Month: February 2016

· The boat skippered by Miguel Lago is once again placed first in the Monte Real league after winning the day held this Sunday in Baiona

Rui Ramada’s Miudo who was leading the championship falls to second place and leaves Willy Caamaño’s Alumisel with provisional bronze

· The one-design competition will end in mid-March with the last two days of testing and the awarding of prizes to the winners

Baiona, February 28, 2016.- An exciting day of sailing this Sunday in the bay of Baiona with a new stage of the J80 Class Winter League organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates. The regatta committee started three tests that were held with a wind of about 10 knots on average, very shifty at the beginning but settled towards the end and rising in intensity to 12 knots.

Miguel Lago’s Virazón once again demonstrated its power in the water, recovering the leadership it reached on the first day but which Miudo snatched from it on the second. In the three regattas held today, those from Lago achieved two first places and one second and, also benefiting from a discard, they distance themselves, with their 9 points, four from the Portuguese boat, skippered by Rui Ramada, who has 13.

The provisional bronze of the championship is maintained, with 18 points, by Willy Caamaño’s Alumisel, who this Sunday had a tough battle with Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes, fourth overall with 19 points.

Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva, despite being the first to cross the finish line in one of the regattas held today, was unable to overcome the fifth position that it already had from the previous day.

Completing the classification, in this order, are the Pazo de Cea, the Namasté and the Náutico Cormorán, the latter two not having participated in the third stage.

The J80 Class Winter League of the Monte Real Club de Yates will resume in mid-March with two new days of regattas and the awarding of prizes to the winners.

· After the suspension due to bad weather of the last three days of testing, the competition resumes this Sunday in the bay of Baiona

At the top of the classification is the Miudo skippered by Francisca Barros followed by the Virazón de Miguel Lago and the Alumisel with Willy Caamaño at the cane

·The competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates will end in mid-March with the last tests and the award ceremony

Baiona, February 27, 2016.- This Sunday the J80 Class Winter League of the Monte Real Club de Yates returns to the bay of Baiona, which resumes its tests this last weekend of February after the suspension of the last three days due to bad weather.

Starting at 11 in the morning, the regatta committee will try to start the three tests set in the competition program. If the weather forecasts are met, it will do so with a wind of about 15 knots on average and peaks of up to 22.

On the last day of testing, held on January 30, Miudo de Rui Ramada, skippered by his daughter Francisca Barros, managed to take the leadership of the competition from Virazón de Miguel Lago, with Gerardo Alonso at the helm. In third position was Willy Caamaño’s Alumisel.

Completing the classification are Ferralemes by Enrique Porto, Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero, Namasté by Luis de Mira, Pazo de Cea by Rita Hernández and Escuela Náutico Cormorán.

After this Sunday, the J80 Winter League of the Monte Real Club de Yates will hold its last tests in mid-March, on the 12th and 13th. The finishing touch will be, as always, the delivery of prizes to the winners.

· The sailors of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo won the regional title after winning the Baitra Trophy held in Baiona

Carlota Hernández and Ana Carrasco, also from Vigo, won in the women’s category and Víctor Fernández and Aidan Berry from A Coruña in Sub 17

· The 420 Galician Championship was organized this year by the Monte Real Yacht Club with the sponsorship of Baitra Accesorios Navales

Baiona, February 21, 2016.- The sailors Marcos Cordeiro and Simón Porzio, both 17 years old, won the title of Galician 420 champions this afternoon, by winning the Baitra Trophy organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club with the collaboration of the Galician Sailing Federation, Magic Marine and Naval Effects Jesús Betanzos.

The crew of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo won the championship by winning the five regattas held throughout the weekend in the bay of Baiona. After the first three races on Saturday, the regatta committee launched another two more races this Sunday, which the fleet completed with an average wind speed of about six knots.

Cordeiro and Porzio completed the routes with very good results. They achieved a first and a second place that assured them the victory in the Under 19 category and in the general of the trophy.

In second position were her teammates, Carlota Hernández and Ana Carrasco, who after winning on the first day, were not the ones to maintain the lead on the second and were left without the championship gold. Just one point behind the leaders, Hernández and Carrasco achieved, in addition to silver in the general classification, the best position in the women’s category.

The bronze of the Galician championship also went to Náutico de Vigo, who made it to the podium by placing another of their crews on the third step, formed by Alejandro San Martín and Luis Sampedro.

In the under 17 category, the winners were Víctor Fernández and Aidan Berry, from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña.

After deciding the final classification of the championship in the water, the facilities of the Monte Real Club de Yates hosted the celebration of the awards ceremony, in which the General Director of Baitra Accesorios Navales Juan Carlos González participated, as sponsor of the event. Also present were the mayor of Baiona, Ángel Rodal, and the president, commodore and vice commodore of the Monte Real Yacht Club, José Luis Álvarez, Fernándo Yáñez and Genoveva Pereiro.

The next appointment with the regattas of the Monte Real Club de Yates is on February 27 with the fourth day of the J80 Class Winter League, a competition in which Rui Ramada’s Miudo is leading, followed by Miguel Lago’s Virazón and Alumisel by Willy Caamaño.

BAITRA TROPHY CLASSIFICATION GALICIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 420

General ranking

1º) Marcos Cordeiro and Simón Porzio – RCN Vigo

2nd) Carlota Hernández and Ana Carrasco – RCN Vigo

3rd) Alejandro Sanmartín and Luis Sampedro – RCN Vigo

Best female crew

Carlota Hernández and Ana Carrasco – RCN Vigo

Best Under-19 Crew

Marcos Cordeiro and Simon Porzio – RCN Vigo

Best under-17 crew

Víctor Fernández and Aidan Berry – RCN A Coruña

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>> IMAGE GALLERY

· The athletes from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo arrived in Baiona as favorites and won two of the three regattas held this afternoon in the bay

Marcos Cordeiro and Simón Porzio complete the provisional podium in second position, and Alejandro San Martín and Luis Sampedro in third

· The regional competition, organized this year by the Monte Real Club de Yates with the sponsorship of Baitra Accesorios Navales, ends tomorrow, Sunday

Baiona, February 20, 2016.- The sailors of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, Carlota Hernández and Ana Carrasco, lead the Baitra Trophy – 420 Galician Championship after prevailing over the rest of the fleet on the first day of the competition organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club with the sponsorship of Baitra Naval Accessories and the collaboration of the Galician Federation of Sailing and Naval Effects Jesús Betanzos.

The athletes, both 16 years old, arrived in Baiona as favorites and won the first stage after achieving very good results: two first places in the three races held. Some tests that began much later than expected due to the wind, which did not blow with intensity until after half past three in the afternoon.

Around that time, the regatta committee began a competition that developed quickly, driven by an average wind of about twelve knots and a flat sea on a sunny but cold day.

Among the fleet of 420 from different parts of Galicia, the Real Club Náutico de Vigo stood out above the rest, which in addition to placing two of its sailors in the position of honour, managed to include two other crews, the Marcos Cordeiro and Simón Porzio, and that of Alejandro San Martín and Luis Sampedro, on the provisional podium, in second and third position.

The Baitra Trophy – 420 Galician Championship continues tomorrow, Sunday, with the second and last day of tests, starting at half past eleven in the morning in the Bay of Baiona. The awards ceremony will be held at six in the afternoon at the facilities of the Monte Real Club de Yates. It will be present, among other authorities, the general director of Baitra Accesorios Navales, Juan Carlos González, main sponsor of the event.

>> GENERAL RANKING

>> IMAGE GALLERY

· The 420 Galician Championship tests will be held in the bay of Baiona, which had to be suspended last weekend due to bad weather

Some 50 sailors between the ages of 14 and 18 from A Coruña, Oza, Portosín, Vilagarcía, Vigo and Baiona will fight to win the highest regional title in the class

· The competition is organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club with the sponsorship of Baitra Accesorios Navales and the collaboration of the Galician Federation of Sailing and Naval Effects Jesús Betanzos

Baiona, February 19, 2016.- The fishing village of Baiona will crown this weekend the Galician champion of the 420 sailing class from among the nearly fifty young sailors who will participate in the regional championship organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates with the sponsorship of Baitra Accesorios Navales and the collaboration of the Galician Sailing Federation.

The initial tests, which had to be suspended last weekend due to bad weather, will be held tomorrow, Saturday, at half past twelve in the Bay of Baiona. The regatta committee will try to start four regattas that will be completed on Sunday with another three more to choose, with a maximum of 7 tests, the winners of the championship.

Among the favorite clubs to win the title is the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, which placed several of its crews in the positions of honor in the previous qualifying regattas. In addition, sailors from the yacht clubs of A Coruña, Oza, Portosín, Vilagarcía and Baiona participate in the competition.

The Baitra Trophy – 420 Galician Championship will be held over two days, on Saturday and Sunday, and will end with the award ceremony at the Monte Real Yacht Club.

>> SATURDAY 20 – BEGINNING OF TESTS 12:30

>> SUNDAY 21 – START OF TESTS 11:30

>> SUNDAY 21 – AWARDS DELIVERY 18:00

· The regatta organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Angra Iate Clube will unite two destinations that have the prestigious Quality Coast international distinction

· The fishing village of Baiona and the Azores archipelago have held this certification for years, which rewards the sustainability of tourist destinations

· Participants in the Baiona Angra Atlantic Race will be able to get to know and enjoy leisure activities in the most outstanding places of both destinations

Baiona, February 16, 2016.- The Baiona Angra Atlantic Race ocean regatta, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Angra Iate Clube, will unite two destinations that have the prestigious Quality Coast international distinction. It is a recognition that distinguishes the environmental quality of destinations throughout Europe for sustainable tourism. Since 2007, the year of its creation, the program managed by the Coastal & Marine Union – EUCC, based in the Netherlands, has already awarded 140 tourist destinations from 23 different countries.

In the case of Baiona, the Galician fishing village has held this distinction, in its “Gold” category, since 2013, when it was selected from more than 1,000 candidates. It was fourth in the list of the 100 best coastal destinations worldwide, and second nationally, behind only Fuerteventura.

When evaluating the different destinations, Quality Coast does so based on five criteria: nature, environment, identity and culture, tourism and business; and hospitality and security. If the candidate sites obtain a result of “excellence” in any of these categories, they are awarded the “Bronze” distinction. If they achieve it in at least two of them, they are distinguished with the “Silver” Quality Coast, and if they have three or four sections with excellent results, they get the “Gold” distinction. There is also a “Platinum” category, which is awarded only to those destinations that obtain an excellent rating in all the criteria analyzed.

It is precisely this “Platinum” distinction that the Azores Islands hold, which in 2015 became the first Quality Coast Platinum destination in the world. The Portuguese archipelago thus achieved something that no other place had achieved since the creation of the program for these awards for sustainable tourism.

Baiona and Azores, two destinations united by the same distinction, will strengthen their ties even more in 2016 thanks to the Baiona Angra Atlantic Race, an ocean regatta that will start on July 3 from the Galician fishing village heading to Angra do Heroismo, a town of about 35,000 inhabitants located on the Terceira Island of the Portuguese archipelago.

The competition, for which the registration period is now open , will allow participating sailors to see first-hand the reasons why both places received this recognition. They will do so thanks to a program of social events and tourist visits organized on the occasion of the regatta.

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FROM QUALITY COAST TO QUALITY COAST COMING TO BAIONA ANGRA ATLANTIC RACE

· A regatta organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Angra Iate Clube will unite two destinations that have received the prestigious Quality Coast international distinction

· The coastal city of Baiona and the Açores archipelago have held for some years this certification that rewards two tourist destinations for sustainability

· The participants of the Baiona Angra Atlantic Race will be able to meet and enjoy laser activities in the most outstanding places of both destinations

Baiona, February 16, 2016 – The Baiona Angra Atlantic Race , organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Angra Yacht Club, will unite two destinations that hold the prestigious Quality Coast international distinction. It is a recognition that distinguishes the environmental quality of destinations throughout Europe for sustainable tourism. Since 2007, the year of its creation, the program directed by the Coastal & Marine Union – EUCC, based in the Netherlands, has awarded 140 tourist destinations in 23 different countries.

In the case of Baiona, the Galician coastal city has held this distinction, in its “Ouro” category, since 2013, when it was selected from more than 1,000 candidates. It is in fourth place, in our list of the 100 best coastal destinations worldwide, and in second place nationally, ranking just behind Forteventura.

At the time of evaluating these different destinations, Quality Coast does so based on five criteria: nature, environment, identity and culture, tourism and business, and hospitality and safety. If the candidate places obtain a result of “excellence” in all of these categories, they are attributed to the “Bronze” distinction. If this result is achieved for hair less than two of them, they are distinguished with the Quality Coast “Prata”, and three or four categories are obtained with excellent results, obtaining the “Ouro” distinction. There is also a “Platinum” category, which is attributed only to destinations that obtain a rating of excellent in all the criteria analyzed.

And it is precisely this “Platina” distinction that the islands of the Azores hold, once in 2014/2015 they were not the first Quality Coast Platinum destination in the world. The archipelago of the Açores also achieved something that no other place had achieved before since the creation of the award program for these awards for sustainable tourism.

Baiona and Açores, two destinations united by the same distinction, will continue to do more of their links in 2016 thanks to Baiona Angra Atlantic Race, an ocean regatta that will start on July 3 from the Galician coastal city to Angra do Heroísmo, a city with about 35,000 inhabitants located on the Terceira Island in the Açores archipelago.

The competition, in addition to being open or the registration deadline , will allow the participating sailors to know firsthand the reasons why both places obtain this award. It is thanks to a program of reception, accompaniment and accompaniment in various events and tourist visits organized during the regatta.

· The Baitra Trophy – 420 Galician Championship and the J80 Class Vitaldent Trophy were going to be held this Saturday

· The competition for the regional title of 420 will play its first day next Saturday the 20th starting at 12:30 in the morning

· The J80 Class Vitaldent Trophy fleet will resume the tests on Saturday, February 27, starting at 3:00 p.m.

Baiona, February 13, 2016.- The weather conditions recorded this morning in the bay of Baiona forced the Monte Real Club de Yates to suspend the two competitions scheduled for this Saturday in the bay.

One hour before the start of the Baitra Trophy – 420 Galician Championship tests, and after measuring a stable wind of 25 knots with gusts of more than 30, and waves exceeding 3 meters, the regatta committee decided to suspend the day and summon the fleet of 420 for next weekend.

Hours before, those responsible for the organization decided to also suspend the Vitaldent Class J80 Trophy, which this Saturday was going to celebrate its third day in the bay of Baiona.

Thus, the regional title of 420 will be decided only in two stages and not in three as initially planned. The conference will be held next Saturday and Sunday in Baiona, and will end with the awards ceremony at the Monte Real Club de Yates.

A week later the J80 competition will resume. The Vitaldent Trophy will cross its equator on Saturday the 27th, with three new regattas starting at three in the afternoon.

BAITRA TROPHY GALICIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 420

>> SATURDAY 20 – Regattas from 12:30
>> SUNDAY 21 – Regattas from 11:30
>> SUNDAY 21 – Awards ceremony at 18:00

VITALDENT CLASS J80 TROPHY

>> SATURDAY 27 – Regattas from 3:00 p.m.

· Starting at half past two in the afternoon, the first three tests of the 420 Galician Championship will be held, in which some 50 young sailors from all over Galicia will fight for the highest regional title in this international class

· Also organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates, this Saturday the Vitaldent Trophy is held for the J80 class, which reaches its third day with the Miudo as the leader, followed by the Virazón and the Alumisel in second and third position

Baiona Bay will be the scene this Saturday of two important nautical competitions organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club with the sponsorship of Vitaldent and Baitra, and the collaboration of the Galician Sailing Federation and Jesús Betanzos Naval Accessories.

The first tests to be held, starting at half past two, will be the Baitra Trophy – 420 Galician Championship, in which some fifty sailors between the ages of 14 and 18 will participate, coming from different parts of Galicia.

On the water, crews from clubs such as those from Oza, A Coruña, Portosín, Vigo, Rodeira, Aguete or Baiona, among others, will fight to win the highest regional title in the category. A title that the Real Club Náutico de Aguete has held since last year, after achieving victory in the previous edition at the hands of Pablo García and Andrés Álvarez.

Shortly after the start of the first of the youth championship regattas, the Vitaldent Trophy of the J80 class will begin, which this Saturday reaches its halfway point. After an exciting second day, in which Miudo snatched the lead from Virazón, the J80 fleet will compete this Saturday in the third of the six scheduled stages.

Both competitions will take place in regatta fields located in the bay of Baiona, with complicated weather conditions due to wind and rain.

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NOTE: DUE TO THE BAD WEATHER FORECAST FOR SUNDAY 14TH, THE RACE COMMITTEE AND THE ORGANIZING CLUB HAVE DECIDED TO MOVE THE 420 GALICIAN CHAMPIONSHIP RACES SCHEDULED FOR THAT DAY TO SUNDAY 21ST OF FEBRUARY. CONSEQUENTLY, THE PRIZE DELIVERY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY THE 20TH, IS ALSO MOVED TO SUNDAY. THE RACE PROGRAM IS LIKE THIS:

>> SATURDAY 13 – Regattas from 2:30 p.m.
>> SATURDAY 20 – Regattas from 12:30
>> SUNDAY 21 – Regattas from 11:30
>> Awards ceremony – SUNDAY 21 at 18:00

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· This weekend the first two days of the regional competition will be held, in which nearly 50 boys between the ages of 14 and 18 will participate

· The championship is organized this year by the Monte Real Yacht Club with the sponsorship of Baitra and the collaboration of the Galician Sailing Federation and Jesús Betanzos Naval Accessories

· The 420 international class is a type of boat used by many sailors as an intermediate phase to make the leap from children’s sailing to the Olympic classes

Young sailors from all over Galicia will compete from Saturday in Baiona for the Galician Championship of the 420 class, organized this year by the Monte Real Club de Yates with the sponsorship of Baitra Accesorios Navales and the collaboration of the Galician Sailing Federation and Jesús Betanzos Naval Accessories.

The competition will take place over three days, on February 13, 14 and 20, in which a maximum of 9 regattas will be held, consisting of various routes between buoys placed in a trapezoid-shaped field in the bay of Baiona.

The first of the starts will take place next Saturday, around half past two in the afternoon, after a preparatory meeting of coaches and committees. If everything goes according to plan and the weather conditions allow it, three regattas of about 40 – 45 minutes each will be held.

Something earlier will be the second day of the trophy, on Sunday the 14th, which will begin at half past eleven in the morning, with an identical program to that of the first day. Three regattas with trapeze courses in which the young sailors of 420 will have to demonstrate their good work on the water.

The Baitra Trophy will be decided a week later, on Saturday the 20th, with the celebration of the last day starting at one in the afternoon and the subsequent awards ceremony, around six in the afternoon, at the Monte Royal Yacht Club.

The main nautical clubs of Galicia will be present in the Galician Championship of the 420 class. Oza, A Coruña, Portosín, Vigo, Rodeira, Aguete… will take their crews to Baiona to try to win the regional title of the category.

About six sailors will participate on behalf of the Monte Real Club de Yates, in charge of the organization this year. They are members of the club’s regatta team, from which they have been organizing specific training sessions for the 420 class for years, and which in 2016 also has several clinics scheduled with outstanding athletes. Monte Real thus maintains its firm commitment to promoting children’s sailing in Galicia, with its own activities and initiatives such as the Galician 420 Championship.

The nearly 50 sailors who will gather this weekend in Baiona are boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 18 who sail in crews of two aboard a 420, a type of sailing boat with a trapeze and spinnaker, which must its name to the measurements of its length.

A boat with a studied design that ensures good glides and high performance with a downwind, something that makes it perfect as an intermediate stage for sailors who want to make the jump from children’s sailing to Olympic classes.

In the 2015 edition of the 420 Galician Championship, the crew of the Real Club de Mar de Aguete, made up of Pablo García from Pontevedra and Andrés Álvarez from Buenos Aires, won. Both sailors, aged 15 and 18, also won the 420 Galicia Cup last year. Silver and bronze went, respectively, to the crews formed by Adrián and Marta Domínguez, from the Liceo Casino de Vilagarcía; and Patricia Suárez and Pilar Amaro, from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo.

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NOTE: DUE TO THE BAD WEATHER FORECAST FOR SUNDAY 14TH, THE RACE COMMITTEE AND THE ORGANIZING CLUB HAVE DECIDED TO MOVE THE RACES SCHEDULED FOR THAT DAY TO SUNDAY 21ST OF FEBRUARY. CONSEQUENTLY, THE PRIZE DELIVERY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY THE 20TH, IS ALSO MOVED TO SUNDAY

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>> NOTICE OF RACE

Are you a sailor and you would like to participate in the Baiona Angra Atlantic Race but you don’t have a boat? Are you an owner and do you need a crew to register for the competition?

From the Monte Real Club de Yates we want to make it easier for you to participate in the regatta by launching a pool of crew members through which shipowners and sailors can cover their different needs for the Baiona Angra Atlantic Race .

To be part of it, you simply have to cover the form that corresponds to you and send it to secretaría@mrcyb.com .

• If you are an owner and you are looking for a crew , cover and send us THIS FORM
• If you are a sailor and you are looking for a boat to participate in the competition, complete and send us THIS FORM

The registration period for the Baiona Angra Atlantic Race is now open and those crews who register before March 30 will receive a significant discount.

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