The 2023 EUROSAF Inclusive Sailing European Championship ended on September 30th after five days of racing in the waters of the Mar Menor in Murcia.

The wrap of the event was described below on the official event website;

As throughout the week, the light wind also marked the sailing conditions today.

With two new races, the Hansa 303 Individual class was able to complete the 10 scheduled races, while the Doubles were able to complete only one today, closing the tournament with 9.

The Polish sailor and current world champion Piotr Cichocki was the great protagonist of the week, achieving the gold medal in his 3 competitions: Open Individual, Inclusive Men’s Individual and Doubles, the latter together with his partner Olga Gornas-Grudzien.

A bad afternoon today displaced the Spaniard Alex Solera Quiroga from first place in the Open Individual, who finally finished second, just 3 points behind the champion.

The Bronze medal in Open and the Silver medal in Inclusive were finally in the hands of the English sailor Rory Mc Kinna.

The Bronze in Men’s Inclusive went to the Portuguese Joao Pinto.

The Catalan sailor Aina Gelpí managed to maintain first place today and became the European champion of Women’s Inclusive Sailing, escorted on the podium by the Polish Olga Gornas-Grudzien and the Spanish three-time world champion Violeta del Reino.

In Doubles, the Polish duo was accompanied on the podium by the Italian sailors Lucia Garau / María Atzori and the Portuguese team formed by Joao Pinto / Luciana Matias.

Towards the end of the afternoon, the closing and prize giving ceremony took place, which was kindly attended by Secretary General of the Department of Social Policy Leopoldo Olmo; the General Director of the Mar Menor, Victor Serrano; the president of the Sailing Federation of the Region of Murcia, Arturo García Pallarés; the Mayor of Los Alcázares Mario Pérez Cervera, among others.

This way the 2023 EUROSAF Inclusive Sailing European Championship concludes with great success and many happy faces, organized by the Mar Menor Nautical Club and EUROSAF Academy, with the support of the regional government of Murcia and the CAR.

The link to the photo galleries and results can be found on the event website:
https://2023eurosaf-inclusive.univela.com/

See the results here.

Hope to see you soon again!

Text and photographs by Agustín Argüelles @aasailing