Good start for the Sandberg Estates J/70 World Championships. The event organized by the Real Club Náutico de Palma (RCNP) and the International Association of the J/70 class has freed up benchmarks with the contesting of the first two events of the program. With a first and a seventh, the American Douglas Newhouse and Jeremy Wilmot’s “Yonder” Wins First Place of a general who has today been marked by the irregularity of the fleet.
With about nine knots of northeast wind, the race committee sounded the first starting horn a quarter of an hour late, at 11:45. After almost an hour and a half of intense competition, the “Yonder” of Newhouse and Wilmot of the New York Yacht Club He was the one who took the cat into the water before “Good to go” Douglas Rastrellowho also competes under the United States flag representing Newport Harbor YC. Third place in this first round of the World Cup It was occupied by a Spanish team, the “Patakine” of Louis-Albertof the Real Club Náutico de Palma.
The second and final event of the day began around 2:30 p.m. with a wind which, although more unstable, It increased in intensity until reaching 12 knots. on the regatta course in the Bay of Palma.
The British “Brutus II” Charles Thomson, who sails under the Royal Southern YC banner and had just finished 23rd in the initial test, was unforgiving and He managed to add his first partial victory in the second round. The current world champion of the class was followed by the Brazilian “Arete” of Bruno Bethlemfrom IC Rio de Janeiro, and the American “Dark Energy” from Laura Grondin from the New York Yacht Club/GLPYC, second and third respectively.
With these results and after a day marked by the irregularity of the fleet, “Yonder” becomes first provisional leader of the J/70 World Championships Sandberg Estates 2024The podium is completed by “Arete” in the second box with a 14-2 partial and the also Brazilian “Mindset” of Ralph Vasconcelloswho ranked third with a fifteenth and a fourth place scored.
Among the national fleet, the “Patakin” of Louis-Albert He was unable to repeat the excellent result of the first test and closed the day with a 34th, which places him in the Thirteenth position in the general classification, six points from the top ten. Behind, the “Marnatura” of Luis Bugalloof RCN Vigo, occupies the twenty-third place and is second in the Corinthian division, in which the Norwegian “Helly Hansen” of Delete Hekk, from the New York Yacht Club.
Tomorrow Tuesday, second day of competition with two new tests scheduled from 11:30 a.m.
