Spanish Catamaran Championships 2018, A-Class: Manolo Calavia 1st
Photo: Gordon Upton / Europeans 2018. The A-Cat 2018 Spanish Championships were held this weekend at Real Club Náutico De Vigo. 16 boat fleet and another crown for Manolo Calavia, top 3 A-Cat World Class sailor. Equipment: Exploder AD3 / Ashby North DS.
Second place for Marc Verdaguer and third for Juan Luis Paex Gutierrez.
Next major event for the A-Class would the the 2018 World in Hervey Bay Australia in November:
catsailingnews.com/2018/01/a-class-worlds-2018-hervey-bay.html
A few pics of the A-Cat Spanish Championships available RCNV fb. Regatta organized along the Formula 18 and Hobie Classes. Next F18 Results.
Top ten below, full results here
| Pos | Sail | Helm | Net | Tot | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | CAT |
| 1 | ESP 11 | Manuel CALAVIA ARIAS | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 1 | Foil |
| 2 | ESP 16 | Marc VERDAGUER FOZ | 8 | 17 | 4 | 2 | -9 | 2 | Foil |
| 3 | ESP 19 | Juan Luis PAEZ GUTIERREZ | 9 | 14 | 2 | -5 | 4 | 3 | Foil |
| 4 | ESP 74 | Abdon IBAÑEZ MARTI | 10 | 17 | 3 | -7 | 1 | 6 | Foil |
| 5 | ESP 93 | Rafa GOMEZ POLO | 10 | 16 | -6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Foil |
| 6 | ESP 84 | Santiago NIETO GUERRERO | 14 | 22 | -8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | Foil |
| 7 | ESP 75 | Toni BALLESTER MARTINAVARRO | 18 | 26 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 7 | Foil |
| 8 | ESP 100 | Francisco ESPÍ ESCRIVÁ | 23 | 45 | 7 | 8 | (dnf) | 8 | Foil |
| 9 | ESP 2 | Jaime MONJO CARRIÓ | 27 | 41 | -14 | 14 | 2 | 11 | Floater |
| 10 | ESP 87 | Antonio LIMON CARRILLO | 28 | 46 | -18 | 12 | 6 | 10 | Floater |
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
...Report was sent by an F18 Sailor, if you want Hobies reported send your own, we'll publish as usual. Cheers.
Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16