Soto Expo Naval at Club de Yates de Higuerillas - Day 1
by Soto 40 media team 29 Nov 2014 08:21 GMT
28-30 November 2014
The Expo Naval started today with three races. The event is taking place at the Club de Yates de Higuerillas and will last until Sunday. Five Soto 40 are competing: "Itaú" (CHI011), "Santander" (CHI012), "Mitsubishi" (CHI015), "Apolonia" (CHI026) and "Pisco Black" (CHI016). Dag Von Appen' Itaú is the leader of the Overall with 4 points.
The first race started with a 9 - 10 knots wind. Jorge Araneda's "Santander" kept the first position the entire course and finished in first position, followed by "Itaú", "Mitsubishi" and "Apolonia", which arrived second, third and fourth, respectively.
In the second race, third leg, there was a change of course to the left and the wind was established at 250º. "Itaú" managed to stay as the leader of the fleet during all the race, sailing ahead of "Mitsubishi", "Santander", and "Apolonia".
The first position was to "Itaú" again in the third windward - leeward completing the races of today. This time "santander" crossed the finish line in second place, followed by Horacio Pavez' Mitsubishi and Jaime Charad' Apolonia.
Pisco Black will start competing tomorrow.
The first warning signal for tomorrow is schedule at 12 pm and the link to follow the races in real time will be available on our website www.soto40.org
Results after Day 1:
1st Itaú, 4pts
2nd Santander, 6pts
3rd Mitsubishi, 8pts
4th Apolonia, 12pts
5th Pisco Black, 18pts