Robertissima comes out on top

Racing concludes at the Melges 32 Gold Cup Regatta in Miami

With every ounce of optimism, all 15 competing teams anxiously took to the waters off South Beach on Sunday morning, the final day of competition at the 2014 Melges 32 Gold Cup Regatta, hosted by Coconut Grove Sailing Club.

Unfortunately, the wind Gods disappeared and the rain filled in, basically washing away any hope of additional racing. Instead, despite the periodic heavy downpours, the fleet filed into Monty's for an awesome afternoon of food, beer, drinks, music, celebration and awards - the absolute perfect fleet ramp-up for the World Championship taking place on 1-7 December in Miami.

Around midday, PRO Anderson Reggio realised that the conditions the fleet had hoped for was not going to materializs, hence the decision to call off any further racing. Shortly thereafter, at Monty's Sunset at South Beach the awards ceremony took place naming Pierre Casiraghi and his Robertissima team comprised of tactician Vasco Vascotto, Federico Michetti, Giovanni Cassinari, Gunnar Bahr, Simone Spangaro, Stefano Nicolussi and Armin Raderbauer as 2014 Melges 32 Gold Cup Champions.

At the awards ceremony, the Coconut Grove Sailing Club Cup award went to Dalton DeVos on Delta. Congratulations to Dalton as his team was the highest ranked Melges 32 in the Gold Cup results that also competed in last month's Coconut Grove Sailing Club Cup Regatta.

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