Star Bacardi Cup - Olympians flock to favourite event

by Event media on 4 Mar 2009
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.

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