Nations Cup in Rio

Here we have some news from South America, they are a few days old as the email got blocked somewhere in the internet.
Thank you Miguel for the picture and the news.

Photo (c) Miguel Allen

Hi all

Just arrived ashore on the final day of racing.

5 to 6 knots of wind, nice sun, well.. One more day of racing in Rio!

3 teams competing on this Qualifier. Brazil (Daniel Glomb), Argentina (Juan Grimaldi) and Uruguai (Pablo Defazio) and 1 Female crew from Brazil (Rossana
Ramos) that Qualified directly to the Nations Cup Final in Ireland as the only representative from South America.

Yesterday we made a double round robin to qualify 2 teams to the Final.

At the end of the day, Argentina and Brazil were tied on top with 3 points each with the advantage going to Argentina on the tie break. Uruguai got third.

Today we had the Final that would be won for the first to get 3 points.

First race, Brazil led all the course until the last downwind leg when Argentina managed to get some separation and speed and won. 1-0 Argentina.

Second race, good prestart for Argentina that lead all the course. 2-0 Argentina.

Third race, good start for Brazil. Lead during the first lap and a close call at the bottom mark. Argentina came out of the mark slightly faster then Brazil and managed to cover them and gain some distance enough to win the race. 3-0 Argentina.

At the end, Argentina qualified for the Nations Cup Final on Open and Brazil on Women.

Best regards,

Miguel