On 5 January 2011 ended the 420 World Championship which was played for the first time in South America and nothing more, nothing less than in Buenos Aires.
The championship began with two days of measurements on Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 December by Finsterbusch Alex did a great job and measured all of the nearly 100 ships that were present between the Open and Ladies fleets.
The call was excellent, with crews from 5 continents and the presence of high level competitors. All countries marched in the Opening Ceremony on 28 in the afternoon, which ended good music, provided by the host Feli Roldan, in the tent.
On day 29 he ran the race school at 3 pm, after Alex finished the final check of equipment. The race was like the whole school: Many past few newcomers, but it served to everyone we knew where we were standing fairly.
The 30 at 2 pm took off the first race of the two scheduled for the day. The windward anchorage length in the 120 th, where they would also anchor the following days. The wind grew in intensity, from 15 to 18 knots for the second race. The Open Outer ran in both races, the first won by the ISAF World Junior Champions 2010: Jordi Joan Herp Xammar and Spain. The second was for the Italian Edoardo Mancinelli Scotti and Leonardo Cucchiara. Cunill Agustin Paul Volker and had a good start with a 4 º and 2 º placed 2 nd in the overall standings, tied with the English in the first place. The Ladies ran two races with Inner journey. We won the first race and finished second behind the French 2nd Lemaitre and Retornaz. So much was pure happiness, but after returning to shore we realized that we had spent in that race so, with one discard, our start was very conditional.
The 31 was a single race at the same time and with the wind in the same sector and almost the same intensity. Retornaz Lemaitre and won again, although not run in the first race relegated in the general classification who led the English Vose and Brickwood. In the Open was won by Benjamin Grez of Chile and Diego Gonzalez, another of the crews in contention for the title. Agus Paul and finished 5th and 2nd in the overall remained ahead of New Year celebrations. At night we ate a roast, we provide, we saw the fireworks and danced in the tent. All neatly coordinated and observed by Feli Roldan, alma mater of social events. There was much fraternization between nations and very cool from all the participants and their families took over the track (and tables, chairs, speakers) into the wee hours of the morning.
The 1st was the day off on 2 January, ran the first race of 2011. The programs were 3, which took off at 2 pm. The Open left in the first place, and its route Outer. New breath of 120 º and the wind was a dramatic increase in intensity, from 17 to 27 knots that blew when the fleet of the Ladies returned to earth after their last test. Agus Paul and demonstrated excellence in the difficult conditions of wind and wave raised by the Rio de la Plata with 1 - 3 - 1 º to establish themselves as leaders in general. The second race of the day was won by the Italians Mancinelli and Cucchiara (who had risen to the week in Buenos Aires in a forceful way in October). With a 5 - 8 - 5, Junior crew and Facundo Juan Garcia Rodriguez Olezza amounted to 8th place overall, with the second Argentine in the top 10. For the Ladies it got more violent. Especially in the last race where virtually no spinnakers were hoisted. Lemaitre and Retornaz were intractable under these conditions, with 3 first places. With 5 races sailed began to calculate the discard which stood at comfortably in first place overall. We climbed to 4th position. It was a long day, which recorded the highest number of breaks in teams, with several broken and bent masts, sails and other details raffle that gave Alex a lot of work had to remeasure multiple items.
for Monday 3 races were advanced to the 1 and the prognosis was good wind. Other two races with the wind at 120 º. Ladies first start we did the Outer. The first race was won by the English Vose and Brickwood while the second was again to the French. We finished 3 rd and 2, 4th yet but closer to the German Bohm and Linder were third. The Open Inner ran. Agus Paul and again proved intractable with a 1st and 3rd. The second race was won by Mancinelli and Cucchiara.
Two races were contested over 4 in conditions traced to the previous days. In the Open a 2nd in the first test (which won the Chilean Benjamin Grez and Diego Gonzalez) and a new 1st place points increased the difference between Paul and Agus and his immediate pursuers, which made them enter the last day with lots of quiet . Ladies In Retornaz Lemaitre and scored his 7th win, while the second race we won it, after finishing 20 th in the previous (and quite hoarse because we failed to capitalize on the opportunity to approach the podium).
The last day of the Championship conditions changed (a pity, because we had become accustomed to wind, waves and ground repairs post carnage in the water. The count of masts had to be replaced amounted to 32 Many foreigners took a souvenir from the bottom of the river in their sails and boats). After a postponement of the fall due to lack of wind and rain, which gave us time to eat, play soccer and fellowship a while we went into the water. Finally, after anchoring the route several times because of the constant terminal strip ran off a single race with winds between 8 and 10 knots. The Ladies run first. The race was won by the Argentine Mery Caro Vadell Piacenza. The French were no longer ruled, they finished 28 th, making them relegated to the bronze medal. The championship was taken Vose and the English followed by German Brickwood Bohm and Linder. We ended 3ras in the race and 4th overall. Chile were ranked 5th Horwitz and Sofi Nadja Middleton. In the Open already anticipated that it would be mighty long race's 12th since it does not arrive by time limit, so that Paul and Agus had secured the World Championship. Still won the race and the finish line we were all waiting to celebrate! Much champagne, lying and applause for the newly crowned World Champions. Edoardo Mancinelli Scotti and Leonardo Cucchiara Benja finished 2nd and 3rd party Greg and Diego Gonzalez. For its part the English Jordi Joan Herp Xammar and rose to 4th place and the title of Junior World Champions. Argentines Juan Facundo Garcia Rodriguez and ended Olezza 7th overall and 3rd in the junior category.
The feast spread on the ground with a long night of celebration after the awards ceremony. It was an excellent tournament with the best conditions. The weather and the wind helped a lot and the organization by the YCA was impeccable, both in water and on land (Thanks to all!). It's a great satisfaction have a World Cup in Argentina and most still have a World Champion who is Argentine. I really like both Paul and Agus Feli Roldan, Nico Buhler and many of these guys worked and took care of everything to come out best. I think the expectations were surpassed.
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