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As the top-scoring eligible American athletes in their respective Paralympic sailing classes, Jen French and JP Creignou, Mark LeBlanc, and Paul Callahan, Tom Brown and Bradley Johnson have successfully completed qualification.

US Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee will officially nominate the 2012 U.S. Paralympic Team – Sailing, pending approval from the U.S. Olympic Committee. The US Paralympic Team – Sailing will compete at the 2012 Paralympic Sailing Regatta, scheduled for August 31 – September 5 2012 in Weymouth and Portland, Great Britain.

“These six athletes have shown they have the desire required to win Paralympic medals,” said Olympic Sailing Committee Chairman Dean Brenner (Wallingford, Conn.). “Four of the members have already been to the Games, and they bring a great deal of experience and wisdom to the overall Team.”

Jen French and JP Creignou (both St. Petersburg, Fla.) secured the bronze in the SKUD-18 at Rolex Miami OCR and with it the Team Trials. Creignou is a 2004 Paralympic bronze medalist (Sonar).

“When I crossed the finish line, my coach told me I had won,” said French dockside after racing. “It’s very exciting. We had a tough week. Most of the boats have been close together, and all of the boats competing give us an idea of what the Paralympics will be like. There were a lot of medalists from Paralympics and others who have been to the Games. You have to sail your best against them.”

Mark LeBlanc (New Orleans, La.) realized his dream of qualifying for the Games after a disappointing finish at the 2008 Paralympic Trials in the 2.4mR. He tied on points with, and finished second to, John Ruf (Pewaukee, Wis.), who went on to win the 2008 Paralympic bronze medal.

“It’s been a great day,” said LeBlanc moments after reaching the dock at the end of Rolex Miami OCR. “I sealed the deal and won the Trials.”

LeBlanc, who finished eighth at Rolex Miami OCR, is a member of Southern Yacht Club.

Paul Callahan (Cape Coral, Fla./Newport R.I.), Tom Brown (Castine, Me.) and Bradley Johnson (Pompano Beach, Fla.) are all Paralympians, with a combined four Paralympic medals. They finished Rolex Miami OCR in 6th. “We’ve been to working hard for three years,” said Callahan. “We’re looking forward to winning a gold medal for USA.”

Callahan, who is a member of New York Yacht Club and Port Charlotte Sailing Club, is a 2000 Paralympian; Brown is the 2000 bronze medalist (2.4mR) and 2004 silver medalist (2.4mR); and Johnson, who is a member of St. Petersburg Yacht Club, is a 2004 bronze medalist (Sonar) and a Paralympian in volleyball.

As the top-scoring eligible American athletes in their respective Paralympic sailing classes, Jen French and JP Creignou, Mark LeBlanc, and Paul Callahan, Tom Brown and Bradley Johnson have successfully completed qualification.

US Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee will officially nominate the 2012 U.S. Paralympic Team – Sailing, pending approval from the U.S. Olympic Committee. The US Paralympic Team – Sailing will compete at the 2012 Paralympic Sailing Regatta, scheduled for August 31 – September 5 2012 in Weymouth and Portland, Great Britain.

“These six athletes have shown they have the desire required to win Paralympic medals,” said Olympic Sailing Committee Chairman Dean Brenner (Wallingford, Conn.). “Four of the members have already been to the Games, and they bring a great deal of experience and wisdom to the overall Team.”

Jen French and JP Creignou (both St. Petersburg, Fla.) secured the bronze in the SKUD-18 at Rolex Miami OCR and with it the Team Trials. Creignou is a 2004 Paralympic bronze medalist (Sonar).

“When I crossed the finish line, my coach told me I had won,” said French dockside after racing. “It’s very exciting. We had a tough week. Most of the boats have been close together, and all of the boats competing give us an idea of what the Paralympics will be like. There were a lot of medalists from Paralympics and others who have been to the Games. You have to sail your best against them.”

Mark LeBlanc (New Orleans, La.) realized his dream of qualifying for the Games after a disappointing finish at the 2008 Paralympic Trials in the 2.4mR. He tied on points with, and finished second to, John Ruf (Pewaukee, Wis.), who went on to win the 2008 Paralympic bronze medal.

“It’s been a great day,” said LeBlanc moments after reaching the dock at the end of Rolex Miami OCR. “I sealed the deal and won the Trials.”

LeBlanc, who finished eighth at Rolex Miami OCR, is a member of Southern Yacht Club.

Paul Callahan (Cape Coral, Fla./Newport R.I.), Tom Brown (Castine, Me.) and Bradley Johnson (Pompano Beach, Fla.) are all Paralympians, with a combined four Paralympic medals. They finished Rolex Miami OCR in 6th. “We’ve been to working hard for three years,” said Callahan. “We’re looking forward to winning a gold medal for USA.”

Callahan, who is a member of New York Yacht Club and Port Charlotte Sailing Club, is a 2000 Paralympian; Brown is the 2000 bronze medalist (2.4mR) and 2004 silver medalist (2.4mR); and Johnson, who is a member of St. Petersburg Yacht Club, is a 2004 bronze medalist (Sonar) and a Paralympian in volleyball.

“Each team has four sailors so some countries were excluded from today’s racing,” according to Pete Dawson Chairman of OptiWorldsNZ.

Team racing allows sailors to enjoy the short tactical duels, each team sails at least two races. Then the losing team is knocked out of the competition. When not racing, the sailors are rafted up and eating with their team mates, often from other countries.

There was also a strong contingent of shore based supporters including their national flags as the sailing took place within 100 meters of the beach with commentaries provided and ice creams close at hand.

At the end of the first days’ racing a heat between China and Spain remains to be sailed with the following teams progressing through to the second days racing: USA, Peru, Malaysia, Sweden, Norway, Brazil, Croatia, Singapore, Thailand, the Netherlands, Portugal, Denmark, Argentina and Poland. Tomorrow’s racing will see 16 teams contest the competition, with New Zealand knocked out of the competition by Spain today.

“Team racing is all about tactics with the aim to ensure that your whole team (4 boats) incurring the lowest number of points,” says Mr Dawson. “Each race is a knock out duel with the losing team being eliminated from the competition.”

As a consequence it makes an ideal spectacle for the public to enjoy as the races are of a short duration and the results are immediate. There is even a race score board on the beach for the public to see who is winning and with cool drinks and ice creams close at hand, who can resist?

Racing conditions for tomorrow are predicting another warm day with northwest breezes. Racing starts at 10.00 local time. Friday is a Lay Day and the individual racing continues with Race 7 on Saturday.

The provisional leader board (for the individual racing) shows:
1. Ryan Lo (SIN) 14 points
2. Bart Lambriex (NED) 23 points
3. Javier Arribas (PER) 25 points
4. Wade Waddell (USA) 32 points
5. Leonard Takahashi-Fry (NZL) 33 points
6. Peter Lin Janezic (SLO) 40 points
7. Philip Meijer (NED) 41 points
8. Ahmad Syukri Abdul Aziz (MAS) 41 points
9. William Marshall (USA) 44 points

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St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – 4th December, 2011): ‘Rain don’t stop the Carnival’ in the Virgin Islands and neither did a downpour derail any of the match racing action at the 4th Carlos Aguilar Match Race (CAMR), presented by Ulysse Nardin/Trident Jewels Time. The sprinkles turned to squall just as Finland’s Staffan Lindberg sailed over the finish line three boats lengths ahead of the USA’s Sally Barkow to win the Finals 3-1.

“It wasn’t easy,” says Lindberg, who is currently the 15th match racer in the world. “The conditions were very tricky and I was amazed by the quality of the other sailors at this regatta.”

Lindberg lost to Barkow in the first race of the Finals and came back to win the next three and the championship.

“Sally made good work of me in the first three starts,” says Lindberg. “In the last race, we were able to pull ahead and sail one long tack to the finish.”

Robert Skarp, Carl-Johan Uckelstam and Benny Ulvaeus sailed with Lindberg as crew.

For their win, Lindberg and his team were each awarded a distinctive Ulysse Nardin precision timepiece. In addition, the team received an invitation to the prestigious Stena Match Cup Sweden, in Marstrand, Sweden, in the summer of 2012. The CAMR is an Official World Tour Qualifier (WTQ) for the 2012 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) (www.wmrt.com).

Barkow, the fourth ranked woman match racer in the world who hopes to represent the USA in Women’s Match Racing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Weymouth, UK, says, “We were so close. We tried hard, but just didn’t get it in the end,” she says. “There were definitely some tough conditions. There were moments when we weren’t sure what the wind was doing. It was a good challenge.”

This is the first year the Carlos Aguilar Match Race was an Open event, meaning men and women sailed both on the same teams as well as against one another.

“It’s great to race against good teams, men or women, when there’s such a high level of competition,” says Barkow.

The USVI’s Taylor Canfield won the Petite Final 2-0 over the USA’s Dave Perry, thus each skipper finished third and fourth, respectively.

“It was tough to get in phase with the breeze all over the course and with new crew,” says Canfield, who is ranked 28th in the world and who won this event in 2008. “But it’s always great to be back home and sail in the harbor.”

This is the third CAMR that Perry has competed, finishing third, fifth and now fourth.

“It’s incredible to sail here because it’s sunny and warm,” says Perry, who is the author of Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing Through 2012.

In other team scores, Greece’s Stratis Andreadis finished 5th, the USVI’s Tyler Rice 6th, the USA’s Stephanie Roble 7th, the BVI’s Colin Rathbun 8th, the USA’s Sandy Hayes 9th, the USVI’s Nikole ‘Nikki’ Barnes 10th, Puerto Rico’s Jorge Santiago 11th, the USA’s Louise Bienvenu 12th and El Salvador’s Mauricio Gallardo 13th.

This four-day Grade 2 match race was sailed in Inter-Club (IC)-24s.

The St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC) and the Virgin Islands Sailing Association (VISA) are organizing authorities for the CAMR, namesake for the late Carlos Aguilar, who was an avid sailor and match racer.

Supporting sponsors of the CAMR are the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism; Heineken Beer, distributed in the U.S. Virgin Islands by Bellows International Ltd.; Budget Marine; Hooters; Patron, distributed by Premier Wines Spirits; Choice Communications; Bolongo Bay Beach Resort; Yacht Haven Grande; and St. Thomas Yacht Club.

Daily race results and copyright-free downloadable images by Virgin Islands-based photographer, Dean Barnes, are available for editorial use on the official event website (www.carlosmatchrace.com).

FINAL RESULTS

Finals
Staffan Lindberg, FIN vs. Sally Barkow, USA 3-1

Petite Finals
Taylor Canfield, USVI vs. Dave Perry, USA 2-0

Places 5 through 13
5. Stratis Andreadis, GRE
6. Tyler Rice, USVI
7. Stephanie Roble, USA
8. Colin Rathbun, BVI
9. Sandy Hayes, USA
10. Nikole ‘Nikki’ Barnes, USVI
11. Jorge Santiago, PUR
12. Louise Bienvenu, USA
13. Mauricio Gallardo, ESA

ABOUT THE SPONSOR

Trident Jewels Time is a family business started by Peter and Nina Alwani in 1980 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Since then their two children, Satish and Girish Alwani, have established the company as the store of two sensations: jewelry and watches. Trident has one store in St. Thomas (Main Street) and three branches in Aruba (Little Europe and Times Square). Trident carries all varieties of jewels including loose diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and tanzanite. The company is also the exclusive authorized retailer for a selection of some of the most exquisite timepieces in the world: Ulysse Nardin, Harry Winston, Franck Muller, Oris, Hamilton, Michael Kors, Alpina, Frederique Constant, Bovet, Jaquet Droz, Bell Ross, U-Boat, Graham and Technomarine.

St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – 4th December, 2011): ‘Rain don’t stop the Carnival’ in the Virgin Islands and neither did a downpour derail any of the match racing action at the 4th Carlos Aguilar Match Race (CAMR), presented by Ulysse Nardin/Trident Jewels Time. The sprinkles turned to squall just as Finland’s Staffan Lindberg sailed over the finish line three boats lengths ahead of the USA’s Sally Barkow to win the Finals 3-1.

“It wasn’t easy,” says Lindberg, who is currently the 15th match racer in the world. “The conditions were very tricky and I was amazed by the quality of the other sailors at this regatta.”

Lindberg lost to Barkow in the first race of the Finals and came back to win the next three and the championship.

“Sally made good work of me in the first three starts,” says Lindberg. “In the last race, we were able to pull ahead and sail one long tack to the finish.”

Robert Skarp, Carl-Johan Uckelstam and Benny Ulvaeus sailed with Lindberg as crew.

For their win, Lindberg and his team were each awarded a distinctive Ulysse Nardin precision timepiece. In addition, the team received an invitation to the prestigious Stena Match Cup Sweden, in Marstrand, Sweden, in the summer of 2012. The CAMR is an Official World Tour Qualifier (WTQ) for the 2012 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) (www.wmrt.com).

Barkow, the fourth ranked woman match racer in the world who hopes to represent the USA in Women’s Match Racing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Weymouth, UK, says, “We were so close. We tried hard, but just didn’t get it in the end,” she says. “There were definitely some tough conditions. There were moments when we weren’t sure what the wind was doing. It was a good challenge.”

This is the first year the Carlos Aguilar Match Race was an Open event, meaning men and women sailed both on the same teams as well as against one another.

“It’s great to race against good teams, men or women, when there’s such a high level of competition,” says Barkow.

The USVI’s Taylor Canfield won the Petite Final 2-0 over the USA’s Dave Perry, thus each skipper finished third and fourth, respectively.

“It was tough to get in phase with the breeze all over the course and with new crew,” says Canfield, who is ranked 28th in the world and who won this event in 2008. “But it’s always great to be back home and sail in the harbor.”

This is the third CAMR that Perry has competed, finishing third, fifth and now fourth.

“It’s incredible to sail here because it’s sunny and warm,” says Perry, who is the author of Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing Through 2012.

In other team scores, Greece’s Stratis Andreadis finished 5th, the USVI’s Tyler Rice 6th, the USA’s Stephanie Roble 7th, the BVI’s Colin Rathbun 8th, the USA’s Sandy Hayes 9th, the USVI’s Nikole ‘Nikki’ Barnes 10th, Puerto Rico’s Jorge Santiago 11th, the USA’s Louise Bienvenu 12th and El Salvador’s Mauricio Gallardo 13th.

This four-day Grade 2 match race was sailed in Inter-Club (IC)-24s.

The St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC) and the Virgin Islands Sailing Association (VISA) are organizing authorities for the CAMR, namesake for the late Carlos Aguilar, who was an avid sailor and match racer.

Supporting sponsors of the CAMR are the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism; Heineken Beer, distributed in the U.S. Virgin Islands by Bellows International Ltd.; Budget Marine; Hooters; Patron, distributed by Premier Wines Spirits; Choice Communications; Bolongo Bay Beach Resort; Yacht Haven Grande; and St. Thomas Yacht Club.

Daily race results and copyright-free downloadable images by Virgin Islands-based photographer, Dean Barnes, are available for editorial use on the official event website (www.carlosmatchrace.com).

FINAL RESULTS

Finals
Staffan Lindberg, FIN vs. Sally Barkow, USA 3-1

Petite Finals
Taylor Canfield, USVI vs. Dave Perry, USA 2-0

Places 5 through 13
5. Stratis Andreadis, GRE
6. Tyler Rice, USVI
7. Stephanie Roble, USA
8. Colin Rathbun, BVI
9. Sandy Hayes, USA
10. Nikole ‘Nikki’ Barnes, USVI
11. Jorge Santiago, PUR
12. Louise Bienvenu, USA
13. Mauricio Gallardo, ESA

ABOUT THE SPONSOR

Trident Jewels Time is a family business started by Peter and Nina Alwani in 1980 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Since then their two children, Satish and Girish Alwani, have established the company as the store of two sensations: jewelry and watches. Trident has one store in St. Thomas (Main Street) and three branches in Aruba (Little Europe and Times Square). Trident carries all varieties of jewels including loose diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and tanzanite. The company is also the exclusive authorized retailer for a selection of some of the most exquisite timepieces in the world: Ulysse Nardin, Harry Winston, Franck Muller, Oris, Hamilton, Michael Kors, Alpina, Frederique Constant, Bovet, Jaquet Droz, Bell Ross, U-Boat, Graham and Technomarine.

St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – 4th December, 2011): ‘Rain don’t stop the Carnival’ in the Virgin Islands and neither did a downpour derail any of the match racing action at the 4th Carlos Aguilar Match Race (CAMR), presented by Ulysse Nardin/Trident Jewels Time. The sprinkles turned to squall just as Finland’s Staffan Lindberg sailed over the finish line three boats lengths ahead of the USA’s Sally Barkow to win the Finals 3-1.

“It wasn’t easy,” says Lindberg, who is currently the 15th match racer in the world. “The conditions were very tricky and I was amazed by the quality of the other sailors at this regatta.”

Lindberg lost to Barkow in the first race of the Finals and came back to win the next three and the championship.

“Sally made good work of me in the first three starts,” says Lindberg. “In the last race, we were able to pull ahead and sail one long tack to the finish.”

Robert Skarp, Carl-Johan Uckelstam and Benny Ulvaeus sailed with Lindberg as crew.

For their win, Lindberg and his team were each awarded a distinctive Ulysse Nardin precision timepiece. In addition, the team received an invitation to the prestigious Stena Match Cup Sweden, in Marstrand, Sweden, in the summer of 2012. The CAMR is an Official World Tour Qualifier (WTQ) for the 2012 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) (www.wmrt.com).

Barkow, the fourth ranked woman match racer in the world who hopes to represent the USA in Women’s Match Racing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Weymouth, UK, says, “We were so close. We tried hard, but just didn’t get it in the end,” she says. “There were definitely some tough conditions. There were moments when we weren’t sure what the wind was doing. It was a good challenge.”

This is the first year the Carlos Aguilar Match Race was an Open event, meaning men and women sailed both on the same teams as well as against one another.

“It’s great to race against good teams, men or women, when there’s such a high level of competition,” says Barkow.

The USVI’s Taylor Canfield won the Petite Final 2-0 over the USA’s Dave Perry, thus each skipper finished third and fourth, respectively.

“It was tough to get in phase with the breeze all over the course and with new crew,” says Canfield, who is ranked 28th in the world and who won this event in 2008. “But it’s always great to be back home and sail in the harbor.”

This is the third CAMR that Perry has competed, finishing third, fifth and now fourth.

“It’s incredible to sail here because it’s sunny and warm,” says Perry, who is the author of Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing Through 2012.

In other team scores, Greece’s Stratis Andreadis finished 5th, the USVI’s Tyler Rice 6th, the USA’s Stephanie Roble 7th, the BVI’s Colin Rathbun 8th, the USA’s Sandy Hayes 9th, the USVI’s Nikole ‘Nikki’ Barnes 10th, Puerto Rico’s Jorge Santiago 11th, the USA’s Louise Bienvenu 12th and El Salvador’s Mauricio Gallardo 13th.

This four-day Grade 2 match race was sailed in Inter-Club (IC)-24s.

The St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC) and the Virgin Islands Sailing Association (VISA) are organizing authorities for the CAMR, namesake for the late Carlos Aguilar, who was an avid sailor and match racer.

Supporting sponsors of the CAMR are the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism; Heineken Beer, distributed in the U.S. Virgin Islands by Bellows International Ltd.; Budget Marine; Hooters; Patron, distributed by Premier Wines Spirits; Choice Communications; Bolongo Bay Beach Resort; Yacht Haven Grande; and St. Thomas Yacht Club.

Daily race results and copyright-free downloadable images by Virgin Islands-based photographer, Dean Barnes, are available for editorial use on the official event website (www.carlosmatchrace.com).

FINAL RESULTS

Finals
Staffan Lindberg, FIN vs. Sally Barkow, USA 3-1

Petite Finals
Taylor Canfield, USVI vs. Dave Perry, USA 2-0

Places 5 through 13
5. Stratis Andreadis, GRE
6. Tyler Rice, USVI
7. Stephanie Roble, USA
8. Colin Rathbun, BVI
9. Sandy Hayes, USA
10. Nikole ‘Nikki’ Barnes, USVI
11. Jorge Santiago, PUR
12. Louise Bienvenu, USA
13. Mauricio Gallardo, ESA

ABOUT THE SPONSOR

Trident Jewels Time is a family business started by Peter and Nina Alwani in 1980 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Since then their two children, Satish and Girish Alwani, have established the company as the store of two sensations: jewelry and watches. Trident has one store in St. Thomas (Main Street) and three branches in Aruba (Little Europe and Times Square). Trident carries all varieties of jewels including loose diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and tanzanite. The company is also the exclusive authorized retailer for a selection of some of the most exquisite timepieces in the world: Ulysse Nardin, Harry Winston, Franck Muller, Oris, Hamilton, Michael Kors, Alpina, Frederique Constant, Bovet, Jaquet Droz, Bell Ross, U-Boat, Graham and Technomarine.

St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – 4th December, 2011): ‘Rain don’t stop the Carnival’ in the Virgin Islands and neither did a downpour derail any of the match racing action at the 4th Carlos Aguilar Match Race (CAMR), presented by Ulysse Nardin/Trident Jewels Time. The sprinkles turned to squall just as Finland’s Staffan Lindberg sailed over the finish line three boats lengths ahead of the USA’s Sally Barkow to win the Finals 3-1.

“It wasn’t easy,” says Lindberg, who is currently the 15th match racer in the world. “The conditions were very tricky and I was amazed by the quality of the other sailors at this regatta.”

Lindberg lost to Barkow in the first race of the Finals and came back to win the next three and the championship.

“Sally made good work of me in the first three starts,” says Lindberg. “In the last race, we were able to pull ahead and sail one long tack to the finish.”

Robert Skarp, Carl-Johan Uckelstam and Benny Ulvaeus sailed with Lindberg as crew.

For their win, Lindberg and his team were each awarded a distinctive Ulysse Nardin precision timepiece. In addition, the team received an invitation to the prestigious Stena Match Cup Sweden, in Marstrand, Sweden, in the summer of 2012. The CAMR is an Official World Tour Qualifier (WTQ) for the 2012 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) (www.wmrt.com).

Barkow, the fourth ranked woman match racer in the world who hopes to represent the USA in Women’s Match Racing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Weymouth, UK, says, “We were so close. We tried hard, but just didn’t get it in the end,” she says. “There were definitely some tough conditions. There were moments when we weren’t sure what the wind was doing. It was a good challenge.”

This is the first year the Carlos Aguilar Match Race was an Open event, meaning men and women sailed both on the same teams as well as against one another.

“It’s great to race against good teams, men or women, when there’s such a high level of competition,” says Barkow.

The USVI’s Taylor Canfield won the Petite Final 2-0 over the USA’s Dave Perry, thus each skipper finished third and fourth, respectively.

“It was tough to get in phase with the breeze all over the course and with new crew,” says Canfield, who is ranked 28th in the world and who won this event in 2008. “But it’s always great to be back home and sail in the harbor.”

This is the third CAMR that Perry has competed, finishing third, fifth and now fourth.

“It’s incredible to sail here because it’s sunny and warm,” says Perry, who is the author of Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing Through 2012.

In other team scores, Greece’s Stratis Andreadis finished 5th, the USVI’s Tyler Rice 6th, the USA’s Stephanie Roble 7th, the BVI’s Colin Rathbun 8th, the USA’s Sandy Hayes 9th, the USVI’s Nikole ‘Nikki’ Barnes 10th, Puerto Rico’s Jorge Santiago 11th, the USA’s Louise Bienvenu 12th and El Salvador’s Mauricio Gallardo 13th.

This four-day Grade 2 match race was sailed in Inter-Club (IC)-24s.

The St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC) and the Virgin Islands Sailing Association (VISA) are organizing authorities for the CAMR, namesake for the late Carlos Aguilar, who was an avid sailor and match racer.

Supporting sponsors of the CAMR are the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism; Heineken Beer, distributed in the U.S. Virgin Islands by Bellows International Ltd.; Budget Marine; Hooters; Patron, distributed by Premier Wines Spirits; Choice Communications; Bolongo Bay Beach Resort; Yacht Haven Grande; and St. Thomas Yacht Club.

Daily race results and copyright-free downloadable images by Virgin Islands-based photographer, Dean Barnes, are available for editorial use on the official event website (www.carlosmatchrace.com).

FINAL RESULTS

Finals
Staffan Lindberg, FIN vs. Sally Barkow, USA 3-1

Petite Finals
Taylor Canfield, USVI vs. Dave Perry, USA 2-0

Places 5 through 13
5. Stratis Andreadis, GRE
6. Tyler Rice, USVI
7. Stephanie Roble, USA
8. Colin Rathbun, BVI
9. Sandy Hayes, USA
10. Nikole ‘Nikki’ Barnes, USVI
11. Jorge Santiago, PUR
12. Louise Bienvenu, USA
13. Mauricio Gallardo, ESA

ABOUT THE SPONSOR

Trident Jewels Time is a family business started by Peter and Nina Alwani in 1980 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Since then their two children, Satish and Girish Alwani, have established the company as the store of two sensations: jewelry and watches. Trident has one store in St. Thomas (Main Street) and three branches in Aruba (Little Europe and Times Square). Trident carries all varieties of jewels including loose diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and tanzanite. The company is also the exclusive authorized retailer for a selection of some of the most exquisite timepieces in the world: Ulysse Nardin, Harry Winston, Franck Muller, Oris, Hamilton, Michael Kors, Alpina, Frederique Constant, Bovet, Jaquet Droz, Bell Ross, U-Boat, Graham and Technomarine.

Skippered by Timothy Healy (USA), who won the title last year, Guerrero has a 20 point lead over Mendieta and is the boat to beat.

In 8 knots of breeze the third race of the regatta went the way of Guerrero, helmed by Luis Olcese, followed by Tommy Hilfiger and then Volvo.

11th Hour Racing convincingly won Race 4 followed by Reloaded and then Audi.

The International Jury have faced a tough task so far with 31 protests received so far. Discussions went deep into the night and resumed early in the morning.

Racing begins today at 14:00 local time.

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Newly-crowned RC44 Tour champions Team Aqua (GBR) will be looking to end their season on the perfect note by adding the RC44 World Championship to their 2011 trophy haul in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote from 16 – 20 November.

Chris Bake’s Team Aqua team wrapped up the RC44 Tour title with an event to spare thanks to their emphatic event victory – their third of the season – in Croatia last month.

But despite already claiming one bit of silverware this season, there is no doubt the on form team will try to add the 2011 RC44 World Championship title to their mantelpiece collection, last year they could only finish eighth in Lanzarote, with Jimmy Spithill lifting the trophy.

Owner Bake, who won the first ever RC44 Championship Tour in 2007, said: “It has already been an incredible season for us and to win the World Championship too would be the icing on the cake. Our professional skipper, Cameron Appleton, has led the team superbly but the competition is tough in the class, so we will have to work hard for it.”

ORACLE Racing (USA) will not be in Puerto Calero as the team will be involved in America’s Cup World Series action in San Diego, so the race for the remaining two podium places in the final Tour standings will be hotly-contested. ORACLE Racing currently lay in second overall, two points ahead of Igor Lah’s Team CEEREF (SLO) who are, in turn, two points clear of Artemis Racing (SWE), who will have owner Torbjorn Tornqvist at the helm for the World Championships in Lanzarote.

Also looking to sneak their way into the Tour top three, and land the World Championship title, on home waters will be the Daniel Calero-helmed Islas Canarias Puerto Calero team, whose family are hosting an RC44 event for the fourth successive year since. Islas Canarias Puerto Calero currently sit fifth overall, four points behind the Slovenian team.

Daniel Calero said: “We are looking forward to once again host the 2011 RC44 World Championships at Puerto Calero. Puerto Calero is one of the best sea sailing venues in Southern Europe with sailors able to take full advantage of the predominant NE Atlantic trade winds and glorious year round weather. We are looking forward to welcoming all our RC44 friends to Puerto Calero again before hopefully beating them on the water!”

Among some of the big names looking to add the 2011 RC44 World title to their stellar sailing CVs will be Italy’s Francesco Bruni, current ISAF World ranked number one match racing skipper and three-time Olympian, who will join Team Katusha (RUS) in Lanzarote, as will renowned America’s Cup strategist/tactician and Star sailor, Andy Horton (USA), who is joining Ironbound (USA) and 18 times World Champion Vasco Vascotto (ITA), will sail with John Bassadone and the team on Peninsula Petroleum (GBR).

The 2011 RC44 Championship Tour is now in its fifth year. With 15 teams competing on a circuit that enables amateur sailors to race alongside the biggest names in the sport on thoroughbred one-design racing machines at the world’s best sailing venues, 2011 has underlined the RC44 Tour’s place as one of the most competitive and respected in international yacht racing.

The Argentinean trailed the Brazilian heading into the third day of sailing but with a bullet and a second place finish he pulled level. Santos, ranked #20 in the RS:X World Rankings, had racked up three wins out of four races before the third day, but he was unable to replicate his performance from the first two days and recorded a second and third place finish.

David Mier Y Teran, World #105, won Race 6 and on 12 points he is just four points off the leaders and 11 points clear of the Perth 2011 Emerging Nations Programme sailor Santiago Grillo (COL).

Patricia Freitas (BRA) maintained her lead in the Women’s RS:X after she won her fourth race of the regatta. The World #18 leads Demita Vega (MEX), on ten points, and Farrah Hall (USA) who is on 12 points.

The Argentineans continue to impress in the Laser and Laser Radial. Julio Alsogaray (ARG) leads the Laser on 11 points followed by Matias del Solar (CHI) on 18 points and Bruno da Silva on 20 points. And Cecilia Carranza Saroli (ARG) is on top in the Laser Radial on eight points. With 14 points Tania Elias Calles (MEX) is in second place followed by Isabella Bertold (CAN) on 18 points.

Puerto Rico’s Enrique Figueroa and Victor Aponte lead the Hobie 16 by one point over Bernando Arndt and Bruno Oliveira (BRA).

Matheus Dellagnello (BRA) notched up his fourth race win on the third day in the Sunfish and leads Paul Foerster (USA) by seven points.

The American team currently lead the J/24 on eight points with the Brazilian quartet on nine points in second and Argentina’s team on 15 points.

Jody Ward’s American Lightning team are tied on 11 points with Claudio Biekarck (BRA) with the Chilean team skippered by Alberto Gonzalez in third on 12 points.

And in the Snipe Alexandre do Amaral and Gabriel Borges (BRA) lead on 12 points. Agustin Diaz and Kathleen Tocke (USA) are second on 14 points.

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