1st Snipe Women's World Championships, Yokohama, Japan
Hakkeijima Marina, August 11-15
6 races out of a scheduled 7 were sailed on Tokio Bay
Top 15 of 46 competitors from 5 countries (JPN, USA, NOR, URG, FRA)
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 total
1. Pauline Book/Carine Juliussen NOR 1 2 6 1 -20 4 13.5
2. Mika Shirai/Chisato Isogai JPN 2 5 4 2 5 -8 18
3. Yumiko Ito/Yukari Morishita JPN 4 3 7 -9 2 5 21
4. Mika Tsuchiya/Nana Sudo JPN -20 4 9 4 3 2 22
5. Mary Brigdon/Jerelyn Biehl USA 17 -DSQ 1 3 1 3 24.5
6. Paula Marino/Monica Marino URG 5 7 YMP YMP -11 6 30
7. Tarasa Davis/Sherry Welch USA 9 6 3 5 8 -9 31
8. Satoko Kaneda/Noriko Sumi JPN 13 10 5 -15 4 7 39
9. Atsuko Takahashi/Reiko Togo JPN 6 8 10 -16 7 10 41
10. Satsuki Tachibana/Emiko Tomomori JPN 12 1 12 8 -25 13 45.75
11. Lisa Foulke Pline/Sherry Eldridge USA 3 14 8 7 17 -23 49
12. Chizuko Izima/Hiroko Sugaya JPN -25 13 13 14 18 1 58.75
13. Naomi Tomita/Izumi Ozawa JPN 11 9 -43 12 10 21 63
14. Kimie Isobe/Sekiko Watanabe JPN 15 *27 2 11 -27 16 71
15. Kayo Hama/Yumiko Kato JPN 10 19 11 18 -29 14 72
- = throwout
* = 20% penalty
YMP = average points (6)
Conditions:
Races #1,2 were held on 8/12: SSE-S, 8-12
Races #3,4 were held on 8/13: SSE-S, 10-15 (#3) and 15-20 (#4)
Races postponed on 8/14: 25+ winds from the S due to Typhoon Ellie
Races #5,6 were held on 8/15: S-SSW, 10-12
There was considerable current in Tokyo Bay (2 knots) which was
predominantly counter to the the winds for the times sailed, causing
short, steep chop similar to Annapolis on a bad day! The breeze was
uncharacteristically strong for the area due to the presence of
Typhoon Ellie SW of Japan, augmenting the typical thermally driven
S-SW breeze at 5-10 knots.
-- Alex Pline