Congratulations to Pete and his team for a great showing. Good to see him still racing a J/24 from time to time. Regatta report below.
ISAF Mach Racing:
Congratulations to Dustin Durant and his U.S. team from Long Beach Yacht Club for winning the ISAF N.A and Caribbean Regional Qualifier for the Nations Cup Grand Final to be sailed in Middlefart, Denmark this August. Durant and crew won the final 3-0 over the Canadian crew in difficult and shifty conditions sailed today in Bridgetown Barbados.
In the semi finals Durant won 3-1 over Texidor from Puerto Rico to meet Wickwire and crew who were 18-0 after having won their semi final 3-0 against Povey from Barbados.
The Americans stopped the Canadians run of 18 wins and no losses in the finals putting together a great effort to win the championship.
Said Wickwire: “All credit goes to Dustin and crew for winning the finals. Congratulations to him and his team for sailing so well. They put it together at the end of the regatta and did a better job of taking advantage of the conditions to win the final in strong fashion.”
Congratulations to the Barbados Yacht Club and the ISAF officials for hosting and running an outstanding regatta at a venue which has to be in consideration for one of the top sailing venues in the world.
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ISAF Match Racing:
After day two and the conclusion of three qualifying round robins at the ISAF North American and Caribbean Nations Cup Regional Qualifier, an ISAF Grade 2 event being hosted by Barbados Yacht Club in Bridgetown Barbados, the Canadian team of helm Peter Wickwire (RNSYS/RCYC), tactician Evan Petley-Jones (RNSYS), trimmer Ben Maloney (RNSYS) and bowman Erwyn Naidoo (RCYC) lead the event with a record of 15-0. The event, sailed four up in J24s, is the regional qualifier for the Nations Cup Grand Final to be sailed in Middlefart, Denmark this August 6th-10th.
Saturday’s racing saw continued perfect conditions in the 15-20 knot+ range. The Canadian team concluded the six team, three round robin sail-off in first place followed by Dustin Durant’s U.S team at 11-4, Marco Texidor’s Puerto Rican team at 9-6 and Robert Povey’s Bajan team at 6-9.
Sunday’s racing will begin with the semi finals with 1st seed Wickwire vs. 4th seed Povey and 2nd seed Durant vs. 3rd seed Texidor in a first to three wins sail-off to qualify for the finals.
For an update please check the ISAF site http://www.sailing.org/events/nationscup/33885.php or see the Barbados J24 site. An additional update will be submitted at the end of racing tomorrow – Sunday, Feb 3rd.
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ISAF Match Racing:
After day one at the ISAF North American and Caribbean Nations Cup Regional Qualifier, an ISAF Grade 2 event being hosted by Barbados Yacht Club in Bridgetown Barbados, the Canadian team of helm Peter Wickwire (RNSYS/RCYC), tactician Evan Petley-Jones (RNSYS), trimmer Ben Maloney (RNSYS) and bowman Erwyn Naidoo (RCYC) lead the event with a record of 8-0. The event, sailed four up in J24s, is the regional qualifier for the Nations Cup Grand Final to be sailed in Middlefart, Denmark this August.
In perfect conditions up to 20 knots the team enjoyed a strong start to the event which is being contested by 6 teams from the N.A. and Caribbean ISAF region all vying for the single regional berth to sail in Denmark this August. In second place is Dustin Durant’s U.S. team from Long Beach Yacht Club with a record of 7-1. The teams from Puerto Rico and Barbados follow at 4-4.
The format is three round robins followed by semi-finals and finals. The first round robin has been completed and the 2nd round robin was 3/5ths done when the umpires and RC sent the sailors in a little after 4:00pm this afternoon after 7 hours of sailing in the perfect Caribbean breeze.
For an update please check the ISAF site or see the Barbados J24 site. An additional update will be submitted at the end of racing tomorrow – Friday Feb 2nd.
