Month: September 2016

· The 33-year-old blind athlete and member of the Spanish paratriathlon team is one of the most recognized athletes in this discipline

· On October 8, he will compete in the Vertiathlon to raise funds for the Monte Real Adapted Sailing School for people with disabilities.

· Sponsoring the event will be Susana Rodríguez Gacio, from Vigo, who has just fulfilled one of her dreams by competing in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

· This Tuesday a new registration period opens to complete the last 35 places and reach the maximum of 250 that the Fegatri allows

The Spanish triathlon runner-up, José Luis García Serrano, will participate on October 8 in the second edition of the Baiona Vertiathlon, a charity event that will raise funds for the Monte Real Club Adapted Sailing School for people with disabilities of yachts.

The 33-year-old athlete from Madrid, blind since he was 29, will be one of the 250 athletes who will participate in the competition, for which a new registration period opens tomorrow, Tuesday, to cover the last 35 places.

Known in the sports world as “Jota”, José Luis García won silver this year in the Spanish triathlon championship and the paratriathlon world series held in Australia, as well as a bronze in the world series in South Africa. Member of the Spanish paratriathlon team, he is currently one of the most recognized athletes in this discipline.

In Baiona, Jota will compete against other athletes without disabilities. Attached by a rope to his guide, he will try to complete, in the shortest time possible, the 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike ride and 5-kilometre run that are included in the program of the II Solidarity Vertiathlon. A circuit that will be carried out, in its entirety, in the town of Baiona, including the waters of the bay for the swimming test, several streets in the center for the bicycle section and the surroundings of the Parador Nacional for the walking test.

Sponsoring the event will be, one more year, the paratriathlete from Vigo Susana Rodríguez Gacio, who has just fulfilled one of her dreams by competing, this very weekend, in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, where she achieved an Olympic diploma by being in fifth position.

In the first edition of the Solidarity Vertiathlon, held in September 2015, 230 people participated, whose registrations raised 5,750 euros for the Adapted Sailing School of the Monte Real Yacht Club, whose main objective is to bring the world of sailing closer to people with some kind of disability.

This second edition is once again organized by the Baiona yacht club and the Baiona town hall, with the collaboration of the Galician Triathlon Federation and the sponsorship of Verti Seguros.

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The monarch emeritus also collected one of the Storax 6m class prizes from the Baiona club, in which he sailed aboard the Gallant and achieved second place overall

· Aceites Abril, Movistar, Bunda and Aeris won in the ORC classes, Deep Blue in Open, Pingüino Uno in Classics, Alibaba II in 6m

· In the HELLO! Ladies Cup was won by the crew skippered by Elena Saez of the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona and in J80 the Okofen of Javier de la Gándara del Monte Real

The Fifty by Storax led by Rui Ramada won the Fourth Atlantic Cruise Circuit trophy and the Count of Barcelona Don Juan de Borbón award

This afternoon in Baiona, King Juan Carlos presided over the awards ceremony for the Prince of Asturias Trophy, organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Naval Military School of Marín. The monarch emeritus also collected one of the prizes in the 6m Storax class, in which he sailed with Pedro Campos aboard the Gallant, achieving second place overall.

Ahead of the King in the 6m classification was Miguel Lago from Vigo who, aboard the Alibaba II of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, completed two fantastic regattas in this thirty-first edition of the Príncipe de Asturias. Erica de Violeta Álvarez, who ran for the Royal Yacht Squadron, closed the class winners’ podium.

In the competition for the big boats, the victory went to the Aceites Abril, owned by the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, from the Náutico de Vigo. They won the Optica Studio ORC 1 class leaving the second and third place on the podium to Fifty by Storax of the Portuguese Rui Ramada, from Monte Real; and the Arroutado by José Manuel Pérez, from Portosín.

In the Aceites Abril ORC 2 class, the Movistar, intractable in all the tests, once again prevailed in the Bayonne trophy. Skippered on this occasion by Willy Alonso, those from Sanxenxo beat Solventis led by Malalo Bermúdez, from Monte Real; and Fran Edreira’s Inosa, from Marina Sada, who came second and third respectively.

Jacobo Solorzano’s Bunda, from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña, was the clear winner in the Gadis ORC 3 class. Two boats from the organizing club completed the podium, Juan José Martínez’s Burla Negra and Luis Manuel García’s Unus.

The victory of the Coca Cola ORC 4 class went to the Aeris of the Royachts Club, with Mariano Dios at the controls. The Portuguese Frederico Lopes, achieved the second position aboard his Margem do Azul III; and Fernando Rey’s Albarellos got a creditable third place.

In the Bel and Bel ORC Open class, victory went to Vigo, led by Vicente Cid’s Deep Blue. The Pitoucho of the Liceo Marítimo de Bouzas, skippered by José Carlos Ruiz, won the silver and the bronze went to Villano’s people from Coruña, with Luis Bodelón at the helm.

Penguin One by Carlos Romero, from Canido; Belisa by José Manuel Cores, from Agabace; and the Navy’s Arosa, skippered by Oscar Ortega, were the winners in the Vanguard Classics class.

In this thirty-first edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, the J80 monotypes also went out on the water, which were able to compete in a total of seven tests in the three days that the competition lasted. The winner was Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, who ran wearing a pendant from Monte Real. Pablo Martínez’s Marina Coruña and Francisca Barros’s Miudo by Storax closed the winners’ podium.

In the HELLO! Ladies Cup, in which some of the best patron saints in Spain competed, won the ¡HOLA! led by Elena Saez, from the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona. The HELLO! Fashion Monthly by Marta Ramada and the Fashion ¡HOLA! of Amparo Mollá, also collected a trophy, as second and third classified.

At the awards gala held in Baiona, the Conde de Barcelona Don Juan de Borbón trophy was also awarded to the best ship with a Portuguese crew and the ciborium of the IV Atlantic Cruise Circuit. Both awards went to Fifty by Storax by Rui Ramada, from Monte Real.

The Baionese club also gave a special mention to the students of the Juan María de Nigrán Center for people with disabilities, some boys and girls who sail at the Monte Real Adapted Sailing School throughout the year, and who this weekend also participated in the competition. They received the distinction from the hands of King Juan Carlos, the star without a doubt of the thirty-first edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy.

Having concluded its most emblematic regatta, which it has organized uninterruptedly since 1986, the Monte Real Club de Yates is already setting its sights on its next competitions, which return in the autumn with the J80 league.

WINNERS OF THE 31ST PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY

WINNER OF THE FOURTH ATLANTIC CRUISE CIRCUIT

FIFTY BY STORAX – RUI RAMADA – MRCYB

OPTICAL CLASS STUDIO ORC 1

1. APRIL OILS – LUIS AND JORGE PÉREZ CANAL – RCN VIGO
2. FIFTY BY STORAX – RUI RAMADA – MRCYB
3. ARROUTADO – JOSÉ MANUEL PÉREZ – RCN PORTOSÍN

CLASS OILS APRIL ORC 2

1. MOVISTAR – WILLY ALONSO – RCN SANXENXO
2. SOLVENTIS – MALALO BERMÚDEZ – MRCYB
3. INOSA – FRAN EDREIRA – MARINA SADA

GADIS ORC 3 CLASS

1. BUNDA – JACOBO SOLORZANO – RCN CORUÑA
2. THE BLACK MOCK – JUAN JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ – MRCYB
3. UNUS – LUIS MANUEL GARCIA – MRCYB

COCA COLA ORC CLASS 4

1. AERIS – MARIANO DIOS – ROYACHTS CLUB
2. MARGEM DO AZUL – FREDERICO LOPES – MRCYB
3. ALBARELLOS – FERNANDO REY – PORTONOVO CN

BEL AND BEL OPEN CLASS

1. DEEP BLUE – VICENTE CID – RCN VIGO
2. PITOUCHO – JOSÉ CARLOS RUIZ – LM BOUZAS
3. VILLAIN – LUIS BODELON – RCN CORUÑA

STORAX CLASS 6M

1. ALIBABA II – MIGUEL LAGO – ROYAL THAMES YC
2. GALLANT – HM KING JUAN CARLOS – RCN SANXENXO
3. ERICA – VIOLETA ALVAREZ – ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON

CLASSIC VANGUARD CLASS

1. PENGUIN ONE – CARLOS ROMERO – CM CANIDO
2. BELISA – JOSÉ MANUEL CORES – AGABACE
3. AROSA – OSCAR ORTEGA – CR ARMADA

SOLVENTIS J80 CLASS

1. OKOFEN – JAVIER DE LA GANDARA – MRCYB
2. MARINA CORUÑA – PABLO MARTINEZ – RCN CORUÑA
3. MIUDO BY STORAX – FRANCISCA BARROS – WE DO SAILING

¡HELLO! LADIES CUP

1. HELLO! – ELENA SAEZ – RCN BARCELONA
2. HELLO! FASHION MONTHLY – MARTA RAMADA – WE DO SAILING
3. FASHION HELLO! – AMPARO MOLLÁ – FEMAVE

COUNT OF BARCELONA DON JUAN DE BORBÓN AWARD

FIFTY BY STORAX – RUI RAMADA – MRCYB

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His Majesty King Juan Carlos I is already in Baiona to participate as a sailor in the thirty-first edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Escuela Naval Militar de Marín, sponsored by Storax, Terras Gauda , HI THERE! and Galician Sport.

The monarch emeritus arrived at the Baiona yacht club after eleven o’clock in the morning accompanied by his friend and racing partner, the Galician Pedro Campos, with whom he will compete in the Storax 6m class. They will sail aboard the Gallant, owned by José Cusí, a 1947 sailboat with a track record that highlights a World Championship and a European Championship.

Upon his arrival at the Monte Real Yacht Club, Don Juan Carlos was received by the president of the Monte Real Yacht Club, José Luis Álvarez, the president of the naval regatta commission of the Military Naval School of Marín, Vicente Rubio; and the president of Bodegas Terras Gauda, José María Fonseca Moretón.

The King Emeritus will sail in the Prince of Asturias Trophy today and tomorrow, and will preside over the awards ceremony for the winners on Sunday at six in the afternoon at the Monte Real facilities.

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· The competition was attended this Saturday by the monarch emeritus aboard the Gallant who managed to get on the provisional podium of the Storax 6m class

· The Aceites Abril, the Movistar and the Bunda lead the classification of the big boats that the scarce wind only allowed them to compete in a single race

· In the Solventis J80 class, Pablo Martínez’s Marina Coruña took the lead and in the ¡HOLA! Ladies Cup tops the rankings on HELLO! by Elena Saez

The Prince of Asturias Trophy that is being held these days in Baiona under the organization of the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Naval Military School of Marín today featured a luxury sailor among the fleet, King Juan Carlos. The monarch emeritus sailed in the Storax 6m class and managed to get on the provisional podium after the two races held in the bay of Baiona.

On board the Gallant, and accompanied by Pedro Campos, the king achieved third place overall, behind the Royal Thames Yacht Club’s Alibaba II, skippered by Miguel Lago, who won both races held in what was the first day of regattas for the 6m. In second place was the Erica of the Royal Yacht Squadron, skippered by Violeta Álvarez.

The 6m competition took place inside the bay, with good conditions considering the forecast, which announced a day with very little wind. The big boats, of the Optica Studio ORC 1, Aceites Abril ORC 2, and Gadis ORC 3 classes, haggled outside, with somewhat more complicated sailing conditions. The start was delayed several hours compared to the scheduled time and the northwest wind, of low intensity, shifty and with some bald spots, only allowed the holding of one test.

In the baton disputed by the ORC 1, with three upwind and three stern, the Fifty by Storax of the Monte Real Club de Yates won, skippered by Rui Ramada, but the Aceites Abril of the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, continues to lead the general classification. The Marnatura Pairo, with Luis Bugallo leading the crew, entered the provisional podium today with a third position in the absence of tomorrow’s tests.

In ORC 2, Willy Alonso’s Movistar, from the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, remains at the forefront of the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy after another victory today. Yes, there were changes in second and third place, which were exchanged between Solventis, from Monte Real, skippered by Malalo Bermúdez, who came third on the first day and rose to second place overall; and Julio Rodríguez’s Starfighter, also from Monte Real, which holds the provisional bronze.

In the Gadis ORC 3 class, the Bunda, from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña, signed a new victory this afternoon in Baiona, which distances it even further from its competitors. Tied on points in second and third position are Luis Manuel García Trigo’s Unus and Jean Claude Sarrade’s Fend la Bise, both with a Monte Real pendant.

Mariano Dios’s Aeris won the Coca Cola ORC 4 class, leaving provisional silver and bronze to Margem do Azul, owned by Frederico Lópes, from Monte Real Club de Yates; and to the crew of the Alabarellos, from Portonovo, skippered by Fernando Rey.

The ORC 4 completed a 16-mile journey from the interior of the bay to the Cíes Islands, passing through Carallones, La Negra, Bondaña, Salgueirón and Subrido, ending at the islet of Viños. Identical layout for Bel and Bel Open class, in which Vicente Cid’s Deep Blue, from Náutico de Vigo, won. In second and third position are the Pitoucho by José Carlos Ruiz from the Liceo Marítimo de Bouzas and the villain by Luis Bodelón from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña.

Coastal regatta also for the classics on its first day of competition, which began with little wind at first but increased in intensity as the test progressed. The Penguin Uno of Carlos Romero, the Belisa of José Manuel Cores and the Arosa of Oscar Ortega were the boats that managed to sneak into the provisional podium.

In the Solventis J80 class, the wind was more favorable than in other race courses and allowed the fleet to contest four races inside the bay. Pablo Martínez’s Marina Coruña, winner of the previous edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy in this category, managed to take first place today. He leads the provisional classification ahead of Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, from the Monte Real Club de Yates, and Guillermo Blanco’s Meltemi, from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña.

In the HELLO! Ladies Cup the Catalans of ¡HOLA!, led by Elena Saez, ousted the Portuguese of Hello! Fashion Monthy from first place, leaving Marta Ramada and her crew with the provisional silver of the trophy. In third position are the women from Madrid led by Amparo Mollá, on board the Fashion ¡Hola!.

The Prince of Asturias Trophy ends tomorrow, Sunday, with the last tests of the competition in the morning and the awards ceremony for the winners in the afternoon. It will be held at the Monte Real Club de Yates facilities and will be presided over by King Juan Carlos.

PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY CLASSIFICATION AFTER THE SECOND DAY

OPTICAL CLASS STUDIO ORC 1

1. APRIL OILS – LUIS AND JORGE PÉREZ CANAL – RCN VIGO
2. FIFTY BY STORAX – RUI RAMADA – MRCYB
3. MARNATURA PAIRO – LUIS BUGALLO – RCN VIGO

CLASS OILS APRIL ORC 2

1. MOVISTAR – WILLY ALONSO – RCN SANXENXO
2. SOLVENTIS – MALALO BERMÚDEZ – MRCYB
3. STARFIGHTER – JULIO RODRÍGUEZ – MRCYB

GADIS ORC 3 CLASS

1. BUNDA – JACOBO SOLORZANO – RCN CORUÑA
2. UNUS – LUIS MANUEL GARCIA – MRCYB
3. FEND LA BISE – JEAN CLAUDE SARRADE

COCA COLA ORC CLASS 4

1. AERIS – MARIANO DIOS – ROYACHTS CLUB
2. MARGEM DO AZUL – FREDERICO LOPES – MRCYB
3. ALBARELLOS – FERNANDO REY – PORTONOVO CN

BEL AND BEL OPEN CLASS

1. DEEP BLUE – VICENTE CID – RCN VIGO
2. PITOUCHO – JOSÉ CARLOS RUIZ – LM BOUZAS
3. VILLAIN – LUIS BODELON – RCN CORUÑA

STORAX CLASS 6M

1. ALIBABA II – MIGUEL LAGO – ROYAL THAMES YC
2. ERICA – VIOLETA ALVAREZ – ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON
3. GALLANT – HM KING JUAN CARLOS – RCN SANXENXO

CLASSIC VANGUARD CLASS

1. PENGUIN ONE – CARLOS ROMERO – CM CANIDO
2. BELISA – JOSÉ MANUEL CORES – AGABACE
3. AROSA – OSCAR ORTEGA – CR ARMADA

SOLVENTIS J80 CLASS

1. MARINA CORUÑA – PABLO MARTINEZ – RCN CORUÑA
2. OKOFEN – JAVIER DE LA GANDARA – MRCYB
3. MELTEMI – GUILLERMO BLANCO – RCN CORUÑA

¡HELLO! LADIES CUP

1. HELLO! – ELENA SAEZ – RCN BARCELONA
2. HELLO! FASHION MONTHLY – MARTA RAMADA – WE DO SAILING
3. FASHION HELLO! – AMPARO MOLLÁ – FEMAVE

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· The Monte Real Yacht Club hosted this Saturday the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards 2015 – 2016 award ceremony

· The Olympians Támara Echegoyen and Berta Betanzos, the Paralympian Arturo Montes, the Canarian Rayco Tabares or ABANCA were some of the winners

· The winners took as a trophy a reproduction of the Monte Real signal mast that bears the name of its historic president Rafael Olmedo

Once again this year, the Monte Real Yacht Club of Bayonne hosted the award ceremony for the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, awards that recognize the work carried out by different people, companies and institutions in favor of the world of sailing.

The Olympians Támara Echegoyen and Berta Betanzos, world champions in the 49erFX class and Olympic diploma at the Rio 2016 Games, undoubtedly received the great ovation of the night. The Ourense and the Cantabrian received the award for the best female regatta team from the president of Bodegas Terras Gauda, José María Fonseca Moretón, and the president of the Monte Real Yacht Club, José Luis Álvarez, and received applause from the most than half a thousand attendees at the gala. They also brought their coach, Pepe Lis from Buenos Aires, to the stage, to whom they dedicated their award for being, they said, a fundamental part of the successes achieved.

Another of the Olympians awarded tonight in Baiona was Sevillian Arturo Montes, who was given the award for the best Paralympic athlete of the year. The sailor was unable to attend the gala because he was training in Rio, where he will compete in a few days in the 2.4mR class, and the president of the naval regatta commission of the Naval Military School of Marin, Vicente Rubio, presented him of the award to the delegate of the 2.4mR class, Luis de Mira, who collected it and thanked on behalf of Montes.

The Catalan shipowner, Rafael Carbonell, also passed the stage of the gala, receiving from the Mayor of Baiona, Ángel Rodal, and on behalf of his entire crew, the prize for the best boat, the Rats on Fire, winner of seven Trophies Conde de Godó and four King’s Cups, in addition to several Spanish and World Championships.

The vice president of the Xunta de Galicia, Alfonso Rueda, was in charge of awarding the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award to the best skipper, which went to Rayco Tabares. The Lanzarote native, barely 32 years old, wrote his name in the history of sailing in Spain in 2016, having won his third world championship in the J80 class.

ABANCA and MARCA were the two distinguished companies of the night. The Galician bank received the award for the best sponsor of the year for its commitment to grassroots sailing, through the support it provides to numerous sailing schools, clubs and organizations related to nautical activity. The director of ABANCA’s commercial network, Gabriel González, collected the award from the General Secretary for Sports of the Xunta de Galicia, José Ramón Lete.

The sports communication group MARCA, the undisputed leader of the sports press in Spain, won the Mariano Aguado Communication Award, which was collected by the deputy director of the newspaper, Gerardo Riquelme. This year’s Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards wanted to recognize the work of the Editorial Unit header to bring the competitions and all the latest sailing news to its more than two million three hundred thousand readers.

All the winners received as a trophy a reproduction of the signal mast of the Monte Real Yacht Club, which bears the name of the person who was president of the entity for more than forty years, Mr. Rafael Olmedo Limeses, who died in 2015 at the age of 99. age.

At the end of the National Sailing Awards ceremony, once again sponsored by Bodegas Terras Gauda, and after a seafood dinner at Monte Real, attendees were able to enjoy a party with fireworks.

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· The Arroutado de Portosín, the Movistar de Sanxenxo and the Bunda de A Coruña won the coastal regatta contested by the largest boats in the fleet

· The Pazo de Cea del Monte Real won the J80 one-design competition and We Do Sailing’s HELLO FASHION MONTHLY in the ¡HOLA! Ladies Cup

· The Prince of Asturias Trophy continues tomorrow with the presence of the King Juan Carlos I fleet that will sail with Pedro Campos in the Storax 6m class aboard the Gallant

Great opening day of the thirty-first edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, which is being held these days in Baiona, organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Naval Military School of Marín. Despite the weather forecasts, which announced a difficult day due to lack of wind, all the classes called for this first stage were able to compete in their tests and begin to outline the provisional podiums of the trophy.

On time according to schedule, the ORCs coastal regatta began, which took place with a west-southwesterly wind of about 6 knots on average. In the Optica Studio ORC 1 class, the winner on this first day was the Arroutado from the Real Club Náutico de Portosín, with the 49er Rio 2016 Olympian Iago López Marra among the crew. The sailboat skippered by José Manuel Pérez took just over an hour to complete the six and a half miles of coastal route, which the regatta committee was forced to shorten due to a calm wind recorded at the end of the race. In second place was the Aceites Abril de Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo; and in third, the Xekmatt of the Cascalense José Carlos Prista, of the Lisbon Naval Association.

In the Aceites Abril ORC 2 class, victory after today’s first race went to the Movistar of the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, with Willy Alonso leading the crew in the absence of Pedro Campos, who will sail tomorrow with His Majesty King Juan Carlos in the Storax 6m class. In second and third position of the ORC 2, two boats from the Monte Real Club de Yates, the Starfighter of Julio Rodríguez and the Solventis skippered by Malalo Bermúdez.

In the Gadis ORC 3 class, the Real Club Náutico de Coruña placed its flag in the highest position. Jacobo Solorzano’s Bunda won the stage after completing the 6.56-mile route in two hours. Behind the people from Coruña, after the opening day, are Luis Suarez’s Maracaná I, from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo; and the Fend la Bise by Jean Claude Sarrade, from the Monte Real Club de Yates.

The Solventis J80 class monodesigns sailed this afternoon in the interior of the Bay of Baiona, in real-time competition. They left punctually according to the scheduled time and took part in two races with a constant west-northwesterly wind of about 7 knots on average. On the provisional podium, three boats from the Monte Real Club de Yates, the Pazo de Cea by María Campos, the Okofen by Javier de la Gándara and the Alumisel by Willy Caamaño.

In the same regatta field, with identical wind and sea conditions, the HELLO! Ladies Cup, which started just five minutes apart from the J80. After two races, the victory went to the Portuguese Marta Ramada, from the We Do Sailing club, aboard the HELLO FASHION MONTHLY. The HELLO! of the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona, skippered by Elena Saez, managed to place itself in second position and left third place for HELLO! by Conchi de Pedro, who competes for the Real Club de Regatas de Alicante.

After all the tests this Friday, the Prince of Asturias Trophy continues tomorrow Saturday with the second day and the entire fleet is already in the water. 80 boats and more than half a thousand sailors in competition will guarantee, if the wind allows it, the spectacle in the Vigo estuary.

Among them, King Juan Carlos I, who will sail in the Storax 6m class aboard the Gallant, one of the 5 sailboats built between 1929 and 1946 that participate in this thirty-first edition of the trophy.

Also making their debut tomorrow, together with the Storax 6m class, are the Coca Cola ORC 4 class boats, Bel and Bel Open and Vanguard Clásicos, in tests that will take place starting at noon in the bay of Baiona and the anchorage of the Islas Cies.

At night, the appointment is with the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, in a gala that will be held from eight in the afternoon at the Monte Real Yacht Club. At the end of it, the Baionese club has prepared a party for all the participants, which will include a fireworks display starting at eleven o’clock.

The Prince of Asturias Trophy will end on Sunday with the last day of tests and the awards ceremony for the winners, in a ceremony that will be presided over by King Emeritus Juan Carlos I.

PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY CLASSIFICATION AFTER THE FIRST DAY

OPTICAL CLASS STUDIO ORC 1

1. ARROUTADO – JOSÉ MANUEL PÉREZ – RCN PORTOSÍN
2. APRIL OILS – LUIS AND JORGE PÉREZ CANAL – RCN VIGO
3. XEKMATT – JOSÉ CARLOS PRISTA – AN LISBOA

CLASS OILS APRIL ORC 2

1. MOVISTAR – WILLY ALONSO – RCN SANXENXO
2. STARFIGHTER – JULIO RODRÍGUEZ – MRCYB
3. SOLVENTIS – MALALO BERMÚDEZ – MRCYB

GADIS ORC 3 CLASS

1. BUNDA – JACOBO SOLORZANO – RCN CORUÑA
2. MARACANA I – LUIS SUÁREZ – RCN VIGO
3. FEND LA BISE – JEAN CLAUDE SARRADE – MRCYB

SOLVENTIS J80 CLASS

1. CEA MANOR – MARÍA CAMPOS – MRCYB
2. OKOFEN – JAVIER DE LA GANDARA – MRCYB
3. ALUMISEL – GUILLERMO CAAMAÑO – MRCYB

¡HELLO! LADIES CUP

1. HELLO! FASHION MONTHLY – MARTA RAMADA – WE DO SAILING
2. HELLO! – ELENA SAEZ – RCN BARCELONA
3. HELLO! – CONCHI DE PEDRO – RCR ALICANTE

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· The thirty-first edition of the competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Escuela Naval Militar de Marín begins tomorrow, Friday afternoon

· His Majesty King Juan Carlos I will haggle over the weekend and will preside over the awards ceremony that will be held on Sunday at the Baionese club

Light wind weather forecasts will force the fleet of 80 boats in the competition to bring out their best tactics

Everything is ready in Baiona for the celebration of a new edition of the historic trophy of the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Escuela Naval Militar de Marín. Organized without interruption since 1986, the Prince of Asturias Trophy celebrates thirty-one years in 2016 with a luxury guest on the water, His Majesty King Juan Carlos I, who will compete aboard the Gallant in the Storax 6m class.

The emeritus monarch’s boat will be one of the 80 sailboats that will take to the water this weekend to compete for victory in one of the most emblematic regattas in Galicia, which will be held once again in the Rías Baixas.

Along with him, some of the regulars in the Príncipe de Asturias such as Rui Ramada’s Fifty, who will try to achieve his fourth consecutive victory in the trophy in the Optica Studio ORC 1 class . The Portuguese crew will face a tough competitor, the also Portuguese Xekmatt of José Carlos Prista, recent winner of the Baiona Angra Atlantic Race.

Another of the classics at the Baiona nautical event, Pedro Campos’ Movistar, will compete in the Aceites Abril ORC 2 class skippered by Willy Alonso. Along with him will enter the competition, among others, the Bosch Service Solutions, with a crew of students from the Canido Maritime Club.

In this thirty-first edition of the Príncipe de Asturias, the three-time J80 world champion Rayco Tabares will also race in the Solventis J80 class , deserving in 2016 of one of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards for the best skipper of the year.

The classics in the Vanguard class , the Open in the Bel and Bel class , the ORC 3 in the Gadis class , the ORC 4 in the Coca Col a class and the figaros with female crews in the HELLO! Ladies Cup They will be other categories that we will be able to see in the three days that a competition that is announced to be complicated for the fleet will last. The weather forecasts indicate that there will be little wind, which will force the crews to bring out their best tactics.

The first tests will be tomorrow Friday from five to four in the afternoon. At that time there will be a first start for the largest boats, which must complete a coastal regatta; and a later start, half an hour later, for the J80s and figaros monotypes, with a program of windward/leeward routes.

The intention of the regatta committee, if the wind allows it, is to give all the starts inside the bay, so that the public that is located in the vicinity can enjoy the spectacle of the sailboats.

After the day on Friday, the competition will continue on Saturday with the entire fleet already in the water, after joining the Open, the Classics and the 6m, among which King Juan Carlos I will compete. That same day, at night, will hold the awards gala Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards , awards that distinguish those people and institutions that, throughout the year, worked to promote and promote the world of sailing from different fields.

On this occasion the winners are the Olympic athletes Támara Echegoyen and Berta Betanzos , as the best women’s regatta team; the also olympic Arturo Montes , as the best Paralympic athlete of the year; the Rats on Fire , as Ship of the Year and the Canary Rayco Tabares as best skipper. ABANCA will receive the sponsor of the year award and MARCA the Mariano Aguado communication award.