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Hobie 16 Open North American Champ and Pan Am Games Qualifier- Day 1

by Greg Raybon on 23 Sep 2014
Hobie 16 Open North American Champ and Pan Am Games Qualifier - Day 1 Mike Walker Photography
47 teams began racing today at the Hobie 16 North American Championships in Lewes,DE. A cold front came through Sunday night and provided sailors with a beautiful sunny day for the first day of racing.

Three races were completed with winds from 15-20 knots from the northwest and waves from two - three feet. Jason Hess and Irene Abascal from Guatemala lead the fleet with seven points, Pedro Colon and Monica Cabrera from Puerto Rico are in second with eight points and Dan Borg and Liana Giovando from Canada are in third with 14 points. The fleet is very deep with lots of very talented sailors.

Hobie 16 Open North American Champ and Pan Am Games Qualifier - Day 1 © Mike Walker Photography
Hobie 16 Open North American Champ and Pan Am Games Qualifier - Day 1 © Mike Walker Photography


The event is also a Pan Am Games Country qualifier, with the top team from the top three countries (not including the host country, Canada which automatically qualifies. qualifying for the 2015 Pan Am games to be held in Toronto, Canada.

Currently the top three countries are Guatemala, Puerto Rico and the USA (excluding Canada) with Rich McVeigh and Carol Hilk tied with Jeff Newsome and Michelle Eatough for the top US spot.

Racing continues tomorrow thru Friday.

Hobie 16 Open North American Champ and Pan Am Games Qualifier - Day 1 © Mike Walker Photography
Hobie 16 Open North American Champ and Pan Am Games Qualifier - Day 1 © Mike Walker Photography



Complete Results:

Series Standing - Three races scored
Sail   Skipper Yacht Club    1   2   3    Total Pos
114291   JASON HESS/
IRENE ABASCAL  		 Club Los Sauces Guatemala/ Club Los Sauces Guatemala     3   1   3     7  
1  
114405   Pedro Colon/
Monica Cabrera  		 PRHCA/ PRHCA     4   3   1     8  
2  
115533   Dan Borg/
Liana Giovando  		 Water Rats/ St. James     6   2   6     14  
3  
PUR340   Francisco Figueroa/
Jolliam Berrios  		 PRHCA/ PRHCA     12   4   5     21  
4  
112259   Rich McVeigh/
Carol Hilk  		 Hobie Fleet 54/ Hobie Fleet 54     8   13   4     25T  
5  
114393   Jeffrey Newsome/
michelle eatough  		 ABYC/ ABYC     7   8   10     25T  
6  
46   Mark Modderman/
Grace Modderman  		 SHBCC/ SHBCC     1   11   17     29  
7  
112266   Tyler Myers/
Krista Hankins  		 Fleet 24/ hobie     23   6   2     31  
8  
44   Greg Thomas/
John Williams  		 ABYC/ ABYC     2   23   7     32  
9  
113849   Herbert James/
Diane Bisesi  		 fleet204/ fleet 204     13   12   8     33  
10  
114317   Paul Hess/
Mary Ann Hess  		 Hobie Fleet 281/ Hobie Fleet 28a     11   9   14     34  
11  
114401   Luis Guareschi/
Luis Guareschi  		 Cvl/ Cvl     14   7   20     41  
12  
24   Jorge Ramos/
Julio Caceres  		 PR HOBIE CAT ASSOCIATION INC/ PR HOBIE CAT ASSOCIATION INC     5   22   16     43T  
13  
108000   Patrick Porter/
Darcy Porter  		 QYC/ QYC     9   21   13     43T  
14  
113854   Walter Myers/
Janet Payne  		 Fleet 24/ Fleet 24     30   5   9     44  
15  
114241   William Jeffers/
Karen Grisko  		 Fleet 204/ Fleet 119     20   16   11     47  
16  
88814   clifford mccarty/
Samantha Marcus  		 candlewood east marina/ hobie     15   15   18     48  
17  
114117   Greg Raybon/
Nancy Kornblum  		 SHBCC/ SHBCC     16   14   23     53  
18  
113587   Nicolas Liebel/
Laurence Liebel  		 MSC/ MSC     18   20   21     59  
19  
114312   Sue Korzeniewski/
Kathy Miles  		 Fleet 204/ Fleet 204     19   18   26     63  
20  
111968   Bill Kast/
george miscannaon  		 H416/ hobie     21   25   19     65  
21  
113902   David Sparkuhl/
Teri McKenna  		 Mission Bay Yacht Club/ St. Thomas Yacht Club     29   24   15     68T  
22  
114237   Adam Atherton/
Sally Slavich  		 Fleet 204/ Fleet 204     27   17   24     68T  
23  
114104   Peter Nelson/
Laura Sullivan  		 Fleet 95; Div. 4/ Fleet 95; Div. 4     10   47/DNF   12     69  
24  
146   Tom Butler/
Mike Evans  		 SHBCC/ SHBCC     22   26   25     73  
25  
113702   MICHAEL Montague/
KATHY WARD  		 NONE/ NONE     17   10   47/DNS     74  
26  
113599   John Ped/
Kendall Kracke  		 Hobie Fleet 72/ Willamette Sailing Club     26   29   28     83  
27  
112226   blair wallace/
sasha spiegel/wallace  		 div 3/ div 3     25   37   22     84  
28  
335   Jim Glanden/
Jennifer Williams  		 Fleet 54/ unknown     31   31   27     89  
29  
113866   Robert Jerry/
Darcie Jerry  		 Hobie Fleet 204/ Hobie Fleet 204     24   19   47/DNF     90T  
30  
110665   Mike Lemme/
marcia Lukon  		 448/ hobie     32   28   30     90T  
31  
108001   Kat Porter/
Madi kelley  		 QYC/ hobie     28   39   29     96  
32  
111786   Therese Straigis/
Don Podejko  		 Fleet 204/ Fleet 204     33   38   31     102T  
33  
112115   Jim Doty Jr/
Barbie Doty  		 RBSA/ RBSA     38   32   32     102T  
34  
112241   Kevin Walma   Fleet 204     39   35   33     107  
35  
114239   David Heroux/
Barbara Powers  		 Fleet 448/ Fleet 448     34   27   47/DNF     108  
36  
135   Daniel Flanigan/
keith strasser  		 Hobie Fleet 54/ hobie     42   34   34     110  
37  
113409   Ron Holm/
Kimberley Holm  		 Hobie Fleet 297/      36   33   47/DNF     116  
38  
112078   Karen-Ann Xavier/
Jim West  		 Mississauga Sailing Club/ 1047     40   30   47/DNF     117  
39  
110191   Chris Beebe/
Larry Carroll  		 RBSA/ RBSA     37   47/DNS   35     119  
40  
113934   Joel Hutchings/
Kayla Hutchings  		 fleet 297/ fleet 297     41   36   47/DNF     124  
41  
123559   Tony Krauss   Hobie Fleet 514     35   47/DNF   47/DNS     129  
42  
113850   Robert Longo/
Marie Donigan  		 Fleet204/ Fleet 204     43   47/DNF   47/DNS     137  
43  
128   Rick Quatrone/
Dannielle Carr  		 Fleet 204/ Fleet 204     47/DNF   47/DNF   47/DNS     141T  
44  
110209   Robbin Mocarski/
Bill Whalen  		 fleet 204/ Fleet 204     47/DNS   47/DNS   47/DNS     141T  
44  
113592   Carter Lucas/
Dan Weidmann  		 None/ None     47/DNS   47/DNS   47/DNS     141T  
44  
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