Bij de Jeugdkampioenschappen Sunfish die afgelopen zondag werden gevaren op het Spaanse water wist Kevin van Otterdijk zijn titel te prolongeren.
http://sunfishclass.org/isca/2012/11/22/kevin-van-otterdijk-wins-curacao-youth-championship/
Richard van der Wal recently won the Aruban Sunfish Sailing Championship 2012. The performance was remarkable since Van der Wal won the championship for the 13th time since 1996. Competition for second and third was fierce with Job Laboyrie becoming second and Peter Prinsen claiming third. The ranking list 2013 of Sunfish Club was won this year by Richard van der Wal followed by Peter Prinsen (2nd) and Job Laboyrie (3rd). In addition to the championship, the ranking list also entails other friendly and long distance races. The “wisselstrop”, a rotating trophy for newcomers, was awarded this year to the youth talent Maurice Rooijakkers.
The year 2012 was characterised by growth of the class and regional exchange. In August, a total of 20 Sunfish sailors participated in the Aruba Rembrandt Regatta of which two from Curacao and one from St.Maarten. In October, five Aruban Sunfish sailors participated in the Bonaire Regatta. At time the Bonaire sailors were invited to participate in the Aruba Rembrandt Regatta 2013.
During a closing dinner at Varadero Yacht Club, the board of Sunfish Club Aruba (SCA) congratulated the winners with their result. At this occasion Richard van der Wal received the “Ernie Kervel rotating trophy”.
Due to her great stability the Sunfish is very suitable for Aruba’s coastal waters. New members are more than welcome. More information is available on the Sunfish Aruba Facebook page.
By Alex Roose
Wat een prachtdag, met een prachtwind , een sterke vloot en de perfecte wedstrijdleiding die geen kind had aan de vloot en ze dan ook easy drie races kon laten varen.
Opmerkelijke gebeurtenissen? Zeker, de onwaarschijnlijke voorsprongen van Kevin die te vergelijken zijn met de hoogtijdagen van Stephen en Cor. Dat gata nog veel beloven voor de toekomst en hopelijk in het najaar wordt dan de 10e plek van 2011 verbeterd. St Petersburg Florida, najaar 2012, here we come.
Het is overigens ook gepermitteerd de uitslagen van beneden naar boven te lezen en in die volgorde, 1-2-3 etc te onthouden.
Wil Pennings en Gerard Helmich, twee gepensioneerde zeilers, hebben afgelopen zaterdag de door henzelf georganiseerde twaalfuursrace op het Spaanse Water met succes volbracht. Van 07.00 tot 19.00 uur wisselden de twee heren elkaar af op de sunfish.
Dertien jaar geleden zeilden de twee mannen de twaalfuursrace ook al. Zij hadden toen zo veel plezier tijdens de race, dat ze de afgesproken hebben dit te herhalen als ze samen 130 jaar oud zouden zijn. Aangezien de beiden heren nu 65 zijn, was het tijd om de sunfish startklaar te maken.
Ontvangst
Na een half etmaal op het water werden de sunfish en de twee mannen bij het Limestone Holiday Resort hartelijk ontvangen door vrienden en familie. Daar kregen zij een medaille, waarna iedereen kon genieten van drankjes en een barbecue.
De orkaan Sandy heeft ook meerdere Sunfish slachtoffers gemaakt…(reeds eerder 1 bij de Wet Pants Sailing Asscociation). Ook altijd je Sunfish op de wal aan iets vastbinden: Dwight Hahn !
Bill Braniforte heeft een flink verhaal geschreven over zijn belevenissen tijdens de Worlds. En daarbij gaat het vooral om tussen de oren!With light winds and sometimes strong current, the 2012 Sunfish Worlds was not the most exciting series I have ever been in, but it was one of the most interesting! Never have I seen so many penalties, flags, and people walking around reading rule books …
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Het is geen Sunfish nieuws, maar we feliciteren Odile van Aanholt (met al die Sunfish zeilende familieleden) met het winnen van het Optimist North American Championship 2012! (150 deelnemers!!). Absoluut supertop.
http://www.juanpanews.com/2012/10/norteamericano-de-optimist-para-odile-van-aanholt-de-antillas-holandesas-la-argentina-clara-vignati-8va/
by David Mendelblatt
The St. Petersburg Sailing Center was the launch site with races held on Tampa Bay. For the first time, competitors were responsible for bringing or chartering their own boats. Many sailors whose journey prevented them from bringing their own boats were fortunate to find local Sunfish owners willing to charter or loan boats. Two vendors, The Dinghy Shop, of Amityville, New York, and Tackle Shack, of Pinellas Park, Florida, were very helpful by transporting a great many charter boats to the event and supporting sailors at the venue with parts and service. The regatta would not have been possible without their contributions. Three days of measurement and registration were required to ensure fairness of competition.
2012 Youth World Championship
The Youth World Championship was held first, with three days of racing. All Youth sailors were under 19 years of age.
All in all it was an excellent Third Youth World Championship with perfect weather conditions and great winds that increased each day. The races were very long and exhausting. The strong currents really affected the end results each day due to the fact that the current changed around the middle of the second race each day making it quite difficult to know what to expect. Rhone Findlay seemed to do very well in the first two of the upwind legs each race with all excellent starts and often one of the first three to reach the windward mark, but he seemed to have problems with
the downwind runs and slowly lost positions to the three local Americans who really appeared to have the superior knowledge to use the currents and dominate the regatta. Amazingly three of them tied for first position, with Addison Hackstaff on top, with the Peruvian Alonso Collantes de Riglos – an excellent sailor – also enjoying 2 bullets, in 4th place. Findlay and American Patrick Shanahan tied for 5th place.
Invitational Worlds
As the Youth World Championship came to a close, the World Championship sailors were arriving at the venue and preparing for their event. Conditions were much more difficult for the World Championship sailors, as well as the Race Committee, which was Chaired by Pat Seidenspinner, and scoring by Beth Pennington. Very light winds and strong current predominated, with only three races completed after two days of racing. On day three, with no wind on the bay, the decision was made to postpone ashore.
This necessitated the planned lay day to be used for racing. Racing resumed on Thursday and Friday in light winds, and an additional five races were completed within Friday’s time limit. Closing strong to take the title was last year’s runner-up Alexander Zimmerman from Peru, Winners of the subgroups were: Female-Amanda Callahan; Youth-Jean Paul de Trazegnies; Grand Master-Ronald Mchlenry; and Master-David Mendelblatt.
The St. Petersburg Yacht Club provided an excellent venue. Management of racing and activities both on and off the water were superb and was coordinated by David Mendelblatt. The St. Petersburg Sailing Center staff is to be thanked for their professionalism, courtesy and competence in assisting and accommodating a great many sailors and the equipment that came with them. It was a huge success for the Sunfish Class to have this regatta and so many top sailors involved in the competition.
In addition to the race winners, special trophies were awarded to:
| Youngest sailor | |
| Top Master | |
| Top Woman | Amanda Callahan (USA) |
| Top Youth | |
| Marco Polo Award | |
| Sportsmanship Award | Jim Koehler (USA) |
De nummer twee van vorig jaar is het dit jaar wel gelukt: Alexander Zimmermann is zojuist zeer overtuigend wereldkampioen geworden. Uiteindelijk 29 punten voorsprong op nummer 2, Andrey Quintero (die begon met een 27e plaats). De derde plek ging naar David Mendelblatt, de regatta voorzitter.
