Month: April 2021

· The historic Spring Regatta of the Monte Real Yacht Club of Baiona celebrates its forty-third edition in 2021 with the sponsorship of Repsol and the participation of fifty boats

· The competition will be held on May 1 and 2 in the Vigo estuary with a route from Baiona to the Rande bridge and back to the bay and a return to the Cíes Islands

· In the official presentation of the event held this Tuesday in Baiona, the president of Monte Real was proud to be able to organize a new edition of one of the longest-running regattas on the Spanish nautical scene

The Spring Regatta of the Monte Real Yacht Club of Baiona celebrates its forty-third edition this year with the celebration, next weekend, of two coastal regattas in the Vigo estuary. The historic event of the Baionese club, one of the most important heavyweight sailing events in Galicia and one of the longest-running on the Spanish nautical scene, returns to the scene one more year sponsored by Repsol, thus ratifying the support that, for years, the energy company lends to the sport of sailing.

“21 years have passed since Repsol joined the Monte Real Spring Regatta” said the company’s head of Marine and Fisheries, Inés González Megido, “And since then we have not only supported this competition, but many other inclusive club projects such as the Adapted Sailing School for people with disabilities or the Women’s Sailing project to promote women in the nautical world. Initiatives that are a sample of everything positive that both the club and we can offer”.

In the official presentation of the event, held this Tuesday at Monte Real, the president of the club, José Luis Álvarez, assured that the club is proud to be able to organize a regatta that is now 43 years old. “It would have been 44 -said Álvarez- if last year COVID did not prevent us from celebrating it, but it is still a wonderful figure, which very few regattas have reached in Spain. It has been more than 4 decades starring in one of the great events with heavy sailing in Galicia, attended by the best crews not only from our community, but also from other parts of Spain and Portugal”

The person in charge of explaining the details of the competition was the Commodore of Monte Real, Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui, who said that the 43rd Spring Regatta – Repsol Trophy will be held on May 1 and 2 in the Vigo estuary and Baiona bay, with a forecast participation of fifty boats. This year, the novelty is that there will be no poles and the two tests in contention will be coastal routes.

On the first day of tests, during the first of May, the National Labor Day holiday, the participating sailboats must complete, starting at one in the afternoon, a route that will leave the bay of Baiona and cross the Vigo estuary up to the Rande bridge, where the crews will have to turn around to head back towards the bay of Baiona.

A day later, on Sunday May 2, the teams will embark again to play the second and last stage of the competition. Ahead of them will be a circumnavigation tour of the Cíes Islands, with departure and return, if the wind allows it, inside the bay of Baiona. The regatta committee will start this time at twelve noon and the forecast is that the crews will spend no more than 4 hours to cross the finish line.

The day will end on land with the awards ceremony for the winners, at half past six in the afternoon in the gardens of the Monte Real Yacht Club. The mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez, will participate in it, among others, who this Tuesday, in the official presentation, highlighted the work that the club has been doing for years “to make the name of Baiona known not only nationally but also internationally, with the celebration of events that go beyond our borders and are a very good reflection of all the good things that our town exports” .

With this type of competition, such as the Spring Regatta – Repsol Trophy, “the idea of normalcy in sport that we all need now” is also being “transmitted” said the Provincial Head of Sports of the Xunta de Galicia, Daniel Benavides, also present at the wheel of press. Benavides insisted on the need to continue organizing events “with the maximum health guarantees, like all those organized in Monte Real” .

From the Pontevedra Provincial Council, the deputy for sports, Gorka Gómez, thanked Repsol for supporting this event because “Without the companies that maintain their sponsorships, -he said- holding this type of event would be unfeasible, and Galicia needs that synergy of industry, tourism and sport to boost itself after the situation experienced last year”.

This situation, with the restrictions derived from COVID19, was what prevented the celebration, in 2020, of the 43rd Spring Regatta, which will be held this weekend in the waters of the Rías Baixas. In the last edition, that of 2019, the winners were the April Oils of the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal (RCN Vigo) in ORC 1, the Unus of Luis García Trigo (MRCYB) in ORC 2, the Okofen of Javier de la Gándara (MRCYB) in the J80 competition and the Bouvento skippered by Luis Alcázar (MRCYB) in the Figaro class.

In this edition the same classes of ORCs, J80 and Fígaros will be maintained and there will be two more categories, ORC Open and ORC A2, with sailboats manned by only two people.

REPSOL TROPHY PROGRAM 43rd SPRING REGATTA

Friday, April 30

12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Presentation of documentation and delivery of Sailing Instructions

Saturday, May 1

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Presentation of documentation and delivery of Sailing Instructions

1:00 p.m.
Coastal route all classes (departure from the bay of Baiona)

7:30 p.m.
Tasting if COVID restrictions allow

Sunday, May 2

12:00 noon
Coastal Tour

6:30 p.m.
Awards

· More than 40 sailboats from Spain and Portugal competed in the first of the six heavy sailing regattas scheduled for Monte Real for this 2021

In the ORC class the winners were Rui Ramada’s Yess Racing (MRCYB) in ORC 1-2 and Vicente Cid’s Deep Blue (RCN Vigo) in ORC 3-4

· Víctor Manuel Álvarez’s Nahela was the best among the ORC OPEN and Víctor Carrión and Horacio Pequeno aboard the Bon III took victory in A2

· The laurels of the monotypes went to José Luis Pérez’s Maija in J80 and Paula Rey’s Serralleiras in the Figaro AEProtec class

A total of 41 sailboats from Spain and Portugal competed this Saturday in the Vigo estuary for the Comunica Trophy, the first of the six heavy sailing regattas that the Monte Real Yacht Club has scheduled for 2021. After not being able to take place in 2020 due to COVID19, the Rías Baixas and northern Portugal fleet eagerly welcomed one of the most attractive races of the season, which runs along the estuary from Vigo to Baiona.

It was almost 17 miles that Julio Rodríguez’s Magical, from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, sailed in just 2 hours and 17 minutes, becoming the fastest sailboat in the race. Despite everything, the compensation of times left him without the first place in his category, the ORC 1-2, which finally went to the Yess Racing of the Portuguese Rui Ramada, who haggled under the banner of the Monte Real Club de Yates.

The Portuguese crew received their winner’s award from Roberto Lira, executive director of Comunica Comunicación Visual, the event’s sponsor company, who also presented them with the award that recognized them as winners of the ORC 1-2-3-4 general classification . The second and third position in the large boats section were occupied, respectively, by Julio Rodríguez’s Magical; and the April Oils of the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, both of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo.

In ORC 3-4, the winner of the regatta was Deep Blue 2.0 owned by Vicente Cid (RCN Vigo), which left La Burla Negra owned by Juan J. Martínez (CN Castrelo de Miño) and Balea Dous owned by Luis Pérez (RCN Rodeira) with second and third place respectively. The vice president of the Monte Real Yacht Club, Alejandro Retolaza, was in charge of handing over the trophies.

This year, as a novelty, the competition included a category of A Two, and the couple formed by Víctor Carrión and Horacio Pequeno, aboard the Bon III from Punta Lagoa, won the final victory. The silver and bronze went to Unus led by Luis García Trigo and Carlos Quintas (MRCYB); and the Q Talent Consultants of Javier Rey and Jorge Justo (MRCYB). The person in charge of distributing the trophies of this class was the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez.

In the ORC Open class, the winners were Victor Manuel Álvarez’s Nahela, from Club Deportivo Alagua, who came first; and Victor Fernández’s Forza Catro (Vertigo Sailing) and Alejandro Castro’s Esquío (LM Bouzas), who came second and third.

In the last two categories in contention, those of the J80 and Figaros monotypes, the competition took place in real time. The fastest to complete the test among the J80 fleet were José Luis Pérez’s Maija, Luis de Mira’s Namasté and Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto. The sports deputy of the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Gorka Gómez, gave them the gold, silver and bronze respectively.

In the Figaro AEProtec class, the final podium was made up of Paula Rey’s Serralleiras, Javier Bernardez’s Bouvento and Nicolás Jourdain’s Silleiro. In this class, to which the commercial delegate of AEProtec, Antonio Saborido, presented the prizes, the three exclusively female boats of the Monte Real Club de Yates competed, with which the club tries to promote the presence of women in nautical competitions.

The Comunica Trophy was in charge of inaugurating the heavy sailing calendar of the Monte Real Yacht Club, which in 2021 has six scheduled regattas. The next appointment is with the Repsol Trophy , the club’s mythical Spring Regatta, which this year celebrates its forty-third edition. It will come later, on June 5, the Galician Two-handed Championship, organized by the Baionese club for the tenth consecutive year by delegation of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation.

Between July 7 and 11, the Xacobeo Rally will be held, between Baiona and Portosín; and July and September will again be the months of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy (from July 23 to 25) and the Prince of Asturias Trophy (between September 3 and 5), which will include the delivery of the National Awards for another year Sailing Terras Gauda.

FINAL CLASSIFICATION COMMUNICA TROPHY

ORC OVERALL RANKING WINNER

YESS RACING RUI RAMADA MRCYB

ORC CLASS 1-2

1. YESS RACING RUI RAMADA MRCYB
2. MAGICAL · JULIO RODRÍGUEZ · RCN VIGO
3. APRIL OILS · LUIS AND JORGE PÉREZ CANAL · RCN VIGO

ORC CLASS 3-4

1. DEEP BLUE 2.0 VICENTE CID RCN VIGO
2. THE BLACK MOCK · JUAN JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ · CASTRELO DE MIÑO NPP
3. BALEA DOUS · LUIS PÉREZ · RCN RODEIRA

ORC-CLASS A2

1. BON III VICTOR CARRIÓN PUNTA LAGOA NPP
2. UNUS LUIS GARCÍA TRIGO MRCYB
3. Q TALENT · JAVIER REY · MRCYB

ORC OPEN CLASS

1. NAHELA · VICTOR MANUEL ÁLVAREZ · CD ALAGUA
2. FORZA CATRO · VICTOR FERNÁNDEZ · VERTIGO SAILING
3. SKIING · ALEJANDRO CASTRO · LC BOUZAS

J80 CLASS

1. MAIJA · JOSÉ LUIS PÉREZ · MRCYB
2. NAMASTE · LUIS DE MIRA · MRCYB
3. ALBOROTO · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · MRCYB

AEProtec FIGARO CLASS

1. SERRALLEIRAS PAULA REY MRCYB
2. BOUVENTO · JAVIER BERNARDEZ · MRCYB
3. SILLEIRO NICOLAS JOURDAIN MRCYB

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CRUISE CLASSES: ORC, ORC OPEN, ORC A2.
ONE-TYPE CLASSES: J80 AND FIGARO

1. ORGANIZATION

The Comunica Trophy will be organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates (MRCYB), with the collaboration of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo.

2. PLACE AND DATES

It will be held in the waters of the Vigo estuary and Baiona bay, on Saturday, April 24, 2021.

3. RULES

The regatta will be run according to the provisions in force of the following regulations:

to. The “rules” as defined in the World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing 2021 – 2024 (RRV).
b. The 2021 Cruise Technical Regulation and its annexes (RTC).
c. Respective regulations with the adaptations made by the MRCYB for this regatta of the J80 and Figaros one-design classes.
d. The IRC and ORC Regulations 2021.
and. World Sailing Special Rules for Offshore Regattas, Category 4 (ORC).
F. This Announcement of Race.
g. The Sailing Instructions, which may modify any of the previous sections.
h. 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] .
i. [NP] [DP] Annex A Security protocol in relation to COVID-19.

4. PARTICIPANTS

4.1 Participation in this regatta is limited to boats with an ORC International or Club certificate valid for the year 2021, whose GPH is less than 770 s/mile, as well as the one designs J80 and Fígaros.

4.2 Groups and Classes:

An ORC group is established that will be divided into classes, as well as those of the different monotypes:

Cruise (*) ORC
Special Open (**) ORC Open
J80 class J80 monotypes
Figaro Class (***) Figaro Monotypes
Class A2 ORC Double Handed

(*) In ORC, in view of the registrations made and as soon as their effective participation in the regatta is verified, the Regatta Committee and Organizing Committee will establish the classes and cuts of the same, seeking the greatest possible equity, not admitting claims about it.

(**) In the Special Open Class only boats that do not enter the classes indicated in (*) will be admitted. This class will have to fill out a registration form with specifications of material on board.
In any case, the Regatta Committee and the Organizing Committee of the regatta will have the power to include, at their discretion, in the Open Class the boats they deem appropriate, not admitting claims in this regard.

4.3 To form a class, there must be a minimum of 6 registered (except in Figaros, which will be a minimum of 3).

4.4 The one designs J80 and Figaro will compete only in their class and in real time.

5. ELIGIBILITY

5.1 Participants must comply with the eligibility conditions reflected in Regulation 19 of the World Sailing and the prescriptions of the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation related to said regulation.

5.2 Participants of nationality or legal residence in Spain must be in possession of the athlete’s federation license for 2021.

6. ADVERTISING

6.1 Participants may display advertising in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20 of World Sailing and the Advertising and Competition Regulations of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation.

6.2 In accordance with World Sailing Regulation 20, participants may be required to display advertising on the forward 20% of the hull on each side of the boat and on the sides of the boom, as well as possible advertising pennants on the backstay of the boat. each boat. All this would be provided at the MRCYB race office (*) once your registration is confirmed.
(*) Also on Saturday the 24th, at the RCN Vigo regatta office, the regatta instructions and stickers will be handed out.

6.3 Modifications to the stickers provided by the organizing committee are not allowed. Violation of this IR will entail a penalty of 2 places in the test.

6.4 The Monte Real Club de Yates reserves the right to demand the elimination or substitution of any type of publicity, message or image displayed during the celebration of the event of the boats or the equipment of their crew members, which does not comply with the moral and ethical standards of general acceptance (Regulation 20 of the World Sailing) or contravene the interests of the organizing club. This includes holding the races on the regatta course, in the club’s facilities or while at the disposal of the Regatta Committee.

6.5 The owner or skipper of the boat with advertising will be asked to indicate or show the type of advertising that will be displayed during the celebration of the regatta, for the approval of the organizing committee.

6.6 The participating owners and crews grant their authorization to the MRCYB so that any photograph, image or video of people or boats taken during the days of the regatta
can be published in any medium, such as television ads, editorial comments, information, advertising, etc…

7. INSCRIPTIONS AND BONUSES

7.1 The deadline for registration of registrations will be April 21 until 8:00 p.m.

7.2 The inscriptions will necessarily be formalized in the official form.

7.3 Registration will be FREE. In addition, the participating vessels will have:

7.3.1 50% discount on the cost of registration for the Repsol Trophy to be held on May 1 and 2.

7.3.2 A boat participating in each and every one of the following regattas:

– Communicate Trophy (free)
– Repsol Trophy (50% discount)
– Count of Gondomar Trophy (25% discount)

7.4 The registration must be submitted or submitted with the following documentation:

– Registration form duly filled and signed.
– Updated licenses of all the ship’s crew.
– For foreign athletes who do not have a federative license or athlete medical insurance that insures them in the event of an accident, they must prove that they have insurance against accidents and illness valid in Spain.
– Valid ORC measurement certificate (ORC fleet only).
– Photocopy of civil liability insurance and damage to third parties for a minimum coverage of €336,556 and coverage for all crew members on board and policy extension for participation in non-professional regattas.
– List of security elements (depending on whether ORC or Monotype) duly covered and signed. – Appropriate qualification for the management of the boat.

7.5 The application for registration must have the approval of the Organizing Committee of the Monte Real Club de Yates.

7.6 The documents will be sent or presented at the MRCYB before 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 24 at:

MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
National Parador Enclosure, s/n – 36300 Baiona
Email: regatas@mrcyb.com
phone + 34 986 38 50 00

The documents for registration are available on our website www.mrcyb.es

7.7 Registration of Participants: Each owner or skipper must register and personally sign the registration form at the MRCYB regatta office (*) before 11:00 a.m. on April 24, 2021

7.8 The registration of a boat will not be accepted if, before the time indicated in paragraph 7.6, it does not present the documents specified in 7.3 at the regatta office (*) or does not have the approval of the organizing committee.

(*) On Saturday the 24th until 11am, at the RCN Vigo regatta offices, participants will also be able to confirm registrations and will be given the Regatta Instructions and advertising stickers for the boats.

7.9 The Organizing Committee reserves the right to admit registrations after the indicated date.

8. PROGRAM

8.1 The program of the event is as follows:

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. – Confirmation of entries-registration / Presentation of documentation / Delivery of Regatta Instructions and advertising stickers

2:00 p.m. – – Attention signal (near the port of Vigo) Coastal VIGO-BAIONA 15 miles approximately

7:00 p.m. (approx.) – Awards Ceremony at the MRCYB

8:30 p.m. Bus available to return from the MRCYB to the RCNV

8.2 After the awards ceremony, a Baiona – RCN Vigo bus will leave for sailors who request it at the time of registration.

8.3 The Sailing Instructions will show the different courses that can be done for all or for the different classes.

9. INSPECTION AND MEASUREMENTS

Measurements and certificate and safety checks may be carried out by the measurement committee before and after the regatta.

10. SCORE

The Low Score System Appendix A4 of the RRV will apply.

11. COMPENSATION SYSTEM AND RANKINGS

11.1 ORC rankings will be established according to one of the following compensation systems:
to. Composite path.
b. Coastal Regatta (stable winds or OSN if there are large roles and variations of the wind, all of this always at the discretion of the regatta official, not admitting claims in this regard.

11.2 Class classifications will be established (provided that the provisions of points 4.2. and 4.3 are met).

11.3 The monotype classes will only qualify in real time.

12. SECURITY

12.1 The safety of the regatta is considered Category 4 (ORC) in accordance with the World Sailing Special Regatta Rules (for one designs it will be a specific one adapted for it).

12.2 The participants undertake to carry on board, under their responsibility, the updated regulatory documentation of the vessel, as well as the appropriate qualification for the management of the vessel and the navigation to be carried out.

13. PRIZES

The list of prizes will be exposed in the TOA and the club’s website in view of the participants and registered, before the start of the test.

14. BERTHS

The boats formally registered in this regatta and that do not belong to the MRCYB fleet, will have a free mooring or anchoring place (mooring under the exclusive responsibility of the owner or skipper) reserved in the MRCYB during the regatta day (April 24).

The free mooring can be extended until Saturday, May 8, if the boats participate in the REPSOL Trophy on May 1 and 2, 2021.

Likewise, boats based in other estuaries than Vigo, in addition to being able to benefit from the conditions expressed, can contact the sports director in case they have other needs.

15. COMMUNICATIONS

15.1 The Race Committee will use channel 72 VHF for its communications during the celebration of the tests.

15.2 All participating boats must carry on board an operational VHF radio receiver equipped, at a minimum, with VHF channels 09 (156.450Mhz), 16 (156.800Mhz) and 72 (156.610Mhz).

16. OFFICIAL SOCIAL ACTS

The award ceremony will take place at the MRCYB on the day of the regatta, Saturday April 24.

17. LIABILITY

17.1 All boats participating in the regatta do so at their own risk and responsibility.

17.2 The Monte Real Club de Yates, as the Organizing Committee, or any other person or body involved in the organization of the event, rejects any responsibility for loss, damage, injury or inconvenience that could happen to people or things, both on land and at sea. , What
consequence of participating in the tests covered by this Notice of Race.

17.3 Attention is drawn to the Fundamental Rule 4 DECISION TO RACE, of part 1 of the RRS which states:

“It is the sole responsibility of a boat to decide whether to participate in a test or continue in a regatta”

April 2021
MRCYB