 Batteries Not Required Rhonda Joyce 12 32 23 19 38 17 29 35 167
25 CAN 201 Team True Racing Leo van denThillart 3 10 41 8 49 30 47 33 172
26 USA 121 Catapult Joel Ronning 28 35 24 34 29 25 32 9 181
27 ITA 50 Fremito D'Arja Dario Levi 18 26 22 31 6 43 41 53/SCP 187
28 USA 225 Flygfisk Tom Kassberg 7 49 21 43 12 49 24 31 187
29 USA 12 Mach Schnell Kent Haeger 50 41 40 23 19 8 33 26 190
30 GBR 269 ngoni Tony Buckingham 38 42 15 48 9 35 26 25 190
31 USA 7676 Kuai Daniel Thielman 42 30 12 28 32 38 25 32 197
32 USA 196 W Drew Wierda 24 46 39 36 25 23 15 37 199
33 USA 280 Volpe Ryan DeVos 30 34 18 25 37 27 28 46 199
34 USA 200 Flat Stanley Racing: Hooligan Trey Sheehan 40 18 46 29 4 40 27 43 201
35 CAN 142 dp David Pollock 35 22 38 22 31 15 39 47 202
36 ITA 106 Asante Sana Claudio Dutto 23 36 28 45 47 21 40 14 207
37 CAN 2 Touch2Play Rob & Sandy Butler 32 48 43 49 2 33 22 36 216
38 CAN 214 Bella Rena Henry Demone 27 43 36 35 50 34 35 17 227
39 JPN 271 Mamma Aiuto! Naofumi Kamei 31 29 14 20 44 48 53 50 236
40 USA 231 Blind Squirrel John Brown 46 19 37 24 43 44 31 44 242
41 USA 211 Makaira Skip Shapiro 26 39 34 32 34 41 38 40 243
42 USA 134 Problem Child Elliott James 33 40 48 53/DNC 53/DNC 36 21 16 247
43 CAN 222 Wild Deuces Paul Currie 37 37 49 26 30 45 45 38 258
44 USA 4 Miss Betty Oliver Luebker 44 44 50 41 48 32 36 22 267
45 USA 202 upupup Bo Boje Pedersen 45 50 45 40 22 42 43 42 279
46 ITA 167 Maolca Manfredi Vianini Tolomei 34 33 30 38 42 53/DNF 53/DNF 49 279
47 USA 194 Odin Camille Rasdal 47 31 53/ZFP 42 41 31 44 48 284
48 CAN 254 CAN-254 Frank McLaughlin 51 38 33 39 40 50 50 34 284
49 JPN 179 Sokokumaru Sumio Shimoyama 39 47 35 46 45 47 42 39 293
50 USA 227 Gypsea Bob & Cheryl Hayward 41 45 51 47 33 29 48 52 294
51 USA 131 Le Rescator Erwan le Gall 52 51 44 50 28 39 49 45 306
52 USA 238 Affordable Mistress Brian Henke 48 53/DNF 53/DNC 44 51 51 46 51 344
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