From the Balearic Championship to the Spanish Cup ILCA 4

The Real Club Náutico of Valencia hosts this friday the 19th of January and until the Sunday 21st of January the first great date of the season for the ILCA class, putting into play the ILCA 4 Spanish Cup.

Ahead the 144 sailors from 9 autonomous communities (Catalonia, Region of Murcia, Andalusia, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Basque Country, Galicia and Valencian Community) will face three days of competition, with a maximum of 9 races after passing a qualifying round and a final round.

The best of the national scene are present in the capital of the Turia, so predicting some podium options is complicated, although a small group of sailors are in all the pools to be next Sunday occupying some of the podium places.

In this sense, the best Balearic fleet, made up of around twenty sailors from different yacht clubs, including the recent Balearic champions, Magdalena Villalonga (Reial Club Nàutic Port de Pollença) and Juan Bennássar (Real Club Náutico de Palma) will face the best nationals, among them the Galicians Bruno Iglesias, Alejandro Pérez, Pablo Marquina and Martín Mijares.

The start of the races is scheduled for 12.00 noon on all three days, although the start time may be modified. As for the weather forecast for the opening day, Friday 19th of January, everything points to a north-easterly wind (NE) of between 16-18 knots with gusts of up to 24 knots. Saturday will be northeasterly at the start of the day, turning to easterly at midday, while light winds are forecast for Sunday, all of which will be accompanied by light intermittent rain, at least for the first part of the day.