In the event’s 17-year history, US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR has been bigger only twice, and that was in the year of and prior to the "home-court" 1996 Olympic Games in Savannah, Georgia.

A one-design winter circuit organized by US SAILING with different Olympic class organizations surely contributed to the large turnout; however, the regatta has long held its own as a significant step in preparing athletes--both from this country and abroad--in the sailing classes chosen for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The event began on Sunday, January 22 and hosted five subsequent days of racing through January 27. Dalton Bergan and Zach Maxam (USA) worked their way up to 6th place - the second highest scoring Americans at this all-star event.

For the full regatta results go to: US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR 49er Results.

49er North American Championships
On SuperBowl weekend at the same venue, Dalton Bergan and Zach Maxam with just 17 points were a class apart at the 19-boat ISAF Grade C1 49er North American Championship, scoring six bullets on their way to an impressive 18 point victory in Miami, Florida. Second place went to the number four crew in the ISAF World Sailing Rankings, Nico Delle Karth and Nicko Resch (AUT) with 35 points. World Champions Rodion Luka and George Leonchuk (UKR) completed the top three with 36 points, while Pawel Kacprowski and Fedusio Arkadiusz (POL) took fourth with 43 points and Tom Lonnqvist and Jacob Grinquist (FIN) fifth with 54 points. The new Olympic scoring system was not used in this 49er championship.

For the full regatta results go to: 49er North American Championship Series.

World Sailing Rankings
The new World Sailing Rankings show that other American sailors are on the rise:
- In the Men's 470, Mikee Anderson-Mitterling and David Hughes have made terrific leaps in the right direction, going from a World Ranking of 90 a year ago, to break into the world’s top twenty at 19.
- The Women's 470 team of Amanda Clark and Sarah Mergenthaler climbed from 25 to 13.
- 49er teams of Tim Wadlow/Michael Karas and Dalton Bergan/Zack Maxam have also broken into the top twenty, currently standing in 18 and 19 respectfully.
- In the Laser Radial, Anna Tunnicliffe has climbed to fourth place.
- The first World Rankings to include the new Neil Pryde RS:X show Nancy Rios and Farrah Hall coming in at 11 and 12 respectively.
Meanwhile on the men's side, Ben Barger and Seth Besse are standing in 27 and 35 respectively.

For more details on the World Sailing Rankings go to: http://www.sailing.org/default.asp?ID=j6vFh/z7

**Note: Seattle Yacht Club Members highlighted in bold