The fourth Cascais SB20 Winter Series had its debut postponed. The 22 boats of the popular class were forced to stay ashore on the opening day due to the strong wind that blew in Cascais on Saturday.
On the second day of the 4th Cascais SB20 Winter Series, the 22 boats were presented to a north-easterly wind varying between 6 and 9 knots, which allowed them to complete three of the four races scheduled for the second day.
The big winner of this championship was the Solyd Sailing Team of Vasco Serpa with Diogo Machado Pinto and Pedro Costa Alemão who were undefeated in this event with three bullets in three sailed races. In second place was the British team Xcellent of John Pollard, Jack Wetherell and Henry Wetherell. Closing the podium ended the team from St. Petersburg, Russia, Nord Star captained by Lashkov Boris with Aleksey Kolobanov, Aleksandr Grishunin.
With the end of the penultimate event of the Cascais SB20 Winter Series, everything was left open for the last race. John Pollard's Xcellent remains in the lead with 5 points followed by Vasco Serpa's Solyd Sailing Team with 9 points. AP Hotels by José Paulo Ramada is in third position with 11 points.
As Afloat previously reported, the series is an important one in the build-up to the World Championships which will be held at the Royal Irish Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire this September.
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