A-Cat. 2020 Spanish Catamaran Championships: Manuel Calavia 1st
Yet another Spanish Title for Manuel Calavia, one of the top A-Cat riders World wide. Manolo sailed the new 2020 Exploder D3 / North Ashby DSwe’ve heard plenty of good feedback till now, still a 1 to 1 match up vs Mischa and the F1x is pending. Nevertheless we’ll contact Manolo for his thoughts on the new platform.
The A-Class event was organized within the 2020 Spanish Catamaran Championships along the F18 & Hobie 16 Classes.
Official Regatta web: 2020ctoespcatamaranes.sailti.com/es/default/races/race
Full results at 2020ctoespcatamaranes.sailti.com/es/default/races/race-resultsall
A-Class Top Ten
| Pos | Sail | Crew | Net | Tot | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 1 | ESP 11 | Manuel CALAVIA ARIAS | 7 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | DNS |
| 2 | ESP 21 | Anton PAZ BLANCO | 15 | 42 | 2 | 2 | RET | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 3 | ESP 74 | Abdon IBAÑEZ MARTI | 21 | 31 | 4 | -5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | ESP 19 | Juan Luis PAEZ GUTIERREZ | 23 | 32 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 4 | 2 | -5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | ESP 75 | Antonio BALLESTER MARTINAVARRO | 24 | 36 | -5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | -7 |
| 6 | ESP 7 | Michael TOOD | 39 | 53 | 6 | 6 | 5 | -7 | 6 | 6 | -7 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | ESP 84 | Santiago NIETO GUERRERO | 46 | 62 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | -8 | -8 | 7 | 5 |
| 8 | ESP 34 | Adolfo Jose MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ | 60 | 86 | 9 | -12 | 6 | 10 | -14 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
| 9 | ESP 5 | Quique CORNEJO SERRANO | 60 | 94 | 8 | 8 | 8 | DSQ | 10 | -12 | 6 | 11 | 9 |
| 10 | ESP 87 | Antonio LIMON CARRILLO | 64 | 88 | 11 | 9 | -12 | 8 | -12 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
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