Over the first two weekends of October, the Buenos Aires fleet in Argentina hosted their friends from Chile, Uruguay and Brazil in their prestigious and traditional Buenos Aires Week hosted by Yacht Club Argentina. Eleven teams participated. The first weekend of racing saw six races conducted over the two days. Matias Pereira’s CARRERA was ahead of the fleet all weekend, posting six straight bullets to establish a big lead for the series. Pursuing them was the Uruguayan team lead by Pedro Garra on PANTERA; their scores of 2-6-2-2-2-5 kept them in the hunt. Just behind them was Sebastien Halpern’s MORRUCHO with a 3-5-3-3-3-2 tally. The theme remained the same for the following weekend, as it was a battle for the top three podium positions. In the first race, Pereira picked up where he left off by winning the first race quite handily. Garra’s team posted a sixth, while Halpern’s MORRUCHO took a second. In the second race of the day (the eighth of the regatta), it was Garra’s turn to win a race while Halpern’s crew posted a seventh. In race nine, CARRERA won and locked up the regatta, not having to sail the last race. Meanwhile, Halpern took second with Garra in fourth, leaving them tied going into the final 10th race. The final day dawned beautiful and bright with a nice wind. CARRERA stayed ashore, celebrating their good fortunes. It was a grueling match race between Halpern and Garra to determine the silver and bronze positions on the podium. In the end, Halpern got the upper hand, posting a fourth to Garra’s fifth to seal the deal for the silver. For more J/24 Buenos Aires Week information, visit http://yca.org.ar/home/yachting/.
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