Tomás Trueba’s Fhimasa José Luis de Ugarte Sailing School, Jon Garai’s Thelonius, Simón Cortés’s Turi and Juan Carlos Estefanía’s Kohen won the second day of the Astobiza Trophy in the Biscayan waters of Abra, held in gates of spring. It was held on a cloudy day, without the expected sun, and in which the beginning of the tests of the J80 monotypes took place with winds of 12 knots from the southwest and then went to the southeast, for which the Committee changed the regatta field in the Abra to go further outside. The three routes disputed in this division were very close, with a beautiful and exciting duel between Biobizz and Fhimasa Escuela de Vela José Luis de Ugarte. The first round was won by the crew of the absolute world runner-up in Denmark, José Azqueta, with the youngsters from Fhimasa, junior world champions, in second place.
Fhimasa recovered and was the best afterwards, with Biobizz third when Ignacio Real de Asúa’s Montarto slipped between the two favorites. The third heat of the day was also a heads up between the two boats that are going to compete in this Astobiza Trophy. Fhimasa won ahead of Biobizz and Ramón Zubiaga’s Mandovi dalecandELA. Now, with a discard, Biobizz is the provisional leader with 5 points to Fhimasa’s 6 and everything to be decided. Third is Ibon Basañez’s Jet Set (16 points), fourth is Mandovi dalecandELA (18 points) and fifth is José Luis Ribed’s Pilgrim (20 points). The next appointments will be April 2 and 9.
In addition, Jon Garai’s Thelonius won the 12-mile race in the Regatta class, ahead of José Luis Ribed’s Tchin Tchin -leader after two of the four races- and Javier García Peña’s Modark. Later, Despenada, Akelarre, Rat Pack and Maitena qualified. The start was from San Ignacio to La Galea, with two laps for the Regatta class boats and one for the Cruisers.
Thus, with a 6-mile course, Simón Cortés’s Turi won again in Cruise I, beating Koldo Baéz’s Marmotinha and Javier Trueba’s Nexus. The best in Cruise II was again Juan Carlos Estefanía’s Kohen, the main favorite for the final victory. Javier Gómez de Segura’s Haize Lore then qualified, with Pedro Hernández’s Aizian third, Jairo López de Guevara’s Ramper fourth and Íñigo Aldea’s Blai fifth.