(La Coruna, Spain)- The third and final act of the J/80 Winter Series
hosted by the Royal Yacht Club of La Coruna was blessed with nice stable
winds from the west at 10-12 kts. In this third act - the seventh day
of racing in the series- it was a final battle between BIBA (skippered
by Miguel Fernández Vasco) and MARINA CORUNA (led by Pablo Martinez)
that determined the final outcome of the midwinter series.The Race Officer, Alberto Bolívar, and his team of volunteers were able to set good courses all weekend long and provide the sailors some excellent racing.
In the first race, Carlos Pampín and his crew had a spectacular race, but suffered a controversial disqualification for a premature start. The MARINA CORUNA team rounded the weather mark in second with BIBA hot on their heels. However, MARINA CORUNA blew their spinnaker hoist, “shrimping” it into the water and ended up finishing 4th in the race. Meanwhile, BIBA took off and won the race comfortably followed by MELTEMI (Guillermo Blanco) and MOURA (Jacobo Penide), to complete the podium.
In the second race, BIBA won again with a huge lead thanks to effective maneuvers at mark roundings and excellent tactics. MARINA CORUNA crossed the line in second place, enough to preserve their lead for the series, followed by MELTEMI and MOURA.
The third race was a duel between the two series leaders. After a closely contested first beat with stable wind direction, but very gusty, MARINA CORUNA rounded the first windward mark in first place and this time did not fail in their maneuvers. From there, BIBA challenged them hard throughout the whole race but MARINA CORUNA managed to hang on to their lead, followed by BIBA and MOURA.
At the conclusion of racing, MARINA CORUNA sailed the 18 races and collected just 26 pts, to safely win the Winter Series. For its part, BIBA had a spectacular 1-1-2 in the final act, taking the victory of Act III and taking 2nd overall for the series with 30 pts. Carlos Pampín and crew on MIUDO from the local sailing school sailed to a very creditable third place overall with 55 points. For more Spanish J/80 sailing information
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