Soto Enrique Elgueta Trophy at Club de Yates de Papudo - Day 1

Itau and Patagonia on day 1 of the Enrique Elgueta Trophy © Bernardita Grez (C.N.O.)

Good start for Patagonia

The Enrique Elgueta Trophy started today at the Club de Yates de Papudo. On the first day of the 4th date of the 2013-2014 VTR Oceánico Championship, the boats completed two windward - leeward courses of 4 legs, with "Patagonia" leading the charge.

The action started this afternoon with the Practice Race that was scheduled for 2:30 pm. Then the boats started the first race of the event, approximately one hour afterwards, with a 15 knot SW wind. Unluckily, before the second windward mark, the Soto 40s "Estampa del Viento" and "Yali" suffered a collision and had to retire from the competition. "Patagonia" achieved their first victory of the event; second place went to Jorge Araneda's "Santander" and third to Per Von Appen's "Entel".

"Itaú" won the second race. The boat owned by Dag Von Appen took the leadership of the fleet after the second mark and was the first to cross the finish line, followed by "Entel" and "Patagonia".

Nine boats are participating in the Enrique Elgueta Trophy; "Santander", "Apolonia", "Estampa del Viento", "Yali 3", "Mitsubishi", "Itaú", "Entel", "Pisco Black" and "Patagonia". The competition will continue until Sunday and there will be live tracking of every race (the links to follow them are available at www.soto40.org). First warning signal for Saturday and Sunday is scheduled for midday.

Results after Day 1: (two races)

1st Patagonia – Norberto Álvarez – 1/3 – 4pts
2nd Entel – Per Von Appen – 3/2 – 5pts
3rd Itaú – Dag Von Appen – 6/1 – 7pts
4th Santander – Jorge Araneda – 2/6 – 8pts
5th Mitsubishi – Horacio Pavez – 4/5 – 9pts
6th Apolonia – Jaime Charad – 7/4 – 11pts
7th Pisco Black – Bernardo Matte – 5/7 – 12pts
8th Estampa del Viento – Miguel González – 10/10 – 20pts
9th Yali/ Movistar – Ramón Eluchans – 10/10 – 20pts