Nacho Baltasar goes for it all at the Test Event Marsella

The wind was the protagonist again at the Bay of Marsella marking the rhythm of the Test Event with postponements, pressure drops and the high tension in the fleet at the halfway point of the championship.

The sailor of the Club Nàutic Sa Ràpita, Nacho Baltasar has come back to sign a result of Top5 maintaining general fourth position and every time getting close to the podium, which now he is separated from 2 points. Only 18 years old, Baltasar is standing out as one of the great revelations of this Test Event.

The iQFOiL had programmed a long day with six races for each division, which turned out to be just as long but with only one race. Due to the drop of wind many sailors of the feminine fleet did not make it in the established time. This was the case for Pilar Lamadrid, who, with the highest score, dropped to seventh place overall.

Made up by the duo of the sailor of the Club Nàutic S’Arenal Paula Barceló and of Támara Echegoyen, the weather conditions are not allowing them to reach their full potential, and their results are weighed down by the weather conditions, which have been up and down. After a 14-7-11, they maintain the eighth position in the Top10 of the 49erFX.

Of the Spanish crews, Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman are once again among the most outstanding after regaining the leading position in 470. The 470s heard the first starting horn of the day just an hour after the scheduled time, starting a race in which Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman were ready to make a difference with the French Lecointre and Mion. Everything was going according to plan and the Spaniards were sailing in the leading group, leaving the French comfortably behind them, when the fall of the wind forced the cancellation of the race in course. It was back to square one, and this time the Catalan crew scored a 14th to discard, but saw how their main rivals were gaining distance in the rankings. The Spaniards reacted with a resounding first that raised them to the first position, although the day closed again in a draw with the French, resolving this time the tie in favor of the national team.

The 49ers have danced to the sound of a wind that has not exceeded 10 knots in their race course. The addition of three new races and the entry into play of the discarded sailors did not manage to undo the knot at the head of the fleet, with Diego Botin and Florian Trittle defending their sixth position and scratching points towards the podium. The Fantela brothers (Croatia) lost the lead to the New Zealanders McHardie/McKenzie, tied with the Swiss Schneiter/de Planta. The Cantabrian-Catalan crew is only two points away from the bronze medal.

In Formula Kite there were only three races for the girls and two for the boys. With a 2-7-4, Gisela Pulido maintains the fifth position in the overall conquered yesterday, while Bernat Cortés moves up one place and is 13th.