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Star Bacardi Cup - Olympians flock to favourite event

by Event media on 4 Mar 2009
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With one week to go before the 2009 Bacardi Cup Star Class regatta, 59 teams from 27 countries have registered.for the event at the Coral Reef Yacht Club. The fleet is peppered with 11 Olympians, several Gold and Silver medalists, two Star World Champions, and three Bacardi Cup champions.

What started out in 1927 as a three-day event with less than 10 boats in Havana, Cuba, the Bacardi Cup now attracts the best sailors in the world each year and remains one of the few sporting events anywhere in which weekend enthusiasts have the opportunity to compete head to head with Olympian and World Champion athletes.

'There’s simply no race quite like the Bacardi Cup' said Eddie Cutillas, event chairman. 'It’s this opportunity for seasoned amateurs to test their skills against the world’s most accomplished sailors that makes the Bacardi Cup so special,' he said.

This year’s teams have come from USA, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Argentina, Austria , Finland, New Zealand, Sweden, Bermuda, Netherlands, Bermuda, Ireland, Great Britain and Canada to battle the unpredictable waters of Miami’s Biscayne Bay for the prestigious Trofeo Bacardi.

This six-day race series sails Sunday, March 8 through Friday, March 13. It is co-hosted by the Coral Reef Yacht Club and the US Sailing Center, both based in Coconut Grove, and sponsored in full by Bacardi USA Inc.

Participants sail one race per day from Sunday through Friday on an approximately 10.5 mile course in Biscayne Bay. The six daily races of the Cup will each proclaim a winner, with the overall top winning team demonstrating the best performance in five of these six races.

2009 Bacardi Cup Star Class regatta - Entries at 03/02/2009

Country Sail # Skipper Crew Hometown
ARG 8272 Mac Gowan, Fabian Simonett, Ariel Buenos Aires, ARG
AUT 8369 Tomasini Grinover, Roberto  Bahr, Gunnar Klagenfurt, AUT
BER TBA Bromby, Peter Liljedahl, Magnus Sandys, BER
CAN 7501 Karahanas, Amanda Karahanas, Tony Toronto, CAN
CAN 7626 Passmore, Mark Bunner, Ivan Ontario, CAN
CAN 7930 Hofkirchner, Terry Imai, Jeffrey Ontario, CAN
CAN 8229 Cramer, Brian Johnston, Matt Ontario, CAN
FIN 8292 Mathias, Dahlman Heinonen, Erkki Turku, FIN
GBR 7601 Hicks, Michael Hicks, Patrick London, GBR
GBR 8025 Gimson, John Greig, Ed Southampton, GBR
GER 7750 Burmester, Jens Kleine, Friedrich Frankfurt, GER
GER 7865 Lehnert, Stefan Struve, Dirk Bremen, GER
GER 8311 Hampe, Alex Conrads, Chris Tutzig, GER
GER 8361 Pickel, Marc Mitchell, Steve Kiel, GER
IRL 8261 O'Leary, Peter Goodbody, Tim Crosshaven, IRL
ITA 8156 Irrera, Renato Cristaldini, Corrado Messina, ITA
ITA 8177 Modena, Luca Lambertenghi, Sergio Verona, ITA
ITA 8344 Tamburini, Antonio Ricci, Renzo Firenze, ITA
ITA TBA Barovier, Alberto Nobili, Gilberto Venice, ITA
NED 8263 Jorissen, Sander Veldhuizen, Erik Laren, NED
NED 8348 Bierman, Guus Skinner, Duncan Breukelen, NED
NZL 8358 Pepper, Hamish Giles, David Bayswater, NZL
SUI 8286 Dannesboe, Henrik Morey, Edward SUI
SUI 8329 Wyss, Daniel Joss, Urs Zollikon, SUI
SUI 8364 Marazzi, Flavio TBA Bern, SUI
SWE 8338 Johansson, Mats Moller, Leif Onsala, SWE
UKR 8240 Gureyev, Vasyl Korotkov, Volodymyr Kiev, UKR
USA 7475 Kalfa, George Windsor, Robert East Northport, NY
USA 7497 Wilson, Kris Quinn, Sean Annapolis, MD
USA 7542 Vavilov, Igor Pavlov, Konstantin Langhorne, PA
USA 7679 Valasek, Marek Fedyszyn, Todd Fort Lauderdale, FL
USA 7713 Fransen, Ben Coleman, Ian Annapolis, MD
USA 7902 Gunther, Stephen TBA Erie, CO
USA 7986 Beigel-Vosbury, Barbara Zuschnitt, Michael Crownsville, MD
USA 8059 Vessella, Peter Dayton, Lee Burlingame, CA
USA 8063 Collins, Bert Avellon, Guy Annapolis, MD
USA 8072 Smith, Doug Moore, Mike San Fransisco, CA
USA 8077 Jennings, Jack TBA Niles, IL
USA 8083 Chiarella, John Carlson, Bob Sunapee, NH
USA 8112 Bainton, John Rogers, Chris Stamford, CT
USA 8128 Culberson, Bill Jakubowska, A.J. Mobile, AL
USA 8132 Kohlhas, Jock Gesing, Witold Miami, FL
USA 8157 Anosov, Arthur Dolan, Mark Ruskin, FL
USA 8170 Londrigan, Tom Hall, Stewart Springfield, IL
USA 8195 MacCausland, John Murphy, Kevin Medford, NJ
USA 8215 Allen, Bill Hatfield, Bruce Highwood, IL
USA 8217 Phinney,Mike Poole, Greg Columbus, OH
USA 8241 Campbell, Andy Nichol, Brad Washington DC
USA 8245 Zambella, Joe Scott, Larry Winthrop, MA
USA 8250 MacDonald, Andy Fatih, Brian Laguna Beach, CA
USA 8253 Brethorst, Rick Anderson, Scott Springfield, IL
USA 8259 Cayard, Paul TBA Kentfield, CA
USA 8268 Hagebols, Rodney TBA Oakland, CA
USA 8273 Szabo, George TBA San Diego, CA
USA 8279 Bonanni, Claude Burgess, Rick Tampa, FL
USA 8318 Coughlin, Daniel TBA Glenwood Landing, NY
USA 8320 Reynolds, Mark Haenel, Hal San Diego, CA
USA 8362 Merriman, Rick Sharp, Brian New York, NY
USA 8376 VanderMolen, Jon Ewenson, Goeff Richland, MI
USA TBA Wright, Peter TBA Melrose Park, IL
USA TBA Pro, Joseph TBA Riverton, NJ
USA TBA Bischoff, Clay Bjorn, Tyler Philadelphia, PA



Follow the action at www.BacardiCup.com where daily photos, video, articles and results will be posted.

Bacardi USA Inc. is the United States import, sales and marketing arm of one of the world’s leading spirits and wine producers. The company boasts a portfolio of some of the most recognized and top-selling spirits brands in the United States including BACARDI® Rum, the top-selling rum worldwide, GREY GOOSE® Vodka, MARTINI & ROSSI® Vermouth, Asti and Prosecco, DEWAR’S® Blended Scotch Whisky, BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Gin, CAZADORES® Tequila, and other new and emerging premium brands.
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