Star Class Honoring the Past, Leading the Future
Another three races were sailed on Day Two of the 2024 Star Western Hemisphere in Miami, Florida. A wavy Biscayne Bay offered a great stage for a regatta with a steady Northeasterly breeze blowing from 11 knots in the first run (race 4 of the Championship) to 18 in the last one – sixth overall.
Piet Eckert and Frederico Melo (SUI/POR) were indeed today’s best team, with two bullets and a 7th, they are sitting on the provisional leader position before the last day tomorrow. They are closely followed by Tomas Hornos and Mauricio Bueno while Arthur Asonov and David Caesar climbed up to the third spot. The reigning champions, Augie Diaz and Bruno Prada are fourth, and the winners of today’s first race, Jack Jennings and Pedro Trouche are fifth. Eric Doyle and Payson Infelise were having such an amazing day: two seconds in the first two races and were rounding first at the windward mark of the final race when the jury notified them they were OCS, On Course Side at the Start, they were early and had to leave the racecourse. They are currently 7th overall.
Two races are scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday April 14th, at the end of which the 2024 Star Western Hemisphere Champions will be crowned and a new Silver Star will be assigned.
