Noticia wins the Villalia J/70 Vigo Winter Series
by J/Boats 28 Feb 2020 23:55 PST
J70 Vigo Winter series © Juan Caballero
The Real Club Náutico De Vigo hosted the five event Villalia J/70 Vigo Winter Series. The finale was an epic one, with the fleet treated to 15 to 25 knot winds from the south to southwest all weekend long, with the RCNV PRO managing to run just four races in the somewhat extreme wave conditions.
Winning the final weekend was Luis Bagallo Arriola's Marnatura 1 team (Gerardo Prego, Alberto Basadre and Javier de la Gándara) from the host club by posting an impressive 4-1-1-1 in the wild waters offshore. Second was two-time J/80 World Champion Pichu Torcida from Real Club Maritimo de Santander, sailing his Noticia team to a 2-8-2-2 tally. Then, third was determined on a tie-breaker between Gonzalo Araujo's Laguardia & Moreira and Luis Albert's Patakin, with Araujo's team winning the countback.
As a result of the final weekend's results, it was Torcida's Noticia that was proclaimed the Villalia J/70 Vigo Winter Series Champion! The balance of the podium included Bugallo Arriola's Marnatura 1 in second and Araujo's Laguardia & Morerira in third. The rest of the hotly contested top five included Luiz Perez Canal's Abril Verde in fourth place and Albert's Patakin in fifth place. Note that Rayco Tabares from the Canary Islands (himself a two-time J/80 World Champion) was crewing on Abril Verde and Hugo Rocha (a Spanish Olympic Gold Medallist) was crewing on Albert's Patakin... not many "shrinking violets" in that fleet!
More Villalia J/70 Vigo Winter Series sailing information here.