Will Stout and Danny Cayard claimed an impressive victory in Race 2 of the 2026 Star World Championship and move into the overall lead in a fleet of 95 boats.
Peter Bromby and Myles Pritchard (BER/BAH) were first around the windward mark, Stout and Cayard were sixth round and made their decisive move on the first downwind leg, taking the lead at the leeward gate ahead of Bromby and Pritchard, and Mateusz Kusznierewicz and Bruno Prada (POL/BRA).
From there, the American team never looked back, extending their advantage throughout the remaining legs to cross the finish line with a commanding margin.
Kusznierewicz and Prada finished second, followed by Eivind Melleby and Christian Nehammer (NOR/AUT) in third, Augie Diaz and David Burrows (USA) in fourth, and Tomas Hornos and Josh Revkin (USA) fifth.
Stout and Cayard take the overall lead with 7 pts, second are Argentina’s Leandro and Lucas Altolaguirre with 11 pts after finishing 10th, third are Eric Doyle and Payson Infelise (USA) and fourth are Bromby and Pritchard. Diego Negri and Sergio Lambertenghi completing the top five.
Britain’s Ante Razmilovic and Brian Hammersley are 47th.
The 2026 Star World Championship Presented by Schoonmaker at Coral Reef Yacht Club, 8–14 November.
2026 Star World Championship – Leaders
After 2 race (95 entries) 1 discard after 5 races
1st USA Will Stout / Danny Cayard – – 6, 1 – – 7 pts
2nd ARG Leandro / Lucas Altolaguirre – – 1, 10 – – 11 pts
3rd USA Eric Doyle / Payson Infelise – – 2, 9 – – 11 pts
4th BER Peter Bromby / Myles Pritchard – – 5, 8 – – 13 pts
5th ITA Diego Negri / Sergio Lambertenghi – – 3, 12 – – 15 pts
6th NOR Eivind Melleby / Christian Nehammer – – 14, 3 – – 17 pts
7th IRL Peter O’Leary / Joost Houweling – – 7, 11 – – 18 pts
8th BRA Robert Scheidt / Austin Sperry – – 15, 7 – – 22 pts
9th USA Augie Diaz / David Burrows – – 20, 4 – – 24 pts
10th USA Scott Barnard / Kilian Weise – – 11, 15 – – 26 pts