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.S. Singlehanded Championships


With wind conditions ranging from strong to light and shifty, the men's Lasers fleet was very challenging. Photo by Jan Anderson. The U.S. Singlehanded Champion-


Vranizan won five out of the nine


ships 2011 hosted by the Columbia Gorge Racing Association took place in Cascade Locks, Oregon. The event has now concluded with


Frederick Vranizan, of Shoreline, WA and a member of Seattle Yacht Club, dominating the men's Laser fleet from start to finish and Christine Neville, of Oakland, CA and a member of ILCA, coming from behind on Sunday to win the women's Laser Radial fleet.


races and finished in the top five in all but the final race of the Championship. He won race eight and finished eighth in race nine on Sunday. Vranizan won by a 16-point margin over fellow Seattle Yacht Club member Michael Karas, from Kirkland, who solidified second place by posting a pair of fifth place finishes. Vranizan raced well in all conditions this weekend, including the strong winds


on Friday and the light, shifty breezes on Saturday and Sunday. The men's Laser fleet consisted of 21 sailors. “I tried my best to have conservative


starts and either take an early lead or put myself in position to climb into the lead,”said Vranizan. “I love the sailing here at the Gorge. I sailed fast in the downwind here at the Gorge where it is shifty and tricky,” he added. Vranizan is a graduate of St. Mary's College of Maryland, where he competed


The 2011 competitors of the U.S. Singlehanded Sailing regatta. Photo by Jan Anderson.


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