Sunfish South American Continental Championship Event Website

Paracas, Peru – Sailing on his country’s home waters, Luis Olcese of Peru captured the 2010 South American Championship. Entering the final race of the 9 race series, Olcese and fellow countrymen Alexander Zimmerman had clinched the regatta’s top two spots. Olcese won the final race to clinch the title. Zimmeriman finished second and Matheus Dallagnelo of Brazil was third.

This regatta was a country qualifier for the 2011 Pan Am Games in Mexico. By virtue of their overall finishes in this event Peru (1st), Brazil (3rd) and Chile (5th) have earned the right to send a sailor to the Pan Am Games to represent their countries.

Results
ISAF Article

Register today for the 2010 South American Championship in Paracas, Peru.  The NOR and entry form are available online.

• Notice of Race (English) (Spanish)
• NOR change 1 – Cambio 1 AR
• Entry Form (English) (Spanish)

Tominé, Colombia – Club Nautico Muña and Club Nautico el Portillo hosted 23 competitors from 7 countries in the 2009 Sunfish South American Championshin from January 14-17, 2010. The 2005 Sunfish World Champion, Lucas Gonzalez Smith of Argentina, captured the title. In doing so, he has qualified Argentina for the 2011 Pan American Games.

• Overall Results
• Photo Gallery
• Federacion Colomiana de Vela
• Club Nautico Muña
• Club Nautico el Portillo

Tominé, Colombia – Club Nautico Muña and Club Nautico el Portillo will host the 2009 Sunfish South American Championship on January 14-17, 2010. This event will qualify the top finishing eligible nation to compete at the 2011 Pan American Games.

• Federación Colombiana de Vela
• Entries and Charters
• NOR in Spanish
• NOR in English
• Dec 1 Amendment to the NOR
• Registration Form in Spanish
• Registration Form in English
• Club Nautico Muña
• Club Nautico el Portillo

Andrey Quintero of Colombia won his first Sunfish South American title. In route to the victory, Quintero topped 24 competitors from 6 countries. Over the 9 race series Quintero won 6 races. The races were often contested in extreme conditions with winds averaging 20 to 25 knots and waves an average of 2 meters.

Bermuda’s multiple World Champion Malcolm Smith was second. Local favorite Gabriel Moran finished third. The top 5 was rounded out by 2008 Sunfish World Championship runner up Marx Chirinos of Venezuela, and Willo Cappeletti of Peru.

Final Results

Event Photo Gallery

Manta YC Event Website

After completing six races, Andrey Quintero of Colombia leads Bermudian Malcolm Smith by 5 points. Local favorite Gabriel Moran is 1 point behind Smith.

Thursday is a lay day. The regatta will conclude on Friday.

Results after 6 Races

Manta YC Event Website

The first official racing day started with a very nice shining sun after 3 cloudy days. We had a perfect 15-18 knots of wind coming from 260 degrees and 3-4 feet waves for the whole day. The competion was very close among the top four: Andrey Quinteros (COL), Marx Chirinos (VEN), Gabriel Morán (ECU) and Malcolm Smith (BER) who were approxiamately 100 meters ahead of the rest of the fleet in all three races today. There is a high possibility that one of them will be the Champion.

Results after 3 Races

Manta YC Event Website

The day started with the Skippers Meeting at 12:00 hrs, where the Race Committee explained important details of the Sailing Instructions and replied questions from the competitors.

The practice race started at 15:15 hrs under winds of 16 knotts. The course was a trapezoid and there was a very tight competition among Gabriel Moran (ECU), Malcolm Smith (BER) and Marx Chirinos (VEN).

Tomorrow (Tuesday), official races will take place starting at 13:30 hours.

24 Competitors from 6 countries (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bermuda, Dominican Republic and Ecuador) have arrived to Manta in preparation for the event. Today the participants completed registration and the boats were assigned. At 14:00 hours they had the opportunity of testing the sailing area, with 13-16 knots of wind and a couple of whales playing around.

The opening ceremony took place at 20:30 hours with the presence of the local authorities. Manta has great sailing conditions and all competitors are exited with the excellent organization prepared by the host.

Racing starts on Tuesday.

Come and join the exitement of competing with the best Sunfish Sailors of the Region, with average winds of 15-18 knots… a lot of FUN!

The Sunfish South American Championship will be hosted at Manta, Ecuador from October 26 – November 1, 2008.
English NOR | Spanish NOR

Gabriel Moran (Ecuador) competed at this years Sunfish World Championships (his first Sunfish Worlds). As part of his training for the Worlds, Gabriel competed at the NY Upstate and NY Downstate Regionals. Gabriel was joined by his Father, Dr. Alex Moran and friend Renato Teran at the World Championships as well.

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