(Catalonia, Spain)- The J/80 Catalonian Championship took place during
the MedSailing Regatta, that saw all wind conditions with varying speed
and directions. Despite the challenging wind conditions, the highly
competitive fleet managed to sail six races.
The J/80s in attendance were an exceptional fleet, counting amongst them
five of the top ten overall J/80 World's sailing teams. The racing was
so tight that the winner couldn't be announced until the last race.
Hugo Rocha, from CN Cambrils, took the trophy after a hard-earned
championship. In the first day of racing he was always in the top of the
leaderboard and he secured the win with an exceptional second half of
the championship, where he scored two seconds and a first.
As mentioned above, some of the best sailors in the world J/80 rankings
were present. Among them, Carlos Martínez with ZHIK/NOVASAIL, had a
spectacular first half of the championship scoring three bullets in the
first four races. But on the second day, light winds worked against him
and he obtained second place overall in the MedSailing regatta.
Javier Chacártegui, on board HM-HOTELS, was very consistent in his
performance and finished all races in the top positions. However, he was
tied in points with Carlos Martínez in the overall standing, and since
he had less wins than Martínez, he finished third overall, 17 points
ahead of the fourth boat.
Other outstanding sailors taking part of this regatta were the current
World Champion José María van der Ploeg, on board FACTOR ENERGIA.
However, he was unlucky and broke his bowsprit in a collision during the
first race of the championship. Even if the Protest Committee ruled in
his favor, he was prevented from racing in 4 of the 6 final races.
However, on the last day he proved his talent by winning one of the two
races of the day.
The winner of the Catalonian Championship, as well as of the MedSailing
Regatta, was Hugo Rocha, from CN Cambrils. The runner-up was Oriol
Cornudella from Club Náutico El Balís, who thanks to a fourth place in
the last race managed to skip in front of Javier Scherk (Gunter), from
RCN Barcelona, who finished only a point behind and took the third place
in the Catalonian podium. Thanks for the report from the Catalonian
J/80 fleet. For more Spanish J/80 sailing information
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Rocha Takes J/80 Catalonian Championship
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