The Iberdrola Women’s Sailing League reaches its penultimate meeting with the Women’s Regatta at the Galician Center of Vilagarcía, this weekend, September 21 and 22, aboard the Elliott 6. The notable absence will be that of Team Palma Baleària who is participating in the J70 World Championship, and who was precisely the leader.
There will be eleven teams participating in this penultimate confrontation, with the incorporation of a crew representing the Region of Murcia and the teams of RCN Vigo and Monte Real Club de Yates Baiona. These will face the teams of CN Altea and RCN Calpe from the Valencian Community; the Canarian team that will include Turismo Lanzarote Calero Marinas from RCN Arrecife, Clínica Dental ID from RCN Tenerife and Ahembo-7 Up and the team of the Royal Sailing Federation of the Canary Islands, both from RCN Gran Canaria; and the Balearic Islands of RCN Pollença and CN S’Arenal.
A notable absence will be that of the Palma Baleària team, which is participating in the J70 World Championship, until now leader of the general classification and whose absence will leave free passage to CN Arenal, RCN Port Pollença, Surne del RCM Abra-RSC and CN Alteawho follow one another in the general classification in this order, to define the positions for the grand finale of the Liga Iberdrola. This grand finale will take place in Getxo on October 11 and 13. and will have the distinction of scoring double in the general classification, which will also define the winning crew of the Spanish Women’s Sailing Championship.
The women’s regatta of Vilagarcía has thus the key to reaching the final well placedwith two days of clashes aboard the Elliott 6 boats provided by the Galician Sailing Center, a six-meter long, fast and fun sailboat, which was an Olympic class in London 2012 and with which Tamara Echegoyen, Angela Pumariega And Sofia Toro They won the gold medal.
After Friday’s training, The competition will take place on Saturday and Sunday, with format round robin tournament (all against all) and dynamic and fast events, upwind/downwind, lasting between 10 and 15 minutes. The awards ceremony, early Sunday afternoon, will close the Vilagarcía race program which, as usual, includes in its program of social events breakfasts and dinners for the sailors, thus providing a good setting to discuss the incidents of the day.
