Western Hemisphere & Asia Championship - Day 1

Algarrobo, Chile, March 14, 2023. Results after 2 races:

USA Ernesto Rodriguez & Kathleen Tocke, 2
ARG Luis Soubie & Diego Lipszyc, 4
BRA Rafael Gagliotti & Matheus Manezes Goncalves, 8
PUR Raul Rios & Lexi Pline, 9
USA Randy Lake & Alice Schmid, 11

Rodrigue/Tocke (USA) win first 2 races of WHA.

Light conditions of 4-8 knots were all the competitors and Race Committee had to work with on the opening day of the Snipe Western Hemisphere & Asia Championship.

After a short on-shore postponement while the wind filled, the racers were sent off in 5 knots. All but 1 boat were on the starting line as the father-of-the bride took precedence this day for local skipper Patricio Middleton. Never the less, the rest of the fleet did their best to keep their boats moving in the lighter breeze sailed on the Pacific Ocean.

Ernesto Rodriguez/Kathleen Tocke of the USA led both races and never relinquished their lead, winning both races easily. “This is a favorite course for the left so if you get to the left and manage to hold your lanes in the top group you have a chance,” stated Ernesto. Luis Soubie/Diego Lipszyc (ARG) posted a 2-2 behind the Americans to stay consistent while Rafael Gagliotti/Matheus Conclaves (BRA) are in third, Raul Rios/Lexi Pline (PUR) in 4th and Randy Lake/Alice Schmid (USA) rounding out the top 5. Soubie commented, “we were conservative today and sailed toward the gusts and didn’t fight for the pin like everyone else. Racing here is a challenge because if you start poorly there are very few things you can do as you need to be ahead some way or the other, otherwise it’s death on water.”

Race Committee chairman Christian Gonzalez was pleased with the first day, commenting “Today was a good day and we set the bar high – we’ll do better tomorrow but that will be hard!”

The WHA serves as a country qualifier for 2 nations for the Pan Am Games to be sailed in these same waters October 25-Nov 5, 2023. The Snipe is a mixed dinghy for the Pan Am Games with 21 of the teams registered as mixed.

Racing continues on Wednesday with 2 races scheduled per day with the final day on Saturday, March 18.

The regatta can be followed on the Championship website:

https://wha.snipechampionships.org/ for results and additional information with photos by Matias Capizzano.

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	SAILORS	SAIL NUMBER	DIVISION	NET	TOTAL	R1	R2
1	Ernesto Rodriguez Kathleen Tocke	USA 3133736	Open Master Mixed	2	2	1	1
2	Luis Soubie Diego Lipszyc	ARG 317014	Open Master	4	4	2	2
3	Rafael Gagliotti Matheus Manezes Goncalves	BRA 312086	Open	8	8	3	5
4	Raul Rios Lexi Pline	PUR 2984130	Open Mixed	9	9	5	4
5	Randy Lake Alice Schmid	USA 3129833	Open Master Mixed	11	11	4	7
6	Matias Seguel Constanza Seguel	CHI 3155421	Open Mixed	15	15	7	8
7	Enrique Quintero Charlie Bess	USA 3114438	Open Mixed	18	18	8	10
8	Antonio Poncell Carola Martinez	CHI 3144317	Open Master Mixed	19	19	6	13
9	Nick Pellicano Grael Felipe Berardo	BRA 313687	Open	21	21	9	12
10	Julio Alsogaray Malena Sciarra	ARG 310451	Open Mixed	22	22	13	9
11	Ricky Fabini Silvia Tourn	URU 3154632	Open Master Mixed	24	24	21	3
12	Juliana Duque Rafael Martins	BRA 316785	Open Mixed	24	24	18	6
13	Nicolas Garcia Juan Cruz Garcia Quiroga	ARG 298273	Open	26	26	12	14
14	Pablo Defazio Mariana Foglia	URU 2982931	Open Mixed	28	28	11	17
15	Ismael Muelle Alessia Zavala	PER 3108327	Open Mixed	30	30	15	15
16	Roberto Malsch Jacinta Martinez	CHI 3132316	Open Master Mixed	35	35	10	25
17	Diego Figueroa Fernanda San Roman	PER 3108628	Open Mixed	36	36	25	11
18	Jorge González Ignacio Seguel	CHI 3178712	Open	36	36	14	22
19	BENJAMIN GUZMAN Rodrigo Guzman	CHI 3119910	Open	38	38	19	19
20	Agustín Segovia Cristian Segovia	CHI 2884320	Open	39	39	16	23
21	Jose Diaz Mercedes Delgado	PUR 3037729	Open Mixed Junior	40	40	20	20
22	Alec Hughes Valeria Brena	PER 3108537	Open Mixed	42	42	26	16
23	Francisco Viada Maria Jesus Viada	CHI 2927423	Open Mixed	43	43	17	26
24	Matias Poncell Trinidad Prieto	CHI 3179118	Open Mixed	43	43	22	21
25	Guillermo Contreras Catalina Vienne	CHI 317539	Open Master Mixed	51	51	23	28
26	Juan Sanchez Juan Valenzuela	CHI 2991019	Open	54	54	UFD – 36	18
27	Sebastian Larrain Vicente Larraín	CHI 3180614	Open	56	56	32	24
28	Juan Lyon Valentina Lyon	PER 3108426	Open Mixed	56	56	24	32
29	Fernando Gallyas Constanza Gallyas	CHI 3166711	Open Master Mixed	56	56	29	27
30	Rodrigo Sánchez Ignacio Annunziata	CHI 3178622	Open	57	57	27	30
31	Nicolas Halles Felipe Halles	CHI 315513	Open	59	59	28	31
32	Ignacio Almarza Patricio Flores	CHI 317858	Open Master	60	60	31	29
33	Francisco Jacobsen Rodrigo Sotomayor	CHI 3178124	Open	64	64	30	34
34	Alberto Prieto Carlos Gomez	CHI 3168125	Open Master	68	68	33	35
35	Patricio Middleton Emilia Salvatore	CHI 2864315	Open Master Mixed	69	69	DNS – 36	33