The first of four Etchells Biscayne Bay Series events was held at the Biscayne Bay YC on December 8-9 with 48 boats taking part.
The Series is part of the long lead-in to the Etchells 2019 World Championships which is to be held at the at Corpus Christi Yacht Club, Texas, starting 20 June 2019.
Steve Benjamin USA and his crew won the opening weekend at the Biscayne Bay YC, finishing seven points ahead of Jim Cunningham USA with Scott Kaufman USA a point further back in third.
Britain’s Ante Razmilovic sailing with Brian Hammersley and Andrew Mills finished in fifth place overall.
David Franks sailing with Graham Sunderland, Mark Lees and Hannah Peters was 17th and Shaun Frohlich with David Bedford and Duncan Truswell was 23rd.
Etchells – Louis Piana Cup – Final after 5 races, 1 discard (48 entries)
1st USA 1228 Stella Blue Stephen Benjamin 4 1 1 11 5 – – 11 pts
2nd USA 1408 Lifted Jim Cunningham 15 9 3 5 1 – – 18 pts
3rd USA 1419 Rebel Scott Kaufman 12 2 4 4 9 – – 19 pts
4th USA 1225 1225 Tony Rae 2 11 18 1 6 – – 20 pts
5th GBR 1438 Swedish Blue Ante Razmilovic 10 3 UFD 6 2 – – 21 pts
6th USA 1469 Warcanoe Michael Goldfarb 1 22 6 7 11 – – 25 pts
7th USA 1378 The Martian Marvin Beckmann 18 5 15 3 3 – – 26 pts
8th SUI 1425 Tquila Luis Doreste 14 7 2 10 8 – – 27 pts
9th USA 319 Goombay Smash William Douglass 6 12 5 24 7 – – 30 pts
10th USA 1168 Mahalaga Peter Vessella 9 19 8 15 10 – – 42 pts
The next event will be the Sidney Doren Memorial Regatta over January 5 & 6, 2019.
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