The decisive day has developed with an excellent north-east wind of between 9 and 12 knots, which has made it possible to complete the entire race program (Photo Torveo)

The decisive day of the EurILCA Master 2023-XV Trofeu Calella de Palafrugell-Pitus Jimenez... came out with the absolute victories of the Italian Lorenzo Cerretelli in ILCA7 and of Mònica Azón in ILCA6, thus revalidating the title in its class and winning in the category Women.

The Italian Lorenzo Cerretelli has been intractable in today's hard day and has maintained the leadership of the test, which has not left him since the first day, confirming that he came very mentalized, already from Barcelona, to win the Palafrugell Trophy of the EurILCA Master 2023 circuit. With its partials today (2-4-5) it has closed the table with 22 points and has left no choice for its most direct rivals to approach it in the least.

The French Xavier Leclair, who was the most likely to overshadow the Italian, had to rule out a DNF, which has hit him negatively in the final score, with 39 points and second of the general. The one who has gone up to the podium, as a third, has been the Spanish Leandro Rosado, who in the last manga signed a first and left his score with 45 points, unbanding, from this square, José Luis Doreeste who finished fourth, five points apart from Rosado.

The santanderino Carlos Echávarri completed the top5, with 57 points. Only one point behind the song was the British Tim Iaw, who was in a podium position, as a third, before today's day began.

The Mónica Azón duel versus Miriam Carles-Tolrà has been decanted in favor of the Trophy's multiwinner, Monica Azón, who won his fifth absolute prize, and who finished the 9 tests with 36 points, only three points above his great rival in this tournament, Miriam Carlos-Tolrà, who has totaled 39 points.

Miriam has been a hard match, leading the trophy for two days, and where it has demonstrated its competitiveness at all times.

The third in the podium was the Valencian Luis Eduardo Fernández, who finished the competition with 57 points. In the fourth position is the Irish Sean Craig, with 66 points, closing the top5 the Dutch Jack De Rijk with 89 points.

To highlight the female domain in the ILCA6 class, where the first two squares have obtained it female, which shows the strength of this class in the female category, achieving both regatists the first two positions in the female classification, leaving third in the female podium the German Alexandra Behrens, being the twenty-second in general with 197 points.

ILCA 7
1.Lorenzo Cerretelli (ITA)
2. Xavier Leclair (FRA)
3. Leandro Rosado (ESP)

ILCA6
1. Mónica Azón (ESP)
2. Miriam Carles-Tolrà (ESP)
3. Luis Eduardo Fernández (ESP)

ILCA7
Grat Grand Master: José Luis Doreeste (ESP)
Grand Master: Alan Davis (GBR)
Master: Xavier Leclair (FRA)
Apprentice: Lorenzo Cerretelli (ITA)

ILCA6
Women: Mònica Azón (ESP)
Legend: Perret (SUI)
Great Grand Master: Miguel Noguer (ESP)
Grand Master: Sean Graig (IRL)
Master: Mònica Azón (ESP)
Apprentice: Miriam Carles-Tolrà (ESP)

2023-05-06: Cerretelli (ILCA7) and Miriam Carles (ILCA6) hold the lead in Calella

Intense duels for podium positions, on a complicated day with very unstable wind (Photo Oscar Torveo)

Complicated the day lived today in the regatta field of the EuroILCA Master 2023 of the Club Vela Calella de Palafrugell... in the first test of the day, the ILCA7 was dominated by French Xavier Leclair, followed by Leandro Rosado and José Luis Doreeste.

His followers stalked him directly, but the great difference in points between him and his rivals, caused Cerretelli to continue in the general with 3 points and his persecutors only cut him a few points. The French Xavier Leclair, was second, with 7 points, Leandro Rosado, third with 9 points and José Luis Doreste, fourth with 10 points.

In the second manga, the French Leclair shortened the distance further with the Italian, signing a second square (adding 9 points), while the Italian got only a fifth square, which put the French at one point from Cerretelli, who still remained leader with 8 points. José Luis Doreste, regained the third place by dismissing a 15th one obtained in this band, adding 15 points, and Leandro Rosado, who was left in this twelfth round, a result he discounted, was placed in fourth position with 19 points. The winner of this manga was the British Tim Law, which was 20 points, after dismissing a 14th.

The third test of the day, the sixth of the Trophy, the Italian put his batteries on and entered the third line of arrival, which was an advantage over his most direct rivals and has allowed him to strengthen the provisional leadership with 11 points. The French Xavier Leclair entered ninth position, which made him lose the minimum distance he had with the Italian, adding at the end of the day 18 points and José Luis Doreeste, entering fifth in the arrival, consolidated his third position with 20 points.

In ILCA6, after the end of the first manga of the day, there was a change of classification. Miriam Carles Tolrà lost the leadership, remaining in the second square, and was put as provisional leader Mónica Azón, who with a first position in this partial, and being able to rule out a 23rd realized on the first day, was first with 12 points. Miriam added 7 points in this band, which placed him as second in the general classification, with 13 points, to only one of Monica Azón. The third square was in this fourth race for Irish Sean Craig, who was second in the sleeve and third in the provisional.

This is a great race by Miriaan Carles in the fifth trial of the Trophy, where he regained the leadership, being the first to cross the line of arrival, while his most direct rival, in this fifth manga, Monica Azón, towards a 7th. With this disjunctive, and the second square achieved by the Valencian Luis Eduardo Fernández, the first three squares of the ILCA6, was consolidated with Miriam Carles with 14 points, Mónica Azón with 18 points and Luis Eduardo with 23 points.

The last test of the day, the sixth manga, Miriam Carles entered third position, which has meant that he maintained the class's leadership with 17 points. Mónica Azón who finished first in this band, finished the day by adding 19 points, second of the provisional general and the Valencian, who has finished sixth in this round, is consolidated third in the provisional table with 29 points.

2023-05-05: EuroILCA: Lorenzo Carrtelli (ILCA7) and Miriam Carles (ILCA6) command in Calella

Great atmosphere in Calella

He began the EuroILCA Master of the Club de Vela Calella, where the Italian laserista Lorenzo Carrtelli, in the category Apprentice, has shone in class ILCA 7, which has signed three first roundabout, adding in today's day only three points.

Other more veterans, such as the canary José Luis Doreeste, a Great Grand Master, have been in the back, where it is reaffirmed in a second square with 12 points (with 5-5-2 partials), followed very closely by Master Santanderino Carlos Echavarri, who after this first day totals 14 points (6-2-6 partials).

Very equal are the squares of the fourth to the sixth, where also the Master Leandro Rosado occupies this square with 17 points (4-10-3), while another Master, the French Xavier Lecrair with 19 points (2-4-13) goes fifth, tied to points with the British veteran Great Grand Master Tim Iaw (with 9-6-4 partials).

ILCA 6 has been noted in the effort of the regatists for the little wind in the race field. The woman Miriam Carles Tolra has been the leader, after the three sleeves disputed, adding a total of 15 points, an important arithmetic distance with the second classified, the Monaqués Devic Pierrik with 21 points. The Italian Andrea Mile goes third with 27 points.

After them, the third square is occupied by the Valencian Luis Eduardo Fernández, with 33 points, to a single point of difference from the Italian Davide Grassi, who with 34 points wants to rise positions in the next days, and to add to the 2023 circuit of the EurILCA Master Series.

Many regatists participating in the Vela Calella Club test have their eyes on the EurILCA Master series, the European 12-test circuit distributed in different European race fields for the ILCA Master class. It began in January on the island of Malta and continued on St. John's. Raphael (France). The third test is the one that is being covered in Calella de Palafrugell, and it is the only one that is disputed in Spain. The circuit will continue this May with the Osland (Belgium) and Bealaka (Netherlands) competition. In June he moved to Sorpresee (Germany), Wolfgansee (Austria) and La Beale (France), to continue in July in Hayling Island (Great Britain), Neuchatel (Switzerland), Travlovlage (Sweden) and to finish in Campiona (Italy), in the race to be held from 20 August to 1 September.

2023-05-04: EurILCA Master 2023... with the inscriptions and controls starts in Calella

In this edition, the most cumbersome test of the European circuit of this kind, has already been over a hundred inscriptions, reaching today the figure of 113 pre-registered regatists

Today the EurILCA Master 2023, the XV Trofeu Calella de Palafrugell- Memorial Pitus Jiménez, which will take place until next Sunday, May 7... the day, reserved for the records of the pre-inscriptions, has been very active, and new regatists have been registered, which were not in the pre-entry list, among others, the Finnish Robert Ronnback, so the number of countries participating in this edition is set at 17, with a total of 116 regatists.

Tomorrow the EuroILCA Master 2023 is opened, the 15th edition of the Trofeu Calella de Palafrugell- Memorial Pitus Jiménez organized by the Club Vela Calella de Palafrugell between 4 and 7 May. The expectation to go to the races is great and 113 masters of the ILCA class from all over Europe have already been registered. To note that for this occasion, athletes from America and Africa have also been registered. For days some are already arriving with their boats at the Club Vela Calella and preparing for the sports date.

Many of the participants have been world champions, Olympic and famous sailors, who are gathered in this test to see each other again, who, like every year, renew emotions and enthusiasm. On this occasion a total of 16 countries are represented, notably the regatists from Spain (41 regatists), France (21), Ireland (8), Great Britain (7), Switzerland (6), Netherlands (6), Italy (5), Sweden (4), Germany (4), Monaco (3), Belgium (2), United States (2), Portugal (1), Argentina (1), Angola (1), Bahamas (1).

To stress that the large inscription of Spanish regatists, where also those who took the podium in the last edition as Monica Azón, Javier Echavarri, José Mª van der Ploeg, Leandro Rosado, will participate. The Alicantino Michel Majón, the Galician Alfredo Vázquez, the Catalans Oriol Brown, Miguel Noguer, the Cantabros Carlos Echavarri Erasmus and Javier Echavarri, the canary José Luis Doreto or the local Pep Campi, Ignasi Jiménez, Miquel Alvarez, Antoni Roig and will premiere in the test the Sevillian Mario Morillo Pascual, the Valencian Luis Eduardo Fernández, or the Basque Jokin Letamendia.