2024 Snipe Junior World Championship at Coconut Grove Sailing Club
by Lexi Pline 16 Jan 12:45 GMT
January 2-7, 2024
After five days of competitive racing on Biscayne Bay, Miami, Americans Justin and Mitchell Callahan captured the 2024 Snipe Junior World Championship title. The pair sailed a consistent event despite the wide range of conditions, with only one race outside the top ten.
"Winning this championship is just incredible," said Justin Callahan, winning skipper. "Two years ago I finished fourth, so it's amazing to come out and win the trophy on our home waters and in front of all our family and friends."
Callahan teamed up with his twin brother, Mitchell, for the event. The two grew up sailing i420s and C420s in Coconut Grove. They are only the third American team to have their names on the Vieri Lasinio Di Castelvero Trophy.
"Sailing with your brother, especially your twin brother, is one of the most special things you can do," said Justin "We haven't sailed together since 2020, so it's cool to come back four years later and jump right back into it. We couldn't be happier to win this together."
"Our key was constant communication in the boat," said Mitchell. "We stayed consistent, stayed levelheaded, and that really prevailed."
The Callahans topped an all-American podium. Miami locals Liam O'Keefe and Noah Zittrer took second after starting the event with a UFD in race one. They were able to drop that score after race 7, catapulting them to podium, finishing with 39 points overall.
Americans Peter Foley and Henry Tindall rounded out the top three. With only two scores outside the top ten, the pair finished third with 53 points, just barely edging out the Spanish team of Carlos Bermudez de Castro Castro and Cesar Herrero Baspino.
Americans Audrey Foley and Avery Baldwin captured the top female team trophy, finishing sixth overall. Both Foley and Baldwin are Laser sailors who have only recently started training in the Snipe. Foley was the US representative in the girl's ILCA 6 at the most recent Youth World Championship. Spaniards Juan Fernandez Maldonado / Martin Fresneda Gazquez earned the top U-18 trophy, finishing fifth overall.
Biscayne Bay treated competitors to a wide range of conditions, from light and variable on day one to 16 knots gusting 20 on the fourth and sixth days of the championship. Sailors that rose to the top were able to handle everything the Miami weather threw at them.
This year's Junior World Championship was the largest iteration of the event since its inception in 1973. 46 boats from 19 countries and five continents took to the water in Miami,
"None of this would be possible without the amazing race committee at Coconut Grove Sailing Club and without the support of the Miami Snipe fleet," said Andi Hoffman, Regatta Chair. "Coconut Grove has hosted three world championships in the 2023-2024 season, and I have to say this was the most inspiring."
Overall Results:
| Pos | Bow No | Sail No | Boat Name | Helm / Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts |
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| 1 | 9 | USA 31640 | | Justin Callahan / Mitchell Callahan | Biscayne Bay YC | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 26 |
| 2 | 23 | USA 31300 | Yup | Liam O'Keefe / Noah Zittrer | Biscayne Bay Yacht Club | UFD | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 39 |
| 3 | 34 | USA 31384 | Ya Like Jazz? | Peter Foley / Henry Tindall | CGSC/CRYC/EYC | 27 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 53 |
| 4 | 35 | ESP 27855 | | Carlos Bermudez de Castro Castro / Cesar Herrero Baspino | Club Nautico Marina Coruña | 16 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 54 |
| 5 | 22 | ESP 28266 | JUANJISON | Juan Fernandez Maldonado / Martin Fresneda Gazquez | CLUB DE MAR ALMERIA | UFD | 2 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 69 |
| 6 | 1 | USA 31639 | Prime Real Estate | Audrey Foley / Avery Baldwin | Lauderdale Yacht Club/RHS | 8 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | RDG | 9 | 69 |
| 7 | 27 | CAY 31771 | The boot | Matheo Capasso / Kelly Holthus | Cayman Islands Sailing Club | 15 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 77 |
| 8 | 46 | BRA 31866 | BAN BAN | Newton Passos / Joaquim Fernandez | IATE CLUBE DO RIO DE JANEIRO | 38 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 90 |
| 9 | 17 | USA 30027 | | Sean Trudell / Rebecca Schill | Norfolk Yacht Club | 17 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 93 |
| 10 | 6 | CHI 31806 | Macanudo | Agustin Segovia / Vicente Larrain | cofradia nautica del pacifico | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 96 |
| 11 | 37 | JPN 31373 | | Kaito Nishiuchi / Kazumasa Matsui | Doshisha University Yacht Club | UFD | 13 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 98 |
| 12 | 4 | LTU 31604 | Ibitu | Erik Scheidt / Luiz Felipe Giagio do Amaral | Fraglia vela riva | 7 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 15 | DSQ | 8 | 19 | 12 | 105 |
| 13 | 49 | BRA 31249 | Bauducco | Bernardo Martins / Antonio Gandolpho | Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro | 14 | 24 | 5 | OCS | 21 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 109 |
| 14 | 24 | USA 29242 | | Owen Fretwell / Efe Derman | Mission Bay Yacht Club | 9 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 8 | DNF | 14 | 15 | 21 | 109 |
| 15 | 32 | PER 30288 | Flying | Alec Hughes / Valentina Lyon | Yacht Club Ancon | 29 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 15 | DSQ | 20 | 123 |
| 16 | 15 | JPN 31565 | | Ayaka Yamazaki / Keita Otiai | Doshisha University Yacht Club | 30 | 29 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 124 |
| 17 | 47 | ARG 29827 | ‑ | Juan Cruz Garcia Quiroga / Santiago Gaete | YCO | UFD | 11 | 15 | 13 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 126 |
| 18 | 38 | JPN 31358 | | Riku Kawano / Koshi Fukunaga | kansai University sailing team | 5 | 22 | 13 | OCS | 17 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 140 |
| 19 | 7 | USA 29907 | Dougs Snipe | Devon Owen / Paige Tillson | San Diego YC & Mission Bay YC | 2 | 20 | 29 | 4 | DNF | 29 | 29 | 5 | 25 | 143 |
| 20 | 16 | JPN 31716 | | Yuka Akamatsu / Akari Emi | Kansai‑univ sailing team / Doshisha‑univ sailing team | 21 | 12 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 19 | OCS | 10 | 23 | 147 |
| 21 | 18 | JPN 31518 | | Gen Nishimura / Takumi Chikamatsu | Keio‑Univ sailing team | 20 | UFD | 9 | 16 | 28 | 16 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 150 |
| 22 | 19 | USA 29992 | | David Coates / Cole Fanchi | Lauderdale Yacht Club | 23 | 14 | 37 | 20 | 6 | 27 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 151 |
| 23 | 48 | JPN 31584 | | Shun Shigematsu / Kakeru Hatakeyama | Waseda University Sailing Team | 22 | 16 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 156 |
| 24 | 21 | ESP 29514 | Snipe | Andrea Stinga González / Gabriel Gallego Rodríguez | Real Club Náutico de Arrecife | 25 | 25 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 38 | 168 |
| 25 | 40 | AUS 30587 | Unisono | Anneke Meyer / Cole Amaral | Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron | 18 | 23 | 20 | 35 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 170 |
| 26 | 33 | POR 30280 | BretoaII | António Pires de Lima / Sebastião Ramirez | Clube de Vela Atlântico | 1 | 17 | 8 | OCS | DNF | 7 | OCS | 9 | 36 | 172 |
| 27 | 31 | BRA 31531 | | Lucas Sant’anna / Eduardo Magalhães | CICP | 10 | 26 | 16 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 32 | 27 | 24 | 180 |
| 28 | 13 | USA 29013 | | Ben Conroy / Kaya Hancock | Misson Bay Yacht Club/San Diego Yacht Club | 32 | 31 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 30 | 191 |
| 29 | 8 | NOR 29088 | Salt Shaker | Sindre Sørebø / Edward Pegg Lysberg | Åsgårdstrand seilforening | 4 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 31 | 32 | DNF | 192 |
| 30 | 3 | GBR 27782 | | Joseph Warwicker / Finley Southern | Bough Beech Sailing Club | 13 | UFD | 32 | 6 | 22 | 13 | 24 | 35 | DNF | 192 |
| 31 | 44 | USA 31144 | El Diablo | Sophia Devling / Amelia Neumann | Balboa Yacht Club | 11 | 30 | 19 | 29 | 35 | 33 | 27 | 25 | 32 | 206 |
| 32 | 2 | ITA 31102 | Ochinchin | Leonardo Prada‑Lorenzi / Jacopo Bellato | Associazione Velica Trentina | 19 | 35 | 35 | 17 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 207 |
| 33 | 25 | GBR 28385 | | Connor Line / Danika Torres | Royal Hospital School | 26 | 27 | 36 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 21 | 30 | 28 | 230 |
| 34 | 12 | POR 28767 | Nortada | Luísa Peres / Ana Smith | Clube de Vela de Viana do Castelo | 31 | 38 | OCS | 41 | 20 | 20 | 28 | 36 | 18 | 232 |
| 35 | 43 | BRA 31343 | | Joao Cardoso / Luiz Guilherme Sant'anna | CICP/ICI | 37 | 32 | 23 | 22 | 33 | 36 | 34 | 28 | 37 | 245 |
| 36 | 28 | BAH 30511 | | Enzo Godoy / Norman Cartwright | Nassau Yacht Club | 36 | 36 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 35 | OCS | 34 | 33 | 249 |
| 37 | 26 | URU 28026 | Huicky‑Top! | Gonzalo Grun / Victoria Tachino | ACAL Náutico Club | 24 | 33 | 34 | 25 | DNF | 30 | 35 | DSQ | 31 | 259 |
| 38 | 29 | GBR 29677 | | James Alexander / Fin Waterhouse | Budworth Sailing Club | 12 | 34 | 43 | 39 | 37 | 38 | 36 | 37 | 34 | 267 |
| 39 | 30 | ITA 31131 | Pulsatilla | Andrea Cabrini / Pietro Miani | Circolo Vela Cremona | 35 | UFD | 38 | 32 | 36 | 32 | 39 | 38 | 26 | 276 |
| 40 | 45 | NOR 31645 | Bastø rockers | Scott Berg / Jenny E Pøhner | Horten Seilforening | 28 | 37 | 41 | 24 | 39 | 40 | 42 | 33 | DNF | 284 |
| 41 | 14 | COL 29353 | Jupiter | Francisca Fonseca Naranjo / Antonia Fonseca Naranjo | Club Náutico el Portillo | 40 | 40 | 33 | 40 | 32 | 41 | 33 | 31 | 35 | 284 |
| 42 | 5 | CAN 30765 | | Emilie Leung / Baruch Saffer | Port Credit Yacht Club | 34 | 19 | 39 | 37 | DNF | DNC | 37 | OCS | 40 | 300 |
| 43 | 41 | ITA 28961 | Giovanna | Carlo Prada / Guilia Vezzoli | Associzione velica trentina | 33 | UFD | 40 | 34 | 38 | 37 | 40 | 39 | DNF | 308 |
| 44 | 20 | GUA 31567 | | Jose Mayorga / Fermín Hoffman | Los sauces
Amatitlán | 39 | 39 | 44 | 38 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 315 |
| 45 | 36 | CAN 31656 | Leite Quente | Lucas Conrad / Oliver Inglis | Guelph Community Boating Club | 41 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 41 | 42 | 41 | 42 | 39 | 329 |
| 46 | 11 | CAN 30111 | | Simone Maksym / Henry Noel | Guelph Community Boating Club | 42 | 42 | 45 | 42 | OCS | DNF | 43 | 40 | DNF | 348 |
