Hobie 16 Open North Americans and 2015 Pan Am Games qualifier overall
by Greg Raybon on 28 Sep 2014
Hobie 16 Open North American Champ and Pan Am Games Qualifier 2014 Mike Walker Photography
The 44th Hobie 16 North American championships concluded on Friday with Jason Hess and Irene Abascal from Club Los Sauces, Guatemala taking the title. Mark and Grace Modderman from Long Branch, New Jersey followed in seond place and Pedro Colon and Monica Cabrera from Puerto Rico in third winning the tie break over Dan Borg and Liana Giovana from Canada.
Nine races were completed with four races held on the last day of the regatta. An early fall Nor’easter wreaked havoc on the regatta, postponing races for two days. The competitors were greeted to a beautiful day for the last day of racing with sunshine and Northerly winds that started out near 18 knots and faded during the day.
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) qualifying for the 2015 Pan Am games to be held in Toronto, Canada. The top three nations are Guatemala, United States and Puerto Rico. The top three US teams are Mark and Grace Modderman (Second), Rich McVeigh and Carol Hilk (Sixth) and Paul and MaryAnn Hess (Seventh). The US representative to the Pan Am games is still to be determined.
Full results can be found here
http://www.hcana.hobieclass.com/" target="_blank">Hobie NA website
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