Peru’s Angello Giuria successfully defends Sunfish Youth World Title

by Sunfish Class on 27 Aug 2017 Day Three and Final Day of the Sunfish Youth World Championship held at Brant Beach Yacht Club in NJ couldn't have had more perfect winds and weather along with outstanding Race Committee work thanks to PRO Bub Kovacs and his A Team - Janet, Kelly, Susan and Jack. Wait a minute ... who pocketed my anemometer? An inside story that drew chuckles on all three days. No one said RC volunteers had to be serious all the time. It's perfectly OK to lighten RC duty with humor and good fun while also doing an excellent job. These volunteers knew how to do everything right, and the Sunfish Class appreciates them more than they know.

Although the Top Finishing places changed every once in a while to keep us wondering who will be the final winner, Top Finisher Angello Giuria of Peru didn't disappoint anyone with his excellent sailing skills and champion spirit. What a nice young man who also knows how to get to the finish line as quickly as possible.

Finishing second in the final standings was Ignacio Antequera Erro of Spain whose concentration on the race course was just amazing. And that concentration paid off by keeping him in the Top Finishes all three race days.

In third place for the final standings was Clemente Sequel of Chile who worked his way up in the standings doing what he does best ... sailing smart and sailing fast. At last year's Sunfish World Championship in Cartagena, Colombia, we let Clemente's Dad know what a wonderful young man his son was. So being a champion on the water seems to be coupled with being a champion off the water as well for so many of our Youth competitors.

The fourth and fifth place finishers were Alejandro Mago and Top Female Miranda Paz respectively, both representing Peru.

But we can't forget the awesome and hard work done every day, many times a day starting early every morning by Dori Jo Gugliemini and her committee of helpers who took such wonderful care of the competitors, coaches, family members and Race Committee. Without that level of dedication a special event can fall flat. But not under Dori Jo's care and watchful eye! Brant Beach Yacht Club and its members are deserving of the greatest praise.

Now competitors are arriving from all over the world to compete in the Sunfish World Championship that starts with official racing on Monday, Aug.28. New Sunfish out-of-the-box are being assigned to competitors as they arrive. And boats are being rigged and fine-tuned to meet Class Measurement rules.

So let the races begin! ... and stay tuned for race results as they happen.

Series Summary

Pl	Sail	Sailor	S	From	Tot	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	4747	Angello Giuria		Peru - Federacion Peruana de Vela	28	1	3	4	2	2	3	5	8	(12)
2	4751	Ignacio Antequera Erro		Spain	29	3	2	1	(22\ OCS)	5	6	3	1	8
3	4742	Clemente Sequel		Chile - Cofradia Nautica del Pacifica	41	8	7	5	5	9	1	2	(15)	4
4	4748	Alejandro Mago		Peru - Club Regatas Lima	42	4	4	(12)	4	3	2	4	10	11
5	4745	Miranda Paz	F	Peru - YCA Peru	43	2	5	7	11	1	5	(12)	2	10
6	4749	Adrianna Barron	F	Peru - CRL	43	7	8	3	9	(10)	8	1	5	2
7	4744	Simon Gomez		Colombia - Club Nautico Acuarela	48	6	1	8	1	6	(12)	9	12	5
8	4746	Santiago Canziani		Peru - Federacion Peruana de Vela	56	5	12	9	(13)	4	9	7	9	1
9	4753	Ernesto Sarrazin		Ecuador -	72	12	9	2	8	(20)	7	11	4	19
10	4752	Michael Andres Velez Soledispa		Ecuador - San Mateo	72	9	6	13	(22\ OCS)	13	4	8	3	16
11	4750	Maria Pia Van Oordt	F	Peru - Club Regatas Lima	75	14	10	10	3	15	13	(22\ RET)	7	3
12	4741	Gustavo Alayon		PR - Ponce Yacht & Fishing Club	82	10	13	(18)	18	7	11	10	6	7
13	4735	Leonora Krajewski	F	USA - Pine Beach YC	95	(21)	17	6	16	12	10	17	11	6
14	4743	Nicholas Patin		USA - Point o'Woods YS	97	13	16	14	7	8	16	6	(17)	17
15	4740	Nicholas Reyes		USA - Hunterdon SC	98	11	11	17	6	11	15	(18)	13	14
16	4738	Payton Kliesch	F	USA - Brant Beach YC	122	17	19	15	12	18	(20)	13	19	9
17	4754	Juan  Carlos Barrera		Ecuador - Salinas YC	122	19	(22\ RET)	11	14	16	18	15	14	15
18	4737	Griffin Sisk		USA - WYS	132	16	14	(21)	10	14	17	19	21	21
19	4736	Elle Bukosky	F	USA - Seaside Park	134	18	15	19	17	17	19	16	(20)	13
20	4739	Peter Buyck		USA - Carolina YC	138	(20)	18	20	15	19	14	14	18	20
21	4755	Craig Ambrosio		USA - Toms River YC	147	15	20	16	(22\ OCS)	21	21	20	16	18