29 Jan 2014
French Hold Firm in 470 Men, British Move on up in 470 Women
Tight tactical racing was the name of the game on the second day of ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami as light breeze tested the patience and nerves of the 580 sailors from 50 nations. Sailors and their coaches made the most of morning down time for the second consecutive day, as the breeze refused to cooperate early on Biscayne Bay. Whilst the sun was out, the breeze came in slowly allowing one race for the 470 Men and 470 Women fleets.
The AP flags began to drop around the five sailing venues in Miami between 1400 and 1500 local time. Race Committees prepared to fit in one race each during the afternoon session. The local breeze on the bay hit 4 knots by late afternoon, giving the committee hope that racing was possible.
470 Women
Getting off to a great start in Race 3 was Barbara Cornudella and Sara Lopez Ravetllat (ESP). The Spanish duo had a lead through each of the first four marks before Sophie Weguelin and Eilidh McIntyre took over and won the race by three second in an exciting dash to the finish line on the downwind stretch Placing second was Camille Lecointre and Helene Defrance (FRA).
Anne Haeger and Briana Provancha (USA) finished third, while Cornudellas and Ravetllat dropped to fourth.
| Pos | Nation | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts Total | Pts Net |
| 1 | GBR | Sophie Weguelin | 1 | -11 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| Eilidh McIntyre | DSQ | ||||||
| 2 | FRA | Camille Lecointre | 2 | -3 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Hélène Defrance | |||||||
| 3 | ESP | Bàrbara Cornudella | -5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
| Sara López Ravetllat | |||||||
| 4 | USA | Anne Haeger | -4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 |
| Briana Provancha | |||||||
| 5 | AUT | Lara Vadlau | -7 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 8 |
| Jolanta Ogar | |||||||
| 6 | SLO | Tina Mrak | 3 | -7 | 6 | 16 | 9 |
| Veronika Macarol | |||||||
| 7 | BRA | Renata Decnop | -10 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 10 |
| Isabel Swan | |||||||
| 8 | USA | Sydney Bolger | 6 | -9 | 8 | 23 | 14 |
| Carly Shevitz Shevitz | |||||||
| 9 | FIN | Julia Toroi | 8 | 6 | -9 | 23 | 14 |
| Mikaela Wulff | |||||||
| 10 | CAN | Allison Surrette | 9 | 8 | -10 | 27 | 17 |
| Alexandra tenHove |
470 Men
World #3 Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic (CRO) were dominant in Race 3. They captured first place and enjoyed a lead of nearly 90 meters on the final downwind stretch. It was a three way race throughout. Placing second was Panagiotis Mantis and Pavlos Kagialis (GRE). The team of Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergström (SWE) sailed through the finish line in third.
| Pos | Nation | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts Total | Pts Net |
| 1 | FRA | Sofian Bouvet | 1 | 1 | -10 | 12 | 2 |
| Jeremie Mion | |||||||
| 2 | CRO | Sime Fantela | -5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| Igor Marenic | |||||||
| 3 | USA | Stuart Mcnay | 2 | 2 | -4 | 8 | 4 |
| David Hughes | |||||||
| 4 | SWE | Anton Dahlberg | 7 | -12 | 3 | 22 | 10 |
| Fredrik Bergström | |||||||
| 5 | GRE | Panagiotis Mantis | 9 | -10 | 2 | 21 | 11 |
| Pavlos Kagialis | |||||||
| 6 | ESP | Jordi Xammar | 6 | -11 | 5 | 22 | 11 |
| Joan Herp | |||||||
| 7 | FIN | Joonas Lindgren | -11 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 11 |
| Niklas Lindgren | |||||||
| 8 | AUS | Mathew Belcher | 3 | 9 | -13 | 25 | 12 |
| William Ryan | |||||||
| 9 | BRA | Henrique Haddad | 4 | -8 | 8 | 20 | 12 |
| Bruno Bethlem de Amorim | |||||||
| 10 | GBR | Luke Patience | -12 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 13 |
| Joe Glanfield |
Taking place from 26 January to 1 February 2014, this 25th edition of ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami annually attracts top ranked one-design sailors in 10 Olympic and three Paralympic events selected for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Image: Sophie Weguelin (GBR) © Walter Cooper
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