On September 23-24, the last qualifying regatta for the 2017 J/70 South American Championship took place at Cofradía Náutica del Pacífico. Eighteen Chilean teams participated in the racing, and the fleet was treated to light to medium winds all weekend from the southwest. In the relatively cold weather, the crews had to choose to go right and get slightly more breeze, or go left into the bay and get a more geographical wind shift that would help at the windward mark. After four windward-leeward races were sailed, the winners were the team on TSUNAMI, consisting of the Ducasse family: four brothers (Andrés, Ignacio, Coco, Rodrigo) and their father Andrés Ducasse. Taking second was WINDMADE, sailed by Juan Reid, his wife Francisca, Alvaro, Sebastián and Mati. Third place went to Pablo Amunátegui and Rodrigo Guzman onboard BLACK JACK with Tomás Guzman Jr, Pipe and Pablo Herman.