Please select your home edition
Edition
ABS23-SW-1456x180-Banner-Top-REV-04

2018 ISCA World Championship at Carolina Yacht Club - Day 2

by Vicki Palmer 9 Oct 2018 19:09 PDT 6-12 October 2018
2018 ISCA World Championship - Day 2 © International Sunfish Class Association

Day Two's racing was postponed for 3 hours due to waiting for the right tide/current/wind formula to allow boats to sail safely through the channel outlet to the race course. When a 70-foot cabin cruiser almost tipped over before the channel-passing conditions were just right, the decision to postpone wasn't difficult.

As a result, only two races were sailed today but in somewhat milder but still challenging conditions than yesterday. The winds seemed to be a little less, maybe 13-17, but still with 6-10 ft seas to maneuver over, around and not under. No rescues had to be made today.

To clarify yesterday's wind conditions, some on-the-water sailors estimated yesterday's winds to be 20-25 with the caveat "we're not wusses!" The local knowledge aboard the Signal boat, however, sticks by his 15-18 estimate but noting that with the high 6-8 foot seas breaking unevenly making it seem like the winds were 20-25 mph!

The top five finishers at the end of Day Two show Jean Paul de Trazegnies, PER, still in the number one spot with two bullets, two 2nds and a 3rd. David Hernandez, GUA, moved up to spot number two with two bullets, two 3rds and a 6th. In 3rd place only two points behind David Hernandez is Alonso Collantes, PER.

The 4th place finisher is Martin Alsogaray, ARG, whose bullet in Race 2 on Day One holds him in the Top Five. And in 5th place is Jonathan Martinetti, ECU, who keeps moving up in the rankings. So watch out competitors!

The weather predictions for Day 3 aren't looking too hopeful right now. But this professional and highly competent Race Committee is ever vigilant about watching the wind/tide/current/storm conditions allowing for maximum safety while also wanting the competitors to be able to test their world champion level of skills.

We will keep everyone updated with what's happening at this year's ISCA World Championship being raced at the Carolina Yacht Club located in Wrightsville Beach, NC. A beautiful place with some of the nicest people on the planet!

Quick Links:

Related Articles

Canadian Sunfish sailors set for US Nationals
Looking to qualify Canada for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games Luke Ramsay from Vancouver and Lee Parkhill from Oakville, ON, two Canadian sailors who have represented Canada at past Olympic Games, will take part in the Sunfish United States Nationals at Midwinters, March 30-April 1 in Pensacola, Florida. Posted today at 12:54 am
2023 Sarasota Sunshine Sunfish Clinic and Regatta
We talk with Mary Ellen Brown about the 2023 Sarasota Sunshine Sunfish Clinic and Regatta Sail-World checked in with Mary Ellen Brown, Regatta and Clinic chair of the 2023 Sarasota Sunshine Sunfish Clinic and Regatta, via email, to learn more about this mid-winter One Design racing and learning event. Posted on 7 Feb
Gretchen Seymour on the 2022 Sunfish Women's NAs
David Schmidt checks in with the event chair I checked in with Gretchen Seymour, event chair of the 2022 Sunfish Women's North Americans, via email, to learn more about this exciting national-level One Design regatta. Posted on 21 Sep 2022
Sunfish World Championship overall
The event attracted around one hundred crews to Lake Garda After ten races held in very varied conditions, first with medium-light southerly winds and then with gusty, stronger northerly winds, especially on the last day, the 51st World Championship of the Sunfish class came to an end. Posted on 10 Sep 2022
Sunfish World Championship day 2
Championship continues to colour Garda Trentino with its almost 100 tricolour sails Cloudy weather did not stop the wind on Lake Garda Trentino for the second day of the Sunfish World Championships, organised at Circolo Vela Torbole and scheduled until Saturday 10 September. Posted on 7 Sep 2022
Sunfish World Championship day 1
94 boats racing on Lake Garda It is a truly remarkable and unusual sight that the 94 boats of the Sunfish class are offering both at the Circolo Vela Torbole venue and all over the Upper Lake Garda, a regatta course known the world over for its unfailing wind. Posted on 6 Sep 2022
M32 Europeans at Lake Garda overall
Dutch victory at M32 Catamaran Europeans; second place for Italian Andrea Lacorte on Vitamina Veloce A splendid sunny day and five more races in medium winds brought the M32 European Championships, the 4th and final stage of the European Circuit of the class, organised by Fraglia Vela Riva, to a close on Garda Trentino. Posted on 6 Sep 2022
Beth Fleisher on the world's longest Sunfish race
David Schmidt checks in with the event chair ahead of the 51st running of the event I checked in with Beth Fleisher, event chair of the 51st annual running of the World's Longest Sunfish Race, via email, to learn more about this adventure-minded One Design event. Posted on 6 Jul 2022
Sunfish North American Championship
Epic conditions at Hyannis Yacht Club, Massachusetts The USSCA's North American Championship was sailed this past weekend (June 16-18) at Hyannis Yacht Club, Hyannis, Massachusetts. Posted on 21 Jun 2022
Paul Dierze on the 2022 Sunfish North Americans
David Schmidt checks in with the Sunfish Class Representative Sail-World checked in with Paul Dierze, Sunfish Class Representative, via email, to learn more about the 2022 Sunfish North American Championship. Posted on 13 Jun 2022
ASB23-SW-1456x180-Banner-Bottom-REV-02Selden 2020 - FOOTERNorth Sails 2021 Innovation - FOOTER