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posted : 8 months ago 2009 Orange Bowl Updates...
Day 2 - Orange Bowl Regatta - Coconut Grove, Florida
The 40th Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta completed the second day of
racing under a beautiful cloudless, clear blue sky on Miami's Biscayne Bay.
The wind was from 8 to 15 on the Optimist course in the north part of the
bay closer to the Key Biscayne Causeway and further south in the bay where
the Laser and 420 courses were situated, it was a steady 16 to 18 knots with
gusts up to 22 during the last race of the day.
In the 22 boat International 420(I-420)Class James Anfossi and Jordan Saints
moved up to 9th place from 11th after consistent finishes in the top 10.
Leading the class after 6 races are the US duo of Morgan Kiss, a former Opti
sailor and Bermuda Jr Gold Cup competitor, and Katie DaSilva.
In the Laser 4.2 Class Mackenzie Cooper completed 5 more races dropping to
17th place after finishes of 3rd, 20th & 22nd, 22nd and 20th. Yesterday's
leader Maximilian Stein from Germany continues to dominate the 32 boat
class.
The 135 boat strong Laser Radial fleet Jason Saints finished the day in 16th
after finishes of 46, 21, 21, 16 & 22. while Ryan Saraiva jumped to 32nd
place with finishes of 19,14, 38, 38 & 48. Chris Sposato moved up to 106th
place with finishes of 136(OCS) 52, 98, 101 & 81. In the Laser Radial class
Florida's Mateo Vargas is leading Brazilian Stefano Mazzaferro by only one
point.
In the 225 boat Optimist Class current Bda Opti National Champion, Sam Stan
is currently in 40th place following his finishes of 40, 52, 9 & 23 for the
day. Ceci Wollmann holds down the 78th place, Mickey Wollmann is in 120th,
Ellie Wollmann is in 127th and Ferdinand Arnold is in 177th place. Ft.
Lauderdale brothers and Bermuda Jr Gold cup participants Christopher and
Duncan Williford edging out Brazil's Gabriel Esltrodt and 2009 Optimist
World Champion Sinclair Jones from Peru.
The regatta continues through Thursday, Dec 30th.
Nearly 700 junior sailors from 20 countries, as well as 28 U.S. states and
territories, have entered the Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta,
hosted collaboratively by the US Sailing Center (Miami, Fla.), Coral Reef
Yacht Club, Biscayne Bay Yacht Club, and Lauderdale Yacht Club. The event
is the largest of 25 USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festivals and got underway
on Sunday, Dec 27th. The regatta includes four days of competition on
Biscayne Bay, featuring fleet racing on four courses for Club 420,
International 420 (I-420), Laser, Laser Radial, Laser 4.7 and Optimist
classes. 11 local youth sailors have cut their Bermuda Christmas festivities
short and have flown down to compete in the regatta.
Results available at http://www.coralreefyachtclub.org/index.cfm?menu=7560
