Sandberg Estates J/70 Worlds, Yonder is the new J/70 World Champion
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Palma de Mallorca – The Sandberg Estates J/70 Worlds has a winner. After five intense days of competition on the Bay of Palma, the American team, Douglas Newhouse and Jeremy Wilmot’s “Yonder” were proclaimed world champions of the class on the last day of racing at the event organized by the Real Club Náutico de Palma (RCNP) and the International Association for the J/70 class.
A north-easterly wind averaging ten knots allowed the Race Committee to give a punctual start, at 11:30h for the last race of the competition. The race was won by British team Charles Thompson and Tom Mallindine’s “Brutus II” and followed in second place by Spaniard Luis Albert’s “Patakin,” with third going to the Brazilian team, Renato Faria’s “To Nessa.”
Leading since day 1 of the world championships, Douglas Newhouse and Jeremy Wilmot’s “Yonder” from the New York YC, finished in eleventh place, sufficient to give the team their event win, and to be proclaimed the brilliant new world J/70 champions. Moreover, the team finished with a ten-point lead over the second placed team, having accumulated two partial podium positions over the eight races competed, and discarding a 23rd place finish.
Regularity and the ability to race without committing any major errors proved crucial for success at the Sandberg Estates J/70 Worlds.
“After a great deal of hard work, planning, training, regattas and teamwork, we have achieved our goal of winning the world championships, which is quite frankly incredible. We had the regatta of our lives, and the team fought extremely hard,” commented Newhouse on arrival at the docks in RCNP.
The second podium position was finally claimed by the Brazilian team, Ralph Vasconcellos’ “Mindset” from the IC Río de Janeiro, and third went to the title defenders, British team “Brutus II” from the Royal Southern YC, who were able to pull back from their fifth place yesterday, thanks to their win in the last race of the world championships.
As well as the intercontinental title, the event organized by the Real Club Náutico de Palma and the International Association for the J/70 class, also recognizes the first placed boats in the Corinthian (non-professional crews), One Pro (only one professional sailor on board), the Youth, Women’s, Mixed divisions, and the first finishing team with a woman at the helm.
In the Corinthian division, a win for Pedro Garra’s “Plan B” from YC Punta del Este, Uruguay. They were followed by Alec Cutler’s “Hedgehog” from Royal Bermuda YC (Bermuda) and the Italian team Sofía Giondi’s “Wanderlust” from YC Rimini, second and third place respectively.
In the One Pro division, the first placed team was Tim Ryan’s “Vamos” from the Cruising YC Australia, who also obtained a brilliant fifth place in the general classification. Second place was for Mexican team, Ignacio Pérez’s “Zaguero” from the Vallarta YC and third for Nuno Espirito Santo’s “Baba II” from the CN Cascais (Portugal).
In the mixed division, victory went to the local team, Maria Boyer’s “Balearia”, and the winners of the youth division were the Dutch team Sven Van Der Plasse’s “Moore DRV” from WV Wolphaartsdijk.
First place for the Women team’s division went to American team, Ava Wilson’s “Team Convergence” from the Chicago YC, and the first team to finish with a woman at the Helm was fellow American Laura Grondin’s “Dark Energy” from the New York YC/GKPYC. Grondin’s team were also fifteenth place overall.
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