The Cofradía Nautica del Pacifico in Algarrobo held the final race in the Chilean J/70 Spring Series. Fifteen boats were participating from all three fleets in Chile (Algarrobo, Lago Panguipulli, Puerto Montt). The CNPA race committee crew managed to hold eight races over the two-day weekend finale. Winning the event on a tie-breaker at 20 points each was Felipe Robles’ crew on LEXUS over Matias Seguel’s ALEGRO. The regatta started off with light winds on Saturday, with the race committee running four races. Leading after the first day with a very steady 2-3-2-3 was Seguel’s ALEGRO with Felipe “Flecha” Robles at the helm. In second for the day was Carlos Vergara’s SENSEI with a 4-6-3-2, and sitting in third was Jorge Gonzalez’s MAL CRIADO with a 3-1-8-6. On the second day, the winds increased substantially over the day before. With bigger waves and ‘planing mode’ conditions, the differences in each team’s performance changed dramatically. Robles’ LEXUS crew closed with a convincing record of 2-1-3-4 to be able to throw-out a first race 13th place to win the regatta on the tie-breaker. Behind the two leaders in third place was Pablo Amunategui’s BLACK JACK with 23 points total. The balance of the top five included Vergara’s SENSEI in fourth and Per Von Appen’s BLACK SAILS in fifth place. According to Juan Eduardo Reid, the Chilean J/distributor, “We had five teams debuting this weekend. Four of them received their boats from the J/70 Worlds San Francisco purchase program. The sixth team to debut was J/70 156; it was donated by entrepreneur Nicolás Ibañez for young sailors to campaign on the Chile J/70 circuit. For this regatta, Branko Markinovik, former Chile National Opti and Laser coach, crewed for the young skipper Ezequiel Grez—a very promising sailor at the national and world level.”