(Barcelona, Spain)- The 2018 J/80 Catalonia Championship was hosted by
Real Club Nautico Barcelona over the past weekend for a fleet of
twenty-one teams from across the region. A total of five races were held
over the two days in relatively light winds, very unsteady in
direction, and with quite a swell rolling across the race track. As a
result, it meant a tough test for skippers, tacticians and crew that had
to work hard in each of the races to stay in contention for the
regatta.Winning the regatta was past J/80 World Champion Marc de Antonia; his BRIBON MOVISTAR team posted a 1-6-1-3-3 for 8 pts net. After a brilliant last day of racing with two bullets nearly allowed Jose Maria Pujol’s DECKMETAL to pull off a surprise win. However, it was his first three races that prevented the dream from occurring, recording a 7-2-6-1-1 for 10 pts net. Finally, it was Rosa Artigas’ MIKAKU that took the bronze on the podium with a fairly steady tally of 2-5-3-5-2 for 12 pts net. For more J/80 Barcelona Winter Series sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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