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2022 Snipe World Championship at Clube Naval de Cascais - Day 1

by Jerelyn Biehl 21 Aug 2022 20:30 BST 21-25 August 2022
2022 Snipe World Championship day 1 © Matias Capizzano / www.capizzano.com

65 years later, the Snipe Worlds are back in Cascais waters for five days, nine races, of fierce competition for the world title.

With 87 boats lining up on the starting line, the Race Committee needed three attempts, the last one with a black flag, to get the first start of the day. The line honours of the inaugural race went to the brothers from the Canary Islands, Gustavo and Rafael Del Castillo, who led the entire regatta.

Brazilians Mario Sergio de Jesus and Henrique Wisneiwski sailed a consistent first two races. Their 2-3 finishes gives them a margin over the second place team of Ernesto Rodriguez and Kathleen Tocke of the USA who follow with 11 points posting a 7-4 and Spaniards Alfredo Gonzalez and Christin Sanchez with 13 with 4-9 finishes for the day.

Today's forecast predicted winds of 30+ on the preferred course, but PRO Jose Cancella opted for the more protected course to ensure a good start to the 50th World Championship. With northerly winds off the land, the first race was held in 12-14 knots with Gustavo and Rafael del Castillo, brothers (ESP) leading from the start.

The right side seemed to favour the leaders and it was hard fought behind the winners with De Jesus and Wisniewski finishing second. Jan Peeters and Nathalie Janssens of Belgium crossed third, with two boats caught under the black flag, one who crossed the finish line second only to be disappointed later.

With a short break, the Race Committee started the next race posting a triangle course, but changed to windward-leeward with the wind dropping at the start to 14-15 knots. The Spanish junior skipper Francisco Silvela with Rafael del Castillo Diaz, fresh from the Snipe Junior Worlds where he finished third, rounded the weather mark first followed by De Jesus/Wisniewski on their heels.

As the race progressed with increased wind, the positions changed with Victor Perez Campos and Enric Noguera (ESP) crossing first followed by Silvela/del Castillo Diaz and De Jesus/Wisniewski.

SCIRA Commodore Luis Soubie commented, "Today was a good start for the Championship being able to complete the 2 scheduled races with the 2nd race more shifty and gusty than the first. It was great to watch the sailors boat handling and course management in these tricky conditions. The competition was very close and we expect the rest of the week to be just as intense."

Results are provisional with several scoring inquiries being investigated. Tomorrow's forecast is again for breezy conditions and the possibility of sailing the same area. The forecast for the remainder of the week is more manageable.

Event website: 2022.snipeworlds.org

Results after day 1:

PosNatSail NoBoatNameHelmCrewClubNameR1R2Pts
1stBRA31472 Mario Sergio De Jesus JuniorHenrique Wisniewski 235
2ndUSA31337T10 Sailing ClubErnesto RodriguezKathleen Tocke 7411
3rdESP31802#EsdlanzaroteAlfredo GonzalezCristian SanchezReal Club Nautico de Arrecife4913
4thBRA31797 Henrique HaddadGustavo NascimentoIate clube do Rio de Janeiro61420
5thUSA31144MAQEnrique QuinteroCharlie BessCoral Reef Yacht Club / Chase Performanc14822
6thESP31454 Gustavo Del CastilloRafael Del CastilloReal Club Nautico de Gran Canaria12223
7thESP29326 Alfonso FernandezPedro EscuderReal Club Nautico de Tenerife91524
8thBRA31678Os roedoresJuliana DuqueRafael MartinsYCB/MB101626
9thESP31174Pro Rigging ‑ Anodizing YachtsVictor Perez CamposEnric NogueraCMSAP ‑ Can Pastilla27128
10thPOR31348 Henrique BritesFrancisco Maia 26531
11thESP31616 Miguel Angel LassoTomas FuentesReal Club Nautico de Arrecife24731
12thJPN31581 Masakazu SasaiKazuhiro ItoAISIN STARS151732
13thESP31014 Francisco SilvelaRafael Del Castillo DiazReal Club Astur de Regatas32234
14thCUB31038T10 Sailing CubaPedro Vega AcostaDarian Martinez 132841
15thBRA31745 Bruno BethlemDante Bianchi 162541
16thARG29827 Nicolas GarciaMariela SalernoYCO/YCA83442
17thBRA31343 Alexandre ParadedaGabriel Kieling dos Santos 252045
18thBRA31427 Daniel MatosJosi IrineuICSC351146
19thESP31550 Martin Bermudez de la PuenteAngela PumariegaReal Club Nautico de Madrid42648
20thPOR30820PL SailsMafalda Pires de LimaJaime UrdangarayCVAtlantico114152
21stPOR31470SEITA VAntonio ViegasJoao SantosCVLagos381856
22ndURU31546PopichanRicky FabiniLaurita MorataYCU/T10342458
23rdESP31645 Alejandro BethencourtJorge PadillaReal Club Nautico de Arrecife55560
24thESP31455 Juan DebenGerardo PregoLiceo Casino Vilagarcia174360
25thARG31710TANO IIAlejandro TriggianoMariana Safar ExeniCLUB REGATAS G\EMES481361
26thDEN29979 Anders KongstadJakob K. SxrensenFaaborg Sejlklub293362
27thBEL30008B@mbi.beJan PeetersNathalie JanssensVVW Galgenweel36063
28thUSA30904 Charlie MillerRiley KlocSan Diego Yacht Club531063
29thBEL31748 Sam VandormaelDaan VandormaelVVW Galgenweel511263
30thNOR29088 Karl Otto BookJostein GrxdemAsgaardstrand204565
31stPOR28767 Guilherme GomesFrancisco Cai‑Agua CruzCNCascais185169
32ndPOR28815 Antonio PereiraRicardo SchedelCNCascais284270
33rdBRA31368Movement FitnessNick Pellicano GraelAlexandre MutoIate Clube do Rio de Janeiro / Marinha d224971
34thITA29082Magico?Alessandro BariAntonio BariAssociazione Velica Trentina452671
35thARG31100QasMariano Ulpiano ArroyoJovi MarzalReal club nautico de Valencia403272
36thBRA31208 Rafael GagliottiFlavio CastroICSantos/ICRJ215273
37thUSA31639 Taylor ScheuermannCarter CameronCoral Reef Yacht Club/Carolina Yacht Clu413576
38thESP28372 Jordi TriayCristian Vidal Carbonell 126577
39thCHI30591TA4LENTOMatias PoncellTrinidad PrietoCLUB NAUTICO PIEDRA ROJA195877
40thJPN31501 Yohei KosoYuta NakaMYRC542377
41stSWE30068 Per EdwallNicklas TolegardSaro BK502777
42ndPOR30400ArredaBernardo LoureiroFilipe LoureiroCNCascaisCP52977
43rdBRA31532MOQUECARodrigo AlmeidaGustavo BaianoICES/ICRJ493079
44thESP29093 Jorge Perez BadiaAiram RodriguezReal Club Nautico de Tenerife334679
45thNOR31314Don CarlosGuillermo Garcia de la ConchaKacper MadonHorten Seilforening592180
46thBEL28855Keen KatiaYannick LaumansSarah De CanniereKLYC315384
47thBRA31644XymbokaMarcelo Augusto BellottiLuca BruggioniIate Clude de Santos474087
48thUSA30288DaniluAugie DiazArianna BuzzettiCoconut Grove Sailing Club583189
49thPOR30554 Pedro BarretoSofia BarretoCNCascais365793
50thJPN31328 Shota HiroseSuguru KumakuraChuo Sailing Team464894
51stBEL29606BrandyYannick BongaertsFrederico SequeiraSRNA237295
52ndITA31478TarantolaGioele ToffoloStefano LonghiSVOC603696
53rdJPN31582 Ryoto SugiuraShingo IshikawaAISIN STARS781997
54thBRA31019Notmcia RuimBernardo PeixotoMarcos ArndtYCB3070100
55thUSA30473 Arthur BlodgettGracie Howie 5254106
56thESP29608 Miguel Angel GuerraLuis Miguel HernandezReal Club Nautico de Arrecife4364107
57thPOR30144 Luis Dias PinheiroMartim Mastbaum CP537109
58thBEL28990Itchy & ScratchyHerman VandormaelJan EveraertVVW Galgenweel3971110
59thCUB29518T10 Sailing CubaNelido Manso LopezSanlay Castro de la Cruz 6647113
60thARG12733BraulioMiguel CostaFeargal FinlayYCO‑RCNP5562117
61stGER31481NACEXMiguel GracaJoao LopesClube Naval de Cascais6156117
62ndBRA31485Maria MeninaAndre GuarischiRosalia GuarischiIcrj7544119
63rdITA15790BebopPietro FantoniMarinella GorgattoYacht Club Adriaco6359122
64thUSA31300Geaux FastStephen MomeierK Watt Duffy IIIOBYC7350123
65thPOR31250 Luis Guedes QueirozMariana Almada 6261123
66thPOR31612 Luis PessanhaDiogo MachadoCVAtlantico5668124
67thBRA30266Ton TonRalph RosaAlfredo RovereICRJ37DNC125
68thBRA31613 Victor Hector DemaisonMatheus Goncalves BFD38126
69thCHI29910GROOTJuan SanchezRenatta ParodiClub de Yates Algarrobo (CYA)DSQ39127
70thFIN30900Hungry HeartKai SaarheloReino SuonsiltaBSF Segelfvreningen i BjvrneborgCP566127
71stITA31477 Dario BruniEmanuele Zampieri 6763130
72ndGBR28541 Matthew WolstenholmeLloyd RobertsBough Beech Sailing Club6573138
73rdITA30009MbutoPaolo LambertenghiLeonardo FranziniCircolo vela Arco7467141
74thPOR31483Maria PiaJose Pedro Dias PinheiroManuel VilelaCNCascaisCP576144
75thBEL31679 Thomas Van HoeylandtKatia RoyerKlyc7174145
76thITA31294HussiAlberto SchiaffinoAndrea CabriniAssociazione Vela Lago di Ledro / Circol6978147
77thFRA30114Drtle doiseauJerome THOMASTitouan ThomasCS Monterolais7969148
78thGBR26996ArtichokeChristopher SurridgeJonathan Surridge 7679155
79thNOR30090More Happy DaysSteffen SkjonbergHege SandvenBfrum70DNC158
80thPOL30537MilermenswearKrzysztof KluzaTomasz Miler%u017BLKS Kiekrz7781158
81stUSA30109 David TillsonPaige TillsonMBYC8277159
82ndFRA28540 Laurence BourdonnayLaurent Duperriez 72DNC160
83rdFRA20894 Floriane LE FLOCHBernardo BettaninANSQuiberon8180161
84thUSA31129 Andre GuaragnaLogan BrickhouseMiami Snipe Fleet #7BFD75163
85thBEL30758VegasThierry AnrysCathy CeulemansRYCB80DNC168
86thGBR29611BasilSue RobertsSteve RobertsBough Beech SCDNCDNC176
86thNOR30747Flikk FlakkTotto HartmannAlexandra WangBaerum SeilforeningDNCDNC176

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