With the celebration of three events, this Tuesday the European Flying Dutchman Championship began in the waters of the Bay of Cádiz. With a day late due to the absence of wind on Monday, the committee and fleet took advantage of the good wind today to release the markers after approximately four hours of racing. Three races and as many winning crews already pose an intense fight for the continental title. The first podium falls in the hands of the visitors but the Spaniards do more than measure up as serious contenders to be among the best.
The Hungarians Szalbolcs Majthenyi and Andras Domokos were responsible for conceding the first goal, followed by the Italians Nicola and Francesco Vespasiani. Later, while the Hungarians added a 6th and a 5th, the Italians won the second test and with a 3rd in the next they gained first place, which they will defend tomorrow, Wednesday. They are followed with three and four more points by the German crews of Kilian Koenig and Johanes Brack, winners of the third race with a 3rd and a 5th in the others, and the one composed of the world champions Kay-Uwe Ludtke and Kai Schafers, third with two 4th and one 2nd, two points ahead of the Hungarians, who are tied by the Dutch Enno Kramer and Ard Geelkerken, fifth.
These five crews open a gap of ten points with the next classified, waiting for the first discard with the fourth test that will arrive tomorrow. The first Spanish crew is in the top 9 occupied by Ginés Romero and Álvaro Moreno of the RCN of Torrevieja, today 13th, 19th and 6th. In thirteenth place, the second Spaniards are the Timón de Roche of Fran Martínez from Torrevieja and the Cádiz-born Pepe Ruiz (RCN of Cádiz) improving from 22nd to 8th and 13th. Both crews have shown their cards to get into the fight with a lot of racing still ahead of them.
Today has been a day marked by the easterly wind that if it appeared timid yesterday, today it came to stay and give one of those ‘book’ days in the Cadiz bay, with the fleet competing at the rate of winds between 11 and 16 knots intensity. The demanding conditions have allowed the favorites to use their knowledge to put the boats at full speed in search of the objective, on a day in which, apart from the skill of the crew, good trim of the boat has been key. The most challenging maneuvers were seen in the passage of beacons with forty ships in a row for the best place. The negative note was given by some teams that had to return to land to repair or withdraw permanently due to a breakage.
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