PORTOSIN –Upon the second day and after four races finished, the
World Championship of Portosín - which until Saturday takes place in
the Ria de Muros-Noia, - is clearly leaded by the "E para comer Lugo" of
Gonzalo Araujo, with 6 points, from the Royal Nautic Club of Vigo,
which gets an excellent advantage which gives him a broad margin over
his nearest rival in the podium, the Italian “Euz II Monella Vagabonda”,
of Francesco Lanera and helmed by Sandro Montefusco, with 16 points.
The competitiveness of “E para comer come Lugo” has already been
confirmed by its success in Spain, where the crew from Vigo conquered
the 2013 Spanish Platu 25 Championship.
Third is Jose Manuel Perez, with the “Red Bull Racing Eyewear”,
from de RNC of Portosín, with 23 points. Fourth the “Brillamar”,
of Alberto Garcia and Marga Cameselle, from the Monte Real Yatch Club of
Bayona, with 25 points. And fifth the “Mar de Frades” of Juan Debén,
from the Liceo Casino of Vilagarcía.
The second day of the regatta began with much rain, fog and without
hardly any wind. The Committee decided to postpone, raising the flag on
the mast of land, and not to set sail until have clearer the options
that the weather of the day was offering.
Around 13.30 hours the flag was lowered. Wind direction to the
windward mark was 230, meaning, southwest, with a wind that was
injecting 14 knots average, with peaks of 20. This first race of the
day, was taken by Araujo, followed by “Mar de Frades”, sailed by Juan
Deben, being third the Italian “Euz II Monella Vagabonda” helmed by
Sandro Montefusco and with his brother Paolo as tactic.
The second race was positioned for a 240, but moving the field
toward the “Muros” area. The wind changed 10 degrees to the right and
fell to half its intensity. The distance was reduced on both windward
and leeward, and the initial mile went down to 0.9. “Aceites Abril”, of
Pablo Iglesias, was in charge of taking the pulse of the second race,
being second the “E para comer Lugo”, and third the “Brillamar”, of
Alberto Garcia and Marga Cameselle.
The Committee intended to make a third race. Thus, with the one
celebrated on Monday, achieve the four minimum necessary to validate the
Platu 25 World Championship of Portosín. It was kept the same race
area, but oriented towards the 250, meaning, westward. Araujo again
confirmed his excellent condition by winning the race. Second was
Bribón-Movistar, of Marc de Antonio, that regained their usual pace,
after having broken the stay and the starboard stantion, weakening their
participation. And in third place the “Euz II Monella Vagabonda”, with
Montefusco discreetly keeping its regularity.
"Today was special in the first race, due to the shifty wind.
Gonzalo was positioned very well from the start and took a clear
advantage. The rest of the race was very simple for him, leaving us
behind, and us finishing sixth. The second and third races were very
similar, with steady wind, we had a good upwind leg and a good downwind
leg, finishing third and fourth, respectively. We are happy with the
results, but Gonzalo seems very strong. Anyway we still have much to
give, and we look forward to the third day", declared Sandro Montefusco.
"Both today and yesterday we had difficult conditions, with
wind very variable both in intensity and direction. The race course is
being complicated, so that consistency is going to be very important for
the final classification. We have improved today and tomorrow we’ll try
to keep climbing positions in the general clasification. So far,
Gonzalo is the stronger one and is positioned as the clear favorite,"said
Pablo Iglesias, skipper of the “ Aceites Abril”. Today, Thursday,
begins the third day, waiting to be able to use the first discarding of
the worst result, that would come into play with the validation of the
fifth round.
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