4th Annual Club Nautico de San Juan International Regatta
Light and shifty winds blowing across San Juan’s harbor set challenging conditions for junior sailors competing in the 4th annual Club Nautico de San Juan International Regatta. Yet, this February 4 to 6 event saw close competition and tiebreakers in both the Optimist and Laser classes.
In the Optimist class, St. John’s Mayumi Roller and Puerto Rico’s David Alfonso fought for the top slot. Both sailors were tied with 18 points after five races. However, Roller won the tiebreaker by having scored the greater number of first place finishes. In addition to topping the Optimist class overall, Roller earned first in the 13- to 15-year-old Red Fleet and Top Girl.
One point behind Roller and Alfonso, St. Thomas’ Tyler Rice scored third overall and third in Red Fleet, while Puerto Rico’s Ivan Aponte finished fourth overall but took first in the 11- to 12-year-old Blue Fleet.
Puerto Rico’s Armando Collazo won the 10- and under White Fleet and fellow islander, Raul Rios, topped the Green beginner fleet with a string of top three finishes.
In the Laser fleet, Puerto Rico’s Adrian Hernandez won the 4.7 division with a string of flawless first place finishes. There was a scramble for second through fourth place with only one point separating the competitors. Ultimately, St. John’s Hugo Roller took second, Puerto Rico’s Patricia Villafane won a tiebreaker for third and Jorge Hernandez took fourth.
In Laser Radials, the tiebreaker went deep as Puerto Rico’s Marco Teixidor and Guatemala’s Juan Delgado scored an identical number of first, second and third place finishes. Ultimately, Teixidor won the last race and the class.
St. Thomas’ Cy Thompson sailed a near flawless string of first place finishes in Laser Standard to triumph over Puerto Rico’s Francisco Medina by three points. Thompson’s success earned him an all expense paid trip to Playa Bonito in the Dominican Republic for a newly organized laser regatta in March.
The team of Guatemala’s Jason Hess and Puerto Rico’s Luis Padro won the 420 class.
“We had sailors from Puerto Rico, all three U.S. Virgin Islands, the BVI, Trinidad, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala,” says organizer and Club Nautico de San Juan head coach, José Gilberto Berríos. “It was a great regatta.”
RESULTS
OPTIMIST (Red, Blue & White Fleets Overall)
1. Mayumi Roller, St. John, USVI (18)
2. David Alfonso, Puerto Rico (18)
3. Tyler Rice, St. Thomas, USVI (19)
4. Ivan Aponte, Puerto Rico (21)
5. Fernando Monllor, Puerto Rico (22)
6. Billy Gibbons, St. Croix, USVI (28)
7. Jose Nigaglioni, Puerto Rico (33)
8. Ramon Gonzalez, Puerto Rico (38)
9. Armando Collazo, Puerto Rico (45)
10. Morgan Bryan, St. Croix, USVI (55)
11. Marina Peniza, Puerto Rico (57)
12. Alexander Coyle, St. John, USVI (62)
13. Jose Vizcarrondo, Puerto Rico (63)
14. Carmen Rivera, Puerto Rico (67)
15. McKenzie Bryan, St. Croix, USVI (71)
16. Max Nickbarg, St. John, USVI (75)
OPTIMIST (Green/Beginner)
1. Raul Rios, Puerto Rico (13)
2. Juan Perdoma, Puerto Rico (15)
3. Gabriel Gadenas, Puerto Rico (22)
4. Roberto Puig, Puerto Rico (31)
5. Paul Christiansen, Puerto Rico (33)
6. Michael Coogan, Puerto Rico (34)
7. Andres Reguero, Puerto Rico (49)
8. Pedro Fullana, Puerto Rico (54)
9. Sebastian Rodriguez, Puerto Rico (59)
10. Cristy Ballester, Puerto Rico (63)
11. Manuel Gonzalez, Puerto Rico (84)
LASER 4.7
1. Adrian Hernandez, Puerto Rico (5)
2. Hugo Roller, St. John, USVI (15)
3. Patricia Villafane, Puerto Rico (16)
4. Jorge Hernandez, Puerto Rico (16)
5. Alistair Afoo, Trinidad (23)
6. Gabriel Ramos, Puerto Rico (25)
7. Miguel Vega, Puerto Rico (31)
8. Luis Gomez, Puerto Rico (37)
9. Patrick Carolus, Puerto Rico (37)
10. Hector Gonzalez, Puerto Rico (49)
LASER RADIAL
1. Marco Teixidor, Puerto Rico (9)
2. Juan Jose Delgado, Guatemala (9)
3. Gabriel Bonnin, Puerto Rico (19)
4. Carlos Teixidor, Puerto Rico (20)
5. Angela Albela, Puerto Rico (22)
6. Daisy Cintron, Puerto Rico (24)
7. Andres Muniz, Puerto Rico (31)
8. Javier Rodriguez, Puerto Rico (38)
9. Sydney Jones, St. Croix, USVI (39)
10. Paloma Riego, Puerto Rico (43)
11. Miro Leal, Puerto Rico (60)
LASER STANDARD
1. Cy Thompson, St. Thomas, USVI (6)
2. Francisco Medina, Puerto Rico (9)
3. Raul Aguayo, Dominican Republic (16)
4. Jorge Santiago, Puerto Rico (18)
5. Carlos Hernandez, Puerto Rico (21)
6. Juan Moline, Puerto Rico (31)
7. William Fuertes, Puerto Rico (35)
8. Jorge Abreu, Dominican Republic (35)
9. Bryshaun Scatliffe, Tortola, BVI (38)
10. Vicente Casellas, Puerto Rico (50)
11. Gregory Fink, Puerto Rico (54)
12. Jose Fullana, Puerto Rico (63)
420
1. Jason Hess, Guatemala/Luis Padro, Puerto Rico (5)
2. Jennifer Maffioli/Marcos Maffioli, Puerto Rico (11)
3. Ricardo Vargas, Puerto Rico/Luis Gutierrez, Guatemala (14)
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