Month: August 2015

· The Fifty of the Portuguese Rui Ramada, with the Monte Real Club de Yachts grámpola, will receive the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award in the ORC 0-1 category

· The Movistar of the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, led by Pedro Campos, will be awarded in the ORC 2-3 category

The Solventis, from the Monte Real Club de Yates, with a one hundred percent Galician and amateur crew, will receive the award for the best amateur team in the ORC class

The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will distinguish this year three of the boats that obtained the best results in the regattas held throughout the 2014-2015 season, since the award ceremony in September last year.

In the ORC 0-1 category, the award will be received by the crew of the Fifty, the boat of the Portuguese Rui Ramada who, wearing a pendant from the Monte Real Club de Yates, managed to win the victory of his class, in the 2014 editions of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, El Corte Inglés Master and the Xunta President Trophy. Throughout this 2015, the Portuguese also managed to get on the podium in the Winter Trophy, in which they obtained the championship silver; and in the Repsol Trophy, where they won gold. Their most recent victory was achieved this summer in the Mateus Rosé Trophy, the first of the three tests that make up the III Atlantic Cruise Circuit.

In the category of ORC 2-3 boats, the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will recognize on this occasion the great trajectory of Movistar, of the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo. Led by Pedro Campos, his crew managed to win the Prince of Asturias Trophy, the El Corte Inglés Master and the Xunta President Trophy over the past year. In addition, last July they stood on the podium of the ORC B World Championship held in Barcelona, and in August, they achieved victory in the Copa del Rey MAPFRE 2015 in Palma.

The Solventis, owned by Alberto and Pablo Moro, is another of the boats awarded this year with a Terras Gauda National Sailing Award. It will receive the best amateur team in the ORC class after achieving, in 2014, the silver of the Prince of Asturias Trophy and El Corte Inglés Master, and becoming champion of the Spanish Cup. In this 2015 he obtained the title of ORC Corinthian World Champion at the ORC World Championship in Barcelona and won, for the fourth consecutive time, the Ribeiro Rías de Galicia Regatta, a record that no boat had achieved so far in more than 50 years. of competition history. But if there is something for which the Solventis stands out, it is for having achieved such spectacular results with a production boat, without substantial modifications, and a one hundred percent Galician and amateur crew, an aspect for which they will be distinguished.

The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be presented on September 5 at a gala to be held at the Monte Real Yacht Club in Bayonne.

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· Fundación Repsol’s support for the Adapted Sailing School of the Monte Real Yacht Club allows disabled people to practice sailing on adapted boats

· Juan Pablo “ Juanpa ” Cadario is the author of the nautical blog JuanpaNews, in which he publishes information related to current events in the world of sailing 365 days a year

· The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be presented next Saturday, September 5 at a gala to be held at the Monte Real Yacht Club in Bayonne

The jury for the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards has decided to award Fundación Repsol and Juan Pablo “ Juanpa ” Cadario the sponsor and communicator of the year awards in 2015.

At a gala to be held on September 5 in Baiona, the award will be given to Fundación Repsol in recognition of the organization’s work in contributing to the progress of society through different projects in the social, cultural, educational and research.

In this sense, Fundación Repsol has collaborated with the Monte Real Yacht Club to promote the sport of sailing among people with disabilities throughout Galicia, through support for the acquisition of adapted boats that guarantee that this group can enjoy sailing in equal conditions.

This contribution to achieving greater integration of people with disabilities and fostering caring and responsible attitudes within the Adapted Sailing School, are some of the aspects that were taken into account when awarding the prize in the category of best sponsor.

In the category of best communicator, the Mariano Aguado Communication Award of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards falls on this occasion to the Argentine Juan Pablo Cadario, author of the nautical blog JuanpaNews , in which 365 days a year publishes information related to the world of sailing.

Visual Communication Designer at the National University of La Plata (Buenos Aires – Argentina), and model maker at the Modelmakers Model Shipyard, Juanpa Cadario is also a professional sailor, a condition that allows him to endow his chronicles and reports with a more professional, direct, close and credible. Thanks to his work and dedication, sailing enthusiasts can find in Juanpanews a reliable and constant source of information on nautical news.

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· The historic shipyard from Vigo, which in 2015 turned a century old, will be honored as a forerunner of the Spanish nautical industry with one of the prestigious awards

· Founded in 1915, Astilleros Lagos has become throughout its history an indisputable reference in the construction and restoration of wooden boats

· The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be presented on September 5 in Baiona at a gala organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club

From the United States, England, Germany, Israel, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Holland… sailors from all over the world have been coming to Galicia for years in search of the good work of a family of craftsmen who have earned their fame through hard work and effort.

At a time when new technologies and the latest materials have completely changed the shipbuilding and repair sector, a company with tradition as its flag still survives in Vigo. They are the Astilleros Lagos, an indisputable benchmark in shipbuilding carpentry and one of the most traditional firms in the international nautical scene.

The company began its journey in 1915 at the hands of Fernando Lagos Carsi, a mechanical and electrical engineer and naval architect who had studied at the most prestigious schools in London and worked at the famous John Brown shipyard, from which world-famous ships such as the Queen Mary or the Queen Elizabeth.

After a first stage in which they mainly built launches and boats, Astilleros Lagos began to stand out in the 1970s after shaping the Alcaravan III with laminated wood, the first Bruce Farr to be built in Spain. The company was already in the hands of the brothers Alfredo, Juan and Nito, the second generation of Los Lagos. With them came the famous snipes with which they achieved worldwide fame thanks to the publicity they received from the best sailors of the time, such as José María Massó.

At that time, with Alfredo Lagos at the helm, Astilleros Lagos was already a consolidated company in Spain with great prestige abroad. They were known for their impeccable work in the construction and restoration of classic wooden yachts and boats, a complex, slow and traditional process, which the Lagos carried out with great quality, solidity and attention to detail, always respecting traditions.

Those qualities that made them world famous are what keep Alfredo and Alberto, the third generation of Los Lagos, at the helm of the company today. With just four workers on staff, and customers from all over the world, Astilleros Lagos continues to be leaders in the construction and restoration of wooden boats today.

This year they are also celebrating, because they celebrate a century of life. This same month they commemorated it with a concentration of the boats that, for years, have participated in the Baiona-Fisterra Rally, which they organize themselves.

They did so at the Monte Real Club de Yates, where on September 5 they will return to collect one of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, a special award that will distinguish them as precursors of the Spanish nautical industry.

(Photo: Work at the Lago Shipyards – Lagos Archive)

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· The members of the historic Baionese club will meet in the fishing village to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of its creation at a private party

· Since its birth on March 24, 1965, Monte Real has become one of the most prestigious and important yacht clubs in Spain

The Monte Real Yacht Club of Bayonne celebrates this Friday, August 21, its half century of life with a private party organized exclusively for its members.

In this way, the Baionese club wants to commemorate the 50 years that have passed since, on March 24, 1965, it was established with the objectives of promoting international nautical tourism, organizing regattas at the highest level and transmitting love for sailing to the new generations.

Since then, Monte Real has starred in some of the most important chapters of sailing in our country. It challenged the America’s Cup, organized numerous international regattas, and currently celebrates some of the most important competitions in Spain, such as the Prince of Asturias Trophy, which is about to be played.

The festive day this Friday, which includes a cocktail and a live musical performance, will be held from nine at night and will have a very notable absence, that of Don Rafael Olmedo Limeses, president of the club for more than 40 years , who died last February at the age of 99.

· The jury decided to recognize the Catalan sailor and sailor after becoming the first Spaniard to win a solo ocean regatta

· Alex Pella achieved victory in the Route du Rhum in 2014, in which he also broke the record by completing it in 16 days, 17 hours, 47 minutes and 8 seconds

· It is the third time and the second year in a row that the sailor has won one of the prizes awarded by the Monte Real Club de Yates de Bayonne

For the third time in his 42 years of life and for the second consecutive year, the Catalan sailor and sailor, Alex Pella, will receive one of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards. On September 5, at the Monte Real Yacht Club in Bayonne, he will collect the award that distinguishes him as the best solo ocean sailor 2014-2015. This is an award with which the awards jury wants to recognize the feat achieved by Pella in 2014, when he became the first Spaniard to win a solo ocean regatta.

On November 19, after 16 days, 17 hours, 47 minutes and 8 seconds sailing alone aboard the Tales II, Pella victoriously entered the port of Point-á-Pitre (Guadeloupe) and won one of the most important regattas in the world. , the Route du Rhum. It also broke the record for the crossing in Class 40, in which it competed with 43 other boats, and it did so with a one hundred percent Spanish project, in which professionals from different autonomous communities participated.

Last year, the Catalan also became the first Spaniard to receive the Trophée Course Open 2014, awarded to him by the Union National pour la Course au Large. A prestigious award that before him received patrons of the stature of Loick Peyron, Roland Jourdain, Michel Desjoyeaux, Thomas Coville or Halvard Mabire, among others.

Today, Pella continues to train hard and participate in numerous regattas. With the EFG-Bank team from Monaco, he won the Sailing Arabia – The Tour last March; aboard the MOD 70 Musandam – Oman Sail he achieved the Tour of Ireland record and victory in the Armen Race; in June, he won the two Kiel Week regattas and in August he managed to come first in the English Artemis Challenge regatta.

One of his next stops will be in Baiona, where he will receive, for the third time, and for the second consecutive year, one of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards. Last 2014, the sailor was recognized as the best ocean sailor after achieving first place in the Tour of Europe “Route des Princes” and finishing second in the transoceanic “Transat Jacques Vabre”.

Pella went to Monte Real Club de Yates to collect the award aboard the Tales II, the boat with which months later he would win the Route du Rhum, for which he was awarded this year. The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards 2014-2015 ceremony will take place on September 5 in Baiona, coinciding with the celebration of the thirtieth edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy.

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· The sailor from A Coruña will receive one of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards given by the Monte Real Club de Yates on September 5 in Baiona

· Aboard the Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Azzam, Roberto Chuny Bermúdez this year became the first Galician and the second Spaniard to win a Volvo Ocean Race

· Since his debut in ocean regattas with the Galicia 93 Pescanova, Chuny Bermúdez has become one of the most valued and respected sailors in the world

The 45-year-old sailor from A Coruña, Roberto Chuny Bermúdez de Castro, will receive one of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards on September 5 in Baiona, at a gala in which he will be recognized as ocean sailor of the year.

The Monte Real Club de Yates, which has organized these prestigious awards for 23 years, wanted to highlight the great work done by Bermúdez de Castro in the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015, in which he participated as co-skipper and trimmer of the Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, from the United Arab Emirates.

In what is considered the most extreme challenge in the sport of sailing, Chuny not only managed to lead his team to victory, but also managed to inscribe his name alongside that of the historic Joan Vila, the only Spaniard to have won the Volvo Ocean Race.

That of the VOR is one more brand in the list of winners of the coruñés, which has done nothing but grow by leaps and bounds since, at just 23 years old, he debuted in an ocean regatta aboard the Galicia 93 Pescanova. Since then, Bermúdez de Castro has participated in six editions of the Volvo, managing to get on the podium five times; He competed twice in the America’s Cup, has been IMS European champion, winner of the Copa del Rey in several editions and obtained tenth place in the Star class at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Currently, at the age of 45, this industrial engineer by training and sailor by vocation is one of the best athletes in the history of Spain and an indisputable benchmark in ocean sailing.

Next month Baiona will receive one more recognition for its impeccable sporting career, the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for Ocean Navigator 2014-2015. The gala will be held at the Monte Real Club de Yates on September 5 at eight in the afternoon.

Photos: © Matt Knighton and © Ainhoa Sánchez

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· The Monte Real Yacht Club organizes one more year the delivery of one of the most prestigious awards of the Spanish nautical panorama

· The awards have been given for 23 years to those people and institutions that stand out for their work in favor of the world of sailing

· The ceremony will be held on September 5 in Baiona, coinciding with the Prince of Asturias Trophy, which this year celebrates its thirtieth edition

The best in the sailing world will be distinguished next September 5 in Baiona with one of the most prestigious awards on the Spanish nautical scene, the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, which the Monte Real Yacht Club has been delivering for 23 years.

At a gala that will coincide with the second day of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, the club from Baiona will present awards that aim to recognize those people and institutions that, throughout the year, stood out for their work in favor of the world of sailing, as well as as well as for its human and sporting values in the nautical scene.

In the last edition of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, the Solventis, owned by shipowners Alberto and Pablo Moro, were awarded; and the Movistar, owned by Pedro Campos, as the best boats of the season, having achieved victories in practically all the regattas in which they participated. Another winner was Desafío MAPFRE, which received the award for the best project, after breaking a new record in the Atlantic on the Discovery Route of America.

The production company A Contracorriente Films received the Mariano Aguado Communication Award, and the Catalan sailor and sailor Alex Pella was recognized as the best ocean sailor. An honorary award was also given to Mary and Joe Woodward for their contribution to promoting nautical tourism in the Rías Baixas in northern Europe.

The winners of this new edition of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, which will be announced in the coming days, will receive a reproduction of the central signal mast of the Monte Real Club de Yates, which bears the name of its late president, Mr. Rafael Olmedo Limeses, who died last February.

The awards ceremony will be held next Saturday, September 5, at the club’s facilities in Baiona, coinciding with the second day of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, which this year celebrates its thirtieth edition.

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