The J80 Mercury champion of Cantabria goes on to lead the Sailing Series

The J80 Mercury champion of Cantabria goes on to lead the Sailing Series

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Una veintena de embarcaciones procedentes de diferentes partes del país, se congregaron en aguas santanderinas en la primera cita del circuito J80 Sailing Series que a su vez , Campeonato de Cantabria J80

Twenty ships from different parts of the country gathered in santanderine waters on the first J80 Sailing Series, which in turn, the Cantabria J80 Championship

The crew formed by Jaime Piris, Jesús González, Brian López and Abelardo Quevedo / Alfredo Portilla achieved a Championship that is part of the national circuit J80 Sailing Series.

A great deal of conditions accompanied the two high-level competition days. On Saturday a wind of 10knt of intensity of 040-050 that left a classification open to any situation for Sunday by a tight number of points between ships without discards applied, which led the Mercury.

On Sunday the wind made its appearance at the time of the race ahead of the forecast, also overcame in intensity the forecast reaching 17 knots north-east. Fredo the North Star was imposed with Javier de la Plaza to the cane in the first race of the
Sunday.

The 5 test, no incident, was won by Mercury. In the test 6 came first Solintal of Ignacio Camino but like Dr. Chacartegui, he was disqualified in the subsequent weight control which concluded with Zona Franca Santander of David Madrazo as winner of this manga.

The general ranking was the winner of the Mercury of Jaime Piris, followed by the Basque Biobizz of José Azqueta and closing the podium Zona Franca of David Madrazo.

In the female category, the rivalry between the two ships was to the end. Finally the Dorsia Sailing Team of Natalia-Via Dufresne took the victory in its category, being sextas in the absolute general.