Team Barbarians, the Melges 24 owned by Stuart Simpson of the UK, but with three Cork men on board in the form of Sam Hunt (Kinsale), John Downey and Bernard Fitzpatrick, has retained the Corinthian title in the intense competition of the Melges 24 class in the Bacardi Regatta in Miami.
With some much more wintry weather relatively close to the northwest and north of the venue, it was not a case of "swanning along on a summery sail", but for this second international win the crew were working even more smoothly together to retain the title
