F18. Copa España 2021: Tony Rivas & Jordi Sanchez 1st
Photos: Pep Portas / Real Club Náutico Valencia. Along the A Class fleet, the Real Club Náutico Valencia and the Spanish Catamaran Association also held the local F18 Championships. Tony Rivas & Jordi Sanchez won with 7 races completed this weekend. Second place overall for Fabian Migoya & Alberto Torné Muñoz and third for Mitch Booth and his daughter Rita, who won 3 races, including the last.
Argie presence in the F18 fleet, with our friend Lucas Gonzalez Smith, now living in Valencia, crewing for David Rabas Lopez, they finished in 5th overall.
Three first places sailed the Exploder Scorpion / 1D sails combo.
Complete pics gallery by Pep Portas here
F18 Worlds 2021 entries to be held in Italy keep coming in, about 85 at the moment. Official web www.f18world2021.org/en/regatta/entries
Top ten below, complete results here / F18 tab.
| pos | Sail | Crew | Net | Tot | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 1 | ESP 21 | Toni RIVAS MAS Jordi SANCHEZ PEREZ | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | ESP 109 | Fabian MIGOYA HERRERA Alberto TORNE MUÑOZ | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | AUS 1 | Mitch BOOTH Rita BOOTH FERRANDO | 14 | 20 | -6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | ESP 67 | Francisco CATALAN MARTINEZ Alexis PARCERISA LEDGARD | 23 | 45 | 3 | DNC (22) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | ESP 155 | David RABASA LOPEZ Lucas GONZALEZ SMITH | 28 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | -11 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | ESP 793 | Rafael MARTÍN-PRAT DE ABREU Adriano PATRON ISAC | 42 | 56 | 7 | 5 | 5 | -14 | 12 | 9 | 4 |
| 7 | ESP 1111 | Philip GRIFFITHS JONES David ROSEL ESCODA | 45 | 67 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | UFD (22) |
| 8 | ESP 286 | Michael TEN BOKUM Ignacio VALLS BENAVIDES | 47 | 69 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | UFD (22) |
| 9 | ESP 29 | Robert FIJNHEER Olivier FIJNHEER FIJNHEER | 48 | 61 | 8 | 11 | -13 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| 10 | ESP 1246 | Antonio FERNANDEZ CANTILLANA Daniel MARTINEZ-CAÑAVATE VELO | 59 | 81 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | UFD (22) |
