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Video: Lake Geneva's John Porter at the 2010 Miami Grand Prix Melges 32 Championship

By IM32CA

MIAMI -- Lake Geneva's John Porter tied for second in the 2010 Miami Grand Prix Melges 32 Championship that concluded Sunday.

Jean-Francois Cruette of La Rochelle, France) skippered Teasing Machine to win the championship.

Porter tied with Jeff Ecklund of Fort Lauderdale on STAR.

For Porter's Full Throttle, this was a return to the fleet after a two-year hiatus. "It's a great fleet. The sailors that are here are all really good. There are 23 of the world's best tacticians here. Out of 23 teams, there are about 15-18 that you can really count on to be in contention to win races,' Porter was quoted as saying on www.sailworld.com.

"There are great main trimmers and a lot of really great sailors all over this fleet. I mean they are really, really good. It's unbelievable. Some of these pros out here would not be doing that well if it weren't for all the other great sailors on the boats with them. That's why this fleet is so much fun. This is the place to be right now," he said.

He was also quick to give credit where credit is due, according to the Web site. "I really have to give it to our tactician Jonathan McKee, especially Andy Burdick and Federico Michetti as well as my whole crew as they were really the ones I think put us into great position for the mark roundings. Downwind, we were fast the entire regatta, so we felt pretty comfortable," he said.

Top Ten Results

1.) Teasing Machine, Jean-Francois Cruette; 5-1-1-10-9-1-1-10-[11]-6 = 44 2.) Full Throttle, John Porter; [12]-5-5-1-12-5-12-5-4-1 = 50 3.) STAR, Jeff Ecklund; 4-4-[19]-3-1-17-5-11-2-3 = 50 4.) Bliksem, Pieter Taselaar; 1-2-[14]-6-2-2-7-12-14-5 = 51 5.) Red, Joe Woods; 2-[10]-4-4-10-6-4-9-7-7 = 53 6.) Calvi Network, Carlo Alberini; 6-8-9-[13]-8-4-8-2-13-4 = 62 7.) Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy; 3-6-12-5-5-14-10-[17]-9-10 = 74 8.) Ninkasi, John Taylor; 7-11-8-7-3-16-16-8-3-[20] = 79 9.) Fantastica, Lanfranco Cirillo; 10-7-6-14-7-8-[22]-1-22-12 = 87 10.) Volpe, Ryan DeVos; 19-[23]-15-2-15-3-14-6-8-8 = 90

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