J70 Corinthian European ends in Cascais with HSN Sailing Team victory

HSN Sailing Team, with Padrón, Bugallo, Terrades and López, celebrating the victory in Cascais (Photo Neuza Aires)

Final in Cascais, of the European J70 Championship of the Corinthian category and the Spanish teams have not been able to do better. Three of us have copped the absolute podium, being in first position, with 24 points of advantage and new champion of Europe the HSN Sailing Team, with the grancanary Javi Padron to the cane, the vigués Luis Bugallo as tactical, and also the canaries Adolfo López to the bow, and Ricardo Terrades as responsible for the trimming of candles.

The second place has been for HangTen- Hnos. Berga, with Món Cañellas de pattern, Carlos Ordóñez to the tactic and major, Alberto Guillén de trimmer and Ricard Castellví in the bow. And finally, after a nice struggle in the water, the bronze has been for the ship of Lucía Pombo Bodegas Can Marlés, patroniado by the Tinerfeño Alejandro Pérez, with the grancanario Nahuel Rodríguez to the tactic, Ángel Blázquez de trimmer, Manolo Rey-Baltar to the bow and the santanderina Claudia Carpenter to the piano.

The championship ended with a total of eight sleeves in which it was always sailed with complicated conditions, with currents, very hard winds, also loose and a considerable wave that tested the 54 participating teams of a total of 16 nations. The final classification for the rest of the 11 Spanish quipos that have moved to Cascais, has been: in ninth position, Red April of Jorge Pérez Canal, followed by the young of the Bodega Villanueva in twenty-second position that were to be the champions of the youth category, twenty-ninth of April Verde, of Luis Pérez Canal, thirty-third Pazo de Cea, of Andrés Cominges, thirty-ocavo Let it Be de Marcelo Baltze and closes the Spanish classification the Correa Kessler in 51 position.