Argentinian Nationals - Final - Snipe Class International

Buenos Aires, November 21-24, 2014. Results and report by the winner Luis Soubie

Final results after 6 races (1 discard)

1. Luis Soubie & Diego Lipszyc, 6

2. Augusto Amato & Constanza Alvarez, 12

3. Federico Norman & Diego Rudoy, 20

4. Javier Marcelo Moyano & Javier Francis Matheu, 24

5. Eduardo Fumagallo & Gonzalo Caceras, 32

36 boats from 12 of the 23 provinces got together at Buenos Aires for the 2014 ARG Nationals, at the Yacht Club Olivos (the same venue as the 2012 WH&O). We had a 4 day, 9 race schedule.

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On Friday, we started race 1 with a 15 knot SE and sailed a W-L course. We were fighting for the lead from the beginning and on the last downwind, the wind built up to 25 knots and we really started flying, gaining a huge advantage in planing on the very big waves and winning the race. Conditions were hard, with some broken masts and some crews floating here and there on the river (i rescued one of them), so the other races were abandoned for the day.

At night, we had our new “HALL OF FAME” price award, where we presented our respects to Snipe sailors from years ago, like Carlos Vilar castex, Worlds Champion in 1948 and 1951.

On day two we had to wait several hours and sailed only two races. In the first one, with 8 knots, we sailed the wrong side of the first beat on the wrong side, rounded around 6th, and then picked up to find ourselves fighting for the lead on the last upwind. We won the race in the last few meters. For the second race we had a very bad start; we touched the pin and several boats crashed on us and we couldn´t get free of the buoy for over a minute. So we rounded the windward mark 33rd of 33 boats on the water, very far behind, and then sailed fast to finish 9th. That was very good under the circumstances …

The 3rd day was our day. We went to the water in 3rd overall. The first race we chose the right side, and it looked great, with our competition on the left looking very slow, but when we tried to cross them a 30 degree shift with more pressure came from the left and they all rounded ahead of us. We rounded 10th or 12th and then had a very good race finishing 2nd, but with our biggest competition winning the race.

We had a great second race, racing in 1st or 2nd all around the course and winning it at the end. In the 3rd race of the day we rounded 2nd, got the lead right away on the downwind leg, and won that one with some comfort. So we went back to shore with half the job done.

We went out on the water the last day with 2 races left, four 1sts and a 2nd, and a 6 point lead. That looked great, but the day was very shifty and anything could happen. We had a 9th as a discard so we were not safe yet.

The wind went to 8 knots and back to zero 4 or 5 times, coming from the N, then from W, back to N, to S, NE. It was crazy. Finally rain and lightning came in and races were cancelled, so we won without racing the last day. That was too bad, but we are very happy anyway.

This was a 4 year objective with Diego Lipszyc, and I am very released we finally got it done. Now we have 7 months to focus and get ready 100% for Toronto 2015 and Talamone 2015.

This was my 3rd National title in 4 years with Diego. It seems easier looking at the numbers than it really was; we won by 1 point last year and lost by one in 2012 after being 2nd at the WH&O at Buenos Aires, so it was good to win it again.

Pl	Sail #	Crew	From	Subgroup	Total	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6
1	28701	Luis Soubie & Diego Lipstzyc	YCO-CNZ	Senior	6	1	1	(9)	2	1	1
2	29887	Augusto Amato & Constanza Alvarez	YCO	Mixto & Senior	12	3	2	4	1	(10)	2
3	29342	Federico Norman & Diego Rudoy	CVR	Senior & Interior	20	2	8	3	5	2	(37\OCS)
4	31008	Javier Marcelo Moyano & Javier Francisc Matheu	CNC	Senior	24	4	4	2	(8)	7	7
5	28789	Eduardo Fumagallo & Gonzalo Caceres	YCR	Master	32	5	3	8	(12)	4	12
6	31062	Adolfo Benavidez & Alvaro Acevedo	CVR	Interior	34	9	9	7	(10)	6	3
7	28696	Juan Grimaldi & Andrés Grimaldi	CNMP	Senior & Interior	36	6	(17)	5	3	17	5
8	38459	Trixy Agusti & Yuyú Agusti	CNC	Senior, Interior & Femenino	39	11	5	1	19	3	(37\OCS)
9	29730	Pablo Agrest & Verónica Sánchez	YCN	Mixto & Interior	49	(24)	7	6	17	13	6
10	30949	Brenda Quagliotti & Leonel Cabrera	CVR	Mixto & Junior	51	16	6	10	(28)	9	10
11	28644	Marcos Antognini & Rodrigo Nisi	YCO	Senior	59	12	(18)	11	7	11	18
12	31103	Juan Pablo Marchesoni & Paula Ramos	YCCN	Mixto & Senior	60	8	13	(15)	11	15	13
13	28970	Luciano Pesci & Barbara Brotons	CNC	Mixto	64	(37\DNC)	11	29	4	16	4
14	30459	Rocío Agusti & Paco Agusti	CNC	Mixto, Senior & Interior	64	14	15	22	(25)	5	8
15	28984	Mariano Arroyo & Gonzalo García	CVR	Senior & Interior	65	7	14	14	6	24	(37\OCS)
16	28647	Esteban Baquedano & Santiago Echeverria	CVR	Senior & Interior	68	(17)	16	13	16	14	9
17	31222	Alejandro Triggiano & Mariana Safar	CRG	Mixto, Senior & Interior	76	21	19	16	9	(26)	11
18	28699	Juan Eugenio Ardissono & Joaquín Lamberti	CRSN	Senior & Interior	82	10	(24)	24	15	18	15
19	29228	Matías Chemes & Maxi Juarez Dover	CMPSF	Junior & Interior	87	(37\DNC)	29	23	13	8	14
20	30288	Franco Camba & Ulises Bordone	CVB	Senior	87	15	(23)	18	18	19	17
21	30947	Enrique Raúl Toffoli & Mariano Alejand Aviles	CRG	Senior & Interior	90	23	20	(31)	14	12	21
22	29886	Esteban Fourquet & Fernando Albornoz	YCO	Senior	96	(37\DNC)	10	12	20	25	29
23	298	Alejandro Cloos & Nicolás Cloos	YCO	Senior	96	20	(27)	17	22	21	16
24	28965	Raúl Salvador Fiori & Roberto Hardie	TYC	Senior & Interior	102	(37\DNC)	12	20	23	27	20
25	29830	Lucía Tamani & Bianca Tamani	CVR	Junior, Interior & Femenino	105	19	(25)	19	24	20	23
26	31160	Fernando Mugerre & Guido Pérez	CVR	Master	112	13	28	27	21	23	(37\DNF)
27	1103	Martín Jacoby & María Catalina Laidlaw Carthy	YCCN	Mixto	119	(37\DNC)	30	21	27	22	19
28	29339	Hernán Afredo Suarez & Victoria Courtade	CVSI	Mixto & Senior	121	25	21	25	(32)	28	22
29	10863	Martín Pablo Alonso & Franco Braccini	CNBB	Senior & Interior	123	19\RDG	22	28	(31)	30	24
30	29230	Marcelo del Negro & Juan Tesone	CNSdi	Senior	126	18	(32)	26	26	31	25
31	29344	Enrique Valazza & Malena Gimenez	CNZ – CNQ	Mixto & Senior	132	22	26	(30)	29	29	26
32	28788	Guillermo Ramilla & Ana Belén Greco	CNBB	Mixto & Interior	151	27	(33)	32	33	32	27
33	28645	Santiago Michellis & María Sol Massera	YCO	Mixto	159	(37\DNC)	31	33	30	37\DNF	28
34	20237	Cristián Noe & Federico López	CVR	Senior & Interior	185T	(37\DNC)	37\DNC	37\DNC	37\DNC	37\DNC	37\DNC
35	29824	Miguel Costa & Eduardo de Santis	YCO	Senior	185T	(37\DNC)	37\DNC	37\DNC	37\DNC	37\DNC	37\DNC
36	12000	Agustín Zabalúa & Ezequiel Gonzales	YCR	Master	185T	(37\DNC)	37\DNC	37\DNC	37\DNC	37\DNC	37\DNC