Nacua-Sogacsa win Villalia J/70 Winter Series Act 4
by J/Boats 9 Feb 2023 08:02 PST
Villalia J/70 Winter Series © Maria Muiña
The Spanish J/70 Atlantic fleet completed their fourth act of their Villalia J/70 Winter Series in the waters of the Vigo estuary and beautiful surrounding islands.
In a similar scenario that played out with their colleagues in Barcelona, after three races on Saturday, Sancho Páramo and Pablo Iglesias' NACUA-SOGACSA was leading comfortably, never to be denied their first day's supremacy for the rest of the weekend. Second, after the first day was Luis Pérez Canal's ABRIL VERDE, followed in third by Malalo Bermúdez de Castro's LAGUARDIA & MOREIRA. The balance of the top five included Luis Bugallo's MARNATURA 1 in fourth and Luis Martín Cabiedes' NOTICIA in fifth place.
After the incredibly good racing on Saturday, Sunday ended up being a disappointing day. The morning dawned early and bright with the sun reflected perfectly over a glassy sea, the extremely light northeasterly flow preventing any seabreeze from materializing all day long. By noon, the RC PRO raised the AP/A flags and called it quits for the day. So, Saturday's standings stood for the regatta.
Villalia Winter Series Standings
With fifteen races held so far over the first four regattas, the discard races have come into effect for the Villalia J/70 Winter Series standings. As a result, Araujo's LAGUARDIA & MOREIRA is leading with 44 pts, followed in second by Iglesias's NACUA-SOGACSA with 54 pts, Luiz Perez Canal's ABRIL VERDE in third, and Jorge Perez Canal's ABRIL ROJO in fourth place. Sitting in fifth place is Willy Alonso's SENECA SW.
The Villalia J/70 Winter Series will have its final event on February 11 and 12, 2023.