Japan’s Cerezo driven by Yasutaka Funazawa had consistent finishes and beat out Siesta helmed by 2006 second place finisher at the Melbourne Worlds, Wataru Sakamoto, who had both a BFD and a second place finish today.
This last day saw some of the best racing of the week with10 knot winds and mostly flat seas. USA’s Tundra Rose had its best finishes of the week with two bullets. Mexico’s Kenneth Porter sailing S, who has been in the top 15 all week, maintained his third place through all legs, with Argentina’s Chimera driven by the team of Alejo/Gonzales working their way up through the fleet to challenge Tundra Rose at the finish.
In Race Two, Siesta led around all the marks, followed closely by Tundra Rose and Argentina’s Tag Heuer driven by Grimaldi/Contessi. In a tight finish, USA’s Tundra Rose edged out Japan’s Siesta to finish the Championship in 39th place.
Tonight’s Awards Presentations are the final official event of the 2007 J/24 UBS World Championship Vallarta.
Full results and photos are available at
www.j24mex.com/worlds2007.asp