Poles dominate 49ers at Lanzarote International Regatta

Poles dominate 49ers at Lanzarote Worldwide Regatta

by Andy Rice 19 Feb 03:35 PST
12-16 February 2025

Dominik Buksak and Adam Glogowski sailed their 49er skiff to victory as the primary section of the Lanzarote Worldwide Regatta concluded on Tuesday, 18 February.

The Polish duo completed a wholesome factors margin forward of the remainder of the pack, relishing the big-wind, big-wave circumstances on the Atlantic swell.

Polish avert beginning catastrophe

The Poles did not begin the ultimate day of 49er competitors in one of the simplest ways, choosing up a UFD disqualification for crossing the beginning line too quickly. Nevertheless Buksak and Glogowski have been capable of discard this outcome from their scores, and for the remainder of the day turned in some barnstorming performances across the windward-leeward race monitor.

They gained the subsequent race, and have been second within the subsequent, already ample to safe gold in Lanzarote. Even then the in-sync Poles did not take their foot off the gasoline, occurring to take the winner’s gun within the last race of the collection.

“We’re a brand new crew that has been crusing collectively for 3 months and it feels nice that the work we’re doing is bearing fruit,” stated skipper Buksak, who completed fifth finally yr’s Olympic Video games. He felt that Lanzarote was the perfect venue for creating the partnership and staff work between himself and new crew Glogowski. “These previous days now we have had a really wide selection of various circumstances: very gentle wind, sturdy, changeable, secure, and now we have sailed nicely in all of them, so it has been a superb check for us.”

Their compatriots Tytus Butowski and Borys Podumis took silver whereas the People Andrew Mollerus and Trevor Bornarth rounded out the primary podium of the Lanzarote Worldwide Regatta with bronze.

Conrad Konitzer and Anto Torrado completed fourth and have been better of the Spanish groups that got here to Marina Rubicón. “Generally we’re glad, particularly with the aims we had set ourselves,” stated Konitzer, from Mallorca. “We’ve additionally seen many issues the place we have to push a bit and enhance, so this regatta has been superb for us. This yr we want to push more durable within the gold fleet, which isn’t simple within the 49er class, however this can be a good begin to the season.”

Olympic veterans able to be challenged by up-and-comers

Now begins the second section of the Lanzarote Worldwide Regatta, with the 470 Blended, ILCA 6 and ILCA 7 lessons starting their racing schedule on Thursday. The plan is to finish a most of 10 races throughout 4 days, plus the Medal Race, which can be held on Sunday 23 February, the final day of the regatta.

Among the many ones to look at within the 470 Blended are Olympic representatives from Paris 2024 resembling Italy’s Elena Berta, crusing with Giulio Calabro, and Portugal’s Diogo Costa and Carolina Joao. Within the ILCA 7, Paris 2024 silver medallist Pavlos Kontides will begin as favorite though the Cypriot can be very conscious of the threats within the fleet, not least from different veterans of final summer season’s Olympics, Filip Jurišic from Croatia and Duko Bos from The Netherlands.

Former 470 World Champion and twice Olympic consultant within the Nacra 17, Spanish sailor Tara Pacheco makes the change to the ILCA 6 dinghy this week. Nevertheless the Canarian sailor could have her work reduce out attempting to out-hike the likes of Peru’s Olympic consultant Florencia Chiarella.

This weekend these three Olympic lessons can be joined by a visitor class, the doublehanded Snipe, an internationally widespread racing dinghy that enjoys a robust following amongst Corinthian sailors who stay within the Canary Islands.

*In response to the report ready by the consultancy Auditax, the Lanzarote Worldwide Regatta generated an financial influence of 37.4 million euros in 2024. This worldwide occasion organised by Marina Rubicón is sponsored by Turismo Lanzarote by means of its sports activities tourism product “Lanzarote Sports activities Vacation spot”, Cabildo de Lanzarote by means of the Insular Sports activities Service, the Artwork, Tradition and Tourism Centres of the Cabildo de Lanzarote and the Yaiza City Corridor; and the collaboration, amongst others, of the Canarian Crusing Federation, the Latin Crusing Federations and DinghyCoach.

Ultimate Podium – Lanzarote Worldwide Regatta – 49er Class

1. Dominik Buksak/Adam Glogowski (POL), 3+1+2+1+7+1+4+1+6+7+1+1+(UFD)+1+2+1=39

2. Tytus Butowski/Borys Podumis (POL), 2+2+5+6+(9)+2+3+3+2+1+5+3+5+7+5+2=53

3. Andrew Mollerus/Trevor Bornarth (USA), 4+(10)+1+3+3+4+6+9+1+3+3+9+4+4+3+4=61

Full Results

Day 3 highlights: