2016 Snipe Western Hemisphere & Asia Championship

On the one hand frustration, euphoria. When the race Committee, chaired by Carlos “Cuca” Shafiq, gave up definitely perform the evidence this Saturday (25/6) at verges from praia do Forte, in Cabo Frio, four doubles who eagerly awaiting a chance to climb to the top of the podium they were sad and another, the Ecuadorians Diminich and Santos, began celebrating effusively.

With the lack of races on the last day the scoresheet from the day before, including eight races, if kept. And the only boat from Ecuador in the race won. Rafael and Henry, the Yacht Club of Santos, tied with the winners with the same 37 points lost, bu tin the tiebreaker (most WINS, then the greatest number of second places, a third party, etc.) took the runner-up spot. The duo had been the Eastern Brazilian champion Snipe in the same lane last week.

Edgar Diminich & Jaime Santos of Ecuador captured the 2016 Western Hemisphere & Orient title in a tie breaker with Brazilians Rafael Gagliotti and Henrique Wisniewski.  Sailing fairly consistently over the week, the regatta came down to the race 4 which Diminich & Santos won, giving them the win on the tiebreaker. The fleet saw varying conditions to test all skills. Congratulations to Edgar & Jaime & an automatic entry into the Worlds in Spain in 2017!

The most important international event of the Snipe class in 2016 arrives tomorrow, Saturday (25/6), his last day with five crews from three different countries pulling ahead in the title race and the podium. After eight races contested, the ten planned, the competition comes to a close with two tests that promise to boil the cold waters of cabofriense winter.

Friday (24/6) good southwesterly winds in the range of 12 knots, the famous “social Wind” in the jargon of the sailors, allowed for three races in Fort Beach streak. And each saw his own dramas and successes. On the first day, flying Ecuadorians Diminich Edgar and Jaime Santos won with Felipe Sabino and Leo Lombardi (RYC / ICRJ) coming next and Rafael Gagliotti and Henry Wisniewski (ICS) in third. The then league leaders, Xandi Paradeda and Gabriel Kieling with a 11, already discarded, paved the way for the rivals.

Resultados de hoje após três regatas. Xandi e Bolinha seguem na liderança, mas os protestos ainda estão rolando, então muita coisa pode mudar.
no ventinho sudoeste de 12 a 15 nós, mais uma batida marcou o dia, desta vez entre Nicholas Grael e um dos peruanos.

Results after three races, with Xandi and Bolinha still on the lead, but protests are underway, so it can change until the end of the day!
Stay tuned for more infos!

Two races were sailed on Wednesday in Cabo Frio. Puerto Ricans Raul Rios and Andre Guaragna, who are defending, defended Ecuadorians Edgar Diminich and Jaime Santos. Raul and Andre won the first race of the day, with south east breeze 10 to 12 knots, but with a zulu flag were penalized by 20%. In the second race, Xandi and Bolinha won handily nearly by one leg.

Duas regatas foram disputadas nesta quarta-feira em Cabo Frio. Os porto-riquenhos Raul Rios e Andre Guaragna, que estão defendendo, levaram uma porrada dos equatorianos Edgar Diminich e Jaime Santos. Raul e Andre venceram a primeira regata do dia, com ventinho leste social de 10 a 12 nós, mas com uma bandeira zulu foram penalizados em 20%.
Na segunda regata, Xandi e Bolinha venceram com folga de quase uma perna

E começa o Hemisfério de Snipe em Cabo Frio. Depois de um final de semana de sol, o frio apareceu e a primeira regata está sendo disputada com um sudoeste de 8 nós!

And the WHO has just started in Cabo Frio, in a cold day with southwest wind at about 8 knots!

Vento rondando de sul pra sudoeste e pra sul de novo. Resultado: regatas canceladas. A estreia vai ficar para amanhã! A previsão é que nesta quarta-feira sejam realizadas três regatas para compensar o atraso!

The wind was too shifty today and both races were cancelled! Three races are scheduled for tomorrow!