NILDO Wins Argentine J/70 Championship

(Buenos Aires, Argentina)- The 2022 Argentine J/70 Championship took place over the November 19th to 21st weekend, with sailing taking place on the famous muddy giant river of the Rio de La Plata. Hosted by the Club Nautico Olivos on the northern shore of Buenos Aires, the fleet of twenty-seven boats was finally able to complete six races over the three-day regatta. 

The regatta started well enough with just two races on the first day. Then, an impending huge storm front struck the fleet on the second day, permitting just one race to be sailed. After the first race, it was survival of the fittest as races were canceled and 25 to 35 kts wind buffet the fleet- true “blowing dogs off chains” conditions or in the Argentinean Pampas version “cows flying across the prairie”. Thankfully, the final day of sailing on Monday enabled three more good races to be sailed in benign northerlies. 

In the end, it was the Paradas (Guillermo and Miguel) and the Engelhards team on NILDO that won the regatta with a 2-4-1-6-2-1 to win the six-race, one discard event with just 10 pts net. Second went to Ezequiel Despontin’s team of Borgstrom, Calabrese, and Crouse on 707 with a 7-6-4-1-1-2 tally for 14 pts net. Rounding out the podium was Jose Figueroa’s crew of Pereyra, Giamona, Marino, and Figueroa on TREINTA Y NUEVE with a 15-7-2-2-6-3 record for 20 pts. net. 

Rounding out the top five in this very competitive fleet was Fernando Gwozdz’s PRINCIPADO with 21 pts net in fourth place and Franco Campero’s AMIGO VII team taking 5th place with 33 pts net.  Sailing photo credits- Flo Gonzalez Alzaga FOTOS  For more Argentinean J/70 Championship sailing information