PIMENTAL AND PEJNOVIC OF BRAZIL T

Consistent sailing was the key to successin the 1988 Western Hemispheres, hostedby the Spanish Point Boat Club and SCIRABermuda.

Seventeen teams from eight nations tookpart in the 20th competition for the JohnT. Hayward Trophy, first contested inHavana, Cuba, in 1950.

The week began with the openingceremonies, highlighted by music. andanthems by the Bermuda Regiment Band,and opening remarks by gathered officials,including SPBC Commodore StephenSoares, and the Minister of Tourism, theHonorable Harry W. Soares, M. P. Alsoattending was Miss Tourism, AndreaMullin.

The light to moderate air Sunday after-noon practice race was inconclusive asmost of the teams seemed more intent onchecking out the speed of the competitionand the tuning of the provided boats thantrying to finish first.

Monday morning dawned with heavyairs, and after a short wail, it was decidednot to launch the boats. 50 the regattaactually started with the lay-day. with theraces to be made up on Wednesday. So itwas off to the mopeds for a journey to thenorth end of the island and a visit to thebeautiful town of SI. Georges.

By Tuesday morning the wind hadlightened ... a bit. Conditions weremarginal, on the high end of the SCIRAlimits, but there was a regatta to sail. andthe lay-day had already passed.

The first victim was Craig Leweck of theU.S. He sheared off his rudder in the pre-start action and crash-capsized. He wastowed into the dock, madly preparing tochange sails to a waiting spare boat, theradio buzzing with the commands of thesequence, and then the countdown. Thenthere was a hard moment as Craig andcrew Chris Raab realized that the start wasclean and the fleet was off without them.

Out on the course it was Cao Lcme andcrew Dennis Clemence of Brazil off to astrong lead as the Argentine team of

Borgstrom and Revora battled with Car-rabelli and Chiapparro of Uruguay. Lotsof teams were already in trouble.

Steve Callison, with crew Susan Taylor,busted a shroud on the first reach, damag-ing the deck but sparing the mast, and wereforced to withdraw.

The jibe mark was a melee as crewsstruggled to stay upright and in the boat.MacCall and Contouris of Argentina flip-ped and were unable to right the boat.When they finally gOI it up. they retired.

The three leaders battled up the final leg.with Leme losing some ground coveringas Borgstrom and Carrabelli scrambled forthe runner-up spot. The sole Cuban team,Manso and Valdez, raised a few eyebrowsas they closed in for a close fourth - andthis after equipment problems at the firstmark had dropped them back into the pack.

As the fleet returned to the dock anothermajor part of the story of the Westernsbegan to unfold as a swarm of workersdescended on the boats to repair them and

get them back on the race course. Underthe direction of Bill Buckles, the "crashand burn tea 1" included Bermuda Na-tional Secret ry Kevin Blee, 5CIRA 01'-Iicials Jerry Thompson, Pete Fenner.Means Davis Rules Committee ChairmanDan Willia s. U.S. Rules ChairmanBrainard Co per, Former CommodoreWayne Soar s. and the list goes on ...

The Cuban proved that they had cometo sail as the' blasted off the line in thesecond race' nd had a commanding leadthat would in rease for the first four legs.They lost ,I lit Ie on the run but sailed smartand fast on t e final beat to take' the win.Borgstrom nerged as the favorite ofmany with second, and Pimental ofBrazil put a ird with his first race fifth.Americans eweck and Callison wereseventh and IIth, Callison and Taylorfinding the g ing a little too heavy for theirweight. LeI e dropped to seventh. Ber-muda's hope' were raised as Stevie Dick-

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Pimental and Pejnovich celebrate their victory. (1'011I Payne photo)SNIPE B LLETIN I DECEMBER 1988 3

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WESTERNHEMISPHERE . . .inson and crew Gary Roman had ,I solidfourth to go with a first race sixth.

Wedneday morning's race was started in18 knots of wind, but a fast-moving stormcame in from the right and gave the fleeta scare as abandunment seemed certain.The crews were able to handle the planeinto the mark as the storm quickly passed.The severe shift turned the reach into a runand Lcwcck and Dickinson were the firstwi pc-nu ts .

Dickinson had a real problem as crewOary Roman injured his elbow and wasfinished for the series.

Lcweck had problems of a differentnature as he had managed to lose his board!

Callison and MacCali were over early.the Japanese busted a jib fairlcad andFabini of Uruguay and Wright of Bermudaalso experienced problems that forcedthem (Jut of the race.

Carrabclli of Uruguay rebounded fromhis 16th in the second race to take the vic-tory. followed by Lcme, the Cubans Man-so and Valdez. with Pimental in fourth.Borgstrom was fifth.

The fourth race belonged to Lange, withPimental second. and Lcwcck recoveredto take third. Borgstrom was fourth and theCubans took fifth. Carrabelli's hopes weredashed as he hat! fouled out, as had theMitchell brothers of Canada.

Thursday morning's fifth race be-longed to Fabini and Alzola of Uruguay,who won going away. Malcolm Smithgave the home crowd reason to cheer ashe sailed to a strong second, followed byLewcck with another third. The inconsis-tent Carrabclli finished fourth followed byLcmc. Pimental. and Borgstrom. TheCubans fell to ninth. ~

After lunch. it \\"a~ back to the courseand a moment of glory for the Japanese.Starting at the pin. they worked the leftside and had a nice lead al the firxt mark.

They mana cd to hold on until a wild finalleg saw Ca rabelli get by [0 take his see-\-,r~d victor , followed by Callison andTaylor whe finally had a good race. TheJapanese ung on for third and werefollowed c sely by the Bermudian teamof Brett Wr ght and Amanda Sponar. Theilcame the Cubans. Borgstrom, andLcweck. C aig had been near the front torthe whole r ce, but played the hard left sideon the fin' leg and lost ground. Wrighthad also Sl~fled at the pin, rounded the topmark in see nd, and had sailed an excellentrace only see the others get by.

Cuba's lopes for the title were dashedwhen they ost a protest to Leweck, as theyhad failed to give him room at a markrounding.

Now th stage was set for Friday'sfinale. The e were six teams with a chance.Borgstrom Pimental. Manso, Carrabclli,Lernc, and Leweck would slug it out in thefinal roUll .

The win s were light, causing a post-ponement. Finally they settled in and thecommittee headed out of the Orcat Soundinto the 0 en waters off the north shore.

It was i nmediately apparent that theCubans w re out of the contest as theirsails locke terrible in the light going andthey clca Iy were the slowest boat.Borgstrom went off to the left along withLe\;eck, \ hile Pimental led a pack ~alongthe shore the right. Halfway up it wasdear that t e race would belong to "San-ti" Lange, as he had a nice lead and wasgone. The Japanese were hanging toughand rounc ed the mark in second, fol-lowed by _imental, Jimmy Lowe of theBahamas, vho was finally having a goodrace (he hid just returned from the Sun-fish World' where he finished third). Mac-Call, and eweck. Borgstrom was seem-ingly out f it as he rounded deep, a vic-tim of the left side.

Lange w dened his lead, Pimental got bythe Japane se, and Fabini also moved up.

On the final leg the wind went left,clirninatint any chance that those in the

1988 WESTERN HEMISPHEREClIAi'v PIONSHII'Bout Skipper/Crew Country Places Points Finish27212 Pirnentnl/Pcjnovic Brazil 5-3..;\· -6-8-3 23 I17480 Borgstrom/Rcvoru Argcntiua 2·2·5- -7-6-9 26 227107 Lcweck/Raab United States 4.8avg 7-dnf-3-3-5·6 28_8 32~186 Fabini/Alzola Uruguay 8·5·5a g-9-\-12-2 29.75 410106 I>.lanwfValdcz Cuba 4-1-3-. ·9-dsq·12 33_75 .'\

26911 Lemc/Clcmence Brazil 1-7-2- I 5·10·13 3·U5 (,

10863 Langc/Saubidet Argentina 9-ds,!- - HI-II· 1 38.5 721111 Carrabclli/Chiapparro Uruguay 3-16-1- sq-4-1-16 40_5 827172 Motoharu/Tatsushi Japan 12-9·6, Y~-717-3-1 41 925077 Smith/Roberts Bermuda 7-10-1( 12-2-7 ,4avg- 8 44A In27092 Callison/Tavlor United Stares 7 Jklvr II-dsq-8-8-2-10 46.S II25995 MacC,lliC,intouris Argentina 16·6·11, 1-6-10-7-5 50 1124602 Dickinson/Roman Bermuda 6-4-J" 13-12·13-15 63 U24116 ~ugent/MacKay Canada iO-12· -11·14·9·14 65 1425235 Lowe/B ru cc Bahamas 11-15· ·14-)3-15-7 67 1524806 Mitchell/Mitchell Canada 13.2a'· -14-8-dsq·15-14- I! 75_2 1624675 Wright/Sponar Bermuda 13-13- f-!5-16-4,17 78 17

back would be able 10 catch up. Pimentalcrossed in third to take the title, asBorgstrom was buried in ninth. Leweckmanaged to hold on for sixth, good enoughfOT third overall, a finish that had seemed\'ef)' remote after their lost board in the.•third race. Fabini's second in the final puthim fourth overall.

The Cubans had been last at the finalmark, but managed to pass five boats onthe final leg and settled for fifth overall.

11 was a popular victory for theBrazilians, who showed their joy by div-ing wildly into the water accompanied bythe sounds of horns and shouts ofchupador. They had sailed well all week,and though they never won a race theysailed a smart and safe series, adding thistitle to the Masters Worlds which they cap-tured in Oakville, and the Brazilian Na-

tiona I title. A great year in anyone's book!Thc trophy ceremony was highlighted by

a special presentation of the SCIRA flag,which had been signed by all of the COIll-

pctitors, officials. helpers and guests whomade the regatta such a success. SCIRACommodore Jerry Thompson made thepresentation 10 Spanish Point Boat ClubCommodore Stephen Soares, with remarksthat the flag will hang from the rafters atSPBC as a reminder of the hard work.good sailing and new friendships that arca part of the Snipe experience.

Former Commodore Wayne Soares wasthe master of ceremonies as daily firstswere rewarded with beautiful watercolorpaintings or Bermuda's sights, And the topthree teams were awarded their trophies byBermuda's Snipe pioneer, HonorarySCIRA Vice Commodore Reginald

Tuckcr.And so a other Wcstern Hemisphere

championshi is in the books. There arcmany who d serve thanks and congratula-tions for th ir tireless efforts, includingCarlos Basel who not only helped repairthe damage boats, but also helped withthe many vis problems and travel arrange-mcnts for th foreign crews. SCIRA Ber-muda Natior I Secretary Kevin Blee, whoalways foun something (0 do. and SpanishPoint Rear C mmodorc Ronnie Viera whoorganized t e meals and entertainment,David and aggie Barnes who headed lip

the race committee, Diana Plested whochaired the »using committee and many,many more me people at Spanish PointBC who rna e us all feel welcome. It wasa wonderful regatta! Thanks to all whoworked so rd to make it possible.

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Abort> left:CallisOIi andTavlorrepresented theUS,

;Ibm'£': CrewOtavio Lorenzo1I11d SkipperNelido MansorepresentedCuba.

Team Canadaposes withBermuda 'sMiss Tourism.

tl fl photosTOIll Payne

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