(Miami, FL)- The first Bacardi Invitational Winter Series will take
place December 1-2, 2018, this coming weekend, on the sparkling
aqua-blue waters of Biscayne Bay. Hosting the event will be Shake-A-Leg
Foundation in Coconut Grove, just south of the completely refurbished
Monty Trainer’s Bar and Cafe on the waterfront. An incredibly talented fleet of eighteen boats has assembled to begin their bids to improve their performance for the 2019 sailing season. In fact, the first major J/70 event will be the J/70 Midwinter Championship in late February 2019 that will also be sailed in the same waters of Biscayne Bay.
Leading contenders for the start of this winter series will be teams like Joel Ronning’s CATAPULT (1st 2016 J/70 Worlds), Trey Sheehan’s HOOLIGAN- FLAT STANLEY RACING, Henry Brauer’s RASCAL, Pam Rose’s ROSEBUD, and Bruno Pasquinelli’s STAMPEDE (2nd in 2018 J/70 Worlds).
The series consists of three events, the next two are scheduled as follows:
Jan 19-20- Bacardi J/70 Winter Series II- Miami, FL
Mar 6-9- Bacardi J/70 Winter Series III- Miami, FL
For more Bacardi Winter Series sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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