Hippocampus Nº46

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The crews from Clube Naval de Cascais completely dominated
the Under30 Championship, dedicated to the Snipe class, occupying
all the podium spots. Henrique Brites won for the third time, this time
with João Pontes as his bowman
Organized by the Portuguese Snipe
Class Association in partnership with
Clube Naval de Cascais, the 2023 edition
of the Snipe Under30 Championship took
place in Cascais waters on September 1st
and 2nd. Fourteen boats competed, with
eight crews from CNC among the registered
participants.
Special mention, even before discussing
the sporting aspect, goes to the collaboration
provided by the owners of the boats
in this class, who not only made them
available but also actively contributed to the
organization of this event. All of this took
place in an edition that featured some of
the most promising young national sailors.
Unfortunately, during the first weekend of
September, they were only able to compete
in the three races scheduled for Saturday,
as the lack of wind in the Bay of Cascais
on Sunday prevented the fleet from going
out on the water, thus making it impossible
to fully complete the originally planned
program.
After completing the three possible races,
the duo of Henrique Brites, now with João
Pontes as his bowman, both sailors from
Clube Naval de Cascais, achieved two victories
and a third-place. This performance
naturally secured them the top spot in the
overall final standings of the championship
and marked Henrique Brites’ third title in
this event. In second place were Bernardo
Loureiro and Olympic sailor Carolina João,
also from Clube Naval de Cascais, while
Luís Pinheiro and Martim Mastbaum,
another duo from CNCascais, took the
third spot on the podium.
Still regarding the CNCascais athletes,
Rafael de Oliveira Rodrigues, who teamed
up with Manuel Veiga Ramos from Clube
de Vela do Barreiro, finished in fourth place.
In sixth place were Francisco Pinheiro de
Melo and Matilde Pinheiro de Melo from
Ginásio Clube de Faro. Tomás Barreto
and Pedro Garcia secured the 8th position,
Francisco Uva Sancho and Francisco Camacho
took the 10th place, Salvador Baptista
Fernandes and José Vozone finished in
11th place, and Maximilam de Groot and
Conrad Costa claimed the 13th place.
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