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Day 1: U.S. Olympic Star Class Trials - Gallery
Photo boat captain Daryl Saunders.

Paul Cayard and crew Phil Trinter twice nailed a pin-end start and stand third overall. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com Doug and Bob Schofield (8131) and John MacCausland/Brad Nichol join the wild ride downwind. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com
Eric Doyle and Brian Sharp led Andy Lovell/Magnus Liljedahl (8061) and Paul Cayard/Phil Trinter (8159) on the offset leg at the top of the course. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com Andy Lovell (left) and Magnus Liljedahl sort out the damage that ruined their day.
Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com
Downtown Miami forms a backdrop for the sailing on Biscayne Bay. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com First-day double winners Eric Doyle (right) and Brian Sharp. Look closely at Doyle's left eyebrow for evidence of a slugfest of sailing. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com

Day 2: U.S. Olympic Star Class Trials - Gallery
Photo boat captain Daryl Saunders.

Eric Doyle and Brian Sharp (sail No. 8163 at the far end) were called over early in Sunday's first race, but returned to restart and placed ninth to remain in second place overall. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com Mark Reynolds and crew Steve Erickson strain toward a three-boat finish behind the leaders. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com
John MacCausland and Brad Nichol cruise downwind in close company with Andy Lovell and Magnus Liljedahl. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com Howie Shiebler and Will Stout lead Paul Cayard/Phil Trinter at the windward mark but were disqualified for jumping the gun. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com
Mike Dorgan sets the whisker pole as Vince Brun steers downwind to first place. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com Vince Brun/Mike Dorgan held off Paul Cayard/Phil Trinter by two boat lengths. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com

Day 3: U.S. Olympic Star Class Trials - Gallery
Photo boat captain Daryl Saunders.

A strong sideways current stacks up the fleet at the pin end seconds before the gun. Vince Brun is sail No. 8132. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com Rick Merriman and crew Bill Bennett lead Szabo and Mark Strube on the offset leg at the first windward mark. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com
Downwind, George Szabo covers Merriman in a brief jibing duel neat the finish, with Vince Brun in the background. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com As several boats are left stuck behind the pin boat, Brun squeezes past with George Szabo, the ultimate race winner, to his windward side. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com

Day 4: U.S. Olympic Star Class Trials - Gallery
Photo boat captain Daryl Saunders.

Paul Cayard and crew Phil Trinter greet Bill Parks, a U.S. bronze medallist in the Star class of the Olympics at Naples in 1960. Parks later watched Cayard and Trinter win both races Tuesday. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com

Fighting upwind in 20 knots of breeze, (from left) George Szabo/Mark Strube, Howie Shiebler/Will Stout and Paul Cayard/Phil Trinter. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com
 
Downwind legs in close quarters were wild Tuesday. Bunched up are (from left) John MacCausland/Brad Nichol (8184), Andrew MacDonald/Austin Sperry (8184), John Dean/Henry Sprague (7832), Karl Anderson/Ezra Culver (8177) and John Virtue/Scott Pack (7862). Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com  

Day 5: U.S. Olympic Star Class Trials - Gallery
Photo boat captain Daryl Saunders.

Mark Reynolds and crew Steve Erickson cross Andy Lovell/Austin Sperry on port tack in 30 knots of breeze. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com

 George Szabo/Mark Strube cross Howie Shiebler/Will Stout on the starboard layline. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com
Howie Shiebler/Will Stout lead Andy Lovell/Austin Sperry near the second windward mark. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com George Szabo/Will Stout (7995) turn downwind ahead of Howie Shiebler/Will Stout (8077) and Paul Cayard/Phil Trinter (8159). A few minutes later Shiebler/Stout lost their mast as Szabo/Strube went on to win. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com
Vince Brun/Mike Dorgan sail past Howie Shiebler/Will Stout (right), who have just broken their mast. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com John Dane (left) and Henry Sprague clean up the damage after their mast fell. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com
Amid a downpour, Paul Cayard (right) and Phil Trinter prepare to go racing Thursday. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com

Day 6: U.S. Olympic Star Class Trials - Gallery
Photo boat captain Daryl Saunders.

Virtually every team was checking its mast as the AP (postponement) flag flew in winds of 25-30 knots Friday morning. Photo shows (from left) Steve Brown, Eric Doyle and Scott Pack (John Virtue's crew).
Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com

Mark Reynolds and crew Steve Erickson finesse their Star downwind in 22 knots of breeze. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com
Frontrunner Paul Cayard and crew Phil Trinter feel the heat from Eric Doyle and Brian Sharp on the windward offset leg of Friday's first race, which Doyle/Sharp won. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com   Crews Brian Sharp for Eric Doyle and Phil Trinter for Paul Cayard set the whisker poles to go downwind. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com
 
Caught in a squall at the last weather mark, Paul Cayard and Phil Trinter cross Andy Lovell on Magnus Liljedahl on port tack. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com  
George Szabo (center) and crew Mark Strube (right) currently are in second place but took time to check and help straighten Ben Cesare's mast. Nelson Stevenson, a Star sailor from Westport, Conn., is behind Szabo. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com Mark Reynolds, trying for his fifth Olympics, makes last-minute inspection and sets up for heavy weather. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com

Day 7: U.S. Olympic Star Class Trials - Gallery
Photo boat captain Daryl Saunders.

Paul Cayard and Phil Trinter prepare their Star as an elite Opti class sails out from Coral Reef YC for their own racing Saturday. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com

Andy Lovell and Magnus Liljedahl tack in front of John MacCausland/Brad Nichol en route to victory and second place overall with one day to go. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com
George Szabo and Mark Strube tack to round the windward mark after missing it the first time by. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com Mark Reynolds/Steve Erickson lead pack of rivals Andy Lovell/Magnus Liljedahl, George Szabo/Mark Strube (7995) and Paul Cayard/Phil Trinter (8159). Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com
Andy Lovell/Magnus Liljedahl lead George Szabo/Mark Strube into the leeward gate. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com Mark Reynolds and Steve Erickson (left) set up next to Paul Cayard/Phil Trinter for a winning run downwind to the finish. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com

Day 8: U.S. Olympic Star Class Trials - Gallery

Coach John Craig of St. Francis YC discusses the last-minute game plan with Paul Cayard by radio. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com

 Howie Shiebler and crew Will Stout lead Paul Cayard, who looks back to check on Andy Lovell, his nearest threat on the final day. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com
The Olympic torch passes as Mark Reynolds, who has won two gold medals and a silver representing the U.S. in the last four Games, sails by with crew Steve Erickson moments after Paul Cayard and Phil Trinter (upper left) clinched the berth Sunday. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com Cayard/Trinter coach John Craig and team trainer Sam Broven congratulate each other after clinching U.S. Olympic berth. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com
Winning crew Phil Trinter shares a winning smooch with Chrissy, his bride of five months. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com U.S. Olympic Sailing Committee chairman Fred Hagedorn (right) rode back to shore with the winning team. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com
Paul Cayard gets cheers and applause from the U.S. National Opti team, which was competing next door to the US Sailing Center. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com Paul Cayard goes over his checklist while sailing out to the course with Phil Trinter Sunday. Photo © Rich Roberts / YachtRacing.com

 

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