The companions remember her like every morning in Chicagoin the only regatta of SailGP disputed in fresh water, he left at 5 in the morning to a Starbucks located near the hotel of the Spanish team. A coffee, good Wi-Fi and the open computer were used to prepare for medical exams. I was then finishing the fourth course. And studying when you spend at least half a year away from home is not easy. “I would like to specialize in traumatology and thus be able to continue linked to sport. I also like oncology,” he says in the Spanish hangar Paula Barceloa Mallorcan who lives in Barcelona and who at the Tokyo Games was on the brink of winning the medal in the 49er FX class, occupying fourth place in the standings.
The regulation of SailGP forces all teams to enlist a woman on the catamaran. When the wind conditions are ideal for sailing, the boat has eight crew members. However, if the gusts are nil and there is almost no human way to move the catamaran then, to lighten the weight, four people remain on board. But there always has to be a woman in the quartet.
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Barcelo usually sits behind Xammar. She is the one who reports traffic, visualizes where the rivals are going. To put it another way, his are the eyes of the ship, who is in front, who is behind. And, certainly, many times it is difficult, if it is not with the help of television graphics, to know where one and the other are going.
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“I always fall the blame,” he jokes Barcelo. “Historically, it was men who crewed this type of catamaran, so it is very good that women have now been incorporated. But hopefully one day it will not be necessary to issue a rule in the regulations for women to be on boats.” When there are only four crew members left due to the unreasonable lack of wind, then it will be Paula who will move the ‘Victoria’ ‘foils’. “The strategist is always behind the pilot. From there you have to watch the direction of the wind and above all avoid crossing with a rival boat.”