Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship - US Champions



10:03 PM Fri 3 Sep 2010 GMT
'Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship' Ives Spritzer
Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship 2010 - Final day's report. Ernesto Rodriguez and Mary Hall of the US sailed the last race of the Championship and confirmed they are the true champions by winning the last race. With a storm brewing, the wind was strong out of the south with 12-19 knots and good size swells. Alexandre Tinoco and Gabriel Borges of Brazil led the race today but Rodriguez and Hall passed them at the gybe mark and continued to the finish. This is Rodriguez' first major international win in the Snipe having already secured the US National Championship. ...


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