MADRID 19 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The premiere of the 48th Palamós Christmas Race featured this Thursday with the celebration of two races in all classes, after the northwest wind (gregal), which blew unstable in terms of intensity, started at around 10 knots, reaching 14 to finish. dropping to 6, favorable for lighter crews.
In the ILCA 6 class, the Swiss Ulisse Rayson, in the men’s category, and the Ukrainian Sofia Naumenko, in the women’s category, are the first leaders among 58 participants. Rayson added a fourth and a first place that helped him lead the overall standings with a three-point advantage over Ot Puig (CN Vilanova), who finished a second and an eighth.
In ICLA 4, Bruno Römer, one of the great values of Argentine sailing, demonstrated his role as favorite and scored 2-1, which helped him finish the opening day as leader with three points ahead of Joan Camats (CN Arenys de Mar) who with a 1-5 occupies second position, tied on points with the Swiss Leanne Turrin, first female, who achieved two third places.
The 420 class is the largest with 109 participants and in which the British Joe Jones and Hennie Burlton have become the first leaders after a 5-1. From there, two Spanish crews follow, those of María Blanco and Alex Camps (CN El Balís), second after completing a 3-6 and Pedro Sotomayor and Quim Serra (RCN Barcelona), with a 3-7. The first round in the yellow group was won by the Cantabrians Pietro Periotto and Guillermo Hidalgo (RCM Santander), but a fifteenth in the second dropped them to eighth position overall.
The 29er class debuts in the Palamós Christmas Race on the EuroCup 2025 circuit. The Poles Antonina Puchowska and Alicja Dampc have become absolute leaders after completing a 3-2, one point ahead of their compatriots Szymon Kolka and Bartosz Zmudzinksi. The first Spanish crew is that of Inés Martin-Urda and Natalia Mendez (RCN Gran Canaria), in sixth position and third for women.