The 57th Alicante Maritime Week, held between 8-10 December, has ended. And he did it on the last possible day of competition, with a final test at the buzzer. an arm that exceeds the time limit. All leaders confirmed their positions. With wins over Adolfo Virgili (RCR Alicante) in ILCA 7, Magdalena Villalonga (CN Port de Pollença) in ILCA 4, Francisco Mora (CN Dehesa Campoamor) in ILCA 6 and Fernando Puig and Kevin Lenis (CN Jávea) in 420.

The Race Committee of the 57th Alicante Sailing Week has undoubtedly succeeded in progressing A very complicated last day due to lack of wind A southerly entry for most of the day, barely reaching 12 knots, thus caused the Race Committee to waste no time in sending the fleet out to sea to start and complete the fifth race. So with such narrow differences between all classes, no one could afford to make mistakes.

Inside ILCA class 7Adolfo Virgili started as the leader with Gonzalo Suárez (CN Altea) following close behind. And so it was, they did not miss a beat, Virgili deserved the second place in the race and he knew very well how to guarantee it, because the victory in the qualifications would go to Suárez, who was not enough and would go to Suárez. finish second in the general classification. Third will be Jorge Gonzálvez (RCR Alicante), who took part in both the final round and the general category and became the champion in the under-21 category. This was a good start for the ILCA 7 Spanish Championships, which will take place in the same waters during the Comunitat Valenciana Olympic Week in February.

Inside ILCA class 4The victory, the largest with 72 participants, went to Balearic Magdalena Villalonga, who had no other options. He was comfortably in the lead on the final day and second place confirmed him as champion. Second and third places were taken by CN Santa Pola sailors Víctor Selles and Pedro Adán.


Mariona Villalonga, absolute winner of the 57th Alicante Maritime Week ILCA 4 Information

Inside ILCA class 6 Francisco Mora dominated from start to finish and won the final round. The second was his teammate from RCR Alicante, Domingo Díaz.

double class, 420, returned to Tiro de Pichón, where the World Cup in this class was held just six months ago. On this occasion, Fernando Puig and Kevin Lenis received this award with an exciting finish in which they tied on points with the local team of Joaquín Valero and Guillermo Rodríguez (RCR Alicante). Puig and Lenis knew well how to withstand the challenge of Valero and Rodríguez, whoever finished first would win the Sailing Week, in the end, those from Jávea came second and those from Alicante third, while the victory of the qualifier went to Miguel Campos and Pablo Moreno ( RCR Alicante/ RCN Valencia) thus managed to climb to the third step of the podium. Carlota Gómez and Noor Said Karolewicz, who placed fourth overall, received the first female crew award.


The podium of the 57th Alicante Maritime Week 420 class Information

It has been a Sailing Week, with weather conditions that were very windy on Friday and very mild on Sunday, marking the future of racing, but Regatta Committee, with Manel Lligé and Carlos Sardiña They managed to salvage the time limit with four tests on Saturday and one on Sunday.

HE Next Saturday, December 16 Maritime Week will be celebrated in classes ORC Cruise and Promotionwith a coastal race off the coast of Alicante.