Ernesto Rodriguez showing the way at Snipe 2017 NA’s
The first day of the 2017 edition of the Snipe North Americans featured challenging 15+ knots and 5+ foot on-shore waves in the open Atlantic Ocean hosted by Lauderdale YC, FL. 27 Snipes from as far south as Ecuador and as far north as Canada battled the dreamy conditions that included pole-reach surfing on the three races with double triangles in gorgeous hot and sunny Florida skies.
Ernesto claimed the three bottles of winner’s Champaign awarded to the winner of each of the three races as his fellow competitors urged him to down them all in celebration. More seriously, he confided that his “secret” was mastering the Laser technique of not over steering in the steep waves that would lead to hulls and rigs slamming down on the back side of the waves [I admit to observing this phenomena increasingly over the day as I struggled to remember how small lakes are a tad different that today’s open waters].
Forecasts are for similar but slightly less winds for the remaining two days.
Art Rousmaniere
SCIRA USA National Secretary
Results
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31337 | Ernesto Rodriguez / Kathleen Tocke | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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2
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30027 | Jensen McTighe / Andre Guaragna | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
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3
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30288 | Augie Diaz / Eddie Mintzias | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
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4
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PUR 29841 | Raul Rios / Mac Agnese | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
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5
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31297 | Doug Hart / Diego Escobar | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
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6
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30364 | Rogelio Padron / Roberto Lopez | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
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7
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PUR 30873 | Agustin Lazaro-Lugo / Jose Lazo | 8 | 11 | 9 | 28 |
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8
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31391 | Brett Davis / Bryan Stout | 13 | 7 | 11 | 31T |
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9
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28811 | Jimmie Lowe / Lori Lowe | 12 | 9 | 10 | 31T |
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10
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30473 | Michael Morley / Watt Duffy | 15 | 8 | 13 | 36T |
10
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11
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29671 | Tarasa Davis / Kim Calnan | 14 | 10 | 12 | 36T |
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12
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31424 | Andrew Pimental / Megan Place | 3 | 29/OCS | 6 | 38 |
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13
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29442 | Peter Commette / Connie Commette | 6 | 29/OCS | 5 | 40 |
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14
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30741 | Sharon Seymour-Johnson / Tara Lobo | 16 | 12 | 15 | 43 |
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15
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31087 | Diego Figueroa / Benjamin Vidal | 10 | 15 | 20 | 45 |
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16
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29511 | Taylor Scheuermann / Charlie Bess | 17 | 14 | 16 | 47 |
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31280 | Art Rousmaniere / Jennifer Rousmaniere | 19 | 17 | 14 | 50 |
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18
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29602 | Sarah Streater / Elizabeth Ryder | 23 | 13 | 19 | 55 |
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29108 | STEVE STEWART / Marcus Hall | 20 | 18 | 22 | 60 |
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20
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30611 | Sean Adams / Jennifer Adams | 21 | 19 | 21 | 61 |
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21
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30860 | Carol CRONIN / Linda Epstein | 29/DNC | 16 | 18 | 63 |
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22
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31037 | Juan Jose Ferretti / Juan Carlos Casal | 22 | 20 | 23 | 65 |
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23
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30280 | David Hiebert / Bill Schoenberg | 11 | 29/DNF | 29/DNS | 69 |
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24
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29995 | Ivan Riano / Bruno Mello | 25 | 29/OCS | 17 | 71 |
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25
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29782 | Zack Kelchner / Nikki Bruno | 18 | 29/DNS | 29/DNS | 76 |
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26
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31355 | George Antarr / Donna Antarr | 24 | 29/DNF | 29/DNS | 82 |
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27
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30111 | Christopher Hains / Barbara Mann | 29/DNS | 29/DNS | 29/DNS | 87T |
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27
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30336SNIP | Gonzalo E. Diaz / Alex Guerro | 29/DNC | 29/DNC | 29/DNC | 87T |
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