Inaugural BACARDI(R) Miami Sailing Week Commences Monday, March 8th With Star Class Regatta

MIAMI, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of the newly expanded series of sailing competitions leading up to the eighty-three year tradition of the BACARDI® Cup, the inaugural BACARDI® Miami Sailing Week will proudly begin March 8th at 12:00 p.m. noon on Biscayne Bay with the Star Class regatta. The Star Class regatta will kick off the first day of sailing and as part of BACARDI® Miami Sailing Week other newly added Viper, Melges 20, Melges 24 and J24 classes will also be competing at various times throughout the week. With more than four-hundred local, national, and international competitors from ten countries coming together in the grand spirit of competition and camaraderie that the event was founded on in 1927, BACARDI® Miami Sailing Week is the perfect prelude to a sailing tradition eight decades in the making.

"Over the years, the BACARDI® Cup has become an international sailing tradition of the highest order that Olympic level competitors come from across the world to enter to compete among the very best sailors around," comments Bill Allen, President of the International Star Class Yacht Racing Association. "The Star Class is honored to be here again this year and start off a new tradition in BACARDI® Miami Sailing Week. We couldn't be more pleased to participate in the opening regatta on March 8th in what promises to be one of Miami's most memorable weeks in sailing ever."

The prestigious Coral Reef Yacht Club will continue to be the organizing authority for the Star Class and will coordinate all on-water activities in collaboration with Biscayne Bay Yacht Club and Coconut Grove Sailing Club. The U.S. Sailing Center and Shake-A-Leg will also support the event. Regattas will be held on three different courses approximately two miles out on Biscayne Bay. Miami Sailing Week is a STUDIOMILANO creation and BACARDI® is the event title sponsor. BACARDI® Miami Sailing Week and the BACARDI® Cup would like to warmly thank the City of Miami, Miami-Dade County, and all sponsors helping make these events possible.

Jose "Tito" Argamasilla Bacardi, the great grandson of the founder of BACARDI®, which is the title sponsor of both BACARDI® Miami Sailing Week and the BACARDI® Cup comments, "The Trofeo BACARDI® has always been an exciting event, one that unites the sailing community through stimulating competition, unrivaled hospitality, and above all camaraderie among participants. The start of the Star Class competition at BACARDI® Miami Sailing Week marks the 83rd anniversary of the running of this regatta, and, as always, we are excited to watch the exhilarating series of events unfold at Biscayne Bay."

For more information on the 83rd BACARDI® Cup and BACARDI® Miami Sailing Week, please visit www.MiamiSailingWeek.com.

About BACARDI® Rums:

In 1862, in Santiago de Cuba, BACARDI® revolutionized the spirits industry when founder Don Facundo BACARDI® began producing his remarkable light-bodied, smooth rum – BACARDI® , the world's favorite premium rum brand and the world's most awarded premium rum. Today, BACARDI® Rum is produced in Puerto Rico, following the production legacy set forth by Don Facundo – crafted in a five step distillation process, aged in American white oak barrels, and filtered five times for unparalleled quality and smoothness.

About BACARDI® U.S.A., Inc.:

BACARDI® U.S.A., Inc. is the United States import, sales and marketing arm of one of the world's leading spirits and wine producers. The company boasts a portfolio of some of the most recognized and top-selling spirits brands in the United States including BACARDI® rum, the world's favorite and best-selling premium rum, as well as the world's most awarded premium rum; GREY GOOSE® vodka, the world-leader in super-premium vodka; DEWAR'S® Blended Scotch Whisky, the number-one selling blended Scotch whisky in the United States; BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® gin, the top-valued premium gin in the world; CAZADORES® blue agave tequila, the number-one premium tequila in the world; MARTINI® vermouth, the world-leader in vermouth; and other leading and emerging brands.

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