Star Mid Winter Championship - Paul Cayard and Josh Revkin in action

by Paul Cayard on 8 Jan 2017 Three races were scheduled but only two races were held today on Biscayne Bay before the wind pipped up ahead of a front that will hit Miami tonight.The first race started at 10:30 in 12 knots from the southwest. Josh and I had great speed and got to the first mark second. Alberto Zanetti of Argentina, with Mark Stube crewing, led and held the lead down the first run. On the second windward leg, our speed showed through and we grabbed the lead and held on down the run to the finish.

Charlie Buckingham, (little Buck) sailing with Austin “Hoss” Sperry, sailed very fast on the final run to pass Zanetti and finish second. George Szabo finished fourth, Jim Buckingham (Big Buck) finished fifth and Augie Diaz, the regatta leader, finished sixth. Things were tightening up.

In the second race we had a bad start and had one of our competitors tack on us right as we tacked to clear our air coming off the line. We then got tangled up with another boat in an unfortunate situation. We did a penalty turn. Needless to say, at this point we were deep.

Jack Jennings and Frthijof Kleen sailed fast the lead at the first mark. Diaz and Zanetti were up in the front with the Buck Family. We sailed fast and rounded the first mark about 10th and passed a couple more boats down the run and up the next windward leg to round the last mark fourth. Our speed upwind in the freshening breeze was excellent.

Down the final run I stuck the bow into a couple of waves and filled the boat top with water. This ultimately cost us Big Buck and we finished fifth. Jennings and Kleen won the race with Zanetti second, Diaz third, Big Buck fourth, Josh and I fifth and Szabo sixth. The Race committee called it for the day as a couple of boats had lost their masts on the final lap.

We are in fourth place at this point. Tomorrow, two or three races could be sailed however the forecast is for very strong wind. Unfortunately Josh and I won’t be racing anymore in this regatta as I am headed to Italy tonight to make a speech on Monday in Napoli.

2016-2017 Miami Star Winter Series - Walker Cup / Midwinters - Preliminary Cumulative Results

   

Bow Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Skipper/Crew Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Total Miami Star Winter Series Racing One Design Division Star 1. 9   USA 8509 GM Star Augie Diaz / Arnis Baltins 8 2 1 6 3 20.0 2. 13   ARG 8498 Antonia Star Alberto Zanetti / Mark Strube 14 1 7 3 2 27.0 3. 90   USA 8440 8440 Star Jim Buckingham / Craig Moss 5 6 6 5 5 27.0 4. 16   USA 8506 8506 Star Paul Cayard / Josh Revkin 4 15 3 1 6 29.0 5. 20   USA 8320 8320 star George Szabo / Roger Cheer 1 5 12 4 7 29.0 6. 21   USA 8230 West Coast University Star Charles Buckingham / Austin Sperry 2 11 13 2 4 32.0 7. 31   USA 8250 Rachel Star Andrew Macdonald / Brad Nichol 9 3 10 11 9 42.0 8. 19   GER 8340 Pied Piper/National Marine Star Jack Jennings / Frithjof Kleen 3 4 27/RET 9 1 44.0 9. 14   GER 8416 Karin Star Hubert Rauch / Edoardo Natucci 15 9 5 15 10 54.0 10. 66   CAN 8466 Star Star Stuart Hebb / Mike Wolfs 16 13 8 8 14 59.0 11. 43   CAN 8445 Remarc Star Brian Cramer / Cam Lymburner 7 7 9 10 27/DNF 60.0 12. 77   USA 8484 Barakablue Star Larry Whipple / Marc Pickel 6 10 14 7 27/DNF 64.0 13. 60   USA 8518 8518 Star Doug Smith / Eugenio Cingolani 18 19 4 13 11 65.0 14. 64   USA 8395 Goodfellas Star Charles F. Kohlermann IV / Richard Burgess 10 17 20 14 12 73.0 15. 0   CAN 8272 Southern Star Star Jerry Wendt / Bryan Milne 11 12 16 18 18 75.0 16. 71   CAN 8271 8271 Star Allan Cullen / Dave Martin 17 8 17 19 19 80.0 17. 4   GER 8361 Voodoo Star Stefan Lehnert / Dietmar Hobbie 13 16 23 12 16 80.0 18. 34   BRA 8477 Maricota Star Admar Gonzaga Neto / Figueiredo de Freitas Alexandre 12 14 18 27/DNC 13 84.0 19. 46   USA 8246 8246 Star Shane Zwingelberg / Ed Morey 21 22 19 16 15 93.0 20. 30   USA 8215 8215 Star John Chiarella / Larry Scott 20 21 15 21 21 98.0 21. 17   USA 8410 Tess Star Mike Phinney / Alex Baker 19 20 27/DNF 17 17 100.0 22. 99   USA 8302 8302 Star Jason Veatch / Phil Toth 24 18 21 20 20 103.0 23. 97   SUI 8351 8351 Star Henrik Dannesboe / Jan Bonhoeffer 22 27/OCS 22 27/DNC 8 106.0 24. 73   CAN 7887 7887 Star John Hokanson / Paul Avery 26 24 11 23 27/DNF 111.0 25. 7   USA 8507 USA 8507 Star James Revkin / Chad Easley 25 23 27/DNF 22 23 120.0 26. 24   USA 8148 8148 Star Aaron Smith / Tim Ostrander 23 25 27/DNF 24 22 121.0   2016-2017 Miami Star Winter Series - Walker Cup / Midwinters - Sub-Class Scoring - Preliminary Cumulative Results Bow Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Skipper/Crew Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Total Miami Star Winter Series Racing One Design Division Star - Classic 1. 21   USA 8230 West Coast University Star Charles Buckingham / Austin Sperry 2 11 13 2 4 32.0 2. 99   USA 8302 8302 Star Jason Veatch / Phil Toth 24 18 21 20 20 103.0     Star - Exalted Grand Master 1. 30   USA 8215 8215 Star John Chiarella / Larry Scott 20 21 15 21 21 98.0 2. 73   CAN 7887 7887 Star John Hokanson / Paul Avery 26 24 11 23 27/DNF 111.0     Star - Grand Master 1. 9   USA 8509 GM Star Augie Diaz / Arnis Baltins 8 2 1 6 3 20.0 2. 13   ARG 8498 Antonia Star Alberto Zanetti / Mark Strube 14 1 7 3 2 27.0 3. 31   USA 8250 Rachel Star Andrew Macdonald / Brad Nichol 9 3 10 11 9 42.0 4. 43   CAN 8445 Remarc Star Brian Cramer / Cam Lymburner 7 7 9 10 27/DNF 60.0 5. 77   USA 8484 Barakablue Star Larry Whipple / Marc Pickel 6 10 14 7 27/DNF 64.0 6. 60   USA 8518 8518 Star Doug Smith / Eugenio Cingolani 18 19 4 13 11 65.0 7. 71   CAN 8271 8271 Star Allan Cullen / Dave Martin 17 8 17 19 19 80.0 8. 4   GER 8361 Voodoo Star Stefan Lehnert / Dietmar Hobbie 13 16 23 12 16 80.0 9. 17   USA 8410 Tess Star Mike Phinney / Alex Baker 19 20 27/DNF 17 17 100.0 10. 7   USA 8507 USA 8507 Star James Revkin / Chad Easley 25 23 27/DNF 22 23 120.0     Star - Masters 1. 90   USA 8440 8440 Star Jim Buckingham / Craig Moss 5 6 6 5 5 27.0 2. 16   USA 8506 8506 Star Paul Cayard / Josh Revkin 4 15 3 1 6 29.0 3. 14   GER 8416 Karin Star Hubert Rauch / Edoardo Natucci 15 9 5 15 10 54.0 4. 66   CAN 8466 Star Star Stuart Hebb / Mike Wolfs 16 13 8 8 14 59.0 5. 0   CAN 8272 Southern Star Star Jerry Wendt / Bryan Milne 11 12 16 18 18 75.0 6. 34   BRA 8477 Maricota Star Admar Gonzaga Neto / Figueiredo de Freitas Alexandre 12 14 18 27/DNC 13 84.0 7. 46   USA 8246 8246 Star Shane Zwingelberg / Ed Morey 21 22 19 16 15 93.0 8. 97   SUI 8351 8351 Star Henrik Dannesboe / Jan Bonhoeffer 22 27/OCS 22 27/DNC 8 106.0