US SAILING's 2010 Rolex Miami OCR

Reprinted from Scuttlebutt # 3017

 

HALFWAY MARK AT MIAMI OCR

Miami, FL (January 27, 2010) - More than 600 athletes representing 45

nations have hit their regatta halfway mark, with a picturesque light-air

day on Biscayne Bay at US SAILING's 2010 Rolex Miami OCR, the second of

seven stops of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Sailing World Cup

2009-2010. The event, the only of its kind in this country, started Monday

and continues through Friday for three Paralympic classes and Saturday for

ten Olympic classes, which will have been pared down to the top ten in each

for medal races that day.

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After dropping his lowest score today, 2.4 mR World Champion and 2008

Paralympic Bronze Medalist John Ruf (Pewaukee, Wis.) continues to lead his

27-boat fleet. Ruf made a remarkable comeback today in his first race after

starting prematurely and having to restart. He swiftly recovered to finish

tenth, which ended up being his throw-out. "The Rolex Miami OCR is a good

regatta to see how you're doing vs. the rest of the world," said Ruf, who

won the open (able-bodied and disabled) World Championship this year a day

early and with one race to spare. "I love big fleets," he added.