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MAY
From Vallarta we venture into Acapulco, a place with
great tradition in the practice of this sport: the Aarón
SáenzCupinitsXXthAnniversaryparticipatingforsec-
ondconsecutiveyear in theMexicanSailingCircuit.
Founded by Aarón “El Chato” Saénz, the Aarón
Sáenz Cup counted with 40 sailors in it’s first edi-
tion ad after two decades it has managed a 122% of
growth with 40% of new athletes this year, accom-
plishing it’s target with the same objective as the
man that started this dream. As part of it’s XXth an-
niversary, the “Hall of Fame” was inaugurated, here,
Ricardo Brockmann and Héctor Guzmán were ac-
knowledged, they have been champions in at least
three editions of the Cup.
JULY
Summer arrived and with it a recess of activities for
the Mexican Sail Circuito, making room for themost
important sailing international events, amongst
them the World Championship of the J70 class.
Julián Fernández, captain of the ship “Flojito y
Cooperando”, alongside Erick Brockmann, Bill Hard-
esty and Willem Van as crew, achieved to crown
themselves as World Champions of this class. The
boat, originary from the Nautical Club of Valle de
Bravo in the State of Mexico, maintained the lead of
the Championship since the first tests of the cham-
pionship, which makes clear the outstanding level
in which Mexico is currently in this sport.
It was a fleet of 78 ships of 15 countries who dis-
puted the crown for three days of competition with
clear skies and constant winds, this allowed the en-
tire demonstration of solidness and experience of the
whole crew. “Itwas a veryhard Championshipbecause
of thehigh level of competion ineachvessel, however,
the work plan created by Erick Brockmann, alongside
Bill Hardesty and Willem Van, was key to take advan-
tage over the world champion Carlo Alberini of Italia
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