03.02.2020 by Ben Remocker

America Wins on Super Bowl Sunday

Riley Gibbs and Anna Weis (USA) used superior boat speed upwind in the flat water to narrowly win the Oceania Championship by three points from Zajac/Matz (AUT) and Gimson/Burnett (GBR). On a blustery final day the American’s got a 1, 3 battling tightly with the Austrians who scored a 2, 1 and won the regatta by three points.

However, noting that this is just a warm up regatta, John Gimson and Anna Burnett (GBR) opted not to sail the final race today despite being in position to win the regatta to preserve themselves for worlds next week.

Also feeling good out of the Oceanias are the two Spanish teams in skiffs. Diego Botin and Iago Marra won the only 49er race of the day, while Tamara Echegoyen and Paula Barcelo had a 3^rd and a 1^st in their two races today, to win the championship by the greatest margin of the lot.

The World Championships begin racing on February 10^th and run through the 15^th

Results:
Results will be posted race by race, as they happen

• 49er https://49er.org/event/2020-oceania-championship/#49erresults
• 49erFX https://49er.org/event/2020-oceania-championship/#49erfxresults
• Nacra 17 https://old.nacra17.org/events/2020-oceania-championship/#results