Everyone was excited to get on the water again to go sailing the ROLEX South Atlantic Circuit off the beaches of the Punta del Este resort town at the southwestern tip of Uruguay. The pandemic had shut down the regatta for the past two years. Hosting the event was the Yacht Club Punta Del Este. The one-design J/70 fleet was blessed with three good days of sailing in the bay and were treated to a total of eight races. In the end, it was Pedro Garra’s PLAN B team (J. Real de Azua, Q. Schickendantz, N. Parodi) who were fast out of the blocks on day one and never faced a real challenge to the top of the leaderboard. Winning five of eight races assured them a strong win with just 10 points net. Second went to F. Leborgne’s JUMBO team (F. Trujillo, A. Leborgne, N. Canepa) with two first, three seconds as counters in his scoreline for 15 points net. Rounding out the podium in the bronze position was M. Fraschini’s MOROCHA with team (F. Taboada, F. Bottino, J. Haedo) with 19 points net. For more J/70 ROLEX South Atlantic Circuit information, visit https://rcas.org.ar/.

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