Star Bacardi Cup: Day Six

2005 Star North American champ and Quantum Sails rep George Szabo files the following report from the final day at the Bacardi Cup in Miami, FL:

(Friday, March 10) Look for George's report later today. He's had a heck of a week, having been rammed at the dock, broke a shroud, and got Black Flagged yesterday. The good news is that he feels the boat is going very well now, and all they have to do is put it all together. We'll see if that happens today.

UPDATE: John Dane/Austin Sperry win the 2006 Bacardi Cup!

SECOND UPDATE: Just got off the phone with George, and he sounded like he was taking advantage of the open bar that has been provided by Tito Bacardi, and he felt like it was unlikely that he would be able to submit a report today. However, he did want to thank his editors this week, Jay Moss and Eric Monroe, along with Tom Vandermolen and the folks at Harken (not sure what Tom and Harken did, but our guess is that it helped George get through his chaotic week).

According to George, John Dane was very humble in his victory speech, which went something like this, "I've been coming here for thirty years and have gotten beat up by all the players in the class. For all you old guys out there, go get yourself a young buckeroo crew and this could happen to you."

Scuttleblog would like to sincerely thank George for his efforts this week, as coming up with whitty tidbits after a day of Star racing can be a strain. Btw, if anyone talks to John Dane or Austin Sperry, tell'em to contact Scuttleblog so we can find out what happened at the front of the fleet this week. Click here for results.

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Photos by Alex Gort


The father and son-in-law tandem of John Dane (left) and crew Austin Sperry of Gulfport, Mississippi, toast their overall victory following the final race of the 2006 Bacardi Cup Star Class Regatta on the waters of Biscayne Bay. Their fourth place finish Friday assures them the Bacardi Cup title, and Dane, 55, becomes the only Master sailor to win the Bacardi Cup in the regatta's 79-year history.