2008 Snipe Western Hemisphere &Orient Championships - Uruguay
The first day of racing at the WH&O proved to be beautiful & fickle. With all 49 boats on the line, people were anxious, but not too anxious to push a general recall on the first start. The day began with a beautiful 12 knots of breeze and light green waters. Stevie Dickinson/Martin Finegas of Bermuda in their black hulled boat nailed the pin end and led the fleet storming the left side of the course. But it was Yasushi Kondo/Ginga Kubota of Japan who lead the majority of the race with a samba party of 6 Brazilians breathing down their necks.
As the fleet stretched their legs, the racers relaxed and fell into place. With the left favored most of the race with a few righties here and there, the finish line showed a Brazilian 1-2-3 with Ricky Wanderley/Richard Zietemann, Bruno Bethlem/Dante Bianchi and Alexandre Tinoco/Matheus Goncalves in the top 3 with Kondo/Kubota breaking the dynasty in 4th. 3 more Brazilians were matching finishes with the local host Diego Garcia/Martin Dovat of URU in 8th.
Race 2 began shortly afterwards with a slight increase in wind velocity. Dickinson tried for the pin again, but got spit out the back and took the fleets transoms battling back the entire race. At the first weather mark, double Women's World champion skipper Andrea Foglia with Olympian Laser sailor brother Alejandro crewing rounded first followed by Ernesto Rodrigues/Raul Rios of USA and SCIRA Commodore Pedro Garra/Diego Henon in 3rd.... read more at http://snipewho2008.blogspot.com/
Race 2 began shortly afterwards with a slight increase in wind velocity. Dickinson tried for the pin again, but got spit out the back and took the fleets transoms battling back the entire race. At the first weather mark, double Women's World champion skipper Andrea Foglia with Olympian Laser sailor brother Alejandro crewing rounded first followed by Ernesto Rodrigues/Raul Rios of USA and SCIRA Commodore Pedro Garra/Diego Henon in 3rd.... read more at http://snipewho2008.blogspot.com/
Preliminary results have Bethlem/Bianchi of BRA with a 2-1 and Paradeda/Martins with a 6-2.
2 more races are scheduled for tomorrow.
2 more races are scheduled for tomorrow.
