Bacardi Cup

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In 1927, one year after the Mid-Winter Silver Star Championship for the Cup of Cuba began, a second series was inaugurated in Havana. The Bacardi family, the makers of Bacardi rum, created the Bacardi series. This series was used as a warm-up for the Mid-Winter's, and of course helped prolonged the reason for staying in Havana, the better to enjoy the freedom of a Prohibition-free environment!

The first winner of the Bacardi Cup was the perennial winner of major regattas, Adrian Iselin with his Ace. He went on to win the regatta three more times: 1933, 1935 and 1936.

This series was interrupted as an annual event three times. The first time was in 1934, then during World War II, from 1943 to 1947. The third time was due to the Cuban revolution in 1957. After the Castro take-over of Cuba the Bacardi family and their business moved to Miami. After a five year hiatus the Bacardi series began again in 1962, now hosted by the Coral Reef Yacht Club. Over the years this series has become the premier Star event, ranking second only to the World's. In fact, people say that the Bacardi is the World's without all of the red tape.

The Bacardi winners read like a who's who of Star Class greats. While the series was sailed in Havana the names were Iselin, Bedford, Shields, Nye, Pirie, Etchells, Knowles, Lippincott and de Cardenas. When the series began again in Miami the tradition continued: Duplin, Stearns, Buchan, Brun, Reynolds, Schoonmaker and Macdonald.

YEAR	BOAT	SKIPPER	CREW	FLEET	ENTRIES	LOCATION	RESULTS
2025	8602	M. Kusznierewicz	Bruno Prada	ISOL	65	Miami	Results
2024	8559	M. Kusznierewicz	Bruno Prada	ISOL	66	Miami	Results
2023	8548	M. Kusznierewicz	Bruno Prada	ISOL	73	Miami	Results
2022	8548	M. Kusznierewicz	Bruno Prada	ISOL	57	Miami	Results
2021	8548	M. Kusznierewicz	Bruno Prada	ISOL	25	Miami	Results
2020	8548	M. Kusznierewicz	Bruno Prada	ISOL	66	Miami	Results
2019	8423	Eric Doyle	Payson Infelise	NH	64	Miami	Results
2018	8533	Diego Negri	Sergio Lambertenghi	VE	73	Miami	Results
2017	8481	Mark Mendelblatt	Magnus Liljedahl	TaB	69	Miami	Results
2016	8340	Robert Stanjek	Frithjof Kleen	BF	68	Miami	Results
2015	8474	Lars Grael	Samuel Goncalves	Par	57	Miami	Results
2014	8474	Lars Grael	Samuel Goncalves	Par	55	Miami	Results
2013	8177	Mark Mendelblatt	Brian Fatih	TaB	57	Miami	Results
2012	8237	Xavier Rohart	Pierre Alexis Ponsot	Ni	62	Miami	Results
2011	8270	Guillame Florent	Pascal Rambeau	VF	90	Miami	Results
2010	8362	Rick Merriman	Phil Trinter	LH	84	Miami	Results
2009	8272	Peter Bromby	Magnus Liljedahl	Isol	64	Miami	Results
2008	8309	Afonso Domingos	Bernardo Santos	POR	114	Miami	Results
2007	8187	Hamish Pepper	David Giles	Isol	75	Miami	Results
2006	8230	John Dane	Austin Sperry	MoB	92	Miami	Results
2005	8147	Mark Mendelblatt	Mark Strube	TaB	69	Miami	Results
2004	8145	Afonso Domingos	Bernardo Santos	POR	92	Miami	Results
2003	7899	Peter Bromby	Martin Siese	BER	112	Miami	Results
2002	8067	Mark Reynolds	Magnus Liljedahl	SDB	32	Miami	Results
2001	7988	Peter Bromby	Martin Siese	BER	76	Miami	Results
2000	7838	Ross MacDonald	Kai Bjorn	EB	94	Miami	Results
1999	7838	Ross MadConald	Kai Bjorn	EB	94	Miami
1998	7828	Mark Reynolds	Magnus Liljedahl	SDB	66	Miami	Results
1997	7828	Mark Reynolds	Magnus Liljedahl	SDB	63	Miami
1996	7836	Vince Brun	Magnus Liljedahl	SDB	79	Miami
1995	7737	Ross MacDonald	Kai Bjorn	EB	97	Miami
1994	7737	Ross MacDonald	Bruce MacDonald	EB	65	Miami
1993	7602	Peter Wright	Greg Cook	SLM	53	Miami
1992	7460	Mark Reynolds	Hal Haenel	SDB	65	Miami
1991	7302	Ed Adams	George Iverson	NB	66	Miami
1990	7460	Mark Reynolds	Hal Haenel	SDB	68	Miami
1989	7288	Mark Reynolds	Hal Haenel	SDB	53	Miami
1988	7101	Ed Adams	Tom Olsen	NB	52	Miami
1987	7209	Vince Brun	Hugo Schreiner	SDB	68	Miami
1986	7209	Vince Brun	Hugo Schreiner	SDB	63	Miami
1985	6921	Vince Brun	Bob Billingham	SDB	64	Miami
1984	6464	Mark Reynolds	Chris Gould	SDB	68	Miami
1983	6910	Andy Menkart	James Kavle	WS	75	Miami
1982	6680	Vince Brun	Randy MacLaren	SDB	70	Miami
1981	6680	Vince Brun	Todd Cozzens	SDB	66	Miami
1980	6560	Bill Buchan	Douglas Knight	PS	47	Miami
1979	6042	Bill Buchan	Douglas Knight	PS	54	Miami
1978	5681	Peter Wright	Todd Cozzens	SLM	82	Miami
1977	5607	Ding Schoonmaker	Chris Rogers	BisB	58	Miami
1976	5607	Ding Schoonmaker	Jerry Ford	BisB	63	Miami
1975	5681	Peter Wright	William Wright	SLM	43	Miami	Results
1974	5607	Ding Schoonmaker	Jerry Ford	BisB	30	Miami
1973	5660	Bill Buchan	Craig Thomas	PS	57	Miami
1972	5524	Read Ruggles	David Dickey	BisB	45	Miami
1971	5407	Ding Schoonmaker	Joerg Bruder	BisB	49	Miami
1970	5407	Ding Schoonmaker	Joerg Bruder	BisB	39	Miami
1969	4621	Frank Zagarino	Gould Ryder	BisB	38	Miami
1968	5271	Richard Stearns	Lynn Williams	WH	32	Miami
1967	5271	Richard Stearns	Lynn Williams	WH	26	Miami
1966	5012	Joe Duplin	Rodney Long	BH	30	Miami
1965	4459	Read Ruggles	David Dickey	BisB	24	Miami
1964	4207	Ding Schoonmaker	Asa Colson	BisB	22	Miami
1963	4589	Howard Lippincott	Herb Hild	ES	31	Miami	Results
1962	4305	Basil Kelly	David Kelley	CoH	20	Miami
1959	3076	Alvaro de Cardenas	Jorge de Cardenas	Mar	22	Havana
1955	3076	Jorge de Cardenas	Alvaro de Cadenas	Mar	15	Havana
1954	2934	Alberto Reyes	Jose de la Campa	FdeH	28	Havana
1953	3167	Ding Schoonmaker	Donald Pritchard	N	25	Havana
1952	3081	Robert Lippincott	Bob Levine	WJ	22	Havana
1951	2967	Durward Knowles	Ding Schoonmaker	N	26	Havana
1950	2125	Skip Etchells	Mary Etchells	WLIS	15	Havana
1949	1961	Woodie Pirie	F.S. Dixon	WH	12	Havana
1948	1961	Woodie Pirie	Sam Pirie	WH	11	Havana
1942	1902	Alfred de Marigny	-	N	6	Havana
1941	1563	Harry Nye	-	SLM	13	Havana
1940	1563	Harry Nye	-	SLM	14	Havana
1939	1310	Paul Smart	-	CLIS	17	Havana
1938	1563	Harry Nye	-	SLM	14	Havana
1937	1367	Paul Shields	Corny Shields	PGB	19	Havana
1936	202	Adrian Iselin II	Elwood White	WLIS	14	Havana
1935	202	Adrian Iselin II	Sr. Carricabura	WLIS	13	Havana
1934	-	not sailed	-	-
1933	202	Adrian Iselin II	Elwood White	WLIS	18	Havana
1932	700	David Atwater	Charles Lawton	NB	16	Havana
1931	388	Carlos de Cardenas	-	BdeH	-	Havana
1930	499	W.F. Teves	-	WLIS	24	Havana
1929	333	Fred Bedford	Brigs Cunningham	CLIS	9	Havana
1928	510	R. Robinson	D. Robinson	PGB	9	Havana
1927	202	Adrian Iselin II	Ed Willis	WLIS	13	Havana	Results

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