The Copa de España de Optimist (Photo Pep Portas) was successfully closed with organizational success.

María Perelló of Club Nàutic s'Arenal of Mallorca has proclaimed itself the absolute winner of the Copa de España Optimist that has been held in the port of Altea, with the organization of the Club Náutico de Altea, the Real Federación Española de Vela and the Spanish Association of the International Optimist Class. Today it was the turn of the third day, which began with very little wind: just five or six knots, which would then rise to ten, which allowed to cover three sleeves, so despite the fog of the first day, seven valid tests have been completed on the days of Saturday and Sunday.

Maria Perelló has finished the day with a seventh and a first what has been enough for her to achieve the gold. The mallorcan has proved to be a constant regatist and capable of maintaining the highest level throughout the competition and has not given in to any of the sleeves which has allowed it to win three of the five categories of the competition. It has been made with gold in the category sub-13 female, absolute female and in the general classification. The canary Samuel Beneyto, of the Real Club Náutico Gran Canaria, has finally obtained second position in the general classification and also obtained first place in the absolute male category. The third place of the general has been for the Galician Yago Barca, the Royal Nautical Club of Sanxenxo and the first place in the male sub-13 category has been for Ian Walter, regatist of the CN S'Arenal. The trophy was delivered at 7: 30 p.m. outside the Nautical Club of Altea, the 149 participants, technicians and companions have been able to enjoy a giant paella.

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15 / 04 / 2017: La mallorquina María Perelló leads the Spanish Cup of Optimist de Altea

María Perelló of the Club Náutico s'Arenal of Mallorca commands in the Copa de España of the class optimist, which has covered in the town of Altea its second day, after an opening in which the fog prevented any test. The balear regatist achieved a partial of 4 ° -1° -1° -5 in the four sleeves that took place on Saturday, playing six points, as it discards its worst score. It should be noted that María Perelló is sub-13, a condition of age that only has between the top twenty classified she and her teammate Marta Cardona that is in the thirteenth place. In the second place is Jordi Lladó of the Real Club Náutico de Palma de Mallorca with 9 points, the third in discord being the Samuel Beneyto canary of the Real Club Náutico Gran Canaria de Las Palmas with 10 points. The bronze for the moment is for the Galician Yago Barca García of the Royal Nautical Club of Sanxenxo with 13 and the fifth also the canary Mariano Stinga of the Royal Nautical Club of Arrecife of Lanzarote with 16 points.

María Perelló first leader of the Spanish Cup in Altea

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It should be noted that the bay of Altea was again at dawn covered by a thick fog, which caused the worst to be feared... at 11: 00 in the morning the ship committee of the Nautical Club of Altea entered the water with hopes that the climate would change... and it has done so, just half an hour after the sun has been seen and the fleet of optimist has entered the water ready to give the best on this second day of competition... shortly after 12: 30 in the morning was given the first exit, the 149 regatists have competed at a level of total intensity during the 4 day and have been completed. The south wind has been kept all day between 6 and 9 knots; only at the end of the day has there been a wind drop of up to 4 knots that has forced the last test of the blue group to be shortened. Tomorrow Sunday will be the last day of competition, if time allows the tests will start at 12: 00. At 18: 00 hours the trophy is scheduled to be delivered outside the facilities of the Nautical Club of Altea.

14 / 04 / 2017: White day in the Spanish Cup of Optimist that began in Altea

The Copa de España de Optimist, which began its walk in the Nautical Club of Altea and which ends next Sunday, April 16, has had a grey start when the first of the three days planned in white is closed. The forecasts already pointed out that it was going to be a complicated day, but not as much as it was at the end. The fog was gaining prominence to the point of forcing a deferral on the ground, accompanied by a little and no wind in Altea. At the edge of the two and a half of the afternoon "delta" was raised so the fleet was made the race field in order to close one of the three planned tests.

White day in Altea

The fleet of the Yellow group, with two general calls, raised the curtain of the Altean date around four in the afternoon. Behind was the blue group. When the yellow fleet had already passed the sotavento door and the blue ones had already met the beacon 1 the committee was obliged to cancel the test in the face of the wind fall and a role amount. After a new attempt and looking for the wind in the bay of Altea and the impossibility of a test the committee was running a postponement on A, so the fleet was returning to land without being able to complete a single test. For the second day, the departure of the first test of the day scheduled at 12: 00 in the morning, the race committee plans to try to complete four tests if the wind conditions allow it and does point to that it will accompany the fleet of 149 optimist representing 12 autonomous communities.

13 / 04 / 2017: 149 optimist start in Altea the Spanish Cup with the best national rods

149 Optimist of Andalusia, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Catalonia the Valencia Community, Galicia, Murcia, Euskadi, Cantabria, Navarra, Madrid and the autonomous city of Murcia begin on Good Friday in Altea the Copa de España of Optimist, which has three days of competition, which will start at 12: 00 in the morning in the three days. In competition the Andalusian Manuel Alvarez-Dardet García de Veas of the Club de Mar de Puerto Sherry that is the number 1 of the Ranging of the AECIO, Samuel Beneyto Lancho that currently figures with the number 2 and belongs to the Real Club Nautic of Gran Canaria, the also canary but of the Real Club Nautico of Arrecife Alberto Morales Hernéndez that occupies the 3, the 4 Arnau Gelpi of the Barcelona Club Náutic Balis and the 5 e Toronjo Lobo of the Real Club Maritimo and of the Punta de Tenis.

The best specialists of the optimist class at the national level have come together in Altea

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2017-04-12: The Altea Nautical Club celebrates its 40th anniversary with the Optimist Spanish Cup

It begins in Altea by the hand of the Nautico Club, the Copa de España of the optimal class with a participation of 150 regatists from a dozen autonomous communities. This event next to the Spanish Championship will define the places of national representatives in the European Championship to be held this year in Bulgaria and in the World Championship to be in Thailand.

From April 13 to 16 the most important national event of Optimist is held in the waters of Altea Bay, the Spanish Cup of Optimist 2017

La Federaciones Andaluza, Balear, Canaria, Catalana, the Valencia Community and the Galician will have 20 places. Murcia will attend the Cup with 10 regatists, the Basque Federation with 5; and finally the Madricala, the Melillense and Cantabra with 3 and the Navarra Federation with 2 athletes. The Nautical Club of Altea will hold the opening ceremony on Thursday in the Mirador Room of the Palau Altea. The event will start at 7: 00 in the afternoon in the outer explanade of Palau with a parade of all the autonomous teams with their respective coaches and flags of their community.

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