No further racing was possible at the Star Bacardi Cup and Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta in Miami, Florida.
The weather front that was expected to sweep through Biscayne Bay after racing on Saturday, March 12, arrived early, with the strong wind forcing racing to be cancelled for all classes at 09:00 hours Saturday morning.
The Bacardi Cup and Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta wrapped up in fine style with the awards presentation at Shake-A-Leg Miami, accompanied by Bacardi rum and hospitality.
Wiht all results as posted Saturday, Britain’s Paul Ward and his crew of Charlie Cumbley, Elliot Willis and Matt Howard on ‘Eat Sleep J Repeat’ won the J/70 Bacardi Cup Invitational.
Second overall to the USA’s Daniel Goldberg’s ‘Bazinga’ and 3rd to Britain’s Charles Thompson’s ‘Brutus III’, with a tiebreak for 3rd and 4th.
And Poland’s Mateusz Kusznierewicz and Bruno Prada of Brazil took victory in the 2022 Star Bacardi Cup, they are the first same-team partnership to win three back-to-back titles.
Second overall went to Eric Doyle and Payson Infelise (USA), and third to Italy’s Diego Negri/Sergio Lambertenghi, with a tiebreak for 4th and 5th places.
Britain’s Ed Wright and Alberto Ambrosini finished in 12th place overall. Ante Razmilovic and Dave Martin (GBR 8443) in 23rd overall.
2022 Star Bacardi Cup – Final Leaders after 5 races, 1 discard (58 entries)
1st POL 8548 Mateusz Kusznierewicz / Bruno Prada – – 6 pts
2nd USA 8423 Eric Doyle / Payson Infelise – – 12 pts
3rd ITA 8567 Diego Negri / Sergio Lambertenghi – – 14 pts
Best GBR: 12th Ed Wright / Alberto Ambrosini – – 47 pts
2022 Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta
J/70 Final Leaders after 6 races, 1 discard (39 entries)
1st GBR 1127 J 70 Paul Ward – – 10 pts
2nd USA 84 J 70 Daniel Goldberg – – 17 pts
3rd GBR 1123 J 70 Charles Thompson – – 21 pts
Melges 24 Class – Final Leaders after 6 races, 1 discard
1. USA 820 Bora Gulari / Kyle Navin / Norman Berge / Ian Liberty / Michael Menninger – 11 pts
2. USA 849 Brian Porter / RJ Porter / Bri Porter / Matt Woodworth – 11 pts
3. USA 865 Drew Freides / Charlie Smythe / Morgan Reeser / Federico Michetti / Lara Poljsak – 20 pts
Viper 640 Class – Final Leaders after 6 races, 1 discard
1. USA 277 Peter Ill / Stephen Sparkman / Maxwell Plarr – 11 pts
2. USA 188 Vir Menon / Aditya Menon / Chris Pfrang– 18 pts
3. CAN 211 Van Sheppard / Quinton Gallon / Brad Sheppard – 20 pts
VX One Class – Final Leaders after 6 races, 1 discard
1. USA 296 Michelle Austin / Monica Austin / Monica Morgan / Austin Powers – 11 pts
2. USA 306 Kevin Northrop / Max Albert / Andrew Brennan – 13 pts
3. USA 313 Kaitlyn Liebel / Mark Liebel / Jordan Wiggins – 16 pts
69F Class – Provisional Results – after 12 races
1. Clean Sailors Youth Racing Team – CJ Perez / Lukas Hesse / Jann Schüpbach – 20 pts
2. Miami Yacht Club Team – Brian Higgins / Nicolas Peirano Prat / Nicolas Aragones – 27 pts
3. Sail America – Pearl Lattanzi / JP Lattanzi / Gavin Ball – 27 pts
