2021 Bacardi Invitational Regatta Gallery

The first day of the Bacardi Cup included one race for a star-studded fleet of Stars. 2021 marks the 94th year of this historic regatta and a limited number of competitors were able to get on the water in 20+ knots of wind for epic, but challenging racing conditions. The gold star skippers and crews made their way to the front of the fleet today, but with 5 more days of racing, it is still anyone's game.

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After a memorial to celebrate the life of Ding Schoonmaker, one of the gentlemen who helped bring the Bacardi Cup safely from Cuba to the Coral Reef Yacht Club, race 2 got underway on Biscayne Bay. 20 knots of wind continued to put pressure on the fleet. The best boats on the racecourse continued to be skippers and crews who have a lot of experience racing together.

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Thursday saw the Coral Reef Yacht Club in association with the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club, the USSailing Center and Shake a Leg Miami, start the Bacardi Invitational Regatta alongside the Star's Bacardi Cup. Due to the pandemic, the race committee welcomed a limited fleet of J70s and Melges 24s to an additional course. For some teams, the survival conditions proved too much to handle, but others, used to that kind of pressure, rose to the challenge.

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The Bacardi Invitational Regatta saw day 4 for the Stars and day 2 for the Melges 24s and J70s sailed in a touch less breeze. The Polish/Brazilian team, Kusznierewicz and Prada, in the Star class holds strong atop the leaderboard, but the podium finishes of each race in the other two fleets saw some fresh faces, which will shake up the leaderboards considerably.

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The final day of the Bacardi Cup and Bacardi Invitational Regatta had perfect sailing conditions for more racing in the Star, J70 and Melges 24 fleets. The stars were pretty much aligned for the top three contenders in the Star fleet, but all three races were needed to determine the winners on the southern course. See what happens and meet some of the champions.

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