| MIAMI, FL. USA-(8-3-2004) With a light chop and winds of 15 knots, the second race of the six-day Bacardi Cup Star Class Regatta started after one general recall and a false start disqualification for day one leaders Paul Cayard and Phil Trinter.
Swedish team Freddy Loof and crew Anders Ekstrom were seconds in front of today's winner, defending Bacardi Cup champion and Bermuda Olympian Peter Bromby, sailing this year with new crew Lee White, through the first two marks. Both teams were a full minute ahead of the rest of the fleet. The two teams switched places after the third mark, which they attacked from opposite ends of the race course.
There were a lot of place changes today, but none as notable as when five-time Bacardi Cup champion Vince Brun and crew Mike Dorgan maneuvered from ninth position to cross the line ahead of the Swedes, just behind Bromby.
`not bad for an old guy,` Brun said. He credited his quick move up on the final run to `a bit of skill, bit of making the right call, and just a good break.. I thought we might win today, but Loof was tough.`
`This is a great fleet; every world class sailor is here,` Loof said.
Former German Olympian Marc Pickel and crew Ingo Borkowski were in sixth place after the first two marks but when the wind dropped to10 knots after the third mark, they fell back to eighth place and finished 11 th . Pickel is currently in second place overall.
Great Britain's Iain Percy and crew Steve Mitchell made a comeback today taking eighth position after a first day false start disqualification.
Yesterday's third place finisher Canadians Ross Macdonald and Mike Wolfs were in sixth place at the start and fell back to 13 th place. They are in fifth overall.
Swiss team Flavio Marazzi and Enrico De Maria finished fourth today and move into third place overall.
Afonso Domingos and Bernardo Santos of Portugal finished in seventh place two days in a row.
Established in Havana, Cuba, in 1927 and held at the Coral Reef Yacht Club since 1962, the Bacardi Cup is the only Cuban-born sporting event that survives today in the United States. Daily races continue through Friday, March 12.
2004 BACARDI CUP DAY TWO RESULTS - Top 10
Skipper/Crew (Country)
Peter Bromby/Lee White (Berlin)
Vince Brun/Mike Dorgan (USA)
Fredrik Loof/Anders Ekstrom (Sweden)
Flavio Marazzi/Enrico De Maria (Switzerland)
Howie Shiebler/Will Stout (USA)
Marko Dahlberg/Ville Kurki (Finland)
Afonso Domingos/Bernardo Santos (Portugal)
Iain Percy/Steve Mitchell (UK)
Mark Reynolds/Steve Erickson (USA)
Colin Beashel/David Giles (Australia)
2004 BACARDI CUP OVERALL DAY TWO - Top 10
Skipper/Crew (Country)/finishes of each race and total points
Fredrik Loof/Anders Ekstrom (Sweden),4-3,7
Marc Pickel/Ingo Borkowski (Germany),2-11,13
Flavio Marazzi/Enrico De Maria (Switzerland),9-4,13
Afonso Domingos/Bernardo Santos (Portugal),7-7,14
Ross Macdonald/Mike Wolfs (Canada),3-13,16
Peter Bromby/Lee White (Bermuda),18-1,19
Vince Brun/Mike Dorgan (USA),17-2,19
Mark Reynolds/Steve Erickson (USA),12-9,21
Colin Beashel/David Giles (Australia),15-10,25
Michael Koch/Markus Koy (Germany),11-19,30
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