As part of the newly expanded series of sailing competitions leading up to the eighty-three year tradition of the Bacardi Cup, the inaugural Bacardi Miami Sailing Week will proudly begin March 8th on Biscayne Bay with the Star Class regatta.
The Star Class regatta will kick off the first day of sailing and as part of Bacardi Miami Sailing Week other newly added Viper, Melges 20, Melges 24 and J24 classes will also be competing at various times throughout the week. With more than four-hundred local, national, and international competitors from ten countries coming together in the grand spirit of competition and camaraderie that the event was founded on in 1927, Bacardi Miami Sailing Week is the perfect prelude to a sailing tradition eight decades in the making.
Miami Sailing Week is a STUDIOMILANO creation and Bacardi is the event title sponsor. Bacardi Miami Sailing Week and the Bacardi Cup would like to warmly thank the City of Miami, Miami-Dade County, and all sponsors helping make these events possible.
Jose «Tito» Argamasilla Bacardi, the great grandson of the founder of Bacardi, which is the title sponsor of both Bacardi Miami Sailing Week and the Bacardi Cup comments, «The Trofeo Bacardi has always been an exciting event, one that unites the sailing community through stimulating competition, unrivaled hospitality, and above all camaraderie among participants. The start of the Star Class competition at Bacardi Miami Sailing Week marks the 83rd anniversary of the running of this regatta, and, as always, we are excited to watch the exhilarating series of events unfold at Biscayne Bay.»