Paul Cayard takes over lead at Star Midwinter Championship

Miami, FL (January 11, 2014) – With two more races today at the Star Midwinter Championship, Paul Cayard and Rodney Hagebols completed their climb up the rankings to now lead the 26-boat fleet. As the third leader in three days, their 5-1 was low point for the day.

The battle between Philip Carlson and Tomas Hornos for the Junior (under 25 years old) trophy continues to rage; Hornos jumped out to a big lead after Race 7, only to see all but one point of that lead disappear with Carlson’s blinding pin-end start and eventual 5th place finish to Race 8. Carlson’s crew Chris Lanza says regardless of which ‘kid’ wins, their participation is a win for the class. “What’s great about these guys is that they both have a great attitude, they both love competing, and no matter what happens, it seems like they’re always right next to each other at the end of the regatta.”

The 7-race series concludes Sunday.

Day Three Results (Top 10 of 26)
1. Paul Cayard / Rodney Hagebols – 6, 4, 2, 5, 5, 1, ; 23
2. Jim Buckingham / Magnus Liljedahl – 3, 6, 6, 6, 3, 7, ; 31
3. Augie Diaz / Arni Baltins – 2, 2, 7, 4, 1, 16, ; 32
4. Lars Grael / Samuel Goncalves – 1, 1, 8, 14, 2, 8, ; 34
5. Jack Jennings / Brian Sharp – 4, 8, 3, 1, 12, 10, ; 38
6. Peter Vessella / Phil Trinter – 14, 3, 1, 9, 9, 3, ; 39
7. Vasyl Gureyev – 16, 7, 10, 2, 10, 4, ; 49
8. Arthur Anosov / Vaentin Veytsman – 11, 11, 5, 12, 4, 6, ; 49
9. Brian Cramer / Cam Lymburner – 5, 9, 12, 3, 11, 18, ; 58
10. Tom Loefstedt / Jesper Sundman – 15, 5, 4, 8, 13, 17, ; 62

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Note: Includes information from event press release.