Algarve takes the podium in all classes in the Portuguese Sailing Championship
The people from the Algarve who participated in the XXXIII Championship of Portugal for Juniors and Absolutes were on the podium in all classes in the championship. The championship took place between the 7th and 10th of April, in Cascais, with 8 participants, spread over 13 boats, 28 Portuguese clubs.
According to the Portuguese Federation, the various titles represent several categories without podiums more than 10 titles and several titles of Champions of Portugal in the various Portuguese classes more than 10 titles.
In the Hansa 303 class, João Pinto, from Clube Naval de Portimão, was crowned Champion of Portugal and Pedro Reis, from Clube Naval de Cascais, was Vice, followed by Guilherme Ribeiro from Iate Clube Marina de Portimão.
In the IQFoil Youth Class, João Nobrega, from Centro de Treino de Mar, won the races held in the highest Youth division on the last day and thus secured his place on the podium, becoming the first Portuguese Champion in this class. Ricardo Correia, also from the center of Mar, was second, followed by sailor from the Clube Naval de Ponta Delgada Martim Mendes who closed in third place.
In the seniors division of the IQFoil class, the fight was intense between the two sailors from the Centro de Treino de Mar, Tiago Abreu and João Rodrigues, who ended up in first and second position respectively. Miguel Martinho, from Clube Naval de Portimão, or third place in the general classification.
In the ILCA4 class, Boudie Van Dishoeck was the leader. In this class, the sailor of the Ginásio Clube Naval de Faro, Sienna Wrigth, was the runner-up with a very good last day. Duarte Barcelos, sailor of Clube Naval da Praia da Praia, who finished in third place, and Júlia Cardoso, sailor of Clube Naval do Funchal, who closed in fourth place, were crowned Champions of Portugal Juniors and Absolutes for being the sailors of nationality. Portuguese with the best classification.
In the ILCA 6 class, the Ginásio Clube Naval de Faro completely took the podium with João Pontes in first place, thus becoming Champion of Portugal Junior and Absolute, followed by Miguel Sancho in second position and Guilherme Cavaco in the podium position. In women’s Luísa Peres, sailor of the Clube de Vela de Viana do Castelo, and Mara António, of the Clube Naval de Portimão, were crowned Women’s Champions of Portugal, respectively in the Absolutes and Juniors.
In the 420 class, Francisco Uva Sancho and José Vozone, from Clube Naval de Cascais, became two-time champions of Portugal Juniors and Absolutes. The sailors of Clube de Vela do Barreiro, Ricardo Alves and Ritahá, won as two races on the last day and managed to claim the second place in the general and the title of Champions of Portugal in the Absolute Mixed category. Third place went to sailors Beatriz Cintra and Filipe Lopes from Clube Náutico de Tavira. Also in the 420, the women’s category was also won by the sailors of the Clube Naval de Cascais Katharina Leite and Mafalda Cruz who were crowned Women’s Junior and Absolute Bi-Champions of Portugal, and the mixed junior category was won by Miguel Sousa and Érica Porto , from Clube Náutico de Tavira.