Melges 20 Miami Winter Series - Shimmer victorious at Coconut Grove

by Joy Dunigan on 10 Dec 2012 The third day of the 2013 Audi Melges 20 Miami Winter Series, hosted by the Coconut Grove SC remained consistent with light air conditions prevailing for the final day of racing for Event No. 1 in the series, resulting in no races. The Race Committee started the day with an on land postponement due to lack of breeze - which lead to the cancellation of the two races scheduled for the remainder of the regatta.

Although the weather conditions were not perfect for sailing, the teams raced for two days and completed four races. Everyone in attendance has a blast on- and off-the-water and look forward to the remainder Series events happening in February and March.

Yesterday's results stand as is. Congratulations are in order for Russell Lucas and crew of Harry Melges III and Federico Michetti on Shimmer who take home the coveted first place trophy for the Audi Melges 20 Miami Winter Sailing Series Event No. 1.

The Eagan family (Marcus, Marc and Andrew) on Cajun Underwriting, a total Corinthian boat, finished with a well deserved and highly respected second place trophy. They also were named top Corinthian. John Kilroy on Samba Pa Ti rounds out the top rankings clinching third. Competition was intense for the forty-two boats in attendance, enjoying numerous lead changes and struggling with the challenging light air conditions. Congratulations to all participants for a job well done.

The International Audi Melges 20 Class Association (IAM20CA) and Coconut Grove Sailing Club (CGSC) look forward to hosting Event No. 2 of the Audi Melges 20 Miami Winter Series happening February 9-11, 2013. Audi Melges 20 owners worldwide are cordially invited to attend the event in beautiful Coconut Grove.

Bow		Sail Number	Yacht Name	Yacht Design	Owner/Skipper		Race 1			Race 2	Race 3			Race 4		Total
Miami Winter Series Racing
	One Design Division
		Audi Melges 20
		1.	8	USA 008		Shimmer		Audi Melges 20	Russell Lucas			9	2		1		2	14.0
		2.	176	USA 176		Cajun Underwriting		Audi Melges 20	Marcus Eagan			4	6		8		3	21.0
		3.	313	USA 13131		Samba Pa Ti		Audi Melges 20	John Kilroy			7	7		4		9	27.0
		4.	65	USA 65		STIG		Audi Melges 20	Alessandro Rombelli			3	8		18		1	30.0
		5.	3	USA 3		Lucky Dog / Gill Race Team		Audi Melges 20	Travis Weisleder			20	1		6		5	32.0
		6.	147	USA US 147		Cinghiale		Audi Melges 20	Robert Wilber			8	19		3		10	40.0
		7.	226	USA 226		Section 16		Audi Melges 20	Richard Davies			1	14		19		11	45.0
		8.	17	USA 17		Blink 20/20		Audi Melges 20	John Arendshorst			5	11		17		12	45.0
		9.	40	USA 140		oleander		Audi Melges 20	James Wilson			14	3		24		7	48.0
		10.	414	USA 414		Red Sky Sailing Team		Audi Melges 20	Paul Reilly			6	15		14		13	48.0
		11.	6	USA 224		Blast!		Audi Melges 20	Roland Vandermeer			25	9		10		6	50.0
		12.	13	USA 13		Bacio		Audi Melges 20	Michael Kiss			12	16		9		14	51.0
		13.	21	USA 21		Fu		Audi Melges 20	Marc Hollerbach			2	13		11		31	57.0
		14.	187	USA 187		Tramp		Audi Melges 20	Tom Ritter			28	12		2		17	59.0
		15.	132	IVB 007		INTAC		Audi Melges 20	James Mark Plaxton			10	23		7		24	64.0

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