Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship - Day 3 - Snipe Class International

San Diego, September 10, 2014 Report by Carol Cronin

Interview: Luis Soubie and Diego Mini Lipszic

(Photo courtesy of John Payne)

We sailed two races today in a 10-14 knot westerly that rewarded boat speed and hiking hard. The first race was a battle to the right, and it was hard to find clean air anywhere inside the starboard layline since everyone arrived at the mark at the same time. Luis Soubie/Diego Mini Lipszyc (ARG) went on to win the race, after the breeze built on the last leg to what would be the maximum for the day. A long swell overlaid with wind chop made the sailing hard, and speed was hard to come by for many teams used to flatter water.

Race two surprised most of the fleet by being left-side favored. There was also a surprise winner: Raúl Faura Nieto/José Piña Nieto (CUB), whose victory brings them up to 23rd overall. The wind lightened up in the middle of the race, leaving many teams with rigs that were too tight. Those who stepped to the left side were rewarded with more pressure, in contrast to the usual local rule to “go right”.

After sailing, model boats were assigned to each country and the series (sailed right in front of the Yacht Club bar) was won by Team Colombia. Afterward everyone enjoyed a barbecue on the deck.

Tomorrow the race committee will try for three races, in anticipation of lighter winds on Friday.

Results (6 races, 1 discard)

1. PUR Raul Rios & Fernando Menllor, 12

2. ARG Luis Soubie & Diego Mini Lipszic, 16

3. BRA Breno Bianchi & Flavio de Castro, 18

4. BRA Alexandre Tinoco & Alexandre Niedrerauer, 40

5. JPN Rychei Doi & Keiichiro Itagaki, 45

… full results, photos and videos …

Interview: Luis Soubie and Diego Lipszyc

Interview: Doi & Itagaki

Video: 2nd weather mark rounding race 6. Cuban team with substantial lead

Video: Race 5 finish

Video: Radio control boat racing off SDYC

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Bow/Sail	Boat	Skipper	Yacht Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Pos
05 / PUR29841	PUR 29841	Raul Rios/ Fernando Monllor	FVPR/	[9]	1	1	3	3	4	12	1
15 / ARG28701	ARG28701	Luis Soubie/ Diego Mini Lipszyc	YCO/CNZ/	3	[8]	8	2	1	2	16	2
37 / BRA30997	Cachorrão	Breno Bianchi/ Flavio de Castro	Rio de Janeiro IC/	6	2	7	1	2	[11]	18	3
42 / BRA31151		Alexandre Tinoco/ Alexandre Niederauer	RCRSR,CRG / ICSC/	12	4	5	10	[17]	9	40	4
03 / JPN28732	HITACHI Sailing Team	Ryohei Doi/ Keiichiro Itagaki	Japan SF/Hitachi/	[32]	13	3	11	15	3	45	5
47 / USA30288	Danilu	Augie Diaz/ Aine McLean Fretwell	CRYC/CGSC/	5	7	17	7	[20]	10	46	6
07 / BRA31004	Guarda Patrimonial	Rafael Gagliotti/ Henrique Wisniewski	Iate clube de santos/	[27]	27	10	4	5	5	51	7
32 / USA28687	C Cannibal BB-EE-JE	Chuck Sinks/ Robbie Dean	SDYC/SFYC/	7	[30]	6	17	4	20	54T	8
43 / USA30759	30759	Brian Kamilar/ Enrique Quintero	Coral Reef YC/	23	6	14	5	6	[30]	54T	9
30 / USA29941		Doug Hart/ Ryan Hopps	MBYC/	1	5	15	23	[44/DNS]	18	62	10
34 / USA30109		David Tillson/ Rebecca McElvain	MBYC/	8	14	12	8	[31]	21	63	11
06 / USA28854		Randy Lake/ Kate Sheahan	SDYC/	2	3	19	16	24	[44/OCS]	64T	12
20 / BRA31066		Mateus Tavares/ Jonathan Lherke	YCe da Bahia/	[25]	19	13	14	11	7	64T	13
39 / USA30860	Spidey	Carol Cronin/ Kim Couranz	Severn SA/	4	16	18	19	[30]	8	65T	14
19 / CUB31038		Raúl Díaz Herrera/ Rafael García Granados	Cuba/	17	12	[21]	6	13	17	65T	15
01 / JPN30924		Takuya Shimamoto/ Keisuke Kushida	Waseda U./	[28]	10	28	15	12	14	79	16
18 / JPN31054	Charter Boat	Koji Kamiya/ Tatsuya Yamauchi	NTT East YC/	15	31	2	12	23	[44/DSQ]	83	17
46 / USA30800	Green Flash	Rick Arneson/ Diana Waterbury	San Diego YC/	13	[32]	22	22	9	19	85	18
45 / USA31188	Jibe Tech	Andrew Pimental/ Nikki Bruno	Sail Newport/	21	9	4	30	22	[31]	86	19
27 / USA31130		Ernesto Rodriguez/ Eduardo Mintzias	NA/	16	22	[25]	20	18	12	88	20
24 / BRA31113	LORD	Helio Lyra de Aquino Jr./ João Pedro Moreira	ICRJ/IC Rio de Janeiro/	29	28	[30]	9	10	15	91	21
23 / USA30337	Quantum Racing	Eric Heim/ Aimee Heim	San Diego YC/	22	23	9	13	[28]	27	94	22
08 / CUB29517		Raúl Faura Nieto/ José Piña Nieto	Cuba/	36	21	20	[37]	19	1	97	23
31 / ECU31027	El Desleal	Edgar Diminich/ Eduardo Viteri	CVL/FEY/MDD/SYC/	19	[36]	16	28	8	28	99	24
22 / ECU31037		Jesus Bailon Reyes/ Iberth Constante	Manta YC/	10	18	31	18	[33]	26	103	25
25 / JPN30722	JPN30722	Genya Ozaki/ Kawano Motomichi	Konan Univercity/	14	29	35	[38]	21	6	105T	26
14 / JPN30353		Kosuke Demichi/ Shun Yanagibayashi	DUYC/	18	15	23	36	[44/OCS]	13	105T	27
10 / JPN31134		Motoharu Nishii/ Tomohisa Nakamura	CYUBU/	11	20	11	32	34	[36]	108	28
28 / COL30718		Esteban Echavarria/ Juan Esteban Restrepo Vera	4 Vientos/	20	[44/DSQ]	27	25	16	29	117	29
26 / BRA30996	La Maquina	Felipe Sabino/ Bernardo Sarzedas	rio yatch club/	37	25	26	24	7	[44/DSQ]	119T	30
04 / USA29778	Batura	Roberto Guaragna/ Andre Guaragna	Miami/	[40]	11	29	33	14	32	119T	31
33 / PER31150		Diego Figueroa/ Alonso Collantes	Club Regatas Lima/	33	17	32	[38/ZFP]	25	22	129	32
09 / USA28858	Seagle	Nicholas Kaschak/ Krystal Treiberg	San Diego YC/	26	24	[39]	34	26	24	134	33
21 / JPN30844		Kento Hashimoto/ Kazuki Murayama	Ritsumeikan Univ/	24	33	[40]	26	37	16	136	34
41 / USA30903		Cameron Fraser/ Elizabeth Glivinski	Medford BC/	31	[35]	34	21	29	25	140	35
36 / USA29013		Chris Wright/ Lauren Wright	Mission Bay YC/	30	34	24	27	[35]	33	148	36
17 / BAH28811	Breaking Wind	Jimmie Lowe/ Don Bedford	Royal Nassau SC/	34	26	36	[40]	36	23	155	37
35 / COL29651		Carolina Ponton/ Nicolas Hernandez	Club de V. Cartagena/	[42]	38	37	31	27	35	168	38
11 / BRA31159		Matheus Franca/ Daniel Seixas Claro	Rio YC/	[39]	37	38	39	32	34	180	39
44 / ARG31222	Quimera	Alejandro Triggiano/ Mariana Safar	CR Guemes Salta/	35	42	33	42	[44/DSQ]	38	190	40
40 / MEX30330		Alfonso Garcia Bringas/ Javier Garcia Bringas Rivera	Porto Bravo/	38	41	41	35	38	[44/DNF]	193	41
02 / USA28470	Red Lady	Stephan Irgens/ Monica Irgens	CCSA/	[43]	40	42	41	40	37	200	42
38 / CAN29318	Mister Bear	Christopher Hains/ Barbara Mann	Guelph Comm. BC/	41	39	[43]	43	39	39	201	43