The elite Raceboard class will meet in Xàbia at the end of May
60 sailors of this class, which brings together classic windsurfing, have already registered for the Spanish Cup, which will be held from May 25 to 28.
Wednesday 10th May 2023
Mike Smith
Club Náutico Jávea will host the Spanish Raceboard Cup from May 25 to 28, which will bring together the elite of this class of competition sailing that will fill the bay of Xàbia with colour through its characteristic sails.
The competition is organized by the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation with the collaboration of the Community Sailing Federation and the details were presented this week at the club’s facilities by the Commodore Alejandro de Liniers, the councillor for Sports from Xàbia, Alberto Tur and yacht club manager Luis Nogueroles.
“This class is classic windsurfing” explained the manager, who added that there are more than 60 participants who have registered in the three categories: Absolute Raceboard (male and female), Raceboard U·23 (male and female) and Raceboard Master (male and female) for those sailors who were born in 1982 or before.
The participants will be coming from all over the Iberian Peninsula: Catalonia, the Basque Country, Madrid, Murcia, Galicia, the Balearic Islands, and Cantabria, together withthose from the Comunidad Valenciana, among them most of the Bic Techno fleet of the Club Náutico Jávea: José Luis Boronat Roda, Noor Saidi, Pablo Monparler, Arnau Muñoz, Júlia Martínez, Jorge Monparler and José Luis Boronat Suay.
Nogueroles explained that Club Náutico Jávea will mobilize “between 15 and 20 people” so that everything goes perfectly “prioritizing the safety of participants at sea”, including staff from the regatta office, assistants, markers and judges, together with the support of the seafaring staff and the club office. “We have an exceptional regatta field and the support of Xàbia that always turns to us in these events, and contributes to making it a success”.
Commodore Alejandro de Liniers has stressed that the DNA of the Jávea Yacht Club “is to promote water sports in all its aspects” and praised the support of the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation and the Sailing Federation of the Comunitat Valenciana that has “trusted our club for this appointment on the national calendar”.
The commodore also praised the support of Xàbia Council in this event, as well as the General Directorate of l’Esport through the Comunitat de l’Esport program, the Fundación Trinidad Alfonso and the Association of Yacht Clubs of the Comunitat Valenciana. He added that the yacht club has always had the support of the council in “all the initiatives that we implement”, as well as the municipal water company AMJASA.
The councilor responsible for Sports, Alberto Tur, thanked the Club Náutico Jávea for organizing a Spanish Cup in the municipality. “We are very happy to host this event, since Xàbia is a town that is between the mountains and the sea and our Mediterranean Sea is a sports facility that allows sports to be practiced all year round”.
The councillor also praised the “important work that the Club Náutico Jávea does in promoting sport in all its forms” as well as the awareness aspect that permeates each and every one of the activities it organizes.
Schedule
The race management has programmed a maximum of nine races with no more than three races per day, except that an additional race may be sailed if four or fewer races have been sailed on the last day.
May 25: Opening of the regatta office / Registration of participants / Equipment Control.
May 26: First day of racing.
May 27: Second day of racing and welcome party.
May 28: Third day of racing and awards ceremony.
