Irish eyes will be studying the form at the Cascais Winter Series of the SB20 Class where some top crews are already preparing for the World Championships in Ireland this year.
As Afloat reported in December, there are already at least 50 confirmed boats from ten countries entered for the Royal Irish Yacht Club's staging of the 2022 SB20 World Championships on Dublin Bay.
The event will be held from 5th September -10th September 2022 with up to four races per day.
On the first day in Cascais, some twenty-five SB20 class boats competed in three races on a sunny day with an east wind of 12 to 6 knots.
In the lead of the championship, at the end of the first day, was the French crew, Skin in the Game, captained by Edward Russo with Gilles Favennec and Jonathan Lobert after debuting with two wins and a fifth. In second place are the British of Xcellent, John Pollard, Jack Wetherell and Henry Wetherell followed by Inetum, in third place, led by Tiago Morais and assisted by Luis Guedes Queiroz and Martim Mastbaum.
On the second and last day of the third Cascais SB20 Winter Series, the fleet completed the three last races on Cascais Bay race area with an oscillating east wind of 10 to 8 knots of intensity.
The victory went to the British Xcellent team of John Pollard of Jack Wetherell and Henry Wetherell. Jose Paulo Ramada's AP Hotels & Resorts team from Cascais with Diogo Costa, Rui Ramada Barros and Henrique Brites were runner-up. Closing the podium ended the French team Skin in the Game of Edward Russo, Gilles Favennec and Jonathan Lobert.
Results here