Venezuela Slalom

By Tom,




I have a little racing news from Venezuela. Diony lent out his 7.3 GPS to his good friend Juan Marino. He opted to use Diony's sail for the last race of the season rather than his North sails. It was a successful move and Juan was crowned Venezuelan Slalom champion using the GPS.



Congratulations Juan Marino!

I don't have much information about the event but Juan sent us this short note (translation by Diony):

"The past 13 and 14 of December Araya, state of Falcon, celebrated the 4th and last National event of the DIFI Winds in Venezuela.

This last championship had me very worried because I had a mountain bike accident where a shoulder injury had me 1 month resting, the doctor gave me permission to start training progressively, jajaja which I really did not do and went straight to the water for the contest.

I never used the GPS before, buy I felt very good with her despite the light winds. I felt the sail very in control, just in a few heats there was good wind and I felt how stable the sail is in those conditions, I hope to keep training very hard for next year and to be able to compete in the Canary Island tour of the PWA.

I send my greetings from Venezuela and hope to share with all of you the great spots we have to offer here.

Juan Marino
V103"





We welcome Juan to the Hot Sails Maui Race Team and wish him the best of luck for the 2009 race season.