Month: June 2021

Posted on

NOTICE OF RACE 46th CONDE DE GONDOMAR TROPHY

 

46th COUNT OF GONDOMAR TROPHY
GRAND PRIZE ZELNOVA ZELTIA BANK SABADELL

ORC Cruisers and J80 Monotypes
July 23 to 25, 2021

The 46th COUNT OF GONDOMAR TROPHY – ZELNOVA ZELTIA BANCO SABADELL GRAND PRIX will be held in Galician waters on July 23, 24 and 25, 2021, under the organization of the Monte Real Yacht Club (MRCYB).

1. RULES

The regatta will be governed by:

a) The regatta rules as defined in the World Sailing (WS) Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS).

b) The Cruise Technical Regulations and their annexes in force.

c) The Rules of the ORC Rating System

d) The IMS Measurement Regulations, the Habitability and Equipment Rules.

and)[DP][NP] The Regulations with the adaptations made by the MRCYB for this regatta, of the J80 one-design class.

f) The Special Rules for high seas regattas of WS, Category 3 (Height Course to Carrumeiro) and Category 4 reduced for the other routes.

g) Special rules of the RFGV and SDX (Secretaría Xeral para o Deporte de la Xunta de Galicia) for COVID19 prevention, specified in the IR. [DP]

h) In the rules that govern this regatta, the notification[NP] refers to the fact that an infraction of this rule will not be a reason for protests between boats (modifies RRS 60.1 (a)).

i) In the case of navigation between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., part B of the RIPAM will apply, replacing part 2 of the RRS.

j) Between 9:00 p.m. each day and 8:00 a.m. the following day, part B of the International Regulations to prevent collisions at sea will apply, replacing Part 2 of the 2021 Sailing Regattas Regulations. – 2024.

2. ELIGIBILITY

2.1 Participants must meet the eligibility conditions reflected in Regulation 19 of the WS, and in the Prescriptions of the RFEV to said Regulation.

2.2 Participants of nationality or with legal residence in Spain or who compete in boats attached to a Spanish club, must be in possession of the sports federation license for the year 2021.

2.3 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.

3. ADVERTISING [NP][DP]

3.1 Participants may display advertising in accordance with Regulation 20 of the WS, and must have the corresponding authorization from the Royal Galician Sailing Federation.

3.2 In accordance with regulation 20.4 of the WS, participants may be required to display advertising in the front 20% of the hull on each side of the boat and on the sides of the boom, as well as possible advertising pennants in the backstay of each boat. . All this would be provided at the regatta office once your registration is confirmed.

3.3 Modifications to the stickers provided by the organizing committee are not allowed. If carried out, the organizing committee may impose penalties.

3.4 The MRCYB 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 standards and generally accepted ethics (WS regulation 20) or contravene the interests of the organizing club. This includes holding races on the regatta course, at the club’s facilities or while at the regatta committee’s disposal.

3.5 The person in charge of each boat with advertising will be asked to indicate or show the type of advertising that will be displayed during the regatta, for the approval of the organizing committee.

3.6 Those responsible for each participating boat grant their authorization to the MRCYB so that any photograph, image or video of people or boats taken during the days of the regatta may be published in any medium, such as television advertisements, editorial comments, information , advertising, etc

4. PARTICIPATION

4.1 Participation in general in the 46th CONDE DE GONDOMAR TROPHY – ZELNOVA ZELTIA BANCO SABADELL GRAND PRIX will be for cruisers with an ORC and ORC CLUB Certificate valid for 2021 whose GPH does not exceed 780 s/mile, as well as for Monotypes J80.

4.2 For the 46th CONDE DE GONDOMAR TROPHY – ZELNOVA ZELTIA BANCO SABADELL GRAND PRIX, the ORC fleet will be divided into groups, Conde Gondomar Trophy and Erizana Trophy, and in turn into classes, as long as there is a minimum of 5 boats registered per class. If any of the classes do not form, their boats will go to the class where the GPH is closest to them, the groups will be established based on the list of entries.

GPH CLASSES
0-1< 565 sec/mile
2 Between 565 and< 610s/mile
3 Between 610 and< 650s/mile
4 Between 650 and< 700s/mile
5> 700s/mile

4.3 For the high altitude course, only boats with an ORC certificate of GPH less than 700 s/mile may participate.

4.4 The J80 boats will only compete in one design, and there must be a minimum of 5 registered to form the class.

5. REGISTRATION

5.1 Registrations.

5.1.1 The inscriptions will necessarily be formalized in the form located on the MRCYB WEB https://www.mrcyb.es/eventos/evento/trofeo-conde-de-gondomar-3/ and must be sent by email together with a photocopy of the valid Measurement Certificate, before July 21, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. to: regatas@mrcyb.com, being able to make any telephone inquiries by calling TEL. + 34 986 38 50 00.

5.1.2 Registration fees are set at:

ORC 0-1-2-3> Count of Gondomar Trophy €120 / Hedgehog Trophy €100
Other ORC Classes> Count of Gondomar Trophy 80 / Hedgehog Trophy € 80 €
Monotype J80> Hedgehog Trophy €80
Figaro> Hedgehog Trophy €80

5.1.3 Registrations that are formalized before July 10 will have a 50% discount.

5.1.4 The payment of the registration fees will be proven by presenting the photocopy of the transfer made where it must reflect the name of the boat or sail number to:

SABADELL BANK
Account number: ES80 0081 2308 6100 0108 3014

5.2 Confirmation of registration

5.2.1 The person in charge of each boat must register and personally sign the form at the Race Office before 10:00 a.m. on July 23, 2021.

5.2.2 The registration is conditioned to the presentation before the appointed time of the following documents:

a) Valid ORC Measurement Certificate for the year 2021 (ORC fleet only).

b) Current insurance policy that covers civil liability (damage to third parties and property) or extension of coverage for civil liability and damage to third parties up to a minimum amount of 336.556 euros.

c) For Spanish crew members, sports federation license for the year 2021.

6. PROGRAM

 

Thursday, July 22 – 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

* Opening of the Regatta Office
* Registration of participants
* Deliver Regatta Instructions
* Security check on boats

Thursday, July 22 – 8:00 p.m.

* Pattern meeting

Friday, July 23 – 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

* Opening of the Regatta Office
* Registration of participants
* Deliver Regatta Instructions

Friday, July 23 – 11:00 a.m. – Conde de Gondomar Trophy

* Baiona – Carrumeiro Chico – Baiona (Cíes Sur) 95 miles approx.

Saturday, July 24 – 12:00 pm – Hedgehog Trophy

* Coastal Tour of Ons. 32 miles approx. or Bayonne – Camouco
– Baiona (South Cies). 29 miles approx. (or another alternative route for the different Classes).

Sunday, July 25 – 12:00 noon – Conde de Gondomar Trophy – Erizana Trophy

* 2 tests Windward – Leeward
(or alternative coastal tour) for all groups and classes.

Sunday, July 25 – 6:30 p.m.

* Awards

 

6.2 On Sunday, July 25, no departure will be given later than 4:00 p.m.

6.3 3 tests are scheduled for all groups and classes.

 

7. CLASSIFICATIONS

7.1 ORC ratings will be established in accordance with RTC rule 204

7.2 For J80 the classification will always be in real time.

7.3 The 46th COUNT OF GONDOMAR TROPHY – GRAND PRIX ZELNOVA ZELTIA BANCO SABADELL, will be awarded to the winner of the joint general classification of the Conde de Gondomar ORC Trophy group.

7.4 The Erizana Trophy will be awarded to the overall winner of the Erizana ORC Trophy group, the winner of the one-design J80 Erizana Trophy group and the figaro class group.

7.5 There will be a classification and a trophy for each of the classes that are finally formed from ORC.

7.6 In the Figaro class, if there are a minimum of three female crews, the winner will have a Trophy.

7.7 The Real Time Winner of the Carrumeiro Stage will be awarded a Trophy.

8. SCORE

Appendix A and the low scoring system outlined in Rule A will apply.

4.1 of the RRV, with the following specifications:

8.1 No races will be excluded in the scoring of each boat.

8.2 The coefficient in the long race Baiona – Carrumeiro – Baiona will be 1.5; in the Vuelta a Ons or Camouco Stage it will also be 1.5, while in the rest of the tests it will be 1.0.

9. INSPECTION AND MEASUREMENT [DP]

9.1 Daily safety and measurement controls may be carried out by the Technical Committee.

9.2 The responsibility of attending this regatta having previously updated its Measurement Certificate, measuring the material with which it is intended to participate, is exclusively the registered skipper.

10. CATEGORY – SECURITY [NP] [DP]

10.1 The safety of this regatta will be considered as Category 3 for the Carrumeiro stage and 4 for the other stages (see categories on the RFEV website, cruise documents) in accordance with the Special Rules for high seas regattas of the RFEV. W.S.

10.2 All boats must be equipped with a VHF radio with channels 16, 71 and 72.

10.3 It will be the obligation of the person in charge of each boat to comply with the legal regulations established for recreational boats, both in general and special, for their government, dispatch and security.

10.4 Wake Tracking and Security Program.

All participants must be connected to the live monitoring program of the regatta, through the free application that they will download on their mobiles, during the completion of all the tests. In this link you can follow the instructions http://bit.ly/1Gft3BP.

It will be very important to provide mobile battery chargers or a mobile connection to the ship’s battery to charge when the phones are below 20% of their battery.

11. PRIZES

They will be indicated in the TOA before the departure of the first test.

12. LOCAL MARINE REGULATIONS

Royal Decree 62/2008 has the conditions of maritime safety, navigation and human life at sea applicable to nautical-sports events.

Participants are warned, before the start of the tests, that the boats can only participate if they are legally dispatched to navigate the waters through which the test will take place and if their skippers have sufficient qualifications for their government.

Participants must declare, adequately in advance of the start of the race, the insurance taken out, if applicable, including the risks covered and the limits of liability in accordance with the Notice of Regatta, being covered for participation in nautical races. -sports.

13. IMAGE RIGHTS

The image rights of the regatta are the sole and exclusive property of the MRCYB.

Any advertising action that does not have the express authorization of the organizers is prohibited.

14. LIABILITY

All regatta participants do so at their own risk and responsibility.

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 Notice of Race.

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

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

MRCYB – June 2021

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

SOCIAL ACTS

The trophy ceremony will take place on the terrace of the MRCYB, once the final general classifications have been published, after finishing the tests on Sunday, July 25 (6:30 p.m. approx.).

The schedule for the various events will be as follows:

Friday, July 23 – 7:30 p.m.

*Throughout the night until the end of the Carrumeiro stage, broth and fried eggs with chorizo will be served to the crews as they arrive.

Saturday, July 24 – 7:30 p.m.

Seafood dinner (according to COVID restrictions). It will be put in the TOA how it will proceed.

Sunday, July 25 – 6:30 p.m.

Awards.

 

BERTHS

The boats whose registration is accepted in this regatta will have a reserved and free mooring or anchoring place (mooring under the exclusive responsibility of the owner or skipper) during the celebration of the event, from July 18 to 28. For any special case regarding docking, contact Roy Alonso (tel. 615999718)

The MRCYB reserves the right to assign berths to vessels in strict order of registration, based on their size and draft.

 

Posted on

FEATURE: Women with full sail astern

REPORT BY ROSANA CALVO, HEAD OF COMMUNICATION AT MRCYB

 

In this 2021, after more than 40 years of competition, the Galician A Two Championship , held at the beginning of the month, had its first Galician champions. For the first time in the history of the trophy , women were able to opt for a specific title for them, a distinction that was requested from the Royal Galician Sailing Federation by the Monte Real Club de Yates within the framework of its Women’s Sailing project. It is an initiative that, through different proposals, seeks to end the inequalities that girls and women have suffered in the world of sailing in particular and the nautical world in general. Some inequalities and injustices that go back centuries…

Not long before the Revolution there was a royal ordinance in France that prevented women from embarking on Crown ships. As in many other sectors of society, in the nautical world women were considered to be less intelligent and capable beings than men, and having one on board supposed -according to what they said- a clear ballast for expeditions. There were even those who, relying on an ancient seafaring superstition, claimed that women brought bad luck to ships, which is why they had to stay on land.

Luckily, already at that time there were those who did not want to accept these inequalities and dared to break the rules, even running the risk of being discovered and punished. Disguised as a man, the French botanist Jeanne Baret embarked, in 1767, on one of the ships that, under the command of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, would form the first Gallic expedition to circumnavigate the planet. Baret thus became the first woman to go around the world through its oceans, also bringing with her a collection of more than 6,000 species of plants (which are now kept in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris), which earned him the congratulations of King Louis XVI himself.

Photograph by Jeanne Baret and illustration of the French botanist dressed as a man

We will never know how many women have had to go to sea dressed as men over the centuries or how they managed to fool the sailors on board during the long months that the expeditions lasted, but the truth is that there were and that the Most of them do not appear in the history books.

Doodle that Google dedicated to the French botanist Jeanne Baret

Among those great women who have not received the recognition they deserve is the Galician Isabel Barreto de Castro . Born in Pontevedra around the year 1567, she was a pioneer in world navigation when she became the first admiral of the Spanish Navy. In 1595 she assumed command of the expedition that left for the Solomon Islands but, despite having a chronicler on board (the Portuguese Pedro Fernández de Quirós), little or almost nothing is known about the great chapter that this woman wrote in the era of the discoveries.

Isabel Barreto de Castro, the first woman to hold the title of admiral in the history of Spanish navigation

These are just two examples of the many that have gone virtually unnoticed in the history of navigation, in which the domain has been and continues to be clearly male. We had to wait until the 20th century to begin to see women occupying prominent positions on ships. The Russian Anna Ivanovna Shchetinina became in 1935, at the age of 27, the first female captain of the merchant navy.

Anna Ivanovna Shchetinina, the first female captain of the merchant navy

In Spain, it was not until after the 1978 Constitution (which established equality before the law for men and women, without gender discrimination) that women were able to enroll, for the first time, in the nautical careers of the higher schools of the Civil Navy.

The Asturian Ángeles Rodríguez was the first student in 1979 and graduated as the first officer of the Merchant Navy in 1984. The Canarian Mercedes Marrero was the first captain in 1992, Idoia Ibáñez the first commanding captain, María Cardona the first engineer officer and Macarena Gil , the first woman to work as a port pilot, a profession in which until 2015 -basically until the day before yesterday-, only men worked.

The fact that in Spain women were not allowed access to nautical training until 1979 caused many of them to join the labor market very late and this is one of the causes, added to many others also related to discrimination ( such as the belief that women are less physically capable or prepared for the danger of the activity), that their presence in the maritime sector is much lower than that of men.

Despite being fully involved in the 21st century and all the advances experienced in recent decades, women are still a minority and They barely reach 2 percent of the almost one and a half million sailors that exist throughout the world , according to data from the International Labor Organization. They are not only few, but also rarely (they do not even reach 1 percent) occupy positions of high hierarchical rank.

The sea has remained for centuries linked to the figure of the man, who went out to fish while the woman stayed on land waiting, as a housewife or as a redeira, fishmonger, canner, marketer… in professions that were practiced outside of the sea (and had a much lower prestige), although they were closely linked to it.

In the most playful and sporty section, the one related to the sport of sailing, the balance also falls sharply towards the masculine side. Currently, the number of federated athletes in Spain exceeds 17,000, of which almost 14,000 are men, with the female presence reduced to just 3,500 athletes. They are barely 21 percent of the total , and the figure falls below 15 percent if we count those who participate in official regattas.

36 sailors from Spain and Portugal compete each year in the Monte Real Ladies Cup – Photo Lalo R Villar

Although it is true that important steps have been taken towards equality in the sport of sailing, the truth is that, as was the case in the maritime sector, there are still very few women who have obtained worldwide recognition for their feats . Of most of them, only those really interested in the subject will know how to recognize their names and their achievements.

Cover of the first edition of Alone with the sea by Naomi James

Women like the New Zealander Naomi James , the first who, in 1977, sailed around the world, solo and non-stop, also beating all speed records; or Dee Caffari, that 2006 did the same thing but in reverse, from east to west, along the considered “wrong path”, against the prevailing winds and currents on the globe; and that in 2009, after winning the Vendée Globe (the solo round-the-world sailing without stops or assistance), she became the first woman who, alone and propelled by the wind, hugged the planet in both directions.

Dee Caffari celebrating victory at the Vendée Globe in 2009

Women like Tracy Edwards who, at just 23 years old, had to dodge the ridicule of all those who laughed at her for dreaming of an all-female team in the Whitbread Round the World Race (sailing around the world), in which managed to participate in 1989.

Tracy Edwards aboard the Maiden in which she made history

He fulfilled his dream aboard the Maiden. She did not win, but she became the first woman to receive the trophy for the best sailor of the year and managed to make 12 women the focus of the world nautical scene for months.

Her decision and her courage made it possible to build a door that would open up to four more times, thanks to four teams that took to the sea to show that women had a lot to say around the world. Tracy Edwards’ Maiden was the first all-female boat in what is now known as The Ocean Race, and was followed by Nance Frank and Dawn Riley’s Heineken (US Women’s Challenge) in 1993, Christine Guillou’s EF Education in 1997, Lisa McDonald’s Amer Sports Too in 2001; and Sam Davies’ Team SCA in 2014.

Since the first edition of the round the world race in 1973 there have been teams -few- made up solely of women, and women -increasingly- forming part of teams, the most notable case being that of Carolinjn Brouwer and Marie Riou , the first to proclaim themselves champions of a Sailing Tour of the World aboard the Dongfeng in 2018.

And so, although with ups and downs, the evolution of the presence of women in the world of sailing has not stopped there. Without going any further, in 2020 they participated in the Vendée Globe , the most demanding regatta in ocean sailing, 6 women, a record that had never been set before in this challenge. They were the English Samantha Davies, Miranda Merron and Pip Hare; the French Clarisse Crémer and Alexia Barrier, and the Franco-German Isabelle Joschke.

The progress in terms of equality is evident but the work is not – far from it – complete in the world of sailing. Proof of this are the multiple initiatives that, especially in recent years, have been launched through federations, clubs and teams. Women’s leagues, women-only crews, training and specialization activities designed especially for them… what is sought is to give women a greater role in a sector that has historically relegated them to a secondary position .

The Ladies Cup is a 100 percent female competition – Photo Lalo R Villar

The Women’s Sailing project of the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona is also part of this struggle, thanks to which an entirely female team was formed to participate in the main regattas of the Galician Rías Baixas, the Royal Galician Sailing Federation was able to create a specific prize for women in the Galician Two-handed Championship, sailing activities were organized specifically for women, will be held the 25th anniversary of the Ladies Cup and several more initiatives are expected to be launched in 2021.

From Monte Real we believe that the woman-sea binomial continues to need support and encouragement, that the female presence in the world of sailing needs and deserves to continue making its way, and that this will only be achieved through everyone’s commitment to promoting the sport egalitarian. The sails are already hoisted, all that remains is to fill them with wind.

It is a report by Rosana Calvo, head of communication at the MRCYB

 

Posted on

Galicia already has new A Dos Champions

 

· The team made up of Rui Ramada and Pedro Serodio aboard Yess Racing won the Galician A Dos Championship this Saturday in the ORC class

El Cansino crewed by Fernando Yáñez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui won the regional title in the J80 one-design competition

· In the women’s section, the best crew was formed by Marta Ramada and Dunia Reino aboard the Miudo

· Among the mixed sailboats manned by a man-woman couple, the Bon III of Víctor Carrión and Ana Sardiña prevailed

 

 

Galicia already has new Champions of A Two in all the categories put in contention in this 2021. The MRW Trophy, held this Saturday in the Rías Baixas under the organization of the Monte Real Yacht Club, revealed the names of those who, as of today, are officially the best couples of sailors in Galicia.

Rui Ramada and Pedro Serodio Galician champions Two – Photo © Rosana Calvo

The team formed by Rui Ramada and Pedro Serodio aboard Yess Racing won the competition in the ORC class, in which 19 boats competed, taking the title of Galician Champion in that category. In the J80 class, the new Galician A Dos champions are Fernando Yáñez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui after beating the 18 contenders for the one-design title on board the Cansino.

Fernando Yáñez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui – Galician Double J80 Champions – Photo © Rosana Calvo

This year, the novelty of the regional test was that the Royal Galician Sailing Federation created, at the request of Monte Real, two new distinctions within the framework of the championship, one for women and the other for mixed.

Marta Ramada and Dunia Reino – Galician Women’s Two Champions – Photo © Rosana Calvo

In the female section of J80, the best crew was formed by Marta Ramada and Dunia Reino aboard the Miudo; and among the mixed sailboats, manned by a couple of men – women, within the framework of the ORC class, the team of Víctor Carrión and Ana Sardiña, from Bon III, prevailed.

Victor Carrión and Ana Sardiña – Mixed Galician Double Champions – Photo © Rosana Calvo

The route of the Galician Two-Handed Championship for this 2021 was a route from Baiona to the vicinity of the island of Ons, where the sailboats had to turn around the Camouco Lighthouse before returning to Baiona. Faced with the possibility that the intensity of the wind would drop, the regatta committee decided to shorten the initially planned route and place the finish line in the south of the Cíes archipelago, on the islet of Viños.

There were about 27 miles of navigation that offered multiple scenarios to the crews. The 37 sailboats left with a fair wind, 5 knots from the west, but enough to reach the south of Cíes, where the worst section of the entire route awaited them. There, a calm one left virtually the entire fleet stalled for a long time, but once the wind started to come in, things only got better.

From that area south of Cíes to the Camouco Lighthouse in Ons, the crews climbed at a good pace, driven by about 11-12 knots and the sea like a plate, and the descent again to Cíes, where the finish line was placed, it was even easier, with 12-13 knots and peaks up to 15.

In addition to the regional A Dos titles, the competition paid tribute to the former president of the Monte Real Club de Yates for more than 40 years, Don Rafael Olmedo Limeses; and decided the winners of the MRW Trophy in the ORC, ORC OPEN, Fígaros and J80 categories.

The prize for the VII Rafael Olmedo Memorial, presented by Mauro Olmedo, was shared by Yess Racing (Rui Ramada and Pedro Serodio), overall winners in ORC; and Fernando Yáñez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui (Cansino), overall winners in J80.

Regarding the MRW Trophy, the winners of the different classes were the couples formed by Rui Ramada and Pedro Serodio (ORC), Javier Rey and Jorge Justo (ORC OPEN), Alejandro Retolaza and Roy Alonso (FÍGARO); and Fernando Yáñez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui (J80).

Once the regatta was over, the gardens of the Monte Real Yacht Club hosted the awards ceremony for the winners, in which the president of the Baiona club, José Luis Álvarez, participated; and Santos Almeida on behalf of MRW, sponsor of the competition.

The regional and provincial administrations were represented by the Xunta de Galicia’s General Secretary for Sport, José Ramón Lete Lasa, and the Pontevedra sports deputy, Gorka Gómez. The event was also attended by Mauro Olmedo, one of the sons of the former president of the MRCYB, Don Rafael Olmedo, to whom the competition was dedicated; and the secretary of the J80 class in Galicia, Luis de Mira, replacing the president of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation, Manuel Villaverde, who was unable to attend.

 

GALICIAN CHAMPIONSHIP OF TWO

GALICIAN TWO CHAMPIONS · ORC CLASS · ABSOLUTE
YESS RACING RUI RAMADA + PEDRO SERODIO MRCYB

GALICIAN TWO CHAMPIONS ORC CLASS MIXED
BON III · VÍCTOR CARRÓN + ANA SARDIÑA · CN BELUSO

GALICIAN TWO CHAMPIONS · J80 CLASS · ABSOLUTE
CANSINO · FERNANDO YÁÑEZ + IGNACIO SÁNCHEZ OTAEGUI · MRCYB

GALICIAN TWO CHAMPIONS J80 CLASS FEMALE
MIUDO MARTA RAMADA + DUNIA REINO MRCYB

Rui Ramada and Pedro Serodio – Galician Double Absolute Champions – Photo Leticia Acero
Victor Carrión and Ana Sardiña – Mixed Mixed Galician Champions – Photo Leticia Acero
Fernando Yáñez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui – Galician Double J80 Champions – Photo Leticia Acero
Marta Ramada and Dunia Reino – Galician Women’s Double J80 Champions – Photo Leticia Acero

***

WINNERS OF THE VII RAFAEL OLMEDO MEMORIAL (OVERALL WINNERS OF ORC AND J80)

YESS RACING RUI RAMADA + PEDRO SERODIO MRCYB
CANSINO · FERNANDO YÁÑEZ + IGNACIO SÁNCHEZ OTAEGUI · MRCYB

***

WINNERS OF THE MRW TROPHY

MRW TROPHY ORC CLASS

1. YESS RACING RUI RAMADA + PEDRO SERODIO MRCYB
2. THE BLACK MOCK JUAN JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ + JOAQUÍN CARNEIRO CN CASTRELO MIÑO
3. BOSCH SERVICE SOLUTIONS EDUARDO REGUERA + IAGO CARRERA CM CANIDO

MRW TROPHY ORC OPEN CLASS

1. Q TALENT CONSULTANTS · JAVIER REY + JORGE JUSTO · MRCYB
2. TUTATIS · ALEJANDRO RETOLAZA + ROY ALONSO · MRCYB
3. BOUVENTO · ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ LUCA DE TENA + DAVID FONTÁN · MRCYB

MRW TROPHY FIGARO CLASS

1. TUTATIS · ALEJANDRO RETOLAZA + ROY ALONSO · MRCYB
2. BOUVENTO · ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ LUCA DE TENA + DAVID FONTÁN · MRCYB
3. LADEIRA ELENA RAGA + MIGUEL STERNER

MRW TROPHY J80 CLASS

1. TIRED · FERNANDO YÁÑEZ + IGNACIO SÁNCHEZ OTAEGUI · MRCYB
2. OKOFEN DIEGO FERNÁNDEZ + NOLO ADRIO MRCYB
3. IFACLINIC.COM JOAO ALLEN + MIGUEL LEITE MRCYB

Posted on

13 women aspire to the title of Galician Champions of A Dos

 

· For the first time in the history of the competition, specific prizes are put up for the best female and mixed crews

· The 72 sailors participating in the race will compete this Saturday in a regatta of about 30 round trip miles between Baiona and Ons

· The appointment framed in the MRW Trophy is held for the tenth consecutive year under the organization of the Monte Real Club de Yates

 

13 women aspire to become, this Saturday, the new Galician A Dos Champions in the regional event that the Monte Real Club de Yates organizes by delegation of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation and is part of the MRW Trophy. For the first time in the history of the competition, in 2021 specific prizes are put up for the best female and mixed crews, and there will be several teams of each type competing in the different classes.

In J80, 4 exclusively female teams will go for the title, made up of: Alejandra Suárez and Pilar Amaro, María Campos and Rita Hernández, Marta Ramada and Dunia Reino; and Carlota Hernández and Carolina Terron. The crew members of this last team, Hernández and Terrón, who will sail aboard the “Gordita”, agreed on the importance of continuing to take steps to increase the number of women sailing.

“Having a prize for women within the general competition is very important since the percentage of men who participate is always higher and, statistically, they have more chances of winning, so these prizes – says Carlota Hernández – they allow women to stand out in some way, and they also serve to promote sports among women” .

For Carolina Terrón, the fact that there are more and more women in the regattas is a very good sign, “but there is still a lot of work to be done” , she says. “These types of initiatives give women much more visibility than they usually have and that is very important to continue attracting more female sailors. I think that a very strong commitment is being made in this sector, more and more, and that it is working, but we have to continue working”

In the class in which they compete, that of J80, there will also be a mixed team, that of the couple formed by Luis de Mira and Susana Baena, but they will have to face the male teams since it has not been possible to form a mixed class due to lack of boats (the committee required the participation of at least 4).

The Galician A Dos Championship is part of the MRW Trophy – Photo Clara Giraldo

Where there will be a mixed section will be in the ORC class, in which 4 crews made up of men and women have signed up to participate. They are those of Carolina Martínez and Miguel Ángel Fernández (RCN A Coruña), Víctor Carrión and Ana Sardiña (CN Beluso), Elena Raga and Miguel Sterner (MRCYB); and Miguel Barros and Paula Rey (MRCYB).

In total, 36 sailboats (at this time the registration period has not yet closed) manned by only two sailors, will compete this Saturday in the Rías Baixas in a regatta that will begin at eleven in the morning from inside the bay of Baiona. It will be there that the starting horn will be given for a route of about 30 miles that will take the participants, if the wind allows it, to the Ons area, to return again to Baiona.

The more than 30 participating sailboats must sail to Ons – Photo Clara Giraldo

Faced with a complicated weather forecast, which could make the intensity of the wind drop, the committee has also prepared an alternative that would involve taking the sailboats through the interior of the Vigo estuary towards the Rande bridge, placing various points of possible return in case it were necessary to shorten or even finish the route earlier than planned.

Once the competition is over, the Monte Real Club de Yates will host the awards ceremony for the winners, in which the president of the MRCYB, José Luis Álvarez, and the Director of the South Galicia Zone of MRW, Santos Almeida, will participate, among others. event sponsor.

Among the participating fleet in 2020 there was only 1 woman – Photo Clara Giraldo

 

GALICIAN CHAMPIONSHIP OF TWO · MRW TROPHY
VII RAFAEL OLMEDO MEMORIAL – June 5

11:00> Start of the regatta (bay of Baiona)
20:00> Awards

 

 

Posted on

The MRW Trophy will elevate the new Galician champions of A Dos

 

· With crews reduced to the maximum (2 sailors) the sailboats that participate in the MRW Trophy – Galician Championship for Two will compete in one of the most exciting and demanding races of the nautical season in Galicia

In addition to the titles of Galician Champion of Two in the ORC and J80 classes, this year, for the first time in the history of the competition, distinctions will be awarded to the best women’s and mixed teams.

· The appointment that the Monte Real Club de Yates organizes for the tenth consecutive year will be dedicated to its president for more than 40 years, Mr. Rafael Olmedo

From the organization they expect the participation of about thirty boats – Photo Clara Giraldo

The Rías Baixas will host next Saturday the celebration of a new edition of the Galician Two-handed Championship, a test that the Monte Real Club de Yates will be in charge of organizing by delegation of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation.

This is the tenth consecutive year that the club from Baiona has staged, within the framework of the MRW Trophy, one of the most exciting sailing events in Galicia, and also one of the most demanding, since skippers can only take on board a crew member

With the teams reduced to the maximum, the participants will have to complete a route that will take them from Baiona to the vicinity of Ons. They will have as obligatory steps the beacons of Carallones, La Negra and Cíes to the Camouco Lighthouse, where they will have to turn to return to the bay of Baiona passing through the islet of Viños, in Cíes; and again by La Negra and Carallones.

With the crews reduced to the maximum, the sailboats must sail to Ons – Photo Clara Giraldo

In addition to the awards of the MRW Trophy, the titles of Galician Champion of A Dos, both in the ORC class and in the J80 class, will come into play in the competition. And this year, as a novelty, a distinction will also be awarded to the Galician Champions of A Dos, which will go to the best women’s team; and another to the Mixed Galician Champion, who will receive the sailboat that, manned by a man and a woman, obtains the best results in the test.

These new titles will be awarded as long as there is a minimum number of boats registered in each category, something that will not be known until the closing of the registration period next Friday the 4th. So far, 17 double teams have already confirmed their participation in the event, including 12 contenders for the ORC title and 5 J80 monotypes.

From the organization they hope to have around thirty sailboats and establish all the divisions of the classes called for the test, which will be dedicated one more year to the president of the Monte Real Yacht Club for more than 40 years, Don Rafael Olmedo.

The winners of the last edition of the Galician A Dos Championship were Javier de la Gándara and Diego Fernández, who on board the Okofen proclaimed themselves winners with full authority. They managed to get 15 and 20 minutes ahead of the second and third classified: Ay Carmela! (Bouzas Maritime Lyceum) manned by Juan Martínez and Ignacio Correa; and the Orion by Javier Pérez and Esteban Gañete (MRCYB).

The Galician A Dos Championship is one of the most exciting events on the calendar – Photo Clara Giraldo

 

GALICIAN CHAMPIONSHIP OF TWO · MRW TROPHY
VII RAFAEL OLMEDO MEMORIAL

Friday, June 4
8:00 – 19:00> Security reviews, registrations and delivery of documentation
19:00> Pattern meeting

Saturday, June 5
11:00> Start of the regatta (bay of Baiona)
20:00> Awards

2024 © Monte Real Club de Yates Baiona

Desarrollado por QUADRALIA

Subvención INEGA 2023

Síguenos