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The Youngest Team On The Water Wins The Day At Bacardi Cup
The second day of a moderate sea breeze left Biscayne Bay awash with handfuls of seaweed and partly sunny skies. After the third attempt at a start, most of the fleet headed toward Key Biscayne and a cloud bank to the northeast on their first tack to a mark that was set at 165 degrees, 2.4 nautical miles away.

For the second time in three races, past Star World Champion, Alan Adler and Ricardo Ermel (BRA) put together a great start and a spectacular first beat to round the weather mark in first, five boat lengths ahead of George Szabo and Rick Peters (USA) whose boat was badly damaged during the first race of the series.

With their third place finish in the race, Percy/Simpson pulled into the lead for the regatta. “I’ve won a lot of races in the Bacardi over the years, but I haven’t won the Bacardi Cup yet,” said Percy earlier this week.

Scores following three races at the 81st Annual Bacardi Cup

1. Percy/Williams - 3, 14, 3
2. Grael/Jordao - 7, 1, 16
3. Domingos/Santos - 12, 9, 7
4. Adler/Seifert - 2, 19, 8
5. O’Leary/ Milne - 14, 15, 1
6. Negri/Viale - 16, 7, 12
7. Barovier/ Colonaninno - 23, 4, 9
8. Scheidt/Prada - 4, 12, 21
9. Diaz/Trinter - 9, 3, 29
10. Marazzi/DeMaria - 15, 21, 5

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