Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship – Day 1

Buenos Aires, November 21, 2012. Report by Jerelyn Biehl.

100 Competitors at Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship

The 2012 Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship began today in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 100 competitors comprise the 50 teams representing 7 nations. The list is a who’s who of Snipe sailing including 8 current and former world champions.

Eager to beat an incoming storm, the first day held 3 races on the Rio de la Plata beginning with 12 knots, but decreasing through the day to 8 knots with steep chop.

2009 World Champions Bruno Bethlem and Dante Bianchi (BRA) lead after the first day with a 1-5-2 followed by Junichiro Shiraishi and Shinsei Ueda (JPN) with a 9-1-3. Former World Master champion Paulo Santos with Thiago Sangineto (BRA) sit in 3rd with a 2-11-6. Argentines round out the top 5 with Eduardo Fumagallo and Alejandro Noe and Federico Calabrese and Gonzalo Ramos Vertiz respectively.

Yasuhiro Oguri and Naoyuki Nanba (JPN) are the top junior team in 16th, with Brenda Quagliotti and Victoria Courtade (ARG) as the top placing female team.

The forecast calls for strong winds and heavy rain for tomorrow.

Hosted by Yacht Club Olivos, this is the 4th time the Snipe Class has returned to Argentina for the championship which has been held since 1950, with the first event held in Havana, Cuba. SCIRA (Snipe Class International Racing Association) is celebrating its 81st year of competition with fleets in 27 countries and over 31,000 boats built.

Photos by Jorge Cousillas, El Ojo Nautico:

4289: Martin Viale and Agustin Perez Gori (ARG)

4368: Bruno Bethlem and Dante Bianchi (BRA)

4595: Start of race 1

4682: Snipes at the weather mark

Full results can be found at: www.yco.com.ar

Pl	Sail #	Crew	Fm	Subgroup	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Tot
1	30997	Bruno Bethlem & Dante Bianchi	BRA	Senior	1	5	2	8
2	31033	Junichiro Shiraishi & Shinsei Ueda	JPN	Senior	9	1	3	13
3	29818	Paulo Santos & Thiago Sangineto	BRA	Master	2	11	6	19
4	31040	Eduardo Fumagallo & Alejandro Noe	ARG	Master	15	4	4	23
5	29886	Federico Calabrese & Gonzalo Ramos Vertiz	ARG	Senior	5	3	16	24
6	28701	Luis Soubie & Diego Lipszyc	ARG	Senior	8	9	12	29
7	30288	Augie Diaz & Kathleen Tocke	USA	Master & Mixed	22	7	5	34
8	29887	Augusto Amato & Constanza Alvarez	ARG	Senior & Mixed	7	19	9	35
9	31961	Mario Tinoco & Gabriel Borges	BRA	Senior	11	26	1	38
10	31071	Yasushi Kondo & Shingo Ishikawa	JPN	Senior	12	2	24	38
11	31002	Yuuichi Ooi & Noriaki Sakai	JPN	Senior	17	8	13	38
12	31066	Mateus Tavares & Daniel Claro	BRA	Senior	3	25	15	43
13	30266	Breno Valdetaro Bianchi & Luiz Felipe Caneppa	BRA	Senior	4	31	8	43
14	29675	Naoki Inoue & Tsunenari Kawal	JPN	Master	18	6	22	46
15	28984	Mariano Arroyo & Nicolás Coppari	ARG	Senior	27	16	7	50
16	30711	Yasuhiro Oguri & Naoyuki Nanba	JPN	Junior	16	14	20	50
17	30439	Brian Kamilar & Enrique Quintero	USA	Senior	6	21	26	53
18	31004	Rafael Gaglioti & Henrique Wisniewski	BRA	Senior	14	10	30	54
19	31008	Javier Moyano & Javier Matheu	ARG	Senior	20	22	14	56
20	31047	Felipe Sabino & Víctor Sabino	BRA	Junior	13	13	33	59
21	31121	Felipe Linhares & Alex Juk	BRA	Senior	10	27	25	62
22	31109	Ricardo Rezende & Arthur Souza	BRA	Senior	19	15	35	69
23	31062	Adolfo Benavidez Ruiz & Guido Morlachetti	ARG	Senior	51\OCS	12	10	73
24	28697	Franco Camba & Federico Secchi	ARG	Senior	24	23	28	75
25	30453	Martín Viale & Agustín Pérez Gori	ARG	Senior	26	40	11	77
26	31070	Mitsugu Nakajima & Kazuhiro Ito	JPN	Senior	28	33	17	78
27	30473	Ernesto Rodriguez & Esteban Echavarría	USA	Senior	25	20	34	79
28	29829	Pablo Defazio & Mariana Foglia	URU	Senior & Mixed	23	29	31	83
29	30690	Felipe Cunha & Luiz Eduardo Garrido	BRA	Senior	32	34	18	84
30	30544	Juliana Duque & Marcus Cunha	BRA	Junior & Mixed	30	17	41	88
31	29228	Matías Chemes & Jorge Chemes	ARG	Junior	31	38	19	88
32	29112	Kevin Reali & Timothy King	USA	Senior	36	30	23	89
33	30949	Brenda Quagliotti & Victoria Courtade	ARG	Women	39	32	21	92
34	28699	Cara Vavolotis & Rachel Pokorny	USA	Women	38	28	29	95
35	29003	Takeshi Yoshioka & Takairo Maruko	JPN	Senior	51\OCS	18	32	101
36	31091	Mario Urban & Rafael Sapucaia	BRA	Senior	29	36	37	102
37	28026	Federico Waksman & Paolo Sassi	URU	Senior	40	24	39	103
38	28663	Andrea Foglia & María Tato	URU	Women	21	42	43	106
39	29671	Tarasa Davis & Kim Calnan	USA	Senior & Women	37	43	27	107
40	30492	Alejandro Triggiano & Diego Hardie	ARG	Senior	34	41	42	117
41	30691	Rafael Martins & Mila Beckerath	BRA	Mixed	35	39	44	118
42	30604	Emanuel Aghem & Luciano Pesci	ARG	Junior	33	35	51\OCS	119
43	28643	Patricio Middleton & Néstor Valdés	CHI	Master	42	37	40	119
44	28645	Carlos Castrillo & Axel Chamson	ARG	Master	43	44	38	125
45	30819	Francisco Pérez & Leonel Cabrera	CAN	Senior	45	50	36	131
46	30487	Roberto Malsch & Carmina Malsch	CHI	Senior & Mixed	44	45	45	134
47	30953	Leonardo Taboada & Daniela Harfush	BRA	Senior & Mixed	41	46	51\DNF	138
48	28845	Sebastián Rodriguez Estruch & Tomás Rodriguez Mollo	CHI	Senior	48	47	46	141
49	29318	Christopher Hains & Barbara Mann	CAN	Master	46	48	48\RDG	142
50	30594	Tomás Rodriguez & Benjamín Aylwin	CHI	Senior	47	49	47\RDG	143