A-Cat Midwinters 2023: Day 1 Results
New generation of Argie sailors performing abroad. Now turn of our mate Fran Venetucci, 2,4,3,3 for the day in the Open fleet and one lead to windward mark against some seasoned A-Cat sailors. Fran is an F18 sailor who also got hooked with the double program we’ve been pushing forward for years now, and burning his head to get an A was no exception either!
Fran has been training A-Cat hard at Rosario, his home town, almost alone as the majority of the fleet is in BA. Last F18 Nats he finished second with Nico Quagliotti, thus having a good run in his only second regatta ever in the A-Class (previous was Houston Worlds 2022).
Only first day and much to come, but already a great debut for the Argie. Happy for him. Boat chartered D3/1D DS.
Mahoney leads Open, followed by Bailey and Fran. Classics lead for Webbon, Marshack and Losapio.
Ben Hall was preparing his famous Wing, will see if he end using it today. More updates later.
No other pics available at the moment.
Wind today about 8 knots, 4 races complete.
Top ten for each fleet. Complete results here
Open Division (Foilers)
| Sailors | Sail | Net | Total | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruce Mahoney | USA 311 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Bailey White | USA 320 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Francisco Venetucci | ARG 111 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Larry Woods | CAN CAN44 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | Palmer Oliver | USA 336 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Richard Stevens | USA 294 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| 7 | Matthew Smyth | USA 447 | 28 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | Todd Woods | CAN 66 | 39 | 39 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | Axel Issel | USA 449 | 41 | 41 | 7 | 7 | OCS – 17 | 10 |
| 10 | Jeff Brauch | USA 9 | 45 | 45 | 13 | 8 | OCS – 17 | 7 |
Classics
| Pos | Sail Number | Sailor | Net | Total | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 |
| 1 | USA USA165 | Bob Webbon | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | USA 192 | Ken Marshack | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | USA 439 | Jeff LoSapio | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | ISV 15 | Chris Batchelor | 17 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | USA 444 | Greg Matthews | 28 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
| 6 | USA 358 | Tony Vandenoever | 29 | 29 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | USA 4 | Bobby Orr | 32 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | USA 434 | Matt Morris | 37 | 37 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 13 |
| 9 | USA 232 | Bill Kast | 41 | 41 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 12 |
| 10 | POL POL120 | Valdek Kwasniewski | 42 | 42 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 10 |
