Miami Snipe Invitational – Final

Miami, January 5, 2014. Report by Kathleen Tocke, photos (John Payne) and full results.

Sunday brought another day of quality racing at the Miami Snipe Invite. Based on the forecast, it seemed that the first race with 6-10 knots and chop would be the windiest. Canadian National Team member, Evert McLaughlin sailing with Miami’s Nikki Bruno lead most of the race with Ecuador’s Edgar Diminich and Raul Rios in hot pursuit. Nick Voss played his own game often separatinmg from the leaders downwind. In the end it was a photo finish with Edgar Diminich (and substitute crew, Kathleen Tocke) crossing the line inches before McLaughlin & Bruno.

The second race had similar conditions, but it was Rios & Hudson who crossed the line first followed by Diminich & Tocke and Nick Voss in third.

The third race was the most interesting of all. The wind had been dying all day, so most teams started the last race at their base settings. Just as the fleet began their downwind leg, a squall blew in with winds gusting up to 28 knots. Teams continued to race, now reaching with poles up. Just after the first few boats rounded the leeward gate and were sailing upwind, racing was abandoned. Sailors blasted back to shore. No one can complain about there being too little wind this year.

Final Results:

Top Team Under 18: Nicolas Grael & Joao Pedro Moriera
Top Women’s Team: sara Morgan Watters & Kim Calnan
US Jr. Worlds Team Qualifiers: Jensen McTighe & Paul Streater

Top 5 Overall:

1. Raul Rios & Stephanie Hudson (PUR)
2. Nick Voss & Nicole Popp (USA)
3. Evert McLaughlin & Nikki Bruno (CAN)
4. Lior Lavie & Bruno Mello (USA)
5.Taylor Scheuermann & Connor Corgard (USA)

Report Day 1

(photo courtesy of John Payne)
 

Snipe
1.		PUR 29841	none	Raul Rios-de Choudens / Stephanie Hudson	11	8	3	1	4	1	[11]	17.0
2.		USA 28814	Jupiter	Nicholas Voss / Nicole Popp	4	6	10	2	5	3	[10]	20.0
3.		CAN 30288 4	Stabber	Evert McLaughlin / Nikki Bruno	5.7/RDG	5	7	5	2	15	[15]	24.7
4.		USA 30473	none	Lior Lavielle / Bruno Mello	28/OCS	16	1	4	7	4	[28]	32.0
5.		USA 29511	Hot Pursuit	Taylor Scheuermann / Connor Corgard	13	4	4	6	11	7	[13]	32.0
6.		BRA 31117	Roundabout	Nicholas Grael / Joao Pedro Moreira	10	7	2	9	28/DSQ	6	[28]	34.0
7.		ECU 30761	Champ	Edgar Diminich / Pedro Velez	2	10	20	23	1	2	[23]	35.0
8.		USA 29112	Snipe	Arthur Blodgett / Lara Dallman-Weiss	12	2	13	8	3	10	[13]	35.0
9.		USA 30027	Snipe	Jensen McTighe / Paul Streater	6	8.3/RDG	16	3	15	8	[16]	40.3
10.		USA 30759	La Yeguita	Enrique Quintero / Natalya Doris	14	9	6	16	10	5	[16]	44.0
11.		USA 30288 E	none	Lucas Calabrese / Mitchell Kiss	1	1	5	15	28/DNS			50.0
12.		USA 30287 7	The Batmobile	Eduardo Mintzias / Pere Puig	7	11	12	10	12	14	[14]	52.0
13.		USA 30288-1	Batura	Andre Guaragna / Eric Weiss	5	13.3/RDG	22	13	6	17	[22]	54.3
14.		CAN 30288 2		Robert Davis / Terra Berlinski	3	7	23	12	28/OCS	11	[28]	56.0
15.		USA 9112	No Clew	Zachary Marks / Alana O’Reilly	15	14	9	7	13	21	[21]	58.0
16.		USA 30287	30287	David Hernandez / Kara Voss	28/OCS	3	14	14	21	9	[28]	61.0
17.		USA 944	Fun	Wilson Stout / Kyle Pond	8	24	24	11	9	13	[24]	65.0
18.		USA 30288 8	N/A	Sara Morgan Watters / Kim Calnan	16	13	8	17	19	20	[20]	73.0
19.		USA 30552	30552	Christian Filter / Jessica Claflin	17	16.7/RDG	15	18	14	12	[18]	74.7
20.		USA 30942	N/A	Sarah Newberry / Rachel Perry	9	12	18	24	20	19	[24]	78.0
21.		BRA 30790	SVR	Rafael Fontoura / Michael Frew	21	17	28/DSQ	20	8	18	[28]	84.0
22.		USA 2944	Dominique Wright	Dominique Wright / Hilary Noble	14	19.7/RDG	17	28/DNF	18	16	[28]	84.7
23.		POR 29994	Widex/José Mata, Lda	Diogo Machado Pinto / Francisco Machado Pinto	20	18	11	19	22	22	[22]	90.0
24.		USA 30236	Charter Snipe	Margaret Bacon / Julia Fuller	18	23	19	15	17	23	[23]	92.0
25.		USA 30288 5	none	Shane Riera	19	28	25	21	16	25	[28]	106.0
26.		USA 29442	USA 29442	Julia Melton / Liz Ryder	21	20	21	22	23	24	[24]	107.0
27.		USA	Snipe	Leah Harper	28/DNS	28/DNS	28/DNS	28/DNS	28/DNS			140.0