January 28:
Andrew Horton (Newport, R.I.) and Brad Nichol (Hanover, N.H.) successfully fended off a pack of aggressors that included Sweden's Fredrik Loof, the class' 2004 World Champion who finished second overall with crew Anders Ekstrom. Although Horton and Nichol led the regatta from the beginning, the two had predicted any of the five teams immediately behind could take them on the last day. Loof pounced but fell short, posting finishing scores of 5-1 to Horton/Nichol,s 8-3 to go from fifth overall yesterday to second overall today.

January 26:
Extremely light breezes in the morning died in the afternoon but the Star Class managed to sail two races. Leaders Andrew Horton (Newport, R.I.) and Brad Nichol (Hanover, N.H.) had a "worst and first" today. They posted an OCS for starting early in the first race and not turning back, then followed it up with victory in the second race.

"We wanted to win the pin and go left," said Nichol about the fatal first start, "but everyone stacked up and the Germans under us pushed us over." Had the team turned back, they could have accepted a lesser "Z" flag penalty of 20%. "I should have gone back; that was stupid of me," said Horton.

Horton and Nichol still lead the 40-boat fleet but must watch again for those who have stacked up under them, this time on the scoreboard. Olympic Gold Medallist Mark Reynolds (San Diego, Calif.) and crew Phil Trinter (Port Washington, N.Y.) have risen from sixth yesterday to second overall, nine points behind the leaders. The next three finishers are tied in points, only three points behind Reynolds and Trinter.

"I would say that out of the top five players, whoever gets two good races tomorrow will win the regatta," said Horton. "It should be fun!"

January 25:
All but two of the 11 Rolex Miami OCR classes were deprived of at least one of their scheduled races today due to a dying afternoon breeze and the 49er class did not race at all. In all classes there were no lead changes from yesterday. The wind was shifty and puffy.

January 24:
In the Star Class Andrew Horton and Brad Nichol (Newport, R.I./Hanover, N.H.) topped the scoreboard with four points after two races on the first day, with Mark Mendelblatt and Steve Erickson (St. Petersburg, Fla./Hood River, Ore.) officially in second, but also with four points total.