Rafa Andarias achieved in the 2.4mR category the fifteenth place in the For World Sailing Championship, World Championship Adapted Sailing celebrated of the 18 and 22 of September in the mythical Lake Michigan, concretely in the American city of Sheboygan. Almost fifty participants in this category attended this world championship event.
The only one who defended the Spanish pavilion was Rafa Andarias, who went from less to more during the comxicotetion. He started in the twenty-fifth place and in the final day he climbed to the top 15. This progression was due to the good performance of the xabiero in the second day, in which he obtained a third place and a ninth as best partial.
Unstable and changing wind
The extreme prevailing wind conditions conditioned the planned development of the tests for the most important event in the world of adapted sailing. If during the first days there was a shortage of wind, on the penultimate day it was the winds higher than the 35 knots (70km / h) that did not give truce forcing the day to close in white. For this reason only 6 of the 9 scheduled races were completed.
In this way, the sailor of Club Náutico Jávea, Rafa Andarias, closes the year and again achieved the Top 15 in the World Championship. It should be noted that with this latest success, it has been six years remaining at the top of the world adapted sail. Andarias commented that, "It has been a great pride to compete in the World Cup with some candles made by me in A-Sails de Xàbia and to continue in the Top 15 worldwide another year more".
The xabiero, member of the National team of adapted sailing, thus gives by concluded the best season of his career with the triumph in the Championship of Spain and the Spanish Cup, the bronze medal in the World Cup, is number 5 of the World Ranking and this last Top 15 in the World Championship.
