The female candle returns to action in Altea

The Altea Yacht Club prepares to host this weekend, April 26 and 27, the second event of the Women’s Sailing Iberdrola League, the National Exclusively Female Circuit of Vela organized by the Royal Spanish Sail Federation with the collaboration of the guest clubs and that this year celebrates its fifth edition.

After a vibrant inaugural test in Getxo, where the team Solgosen from the Royal Yacht Club of Valencia and the Nàutic Arenal Club rose with the victory, the competition now moves to the Valencian Community to celebrate its second phase in the waters of the Bay of Altea. On this occasion, the regattas will be played aboard Platu 25 monotypes, boats provided by the Altea Yacht Club itself, which guarantee technical equality between equipment and focus the challenge on tactical expertise and on -board coordination.

The competition format maintains the agile and dynamic structure that characterizes the Iberdrola League: a series of short regattas that will face the different crews in a rapid rotation system, with access to a final Race Medal for the six best teams of the qualifying phase. This last manga, of double score, will be decisive to configure the podium of this second stage.

Eleven teams and 55 women have registered in the Altea event, which consolidates the sustained growth of this competition that aims to boost female candle in Spain. Its inclusive approach and its innovative format position this league as a reference for female sport in our country.

It is worth noting the return of the team Solgreen from the RCN Valencia and the CN Arenal, led by Elena de Tomás, who will seek to consolidate his position as leader of the championship after his victory in Getxo. «I think we participate in Altea with a very solid team -says Tomás -although we are not the same as in Getxo, for example Maria Perelló will not be. In addition, the rivals are very strong and will be very disputed, so we cannot trust ».

The Altea women’s team participates again in this second test and with the incentive of competing at home. “We are very excited to compete in Altea, where we know the field of regatta,” says Gracia Suárez, captain of the team. We come to continue adding points and, above all, to enjoy the competition at the highest level ».

The Iberdrola League of Women’s Sailing, which is a championship of Spain of women’s candle, is the circuit organized by the Royal Spanish Sail Federation with the aim of promoting the female candle and offering a platform for the improvement and development of regatist women. In its fifth edition, it is composed of five events that are held at different parts of the Spanish coast and are disputed aboard monotypes provided by organizing clubs. After the premiere in Getxo and the second appointment in Altea, the circuit will continue at the Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria (May 10-11), Real Club Náutico de Palma (September 13-14) and will end with the Grand Final at the Calpe Náutico Club (October 10-12).