CVPA to be the only Balearic club at the Hansa Class World Sailing Championship

The adapted sailing team from Club de Vela Port d'Andratx will be the sole representative from Majorca at the Hansa Class World Championship, which will be held from March 23 to 30 in Australia. The competition will take place at the facilities of the historic Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, north of Sydney.

This international event will gather the world's top adapted sailing racers in the Hansa 303 individual and double modalities, with 70 athletes from 17 countries. The team from Andratx—comprised of Violeta del Reino, a three-time world champion in adapted sailing, Jordi Cargol, Ramón Gutiérrez, Pau Toni Homar, Isaías Iglesias, and Jane Mestre, along with coaches Juanjo Beltrán and Alejandro Solera—will be the only club from the Balearic Islands present at the championship, and one of the two clubs representing Spain.

The competition will unfold at the historic Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, founded in 1867 and located in the picturesque Pittwater estuary, 40 kilometers north of Sydney. A unique setting for a top-level regatta, where inclusion, effort, and sportsmanship will take center stage.

The coach and sports director of the CVPA, Juanjo Beltrán, emphasizes that "this participation represents a true sporting challenge both for the Club de Vela Port d'Andratx and for the athletes themselves. At the same time, it acknowledges the ongoing efforts the club has been making for years in favor of inclusion and adapted sailing." In the spectacular natural environment of Pittwater, the team will face a week of high competition and international camaraderie, focused on effort, overcoming challenges, and the pride of bringing Majorca to the global stage of adapted sailing.