Western Hemisphere & Asia Championship – Day 1

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

Western Hemisphere & Asia Championship – Day 1 Image
2023 Snipe Western Hemisphere & Asia Championship / © Matias Capizzano. Races Day 1.

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

  1. USA Ernesto Rodriguez & Kathleen Tocke, 2
  2. ARG Luis Soubie & Diego Lipszyc, 4
  3. BRA Rafael Gagliotti & Matheus Manezes Goncalves, 8
  4. PUR Raul Rios & Lexi Pline, 9
  5. 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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SAILORSSAIL NUMBERDIVISIONNETTOTALR1R2
1Ernesto Rodriguez
Kathleen Tocke
USA 3133736Open
Master
Mixed
2211
2Luis Soubie
Diego Lipszyc
ARG 317014Open
Master
4422
3Rafael Gagliotti
Matheus Manezes Goncalves
BRA 312086Open8835
4Raul Rios
Lexi Pline
PUR 2984130Open
Mixed
9954
5Randy Lake
Alice Schmid
USA 3129833Open
Master
Mixed
111147
6Matias Seguel
Constanza Seguel
CHI 3155421Open
Mixed
151578
7Enrique Quintero
Charlie Bess
USA 3114438Open
Mixed
1818810
8Antonio Poncell
Carola Martinez
CHI 3144317Open
Master
Mixed
1919613
9Nick Pellicano Grael
Felipe Berardo
BRA 313687Open2121912
10Julio Alsogaray
Malena Sciarra
ARG 310451Open
Mixed
2222139
11Ricky Fabini
Silvia Tourn
URU 3154632Open
Master
Mixed
2424213
12Juliana Duque
Rafael Martins
BRA 316785Open
Mixed
2424186
13Nicolas Garcia
Juan Cruz Garcia Quiroga
ARG 298273Open26261214
14Pablo Defazio
Mariana Foglia
URU 2982931Open
Mixed
28281117
15Ismael Muelle
Alessia Zavala
PER 3108327Open
Mixed
30301515
16Roberto Malsch
Jacinta Martinez
CHI 3132316Open
Master
Mixed
35351025
17Diego Figueroa
Fernanda San Roman
PER 3108628Open
Mixed
36362511
18Jorge González
Ignacio Seguel
CHI 3178712Open36361422
19BENJAMIN GUZMAN
Rodrigo Guzman
CHI 3119910Open38381919
20Agustín Segovia
Cristian Segovia
CHI 2884320Open39391623
21Jose Diaz
Mercedes Delgado
PUR 3037729Open
Mixed
Junior
40402020
22Alec Hughes
Valeria Brena
PER 3108537Open
Mixed
42422616
23Francisco Viada
Maria Jesus Viada
CHI 2927423Open
Mixed
43431726
24Matias Poncell
Trinidad Prieto
CHI 3179118Open
Mixed
43432221
25Guillermo Contreras
Catalina Vienne
CHI 317539Open
Master
Mixed
51512328
26Juan Sanchez
Juan Valenzuela
CHI 2991019Open5454UFD – 3618
27Sebastian Larrain
Vicente Larraín
CHI 3180614Open56563224
28Juan Lyon
Valentina Lyon
PER 3108426Open
Mixed
56562432
29Fernando Gallyas
Constanza Gallyas
CHI 3166711Open
Master
Mixed
56562927
30Rodrigo Sánchez
Ignacio Annunziata
CHI 3178622Open57572730
31Nicolas Halles
Felipe Halles
CHI 315513Open59592831
32Ignacio Almarza
Patricio Flores
CHI 317858Open
Master
60603129
33Francisco Jacobsen
Rodrigo Sotomayor
CHI 3178124Open64643034
34Alberto Prieto
Carlos Gomez
CHI 3168125Open
Master
68683335
35Patricio Middleton
Emilia Salvatore
CHI 2864315Open
Master
Mixed
6969DNS – 3633

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