George Szabo and Rick Peters won the first day's race at the 2009 Bacardi Cup happning this week in Coconut Grove. For two-time North American Star Class Champion Szabo of San Diego, and crew Peters, it was the first time the duo had won a race together since 1995.
Jon VanderMolen of Richland, MI, and crew Goeff Ewenson took second place and Mark Mendelblatt (St. Petersburg, FL) and crew Bruno Prada took third; the same lineup at the last mark.
The team was rewarded with a bottle of Bacardi Gold Rum by Tito Argamasilla Bacardi who was in a nearby boat. Tito signed the label and then handed it to Szabo who said this is one bottle of rum he won’t be drinking.
According to Bacardi officials: "The second race of the 2009 Bacardi Cup got off to a late start yesterday after puffy 8 to 10 knot winds caused a 20-minute postponement followed by a general recall. The Italian team of Lucio Boggi and crew Manuele La Porta led at the start and played cat and mouse with three-time Bacardi Cup champion Peter Wright and crew Nathan Quist, both of Chicago, IL, through most of the 10.5 mile race on Biscayne Bay. The Italian duo are now in 8th place overall and the Chicagoans are in third."
Wright who took 10 years off since his last Bacardi Cup win in 1993, said he had good speed from the start and was in a jibing duel with the Italians from the second mark on. “We weren’t watching Bromby at all. He got between us at the end,” said Wright.
Photo courtesy of Bacardi Cup
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