Paul Cayard at the 91st Bacardi Cup

Paul Cayard at the 91st Bacardi Cup - Final Day Report

by Paul Cayard 10 Mar 2018 20:28 PDT 4-10 March 2018

Diego Negri and Sergio Lambertenghi of Italy - 2018 Bacardi Cup © Tim Wilkes / www.timwilkes.com

The final race of the 91st Bacardi Cup was held today in 14-18 knots of wind from the south east.

Mark and I got off the starting line well and were amongst the top teams approaching the first mark. We rounded second behind Robert Scheidt, with series leader Diego Negri in 6th. All the top teams were in the top 8 so no big shuffling of positions, overall, was going to happen.

Negri who got forced to gybe right at the top mark, layed the bottom mark due to the windshift and moved into third place and safety for the overall. Ian Percy also gybe early and moved into second. I misjudged the layline to the first bottom mark and we slipped back to 6th.

We were fighting with Xavier Rohart of France and Luke Lawrence up the second windward leg. At the final mark before the run to the finish, Sheidt still led followed by Doyle, Percy, Negri, Lawrence, ourselves and then Rohart.

We played the right side of the run with Percy/Ekstrom while the others gybed away to the left. We had more wind and ended up 3rd and Percy caught Scheidt to win the race.

In the end, Mark and I tied for fourth with Lars Grael but lost the tiebreaker to finish the regatta in 5th. That's not a bad result in this fleet. 7 out of the top 10 are Star world champions. I made a few too many mistakes this week and that costs points. I felt our speed was good and we got better together as the week went on. There definitely is something to sailing with the same team mate.

Negri and Lambertenghi won their first Bacardi Cup, Scheidt/Fatih second, current World Champions Melleby/Revkin we're third.

A big part of this week for me was honouring my good friend Sir Durward Knowles. I sailed with 4789, the number of his Gold Medal boat Gem IX, from the 1964 Olympics and with bow number 64 in honour of 1964. I want to thank Bacardi and all the competitors who helped honour Sir Durward on Monday.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm / Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	ITA 8533	Spirit of Milica	Diego Negri / Sergio Lambertenghi	3	2	11	3	2	4	14
2	BRA 8481	MJ	Robert Scheidt / Brian Fatih	7	3	1	15	3	2	16
3	NOR 8234	Survival of the Fattest II	Eivind Melleby / Joshua Revkin	2	1	3	8	9	8	22
4	BRA 8474	Renata	Lars Grael / Samuel Goncalves	37	4	4	5	1	10	24
5	USA 4789	4789	Paul Cayard / Mark Strube	4	6	7	25	4	3	24
6	USA 8423	USA 8423	Eric Doyle / Payson Infelise	5	11	12	2	5	5	28
7	GBR 8458	TBC	Iain Percy / Anders Ekstrom	DNC	8	RDG	RDG	8	1	28.4
8	FRA 8237M	La Pelle	Xavier Rohart / Sebastien Guidoux	19	7	5	4	10	7	33
9	USA 841	69	Luke Lawrence / Pedro Trouche	10	19	17	7	7	6	47
10	USA 8464	Pied Piper/National Marine	Jack Jennings / Frithjof Kleen	21	9	BFD	1	11	9	51
11	IRL 8527	Dafne	Peter O'Leary / Robert O'Leary	6	15	10	10	17	BFD	58
12	USA 8509	DANILU	Augie Diaz / Bruno Prada	1	10	19	39	6	23	59
13	USA 8000	M	Arthur Anosov / David Caesar	16	5	14	11	28	20	66
14	USA 8522	8522	Peter Vessella / Phil Trinter	9	20	16	6	20	19	70
15	USA 8518	8518	Doug Smith / Brian O'Mahony	28	23	6	9	12	22	72
16	BRA 8510	Speed Doctor	Luca Modena / Guilherme de Almeida	13	16	8	45	25	15	77
17	USA 8440	8440	Jim Buckingham / Craig Moss	22	31	2	27	16	13	80
18	IRL 7817	Magic	Maxwell Treacy / Robert Shanks	12	21	RDG	RDG	15	BFD	80
19	GBR 8471	Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation	John Gimson / Chris Brittle	11	30	20	21	23	11	86
20	SWE 8517	8517	Tom Lofstedt / Joost Houweling	27	18	9	18	24	18	87
21	USA 8129	USA 8129	George Szabo / Dave Martin	18	25	18	17	14	24	91
22	ARG 8211	ARG 8211	Torkel Borgstrom / Juan Pablo Engelhard	23	12	24	32	22	12	93
23	NED 8334	NED 8334	Thomas Allart / Arthur Lopez	8	28	22	26	27	25	108
24	GBR 8443	Swedish Blue	Ante Razmilovic / Magnus Liljedahl	33	22	30	16	29	16	113
25	GER 8446	Lara	Hubert Merkelbach / Jesper Sundman	20	34	23	47	21	17	115
26	CRO 8360	Croatel two	Marin Misura / Tonko Barac	29	53	27	13	34	14	117
27	BRA 8494	MIISCA	Alessandro Pascolato / Henry Boening	15	52	21	23	30	28	117
28	USA 8521	Stella	John MacCausland / Roger Cheer	54	17	BFD	20	13	26	130
29	DEN 8532	African Queen XIII	Jørgen Schönherr / Jan Eli Gravad	26	41	40	14	31	29	140
30	ITA 8402	asterope	Vincenzo Locatelli / Massimo Canali	44	38	26	19	37	21	141
31	ARG 8008	Sarexpress	Fabian Mac gowan / Ariel Simonet	39	27	29	24	55	27	146
32	BRA 8477	Sunspot	Admar Gonzaga Neto / Alexandre Figueiredo de Freitas	25	33	37	DNS	18	40	153
33	CAN 8272	Southern Star	Jerry Wendt / Bryan Milne	14	49	41	22	33	46	156
34	ARG 7909	La Reina	Hector Longarela / Hugo Longarela	42	42	15	29	35	35	156
35	GER 8361	Voodoo	Stefan Lehnert / dietmar hobbie	38	DNF	13	43	36	31	161
36	CAN 8445	Remarc	Brian Cramer / Cam Lymburner	49	24	25	35	50	32	165
37	USA 8502	8502	Mike Hecky / Guy Avellon	32	44	28	28	41	44	173
38	SUI 8499	Fram	Gautschi Christoph / Nils Hollweg	35	29	43	38	46	34	179
39	SUI 7829	SUI 7829	Jean‑Pascal Chatagny / Serge Pulfer	50	43	35	12	49	41	180
40	BRA 8495	CB2	Fabio Prada / Cristiano Ruschmann	40	35	50	30	45	30	180
41	CAN 8247	Big Jim	Rob Cullen / Jamie Hynes	41	37	32	46	32	BFD	188
42	ARG 8285	Pichon Pichoni	Erich Mones Ruiz / Diego Peisajovich	24	59	39	49	48	47	207
43	USA 8083	8083	Derek DeCouteau / Jamie Stewart	55	46	44	42	42	33	207
44	SWE 7978	Fridolin	Ingvar Krook / Christoffer Lundgren	46	47	49	34	43	43	213
45	ITA 8219	Diecidecimi	Giovanni Coppo / Alessandro Vongher	34	36	31	37	44	DNE	215
46	AUS 8371	ASSF	Anthony Nossiter / Richard Percy	30	14	DNF	DNS	19	DNF	217
47	ITA 8514	Yoyo	Guido Falciola / Luca Paloschi	60	55	33	48	51	39	226
48	SWE 8358	Lobster	Lars Ahlström / Philip Carlson	43	48	DNE	36	38	37	231
49	USA 8246	8246	Shane Zwingelberg / Robert E. Krahulik	45	54	38	50	54	45	232
50	CAN 7999	99	Chris Dold / Robby Hemming	17	DSQ	34	33	DNF	DNC	238
51	SUI 8232	SUI 8232	Wil Wargnier / Jean Gabriel Charton	52	DNS	47	40	58	42	239
52	USA 7294	Enigma	Charles Beek / Chas Beek	56	57	48	31	63	48	240
53	USA 8279	USA 8279	Allan Terhune Jr. / Arnis Baltins	57	13	DNF	DNS	26	BFD	250
54	NED 8188	White label	Alexander Jorissen / Erik Veldhuizen	51	51	36	DNS	39	DNC	254
55	USA 8036	Treachery	Jack Rickard / Gill Cole	47	56	46	51	60	54	254
56	USA 8379	le Rescator	Erwan le Gall / Edoardo Natucci	58	45	DNF	DNS	40	36	256
57	SUI 8329	Leporello	Daniel Wyss / Urs Joss	61	66	52	44	53	49	259
58	USA 6320	Bingo X	Dwight Escalera / Elizabeth Escalera	71	58	54	53	57	38	260
59	SWE 8433	SWE 8433	Calle Schroder / Henrik Glimstedt	53	DNF	45	41	56	DNC	272
60	USA 8059	Re‑Pear	Robert Lippincott / Luke Morton	66	64	51	55	52	50	272
61	USA 8507	USA 8507	James Revkin / Chad Easley	36	62	55	DNS	68	52	273
62	USA 8184	Puffin	David Branch / Ray Rogers	65	67	42	DNS	61	51	286
63	UKR 8493	Arctur	Vasyl Gureyev / Andriy Shafranyuk	31	26	DNS	DNS	DNC	DNC	288
64	USA 8148	8148	Aaron Smith / Charlie Koules	69	63	56	52	66	56	293
65	GER 8450	Logistikstar	Henning Voigt / Dirk Stryve	62	32	DNE	DNS	47	DNC	295
66	CAN 7887	7887	John Hokanson / Paul Avery	70	69	53	54	69	DNC	315
67	USA 8395	Goodfellas	Charles F Kohlermann IV / Rick Burges	63	40	DNS	DNS	59	DNC	316
68	CAN 8094	8094	Manfred Kanter / Anne Marie Willan	64	61	DNS	DNS	64	53	319
69	GER 8179	nn	Klaus Meyer / Joerg Mueller	48	60	DNF	DNS	62	DNC	324
70	GER 8396	High Octane	Lothar Geilen / Nils Geilen	67	68	DNS	DNS	65	55	332
71	USA 8410	tesser	Mike Phinney / Iaso Toyama	59	50	DNF	DNS	DNC	DNC	340
72	USA 8215	Sonya	John Chiarella / John Wulff	68	65	DNF	DNS	67	DNC	354
73	USA 8250	Rachel	Andrew Macdonald / Brad Nichol	DNC	DNC	DNS	DNS	DNC	DNC	385
74	BRA 8398	Onda	Marcelo Fuchs / Ubiratan Matos	DNC	DNC	DNS	DNS	DNC	DNC	385
75	CAN 7601	7601	Terry Line	DNC	DNC	DNS	DNS	DNC	DNC	385
76	USA 8484	Barakablue	Larry Whipple / T.C. Belco	DNC	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNC	DNC	385