Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship - Final - Snipe Class International

Boston, MA, USA, September 25, 2021. Final results after 9 races (1 discard):

USA Augie Diaz & Barbara Brotons, 29
USA Arthur Blodgett & Gracie Howie, 36
CHI Matias Seguel & Constanza Seguel, 48
USA Ernesto Rodriguez & Kathleen Tocke, 49
USA George Szabo & Diana Waterbury, 62

	SAILORS	SAIL NUMBER	DIVISION	NET	TOTAL	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9
1	Augie Diaz Barbara Brotons	USA 30288 17	Masters	29	45	3	2	5	1	7	5	[16]	2	4
2	Arthur Blodgett Gracie Howie	USA 30473 13		36	49	1	7	[13]	2	3	9	4	9	1
3	Matias Seguel Constanza Seguel	CHI 31554 06		48	76	[OCS – 28]	6	16	3	4	2	5	3	9
4	Ernesto Rodriguez Kathleen Tocke	USA 31337 25	Masters	49	77	4	3	22	13	2	1	1	[UFD – 28]	3
5	George Szabo Dianna Waterbury	USA 31441 28	Masters	62	90	7	5	1	4	19	[OCS – 28]	12	7	7
6	Alfonso García Bringas Andre Guaragna	MEX 31129 09		75	103	13	[OCS – 28]	26	8	10	3	2	5	8
7	John MacRae Linda Epstein	USA 31685 22	Masters	75	93	6	14	3	15	6	[18]	13	12	6
8	Taylor Scheuermann Charlie Bess	USA 31639 26	Female	76	104	2	19	17	7	12	7	10	[UFD – 28]	2
9	Carol Cronin Kim Couranz	USA 31295 16	Female	76	101	8	8	8	6	14	16	[25]	6	10
10	Rodrigo Stephan de Almeida Gustavo Baiano	BRA 31532 01	Masters	79	96	12	10	14	10	1	12	8	[17]	12
11	Jim Bowers Julia Marsh Rabin	USA 31555 14	Masters	90	118	5	1	24	9	17	8	[DSQ – 28]	1	25
12	Antonio Poncell Carolina Martinez	CHI 31443 03	Masters	99	127	10	[OCS – 28]	2	20	11	6	6	UFD – 28	16
13	Jose Daniel Hernandez Josselyn Echeverria	GUA 31567 07	None	108	136	9	15	10	18	5	13	19	[UFD – 28]	19
14	Diego Silvestre Marisleysis Cedeno	GUA 31564 08	None	110	133	20	11	15	[23]	8	11	9	13	23
15	Andrew Pimental Megan Place	USA 31727 23	Masters	114	138	17	12	6	14	18	14	22	11	[24]
16	Doug Hart Christina Persson	USA 31297 19	Masters	115	143	[OCS – 28]	OCS – 28	11	5	15	17	18	16	5
17	Evan Hoffmann	USA 30687 20	None	118	146	22	[OCS – 28]	7	12	22	4	11	19	21
18	Miranda Paz Joaquin Balarezo	PER 31039 12	Female Junior	119	144	16	16	19	16	[25]	20	17	4	11
19	Alex Pline Lisa Pline	USA 31313 24	Masters	120	148	11	4	9	22	16	23	21	14	[DNF – 28]
20	Matias Poncell Christian Obermoller	CHI 30591 04		122	150	14	20	4	27	13	15	3	[UFD – 28]	26
21	Juan Sanchez Renata Parodi	CHI 31199 05	None	128	156	[OCS – 28]	13	18	26	9	19	20	8	15
22	Felipe Fuentes Benjamin Guzman	CHI 30590 02	None	141	169	[OCS – 28]	18	21	11	21	24	7	22	17
23	Alec Hughes Valeria Breña	PER 31150 30		145	173	[OCS – 28]	9	12	25	DNC – 28	DNC – 28	15	10	18
24	Rachel Bryer Anna Wiatrowski	USA 31508 15	Female	149	177	19	[OCS – 28]	25	21	20	10	14	18	22
25	Juan Lyon Valentina Lyon	PER 31084 11	Masters	161	186	18	17	20	24	24	[25]	23	15	20
26	Jen Lee Mary Buckley	USA 31636 21	Female	164	188	21	21	23	19	23	22	[24]	21	14
27	Lee Griffith Nikki Bruno	USA 31304 18	Masters	165	193	15	[OCS – 28]	27	17	26	21	26	20	13

Diaz/Brotons Win Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship

Augie Diaz and Barbie Brotons (USA) were able to sail conservatively to ensure their win at the 2021 Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship. Going into the final day, they had a 10 point lead over Arthur Blodgett and Gracie Howie (USA) who did their best to close the point gap by winning the final race.

Diaz/Brotons were second row when the gun when off in the 6-8 knot easterly wind, but their speed and course management found them rounding in the top 5. Americans Blodgett/Howie and Taylor Scheuermann/Charlie Bess, were 1-2 at the weather mark and extended their lead through the 5 leg windward-leeward course to finish in that order. Ernesto Rodriguez/Kathleen Tocke (USA) turned on their speed and continued to push the leaders, passing Diaz/Brotons just at the finish line on a port/starboard cross.

Matias Seguel with wife Constanza representing Chile, sailed consistently enough to move onto the podium in third overall.

The division wins were: Diaz/Brotons as top Master team, Taylor Scheuermann/Charlie Bess as top female team and Miranda Paz with Joaquin Balarezo (Peru) as the top junior team.

Cottage Park Yacht Club put on a spectacular event with numerous volunteers and Jimmie Lowe from the Bahamas as the SCIRA Representative. Principle Race Officer Matt Hill had the patience and fortitude to wait until the conditions were right and set excellent courses for the competitors, with all 9 scheduled races completed.