Florida State Snipe Championships

by Lynn Fitzpatrick, US Editor, Sail-World.com on 21 Nov 2007 Saint Petersburg Yacht Club hosted the Snipe class State Championships November 17th and 18th. As often happens at this time of year, absent a cold front, the winds were light but steady in direction. Only four races were sailed and the Augie Diaz and Michelle sniffed out the pressure better than the rest.

The depth of great sailors in Snipe District 7, which encompasses the south-eastern United States, is never in question. For the past several years, the district has been home to National, North American, Western Hemisphere and World Champion Snipe Sailors. Some of those sailors have won major championships in Lightnings, Windmills, Stars and Optimists; that doesn't even take into account Ethan Bixby's recent big boat campaigns. Many of those sailors hail from the Miami Snipe Fleet. This year alone sailors from the fleet laid claim to the US Championship, North American Championship and World Championship - and they were won by different individuals. You can imagine that the annual Florida State Snipe Championship is a very competitive regatta.

Saint Petersburg Yacht Club hosted the Snipe class State Championships November 17th and 18th. Some of the local talent was missing, probably preoccupied with other upcoming regattas or perhaps looked at the weather forecast and decided to opt out.

In any case, North American Snipe Champion, Augie Diaz steered his way to yet another Florida State Snipe Championship, this time with Michelle Sumpton in the bow. The Diaz, Voss, Bixby, Klotz, Park, Jeffers, Lynde and Kroetsch families were well represented with husbands and wives and siblings sailing together and against one another. There were three Diaz skippers. The top husband and wife team - Chris and Antoinette Klotz. The top junior team - siblings Nick and Kara Voss.

Snipe States Final Results

St. Petersburg Yacht Club
Snipe State Championships 2007
November 17-18,2007
Series Summary

Pl	Sail #	Crew	From	1	2	3	4	T
1	30288	Augie Diaz & Michelle Sumpton	CRYC Miami	1	1	1	5	8
2	29324	Chris Klotz & Antoinette Klotz	SPSC St. Pete	2	2	4	3	11
3	28814	Nick Voss & Kara Voss	CGSC Miami	3	4	3	6	16
4	28810	Enrique Quintero & Alex Sachs	Miami	5	3	8	2	18
5	30362	Rogelio Padron & Carolina Palacios	CRYC Miami	4	7	2	7	20
6	29550	Colin Park & Karen Park	SPYC St. Pete	6	11	5	1	23
7	30336	Gonzalo Diaz, Sr & Andrew Jones	CGSC Miami	11	5	7	4	27
8	30236	Ken Voss & Kay Voss	CGSC Miami	9	12	10	8	39
9	27027	John Hagman & Reguli Granger	SPYC St. Pete	8	10	11	10	39
10	29995	Gonzo Diaz & Adrienne Korkosz	CRYC Miami	7	8	16	9	40
11	28702	Laura Jeffers & Will Jeffers	SPYC Tarpon Springs	14	14	6	14	48
12	29681	Tito Vargas & Susan Wallace	SPYC St. Pete	13	13	9	13	48
13	25721	Brian Lynde & Kira Lynde	SPYC St. Pete	16	9	14	12	51
14	29750	Ethan Bixby & Trudy Bixby	SPYC St. Pete	10	6	18\DNC	18\DNC	52
15	995	Jeff Irvine & Susan Irvine	SPSC St. Pete	17	16	12	11	56
16	26397	Bob Foster & Clint Arlington	SPSC St. Pete	12	17	15	15	59
17	2955	Bob Kroetsch & LeeAnn Kroetsch	Tampa	15	15	13	16	59