2017 Sunfish Youth World Championship - Day 1

by Sunfish Class on 26 Aug 2017 Twenty-one youth sailors from seven countries rigged and fine-tuned their brand new out-of-the-box Sunfish to begin Day One of the 2017 Sunfish Youth World Championship being held at the Brant Beach Yacht Club in New Jersey. To get them started, the Brant Beach Yacht Club members sponsored a special Opening Ceremony in honor of the Youth Sailors with good food and the warmest of welcomes.

In beautiful weather on Day One, sailing conditions started out in light five - seven mph winds resulting in shortened courses in Races One and Two. In Race Three, however, the winds picked up to nine - eleven mph which added just enough zip to the conditions to keep the racing interesting, Tactics and boat speed, however, were the keys to finishing in the top half of the fleet where there are many champions in-the-making.

Dominating the top five finishes on Day One are Youth Sailors from Spain, Peru and Colombia. The #1 finisher for the first three races is Ignacio Antequera Erro of Spain. In second place is Angello Giuria of Peru who recently placed ninth in the Sunfish North American Championship held at the Sayville Yacht Club in Blue Point, NY. The third place finisher (and Top Female Competitor) is Miranda Paz of Peru. Only two points behind Miranda is Simon Gomez of Colombia who journeyed to the USA for this event by himself and waited five hours at the Philadelphia International Airport for his ride to the Brant Beach YC to arrive from Tucson, AZ (a determined young man!). And finishing in fifth place is Adrianna Barron of Peru who also adds some serious female competition to this group of Sunfish World Champions.

Day Two's racing is predicted to have a little more wind. All we can do is hope the weather forecasters are correct in their predictions.

Will a USA sailor move up in the standings? Will Ignacio be able to hold his lead? Will more female sailors join in the top place finishes? Stay tuned for Day Two's results to be posted later tomorrow.

Series Summary

Pl	Sail	Sailor	S	From	T	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	4747	Angello Giuria		Peru - Federacion Peruana de Vela	11	1	3	(4)	2	2	3
2	4751	Ignacio Antequera Erro		Spain	17	3	2	1	(22\OCS)	5	6
3	4748	Alejandro Mago		Peru - Club Regatas Lima	17	4	4	(12)	4	3	2
4	4745	Miranda Paz	F	Peru - YCA Peru	20	2	5	7	(11)	1	5
5	4744	Simon Gomez		Colombia - Club Nautico Acuarela	22	6	1	8	1	6	(12)
6	4742	Clemente Sequel		Chile - Cofradia Nautica del Pacifica	26	8	7	5	5	(9)	1
7	4749	Adrianna Barron	F	Peru - CRL	35	7	8	3	9	(10)	8
8	4753	Ernesto Sarrazin		Ecuador -	38	12	9	2	8	(20)	7
9	4746	Santiago Canziani		Peru - Federacion Peruana de Vela	39	5	12	9	(13)	4	9
10	4752	Michael Andres Velez Soledispa		Ecuador - San Mateo	45	9	6	13	(22\OCS)	13	4
11	4750	Maria Pia Van Oordt	F	Peru - Club Regatas Lima	50	14	10	10	3	(15)	13
12	4740	Nicholas Reyes		USA - Hunterdon SC	54	11	11	(17)	6	11	15
13	4743	Nicholas Patin		USA - Point o'Woods YS	58	13	(16)	14	7	8	16
14	4741	Gustavo Alayon		PR - Ponce Yacht & Fishing Club	59	10	13	(18)	18	7	11
15	4735	Leonora Krajewski	F	USA - Pine Beach YC	61	(21)	17	6	16	12	10
16	4737	Griffin Sisk		USA - WYS	71	16	14	(21)	10	14	17
17	4754	Juan  Carlos Barrera		Ecuador - Salinas YC	78	19	(22\RET)	11	14	16	18
18	4738	Payton Kliesch	F	USA - Brant Beach YC	81	17	19	15	12	18	(20)
19	4739	Peter Buyck		USA - Carolina YC	86	(20)	18	20	15	19	14
20	4736	Elle Bukosky	F	USA - Seaside Park	86	18	15	(19)	17	17	19
21	4755	Craig Ambrosio		USA - Toms River YC	93	15	20	16	(22\OCS)	21	21