[Sport] Ecuadorian crew achieves the title of South American sailing lightning

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The national team was aboard Marraqueta, in the 66th edition of the South American Sailing Championship of the lightning class, held in Salinas.

The sailor Jonathan Martinetti captained the Ecuadorian boat that was crowned champion of the South American Sailing of the Lightning Class, which was held in the resort of Salinas.

 

The Ecuadorian crew of the Marraqueta boat, made up of Jonathan Martinetti, John Puga and Francisco Almeida, won the 66th South American Lightning Class Sailing Championship, which was held in the resort of Salinas, in southeastern Ecuador.

The Chilean crew made up of Felipe Robles, Andrés Guevara and Paula Herman (Ph.D.) escorted the Ecuadorian to second place in the preliminary table of accumulated results of the nine rounds played in the tournament, which also brought together boats from Argentina, Colombia, Peru and the United States.

 

Third place went to the crew of the Ecuadorian Julio Vélez, followed by the boat commanded by the Argentine Javier Conte.

The United States, Colombia and Chile ranked fifth, sixth and seventh in the competition that took place between Thursday and Saturday, and which brought together a total of 24 Lightning-class vessels in the waters of the Ecuadorian Pacific Ocean, according to this report. Sunday the organization of the contest.

The championship was hosted by the Salinas Yatch Club, in the coastal province of Santa Elena (in southeastern Ecuador), and was endorsed by the Ecuadorian Sailing Federation and the International Association of the Lightning Class.

 

Link: https://www.eluniverso.com/deportes/otros-deportes/tri[CENSORED]cion-ecuatoriana-consigue-titulo-sudamericano-vela-lightning-nota/