2014 Snipe Western Hemisphere and Orient Championship - Day 2

by SDYC on 10 Sep 2014 Though it was a quintessential day of San Diego sailing at the Snipe Western Hemisphere and Orient Championship, with beautiful skies and a solid breeze, there was no home water advantage for any of the local competitors. While both the top two positions after day one were held by San Diegans, the second day of sailing has brought a new bunch to the top of the scoreboard.

Race three and Race four took place on the open waters of the Pacific off of Coronado Island. The wind was from the west at nine - twelve kts and was paired with a two foot swell and one foot of wind chop for great sailing conditions. The new course brought more than just a change of scenery, it also brought some serious competition.

Proving there was no need for strength in numbers, current regatta leaders from Puerto Rio were also the sole entrants from their country. Skipper Raul Rios and Fernando Monllor sailed fast and smart in order to climb their way up the ranks. 'Today was more of a speed day,' Rios said of the racing conditions. 'Yesterday, if you weren't on the correct side then that was a big mistake. Today, if you were the fastest boat you were probably going to make top ten.'

Rios and Monllor proved just how fast they could be in Race three, when at the start of the race they weren't even among the first five boats to round the first weather mark. They quickly made up for lost time, stealing fourth place around the gate, third by the second weather mark and finally finishing the race in first. This was their second first-place finish of the regatta, and an overall total of 12 points left them sitting in the top spot after day two.

In Race four, Brazilians Breno Bianchi and Flavio de Castro stole the lead after rounding the first weather mark, holding on to their top spot all the way up to the finish for their first race win of the regatta. Their fast sailing in Race four secured them second place overall position at the end of day two. Skipper Luis Soubie and crew Diego Mini Lipszyc from Argentina are currently third, followed by the Alexandre duo of Tinoco and Niederauer from Brazil. United States competitors Augie Diaz and Aine McLean Fretwell rounded out the top five, pushing yesterday's first place competitors Randy Lake and Kate Sheahan into sixth.

Racing is scheduled to begin again tomorrow at 1200, with the Organizing Authority announcing early in the day on which of the two courses the competition will take place.

Complete Results:

Series Standing - Four races scored:

Bow/Sail	Boat	Skipper	Yacht Club		1	2	3	4		Total	Pos
05 / PUR29841	PUR 29841	Raul Rios/ Fernando Monllor	FVPR/		9	1	1	3		14	1
37 / BRA30997	Cachorrão	Breno Bianchi/ Flavio de Castro	Rio de Janeiro IC/		6	2	7	1		16	2
15 / ARG28701	ARG28701	Luis Soubie/ Diego Mini Lipszyc	YCO/CNZ/		3	8	8	2		21	3
42 / BRA31151		Alexandre Tinoco/ Alexandre Niederauer	RCRSR,CRG / ICSC/		12	4	5	10		31	4
47 / USA30288	Danilu	Augie Diaz/ Aine McLean Fretwell	CRYC/CGSC/		5	7	17	7		36	5
06 / USA28854		Randy Lake/ Kate Sheahan	SDYC/		2	3	19	16		40	6
34 / USA30109		David Tillson/ Rebecca McElvain	MBYC/		8	14	12	8		42	7
30 / USA29941		Doug Hart/ Ryan Hopps	MBYC/		1	5	15	23		44	8
43 / USA30759	30759	Brian Kamilar/ Enrique Quintero	Coral Reef YC/		23	6	14	5		48	9
19 / CUB31038		Raúl Díaz Herrera/ Rafael García Granados	Cuba/		17	12	21	6		56	10
39 / USA30860	Spidey	Carol Cronin/ Kim Couranz	Severn SA/		4	16	18	19		57	11
03 / JPN28732	HITACHI Sailing Team	Ryohei Doi/ Keiichiro Itagaki	Japan SF/Hitachi/		32	13	3	11		59	12
18 / JPN31054	Charter Boat	Koji Kamiya/ Tatsuya Yamauchi	NTT East YC/		15	31	2	12		60T	13
32 / USA28687	C Cannibal BB-EE-JE	Chuck Sinks/ Robbie Dean	SDYC/SFYC/		7	30	6	17		60T	14
45 / USA31188	Jibe Tech	Andrew Pimental/ Nikki Bruno	Sail Newport/		21	9	4	30		64	15
23 / USA30337	Quantum Racing	Eric Heim/ Aimee Heim	San Diego YC/		22	23	9	13		67	16
07 / BRA31004	Guarda Patrimonial	Rafael Gagliotti/ Henrique Wisniewski	Iate clube de santos/		27	27	10	4		68	17
20 / BRA31066		Mateus Tavares/ Jonathan Lherke	YCe da Bahia/		25	19	13	14		71	18
10 / JPN31134		Motoharu Nishii/ Tomohisa Nakamura	CYUBU/		11	20	11	32		74	19
22 / ECU31037		Jesus Bailon Reyes/ Iberth Constante	Manta YC/		10	18	31	18		77	20
01 / JPN30924		Takuya Shimamoto/ Keisuke Kushida	Waseda U./		28	10	28	15		81	21
27 / USA31130		Ernesto Rodriguez/ Eduardo Mintzias	NA/		16	22	25	20		83	22
46 / USA30800	Green Flash	Rick Arneson/ Diana Waterbury	San Diego YC/		13	32	22	22		89	23
14 / JPN30353		Kosuke Demichi/ Shun Yanagibayashi	DUYC/		18	15	23	36		92	24
24 / BRA31113	LORD	Helio Lyra de Aquino Jr./ João Pedro Moreira	ICRJ/IC Rio de Janeiro/		29	28	30	9		96	25
31 / ECU31027	El Desleal	Edgar Diminich/ Eduardo Viteri	CVL/FEY/MDD/SYC/		19	36	16	28		99	26
26 / BRA30996	La Maquina	Felipe Sabino/ Bernardo Sarzedas	rio yatch club/		37	25	26	24		112	27
04 / USA29778	Batura	Roberto Guaragna/ Andre Guaragna	Miami/		40	11	29	33		113	28
08 / CUB29517		Raúl Faura Nieto/ José Piña Nieto	Cuba/		36	21	20	37		114	29
36 / USA29013		Chris Wright/ Lauren Wright	Mission Bay YC/		30	34	24	27		115	30
25 / JPN30722	JPN30722	Genya Ozaki/ Kawano Motomichi	Konan Univercity/		14	29	35	38		116T	31
28 / COL30718		Esteban Echavarria/ Juan Esteban Restrepo Vera	4 Vientos/		20	44/DSQ	27	25		116T	32
33 / PER31086		Diego Figueroa/ Alonso Collantes	Club Regatas Lima/		33	17	32	38/ZFP		120	33
41 / USA30903		Cameron Fraser/ Elizabeth Glivinski	Medford BC/		31	35	34	21		121	34
21 / JPN30844		Kento Hashimoto/ Kazuki Murayama	Ritsumeikan Univ/		24	33	40	26		123T	35
09 / USA28858	Seagle	Nicholas Kaschak/ Krystal Treiberg	San Diego YC/		26	24	39	34		123T	36
17 / BAH28811	Breaking Wind	Jimmie Lowe/ Don Bedford	Royal Nassau SC/		34	26	36	40		136	37
35 / COL29651		Carolina Ponton/ Nicolas Hernandez	Club de V. Cartagena/		42	38	37	31		148	38
44 / ARG31222	Quimera	Alejandro Triggiano/ Mariana Safar	CR Guemes Salta/		35	42	33	42		152	39
11 / BRA31159		Matheus Franca/ Daniel Seixas Claro	Rio YC/		39	37	38	39		153	40
40 / MEX30330		Alfonso Garcia Bringas/ Javier Garcia Bringas Rivera	Porto Bravo/		38	41	41	35		155	41
38 / CAN29318	Mister Bear	Christopher Hains/ Barbara Mann	Guelph Comm. BC/		41	39	43	43		166T	42
02 / USA28470	Red Lady	Stephan Irgens/ Monica Irgens	CCSA/		43	40	42	41		166T	43