SSL Team Portugal

After competing in the Final Series of the SSL Gold Cup some of our team members crewed up again !
On the 1st Portuguese J70 National Championship 🤩
With very light and shifty winds, our Bow and our Trimmer were sailing in “Castor Marine”, our Helmsman Afonso Domingos and our Tactician were on the boat of the actual European Champion “Solyd Sailing Team” and one of our Pit’s in “Naturea Pet Food”.
Keep an eye on the achievements of our Crew 💪🏻🇵🇹

Today is the 4th day pf regattas of the 1/8 Final Series of the
The double points day 🔥
Mariana Lobato - “ Yesterday we had an early start that obligated us to come back and start again with a bit of delay. But we didn’t put our arms down and tacked to the right side to get some proper wind to accelerate our boat. Then we tacked again and were neck and neck with the other teams. We are happy with our speed and maneuvers, we have been improving a lot, and the communication onboard is helping us to achieve our targets as a team. After a good fight with team Slovenia, we are happy with this 2nd place, showing we are a more solid team.”

Tomorrow is going to be the 3rd day of Regattas for the 1/8 Final Series.
Nuno Barreto - “Today’s race showed that we have been gaining consistency not only in the starts and maneuvers but also in speed both on upwind and downwind. We are happy with the team’s performance, increasingly cohesive and even though on our last race we were behind towards the last leg we managed to gradually reduce that distance and finish ahead by just 1 second!
For tomorrow, the weather conditions should be identical to today and we hope to be able to have another good race, so that we can consolidate the small points advantage we have at the moment. We will keep working to improve our performance. We know that we cannot make mistakes because in a competitive fleet like this, any mistake can mean the loss of valuable points at the end of the day.”

Portugal is on the best 16 nations that are still competing in the to fight for the title of World Champion !
After 3 days of sailing on the 1/16 round Portugal was tied with with 6 points and on the lead were and also tied with 9 points.
With the mandatory minimum of 3 races for fleet for each stage of the SSL Gold Cup Finals already completed and with the lack of wind, this sailing day with the double points could be cancelled.
The wind came 😍 and only two fleets raced. The 2nd fleet and fortunately our fleet the 3rd. In order to pass the round we had to stay in 2nd and in front of 👀
After a breath taking regatta with an amazing start were Portugal was leading but after the first mark was on 3rd place with their main opponents leading followed by .
On the rest of the race was dominating.
Despite being at least 300m away from the fleet on the last upwind Portugal was the 🥇 to cross the Finish Line 💪🏻
Ending the 1/16 round in🥇with 14 points followed by with 13 points, with 12 and with 11.

After the 1st day of Racing in the Fleet 2 of the 1/32 Final Series, Portugal won the🥇place on his Group !
After achieving the🥈 Place on the First Race, and the 🥉 on the Second Race Portugal had 5 Points with dominating with 8 Points.
On the 3rd day the last race was cancelled due to the lack of wind so on the last day of this Stage the Group 2 made two races !
On the first Regatta of the day Portugal won followed by , and .teamcuba and on our second Regatta with DOUBLE POINTS we achieved the🥈after passed us on the last upwind.
Finishing this Round with 15 Points and followed by with 14, 12 and .teamcuba 8 we passed to the 1/16 Finals of the SSL Gold Cup 🏆💪🏻
After these incredible racing days we had two days to make some exchanges to our crew and to lose some weight.
Stay tunned to descover this new crew and follow the races starting tomorrow !

The Portuguese Nation is going to be represented by the following athletes:
Manuel Dantas - Bow;
Tomás Barreto - Floater;
Bernardo Plantier - Pit;
Filipe Silva - Grinder;
Nuno Barreto - Trimmer;
Renato Conde - Trimmer Main Sail;
Hugo Rocha - Tactician;
Afonso Domingos - Helm and Skipper.
Regarding the Fleets, Portugal will be included in the Second with Chile, Cuba and Estonia.
With the 1st Fleet starting tomorrow at 11:00 am keep and eye on our fees 💪🏻

Check the Preparations and the Team 👀 that is going to reprenset 🇵🇹 in the Sailing World Cup.

Europeu de Fórmula Kite !
🇵🇹 Mafalda Pires de Lima - "Foi a primeira época onde fiz o circuito completo, onde estive presente em 6 campeonatos internacionais, que me trouxeram uma expectativa realista de uma futura presença nos jogos olímpicos."
Vamos seguir as novas conquistas da nossa velejadora 💪🏻
European Formula Kite Championship!
🇵🇹 Mafalda Pires de Lima - "It was the first season where I did the complete circuit, where I was present at 6 international championships, which gave me a realistic expectation of a future presence at the Olympic games."
Let's follow our sailor's new achievements 💪🏻

We are so proud of the achievements of our 🇵🇹 Sailors
One of them it was the 🥇 on the J70 European Championship with a 100% Portuguese Crew !



Vasco Serpa

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It has been announced the Location of the SSL Gold Cup Finals 🤩 and it starts on the 10th of November ⛵
Check the teams that already reached the 1/16, 1/8 and 1/4 Finals through the SSL Nations Ranking and let's see whom will go against Portugal in the draw to decide the groups of the 1/32 Finals

🇵🇹 ORC World Championship 2023
The ORC World Championship was officially opened on 6 of August until the 12 in Kiel, Germany, with 113 boats in three classes: ORC A, ORC B and ORC C with three separate courses. An offshore race with the start in Kiel Inner Fjord with strong westerly winds of 20-35 knots and the sea at full force the ORC B fleet raced a course with 17.3 miles, where some boats retired due to this harsh conditions.
With this long distance and with a prediction of 25 to over 40 knots the conditions were too extreme. In order to keep the crew and the boats safe, the Race Managers amended the format of this World Championship to a Coastal Race. Even so the conditions were wild and variable, suitable to challenge the athletes in an appropriate test of performance, seamanship and navigation.
On the Second day between a fleet of 29 boats from 9 nations, the 1st boat to reach the mark was WindWhisper44, 🇵🇱 Marcin Sutkowski the reigning ORC Class B world Championship with a new 🇵🇱 Polish Crew and 🇵🇹 two Portugueses on board that already won the ORC World Championship in 2022 and in 2021. 🇵🇹 Hugo Rocha as the Helmsman and Afonso Domingos as the Tactician 🇵🇹. The Team Madame Grey almost catched them on the bottom of the downwind but they managed to hold the lead.
After 6 days of competition and despite one protest on the Long Offshore Race in the first windward-leeward race the team of our Portugueses managed the Victory ! With a difference of 7 points to Sirena and 10.5 from Katariina II.

Captain's Choice
Tacticien
🇵🇹 One of the most recognized and famous Portuguese sailors, both for his passion for the sport and for his results.
Hugo Rocha competed in 3 Olympic Games. Winning a Medal in the 470 Class, in Athens. He still conquered 8 World Championships in the most diverse classes, from Laser II, Platu 25, J80, SB20, Swan 45 to ORC class, and he is also 2 times European Champion.
In 2023, he participated for the first time in an Oceanic race, the Ocean Race, with a 100% Portuguese crew, the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team and after this experience he even got closer to the Ocean and improved his skills.

Eduardo Marques
12- Grinder
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🇵🇹 I started Sailing alone, for the First Time in a Optimist, in the Summer of 2004 in Belém in the Associação Naval de Lisboa. From there I continued to Sail in the Winter, continuing until today.
🇵🇹 After several years of competition on the Optimist, it was time to decide for which boat I should go. I chose the Laser, on which I've been since 2010. It was never a childhood goal to do Olympic Campaigns, but it was something that started to grow when I was 17/18 years old and ever since I became addicted to this lifestyle, that test us everyday. vela

João Rodrigues
10- Captain
Lives on the Pearl of the Atlantic, Madeira Island, and is the Portuguese Athlete with more Olympic Presences:

💥 Seven in a Row:

Barcelona - 23th Lechner
Atlanta - 7th Mistral One Design
Sydney - 18th Mistral One Design
Athens - 6th Mistral One Design
Pequim - 11th Neil Pryde RS:X
Londres - 14th Neil Pryde RS:X
Rio de Janeiro - 11th Neil Pryde RS:X
He also went to Tokyo Olympic Games, for his eight presence 🤩 has an Olympic Attache.

💥 João Rodrigues was the first Sailor to cross in a Windsurf board from Madeira Island to the Savage Islands, in a total distance of 163 nautical miles.
💥 He is also a writer for Olympic Athletes or future ones 😏 and to Children ! He has published four books: "Crónicas de um velejador", Funchal 500 Anos, 2008; "Vagabundo dos Mares", Chiado Editora, 2012; "A Travessia". IFCN, 2021; "Oito - Os Jogos Olímpicos por dentro" INCM, 2022.