The Majorcan were also the absolute winners... David and Alex Charles male champions (Photos Laura Carrau)

The Majorcan Neus Ballester and Andrea Perelló (CN Ràpita / CN Arenal) have taken the Spanish Cup of 420 in absolute female category and sub19 female, which has ended today in the waters of the Nàutic Club El Balís, thus adding their first doubling of the season after having won the Spanish Championship in Santander last April. In male sub19, the winners were also Baleares Ian Walker and Finn Dicke (Arenal CN) and in male sub17 Marc Mesquida and Ramon Jaume (Arenal CN) and in female Maria Perelló and Marta Cardona (Arenal CN). In mixed category the triumph has been for the Canaries Gabriela Lodos / Tomás Bello (RCN Gran Canaria).

Ballester and Perelló, who began to compete together in 2018 after the end of their phase in Optimist, continue to be successful, among which a World Cup and a women's sub-17 European in 2019 already stand out. Their aim this season is to try to win everything and they already have in mind both the World Cup and the European class 420 that will be held in summer both in Italy.

The baleares reached the last day leaders with an income of 16 points on the second classified. This Sunday was scheduled for two tests, in the first day they made an off-line with black flag, followed leaders; but if there was a second manga they could be complicated by the absolute title. Finally, only one sleeve, the eighth of the global, could be played with 7.5 knots, making the title his.

The brothers David and Alex Charles (CN El Balís) were the ones who contested the championship until the last moment, entered seconds in the last manga - won by the brothers Fernando and Carlos Flethes (CN Puerto Sherry) -, which assured them the second place in the absolute general and the title of absolute male champions. The third position was also for the local crew of Sebastián Riquelme and Miquel Pérez (CN El Balís), who after performing a room in the last manga, would finish male absolute subchampions and close the podium the baleares Ian Walker and Finn Dicke.

CLASSIF.FINAL SPAIN COPA 420 - N EL BALIS

This was the first major race of the season in the CN El Balís, the next at international level will be the MedSailing- Eurocup in the fall of 2021 as well as in February 2022 and the World Cup of 29er in summer 2022.

2021 / 05 / 01: Ballester- Perelló continue leaders of the Spanish Cup after a difficult day in El Balis

The rain and the lack of wind caused the delay in a very long day... the three sleeves planned could finally be celebrated (Photo Laura Carrau)

Complex and complete day at the 420 Spanish Cup, which is held at the Nàutic El Balís Club, due to the weather conditions of rain and without wind in the morning, but which were successfully resolved in the afternoon where three tests could be held. The Neus Ballester and Andrea Perelló (CN Arenal) baleares ended the day by strengthening their leadership in the absence of a day, with an income of 14 points on the Catalans David and Alex Charles, seconds and 16 on the also Mallorquins Ian Walker and Finn Dick (CN Arenal) who are third.

The wind, although softly between 6 and 7 knots, entered the first hour of the afternoon, and after several hours of deferral on the ground, the Regatas Committee sent the fleet into the water. The wind was blowing from the south-west rather roll, so the first sleeve of the day - the fifth of the world - was not easy for the participants and after several general calls the Committee raised a black flag, so ten crews would be disqualified from leaving the line prematurely, including that of the Charles brothers who temporarily lost their podium position. In the end he would win that of the baleares Marc Mesquida and Ramon Jaume (CN Arenal), followed by that of the brothers Fernando and Carlos Flethes (CN Puerto Sherry), which with this result were placed in podium positions, and third would be the Majorcan Laura and Catalina Homar (CN Arenal). Ballester and Perelló entered the top ten but maintained the general's leadership.

In the second manga of the day, with a somewhat more stable wind that rose to 10-11 knots, Ballester and Perelló again dominated and gained thus consolidating themselves at the front of the table, although the Andalusian Flethes did not lose sight of them entering fourth position. In this second test were the Gallegos Bruno Ameneiro and Pablo Lorenzo (RCN Sanxenxo) and third the Baleares Walker and Dicke.

The third and final test was also to be decisive, as the podium posts varied, except for the leadership of Ballester and Perelló, which followed with their regularity with a fifth as a partial and tying the first place in the absence of the two tests planned for Sunday. The Charles brothers won the manga, thus recovering all the land lost with the BDF in the first test of the day. Seconds were Mesquida and Jaume and third were the Canaries Andrea Pérez and Ana Bautista (RCN Gran Canaria).

This Sunday, the third and last day of the 420 Spanish Cup are planned two more tests, that if it were to be held the calendar of 9 sleeves would be completed.

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2021 / 04 / 30: Neus Ballester and Andrea Perelló, first leaders of the 420 Spanish Cup in El Balís

The baleares end the first day with 6 points of advantage over the launchers Alberto Morales and Miguel Bethencourt... the crew of El Balís formed by the brothers David and Alex Charles is third (Photo Lara Carrau)

The 420 Spanish Cup took off in the waters of the Nàutic El Balís Club, with a first day in which the great favorites showed their vitola from the beginning. The Neus Ballester and Andrea Perelló (CN Ràpita / CN Arenal) are the first leaders to close the opening day of the Spanish Cup in Catalan waters with 6 points of advantage over the canaries Alberto Morales and Miguel Bethencourt (RCN Arrecife), which are second.

The brothers David and Alex Charles (CN El Balís) are third parties, overcoming in one point the Andalusian Fernando and Carlos Flethes (CN Puerto Sherry) and the local Sebastián Riquelme and Miquel Pérez.

Soon the current Spanish champions, Ballester and Perelló, marked the way forward. With a soft wind between 6 and 8 knots the baleares made clear their initial domain taking the first sleeve of the day. The Flethes brothers did not want to lose sight of the favorites and were seconds in this test, while the mallorquín Pablo Ruíz and the local Javier Mestre crossed third the line of arrival of the first test.

In the second, the victory was for the Canaries Alejandra Pérez and Ana Bautista (RCN Gran Canaria), who surprised the entire fleet. The wind conditions had risen to 12-13 knots. There was the turn of the brothers David and Alex Charles (CN El Balís), good connoisseurs of the class and the race field to be second in the manga and third, very regular Ballester and Perelló.

In the third test of the day Ballester and Perelló again demonstrated their power by winning the test on the Canaries Morales and Bethencourt, which were second in the test, while third were crossing Riquelme and Pérez.

In the fourth and last manga of the day the wind fell to 7 knots and it would be the Charles brothers who would end up taking the race and confirming their third place in the general. They were followed by Morales and Bethencourt and third were the local Riquelme and Pérez. For their part Ballester and Perelló were fifths, as they provisionally discard, remaining as leaders of the general.

2021 CLASSIF.CAMPEONATE SPAIN 420 - CN BALIS

2021 / 04 / 29: The best crews of 420 in the Spanish Cup of El Balís

About 70 vessels from six territories will participate: Andalusia, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Catalonia, Comunitat Valenciana and Galicia. There will also be three German crews, who will compete in Open but who do not choose to win the Spanish Cup (Photo Laura Corrau)

It begins in El Balís, the 420 Spanish Cup, which will be held from April 29 to May 2 in the waters of Sant Andreu de Llavaneres.

The 420 Spanish Cup will take part in the best crews in the country, and they come to El Balís from Santander where the Spanish Championship was held a few weeks ago. Among the teams already in El Balís are the absolute champions in the National and reference crew, that of the Majorcan Neus Ballester and Andrea Perelló.

The crews that won the Spanish Championship in the rest of the categories will also compete on the El Balís appointment. In addition to Ballester and Perelló, there are the Spanish champions in the male category, the Pablo Ruíz ballet and the local regatist Javier Mestre, who will seek to win the Spanish Cup by taking advantage of their knowledge of the Maresme race field.

In category sub19 the canaries Alberto Morales and Miguel Betencourt are part of the group of favorites, where are also the Andalusian brothers Fernando and Carlos Flethes. And in category sub17, the crews of Marc Mesquida / Ramón Villanueva and María Perelló / Marta Cardona will have to be closely monitored in male and female categories respectively.

About 70 vessels from six territories will participate: Andalusia, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Catalonia, Comunitat Valenciana and Galicia. There will also be three German crews, who will compete in Open but who do not choose to win the Spanish Cup.