Cadet World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina Overall

by Event Press 6 Jan 2002 10:13 GMT

FERNANDO GWOZDZ-JULIAN DE MARE ARE THE INTERNATIONAL CADET CLASS CHAMPIONS

Argentines Fernando Gwozdz-Julián De Mare are the new World Champions of the International Cadet Class; held under the organization of the Club Universitario de Buenos Aires, the National and International Cadet Class Associations, and the Argentine Yachting Federation. The team won 6 of the 10 races, and held the following positions in the other races: second, fifth, eleventh and nineteenth; the latter two which were discarded.

In this Worlds Argentina obtained the two remainig podium positions. Mariano Pellegrino-Santiago Verdino, with 22 points took second place as a result of their holding first place, three second places, two thirds, one fourth, two fifths and a twentyfirst. They discarded a fifth and twenty first places.

Meanwhile, Alejo Rigoni-Santiago Rigoni, with 31 points won the bronze medal as a result of their holding one first, one second, three fourths, two fifths, one sixth, one eleventh and one eighth (the latter two were discarded).

With the above results won by Gwozdz-De Mare Argentina recuperated the world title won by Australia in 1999, When Guillermo Pollitzer-Martìn Manrique had won the Championship. Last year, the new Champions finished fifth in Poland, where the English crew Sam Carter-Robert Graves were the winners.

Gwozdz (17 years old, living in Quilmes, a town close to Buenos Aires, and a member of the Argentine Yacht Club) and De Mare (12 years, born in Buenos Aires, and a member of the Club Barlovento) began racing together since July 2000. They participated in the Poland Worlds for the first time. They will now follow separate paths as Gwozdz will now sail in a 470, whereas De Mare will return to the Optimist.

Gwozdz declared that it was an intenseley fought out match with Pellegrino-Verdino as they interchanged first positions successively. He continued saying that in the first day he finished second, and thereafter fell to fourth, climbed to second, and yesterday won both races and led the Championship.

The organizers had planned two races (eleventh and twelvth) but due to a prevalent storm they could not be held. The idea was to start the first one at noon, but due to low visibility it was postponed by an hour. At l p.m. the fleet approached the race course where a, Southeast 25 knot wind which was in an increasing mode caused waves to form in heights larger than the Cadet Class could support. Several boats capsized, and were suffering severe damages (broken and bent masts) reason for which Juan Reinoso decided to cancel the last two races, thus concluding thes Worlds.

This Championship encompassed 43 boats from ARG, AUS, BEL, CZE, GER, GBR, NED and RUS. 10 races were ran in an Olympic triangle with 6 legs with a course length of 3.5 miles, and one mile inwards the Río de la Plata.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm/Crew	Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1	8019	FERNANDO ANDRES GWOZDZ / JULIAN AUGUSTO DE MARE	ARG	2	11	1	1	5	1	19	1	1	1	13
2	8064	MARIANO PELLEGRINO / SANTIAGO VERDINO	ARG	3	1	2	3	4	2	5	21	2	5	22
3	3502	ALEJO RIGONI / SANTIAGO RIGONI	ARG	4	4	4	2	1	5	6	5	11	8	31
4	9000	PIPPA WILSON / CHARLIE HATFIELD	GBR	11	21	13	6	17	3	1	3	5	2	44
5	8091	NICOLAS SAPONARA / LUCIANA LONGUEIRA	ARG	5	3	7	8	8	12	9	4	12	18	56
6	8081	NICOLAS PAGANINI / JUAN CRUZ MANRIQUE	ARG	6	7	8	7	2	13	17	10	6	16	59
7	8518	JIM HAVERHALS / ROGER DE MUNCK	BEL	9	17	10	4	3	16	10	19	3	9	64
8	5518	JUAN MANUEL ALTOE / JULIAN MASSERIO	ARG	12	6	5	14	7	7	44	2	26	23	76
9	8562	MAX BLOM / LOUISA VERVERS	NED	18	12	18	11	10	4	11	13	16	4	81
10	8846	JAMES HUGHES / ANNA GRAVES	GBR	16	19	12	12	6	6	21	27	4	7	82
11	8008	LUCIANO MARIA CAPACCIOLI / NICOLAS BUHLER	ARG	14	5	9	5	14	10	15	24	13	23	85
12	8066	FEDERICO TRAVASCIO / JHOANNA GABIN	ARG	1	2	3	9	44	44	13	8	21	37	94
13	6159	IGNACIO HARRIAGUE / AGUSTIN FOX	ARG	44	8	17	20	16	11	27	6	7	11	96
14	8404	RUBEN PHILIPSE / QUINTEN LAUWERS	BEL	8	9	6	21	23	17	24	12	22	17	112
15	8997	LAURA WADE / JENNY SUDELL	GBR	28	18	19	26	19	8	3	9	44	10	112
16	9012	LOUISE HUTTON / PATRICK HUTTON	AUS	19	29	11	18	25	44	8	23	8	6	118
17	8528	IAIN WATSON / ED THOMAS	GBR	13	24	14	32	11	19	32	40	9	3	125
18	9282	SHANE HUGHES / DOUGLAS FLAHERTY	AUS	33	34	28	27	13	9	2	20	24	13	136
19	3500	SOLANGE GABIN / YASMIN DIB	ARG	15	15	20	10	18	32	4	38	36	28	142
20	8519	OLIVER CHARLES GRAY / CLARE ELIZABETH DELLIMORE	GBR	10	16	24	16	21	15	25	37	44	19	146
21	8996	DANA WARNER / ANNE HINZR	GER	20	23	16	30	27	18	12	7	44	41	153
22	6226	CHARLOTTE BOSCH / MARNIX VAN DE HOF	NED	27	38	30	19	24	21	16	22	14	15	158
23	9040	SIMON LAMBERT / DAVID BREWER	GBR	7	14	32	22	28	20	26	34	17	25	159
24	9071	TJADE IVOR SPIER / KEBL GOEVERDEN	NED	17	44	25	13	12	26	14	18	44	44	169
25	8444	CAROLINE HEEREMA / JORIS ARNOLDY	NED	39	10	21	28	9	22	35	16	33	44	174
26	8325	LEE VANDERWAR KER / MIRCHELL WRIGHT	AUS	34	31	23	17	35	14	29	15	44	21	184
27	8443	HELENA DE MUNK / MOORS REINILDE	BEL	21	20	15	15	29	44	31	44	25	30	186
28	5593	ALEX BOURKE / MICHAEL SORRELL	AUS	29	30	31	24	44	24	7	29	19	27	189
29	9212	HENRIETTE PEETERS / JAN SPEELMAN	BEL	30	40	33	25	31	23	34	11	15	36	202
30	9128	PETR FIALA / JAN BILIK	CZE	35	22	42	35	37	38	22	17	23	12	203
31	9038	JULIA CHRISTINE CORNAH / OREN RICHARDS	GBR	23	33	29	36	22	29	30	30	32	14	209
32	9149	VINCENT PAREIN / HELENE SMIDT	BEL	40	44	44	34	33	35	23	14	10	24	213
33	5613	WILLIAM SHEERS / MEAGHAN RICH	AUS	41	36	35	37	15	33	18	31	29	20	217
34	9039	CLEMENCE VERVERS / FRANCESCA VERVERS	NED	24	28	22	29	32	36	40	26	30	32	223
35	5712	FELIX PATERSON / MADI Mc CURE	AUS	38	25	40	44	34	27	28	36	18	26	232
36	9213	FREDERIC BLIJ / ALEXANDRE VAN RIET	BEL	37	27	39	38	26	25	33	25	28	36	237
37	9084	SOPHIE COHEN / BENJAMIN COHEN	NED	32	37	27	41	20	31	39	33	20	38	238
38	9244	MARIA RUSETKAJA / EKATERINA PETRENKO	RUS	25	35	38	23	38	30	41	28	27	33	239
39	8223	ANNE-SOPHIE BLIJ / MATHIEU SMIDT	BEL	26	13	41	33	30	28	37	44	37	44	245
40	8411	EDUARD BOSCH / LOUISE BOSCH	NED	22	26	26	42	40	34	38	41	34	35	255
41	9154	HANS HILLMANN / BENJAMIN HEIN	GER	36	32	36	31	39	39	20	35	35	31	256
42	8879	FELIX PEFERS / JULIA PEFERS	GER	31	39	34	40	36	37	36	32	31	29	266
43	9157	ELISABETH THOME-KOZMIENSKY / ANJA SCHENELLE	GER	44	44	37	39	41	40	42	39	38	44	320