Brothers Jesse and Zander Kirkland moved up one spot to 26th place after the fourth day of the Rolex Olympic Class Regatta going on in the waters of Biscayne Bay, Miami.
Zander Kirkland said, “Today was another very solid day in the Kirkland Brother's Camp, as the moderate offshore flow continued in Biscayne Bay. Yes, we had some glaring mistakes which cost us at times, but we also had our fair share of great moments which have really helped our morale and confidence. We had great speed off the wind and did a good job hitting shifts and breeze lines up all around the course. Finally we feel like we are competing and we are slowly inching our way towards the front of the fleet. These puffy, flat water conditions suit us well; it is very similar to our college sailing background and growing up sailing in Bermuda. It is also easier to sail the skiff without waves (easier to run around the boat) and puts less emphasis on boat handling while racing, thus helpful for our relatively low level of time in the boat”.
The brothers started the day in 27th place moved up the spot after finishing 21st in race ten the first race of the day, before finishing race eleven in 15th, they then finished the third race of the day in 28th place and now have a total of 242 points.
Manu Dyen & Stephane Christidis from France are the current leaders 65 points, with Simon Karstoft & Jonathan Bay from Denmark in second with 70 points. Allan Norregaard & Peter Lang from Denmark round out the top three with 74 points.
Rolex Olympic Class Regatta Standings after 12 Races
65 Dyen, Manu & Christidis, Stephane - FRA
70 Karstoft, Simon & Bay, Jonathan - DEN
74 Norregaard, Allan & Lang, Peter - DEN
79 Lehtinen, Lauri & Bask, Kalle - FIN
79 Delle Karth, Nico LM & Resch, Nikolaus Leopold - AUT
89 Burling, Peter & Tuke, Blair - NZL
90 Phillilps, Will & Phillips, Sam - AUS
106 Evans, Dave & Powys, Ed - GBR
107 Cook, Gordon & Lowden, Hunter - CAN
110 Rocherieux, Yann & Lagraviere, Morgen - FRA
112 Briesenick-Pudenz, Lennart & Massmann, Julian Morten - GER
122 Kruger Andersen, Peter & Thorsell, Nicolai - DEN
147 Storck, Erik & Moore, Trevor - USA
147 Fricke, Leopold & Huber, Lorenz - GER
148 Kostov, Pavle & Cupac, Petar - CRO
156 d'Ortoli, Julien & DELPECH, Noe - FRA
171 Makino, Yukio & Takahashi, Kenji - JPN
185 Must, Peeter & Horrocks, Carl - USA
187 Gooderham, Billy & Hogan, Ian - CAN
202 Dimou, Dionisis & Michalis, Pateniotis - GRE
202 Zajac, Thomas & Czajka, Thomas - AUT
214 Goldsberry, Jonathan & Smythe, Charlie - USA
229 Ladha, Jonthan & Inkpen, Daniel - CAN
235 Dubreucq, Matthieu & Parekh, Trevor - CAN
238 Kalynchev, Pavlo & Dzhienbaev, Sergey - RUS
242 Kirkland, Jesse & Kirkland, Alexander - BER
261 Pasquali, Joey & Giffen, Rory - USA
271 Bishop, Alex & Smith, Val - USA
273 Brockmann, Ricardo & Morales, Andres - MEX
280 Piccini, Francisco & Correa, Juan Martin - ARG
306 Dale, Rob & Grierson, Kevin - CAN
318 Frost, Robert & Arbuckle, Thomas - CAN
327 Murrieta, Jorge Xavier & Murrieta, Alejandro - MEX
342 McCloskey, Cameron & Aakhus, Eric - USA
350 Brockmann, Erik & Mariscal, Jeronimo - MEX
368 Morris, Dan & Cayard, Danny - USA
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