F18 Argentina: Weekend racing Images by Matías Capizzano

Photo: Matías Capizzano – www.capizzano.com

Photo: Matías Capizzano – www.capizzano.com

Photo: Matías Capizzano – www.capizzano.com

Photo: Matías Capizzano – www.capizzano.com

Photo: Matías Capizzano – www.capizzano.com

Photo: Matías Capizzano – www.capizzano.com

Photo: Matías Capizzano – www.capizzano.com


Photo: Matías Capizzano – www.capizzano.com

Photo: Matías Capizzano – www.capizzano.com

Photo: Matías Capizzano – www.capizzano.com / Bobby Collazo : 95kg and 50 years old, a truly hardcore crew

We are lucky enough to have this guy taking pics in Argentina. Matías Capizzano – www.capizzano.com, is one the best photographers out there. The scenes and sharpness of each image are incredible, click images to enlarge.
Two consecutive weekends of full racing organized by Club Nautico San Isidro, hundreds of boats on several classes on the second major event in Argentina after BA Week in October.

This time I raced with Bobby Collazo on his Infusion, we never sailed together and our combined weight is +180kg! we struggled in some races but we managed to get some good results even with in calm conditions, in fact our best result, a 3rd, was raced on 6knots no trapeze conditions.
So yes , that weight is a handicap, and you need to reduce your errors, as building speed from zero is hard, but with some training and coordination is possible to perform at the top of your fleet, even if you are a 50! year old crew like Bobby. Hat off to him for pushing hard the whole championship. Also want to remark our latest crew addition to the fleet, Esteban Daneri with 54, enjoying sailing again after several years helming his new F18.

Regatta won by Sergio Mehl-Nicolás Aragones on their C2 , followed by Cruz Smith-Mariano Heuser and Esteban Blando-Billy Lopez Segura on Infusions. Lucas Smith had an excellent championship too, first helming with on a borrowed boat and then crewing for his usual partner Juan Faustín.

Ian Rodger from AHPC Arg, is in between boats, having sold all first stage scheduled Caps, even his, and waiting for some C2s to arrive.
The new Infusions MKII have arrived (left new daggers), I will publish some images as soon as they have the boats sailing. The blade looks like a real quality weapon.

If there is any doubt that the F18 fleet is now the fastest and most exiting to race here in Argentina, well Javier Poclava’s Yamaha R1 reinforce our speed credo, this is for sure a full power racing machine! you can´t even ride her below 50mph!

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Catamaran Racing Book: We are preparing a book with Matías Capizzano, that will include several top notch photographers that contribute to this blog and mainly images from Europe , USA and Australia covering several classes like C-Class, F18, Tornado, A-Class, 18HT and more , the best material published here.

More info coming soon, but we will have be a 1st class special limited first edition, so those interested contact me at catsailingnews gmail com to project a final number of prints.

Check Matías website for more images, books and print services. And don´t hesitate to contact him to shoot your event in USA or Europe.
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