Impressive Line Up in Miami

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Impressive Line Up for M32 Miami Winter Series

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It’s an impressive fleet of 12 coming to Miami for the 2nd event of the Miami Winter Series. Experienced teams and champions are mixed with teams doing their first event in the boat. This is the second event of the Miami Winter Series and the highly sought after M32 Rooster Trophy will be awarded after the next event in March.

With the Miami events being so appreciated the class have decided to extend their stay in Miami and will host a fourth event from April 24-26. The class is happy to present the M32 Sandbar Cup, which will not be part of the series but scored separately. It is also the plan to allow crew and skipper changes in a more liberal way, giving both old and new teams an opportunity to experiment with crew configurations or invite friends for a few races. Dave Doucett of M32 North America: “The concept which was suggested by a local Miami M32 sailor, is to host the award ceremony on the famous Miami sandbar where you will find A very festive Miami scene on the weekend. We are looking forward to having a “tender raft up”at the finale of the winter sailing in Miami in 2020. It is sure to be one of the more unique locations for an award ceremony.

Not less than 4 teams from Europe have made the trip to Miami to measure themselves against the American fleet. Top European teams Richard Goransson’s Inga from Sweden and Richard Davies’ Section 16 are joined by fleet newcomers August Schram’s Stella Maris from Austria and Harold Vermeulen’s LeeLoo from the Netherlands. The European Series is only a few months away with the first event in Sanremo, Italy.

The team to beat is Convexity helmed by Don Wilson and with tactician Taylor Canfield. The team is the reigning World Champion and also won the first Miami Winter Series event a month ago. The team is not unbeatable, both Pieter Taselaars’ Bliksem and Jen Wilsons’ Convergence have had the top spot at recent events. Team Bliksem suffered an unfortunate breakdown at a gate incident during the January event that cost them a lot of points. Nevertheless they did take a podium place and are eager to win.

Crew list M32 Miami Winter Series Event 2

AUT Stella Maris August Schram SUI
Nico Delle Karth AUT
Udo Moser AUT
Martin Neidhardt AUT
Nikolay Kornev RUS
USA Convexity Don Wilson USA
Taylor Canfield ISV
Ted Hackney USA
Kinley Fowler AUS
Josh McCaffery USA
USA Convergence Jen Wilson USA
Chris Steele NZL
Ricky McGarvie USA
Will Tiller NZL
Ava Wilson USA
BER Hedgehog Alec Cutler BER
Torvar Mirsky AUS
Micael Barnes GBR
Bernardo Freitas POR
Cameron Seagreen AUS
USA Midtown Larry Phillips USA
Michael Salas USA
Sam Hallowell USA
Mark Spearman USA
Victor Diaz de León USA
NED Blicksem Pieter Taselaar NED
Pauly Atkins AUS
Kieth Swinton AUS
Rhys Mara AUS
Julius Hallström SWE
SWE Inga from Sweden Richard Goransson SWE
Adam Minoprio NZL
Oliver Tizzard GBR
Christian Kamp DEN
Mark Bulkley GBR
SUI Section 16 Ricard Davies GBR
Anthony Kotoun USA
Rasmus Kostner DEN
Chris Rast SUI
Hervé Cunningham SUI
USA Surge Ryan McKillen USA
Jakob Wilson SWE
Lucas Calabrese ARG
Sam loghbourough USA
Mike Kushner USA
NED LeeLoo Harald Vermeulen NED
Tom van der Vecht NED
Gideon Mastenbroek NED
Herman de Knop NED
Jochem Oostenbroek NED
USA Extreme2 Dan Cheresh USA
Dave Shriner USA
John Wallace USA
USA Young American Carina Becker USA
Key Becker USA
Blake Cabassa USA
Gordon Gurnell USA
Chris Manson-Hing USA

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