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Racing Underway at KWRW

The sailing at Key West Race Week finally got underway yesterday after high winds forced organizers to cancel Monday’s scheduled races. After three races in the highly competitive 46-boat Melges 24 class, Tiburon’s Peter Lane on Brick House is in 9th place. "Key West has turned into an international event," Lane told Latitude. "I think there’s like five or six past Melges 24 world champions here." Current world champion Dave Ullman of Newport Beach is in third, 10 points out of first.

San Francisco’s Tom Coates and his all-conquering Masquerade crew are gunning for a fourth Key West win in the 34-boat J/105 class. Tactician Chris Perkins helped Coates post two bullets and a third to give them a three point lead. "We liked our starts and had the boat going fairly fast, but the competition is fierce once again and we’ll have our work cut out for us to maintain that lead,” Coates said.

John Kilroy’s Samba Pa Ti is lying in second in IRC 1, four points behind Dan Meyers’ Numbers. The top Bay Area performer in the 27-strong Melges 32 class is Sausalito’s Steven Pugh and Taboo in ninth place. Former Key West Mumm 30 class winner Deneen Demourkas and Groovederci of Santa Barbara has a four point lead in that class. The ‘Latin Rascal’ Vincenzo Onorato defending world champion in the Farr 40 class, sits atop the leaderboard with his Mascalzone Latino crew. Farr 40 Worlds’ bridesmaid Ernesto Bertarelli and his Alinghi squad are in 13th.

To keep up with what’s going on, head on over to the website at www.premiere-racing.com.

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