PHOTOS AND VIDEO: Galician Optimist Championship (2020)
Pablo Rodríguez and Mencía Casas, new Galician champions of Optimist
· The 14 and 15-year-old sailors from the Real Club Náutico de Rodeira and the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo were the best male and female athletes in the Galician Optimist Championship – Baitra Trophy that was held in Baiona
· The competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates by delegation of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation was marked by the wind that only allowed them to compete in two of the three scheduled regattas.
· In the SUB-13 category, the winners were Nora Nieto and Javier García from A Coruña; and Fernando Guillán and Sol Martínez won the prize for the best sailors in the blue group
Pablo Rodríguez (Real Club Náutico de Rodeira) and Mencía Casas (Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo) were the best male and female athletes in the Galician Optimist Championship – Baitra Trophy, which was played over the last three days in Baiona. After obtaining the best results in the competition, Rodríguez and Casas, aged 14 and 15 respectively, became the new Galician champions of the class, replacing Bruno Ameneiro, from the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo; and Stella Maris Enríquez, from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, who had held the title since the 2019 championship.
Organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates by delegation of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation and the sponsorship of Baitra Accesorios Navales, the meeting was marked by the wind, which only allowed them to compete in two of the three days of regattas scheduled in the program. After leaving the first stage blank, it was the second, yesterday Sunday, and the last one today Monday, which closed the results with which the final classification was configured.
It was, without a doubt, a complicated championship on the water, both for the regatta committee chaired by Jano Martín, who had to face the designs of the wind; as for the sailors, who suffered long waits to be able to dispute the sleeves.
In the male U-16 category, the winner was Pablo Rodríguez, from Rodeira; and Pablo Astiazarán (Real Club Náutico de Vigo) and Miguel Rodríguez (Club Marítimo de Canido) took silver and bronze. In the women’s section, victory went to Mencía Casas, from Sanxenxo; unseating Lian Jane, from Canido; and the herculean Pepa Bermúdez de Castro; who had to settle for second and third position.
In the U-13 category, those who managed to be at the head of the classification and get on the final podium were, among the boys, Javier García, Andrés Gago and Fernando González from A Coruña; and in the girls’ classification, Coruña’s Nora Nieto, Lara Peleteiro, from Sanxenxo; and Aitana Pérez (Monte Real Yacht Club).
In addition, the best male and female sailors in the blue category received awards, awards that went to Fernando Guillán and Sol Martínez, athletes both from the city of glass.
The award ceremony was held at the Monte Real Yacht Club facilities, and the club’s president and commodore, José Luis Álvarez and Ignacio Sánchez-Otaegui, participated; Juan Carlos González and Beni Fernández, from Baitra; the councilor for sports of Baiona, Miriam Costas, the provincial deputy Raquel Giraldez and the president of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation, Manuel Villaverde.
After finishing the competition, from Monte Real, as the organizing club, they wanted to thank both the council and the people of Baiona for having devoted themselves to the regional championship, which filled A Barbeira beach and its surroundings with more than 120 optimist participants.
With the closing of the children’s sailing competition, which served to commemorate the 50 years of history of the Optimist class in Galicia, the Monte Real Club de Yates is already focusing on the work for the cruise regattas that will arrive in the months of April and May , with the Comunica Trophy and the Repsol Trophy. Previously, throughout March, it will continue to celebrate the J80 Winter League, which has been taking place since the beginning of the year in Baiona.
Pablo Rodríguez de Rodeira, at the head of the Optimist Galician
· The U-16 athlete from the Real Club Náutico de Rodeira arrived in Baiona as one of the clear contenders to win the title from fourth position in the ranking of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation and he is not disappointing
· Pablo Astiazarán from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo and Miguel Rodríguez from the Club Marítimo de Canido are second and third in the provisional general classification of the yellow group
In the blue group, Pablo Cordeiro from the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, and Pedro Vecino and Álvaro Villanueva from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo are in the lead.
· With the aim of making children aware of the importance of caring for the natural environment, the Monte Real Yacht Club gave sailors a reusable water bottle with which to reduce single-use plastics
· The Galician Optimist Championship – Baitra Trophy will end tomorrow, Monday in Baiona with the celebration of the last tests starting at half past ten in the morning and the award ceremony for the winners in the afternoon
It was not easy because the wind complicated the regattas at times, but finally the Galician Optimist Championship – Baitra Trophy, which celebrated its second day in the waters of the bay, the first scoring day, was finally released in Baiona.
After yesterday’s blank day, in which no event could be disputed, this Sunday the regatta committee managed to get the fleet of 120 sailors to complete the three tasks necessary for the competition to be valid, so, whatever happens happen tomorrow on the last day, the Galician Championship will already have a guaranteed winner.
At the moment, after today’s results, Pablo Rodríguez, from the Real Club Náutico de Rodeira, is the one with the most chances to win the regional title, since he managed to place himself, with 5 points, at the head of the classification.
He did so after signing two second places and one first in the three races held today, with a northwest wind that moved between 5 and 7 knots.
In second and third place in the provisional general standings are Pablo Astiazarán, from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, with 9 points; and Miguel Rodríguez, from the Club Marítimo de Canido, with 12 points; second and third respectively.
In the blue group, the provisional podium goes to the under-11 Pablo Cordeiro, from the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, who managed to lead the standings with two first places. Tied on points with him, in second place, is Pedro Vecino, from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo; and his teammate, Álvaro Villanueva, climbed into the third drawer this Sunday.
Among the participating clubs, those from Vigo, Canido, Sanxenxo and Rodeira are the ones that are standing out above the rest, having placed a greater number of their athletes among the top five classified in both groups.
Despite the complications that were experienced in the first moments, with a light and unstable wind that seemed to jeopardize the holding of the tests, today’s ended up being a very good day of navigation for the optimists, with three races completed and the championship assured.
In addition to the public that gathered around the bay of Baiona to follow the competition from the beaches and promenades in the area, there was a series of sailboats that went out to sea to follow the regattas more closely. On board, parents and relatives of the sailors and also some well-known faces in Galician sailing, such as Chuny Bermúdez de Castro or Javier de la Gándara, both with the title of Optimist Galician Champions.
With the organization of this competition, in addition to promoting the sporting values of sailing, the Monte Real Club de Yates set itself the goal of making small sailors aware of the importance of caring for the natural environment, giving special importance to the sea, as it is the place where they train and compete. In this sense, it opted for the elimination of single-use plastics, giving each of the participants a reusable water bottle.
The Optimist Galician Championship – Baitra Trophy continues tomorrow, Monday, with the third and last day of tests, which will begin, weather permitting, at half past ten in the morning. Since the championship is already valid with the three races held today, no other heat will be necessary to crown the new winners, but the intention is to hold as many races as possible. Once the regatta committee has finished the program on the water, the Optimists will return to land for the award ceremony for the winners, which will be held at six in the afternoon at the Monte Real Club de Yates facilities.
It will be attended by the president and commodore of the club, José Luis Álvarez and Ignacio Sánchez-Otaegui; the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; Daniel Benavides and Gorka Gómez on behalf of the Xunta de Galicia and the Pontevedra Provincial Council; and the president of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation, Manuel Villaverde.
Blank day in the Optimist Galician Championship
· The 121 sailors who were going to dispute the opening day of the competition in Baiona this Saturday returned to land without being able to open the scoreboard
· The regatta committee hoped to complete at least one test until the end, but all efforts were unsuccessful
· The Galician Optimist Championship – Baitra Trophy organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates continues tomorrow, Sunday, starting at eleven in the morning
The 121 Optimist sailors who were going to compete this Saturday in the opening day of the Optimist Galician Championship – Baitra Trophy had to return to land without being able to open the competition scoreboard.
Very complicated weather conditions for navigation, with very little wind, and even zero at times, left the first stage of the championship blank, which is held until next Monday in Baiona under the organization of the Monte Real Club de Yates and with the sponsorship of Baitra Naval Accessories.
The regatta committee, with Jano Martín at the helm, held out hopes of being able to complete at least one of the three initially planned races until the end, but all efforts were unsuccessful.
They tried to give several exits. One ended in a general call, another had to be postponed in the middle of the procedure to reposition the field and a third, the last one, was canceled in the middle of the first beat.
Thus, the 121 sailors of the Club Grupo Bazán, the Club Marítimo de Canido, the Club Marítimo Oza O Puntal, the Club Náutico Deportivo de Riveira, the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña, the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, the Real Club Náutico de Rodeira and the Monte Real Club de Yates will have to wait until tomorrow, Sunday, to start setting up the championship classification.
It will be, yes, if the weather behaves, since the forecasts also announce a complicated day, very similar to today, with a wind that will rarely exceed 6 knots. The intention is to start the tests at 11 in the morning and try to complete at least the three races necessary for the championship to be valid.
Once the halfway point of Sunday’s day has been crossed, the competition will only have the final stage on Monday, in which the award ceremony for the winners will also be held.
Baiona, ready to crown the new Galician Optimist champion
The Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona hosts the Galician Optimist Championship starting tomorrow, Saturday, in which more than 120 boys and girls from all over Galicia will participate
· A Barbeira beach will be the base camp for the Optimists of the young sailors who will go out into the water at half past one in order to start competing at two in the afternoon
· For this first day, the regatta committee will try to complete the first 3 tests of the competition, although the forecast of light winds could complicate the program
Baiona is ready these days to crown the new Galician Optimist champion among the more than one hundred contenders for the title who, for three days, will compete in the Galician Optimist Championship – Baitra Trophy, which is held under the organization of the Monte Real Club de Yachts and with the sponsorship of Baitra Accesorios Navales.
The competition will begin tomorrow, Saturday, at two in the afternoon, the time at which the regatta committee, chaired by Jano Martín, expects to start the first of the competition’s tests. It will do so if the weather forecast allows it, since it is somewhat complicated, with light winds from the west northwest that will take time to increase in intensity.
Despite this forecast, the intention of the committee is to be able to complete at least 3 regattas, with the aim of having enough margin to reach, next Monday, the 9 tests planned in the competition program.
The young sailors, divided into two groups, blue (the smallest) and yellow (with a sub-13 section and a sub-16 section), will compete for victory on a single regatta field, with a trapezoidal design, in the who will take the exits at different times.
Among the favorite sailors to sneak into a position on the podium are Mencía Casas (RCN Sanxenxo), Andrés Barreiro (CM Canido), Pablo Astiazaran (RCN Vigo) and Lian Jane (CM Canido), currently at the top of the ranking of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation.
The Optimist Galician Championship will last until next Monday, the last day of competition and the day on which the Galician champion crown will be awarded.
In addition to the tests in the water, the Monte Real will offer sailors a meal every day at the club, with the aim that the boys and girls can rest from the tests and strengthen ties with the rest of the athletes.
OPTIMIST GALICIAN CHAMPIONSHIP · BAITRA TROPHY
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22
9:30 – 12:00> Registration, documentation and measurements
12:00> coaches meeting
14:00> Start of tests
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23
11:00> Start of tests
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24
10:30> Start of tests
18:00> Awards
The Galician Optimist Championship celebrates its golden anniversary in Baiona
Baiona hosts from February 22 to 24 the celebration of the Galician Optimist Championship – Baitra Trophy organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates by delegation of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation
· During the 3 days that the regional event will last, some 120 young sailors between 8 and 15 years of age from clubs from all over Galicia will compete in 9 regattas in the bay of Baiona
· Among the participants will be Mencía Casas (Sanxenxo), Andrés Barreiro (Canido), Pablo Astiazaran (Vigo), Pablo Rodríguez (Rodeira) and Liang Jane (Canido) who lead the Galician ranking after the previous qualifiers
Baiona hosts this weekend the celebration of the golden anniversary of the Galician Optimist Championship, which will celebrate its anniversary at the Monte Real Club de Yates, the club that saw it born in 1970 with the organization of its first edition.
Five decades after that first championship, in which 17 children participated and José de la Gándara was the winner aboard the “Canario”, the Baionese club will bring together some 120 sailors from clubs throughout Galicia in a competition that will last for three days .
From a minimum of 3 regattas and a maximum of 9, depending on the weather conditions, the award will be given to the best Optimist sailor in Galicia, a title to which athletes between the ages of 8 and 15 aspire.
Among the participants of clubs such as the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, the Club Marítimo de Canido, the Real Club Náutico de Rodeira, the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña or the Monte Real Club de Yates, among others , will be the sailors who lead the Galician ranking after the previous qualifiers.
The first five are Mencía Casas (Sanxenxo), Andrés Barreiro (Canido), Pablo Astiazaran (Vigo), Pablo Rodríguez (Rodeira) and Liang Jane (Canido), and except for last-minute surprises, some of them will surely be in the most top of the podium of the Galician championship.
On Saturday 22, the first day of competition, the day will begin with the measurements and delivery of documentation to the participants. A coaches’ meeting will be held afterwards and the tests will begin at two in the afternoon.
The scene of the dispute will be the bay of Baiona, the routes between buoys will have a trapezoidal design and the small ones will sail according to the group system of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation, which divides them into blue and yellow.
On Sunday 23, the second day of testing, the warning signal for the start of the day’s heats will be heard at 11 in the morning; and on Monday 24, in the last stage of the championship, the start will be somewhat earlier, starting at half past ten.
That same day, around six in the afternoon, the award ceremony for the winners will be held, in which, in addition to club officials and authorities, some of the winners of the first Optimist Galician Championship of 1970 will participate.
In the official presentation of the event, held this morning with a press conference in Baiona, the vice president of the Monte Real Yacht Club, Alejandro Retolaza, welcomed the fact that the club had been chosen to celebrate half a century of competition. “The evolution in these five decades -he said- has been enormous. Interest has grown, the number of schools and championships has grown and, above all, the number of boys and girls who start sailing each year has grown a great deal” .
The vice president of Monte Real put figures on the table. He said that currently about 400 Optimists sail in Galicia, of which about 130 participate in competitions. “And a large part of them -assured Retolaza- we will have them this weekend in Baiona” .
The sponsor of the event, Juan Carlos González, general director of Baitra Accesorios Navales, a company that has been betting on dinghy sailing in Galicia for years and supporting numerous competitions, also spoke at the press conference.
“Without sowing there is no harvest -said González- and in this sowing process for the future of sailing in Galicia, Baitra loves to collaborate, especially if he does it hand in hand with a great club like the Monte Real Club de Yates “ . The general director of Baitra Accesorios Navales assured that the sea is directly related to his company and that is why, and because of the great values that the sport of sailing brings to young people, they have decided to support this competition.
The council of Baiona with the mayor Carlos Gómez; the Provincial Council of Pontevedra with Gorka Gómez and the Xunta de Galicia with the Sports Coordinator, José Manuel Freire; They also did not want to miss the presentation of the championship, of which the MRCYB sports director, Roy Alonso, gave all the technical details.
OPTIMIST GALICIAN CHAMPIONSHIP · BAITRA TROPHY
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22
9:30 – 12:00> Registration, documentation and measurements
12:00> coaches meeting
14:00> Start of tests
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23
11:00> Start of tests
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24
10:30> Start of tests
18:00> Awards
REPORT: Half a century of Optimist in Galicia
REPORT BY ROSANA CALVO, HEAD OF COMMUNICATION AT MRCYB
· Five decades after having organized a regional Optimist competition for the first time in Galicia, the Monte Real Club de Yates celebrates this February in Baiona a new edition of the Galician Championship of the class
· On board the “Canario” and the “Tortuga” the brothers José and Javier de la Gándara together with Santiago Campos were the winners of that first edition of the competition held in the bay of Baiona on August 22 and 23, 1970
· In the Optimists brought first from France, then from Barcelona and finally built in the Ferramentas and in Lagos for the Sailing Schools of La Foz and the MRCYB, many current sailors learned to sail
· Although the materials have evolved over time, the philosophy with which the Optimist was created remains intact and remains a simple boat that allows the little ones to enjoy the sea and sailing
At the end of this month, the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona will commemorate the half century of life of the Optimist class in Galicia by holding a new edition of the Galician Championship that the club itself hosted for the first time in 1970.
On board the “Canario” and the “Tortuga”, the brothers José and Javier de la Gándara were the winners (first and second respectively) of that first edition, which was held on August 22 and 23, 1970 under the name of “ I Regional Optimist Regattas – Galician Championship”.
17 young sailors from the Sailing School of La Foz, the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, the Club Náutico de Panxón and Monte Real itself met during those two summer days in the bay of Baiona to compete several tests in a triangular field of Olympic route.
After the Gándara brothers, third place on the podium of that first Optimist championship went to “Anduriña IV”, manned by Santiago Campos; Pablo Vasconcellos was fourth aboard the “Bayona II”; and “Don Ramón”, by Ramón Alonso, from RCN Vigo, signed the fifth position.
A special prize was then also awarded to the youngest sailor, which went to Pablito Pereiro for “demonstrating -according to the chronicles of the time- great skill handling his mini boat to perfection”.
With the celebration of the first Galician Optimist Championship, the Monte Real Club de Yates gave, at the beginning of the 70s, the great impulse for the consolidation of a class that arrived in Galicia some years before the hand of Pepe Gándara , the father of the historical Javier de la Gándara.
Gándara learned about this new type of boat in the American magazine “Popular Mechanics Magazine” (distributed in Spain under the name “Mecánica Popular”), in which some simple plans were published with which, in principle, anyone with some tools And with a bit of skill, you could make your own Optimist out of wood.
After seeing them already built in Barcelona, Gándara decided to bring them to Galicia. The first Optimist who sailed in Galician waters in the year 68, he called “Don Andrés”, in honor of his young son. In 1969 there were already 15 units of these new sailboats, known as the “Ferramentas”, because they were built by a carpenter from Ladeira known by that name, with sails of nylon manufactured in an awning company in Vigo. They were boats with which, during the first years, they only sailed in the summer months. Barely a year later, with the Optimists already established as a small fleet at the Monte Real Club de Yates, the First Galician Optimist Championship was held.
The press at that time congratulated the Baionese club for “contributing to creating numerous young skippers who in the future will constitute the crews of the numerous cruise ships that the sports units of the Vigo estuary have”, it said verbatim. So it was. Because those children are today some of the outstanding sailors who sail in the Galician estuaries.
Both the Spanish Sailing Federation and the Galician Sailing Federation of the time, chaired by José Ramón Fontán, helped consolidate the class in Galicia by subsidizing the purchase of numerous units. Some boats that went from the 3,000 pesetas (about 18 euros) of the first “Ferramentas” to the 8,000 pesetas (about 48 euros) that were paid for those of higher quality and the 10,000 pesetas (60 euros) that they cost at the beginning of the 70s
In the autumn of 1971, only one year after the celebration of the first Optimist Galician championship, nearly thirty units participated in the class competitions in Baiona, and it did not take much longer for the optimist to exceed 60. In Galicia there were around 200 optimists (currently there are about 400, of which about 120 participate in official competitions). Among the young sailors of those early years were José, Ángel and Javier de la Gándara, Pablo Vasconcellos, Jaime Varela, Alberto Torné, Rodrigo Andrade, César Casqueiro, Fernando Yáñez, Genoveva Pereiro, Ignacio Retolaza, Alfonso Zulueta and Piluca Presa, among others. Many.
The Spanish Optimists were built in Barcelona (La Industrial Velera Marsal), in Palma de Mallorca (the Copino and Darder shipyards), in Torrejón de Ardoz (Spanish Taylor) and here in Galicia, in the prestigious Lagos de Bouzas Shipyard (Vigo), from which a large part of the units that sailed from the year 70 left. They were Optimist that were made in the image and likeness of the first boats of this type born in Clearwater (Florida).
There, in 1947, a group of children “haggled” through the streets of Clearwater with small boxes of soap and a candle that they made themselves. The mayor of the city decided to ban these races in the streets, so that they would not bother people, but he met with a boat designer, Clark Mills, and asked him to turn the soap boxes into a boat for children as soon as possible. cheap possible.
And that is how the Optimist was born, the first gaff sailing boat and a single crew member that over time became increasingly famous, both nationally and internationally. In 1954 “the puddle jumped” and the first ones in Europe began to be built, specifically in Denmark; in 1962 the Optimist Class Racing Association was born in England; and soon after the European Optimist Association was formed. Finally, in 1995 the Optimist was accepted as an international class.
Although the materials with which they are built have evolved over time, the truth is that both the shape of the Optimist and its philosophy remain intact. It was born as a simple boat that would allow children to enjoy the sea and sailing and, more than half a century later, that purpose has not changed.
Celebrating this idea and the five decades since the first Optimist Championship held in Galicia in 1970 is the aim of the Galician Optimist Championship – Baitra Trophy that will be held at the Monte Real Club de Yates at the end of February.
(Report: Rosana Calvo, head of communication at the MRCYB / Photos: Archive of the MRCYB and provided by Javier de la Gándara, César Casqueiro and Tomás R. de Robles / Documents: Astilleros Lagos / Press clippings: Archive of Javier de la Gándara and newspaper library of Faro de Vigo)
PHOTOS: J80 Winter League (2020)
Second assault for Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen who takes the lead
· The Okofen, skippered by Javier de la Gándara, aspiring to defend the title, was placed this Saturday as leader of the J80 Winter League that takes place in Baiona
· After the second round of the one-design competition organized by Monte Real, El Cansino and El Alboroto are second and third respectively
· The next appointment with the winter championship of J80 will be next March 7
The Okofen skippered by Javier de la Gándara, aspiring to revalidate the title of the competition, this Saturday was placed leader of the J80 Winter League of the Monte Real Club de Yates. He did so after signing almost a plenary session with two first places in the three races held during what was the second of the five rounds scheduled in the one-design winter league.
The Okofen was, without a doubt, the best in the fleet, and she got rid of the thorn of the first day, in which she had had to settle for second place behind Javier Aguado’s Alboroto . On this occasion, De la Gándara’s men not only took the lead, but once again demonstrated their power, taking a difference of up to 3 minutes from their rivals in some tests.
This was the case in the first heat this Saturday, in which they crossed the finish line well ahead of Juan Pazó’s Ay Carmela , from the Liceo Marítimo de Bouzas, who came second; and Cansino de Nano Yáñez, who finished third.
In the second test, which was somewhat tighter, Okofen repeated victory. The crew of the Due , led by Fernando González, from the Real Club Náutico de Portosín; and Luis de Mira’s Namasté , from Monte Real, were second and third respectively.
The regatta committee, chaired by Víctor Robleda, began a third test, but a significant drop in the wind forced it to be shortened halfway through. In what was the last heat of the day, Namasté was the winner, followed by Okofen and Alboroto .
Thus the things, with the three scoring tests of this second day added to the two of the first day the Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen is placed, with 7 points, in first position, snatching the lead from Uproar by Javier Aguado, who this Saturday was skippered by his owner Juan Carlos Ameneiro, and who is third overall with 26 points. The provisional silver goes to Cansino de Nano Yáñez, with 24 points, 17 behind the leader.
The next appointment with the J80 Winter League is next Saturday, March 7. Previously, Monte Real will host the celebration of the 50th Optimist Galician Championship – Baitra Trophy, which will be held between Saturday 22 and Monday 24.
J80 WINTER LEAGUE MRCYB GENERAL CLASSIFICATION TOP 5
- OKOFEN · JAVIER DE LA GANDARA · 7 POINTS
- TIRED · FERNANDO YÁÑEZ · 24 POINTS
- ALBOROTO JUAN AMENEIRO 26 POINTS
- MAIJA JOSÉ LUIS PÉREZ 27 POINTS
- NAMASTE · LUIS DE MIRA · 32 POINTS
NOTICE OF RACE · OPTIMIST GALICIAN CHAMPIONSHIP · BAITRA TROPHY
GALICIAN OPTIMIST CHAMPIONSHIP – BAITRA TROPHY
The Galician Optimist Championship – Baitra Trophy will be held in the waters of the Bay of Baiona from February 22 to 24, 2020, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates (MRCYB) by delegation of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation (RFGV) , General Secretariat for Sports, Galician Sports Foundation and the Galician Association Optimist International Class.
1. RULES
The regatta will be governed by:
to. The rules as defined in the WS Racing Rules of Sailing 2017–2020 (RRV).
b. Regulation of Competitions and System of Classifications of the RFGV.
c. International Optimist Class Rules [NP][DP].
d. The Measurement Instructions (IM) that are part of the Sailing Instructions.
and. Appendix “P” of the RRS will apply.
F. Rule 40 of the RRV (Personal Flotation Device) is applicable at all times while afloat. [NP][DP].
g. This Announcement (AR) and the Sailing Instructions (IR), the latter prevailing in case of discrepancy between the two documents.
h. The infraction of the Rules in AR and IR of this event indicated as[NP] It will not be a reason for protests between ships. This modifies Rule 60.1(a) RRS.
i. The infraction of the Rules in AR and IR of this event indicated as[DP] indicates that your penalty may be lighter than disqualification if the protest committee so decides. The abbreviation for the discretionary penalty imposed pursuant to this instruction shall be[DPI] .
J. The penalty for infractions of the IR indicated as[SP] they will be fixed, without hearing and imposed by the Race Committee, in the most recently completed race, applied as indicated in Rule 44.3 RRS (modifies Rules 63.1 and A5 of the RRS).
2. CLASS AND CATEGORIES PARTICIPATING
2.1. This Galician Championship is reserved solely and exclusively for boats of the international Optimist class.
2.2. The Galician Championship will be closed.
2.3. The Categories will be those indicated in point C.2.1.1. of the RFGV Classification System:
• Category sub13, Male and Female.
• Category sub16, Male and Female.
3. ELIGIBILITY
3.1 Participants must meet the eligibility requirements reflected in regulation 19 of the WS and in the prescriptions of the RFEV to said regulation.
4. ADVERTISING [NP] [DP]
4.1. Participants may display advertising in accordance with the provisions of WS Regulation 20.
4.2. The Organization may require the participants to display the sponsor’s publicity in the form that is convenient and that will be provided to them before the regatta, not being able to manipulate or modify said material under any circumstances.
5. REGISTRATION
5.1. Multiple registration for the sailors and technicians of each club will be carried out through the SailingControl platform, at the link
https://scoring.sailingcontrol.com/public/showInscripcion.action?r=4307&c=1432&f=12&h=20980ae930932132e1f7bfe5f1b0f440
5.2. Entry fees are set at €15 per sailor.
5.3. Registration fees will be paid by bank transfer made in favor of,
Headline: MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
ABANCA
BAIONA Branch
. account: 2080-0559-23-3040003658
SWIFT: CAGLESMMXXX IBAN: ES92
Concept: “CG Optimist inscription; Club and number of sailors/coaches”.
5.4. The transfer receipt will be sent to the following email:
secretary@mrcyb.com
5.5. The registration deadline is Wednesday, February 19, 2020.
5.6. Registrations received after this date must have the approval of the OC and will pay a 50% surcharge on the registration fees.
6. REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
6.1. The coach of each Club will have to register and personally sign the Registration Form at the Regatta Office before 12:00 noon on February 22, 2020.
6.2. The Registration of each sailor (can be delegated to the coach) is conditioned to the presentation before the appointed time of the following documents:
6.2.1. Valid Certificate of Measurement of each Optimist (the first 30 classified of the official ranking of the class).
6.2.2. Federation athlete license 2020.
6.2.3. In the case of non-Spanish sailors or sailors without legal residence, third-party civil liability insurance with a minimum coverage of €300,000
6.2.4. Card of the Spanish Class Association.
6.2.5. Proof of payment of the corresponding registration fee.
6.2.6. Duly completed measurement sheet, mandatory for the top 30 classified in the official class ranking.
6.3. The registration of coaches is conditioned to the presentation, before the time indicated in AR 6.1, of the following documents:
6.3.1. Federal Technician License 2020
6.3.2. Technician Degree according to what is indicated in point A.10 of the RFGV Competition Regulations.
6.3.3. Certification for the management of the boat.
6.3.4. Third-Party Civil Liability Insurance in force for the vessel for a minimum coverage of €300,000. and for all crew members on board.
6.3.5. Certificate of navigability or ROL of the vessel in force.
6.3.6. They will have to be equipped, as a minimum, with an operational VHF radio with channels 09 (156.45 Mhz), 16 (156.80 Mhz) and 72 (156.62 Mhz).6.3.7. They will have to wear approved life jackets for each and every one of those who go on the pneumatic.
6.4. The Organizing Committee (OC) reserves the right to admit or reject the registration of a boat and/or trainer.
7. PROGRAM
7.1. The event program is as follows:
7.2. On Monday, February 24, 2020, no exit signal can be given after 4:00 p.m.
8. COMPETITION FORMAT, TESTS AND ROUTE
8.1. It will be navigated with the group system (Blue and Yellow) of the RFGV Competition Regulations
8.2. 9 sleeves are scheduled, of which at least 3 must be completed for the validity of the Galician Championship.
8.3. No more than 3 tests per day will be held, except if the Race Committee deems it appropriate to comply with the program.
8.4. The route to be carried out in a trapezoidal way will be specified in the IR.
9. SCORING SYSTEM
9.1. The Low Score system described in Appendix A4.1 of the RRS will apply.
9.2. There will be one (1) discard from 4 or more races held.
10. MEASUREMENT [NP] [DP]
10.1. ALL PARTICIPANTS (regardless of their group) will be required to have their safety equipment in order according to class standards (http://www.optiworld.org):
-1 approved vest,
-1 whistle attached to the vest,
-1 or more bailers individually tied to the hull, with rope or elastic,
-1 Pagaya or oar tied to the hull,
-1 floating mooring rope of at least 5mm in diameter and 8 meters long,
-1 rudder insurance,
-1 daggerboard insurance tied to the hull with rope or elastic,
-1 mast insurance,
-the 3 operating floats,
-The straps for operational floats,
-The operative hanging straps.
10.2. 6 STICKERS will be given to ALL PARTICIPANTS (regardless of their group), at the time of registration confirmation, which they must put on the STARBOARD SIDE OF THE MATERIAL THAT THEY ARE GOING TO USE DURING THE CHAMPIONSHIP:
1-On the starboard side of the Mast in the area closest to the peak.
2-On the starboard side of the Pico in the area closest to the mast.
3-On the starboard side of the Boom in the area closest to the junction with the mast.
4-On the starboard side of the rudder in the highest visible area.
5-On the starboard side of the daggerboard in the highest visible area.
6-In the hull, on the starboard side of the thwart just next to the mast.
10.3. THE FIRST 30 CLASSIFIED IN THE RANKING will have to present the measurement sheet (Annex I), duly covered and signed, together with the “valid hull and sail certificate”, at the time of registration confirmations.
10.4. Boats, sails and crew must be available to the Technical Committee both in the water and on land, for possible inspection throughout the event. It will be the responsibility of all the participants to verify in the TOA (in the same term as the presentation of protests) if they have been called to a measurement control in the tent enabled for it. 10.5. Any change of material or damaged equipment must be previously approved by the Race Committee, following the regulatory procedure:
• Request for change through a form to the official meter.
• Damaged material must be checked by the official measurer.
• The replacement material must be presented to the official measurer after the end of the last regatta of the day.
10.6. Scheme of Daily Measurement Controls:
A) On the esplanade and during the DOCKING of the boats.
B) During the course of the REGATTA. Pre-start, start, during the test.
C) On ARRIVAL: Inspection: SECURITY, SAIL NUMBER, MARKS.
D) Controls on land of the boats designated by the measurer, whose sail numbers will be published in the TOA immediately upon returning from the sea, within the established period (IMPORTANT VERIFICATION OF THE TOA).
10.7. The official meter of the championship will be at the disposal of participants and coaches at all times, to clarify any questions about measurement and/or class standards.
11. BOATS OF COACHES AND/OR TEAM SUPPORT [NP][DP]
11.1. The Clubs’ boats will have free docking at the event facilities during the days of competition provided they have been registered in accordance with section 6.3 of this AR and have expressly requested it.
11.2. All boats must be identified at all times with the flag of their Club.
11.3. All coaches and team support personnel will be required to wear life jackets while afloat and have the VHF operational at all times during the regatta.
12. TITLES AND AWARDS
12.1. The RFGV plaque as Galician Champion will be delivered to the first classified according to the existing categories (see AR 2.3)
12.2. The detailed list of the titles and prizes to be awarded in the event will be exposed in the TOA before the first test begins.
13. LIABILITY
13.1. All participants in the Regatta do so at their own risk and responsibility.
13.2. The Organizing Committee or any person or body involved in the organization of the event, rejects any responsibility for loss, damage, injury or inconvenience that may occur to people or things, both on land and at sea, as a result of participation in the tests covered for this announcement of race.
Attention is drawn to Fundamental Rule 4, DECISION TO RACE, of RRS Part 1 which states: “It is the sole responsibility of a boat to decide whether to participate in a race or continue racing”.
13.3. All sailors, technicians, companions and support staff are reminded of the obligation to maintain ethical and environmental conduct to preserve the environment, failure to comply with this rule will lead to action by the Regatta Committee or the Protest Committee (SP ) (NP).
13.4. Royal Decree 62/2008 has the conditions of Maritime Safety, Navigation and Human Life at Sea applicable to nautical sports tests, which will be applicable at all times.
14. ASSIGNMENT OF IMAGE
14.1. All participants, owners, skippers and crews assign the image rights to MRCYB, RFGV and their sponsors for their use.
15. FINAL PROVISION
15.1. This AR may be changed by the Organizing Committee for reasons of force majeure
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
– The Championship Awards Ceremony will take place at the MRCYB facilities, 30 minutes after the General Classifications are published on February 24, 2020.
– The MRCYB will give all sailors and coaches during the days of the event (as long as they register as indicated in AR.6) a provisioning.
MRCYB
The Monte Real commemorates the half century of the Optimist class in Galicia
· Five decades after having organized a regional Optimist competition for the first time in Galicia, the Monte Real Club de Yates celebrates this February in Baiona a new edition of the Galician Championship of the class
· On board the “Canario” and the “Tortuga” the brothers José and Javier de la Gándara together with Santiago Campos were the winners of that first edition of the competition held in the bay of Baiona on August 22 and 23, 1970
· In the Optimists brought first from France, then from Barcelona and finally built in the Ferramentas and in Lagos for the Sailing Schools of La Foz and the MRCYB, many current sailors learned to sail
· Although the materials have evolved over time, the philosophy with which the Optimist was created remains intact and remains a simple boat that allows the little ones to enjoy the sea and sailing
At the end of this month, the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona will commemorate the half century of life of the Optimist class in Galicia by holding a new edition of the Galician Championship that the club itself hosted for the first time in 1970.
On board the “Canario” and the “Tortuga” , the brothers José and Javier de la Gándara were the winners (first and second respectively) of that first edition, which was held on August 22 and 23, 1970 under the name of ” I Optimist Regional Regattas – Galician Championship” .
17 young sailors from the Sailing School of La Foz, the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, the Club Náutico de Panxón and Monte Real itself met during those two summer days in the bay of Baiona to compete several tests in a triangular field of Olympic route.
After the Gándara brothers, third place on the podium of that first Optimist championship went to “Anduriña IV” , manned by Santiago Campos ; Pablo Vasconcellos was fourth aboard the “Bayona II” ; and the “Don Ramón” , by Ramón Alonso , from RCN Vigo, signed the fifth position.
A special prize was then also awarded to the youngest sailor, which went to Pablito Pereiro for ” demonstrating -according to the chronicles of the time- great skill handling his mini boat to perfection” .
With the celebration of the first Galician Optimist Championship, the Monte Real Club de Yates gave, in the early 70’s, the great impetus for the consolidation of a class that arrived in Galicia some years before the hand of Pepe Gándara , the father of the historical Javier de la Gándara.
Gándara learned about this new type of boat in the American magazine ” Popular Mechanics Magazine” (distributed in Spain under the name of “Mecánica Popular” ), in which some simple plans were published with which, in principle, anyone with some tools and a bit of skill could make their own Wood Optimist .
After seeing them already built in Barcelona, Gándara decided to bring them to Galicia. The first Optimist who sailed in Galician waters in the year 68, he called “Don Andrés” , in honor of his young son. In the year 69 there was already in Baionesa Bay (in the School of La Foz that he led Antonio Ruiz ) 15 units of these new sailboats, known as the “Ferramentas” , because they were built by a carpenter from Ladeira known by that name, with nylon sails made by an awning company in Vigo. They were boats with which, during the first years, they only sailed in the summer months. Barely a year later, with the Optimists already established as a small fleet at the Monte Real Club de Yates, the First Galician Optimist Championship was held.
The press at that time congratulated the Baionese club for ” contributing to creating numerous young skippers who in the future will constitute the crews of the numerous cruise ships that the sports units of the Vigo estuary have” , he said verbatim. So it was. Because those children are today some of the outstanding sailors who sail in the Galician estuaries.
Both the Spanish Sailing Federation and the Galician Sailing Federation of the time, chaired by José Ramón Fontán , helped consolidate the class in Galicia by subsidizing the purchase of numerous units. Some boats that went from the 3,000 pesetas (about 18 euros) of the first “Ferramentas” to the 8,000 pesetas (about 48 euros) that were paid for those of higher quality and the 10,000 pesetas (60 euros) that they cost at the beginning of the 70s
In the autumn of 1971, only one year after the celebration of the first Optimist Galician championship, nearly thirty units participated in the class competitions in Baiona, and it did not take much longer for the optimist to exceed 60. In Galicia there were around 200 optimists (currently there are about 400, of which about 120 participate in official competitions). Among the young sailors of those early years were José, Ángel and Javier de la Gándara, Pablo Vasconcellos, Jaime Varela, Alberto Torné, Rodrigo Andrade, César Casqueiro, Fernando Yáñez, Genoveva Pereiro, Ignacio Retolaza, Alfonso Zulueta and Piluca Presa, among others. Many.
The Spanish Optimists were built in Barcelona (La Industrial Velera Marsal), in Palma de Mallorca (the Copino and Darder shipyards), in Torrejón de Ardoz (Spanish Taylor) and here in Galicia, in the prestigious Astilleros Lagos de Bouzas (Vigo) , from which a large part of the units that sailed from the year 70 left. They were Optimist that were made in the image and likeness of the first boats of this type born in Clearwater (Florida) .
There, in 1947 , a group of children “bargained” through the streets of Clearwater with small boxes of soap and a candle that they made themselves. The mayor of the city decided to ban these street races, so that they would not bother people, but he met with a boat designer, Clark Mills, and asked him to turn the soap boxes into a boat for children as soon as possible. cheap possible.
And that is how the Optimist was born , the first gaff sailing boat and a single crew member that over time became increasingly famous, both nationally and internationally. In 1954 “the puddle jumped” and the first ones in Europe began to be built, specifically in Denmark ; in 1962 the Optimist Class Racing Association was born in England; and soon after the European Optimist Association was formed. Finally, in 1995 the Optimist was accepted as an international class .
Although the materials with which they are built have evolved over time, the truth is that both the shape of the Optimist and its philosophy remain intact. It was born as a simple boat that would allow children to enjoy the sea and sailing and, more than half a century later, that purpose has not changed.
Celebrating this idea and the five decades since the first Optimist Championship held in Galicia in 1970 is the aim of the Galician Optimist Championship – Baitra Trophy that will be held at the Monte Real Club de Yates at the end of February.
(Report: Rosana Calvo / Photos: Archive of the MRCYB and provided by Javier de la Gándara, César Casqueiro and Tomás R. de Robles / Documents: Astilleros Lagos / Press clippings: Archive of Javier de la Gándara and Faro de Vigo newspaper library)
