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
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