United States A-Cat Association (USACA)

The day started with a welcome to competitors from six countries who are participating in the largest A-Class Catamaran event in the Northern Hemisphere. Bob Webbon also warned about jellyfish and the hazards of sailing in the Atlantic Ocean..."Miami is to the north and to the south...you're headed to Cuba."

The wind was onshore again and more from the southeast at 10-15. The seas were flat close to the shore, but lumpy and confused further out.

Lars Guck moved ahead of the fleet by a wide margin with three straight bullets (three points). The next closest competitor was Eric Andersson from Sweden with eleven total points.

At least a couple competitors had incidents involving jellyfish (or siphonophores), and unfortunately Mike Egan had to retire early from the effects of a portuguese man-o-war that had wrapped itself around his ankle.

We'll probably all be wearing full suits tomorrow.

Current top ten out of fifty-eight boats:

                               
                                 01/22          
POS Sail    First    Last        R1  R2  R3  Total
 1  USA232  LARS     GUCK        1   1   1      3
 2  SWE 27  ERIC     ANDERSSON   6   3   2     11  
 3  SWE 22  KRISTIAN MATTSSON    3   5   4     12
 4  USA 69  PETE     MELVIN      7   4   3     14
 5  SWE956  THOMAS   PERSSON     8   2   6     16
 6  USA209  WOODY    COPE        9   9   5     23
 7  USA102  STEVE    HANSEN     10   7   7     24
 8  USA  2  TEO      DIBATTISTA  5   6  17     28 
 9  USA235  BOB      WEBBON      4   8  21     33
10  USA150  ANDY     KOLB       11  17   8     36