(Santander, Spain)- Last Saturday, May 5th, the Cantabrian fleet in
Santander started the first day of the Maqueche Trophy race. Jaime Piris
with FONESTAR leads the standings after placing 1-2 in the first two
races. The runner-up is ECC VIVIENDAS sailed by Pichu Torcida and in
third is YATES Y COSAS.
On May 6th and 13th, the J/80 Bilbao fleet has two days of training with
the collaboration of J/80 World Champion, Ignacio Camino. These
training sessions are a prelude to the forthcoming J/80 Spain Cup, which
will start May 31 and go to June 3.
On April 14, in the waters of Lanzarote, Canary Islands off the coast of
northern Africa, the local J/80 fleet sailed the J/80 Island League
Championships. After two weekends of sailing (five weekends total are
scheduled), MARINA RUBICON II sailed by Rafael Lorenzo Lasso is first.
HOTEL PRINCESSA YAIZA sailed by Rayco Tabarez is currently second
followed in third by MARINA RUBICON I sailed by Quintana Aythami
Marrero. For more Spanish J/80 sailing information