Spanish EUROFRITS AVIKO/ NEWIND FOODS Crowned J/80 World Champions
(Niewupoort, Belgium)- The 2025 edition of the J/80 World Championship was sailed off Niewupoort, Belgium, and was hosted by the Koninklijke Yacht Club. Over 270 sailors on fifty teams enjoyed the warm hospitality of KYC and four days of challenging sailing on the North Sea.
Not surprisingly, the fight for the top of the leaderboard was a classic battle between the top two nations in the J/80 class- Spain versus France.
After thirteen races sailed, it was Spain’s Javier Padron Torrent’s EUROFRITS AVIKO/ NEWIND FOODS that was crowned the 2025 J/80 World Champion. His crew consisted of Jon Larrazabal Lallana, Daniel Enrique de la Pedraja Yilera, Alberto Padron Torrent, and Alba Ponce La Camera. Remarkably, they counted three finishes each of firsts, seconds, thirds, & fourths for a total of 30 pts net!
Behind them, it was a duel to the finish between Simon Moriceau’s French team on DENTAL-ASSIST and Jose Ruiz Sanchez’s Spanish team on DORSIA SAILING TEAM. After a seesaw slugfest between both teams trading off 2nd and 3rd overall, it was Moriceau’s DENTAL-ASSIST crew of Simon Bertheau, Vincent Guillarm, Alice Bigot, and Julien Augereau that prevailed with a string of 1sts and 2nds in the final five races to take the silver medal with 41 pts net. Losing that round was Ruiz-Sanchez’s DORSIA Sailing team of Nuria Sanchez-Nomdedeu, Juan Manuel Barrionuevo Vallejo, Leonardo Armas, and Daniel Fructuoso Rosique. While starting strongly, leading the regatta after the first six races with a remarkable 1-1-2-6-5-1 tally, they couldn’t maintain their lead until the end. The DORSIA team took home the bronze medal with 42 pts net after missing their bid to take the silver in the final race over the French team.
Rounding out the top five were Pierre Laouenan’s ECOLE NAVALE French crew and Luis Martin-Cabiedes’s NOTICIA Spanish crew, in fourth and fifth, respectively.
For more J/80 World Championship sailing information
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