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Defazio/Medici Finally Clinch th2006 Western Hemisphere & Orient Cha

October 22-27Miami, Florida, USA

It was the US turn to host a major regatta, and after a year moving them into 4thof preparation, 43 competitors from 7 countries descended overall. Third placeupon Coconut Grove Sailing Club in Miami, Florida to con- overall, Alexandretest the 2006 Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship. Paradeda and Pedro

Former and current World Champions, continental and Tinoco (BRA) sailed anational champions were vying to win the title and an auto- 9-5-9 for the daymatic berth to the induding some penalty ci des. Fresh breeze on the morn-Worlds next year in ing race slowly died thro ghout the day with the last racePortugal. There was no held in 8 knots. Japanese speedsters Akira Setoguchi andlack of top talent in this Teruhito Fujitagroup! were looking

After a 2 hour post- good until anponement on shore and OCS in the last2 general recalls, the race. They wereChampionship got not alone with 7underway in a solid 6-8 others beingknot breeze on Biscayne P-"' ••••••~ caught overBay. The group was off early.burning up the first beat .• :=I5!II. =~:m=itii.~iJWith 6-12Japanese sailors Takuma Takesue and Kazuhiro Ito led the knots for the final dayrace and extended their lead throughout the windward-Iee- of the Snipe Westernward course. Fellow countrymen Kenji Abe and Hiroshi Hemisphere & OrientYamachika retained 2nd place until mid-way through the race Championship, thewhen Pan Am champion Bruno Bethlem with Dante Bianchi Uruguayan team of

(fresh off the World Pablo Defazio!Masters) crewing, Eduardo Medici werepassedthem andstartedhoning inon theleaders.Hitting aleft shifton thefinal beat,

Bethem!Bianchi crossed Takesue!lto and covered tothe finish taking the bullet for race I. At the end ofthe first day, the Brazilian navy posted a strongshowing with 4 teams in the top 10.

The next day proved to be a good day for Uruguay andUSA. Uruguyans Pablo Defazio and E~uardo Medici, s,0mirigoff a Pre-Pan Am win the week prior in Rio, dominate theday in moderate breezes of 8-15 knots. Posting finishes of 1-2-3, the duo moved into striking distance of regatta leadersBruno Bethlem and Dante Bianchi (BRA) who sailed a 6-4-and their drop of a 21st for the day.Americans Augie Diazand Mark Ivey moved into gear on home waters with a 2-3-4)

able to overcome earlyevent leaders BrunoBethleml Dante Bianchi(BRA) for the overallwin. The Brasil team didfare well for themselves,

r-=~~~:::-?-=;::='F=h~~With Bethlem! Bianchi insecond, AlexandreParadeda! Pedro Tinoco(BRA) in third,AugieDiaz/ Mark Ivey (USA) in

'"",,·'fourth, and Carlos!:.__ad~.~_Wanderly! Richard

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Zietemann (BRA) in fittn.Kudos must be given to "the cellent Race Committee werk~ ~

Zled by David Brennan with ]'pm challenging conditions 'egatta"Z-co-drain Lynn Fitzpatrick and ayVoss made it all happen, withmeasurement by Ken Voss and teve Stewart. Scores of volun-teers led by Fleet Captain Gon ala (Old Man) Diaz and his capa-ble, loving better-half, Carmen, ade all the behind the scenesthings happen. Thanks for Fleet 007 for a great regatta!

Results: 2006 Western Hemisphere & Orient hampionshipSkipper/Crew Country/Sail

I. Pablo Defazio/Eduardo Medici URU 289912. Bruno Bethlem/Dante Bianchi BRA 305463. Alexandre Paradeda/Pedro Tinoco BRA 298214. Augie DiazlMark Ivey USA 302885. Carlos Wanderley/Richard Zietemann BRA 298996. Luis Caneppa/Bruno Bianchi BRA 302667. Alexandre/Mario Tinoco BRA 303228. Philip Umpierre/Martin Puricelli URU 298289. Akira SetoguchilTeruhiro Fujita JPN 3008410. Ernesto Rodriguez/Leandro Spina USA 30364I I. Peter/Sheehan Commette USA 3057112. Marcelo Bellotti/Eduardo Molina BRA 2982313. Henry Filter/Kathleen Tocke USA 3032514. George Szabo/Alan Cappelin USA 3033715. Takuma Takesue/Kazuhiro Ito JPN 3021416. Kenji Abe/Hiroshi Yamachika JPN 3032817. Andrea/Mariana Foglia URU 2982918. Doug Hart/jon Rogers USA 2931419. Tomohiko Koga/Kosuke Iwase JPN 3028320. Ezequiel Despontin/Carlos Wybert ARG 3049221. Pedro Garra/juan Real de Azua URU 2989122. J. IgnacioVina/Mercel Felipe Cortesse ARG 2869623. Henrique Haddad/Guilherme Hamelmann BRA 2885124. Motoharu NishilTatsushi Hashimoto JPN 3030525. Gustavo Crivello/Grace Fang ARG 2545526. Hector Longarella/Nick Voss ARG 2979727. Gonzalo Crivello/Robert Ramirez USA 2996328. Jimmie Lowe/Gavin McKinney BAH 3051 I29. Nicholas GranuccilJohn Kehoe USA 3019530. Enrique Quintero/Morgan Commette USA 2881031. Yuki Furumaki/Masaomi Adachi JPN 3030832. Martin DovatiRodrigo Cestau URU 2978533. Yoshimune Yasumori/Yoshiyuki Marimoto JPN 3041834. Lelio Jose Di Santo/Fernando Isa Pavia ARG 2933935. Jose l.ovigne/juan Dris ARG 2988936. Mike Blackwood/Patty Mueller USA 3039037. Aimee Graham/Lynn Fitzpatrick USA 2964638. Daniel/Daniel Jose Irarrazabal CHI 3029839. John Galloway/Alison Myers BAH 2867840. Robert Dunkley/Michelle Larkin BAH 2989941. Hector Davis/Frederico Saul ARG 3048842. Arisa Sakai/Tomoko Shimoda JPN 3049943. Maria Emilia Lamaison/Rosain Campiglia URU 28633

Finishes3-7-4-(8)-1-2-3-2-(9)1-4-1-2-6-4-(21 )-6-( dnf)7-2-(ocs)-I-(9)-5-9-5-4(12)-9-( 18)-6-2-3-4-9-34-6-2-3-14-14-( dnf)-I-(22)6-17-(20)-10-12-12-2-(23)-1(14)-8-7-9-(16)-6-5-14-119-1 I-I l-rdg-8-1-15-( 17)-(33)28-1-1 0-4-7-1 0-( ocs )-8-(38)8-14-3-20-4-9-12-(ocs)-(21)(38)-3-6-15-5-15-(23)-13-1918-5-8-5-11-7-(dnf)-(31 )-26(27)-12-13-7-21-18-(ocs)-4-1510-10-5-( dnf)-19-20-19-12-(30)2-24-15-18-(ocs)-8-25-(ocs)-75-18-(ocs)-12-13-27-7-7-(ocs)16-21-(22)-1 1-15-1 3-(ocs)-1 6-823-18-(28)-21-10-11-10-22-(ocsI5-22-2 1-25-30-(33)-I-(ocs)-222-1 5-1 7-(ocs)-24-(29)-24-1 1-533-1 3-12-1 3-33-(34)-(ocs)-3-1 3(31 )-20-(ocs)-14-27-25-6-21-1625-19-23-23-3-26-(29)-18-(39)19-(27)-24-1 7-20-2 I-I 6-(ocs)-221-(38)-25-( dnf)-17 -17 -20-10-2(35)-25-16-19-(ocs)-32-8-28-10(32)-16-14-27-25-(30)-13-20-2513-(32)-19-26-18-(40)-11-32-2820-23-27-22-26-16-(28)-19-(31 )11-(39)-33-30-(34)-22-17-33-14I7-29-26-33-(ocs)-(35)-30-1 5-134-26-9-29-(38)-37-(ocs)-27-1229-(30)-(31 )-28-28-19-18-29-2424-31-29-35-22-31-14-(ocs)-(36(42)-33-34-38-32-(42)-26-24-637-34-32-(ocs)-23-24-27-(ocs)- 8(40)-35-30-31-29-(39)-31-30-2936-(43)-36-36-(3 (0- 23-34- 25-3430-(41 )-37-24-3 1-38-( ocs)-34-326-36-( ocs)-dnf-( dnc)-dnc-dnc- 6-23(39)-37 -38-32-36-28-33-36-( 40)(43)-(40)-35-34-35-36-32-35-3541-(42)-39-37-37 -37-41-22-(oc -37

Total21.7523.532.7536.43.7559.7560.65.7567.7570.76.80.90.95.99.99.

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