2015 Optinam. Antigua.

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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 sou-th 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.

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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 represen-ting 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 Nelson’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 MARINEOther 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 DegarveClare Cupples-Leader - David Kerr - Diane - Doug - George Bridger - Gilly Gobinet - HawkiHelen B & Jalese - Janie Easton - John’ friend - JoJo - Len Davidson - Mani - Maurice - Mike RoseNicolas 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 Nelson’s Dockyard in honour of the years he spent in Antigua.

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Rank SailNumber HelmsName Nett1st SIN 116 Yi Nian Koh 18.02nd ISV 720 Teddy Nicolosi 25.03rd ARG 3509 Massimo Contessi 28.04th CHI 437 Benjamín Fuenzalida 34.05th SIN 118 Daniel Ian Toh 47.06th SIN 119 Muhammad D. Kei Yazid 49.07th ANT 2 Rocco Falcone 51.08th USA 19631 Emma Cowles 51.09th USA 19630 Carmen Cowles 55.010th USA 18311 Zane Rogers 66.011th SIN 111 James Koh 68.012th USA 19781 Luke Arnone 72.013th ISV 642 Mia Nicolosi 75.014th USA 17665 Madeleine Rice 82.015th BER 1121 Tayte Stefaniuk 83.016th SUI 1707 Livio Erni 84.017th BRA 3505 Nicolas Bernal 84.018th ARG 3028 Juan Pablo Grosso 86.0

Rank SailNumber HelmsName Nett1st BER 1099 Adam Larson 146.02nd CHI 208 Sebastian Ducasse S. 159.03rd ARG 3574 Jose Augusto Rother 160.04th ARG 3213 Tobías Andina 161.05th CHI 460 Sebastian Fuenzalida C. 165.06th ISV 460 Lake Sanford 166.07th JPN 3125 Hana Perkins 178.08th USA 18314 Ripley Shelley 179.09th USA 20497 Alexander Gonzalez 179.010th ARG 3248 Malena Sciarra 181.011th USA 15510 Nicolas Martin 187.012th NZL 4401 Harry Corston 188.013th ARG 3495 Santiago Noe 195.014th MEX 800 Juan Pablo Rivas Guerrero 196.015th LCA 198 Guillaume Chevrier 198.016th COL 1316 simon gomez 200.017th ARG 3415 Felipe Cosentino 201.018th NZL 4239 Will Wright 203.0

19th NZL 4604 Robbie McCutcheon 92.020th USA 19629 Thomas Hall 93.021st SIN 117 Jodie Lai 97.022nd USA 19187 Mariner Fagan 108.023rd ARG 3463 Iván Luppi 111.024th USA 18943 Jamie Paul 115.025th NZL 4288 Zachary Scheiwe 120.026th CHI 443 Roberta Parodi 129.027th NZL 4605 Josh Berry 129.028th ANT 3 LOUIS BAVAY 131.029th SIN 112 Raynn Kwok 139.030th URU 347 Hernán Umpierre 140.031st USA 18166 Max Anker 144.032nd URU 403 Nicolás Radovitzky 144.033rd USA 17088 TJ Danilek 146.034th USA 14565 Sam Gavula 146.035th SUI 1662 Florian Geissbühler 147.036th USA 14577 Jack Howard 150.037th IVB911 RayneDuff 153.0

19th BER 1001 Micah Thomas-Raynor 209.020th USA 20548 Paul Houston 211.021st MEX858 SofiaFabreGarcia 211.022nd USA 20797 Stephan Baker 214.023rd AHO 66 Darius Berenos 214.024th BRA 3528 Rafael Servaes 214.025th BRA 3765 Victor De Marchi 217.026th SUI 1700 Alexander Hubmann 222.027th BRA 3888 Marina Hutzler 225.028th PER 268 Mateo Parodi 229.029th BRA 3854 Stefano Geronimi 235.030th ARG 3499 Charo Menedez 238.031st BER 1234 Felix Cutler 240.032nd BRA 3343 Matheus Azevedo 244.033rd BRA 3551 Luiz Otávio Correia 244.034th ISV 312 Mathieu Dale 246.035th PER 328 Fernanda San Román 248.036th JPN 3251 Mahiro Hasegawa 251.037th BRA 3612 Caio Soares 252.0

38th USA 17071 Connor Mraz 161.039th USA 20402 Ella Marsden 163.040th BRA 3558 Rafaela Salles 169.041st BRA 3770 Lucas Urmenyi 170.042nd PER 306 Matías Mufarech 173.043rd MEX 819 Alex Torres Rinaldelli 174.044th PER 286 Mauro Pretto 175.045th BER 1084 Joe Arrowsmith 175.046th USA 17090 Elizabeth Kaplan 176.047th USA 17255 Sarah Burn 180.048th ISV 478 Rider Odom 185.049th ISV 224 Julian v. d. Driessche 185.050th ARG 3529 Alejandro Formica 196.051st CHI 209 Elisa Ducasse S. 203.052nd ISV 917 Mateo DiBlasi 207.053rd CHI 617 Alfredo Urzua 210.054th CHI 454 Dante Parodi 213.0

38th BRA 3566 Guilherme Berenhauser 254.039th BRA 3072 Erico Penteado 256.040th BIZ 202 Trent Hardwick 257.041st ARG 3535 Lucas Alvarez Millet 260.042nd SUI 1714 Maxim Dneprov 262.043rd URU 404 Joaquín Radovitzky 269.044th ANT 22 RIVER ANDREWS 272.045th CHI 440 Rosario Novion M 275.046th CHI 442 Francisco Rodriguez 281.047th BIZ 175 Kevin Velasquez 282.048th BRA 3538 João Petersen 282.049th ECU 212 Ornella De iulio 282.050th USA 20078 Liam O Keefe 283.051st BRA 3781 Bernardo Pereira 294.052nd JPN 2976 Takuma Utsumi 294.053rd IVB 864 Nathan Haycraft 301.054th CAN 1629 Teddy Horangic 302.0

Rank SailNumber HelmsName Nett1st CAY 3023 Allena Rankine 238.02nd MEX 889 Renee Galicia Martinez 258.03rd ARG 3570 Gerónimo Pozzi Alcón 262.04th NZL 4466 Albert Stanley 265.05th BRA 3878 Lars Kunath 266.06th LCA 8 Danny Dillon 276.07th MEX 880 Monica Daniela Rivas G. 280.08th CAN 1630 Helen Horangic 287.09th BER 1939 Jordan Etemadi 293.010th ARG 3497 Rocío Aparicio 294.011th BRA 3887 Tiago Soares 295.012th CAN 1563 Jack Groves 298.013th ISV 724 Steven Hardee 299.014th BRA 3481 Vitor Paim 300.015th LCA 4 Adoni Modeste 301.016th ARG 3545 Matías Medrano Pizarro 305.017th CAN 1299 Dale Whitmore 307.018th BRA 3572 Ana Luiza Caetano 308.0

19th USA 15436 Julia Johansson 309.020th MEX 925 Jaime Zunzunegui E. 311.021st AHO 10 Bas van der Gulik 315.022nd CAN 1459 Catherine Savard 315.023rd ANT 4 GILES DE JAGER 316.024th USA 18083 Owen Hennessey 318.025th ARG 3140 Máximo Videla 319.026th CAN 1391 Colin Davies 319.027th CAN 1546 Eric Omielan 324.028th ISV 204 Victoria Flatley 325.029th AHO 88 Bruno Brouwers 326.030th ARG 3609 Lucía Miranda 328.031st BIZ 480 Jazmin Campos 331.032nd VIN 1 Javid Morgan 341.033rd CHI 125 Santiago Lorca 342.034th BRA 3442 Maria Lachmann 347.035th MEX 859 Martin Fabre Garcia 349.036th ARG 3488 Tadeo Funes de Rioja 365.037th PER 237 Piero Castañeda 365.0

38th AHO 82 Anouk Wind 366.039th CAN 1568 William Staples 370.040th BER 103 Luke Madeiros 375.041st PER 209 Paloma Poggione 376.042nd JPN 3270 Isshin Isobe 382.043rd BIZ 224 Nashira Ricardez 391.044th CAN 1214 Livia Collinson 403.045th VIN 3 Drew Mitchell 407.046th ARG 3099 Victoria Mackinnon 421.047th PER 399 Cristobal Yzaga 425.048th BRA 3587 Renata Praseres 427.049th AHO 65 Roos Wind 432.050th AHO 77 Guillaume Montesant 432.051st IVB 11 Kyle Roose 436.052nd CAN 1592 Audrey Staples 460.053rd IVB329 MaxwellReshetiloff 461.054th LCA 1 Matheo Graham-Capasso 470.0

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