Western Hemisphere & Asia Championship – Final

Chileans Matias & Constanza Seguel Win Snipe Western Hemisphere & Asia Championship

Western Hemisphere & Asia Championship – Final Image
2023 Snipe Western Hemisphere & Asia Championship / © Matias Capizzano. Races Day 5.

Algarrobo, Chile, March 18, 2023

Chileans Matias & Constanza Seguel win Snipe Western Hemisphere & Asia Championship.

New champions were crowned today for the 2023 Snipe Western Hemisphere & Asia Championship after 4 solid days of racing in Algarrobo, Chile. Elated by their consistency, Matias and Constanza Seguel commented “we knew it was tough, but we had a good start and we have been very close all the time and we are very happy and enjoying this.” Local knowledge? “…racing in your home is easier and you have an advantage and we took that. Many thanks to my crew—she did an amazing job!” This is the first time a Chilean team has won the WH&A championship and the first time for Chile to host this championship.

The day began after a foggy start, and the competitors headed out to do battle on the Pacific but had to wait one hour due to shifting winds and fog on the course. Once the wind settled down, Race 6 was underway in 8 knots and found Enrique Quintero/Charlie Bess (USA) leading the fleet around the course and crossing first. Quintero commented “after our DSQ yesterday, this was a nice way to start the day and we finished with 3 top finishes.” Crossing second was Matias/Constanza Seguel (CHI) who with their consistent results, moved into the overall lead going into the last two races.

Race 7 began with a recall as the racers were anxious, but after a re-set, the fleet was off—all clear. The top sailors were all very close with Soubie/Lipszyc (ARG), Rodriguez/Tocke (USA), Gagliotti/Goncalves (BRA) and Seguel/Seguel (CHI) all rounding in the top 5. At the finish, Gagliotti/Goncalves were first followed by Soubie/Lipszyc and the Seguels, making the overall very tight.

The wind began to drop, with the last start in 6-7 knots, dropping to 5 at times during the race. Gagliotti/Goncalves, Duque/Martins, the Seguels as well as Rodriguez/Tocke all were in striking distance from each other and as the wind dropped with a very slow last downwind leg, Duque/Martins held on to win the race, but with the Seguels crossing in 3rd, they won the regatta by 1 point. Finishing 2nd and third overall were Ernesto Rodriguez/Kathleen Tocke (USA). Luis Soubie/Diego Lipszyc (ARG) were heavy favorites, but 2 bad races pushed them back to fourth overall after leading most of the regatta. Rounding out the top 5 was Rafael Gagliotti/Matheus Goncalves (BRA) who sailed a 7-1-14 on the final day.

Chile hosted an excellent event following the Snipe motto of “Serious Sailing, Serious Fun” with tough competition on the water, evidenced by the tight final points, and great after racing parties and karting races in town.

The WHA served as a country qualifier for 2 nations for the Pan Am Games to be sailed in these same waters October 25-Nov 5, 2023. Puerto Rico and the USA qualified at the North Americans and Chile has an auto entry as host. Brazil and Argentina secured 2 entries with 2 more to be earned at the South American Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay next month. The Central American Games in El Salvador will determine the final country. The Snipe is a mixed dinghy for the Pan Am Games with 21 of the teams registered as mixed.

Final results after 8 races (1 discard):

  1. CHI Matias Seguel & Constanza Seguel, 26
  2. BRA Juliana Duque & Rafael Martins, 27
  3. USA Ernesto Rodriguez & Kathleen Tocke, 31
  4. ARG Luis Soubie & Diego Lipszyc, 37
  5. BRA Rafael Gagliotti & Matheus Goncalves, 37
SAILORSSAIL NUMBERDIVISIONNETTOTALR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
1Matias Seguel
Constanza Seguel
CHI 3155421Open
Mixed
2645782[19]1233
2Juliana Duque
Rafael Martins
BRA 316785Open
Mixed
2745[18]6124671
3Ernesto Rodriguez
Kathleen Tocke
USA 3133736Open
Master
Mixed
315011[19]85952
4Luis Soubie
Diego Lipszyc
ARG 317014Open
Master
3754221116132[17]
5Rafael Gagliotti
Matheus Goncalves
BRA 312086Open38523579RDG – 671[14]
6Antonio Poncell
Carola Martinez
CHI 3144317Open
Master
Mixed
47606[13]1343588
7Raul Rios
Lexi Pline
PUR 2984130Open
Mixed
4872541011[24]3105
8Randy Lake
Alice Schmid
USA 3129833Open
Master
Mixed
5476476101110[22]6
9Julio Alsogaray
Malena Sciarra
ARG 310451Open
Mixed
698413951314[15]114
10Nick Pellicano Grael
Felipe Berardo
BRA 313687Open718891216512[17]413
11Enrique Quintero
Charlie Bess
USA 3114438Open
Mixed
731098101821[DSQ – 36]169
12Nicolas Garcia
Juan Cruz Garcia Quiroga
ARG 298273Open75941214316[19]4197
13Ricky Fabini
Silvia Tourn
URU 3154632Open
Master
Mixed
7798[21]3868211318
14Pablo Defazio
Mariana Foglia
URU 2982931Open
Mixed
81103111743[22]81721
15Ismael Muelle
Alessia Zavala
PER 3108327Open
Mixed
861021515979[16]1615
16Diego Figueroa
Fernanda San Roman
PER 3108628Open
Mixed
97122[25]1117147231411
17Alec Hughes
Valeria Brena
PER 3108537Open
Mixed
1081382616[30]171612912
18Agustín Segovia
Cristian Segovia
CHI 2884320Open119150162312202[31]2026
19Matias Poncell
Trinidad Prieto
CHI 3179118Open
Mixed
1241602221[UFD – 36]2615181210
20Juan Sanchez
Juan Valenzuela
CHI 2991019Open125161[UFD – 36]18153010141523
21BENJAMIN GUZMAN
Rodrigo Guzman
CHI 3119910Open133160191914[27]13252320
22Francisco Viada
Maria Jesus Viada
CHI 2927423Open
Mixed
135164172620121719[29]24
23Jose Diaz
Mercedes Delgado
PUR 3037729Open
Mixed
Junior
13716320202224[26]112416
24Roberto Malsch
Jacinta Martinez
CHI 3132316Open
Master
Mixed
14517310252115212627[28]
25Sebastian Larrain
Vicente Larraín
CHI 3180614Open1692053224[DNC – 36]2218282619
26Jorge González
Ignacio Seguel
CHI 3178712Open17120714222325[UFD – 36]272832
27Rodrigo Sánchez
Ignacio Annunziata
CHI 3178622Open173207273024[34]20222129
28Nicolas Halles
Felipe Halles
CHI 315513Open18321928312532292018[DNF – 36]
29Patricio Middleton
Emilia Salvatore
CHI 2864315Open
Master
Mixed
186222[DNS – 36]33292325292522
30Guillermo Contreras
Catalina Vienne
CHI 317539Open
Master
Mixed
192225232832312324[33]31
31Alberto Prieto
Carlos Gomez
CHI 3168125Open
Master
19422933[35]261827333027
32Juan Lyon
Valentina Lyon
PER 3108426Open
Mixed
20123324[32]282931323225
33Fernando Gallyas
Constanza Gallyas
CHI 3166711Open
Master
Mixed
201237292727283030[UFD – 36]30
34Ignacio Almarza
Patricio Flores
CHI 317858Open
Master
224259312931[35]32343433
35Francisco Jacobsen
Rodrigo Sotomayor
CHI 3178124Open22926530343333333531[DNF – 36]

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