Doyle and Infelise win Star Midwinters

Miami, FL (February 21, 2021) – With one race remaining in the Star Midwinters and the Star Winter Series, strong winds cancelled racing at 11:00am, with Eric Doyle and Payson Infelise confirmed as the 2021 Midwinter Champions.

Racing for the Walker Cup was February 18-19 and continued to February 21 for the Midwinters.

Final Standings (7 races)
1. Eric Doyle / Payson Infelise , USA – 2 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 ; 8
2. Augie Diaz / Arni Baltins , USA – 1 -9 -3 -2 -2 -6 -2 ; 25
3. Paul Cayard / Luke Lawrence , USA – 9 -3 -2 -4 -4 -2 -5 ; 29
4. John MacCausland / Guy Avellon , USA – 5 -5 -6 -5 -5 -7 -4 ; 37
5. Ante Razmilovic / Philip Carlsson , GBR – 4 -4 -8 -7 -7 -8 -3 ; 41
6. Jim Buckingham / Phil Toth , USA – 3 -8 -5 -8 -10 -5 -6 ; 45
7. Peter Vessella / Phil Trinter , USA – 8 -2 -4 -3 -3 -19/RET -19/RET ; 58
8. Shane Zwingelberg , USA – 7 -11 -7 -6 -6 -11 -10 ; 58
9. Tom Londrigan / TC Belco , USA – 10 -6 -12 -10 -13 -3 -19/RET ; 73
10. Joshua Powell / Mark Strube , USA – 13 -12 -11 -9 -11 -10 -7 ; 73
11. Alberto Zanetti / Javier Bok , ARG – 6 -7 -9 -11 -8 -19/RET -19/RET ; 79
12. Darren Mason / Paul Loubet , USA – 12 -15 -10 -14 -19/DNS -4 -8 ; 82
13. Nick Madigan / Aaron Smith , USA – 16 -13 -14 -12 -12 -9 -9 ; 85
14. Mike Hecky / Michael Brundage , USA – 15 -10 -15 -15 -9 -13 -19/RET ; 96
15. Robert Lippincott / Matthew Rajacich , USA – 11 -16 -13 -16 -15 -14 -11 ; 96
16. Fabiano Vivacqua / Dave Martin , USA – 17 -14 -16 -17 -14 -12 -19/RET ; 109
17. Larry Whipple / Brian Fatih , USA – 14 -19/DNC -19/DNC -13 -19/DNS -19/DNC -19/DNC ; 122

Race information – Results – Star Winter Series

The Star Winter Series schedule is made up of four winter weekend regattas and a 4-day Midwinter Championship, all sailed in Miami, FL.

2020-21 Schedule
SWS Event 1 – Schoonmaker Cup – November 14-15, 2020
SWS Event 2 – Commodore’s Cup – December 5-6, 2020
SWS Event 3 – Levin Memorial Cup – January 9-10, 2021
SWS Event 4 – Walker Cup – February 18-19, 2021
SWS Event 5 – Star Midwinters – February 18-21, 2021

Scoring: Only the best three Winter Series weekend regattas will count toward the SWS Championship. The Star Winter Series Champion will be the skipper with the lowest total score to be calculated as follows: The sum of the overall place in the Star Midwinters multiplied by 2, plus the lowest three scores from the four SWS weekend regattas. Series Championship ties will be decided by the finish position in Midwinters.

Source: L. Carl Schellbach, Jr.