The third and final leg of the Chile J/70 Class qualifiers for the 2017 South American Championship that will be taking place from October 27 to November 1 was just completed. Host for both events was Cofradía Nautica in Algarrobo. The conditions for the weekend event were excellent, with moderate breezes on day one and 12-17 knots on day two in reasonably cool sailing conditions on the Pacific Ocean in Algarrobo Bay for a group of 15 boats. The courses were long, cold and choppy, so the crews needed to manage the wave patterns, especially on port tack getting to the weather mark. The wind was sometimes shifting right and sometimes shifting left at the very end of the course in the left corner, mostly close to the shore. Going into the final weekend qualifier event, Matías Seguel’s VOLVO team already had a good lead over BLACK SAILS (Per Von Appen) and SENSEI (Carlos Vergara), but they wanted to further increase their lead. Seguel’s VOLVO Team had a good performance on the first day, and managed to close with a 2-2-1 on the next day to win the regatta as well as the overall qualifying series. Vergara’s SENSEI team sailed well to take second place over BLACK SAILS that was skippered by Dag Von Appen. In fourth place was LEXUS skippered by Felipe Robles, and fifth went to Pablo Amunategui and crew onboard BLACK JACK.