Jean Paul de Trazegnies of Peru won the 2024 Sunfish North American Championship held June 13-15 in Barnegat Bay prevailing by a point over David Misael Hernandez Guzman of Guatemala The 105-boat fleet faced windy conditions on all three days of the championship A weather system combined with the typical Barnegat Bay seabreeze to bring southerlies of 20 knots with gusts well into the mid -20s on the first two days of the event placing a premium on keeping the low-bowed Sunfish moving The top American finisher was Conner Blouin in fifth The top female was Fernanda Higueras of Peru and top Youth was Miles Diekmann of the US Details: https://theclubspot.com/regatta/IFVoPQL6DV Tags: , , Launched in 1997, Scuttlebutt provides sailing news with a North American focus. Look for the latest information to be posted on the website, with the highlights distributed in the e-Newsletter What is the e-Newsletter Subscribe Today © 2024 Scuttlebutt Sailing News. Inbox Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved.made by VSSL Agency Jean Paul De Trazegnies of Peru won his third Sunfish Worlds title at the 2023 Class World Championship on December 5-9 in Miami He finished with five points ahead of Jonathan Martinetti of Ecuador and with 10 fewer points than Conner Blouin (USA) while Bernardo Fernandez of Ecuador was top youth One hundred boats competed in the 12-race regatta with the final race triggering a second throw-out which allowed De Trazegnies to discard a DNF when he had a breakdown on the first day with a strong northwesterly bringing gusts into the 20s with gusts typically up to 12 knots or a bit higher each day but provided almost perfect surfing conditions offwind Details: https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=15792 Tags: , , Peru dominated the 2022 Sunfish World Championships topping the results overall along with victories in the women’s and grand masters’ classifications with racing held September 6-10 in Torbole sul Garda Jean Paul De Trazegnies easily won the World title posting all top ten scores to take victory by 32 points over David Hernandez (GUA) Caterina Romero was second for much of the event before slipping to fourth but easily outdistancing the next woman Alex Zimmermann won a race en route to his victory Ninety-four competitors completed 10 races in very varied conditions first with medium-light southerly winds and then with gusty discarding a tenth while winning three races The northerly wind of the last two days compromised the final overall result of the other Peruvian but with the violent gusts from the north she was unable to maintain the pace of the first days Race details – Results – Photos