2015 Optinam. Antigua. by Matias Capizzano

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Antigua and Barbuda are located in the middle of the Leeward Islands in the Eastern Caribbean, roughly 17 degrees north of the equator. To the south are the islands of Montserrat and Guadaloupe, and to the north and west are Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Barts, and St. Martin. Antigua, the largest of the English-speaking Leeward Islands, is about 14 miles long and 11 miles wide, encompassing 108 square miles. Its highest point is Mount Obama (1319 ft., 402 metres), formerly known as Boggy Peak, located in the southwestern corner of the island. Barbuda, a flat coral island with an area of only 68 square miles, lies approximately 30 miles due north. The nation also includes the tiny (0.6 square mile) uninhabited island of Redonda, now a nature preserve. The current population for the nation is approximately 68,000 and its capital is St. John’s on Antigua. Nelson’s Dockyard is the largest of Antigua’s National Parks and is still used today as a working dockyard for numerous yachts and ships. Fully restored to its original splendor, the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century buildings of the Dockyard house modern amenities such as shops, hotels, and marina businesses. Outside the dockyard, historic forts dot the landscape of the park accessible by hiking trails which allow visitors to enjoy the park’s scenic and natural beauty.

In 2014 Antigua Yacht Club Commodore, John Duffy, proposed that Antigua host the 2015 North American Optimist Dinghy Championships. An agreement was signed with IODA in January 2015. With six months to go until the event, a Committee was formed headed by John Duffy and comprising a broad section of the community covering all aspects of the event. The Committee comprised Lilly Bavay, Transport and Accommodation jointly with Dave Fitzmaurice, Paraphernalia Manager, Susan Mitchell, everything from prizes to T-shirts, Clare Leader, Principle Race Officer, Karl James, Race Management, Steven Spanis, Construction, Paddy Prendergast, Opening & Closing Ceremonies, Chris Martin, Accounts, Paola Vittoria, Measurement, Sara Eldridge, Interpreter, Cynthia Frontin, Medical Advice and representing the Government, Tanny Rose and Ian Hughes. Over 100 other volunteers contributed in a variety of ways to make the event and outstanding success. The SEABOARD MARINE Optimist North American Championship 2015 was organised by the Antigua Yacht Club under the authority of the International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA). The venue was Nelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dockyard in English Harbour and it took place from July 5th to July 13th. There were 162 participants entered, representing 23 countries: Argentina, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Switzerland, Uruguay, USA, US Virgin Islands and Antigua. Major Sponsor: SEABOARD MARINE Other Sponsors: Antigua and Barbuda, Sir Peter R Harrison, Antigua Yacht Club Marina Resort, The Catamaran Hotel, National Parks Antigua, Waterfront Hostel, Oasis and Yao. Supporters: Committee Boats: Bernie Evan-Wong, Star Tek Marine, Adventure Antigua and Dockyard Divers; Other boats: Seagull Inflatables, On Deck Racing, National Sailing Academy, Richard Watson & Co., Peter Carey, Richard Mathews, Antigua Yacht Club, Paradise Boat Sales, Antigua Boats & Carpentry, A & F Sails, Yacht Sobriyah; Sign suppliers: SignPro Antigua; Shirt Printers: Banana Bay; Race Office: Richard Watson & Co.; Land Roversupplied by Premier Motors.

Anne Morcome - Annette - Archie - Bernie Wong - Bernie Wong - Caroline Degarve Clare Cupples-Leader - David Kerr - Diane - Doug - George Bridger - Gilly Gobinet - Hawki Helen B & Jalese - Janie Easton - Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; friend - JoJo - Len Davidson - Mani - Maurice - Mike Rose Nicolas Benvenudo - Peter Carey - Ricardo Navarro - Sean - Shaun - Steve - Tim Degarve - Tim Wall - Winston

Tom Rinda (chief umpire), Peter Johnson, Steve Wrigley, Francisco Jauregui, Katie Nicoll, Warren Nethercote Jacque Andrews, Race Office s

Amneris Calle, secretary of the organising committee.

In the early eighteenth century, the British Royal Navy recognized the strategic importance of English Harbour in protecting ships from hurricanes and in its position at the south of the island for monitoring French naval activity. Throughout the eighteenth century, the dockyard grew in importance, as it was the only harbour in the Eastern Caribbean large enough for safe naval ship repairs. From 1784 through 1787, the British Hero of Trafalgar, Horatio Nelson, served as the captain of the H.M.S Boreas, sent to Antigua to enforce British laws in the colonies. When the restoration of the dockyard began in the 1950s, it was renamed Nelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dockyard in honour of the years he spent in Antigua.

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Rank SailNumber HelmsName 1st SIN 116 Yi Nian Koh 2nd ISV 720 Teddy Nicolosi 3rd ARG 3509 Massimo Contessi 4th CHI 437 Benjamín Fuenzalida 5th SIN 118 Daniel Ian Toh 6th SIN 119 Muhammad D. Kei Yazid 7th ANT 2 Rocco Falcone 8th USA 19631 Emma Cowles 9th USA 19630 Carmen Cowles 10th USA 18311 Zane Rogers 11th SIN 111 James Koh 12th USA 19781 Luke Arnone 13th ISV 642 Mia Nicolosi 14th USA 17665 Madeleine Rice 15th BER 1121 Tayte Stefaniuk 16th SUI 1707 Livio Erni 17th BRA 3505 Nicolas Bernal 18th ARG 3028 Juan Pablo Grosso

Nett 18.0 25.0 28.0 34.0 47.0 49.0 51.0 51.0 55.0 66.0 68.0 72.0 75.0 82.0 83.0 84.0 84.0 86.0

Rank SailNumber HelmsName Nett 1st BER 1099 Adam Larson 146.0 2nd CHI 208 Sebastian Ducasse S. 159.0 3rd ARG 3574 Jose Augusto Rother 160.0 4th ARG 3213 Tobías Andina 161.0 5th CHI 460 Sebastian Fuenzalida C. 165.0 6th ISV 460 Lake Sanford 166.0 7th JPN 3125 Hana Perkins 178.0 8th USA 18314 Ripley Shelley 179.0 9th USA 20497 Alexander Gonzalez 179.0 10th ARG 3248 Malena Sciarra 181.0 11th USA 15510 Nicolas Martin 187.0 12th NZL 4401 Harry Corston 188.0 13th ARG 3495 Santiago Noe 195.0 14th MEX 800 Juan Pablo Rivas Guerrero 196.0 15th LCA 198 Guillaume Chevrier 198.0 16th COL 1316 simon gomez 200.0 17th ARG 3415 Felipe Cosentino 201.0 18th NZL 4239 Will Wright 203.0

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NZL 4604 USA 19629 SIN 117 USA 19187 ARG 3463 USA 18943 NZL 4288 CHI 443 NZL 4605 ANT 3 SIN 112 URU 347 USA 18166 URU 403 USA 17088 USA 14565 SUI 1662 USA 14577 IVB 911

Robbie McCutcheon Thomas Hall Jodie Lai Mariner Fagan Iván Luppi Jamie Paul Zachary Scheiwe Roberta Parodi Josh Berry LOUIS BAVAY Raynn Kwok Hernán Umpierre Max Anker Nicolás Radovitzky TJ Danilek Sam Gavula Florian Geissbühler Jack Howard Rayne Duff

92.0 93.0 97.0 108.0 111.0 115.0 120.0 129.0 129.0 131.0 139.0 140.0 144.0 144.0 146.0 146.0 147.0 150.0 153.0

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USA 17071 USA 20402 BRA 3558 BRA 3770 PER 306 MEX 819 PER 286 BER 1084 USA 17090 USA 17255 ISV 478 ISV 224 ARG 3529 CHI 209 ISV 917 CHI 617 CHI 454

Connor Mraz Ella Marsden Rafaela Salles Lucas Urmenyi Matías Mufarech Alex Torres Rinaldelli Mauro Pretto Joe Arrowsmith Elizabeth Kaplan Sarah Burn Rider Odom Julian v. d. Driessche Alejandro Formica Elisa Ducasse S. Mateo DiBlasi Alfredo Urzua Dante Parodi

161.0 163.0 169.0 170.0 173.0 174.0 175.0 175.0 176.0 180.0 185.0 185.0 196.0 203.0 207.0 210.0 213.0

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BER 1001 USA 20548 MEX 858 USA 20797 AHO 66 BRA 3528 BRA 3765 SUI 1700 BRA 3888 PER 268 BRA 3854 ARG 3499 BER 1234 BRA 3343 BRA 3551 ISV 312 PER 328 JPN 3251 BRA 3612

Micah Thomas-Raynor Paul Houston Sofia Fabre Garcia Stephan Baker Darius Berenos Rafael Servaes Victor De Marchi Alexander Hubmann Marina Hutzler Mateo Parodi Stefano Geronimi Charo Menedez Felix Cutler Matheus Azevedo Luiz Otávio Correia Mathieu Dale Fernanda San Román Mahiro Hasegawa Caio Soares

209.0 211.0 211.0 214.0 214.0 214.0 217.0 222.0 225.0 229.0 235.0 238.0 240.0 244.0 244.0 246.0 248.0 251.0 252.0

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BRA 3566 BRA 3072 BIZ 202 ARG 3535 SUI 1714 URU 404 ANT 22 CHI 440 CHI 442 BIZ 175 BRA 3538 ECU 212 USA 20078 BRA 3781 JPN 2976 IVB 864 CAN 1629

Guilherme Berenhauser Erico Penteado Trent Hardwick Lucas Alvarez Millet Maxim Dneprov Joaquín Radovitzky RIVER ANDREWS Rosario Novion M Francisco Rodriguez Kevin Velasquez João Petersen Ornella De iulio Liam O Keefe Bernardo Pereira Takuma Utsumi Nathan Haycraft Teddy Horangic

254.0 256.0 257.0 260.0 262.0 269.0 272.0 275.0 281.0 282.0 282.0 282.0 283.0 294.0 294.0 301.0 302.0

Rank SailNumber HelmsName 1st CAY 3023 Allena Rankine 2nd MEX 889 Renee Galicia Martinez 3rd ARG 3570 Gerónimo Pozzi Alcón 4th NZL 4466 Albert Stanley 5th BRA 3878 Lars Kunath 6th LCA 8 Danny Dillon 7th MEX 880 Monica Daniela Rivas G. 8th CAN 1630 Helen Horangic 9th BER 1939 Jordan Etemadi 10th ARG 3497 Rocío Aparicio 11th BRA 3887 Tiago Soares 12th CAN 1563 Jack Groves 13th ISV 724 Steven Hardee 14th BRA 3481 Vitor Paim 15th LCA 4 Adoni Modeste 16th ARG 3545 Matías Medrano Pizarro 17th CAN 1299 Dale Whitmore 18th BRA 3572 Ana Luiza Caetano

Nett 238.0 258.0 262.0 265.0 266.0 276.0 280.0 287.0 293.0 294.0 295.0 298.0 299.0 300.0 301.0 305.0 307.0 308.0

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USA 15436 MEX 925 AHO 10 CAN 1459 ANT 4 USA 18083 ARG 3140 CAN 1391 CAN 1546 ISV 204 AHO 88 ARG 3609 BIZ 480 VIN 1 CHI 125 BRA 3442 MEX 859 ARG 3488 PER 237

Julia Johansson Jaime Zunzunegui E. Bas van der Gulik Catherine Savard GILES DE JAGER Owen Hennessey Máximo Videla Colin Davies Eric Omielan Victoria Flatley Bruno Brouwers Lucía Miranda Jazmin Campos Javid Morgan Santiago Lorca Maria Lachmann Martin Fabre Garcia Tadeo Funes de Rioja Piero Castañeda

309.0 311.0 315.0 315.0 316.0 318.0 319.0 319.0 324.0 325.0 326.0 328.0 331.0 341.0 342.0 347.0 349.0 365.0 365.0

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AHO 82 CAN 1568 BER 103 PER 209 JPN 3270 BIZ 224 CAN 1214 VIN 3 ARG 3099 PER 399 BRA 3587 AHO 65 AHO 77 IVB 11 CAN 1592 IVB 329 LCA 1

Anouk Wind William Staples Luke Madeiros Paloma Poggione Isshin Isobe Nashira Ricardez Livia Collinson Drew Mitchell Victoria Mackinnon Cristobal Yzaga Renata Praseres Roos Wind Guillaume Montesant Kyle Roose Audrey Staples Maxwell Reshetiloff Matheo Graham-Capasso

366.0 370.0 375.0 376.0 382.0 391.0 403.0 407.0 421.0 425.0 427.0 432.0 432.0 436.0 460.0 461.0 470.0

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