Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship – Final
San Diego, September 12, 2014. Regatta report by Carol Cronin (Photo: Raul Rios & Fernando Menllor - courtesy of John Payne) Final results (10 races, 2 discards) 1. PUR Raul Rios & Fernando Monllor, 30 2. ARG Luis Soubie & Diego Mini Lipszyc, 31 3. BRA Breno Bianchi & Flavio de Castro, 45 4. BRA Rafael Gagliotti & Henrique Wisniewski, 49 5. BRA Alexandre Tinoco & Alexandre Niederauer, 57 The 43 teams are now heading home to their 12 countries, after a fantastic 2014 Western Hemisphere and Orient Championship hosted by San Diego Yacht Club. A combination of professional and volunteer organizers came together after two full years of planning, and the result was a weeklong reunion of our South American, North American, and Japanese Snipe family. ...

San Diego, September 12, 2014. Regatta report by Carol Cronin
(Photo: Raul Rios & Fernando Menllor – courtesy of John Payne)
Final results (10 races, 2 discards)
1. PUR Raul Rios & Fernando Monllor, 30
2. ARG Luis Soubie & Diego Mini Lipszyc, 31
3. BRA Breno Bianchi & Flavio de Castro, 45
4. BRA Rafael Gagliotti & Henrique Wisniewski, 49
5. BRA Alexandre Tinoco & Alexandre Niederauer, 57
The 43 teams are now heading home to their 12 countries, after a fantastic 2014 Western Hemisphere and Orient Championship hosted by San Diego Yacht Club. A combination of professional and volunteer organizers came together after two full years of planning, and the result was a weeklong reunion of our South American, North American, and Japanese Snipe family.
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Serious Racing was of course the first priority, and many teams showed up early to prepare their charter boats and let their bodies adjust to the Pacific coast time zone. Only about a third of the boats came from “away”, and none of the international teams shipped boats, so the depth of the San Diego fleet and high quality of the provided boats were very important to the success of several teams.
Serious Fun was also very important, and the San Diego plan included something for everyone. The regatta opened with a parade of countries and music by Leapfrog, and closed with a party on the Yacht Club deck that offered a wide variety of food and a great rocking beach band. In between were house parties, model boat racing by country (won by Colombia), paddleboard fun, and snacks/beer for all the sailors after every day of racing. No one went home hungry, and some might have even gained a few pounds—in spite of five days of hiking.
Usually racing a big event in San Diego means ocean sailing, but for this regatta the organizers wisely decided to mix it up a bit. Six races were held in the swells, wind chop, and 8-14 knots of westerly that we all think of as “classic San Diego.” Four of the races were sailed in South Bay at tne bottom of San Diego Harbor, a flat water, shifty venue that often has a few knots more breeze than the ocean outside. When Hurricane Norbert decided to send some unusually hot and humid weather our way early in the week, South Bay gave us a great alternative to drifting around in the predicted kelp and big swells outside. And on day 4, this alternate sailing area guaranteed that the eventual winners would be forced to excel in a range of conditions. The result: no one was able to crack the top 10 in every race, and only one team (2nd place finishers Luis Soubie/Diego Mini Lipszyc) was unhappy about having two drop races by the end of the series.
When the locals were asked before the regatta started what the biggest obstacle to doing well would be, the answer was immediate: “Kelp.” But even in the ocean, the long strings and islands of green were pretty easy to avoid all week. That was a welcome surprise.
The least welcome aspect of the regatta was all the towing. South Bay was a 1+ hour ride for anyone but Jerry Thompson and Mandi Dufort’s fast tow of one boat (deserving former Commodores Jimmy Lowe/Don Bedford), and the ocean venue was only a little closer. When we totaled up the towing hours at the end of the week, it came to more than 10. It was a good week to have a fun teammate and/or fun towing neighbors. And fortunately, the great sailing and shoreside hospitality more than made up for that downtime.
The weather was also quite spectacular, and there was only one day of racing that required protection from anything other than sun. Spray tops were left onshore, along with warm hats and most of our neoprene. What a nice way to end the summer sailing season for those of us in the northern hemisphere!
The results? Well, the South Americans took three of the spots in the top five, but they couldn’t take the top prize this time. That went to youngster islanders Raul Rios/Fernando Monllor (PUR), who overcame a tough second to last day to take back their lead with a 6,3 in the final two races. 6th-10th overall was an almost all-American party, spoiled by only one Japanese team in the aptly named “Charter Boat.”
The regatta was also a country qualifier for the 2015 Pan American Games, which will take place in Toronto, Canada next July. The five countries who qualified out of this event were PUR, USA, COL, ECU, and CUB. The USA Trials will take place in mid-October, also out of San Diego Yacht Club.
And for those of you who’ve never started on the same line with sailors from 11 other countries before, it’s, well—different. So much of our sailing comfort zone is related to knowing the habits and sailing styles of our competition, and especially at the beginning of a regatta like this, the faces and pre-start antics were sometimes completely unexpected. Learning a little more each day added a new and very fun dimension, and we even learned a few words of several different languages. We can’t wait for the 2015 Worlds to put our new communication skills to use.
Carol Cronin
Video: Interview with Luis Soubie and Raul Rios
Video: Rios and Menllor win the WH&O!
Video: First start of the last day at the Western Hemisphere and Orient Championship
Video: Start of the las race at the WH&O
Bow/Sail | Boat | Skipper | Yacht Club | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Pos | ||
05 / PUR29841 | PUR 29841 | Raul Rios/ Fernando Monllor |
FVPR/ | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | [15] | [26] | 6 | 3 | 30 |
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15 / ARG28701 | ARG28701 | Luis Soubie/ Diego Mini Lipszyc |
YCO/CNZ/ | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | [25] | [10] | 31 |
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37 / BRA30997 | Cachorrão | Breno Bianchi/ Flavio de Castro |
Rio de Janeiro IC/ | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | [12] | 11 | [13] | 45 |
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07 / BRA31004 | Guarda Patrimonial | Rafael Gagliotti/ Henrique Wisniewski |
Iate clube de santos/ | [27] | [27] | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 49 |
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42 / BRA31151 | Alexandre Tinoco/ Alexandre Niederauer |
RCRS Ribera/ | 12 | 4 | 5 | 10 | [17] | 9 | 3 | 6 | [31] | 8 | 57 |
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43 / USA30759 | 30759 | Brian Kamilar/ Enrique Quintero |
Coral Reef YC/ | [23] | 6 | 14 | 5 | 6 | [30] | 11 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 66 |
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47 / USA30288 | Danilu | Augie Diaz/ Aine McLean Fretwell |
CRYC/CGSC/ | 5 | 7 | 17 | 7 | [20] | 10 | [28] | 8 | 16 | 2 | 72 |
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30 / USA29941 | Doug Hart/ Ryan Hopps |
MBYC/ | 1 | 5 | 15 | [23] | [44/DNS] | 18 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 81 |
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18 / JPN31054 | Charter Boat | Koji Kamiya/ Tatsuya Yamauchi |
NTT East YC/ | 15 | [31] | 2 | 12 | 23 | [44/DSQ] | 4 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 85 |
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32 / USA28687 | C Cannibal BB-EE-JE | Chuck Sinks/ Robbie Dean |
SDYC/SFYC/ | 7 | [30] | 6 | 17 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 10 | [24] | 90 |
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06 / USA28854 | Randy Lake/ Kate Sheahan |
SDYC/ | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | [24] | [44/OCS] | 6 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 95 |
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19 / CUB31038 | Raúl Díaz Herrera/ Rafael García Granados |
Cuba/ | 17 | 12 | [21] | 6 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 20 | [27] | 96 |
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45 / USA31188 | Jibe Tech | Andrew Pimental/ Nikki Bruno |
Sail Newport/ | 21 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 22 | [31] | 1 | 3 | [35] | 7 | 97 |
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27 / USA31130 | Ernesto Rodriguez/ Eduardo Mintzias |
NA/ | 16 | [22] | [25] | 20 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 98 |
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39 / USA30860 | Spidey | Carol Cronin/ Kim Couranz |
Severn SA/ | 4 | 16 | 18 | 19 | [30] | 8 | 8 | [31] | 13 | 14 | 100 |
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20 / BRA31066 | Mateus Tavares/ Jonathan Lherke |
YCe da Bahia/ | 25 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 7 | [44/OCS] | 11 | 1 | [35] | 101 |
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34 / USA30109 | David Tillson/ Rebecca McElvain |
MBYC/ | 8 | 14 | 12 | 8 | [31] | 21 | [24] | 13 | 8 | 19 | 103 |
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01 / JPN30924 | Takuya Shimamoto/ Keisuke Kushida |
Waseda U./ | [28] | 10 | [28] | 15 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 122 |
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46 / USA30800 | Green Flash | Rick Arneson/ Diana Waterbury |
San Diego YC/ | 13 | [32] | 22 | 22 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 12 | [30] | 130 |
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31 / ECU31027 | El Desleal | Edgar Diminich/ Eduardo Viteri |
CVL/FEY/MDD/SYC/ | 19 | [36] | 16 | [28] | 8 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 133 |
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03 / JPN28732 | HITACHI Sailing Team | Ryohei Doi/ Keiichiro Itagaki |
Japan SF/Hitachi/ | 32 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 3 | [36] | 29 | 33 | [36] | 139 |
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26 / BRA30996 | La Maquina | Felipe Sabino/ Bernardo Sarzedas |
rio yatch club/ | [37] | 25 | 26 | 24 | 7 | [44/DSQ] | 18 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 148T |
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22 / ECU31037 | Jesus Bailon Reyes/ Iberth Constante |
Manta YC/ | 10 | 18 | [31] | 18 | [33] | 26 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 148T |
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08 / CUB29517 | Raúl Faura Nieto/ José Piña Nieto |
Cuba/ | [36] | 21 | 20 | [37] | 19 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 152 |
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24 / BRA31113 | LORD | Helio Lyra de Aquino Jr./ João Pedro Moreira |
ICRJ/IC Rio de Janeiro/ | 29 | 28 | [30] | 9 | 10 | 15 | [37] | 28 | 14 | 22 | 155 |
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23 / USA30337 | Quantum Racing | Eric Heim/ Aimee Heim |
San Diego YC/ | 22 | 23 | 9 | 13 | [28] | 27 | 23 | 24 | 15 | [33] | 156 |
26
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14 / JPN30353 | Kosuke Demichi/ Shun Yanagibayashi |
DUYC/ | 18 | 15 | 23 | 36 | [44/OCS] | 13 | 17 | 19 | [39] | 21 | 162 |
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10 / JPN31134 | Motoharu Nishii/ Tomohisa Nakamura |
CYUBU/ | 11 | 20 | 11 | 32 | [34] | [36] | 16 | 17 | 32 | 29 | 168 |
28
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25 / JPN30722 | JPN30722 | Genya Ozaki/ Kawano Motomichi |
Konan Univercity/ | 14 | 29 | 35 | [38] | 21 | 6 | 29 | 36 | 17 | [41] | 187 |
29
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04 / USA29778 | Batura | Roberto Guaragna/ Andre Guaragna |
Miami/ | [40] | 11 | 29 | 33 | 14 | 32 | 26 | 18 | 26 | [39] | 189 |
30
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28 / COL30718 | Esteban Echavarria/ Juan Esteban Restrepo Vera |
Federation Colombia de Vela/ | 20 | [44/DSQ] | 27 | 25 | 16 | 29 | [35] | 33 | 22 | 18 | 190 |
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33 / PER31150 | Diego Figueroa/ Alonso Collantes |
Club Regatas Lima/ | 33 | 17 | 32 | [38/ZFP] | 25 | 22 | 25 | 27 | [37] | 25 | 206 |
32
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21 / JPN30844 | Kento Hashimoto/ Kazuki Murayama |
Ritsumeikan Univ/ | 24 | 33 | [40] | 26 | 37 | 16 | 30 | [40] | 23 | 20 | 209 |
33
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09 / USA28858 | Seagle | Nicholas Kaschak/ Krystal Treiberg |
San Diego YC/ | 26 | 24 | [39] | 34 | 26 | 24 | 39 | [44/OCS] | 9 | 31 | 213 |
34
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41 / USA30903 | Cameron Fraser/ Elizabeth Glivinski |
Medford BC/ | 31 | [35] | 34 | 21 | 29 | 25 | 31 | 30 | [36] | 23 | 224 |
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36 / USA29013 | Chris Wright/ Lauren Wright |
Mission Bay YC/ | 30 | [34] | 24 | 27 | [35] | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 248 |
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17 / BAH28811 | Breaking Wind | Jimmie Lowe/ Don Bedford |
Royal Nassau SC/ | 34 | 26 | 36 | [40] | 36 | 23 | 33 | 35 | [44/OCS] | 38 | 261 |
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35 / COL29651 | Carolina Ponton/ Nicolas Hernandez |
Club de V. Cartagena/ | [42] | [38] | 37 | 31 | 27 | 35 | 27 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 269 |
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11 / BRA31159 | Matheus Franca/ Daniel Seixas Claro |
Rio YC/ | 39 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 32 | 34 | [44/DNF] | 32 | 27 | [40] | 278 |
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40 / MEX30330 | Alfonso Garcia Bringas/ Javier Garcia Bringas Rivera |
Porto Bravo/ | 38 | 41 | 41 | 35 | 38 | [44/DNF] | 41 | [42] | 29 | 28 | 291 |
40
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44 / ARG31222 | Quimera | Alejandro Triggiano/ Mariana Safar |
CR Guemes Salta/ | 35 | [42] | 33 | 42 | [44/DSQ] | 38 | 32 | 38 | 40 | 34 | 292 |
41
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02 / USA28470 | Red Lady | Stephan Irgens/ Monica Irgens |
CCSA/ | [43] | 40 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 37 | 40 | 39 | 41 | [43] | 320 |
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38 / CAN29318 | Mister Bear | Christopher Hains/ Barbara Mann |
Guelph Comm. BC/ | 41 | 39 | [43] | [43] | 39 | 39 | 38 | 41 | 42 | 42 | 321 |
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Notes
– Scoring System is RRS Low Point 2013-2016
– Finishes in [brackets] denote throwouts
– Click on race number to view detailed race information.
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