(Vigo, Spain)- After seven weekends of racing from October 2017 to March
2018, hosted by Real Club Nautico Vigo, the Vigo J/70 Winter Series saw
a repeat winner in the form of El NOTICIA, sailed the Cantabrian Pichu
Torcida (past J/80 World Champion) and Luis Martín Cabiedes from Madrid.
They started off by winning the first weekend and never looked back,
dominating the series from beginning to end and winning four of the 
seven acts. As a result, they were declared winners of the Linde Sogacsa Trophy."We are very satisfied with the result in the Linde-Sogacsa Trophy winter series, especially since this season has been very windy; a weather condition where we were weakest last year.
Thanks to the changes we have made, we have improved a lot in the big breeze! We want to take this opportunity to thank and congratulate our sponsor and RCN Vigo and all those who have worked hard to organize this event of such high level,” commented Pichu Torcida. “We hope to see you all again soon for the Spring Series and, even, the J/70 Europeans in June!”
Second
place overall went to Luís Bugallo’s MARNATURA, skippered by José Luís
Freire. They were one of the few boats that could give “los amigos” on
NOTICIA a run-for-the-money during the entire series. Perhaps the biggest surprise of the series was the performance by ABRIL VERDE sailed by Luis Pérez Canal from the host Real Club Náutico de Vigo. They sailed all seven events and were clearly the top Corinthian team as well. They are looking forward to the Europeans being sailed in the same waters in June.
Rounding out the top five were Juan Deben’s LAGUARDA & MOREIRA (skippered by Gonzalo Araújo’s) in fourth place and Manuel Bermudez De Castro’s SOLVENTIS taking fifth place.
After
the Linde Sogacsa Trophy Winter Series, the Vigo fleet will begin their
"Spring Series" in two weeks. That event will be great training
leading up to the 2018 J/70 European Championship being held from June
9th to 16th. If you have not yet done so, please be sure to REGISTER here for the J/70 Europeans- 62 boats from 15 countries are already registered!Follow the Spanish Vigo J/70 Fleet here on Facebook For more RCN Vigo J/70 Fleet sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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