Star Western Hemisphere Championship day 3

by Paul Cayard on 19 Apr 2015 Star Western Hemisphere Championship – Two races were held today on Biscayne Bay, in ideal conditions for Star racing. The wind was again 8-12 knots from the South. Blue skies, warm water and slightly warmer air temperature.

In the first race, Brian and I shook off the morning blues, or whatever it was that we had the first two days, and won the first race. We were fifth after the first lap but sailed the second windward leg very well to round first, overlapped with Ledbetter. Ledbetter/ Revkin closed in on us at the finish and we must have beaten them by less than a foot. Andy MacDonald and Brad Nichol sailed a good race to finish third.

In the second race, Ledbetter/Revkin led wire to wire and closed out the regatta with one race to spare. Their total score without a discard is better than anyones score with a discard. Congrats to them, they sailed very well. Miami local Augie Diaz and Arnis Baltins play doth left side of the course well downwind and upwind to take second place. Third place went to Arthur Anosov and Dave “Julius” Caesar.

Brian and I were fighting near the top the whole race. I made a couple mistakes with the wind shifts. Also, keeping the boat going fast all the time is not easy. The wind is fickle so you are constantly changing gears. In the end, five of us came to the finish line all overlapped and we just managed to edge out the others to take sixth.

So with Ledbetter/Revkin taking first place, the battle for second is on. Lars Grael and John MacCausland are tied on 26 points. Brian and I have removed up nicely from ninth to fourth overall with 30 points. Behind us in fifth is Aguie Diaz with 40 points.

The forecast for tomorrow is more of the same. One race only tomorrow, starting at 11:00.

	Bow		Sail Number	Yacht Name	Yacht Design	Skipper/Crew	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 5	T O	Total
1.	27		USA 8203	Akimbo	Star	Brian Ledbetter / Joshua Revkin	14	7	1	2	2	1	[14]	13.0
2.	40		USA 8490	Stella	Star	John MacCausland / Bruno Prada	1	5	39/OCS	4	7	9	[39]	26.0
3.	39		BRA 8474	Renata	Star	Lars Schmidt Grael / Samuel Goncalves	5	3	10	3	10	5	[10]	26.0
4.	59		USA 8362	Marrakesh	Star	Paul Cayard / Brian Terhaar	23	1	21	1	1	6	[23]	30.0
5.	33		USA 8465	USA 8465	Star	Augie Diaz / Arnis Baltins	12	11	5	10	14	2	[14]	40.0
6.	53		BRA 8398	Erica	Star	Marcelo Fuchs / Ronald Seifert	28	2	2	5	12	20	[28]	41.0
7.	45		USA 8484	Baraka Blue	Star	Larry Whipple / Austin B. Sperry	2	12	8	13	11	10	[13]	43.0
8.	17		CAN 8143	REMARC	Star	Brian Cramer / Cam Lymburner	11	22	18	6	3	7	[22]	45.0
9.	63		USA 8440	USA 8440	Star	Jim Buckingham / Craig Moss	10	17	6	8	13	11	[17]	48.0
10.	38		USA 8320	Quantum	Star	Mark Reynolds / Mark Strube	6	9	12	15	8	14	[15]	49.0
11.	19		ARG 8502	ARG 8502	Star	Torkel Borgstrom / Juan Pablo Engelhard	9	6	11	9	19	21	[21]	54.0
12.	30		USA 8250	Rachel	Star	Andrew Macdonald / Brad Nichol	32	13	3	17	5	18	[32]	56.0
13.	96		USA 8238	Park Bench	Star	Tomas Hornos / Kipp Gardner	8	4	27	14	4	26	[27]	56.0
14.	29		USA 8496	Pawseidon	Star	Peter Vessella / Phil Trinter	15	10	20	28	9	4	[28]	58.0
15.	54		BRA 8494	MIISCA 4	Star	Alessandro Pascolato / Henry Raul Boening	18	8	7	24	21	8	[24]	62.0
16.	42		USA 8000	USA 8000	Star	Arthur Anosov / Dave Caesar	17	19	19	7	20	3	[20]	65.0
17.	37		GER 8450	Lara	Star	Hubert Merkelbach / Markus Koy	3	26	13	11	16	25	[26]	68.0
18.	91		USA 8291	Picnic	Star	William Swigart / Brian Fatih	4	34	14	16	17	19	[34]	70.0
19.	58		USA 8358	USA 8358	Star	Ben Sternberg / Donald Massey	16	15	16	23	39/OCS	16	[39]	86.0
20.	77		BRA 8459	Maricota	Star	Gonzaga Neto / Alexandre, Figueiredo de Freitas	26	16	4	25	22	22	[26]	89.0
21.	6		NED 7806	NED 7806	Star	Thomas Allart / Ben Kloos	21	27	22	31	6	15	[31]	91.0
22.	57		USA 8361	die fledermaus	Star	Thomas Londrigan Jr. / Steve Cutting	31	23	9	18	30	17	[31]	97.0
23.	61		BRA 8337	BRA 8337	Star	Fabio Bodra / Arthur Lopes	19	33	25	12	29	13	[33]	98.0
24.	64		ARG 8278	Antonia	Star	Alberto Zanetti / Ariel Simonet	20	18	17	20	23	39/DNF	[39]	98.0
25.	47		USA 8464	Pied Piper	Star	Jack Jennings / Mike Rehe	30	28	15	22	26	12	[30]	103.0
26.	16		GER 8416	Karin	Star	Hubert Rauch / Edoardo Natucci	24	14	24	26	15	29	[29]	103.0
27.	79		SUI 8479	SUI 8479	Star	Jean-Pascal Chatagny / Patrick Ducommun	25	20	26	19	18	24	[26]	106.0
28.	95		USA 8395	Big Jim	Star	Michael Hecky / Shane Zwingelberg	13	25	23	21	28	27	[28]	109.0
29.	41		BRA 8403	VIVI 2	Star	Frederico Viegas / Renato Moura	7	31	30	30	31	30	[31]	128.0
30.	8		ITA 8219	Diecidecimi	Star	Giovanni Coppo / Luca Paloschi	22	32	39/DSQ	27	24	23	[39]	128.0
31.	25		ARG 8285	Pichon Pichoni	Star	Mones Ruiz / Diego Peisajovich	29	21	29	29	27	28	[29]	134.0
32.	48		CAN 8271	CAN 8271	Star	Allan Cullen / Dave Martin	27	24	28	36	33	31	[36]	143.0
33.	67		USA 8267	USA 8267	Star	Stephen Gunther / Aaron VanKleeck Smith	33	29	34	37	25	34	[37]	155.0
34.	23		CAN 8389	Southern Star	Star	Jerry Wendt / Ezra Culver	34	30	32	32	34	35	[35]	162.0
35.	20		USA 8215	Sonya	Star	John Chiarella / Robert Carlson	35	37	31	33	36	32	[37]	167.0
36.	51		USA 8084	USA 8084	Star	Robert Teitge / Richard F. Burgess	36	36	33	35	32	33	[36]	169.0
37.	84		USA 8420	Dodie	Star	Carroll McCallum / Jock Kohlhas	37	38	39/DNS	34	35	36	[39]	180.0
38.	82		SUI 8482	Squalo Bianco VII	Star	Lorenz Zimmermann / Nils Hollweg	40/OCS	35	39/DNF	39/DNS	39/DNC	39/DNC	[40]	191.0

Western Hemisphere Championship Racing
One Design Division

International Star Class - Grand Master
	Bow		Sail Number	Yacht Name	Yacht Design	Skipper/Crew	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	T O	Total
1.	33		USA 8465	USA 8465	Star	Augie Diaz / Arnis Baltins	12	11	5	10	14	2	[14]	40.0
2.	45		USA 8484	Baraka Blue	Star	Larry Whipple / Austin B. Sperry	2	12	8	13	11	10	[13]	43.0
3.	17		CAN 8143	REMARC	Star	Brian Cramer / Cam Lymburner	11	22	18	6	3	7	[22]	45.0
4.	30		USA 8250	Rachel	Star	Andrew Macdonald / Brad Nichol	32	13	3	17	5	18	[32]	56.0
5.	54		BRA 8494	MIISCA 4	Star	Alessandro Pascolato / Henry Raul Boening	18	8	7	24	21	8	[24]	62.0
6.	91		USA 8291	Picnic	Star	William Swigart / Brian Fatih	4	34	14	16	17	19	[34]	70.0
7.	48		CAN 8271	CAN 8271	Star	Allan Cullen / Dave Martin	27	24	28	36	33	31	[36]	143.0
8.	20		USA 8215	Sonya	Star	John Chiarella / Robert Carlson	35	37	31	33	36	32	[37]	167.0
9.	51		USA 8084	USA 8084	Star	Robert Teitge / Richard F. Burgess	36	36	33	35	32	33	[36]	169.0
10.	82		SUI 8482	Squalo Bianco VII	Star	Lorenz Zimmermann / Nils Hollweg	40/OCS	35	39/DNF	39/DNS	39/DNC	39/DNC	[40]	191.0

	Bow		Sail Number	Yacht Name	Yacht Design	Skipper/Crew	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	T O	Total
1.	27		USA 8203	Akimbo	Star	Brian Ledbetter / Joshua Revkin	14	7	1	2	2	1	[14]	13.0
2.	40		USA 8490	Stella	Star	John MacCausland / Bruno Prada	1	5	39/OCS	4	7	9	[39]	26.0
3.	39		BRA 8474	Renata	Star	Lars Schmidt Grael / Samuel Goncalves	5	3	10	3	10	5	[10]	26.0
4.	59		USA 8362	Marrakesh	Star	Paul Cayard / Brian Terhaar	23	1	21	1	1	6	[23]	30.0
5.	53		BRA 8398	Erica	Star	Marcelo Fuchs / Ronald Seifert	28	2	2	5	12	20	[28]	41.0
6.	63		USA 8440	USA 8440	Star	Jim Buckingham / Craig Moss	10	17	6	8	13	11	[17]	48.0
7.	38		USA 8320	Quantum	Star	Mark Reynolds / Mark Strube	6	9	12	15	8	14	[15]	49.0
8.	19		ARG 8502	ARG 8502	Star	Torkel Borgstrom / Juan Pablo Engelhard	9	6	11	9	19	21	[21]	54.0
9.	29		USA 8496	Pawseidon	Star	Peter Vessella / Phil Trinter	15	10	20	28	9	4	[28]	58.0
10.	37		GER 8450	Lara	Star	Hubert Merkelbach / Markus Koy	3	26	13	11	16	25	[26]	68.0
11.	77		BRA 8459	Maricota	Star	Gonzaga Neto / Alexandre, Figueiredo de Freitas	26	16	4	25	22	22	[26]	89.0
12.	64		ARG 8278	Antonia	Star	Alberto Zanetti / Ariel Simonet	20	18	17	20	23	39/DNF	[39]	98.0
13.	16		GER 8416	Karin	Star	Hubert Rauch / Edoardo Natucci	24	14	24	26	15	29	[29]	103.0
14.	79		SUI 8479	SUI 8479	Star	Jean-Pascal Chatagny / Patrick Ducommun	25	20	26	19	18	24	[26]	106.0
15.	95		USA 8395	Big Jim	Star	Michael Hecky / Shane Zwingelberg	13	25	23	21	28	27	[28]	109.0
16.	41		BRA 8403	VIVI 2	Star	Frederico Viegas / Renato Moura	7	31	30	30	31	30	[31]	128.0
17.	67		USA 8267	USA 8267	Star	Stephen Gunther / Aaron VanKleeck Smith	33	29	34	37	25	34	[37]	155.0
18.	23		CAN 8389	Southern Star	Star	Jerry Wendt / Ezra Culver	34	30	32	32	34	35	[35]	162.0
19.	84		USA 8420	Dodie	Star	Carroll McCallum / Jock Kohlhas	37	38	39/DNS	34	35	36	[39]	180.0