1978-1980

Until this point, always in the Olympic Finn class, he had three Catalan championships, two 2nds in the Spanish Championships, and a 2nd in the Europe Juniors and a second in the pre-Olympic regatta in Cannes. Continous his Olympic preparation until he joined the military service in 1979, the National Racing Comission in Cartagena.

In those days, the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation proposed him to sail in the Olympic class Soling with the Costa brothers who were Olympic representatives in the Olympic Games of 76 in Montreal in this class,, winning the classification of Olympic selection trials, specifically in Hyeres (France), but finally the COE decided not to participate in the Olympic Games Moscow, 1980, adhering to the international boycott.