Bermuda's Peter Bromby and crewmate Lee White lie in 11th place in the Bacardi Star Class regatta in Biscayne Bay, Miami, after two races.

The duo made a superb start finishing the opening race sixth, before coming 19th in yesterday's racing.

The Bacardi Cup is one of a number of events ahead of the World Star Championships in Miami next month, with Bromby, a two-time Bacardi Cup champion, looking to make his last push for qualification to the Beijing Olympics.

The 110 teams representing 26 countries are competing in the six-day regatta, which is widely regarded as one of the most competitive Star Class events in the world.

Among those are five Bacardi Cup champions including defending champion Hamish Pepper of New Zealand, John Dane who will represent the US in the 2008 Olympic Games, Afonso Domingos of Portugal, seven-time champion and Olympian Mark Reynolds of California, and Bromby.

What started out in 1927 as a three-day event with less than 10 boats in Havana, Cuba, now attracts more than 200 sailors each year

The regatta will be sailed through until Friday.