The first of the 2023 EurILCA Europa Cup Trophy regattas concluded yesterday at Jadro Koper Sailing Club in Slovenia.
143 ILCA 7, ILCA 6 and ILCA 4 sailors competed for 3 days under unstable sailing conditions in Koper Bay. Despite the fact that the winds changed direction several times a day, the Race Committee managed to carry out almost the entire planned program; the 8 scheduled for the ILCA 7 class and 7 for the ILCA 6 and ILCA 4.
On Friday, first day of the competition, sailors sailed with a southwesterly wind. On Saturday, one race was sailed with a southwesterly wind and two more with a northeasterly and easterly wind. On the last day, sailors had to wait for favourable conditions until 14:00, when the southwesterly wind picked up again, which allowed the race to finish on time.
The following were finally the medalists in all 3 classes:
ILCA 4 – Girls podium
- Ines Ruohela FIN
- Nora Gotovac CRO
- Sara Lacko HUN
ILCA 4 – Boys podium
- Benedek Heder HUN
- Grigor Pettener CRO
- Kristof Pinter HUN
ILCA 6 – Girls podium
- Petra Marendic CRO
- Alenka Valencic SLO
- Isabella Filippo ITA
ILCA 6 – Boys podium
- Jakub Halouzka CZE
- Dmytro Karabadzak UKR
- Tedi Leonardelli CRO
ILCA 7 podium
- Luka Zabukovec SLO
- Oskar Madonich UKR
- Valeriy Kudryashov UKR
Second round of the 2023 EurILCA Europa Cup Trophy will be next weekend in Lugano, Switzerland, with the 2023 EurILCA Europa Cup SUI, so stay tuned!
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The EurILCA Team
Report by Agustín Argüelles @aasailing | Photos by Simon Vidmar.
