The 45a Christmas Race, which was held from December 19 to 22 in the waters of the Bay of Palamos, has ended today with six Spanish victories, in 470 Mixt María Bover / Pablo García, in ILCA7 Ricard Castellví, in ILCA6 Male Daniel Cardona and in Female Isabel Hernandez, in 420 Marc Mesquida i Ramon Jaume in Masculine i Stella Maris Enríquez / María Núñez in Feminine. In theILCA4 the titles went to Holland with victory of Floris Scharffordt in Masculine i Sing Brinkert in Feminine. The special prizes Manel Albalat, the absolute winner of the Christmas Race, has been for the Catalan Ricard Castellví (ILCA7) and the prize Girona Provincial Council, to the first absolute youth, for the Balearic Xavier Garcia Ollé.
It has been a Christmas Race characterized by gentle winds, but it has not ceased to be complete. In the 470 Mixed class, ten of the eleven planned tests could be held. The champion crew ofSpain, formed by María Bover (RCN Palma) i Pablo García (RCN Gran Canaria) has been the winner after going from strength to strength and winning the powerful Italian fleet on the last day, remaining the three-time world champion ofOptimist Marco Gradoni and Alessandra Dubini and the double junior world runner-up Benedetta Di Salle i Francesco Padovani, in second and third place respectively. En una altra de les classes olímpica, ILCA7, podi cent per cent espanyol amb triomf del català Ricard Castellví (CN Cambrils) after a hard fight with the Balearic Islands Pep Hunter (CN Arenal), who dominated the first two days, while Castellví was superior in the last two. The third place went to the Balearic Mario Plomer (CV Port d’Andratx). In the third Olympic category in Palamós, ILCA6 Femení, the canary Isabel Hernández (RCN Gran Canaria) ended up winning in Cristina Vilariño (CN Arenal) i Ascent Roca de Togores (RCN Torrevieja), which they had led in the previous days. In ILCA6 Absolute and Male the title went to Daniel Cardona (CN Arenal), followed by the Dutchman Daan Boekholt. Third was Hernandez who in addition to the women’s title rose to third place in the absolute drawer.
In the 420 class, Marc Mesquida and Ramon Jaume (CN Arenal) won in the absolute and men’s category, while in the women’s category, the Galicians Stela Maris Enríquez / María Núñez took the victory (RCN Sanxenxo). The Catalans Pau Llibre Vinyes-Miralpeix / Alberto Marsans (CN El Balís) and the French Colin Postel / Louis Arnaud, completed the absolute podium. In the ILCA4 promotion class, both the men’s and women’s titles went to the Netherlands, with Floris Scharffordt and Signe Brinkert. The current Mallorcan champion ofEurope Of Optimist, Xavier García Ollé (RCN Palma) finished second and the Finn Tatu Uusitalo (CN Cambrils) completed the podium. The awards ceremony was attended by Lluís Puig (Mayor of Palamós), Anna Julià (representative of the General Secretariat of theSport from Generalitat), Javier Sanz (president of the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation), Xavier Torres (president of the Catalan Sailing Federation), Eduard Sallés (president del Costa Brava Sailing Club Palamós Sailing), Joan Barba (Sports Councilor of thePalamós City Council), Miquel Aviñó (vice-president of the CNCB-VP) i David Ruíz (Ports of the Generalitat).
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