F18 ARG, BA Week 2021 for Gonzalez Smith & Heuser
Excellent four days of racing at the Buenos Aires Week 2021, held at the Yacht Club Argentino this weekend. The local F18 managed to get a fleet racing, this classic annual event in preparation for the Arg Nats 2021 coming November.
Worlds #2 Cruz Gonzalez Smith & Mariano Heuser closed a solid win over Worlds #3 helm Agustín Krevisky sailing again with Juan Martín “Tigre” Benitez.
Cruz & Mariano coming from the Worlds 2021 at Gaeta plus a stellar performance in the F18 North Americans finishing second too.
Fran Venetucci & Nico Quagliotti, from Rosario, had much less hours of racing than these top crews but they put pressure with some excellent races and setting up an attack for coming major event. Same for Esteban Blando & Guido Morlachetti sailing together for the first time.
Phantom F18 & 1D DS for the top four boats, with several combos of SI Jibs / Spis.
Former Laser Olympic sailor Julio Alsogaray returned to the Class also looking forward for the Arg Nats next month putting the reliable Nacra Infusion to some good speeds.
Complete results attached:
