The Danese Jena mai Hansen and Katja Salskov- Iversen are the new 49 er FX world champions. Brazil with Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze achieved silver and New Zealand Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech bronze (Photo Ricardo Pinto)

The British Dylan Fletcher-Scott and Stuart Bithell have proclaimed themselves the 49th Class World Champions in Portuguese waters in a world that has organized the Atlantic Sailing Clube of Leixóes. In 49erFX it was the Danes Jena Mai Hansen and Katja Salskov- Iversen who took the gold. The 49 er today completed four races of the gold group, while the 49 er fx managed to perform the races of the medals. The silver in 49er was for the British also James Peters and Fynn Stortt, being the bronze for the Austrians Benjamin Bildstein and David Hussl.

In 49er FX, Támara Echegoyen and Berta Betanzos have finally been severed. In49er has not been able to fight the medal race, since this morning they have only been able to complete four tests of the final series and there was no time for more... Diego Botín and Iago Ópez- Marra have fallen, following the four-race dispute, from the second to the eighth position of the general. His compatriots Arturo and Federico Alonso have made greater use of the conditions of the day and have climbed to the ninth position.

01 / 09 / 2017: 30 knots of wind prevent 49er races in the Leixóes World Cup

Day of contrasts in the penultimate day of the World Championship of 49er and 49er FX, which are being held in Leixóes with the organization of the Atlantic Sailing Clube, with four tests disputed for the FX and none for the male category as a front of 30 knots of wind enters. Botín and L. Marra maintain the second position.

Támara Echegoyen and Berta Betanzos have climbed positions and will face tomorrow the last day of the 49er FX World Championship since the eight class (Photo Maria Muíña)

Támara Echegoyen and Berta Betanzos are in the eighth position of the class after a great day of competition in which they have added an 18 (discarded), 2, 5 and 3. Tomorrow they'll be fighting two races and, if they can seal their ticket, they'll compete in the medal race. "Seeing that we continue to fight with the best is a good sign for us. Our goal tomorrow will be to navigate well and not make mistakes," he has condemned. For their part, both the sisters Carla and Marta Munté (33) and Patricia Suárez and María Alonso (49) have also climbed positions in the general classification of their class.

Without having sailed today and with only six disputed tests, the classification is very tight and the first 15 have real options to rise with victory. The Spanish team formed by Diego Botín and Iago Ópez-Marra is one of the favorites to get a stand on the podium and part from the second position. The Federico and Arturo Alonso brothers, who are currently 11 in the class, are only 10 points from the first classified, the British Fletcher-Scott / Bithell.

In the leadership are the British James Peters / Flynn Sterritt, the Germans Justus Schmidt / Max Boehme and Erik Heil / Thomas Ploessel are second and third, respectively. In 49 er FX, New Zealand Alexandra Maloney / Molly Meech are the first leaders, followed by Danish Jena Mai Hansen / Katia Salskov- Iversen and Finnish Noora Ruskola / Mikaela Wulff.

31 / 08 / 2017: Button and Marra lead the Red Sailing in the 49th World Cup in Leixóes

The World Championship of the classes 49er and 49er FX that is disputed in Leixóes in northern Portugal, has now concluded the qualifying series after four days of competition, the first two in white, and six tests disputed per class. The fog and the little wind that was recorded on both Monday and Tuesday made it impossible for any manga to be held. Yesterday, Wednesday, the race committee managed to give out for the fleet and today they completed the day with good wind and waves.

In the classification of the 49th, Diego Botín and Iago L. Marra went up to the second position today thanks to the good results they have achieved in these two days of race. Yesterday an off-line (next to a first and a second) made them hold position 25 but today with the entry into play of the discard, and the 2, 3 and 5 that added to their locker, they went up to the second drawer of the provisional podium.

Tomorrow Friday the final series of the World Championship of 49er and 49er FX begin, which is disputed in Leixóes, with Botín and Marra in podium positions (Photo Maria Muíña)

The Arturo and Federico Alonso brothers also managed to climb positions in the classification of the 49th and closed the day from post 11 thanks to the first two achieved in the last two sleeves of the day. The other Spanish team present in the world class is that formed by Luis Bugallo and Jorge Lorenzo who suffered the conditions of wind and wave today falling down to Plaza 74 of the general.

Támara Echegoyen and Berta Betanzos stand out as the best Spanish crew in 49er FX. After six contested sleeves, four of them today, Echegoyen and Betanzos stood at the 12 of the general. Along with Echegoyen and Betanzos, two other Spanish crews sail in the 49th FX class: the sisters Carla and Marta Munté (37), and Patricia Suárez and María Alonso (50).

The British Dylan Fletcher-Scott / Stuart Bithell, are on the front of the general, followed by the Spanish Diego Botín / Iago López, the Germans Justus Schmidt / Max Boehme, and also the English James Peters / Flynn Stortt, all on an equal footing. In 49 er FX, New Zealand Alexandra Maloney / Molly Meech are still in charge with 4 points of advantage over the Danish Jena Mai Hansen / Katja Salskov-Iversen and 8 of the Brazilian Martine Grael / Kahena Kunze.

30 / 08 / 2017: Petersburg-Stortt dominate in Leixóes the 49th World Cup, Botín-Marra 25 °

At last there were regatta in Leixóes in these worlds that is organizing the Atlantic Sailing Clube for the 49er and 49erFX classes in which more than 300 regatists from 30 countries are participating. Among the 49th rule of the British James Peters and Finn Stortt, in the second place are the German couple Justis Schmidt and Max Boehme, while the third place for the moment are also for the Germans Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel. Among the Portuguese fleet was celebrated this afternoon the good classification of Jorge Lima and José Costa, which were imposed on one of the three valid sleeves and are novies in the general. In 49 er FX, New Zealand Alexandra Maloney- Molly Meech are the first leaders, followed by Danish Jena Mai Hansen and Katia Salskov- Iversen and Finnish Noora Ruskola- Mikaela Wulff.

Dominion of British, German and Nordic crews in Portuguese waters (Photo Maria Muiña)

The Spanish Diego Botín (Cantabria) and Iago Marra (Galicia) are after the day of 25 in the general in which they were able to complete the three sleeves in which it was started with a slow wind and with a delay of four hours over the planned schedule. With the celebration of the fourth manga, participants will be able to discard... Iago Marra was clear at the end: "Good performance, good speed... but we already have the discard."

30 / 08 / 2017: Two days blank in the 49er and 49erFX World Cup in Leixóes

The Secretary of State for Youth and Sport of Portugal Juan Pablo Rebelo, today visited the Atlantic Sailing Club, on a day marked by a lack of wind and intense fog that repostponed the opening of the competition of the 300 regatists from more than 30 countries that compete in the 49 er and 49 er FX worlds that will develop until Sunday... another day fading for the 82 male and 56 female crews on the ground... let us hope that the third will be the defeated...

The equivalent in our country to the president of the CSD visited the VAC of Leixóes

25 / 08 / 2017: Monday begins in the waters of Leixóes the World Cup of 49er with several Spanish ships

With the organization of the Atlantic Sailing Clube of Leixóes begins Monday in the waters of Matosinhos, in the Great Port, in northern Portugal the 49er World Championship. For Spain, the tadem made up of the Santanderino Diego Botín and the Galician Iago L.Marra, an event for which the Spaniards have prepared themselves with the illusion of fighting for the podium... others already in the city of Lusitana are also the Galician Luis Bugallos and Jorge Lorenzo, as well as the Assyrian brothers Alonso... all weekend is reserved for the consistent measurements and controls, the competition itself starts at 12 hours Spanish on Monday.

Spanish opts for podium in Leixóes

Three are the days that frame the sleeves framed in the classification phase... in which the fleet can dispute up to four races a day and another final phase, also of three days, with a maximum of three races a day and whose gold group will be made up of the first 20 classified of this phase. The final phase in the style of Medal race, with three 10-minute races not downloadable to fight the last day of the championship, Saturday September 2. This series will only be accessed by the nine best ships of the gold fleet and the first crew to leave a previous Petit Final in which the leader of the silver fleet and the ships will compete between the 10 and 20 posts of the gold group.