(Vigo, Spain)- Final day, final race, final leg. The dueling leaders
fought a titanic struggle right to the finish line. The protagonists
were Alberto Rossi’s ENFANT TERRIBLE and Peter Duncan’s RELATIVE
OBSCURITY. Tied going into the final race, who-beat-who would win the
championship. On the final run to the finish, it was Rossi’s ENFANT
TERRIBLE crew that proved their toughness, winning the race, with
Duncan’s RELATIVE OBSCURITY taking second. One could not conceivably
write such an insane script to this Hollywood ending. Needless to say,
it will be “party-time” back in Ancona, Italy at the Rossi family
household!
Sixty-nine
teams from fifteen countries sailed the 2018 J/70 Class Open European
Championship and 2018 J/70 Corinthian Class European Championship. The
Real Club Náutico de Vigo in conjunction with the International J/70
Class Association, and J/70 Spanish Class Association organized the
event. Thirteen races were sailed over five days, racing in the
stunning Ria de Vigo on the Atlantic coast of Northwest Spain. The Real
Club Náutico de Vigo rose to the occasion and rolled out the red carpet
for all sailors; it was a fabulous week of sailing and socializing on
the western Spanish Riviera!
“We
sailed well as a team and technically speaking and we had a lot of fun,
which is the best way to win,” commented Alberto Rossi. “We made a good
recovery and we realized the win was possible only in the last race. We
are thrilled that the trophy will be going back home with us. Enfant
Terrible has won the TP52 Worlds and the Farr 40 Worlds. Both Claudia's
team and mine will be in Marblehead, USA trying to win the 2018 J/70
World Championships, we are father and daughter, but we are very
competitive with each other. I will also be competing in the Farr 40
Worlds in Chicago this year. I still love the Farr 40 Class and it has
many similarities with the J/70; great racing, highly competitive, and a
lot of fun,” commented Alberto Rossi- skipper of ENFANT TERRIBLE.“Congratulations to Alberto and his team, they sailed very well,” commented RELATIVE OBSCURITY’s Peter Duncan. “We did not perform well towards the end of the regatta and we paid the price. I must say, a big THANK YOU to the organizers, this was a well-organized event both on and off the water, and we have been made very welcome. I am sure we will see some of the top European teams in Marblehead for the Worlds. It is a venue that can give a big variety of conditions, and there will be some very competitive American teams racing.”
Luis
Bugallo's “Marnatura” (ESP) is the 2018 J/70 European Corinthian
champion. Bugallo's team (Enrique Freire Faria, Gerardo Prego Menor,
Alberto Basadre López, Jorge Lorenzo Romás) representing the host club,
Real Club Nautico de Vigo was third in the Open Class. Luis is just 22
years old and is born and bred in Vigo.“The team has been fantastic, nearly all of us are under 25. In the last race we had to take a big risk, and it paid off, we are so very happy to win the Corinthian Class in our home Vigo!”
Runner-up for the Corinthian Class was Paolo Tomsic's Società Nautica Grignano (ITA) and completing the podium was Luis Pérez Canal's Abril Verde (ESP) from the host club, Real Club Nautico de Vigo. Final day- YouTube sailing video highlights Follow and share the J/70 Europeans here on Facebook For more J/70 European Championship sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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