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TEAM COMPETITION
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Key West's International Team Competition - now in its ninth year - always
brings an added friendly, yet fiercely competitive dimension to race week. This
year the competition features two boat teams comprised of Farr 40s and Melges
24s.
One of the European Teams took top prize last year. Peter DeRidder's Mean
Machine and Kristian Nergaard's Baghdad topped a tough field. Only 1 point
separated second and third place teams from France and the USA's West Coast.
Team Italy is back with Vincenzo Onorato's Mascalzone Latino once
again the Big Boat anchor and Maspero Giovanni's Joe Fly the
Melges 24 - they are sure to be one of the teams to beat. The strong European
Farr 40 and Melges 24 presence at Key West fields 3 European Teams along with
one each from Germany and Italy.
The three USA teams hail from the West Coast, Great Lakes and the East Coast.
"Each year the international team competition unites people who would not
normally see each other on the race course," notes Race Chairman Peter Craig.
"What was loosely modeled after the Admiral's Cup in Cowes, England has become a
Key West tradition. Presenting sponsor Nautica once again brings added prestige
to the award and quality timepieces to the winners."
The complete lineup and all individual entries are listed here.
Team composition for 2006 is undetermined at this time though it is very likely
that 3-boat teams will be back. Either the Swan 45 (2006 Gold Cup scheduled for
Key West) or the Transpac 52 will fill the 'big boat' slot.
The preliminary lineup is:
| Team | Model | Boat | Homeport | Country | Entrant |
| Europe A | Farr 40 | Mean Machine | Monaco | MON | Peter De Ridder |
| Melges 24 | Team SBAB | Stockholm, SWE | SWE | Ingemar Sundstedt | |
| Europe B | Farr 40 | Atalanti | Miami, FL | GRE | George Andreadis |
| Melges 24 | Blu Moon | Chiasso, SUI | SUI | Franco Rossini | |
| Europe C | Farr 40 | Morning Glory | Keil, GER | GER | Hasso Plattner |
| Melges 24 | Black Seal | Guernsey, CI | GBR | Richard Thompson | |
| Germany | Farr 40 | Struntje Light | Kiel, GER | GER | Wolfgang Schaefer |
| Melges 24 | Kleine Rainbow | Hamburg, GER | GER | Bent B. Dietrich | |
| Italy | Farr 40 | Mascalzone Latino | Portoferraio, ITA | ITA | Vincenzo Onorato |
| Melges 24 | Joe Fly | Canottieri Lecco, ITA | ITA | Maspero Giovanni | |
| USA East | Farr 40 | Barking Mad | Newport, RI | USA | James Richardson |
| Melges 24 | M-Fatic | Annapolis, MD | USA | Neil Sullivan | |
| USA Great Lakes | Farr 40 | Nitemare | Chicago, IL | USA | Tom Neill |
| Melges 24 | Full Throttle | Lake Geneva, WI | USA | Brian Porter | |
| USA West | Farr 40 | Pegasus 80808 | Waikiki, HI | USA | Philippe Kahn |
| Melges 24 | Pegasus 575 | Waikiki, HI | USA | Pegasus Racing |
| Team place | Team | Sail Number | Boat name | Owner | Club | Fleet | Team total | Race 1 pts | Race 2 pts | Race 3 pts | Race 4 pts | Race 5 pts | Race 6 pts | Race 7 pts | Race 8 pts | Race 9 pts | Total points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA East | 15 | Barking Mad | James Richardson | Farr 40 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| USA East | 49 | M-Fatic | Neil Sullivan | Melges 24 | 53 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 28 | ||
| 2 | Europe A | 07 | Mean Machine | Peter De Ridder | Farr 40 | 72 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 26 | |
| Europe A | 44 | Team SBAB | Ingemar Sundstedt | Melges 24 | 72 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 ocs | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 46 | ||
| 3 | Europe B | 42 | Joe Fly | Maspero Giovanni | Melges 24 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 29 | |
| Europe B | 03 | Atalanti | George Andreadis | Farr 40 | 73 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 44 | ||
| 4 | Italy | 58 | Blu Moon | Franco Rossini | Melges 24 | 73.1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 33 | |
| Italy | 01 | Mascal. Latino | Vincenzo Onorato | Farr 40 | 73.1 | 4 | 5 | 7.1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 40.1 | ||
| 5 | USA West | 53 | Pegasus 575 | Pegasus Racing | Melges 24 | 74 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| USA West | 19 | Pegasus 80808 | Philippe Kahn | Farr 40 | 74 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 49 | ||
| 6 | Europe C | 10 | Morning Glory | Hasso Plattner | Farr 40 | 90 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 23 | |
| Europe C | 46 | Black Seal | Richard Thompson | Melges 24 | 90 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 dnc | 9 dnc | 6 | 67 | ||
| 7 | USA Great Lakes | 59 | Full Throttle | Brian Porter | Melges 24 | 105 | 9 ocs | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 35 | |
| USA Great Lakes | 11 | Nitemare | Tom Neill | Farr 40 | 105 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 70 | ||
| 8 | Germany | 05 | Struntje Light | Wolfgang Schaefer | Farr 40 | 113 | 9 dnf | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 48 | |
| Germany | 61 | Kleine Rainbow | Bent B. Dietrich | Melges 24 | 113 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 65 |