· Starting at three in the afternoon, the bay of Baiona will host three new tests of the Monte Real championship in which the Galician J80 fleet participates
· A weather forecast announcing wind gusts of up to 30 knots will add excitement to the afternoon regatta in which the Okofen arrives in the lead
The Monte Real Club de Yates Autumn League meets tomorrow, Saturday, in Baiona for the J80 fleet from Galicia to play its second day starting at three in the afternoon.
Three races on the programme, the possibility of a discard coming into play and a weather forecast announcing wind gusts of up to 30 knots will add excitement to a regatta afternoon in which Okofen heads the standings.
The one-design championship started fifteen days ago with the victory of Javier de la Gándara’s crew, who signed a full three victories in the three races held and left the rest of the participants without options.
In second and third position, 6 and 7 points behind the leader, are Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto and Fernando Yáñez’s Cansino, two of the crews that attend the second day ready to storm the place of honor.
Somewhat further apart from them, but also with the possibility of moving up to the top positions, are Santiago Estévez’s Spaco and Rosario García’s Ferralemes. And for this day, the Marías – Casas do Telhado, by the Portuguese Manel María, is also added.
J80 CLASS FALL LEAGUE MRCYB GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER THE FIRST DAY
1. OKOFEN · JAVIER DE LA GANDARA · MRCYB · 3 POINTS 2. ALBOROTO · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 9 POINTS 3. TIRED · FERNANDO YÁÑEZ · MRCYB · 10 POINTS 4. SPACO SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ MRCYB 15 POINTS 5. FERRALEMES · ROSARIO GARCÍA · MRCYB · 17 POINTS 6. NEW MOON JUAN LUIS TUERO MRCYB 22 POINTS 7. MIUDO IGNACIO SALGUEIRO MRYCB 23 POINTS 8. MAIJA JOSÉ LUIS PÉREZ MRCYB 24 POINTS 9. NAMASTE · LUIS DE MIRA · MRCYB · 28 POINTS 10. SND CORMORÁN FRANCISCO J. MARTÍNEZ MRCYB 31 POINTS 11. PAZO DE CEA MARÍA CAMPOS MRCYB 32 POINTS 12. LUXOCONF JEAN CLAUDE SARRADE MRCYB 35 POINTS 13. MONDO BERNARDO MACEDO MRCYB 36 POINTS 14. OH CARMELA! · JUAN MARTÍNEZ PAZÓ · LM BOUZAS · 37 POINTS 15. PETRILLA JAIME BARREIRO MRCYB 41 POINTS 16. DUE · RAFAEL BLANCO · MRCYB · 54 POINTS 17. MARÍAS MANUEL MARÍA MRCYB-YCP 54 POINTS
This afternoon the Pelayo Life Challenge – Vuelta a España 2020 arrived at the Monte Real Club de Yates, a solidarity project that aims to give visibility to cancer in women and the importance of practicing sports as part of their recovery.
A crew made up of 5 women who have overcome breast cancer are the protagonists of this test of self-improvement, psychological strength, courage and optimism.
They want to send a message of hope to women who have suffered or are suffering from the disease, showing them that, after overcoming cancer, life can be resumed normally.
They also seek to raise awareness of the importance of investing in cancer research and the need to help all women who are currently in the same situation that they went through in their day.
The 5 expedition members of the Pelayo Life Challenge – Vuelta España 2020 are Marián, from Elche; Lorraine, from Cartagena; Fatima, from Jerez; Maria, from Barakaldo; and Nuria, from Teruel.
They left Bilbao days ago and will sail to Barcelona. After leaving the Bay of Biscay, they have several stages ahead of them in the Atlantic and once they have crossed the Strait, they will finish their journey in the Mediterranean, in Barcelona.
This afternoon, before continuing the route, the crew made a stop at the Monte Real Club de Yates, where they were received with a warm welcome by the staff of the Baionese club.
· The sailboat skippered by Javier de la Gándara and manned by his usual team sentenced the opening day with a full victories in the three races held
· El Alboroto by Juan Carlos Ameneiro and El Cansino by Fernando Yáñez finished in second and third position, 6 and 7 points behind the leader
· The J80 Autumn League will return to Baiona on November 24 for the celebration of the second of the four days scheduled by the Monte Real Club de Yates
Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen signed a full three victories in the three races held – Photo José Ramón Louro
Javier de la Gándara made Okofen the first leader of the J80 class Autumn League this afternoon after winning the opening day held in the Bay of Baiona. The sailboat, skippered by the historic sailor and crewed by his usual team, finished first in all the events held and this plenary session placed them directly at the forefront of the one-design championship organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates.
The three tests with which the competition markers were released this Saturday were held in very good weather conditions, with sun, few waves and a north wind that started blowing at around 9 knots and rose to 16. They were all held in the same regatta field with the usual route of the Monte Real leagues, made up of four windward-leeward sections that added up to a total of 3.2 nautical miles.
In the first test of the day Okofen clearly dominated, from start to finish. It took first place followed by Ferralemes, skippered by Rosario García, who came second; and Santiago Estévez’s Spaco was the third to cross the finish line.
In the second test, which opened with an off-line and subsequent rectification by Maija, Okofen repeated victory, showing that they had started the autumn season with great force. In this test, Fernando Yáñez’s Cansino came out ready to fight, but despite the initial boost that allowed him to close the gap with Okofen, he was not able to overcome Gándara’s. He managed, yes, to finish second, and beat Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Fuss, who finished third.
El Alboroto by Juan Carlos Ameneiro was placed second after the opening day – Photo José Ramón Louro
And in the third and last regatta of the day, in which the same weather conditions were maintained, there were no changes in the leadership either, although there was in the navigation and arrivals, which were much tighter than in the initial sleeves. Despite the fact that the track was more disputed, the Okofen was once again the winner, sentencing the opening day with a full of firsts. Second position went to Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto and Fernando Yáñez’s Cansino came in third.
El Cansino by Fernando Yáñez is third in the provisional classification – Photo José Ramón Louro
Thus, the maximum of three tests foreseen in the program have been completed, with Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen (3 points), Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto (9 points) and Fernando Yáñez’s Cansino (10 points), located At the top of the classification, the regatta committee, led by Jano Martín, ended the opening day of the J80 Autumn League and summoned the participants for the second round, which will be held on Saturday, October 24 .
J80 CLASS FALL LEAGUE MRCYB GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER THE FIRST DAY
1. OKOFEN · JAVIER DE LA GANDARA · MRCYB · 3 POINTS 2. ALBOROTO · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 9 POINTS 3. TIRED · FERNANDO YÁÑEZ · MRCYB · 10 POINTS 4. SPACO SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ MRCYB 15 POINTS 5. FERRALEMES · ROSARIO GARCÍA · MRCYB · 17 POINTS 6. NEW MOON JUAN LUIS TUERO MRCYB 22 POINTS 7. MIUDO IGNACIO SALGUEIRO MRYCB 23 POINTS 8. MAIJA JOSÉ LUIS PÉREZ MRCYB 24 POINTS 9. NAMASTE · LUIS DE MIRA · MRCYB · 28 POINTS 10. SND CORMORÁN FRANCISCO J. MARTÍNEZ MRCYB 31 POINTS 11. PAZO DE CEA MARÍA CAMPOS MRCYB 32 POINTS 12. LUXOCONF JEAN CLAUDE SARRADE MRCYB 35 POINTS 13. MONDO BERNARDO MACEDO MRCYB 36 POINTS 14. OH CARMELA! · JUAN MARTÍNEZ PAZÓ · LM BOUZAS · 37 POINTS 15. PETRILLA JAIME BARREIRO MRCYB 41 POINTS 16. DUE · RAFAEL BLANCO · MRCYB · 54 POINTS 17. MARÍAS MANUEL MARÍA MRCYB-YCP 54 POINTS
The Monte Real Club de Yates inaugurates this Saturday the autumn one-design championship that will be held over four days until the end of November
· The Galician J80 currently make up one of the most numerous and prolific one-design fleets on the Spanish nautical scene
· Among the contenders for the title will be the current Galician champion and best one-design of the season, Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen
· The J80 world championship that Monte Real will organize in 2023 is already in the sights of all the participants who seek to improve their results in order to compete at the highest level
The J80 fleet returns to the water this Saturday to inaugurate the 2020 Autumn League in Baiona, a competition in four acts organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates that will take place between the months of October and November.
There will be four days of regatta (October 10 and 24, November 7 and 28) that will once again bring together the Galician J80 in the Rías Baixas, which currently make up one of the most numerous and prolific one-design fleets on the nautical scene. Spanish.
Among them we will see the current Galician champion and best one design of the season, Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen , who will try to win the league double after having won the Winter League held at the beginning of the year.
To achieve this, he will have to beat another of the clear contenders for gold, Juan Ameneiro’s Alboroto , of which the J80 Spanish champion Javier Aguado is a regular, and who on this occasion will have Willy Caamaño on board. The team arrives strong in the autumn league after having won the Conde de Gondomar Trophy this summer, with three victories in the three contested races.
José Luis Pérez’s Maija is another of the candidates for victory in the Autumn League, a title that he already achieved in the 2019 edition thanks to a great regularity in his results, and that he intends to revalidate in 2020.
Among the regulars of the Monte Real J80 championships who will repeat in the autumn league are also the Cansino , which includes the treasurer and commodore of the Baion club, Fernando Yáñez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui; the Luna Nueva , skippered by Juan Luis Tuero; and the Spaco de Santiago Estévez, who is joined on this occasion by the former Spanish F18 catamaran champion José Quiñones.
A J80 crewed solely by women will also compete: the Pazo de Cea by María Campos, Rita Hernández and Cristina and María González Cominges; and another J80 made up exclusively of students and coaches from the Monte Real Sailing School: el Miudo , led by Ignacio Salgueiro.
The Ay Carmela! of Juan Martinez, the Due to Rafael Blanco, the Ferralemes by Rosario Garcia, the World of Bernardo Macedo, the Namasté by Luis de Mira, the Jaime Barreiro’s Petrilla and the SDN Cormorant of Francisco Martínez, will complete a fleet to which is added as a novelty this year the Luxoconf by Jean Claude Sarrade.
The Frenchman, one of the regulars at cruiser competitions in Galicia and Galician solo champion, will debut with the J80 in what will be the last of the Monte Real competitions in 2020, a year in which, despite the situation derived from the coronavirus, the Baionese club has been able to fulfill a large part of its sports competitions.
The Autumn League will begin this Saturday in Baiona with the dispute of the first three tests of the total of twelve that are planned for the four days that the championship will last. It will be four exciting days that are announced and with a great rivalry between a fleet that has been tightening the results more and more in the last competitions.
The J80 world championship that the Monte Real Club de Yates will organize in 2023 is just around the corner and all the participants are looking to improve their results in order to compete at the highest level.
J80 CLASS FALL LEAGUE PARTICIPANTS
1. BUZZ · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO 2. OH CARMELA! · JUAN MARTINEZ 3. TIRED · FERNANDO YÁÑEZ 4. DUE · RAFAEL BLANCO 5. FERRALEMES ROSARIO 6. NEW MOON JUAN LUIS TUERO 7. LUXOCONF JEAN CLAUDE SARRADE 8. MAIJA JOSE LUIS PEREZ 9. MIUDO IGNACIO SALGUEIRO 10. MONDO · BERNARDO MACEDO · 11. NAMASTE · LUIS DE MIRA 12. OKOFEN · JAVIER DE LA GANDARA 13. CEA MANOR MARIA CAMPOS 14. PETRILLA JAIME BARREIRO 15. SDN CORMORÁN · FRANCISCO MARTÍNEZ 16. SPACO SANTIAGO ESTEVEZ
The J80 Autumn League will be held in the waters of the Bay of Baiona on October 10, 24, November 7 and 28, 2020, under the organization of the Monte Real Club de Yates.
1. RULES
The regatta will be governed by:
to. The rules as defined in the WS Racing Rules of Sailing 2017–2020 (RRV).
b. J80 class monodesign regulations and their special adaptations of the J80 Galicia Fleet[NP][DP] .
c. WS Appendix Q (RRV) adapted to this regatta
d. Announcement and Instructions of Regatta.
and. [NP] [DP] Special rules of the RFGV and SDX (Secretaría Xeral para o Deporte de la Xunta de Galicia) for COVID19 prevention. (Annex I of this AR).
F. 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.
g. 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] .
h. 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. ADVERTISING [NP] [DP]
2.1. Participants may display advertising in accordance with the provisions of WS Regulation 20.
2.2. 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.
3. PARTICIPATION [NP] [DP]
3.1. Boats of the J80 class that comply with the regulations of point 1 and all the requirements demanded in point 4 of this AR may participate. As long as each and every one of them is not fulfilled, their registration as a participant in the Regatta will not be considered. Depending on the circumstances, the Organizing and Race Committee may grant a special extension in a particular way to the boat that requests it in writing.
3.2. Owners and skippers must be members of the National J80 Class Association and be registered at http://www.j80measurement.com.
3.3. Skippers who are not owners must be in possession of Sailor Classification Grade 1. See the following link:
https://members.sailing.org/classification/?unique=1442849722.9402&view=req_new_classification&nocache=1
4. REGISTRATION
4.1. Registration will be mandatory, at a cost of €50 per boat,
being able to formalize covering the registration form.
Additionally, to formalize the registration, the following documentation must be sent by email before 12:00 noon on October 9:
• Updated boat insurance.
• 2020 federative licenses for all crew members.
• Proof of transfer of registration rights.
• Proof of payment of the J80 Class Association fee for the year 2020.
• COVID19 responsible declaration of the crew (Annex II AR)
Sending said documentation to:
Mount Royal Yacht Club Parador Enclosure s/n 36300 Bayonne phone + 34 986 385 000 regatas@mrcyb.com
The owner or person in charge of each boat must personally confirm their participation and submit, complete or sign the required documents that are missing, at the race office before 1:00 p.m. on October 10, 2020.
5. PROGRAM
5.1. The competition will take place on the following days:
October 10 – 3:00 PM Coastal or Windward-Leeward Courses October 24 – 3:00 PM Coastal or Windward-Leeward Courses November 7 – 3:00 PM Coastal or Windward-Leeward Courses November 28 – 3:00 PM Coastal or Windward-Leeward Courses November 28 – 20:00 – Trophy ceremony
5.2. This program may be modified if circumstances so require (postponement to other dates due to suspension due to storms, etc., or modification of schedules according to forecast weather conditions or other causes).
5.3. On October 10, at 1:00 p.m., the regatta referees and technicians will give a “briefing” to the participants.
5.4. Exit signals may be given up to 60 minutes before sunset each day.
6. COMPETITION FORMAT
6.1. It will be navigated in fleet format, in real time.
6.2. 12 tests are scheduled.
6.3. There will be no more than 3 tests per day.
7. MEASUREMENT AND SAFETY [NP] [DP]
7.1. 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.
7.2. The number of crew members on board may be changed during the course of the regatta, but not on each day where it must end with the same number as the start.
7.3. The safety of this regatta will be considered as category 4 (reduced) in accordance with the Special Rules for High Seas Regatta of the WS and adapted to the particular regulations of the Galician J80 Fleet.
7.4. All boats will have to be equipped with a VHF radio with channels 16, 09, 71 and 72.
7.5. It will be the responsibility of the owner or skipper of each boat to comply with the legal regulations established for recreational boats, both in general and in particular for their government, dispatch and security.
8. SCORING SYSTEM
8.1. The Low Score system described in Appendix A of the RRS will apply.
8.2. There will be one (1) discard from 6 or more races held and two (2) discards from 11 or more races held.
9. PRIZES
9.1 Prizes will be awarded to at least the top 3 finishers at the dinner to be held on November 28 at 8:30 p.m. at the club.
10. LIABILITY
Participants in the J80 Winter League do so at their own risk and responsibility.
The MRCYB or any person or body involved in the organization of the event, reject 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 by this race announcement.
Attention is drawn to 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 race or to continue racing”.
SECURITY PROTOCOL IN RELATION TO COVID-19 FOR THE REGATTA [NP] [DP]
A : MEASURES COMMON TO THE WHOLE ACTIVITY:
A1) The interpersonal separation of 2 m and/or the use of physical protection measures are established as fundamental measures, as established by the regulations, in addition to constant hand washing.
A2) Before attending the activity, participants must undergo a SELF-TEST to confirm symptoms. Do I have a fever, cough or shortness of breath?
A3) All participants must bring their own mask and hydroalcoholic gel with them for all activities.
A4) All participants who have any symptoms of COVID19 or have been in contact with someone infected, will not be able to access the facilities or carry out activities. In addition, they must immediately notify the technical manager of the facility or competition.
A5) It will be mandatory to wash hands at all entrances to the facilities with hydroalcoholic gel or soap, for at least 40 seconds and constantly, before and after each activity that is carried out.
A6) It will not be allowed to share food or drinks between participants, users and/or staff.
A7) All coaches and assistance personnel in water must carry an FFP2 mask and their own bottle of hydroalcoholic gel.
A8) The use of changing rooms is not recommended and they will be used only when necessary.
Personal items will not be allowed in the changing rooms.
A9) The use of a mask will be mandatory at all times.
A10) In navigation situations in which the mask cannot be used, in the event of: harsh sea, wind and/or rain conditions, the wetsuit will be used to cover the nose and mouth. In addition, before sailing, special attention should be paid to the rest of the measures to minimize the risk of contagion:
– Take temperature prior to activity.
– Frequent hand washing.
– Do not exchange positions on the boats during the same day of activity.
– Disinfection of shared material.
OWN MEASURES FOR CRUISES AND MONOTYPES ADDED TO THE COMMON MEASURES:
B1) Mandatory use of masks and a safety distance of 1.5 m. during the actions of lowering and raising boats.
B2) Keep the crews in their own boat whenever they are on the jetty.
B3) Maintain a constant safety distance of 1.5 m interpersonally when circulating or being on the slipway and pontoon.
B4) Mandatory mask use at all times.
B6) Hand washing with hydroalcoholic gel in all accesses.
B7) Carry hydrogel on board for constant hand washing of the crew.
B8) Daily disinfection of the ship.
B9) Obligation to use a bottle of water for each crew member. Do not share bottle
B10) Obligation for each athlete to carry their own supplies on board. Do not share food.
B11) Carry a minimum of 5 masks on board to be able to replace those that are damaged.
Alfonso Ozores (Vilagarcía de Arousa, 1967) has just been appointed as the new manager of the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona. Linked to the world of sailing from a very young age, when he began sailing with his father, Ozores has intertwined his sports nautical curriculum with different studies and work experiences in the business world.
At the age of 5 he got on a sailboat for the first time and at 8 he began to compete, first in Optimist and later in Snipe. With maturity he took his first steps in the great regattas, even representing Spain in several European and World Cups.
He participated in several editions of the Copa del Rey, the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy, the Conde de Gondomar and is currently part of one of the 6m crews that compete in the Spanish 6m Circuit. He was commodore of the Real Club de Regatas de Galicia, is a judge for the Royal Galician Sailing Federation and skipper of pleasure boats and yachts.
After having studied at the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas ICAI ICADE, he specialized in the management of sports entities, pursuing an MBA in Sports Management. Before his arrival at the Baionese club, he held various managerial positions in different international companies.
From now on, the Monte Real Club de Yates will work under the guidelines of the board of directors directed by José Luis Álvarez with the aim of improving the services that the club offers its members and visitors in Baiona. Its route plan also establishes the strengthening of the strategic lines of the club, which are the promotion of nautical tourism, the organization of sports competitions and training through the Sailing School.
· The Monte Real Club de Yates delivered the National Sailing Awards tonight in Baiona in what was the twenty-eighth edition of the gala
· The winners were the Olympians Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodríguez, the Cantabrian skipper Pablo Santurde, the Alicante crew of the Tanit Medilevel, the Mallorcan photographer Nico Rodríguez, the juniors Conrad Konitzer and Fernando Rodríguez and the Galician team of the Abril Verde
Family photo of the winners – Lalo R Villar
Tonight in Baiona, the Monte Real Yacht Club hosted the National Sailing Awards gala, awards that the historic club has awarded for 28 years to the most outstanding athletes and teams on the Spanish nautical scene.
The event began, as is tradition, with the welcome speech by the president of Monte Real, José Luis Álvarez, who highlighted the importance of the act for promoting sailing. “We want and need to continue betting on sport and sailing, for the benefits and joys that it brings to all of us, not only those who compete, but also those who work and enjoy it, especially in this year that has touched us live,” he said. “It’s about ,” he continued. to highlight the work of sailors and teams that are an example of effort and improvement for all “ .
The president of the Monte Real Yacht Club José Luis Álvarez – Photo Lalo R Villar
The president of Bodegas Terras Gauda, sponsor of the event, succeeded at the microphone. “It is an honor for a Galician and a man of the sea like me to come to present these awards,” said José María Fonseca Moretón, who assured that “It is impossible to reward all the best, since many more would deserve it, but of course those who are here deserve it without a doubt”.
The president of Bodegas Terras Gauda José María Fonseca Moretón – Photo Lalo R Villar
After the welcoming speeches, the awards ceremony began. The Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Military School, Ignacio Cuartero, was in charge of presenting the first prize to Armando Gutiérrez, president of the J80 class, who collected it on behalf of the Cantabrian Pablo Santurde, national sailing award for the skipper of the year.
The crew of the Tanit IV Medilevel, represented on stage by its skipper Nacho Campos, received the prize for the ship of the year from the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; and the deputy for sports from Pontevedra, Gorka Gómez.
The gala continued with the Mariano Aguado Communication Award, which Pilar de Sas presented to the Mallorcan photographer Nico Martínez, for his contribution to the dissemination and promotion of nautical sports through his photographs. It was the first time in the 28-year history of the prestigious awards that this award went to a photographer.
The next prize to be awarded was received by Luis Pérez Canal from Ourense, skipper of the Abril Verde, recognized as the best one-design of the year for his Corinthian European champion title. It was presented to him by the Xunta de Galicia’s Secretary General for Sports, José Ramón Lete Lasa.
The commercial director of ABANCA, Gabriel González, did the same with Fernando Rodríguez, who received the award that distinguishes him and Conrad Konitzer as the best youth team of the year.
The last of the six awards this year was collected by Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodríguez from the president of the Monte Real Yacht Club, José Luis Álvarez; and the president of Bodegas Terras Gauda, José María Fonseca Moretón. They won the award that recognizes them as the Olympic team of the year for their outstanding performance in 2019, when they became world and European champions in the 470 class.
The 28th gala of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards was once again part of the celebration of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, which after two days of regattas, concludes tomorrow, Sunday, in the Rías Baixas with the latest tests and the award ceremony for the winners.
With the premiere of the Gadis ORC 5 and SH Robotics ORC Open categories, the Monte Real meeting today brought together a total of 70 boats in the bay of Baiona competing for the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy
Magical, Cachete, Deep Blue 2.0, Chispa Nejra, Albarellos, Okofen and Tutatis Gestilar are the leaders of the queen event of the Baion club after the second day of regattas
Once the day’s tests are finished, at 8:00 p.m. the prestigious Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be delivered
Tomorrow, Sunday, the third and last day of regattas with everything to be decided in the seven classes in contention
The Prince of Asturias Trophy is halfway through its thirty-fifth edition. With the premiere of the Gadis ORC 5 and SH Robotics ORC Open categories, today the Bay of Baiona brought together a total of 70 boats divided into seven classes and three regatta fields, successfully completing the testing program of its second day. In the absence of what happens tomorrow in the final day, Magical, Cachete, Deep Blue 2.0, Chispa Nejra, Albarellos, Okofen and Tutatis Gestilar are for now the provisional leaders of the event.
In the race course of the ORC divisions from 2 to 4 the wind did not make things easy for the Race Committee. The lack of wind caused a delay of an hour and a half in the water at the beginning of the day, although finally with about 11 knots from the north component the fleet was able to hear the honk for the first of the two windward-leeward tests that would be held in this second day of competition.
The ORCs will reach the final with everything still to be decided – Photo Lalo R. Villar
In the category Nacexa ORC 2 the general has been tightened to the maximum after the dispute of the third and fourth regatta, and the five-point tie with which the Magical and Yess Too teams finished yesterday in the lead was provisionally resolved today in favor of the first. With Julio Rodríguez at the helm, the Magical of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo continues to lead the general standings -now alone- with a second and a fifth scored this afternoon, while Rui Ramada’s Yess Too moves into fifth place just one podium point.
The second position is now for the Solventis of Malalo Bermúdez after adding a sixth and a third in his locker, positioning himself three points behind those of Ramada. From behind, a good day also for Aceites Abril de Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, who with a partial victory and a fourth climb to third place on the provisional podium.
In total, only five points separate the top six finishers, so it will all depend on what happens tomorrow.
In AceitesAbril ORC 3 , Fran Edreira’s Cachete was once again the best in the regatta field. The boat from Club Marítimo La Penela added two more partial victories today and sits at the top of the general standings with a five-point advantage over José Luis Alonso’s Antelope – Kahaway, which also maintains its second position after two second places noted today.
Where there have been changes is in third place on the provisional podium, which is now occupied by Rui Amorín’s Milaneza after adding two third places.
For its part, in the Autesa ORC 4 division, the Deep Blue 2.0 of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo has not moved from first place today either. Vicente Cid’s team scored a second and a new partial victory, extending their lead by one point over Luis García Trigo’s Unus, who added their first win in the opening test of the day and a third in the second round. Luis Mª Pérez’s Balea Dous, meanwhile, also continues in third position in the provisional classification.
In the general classification of the Juan Sebastián Elcano Award, which encompasses the categories of ORC 2, 3 and 4 as a whole, today El Cachete stormed the lead ahead of Magical and Solventis, second and third respectively.
Part of the J80 fleet – Photo Lalo R. Villar
Meanwhile, with the start located in the Carallones area and wind conditions between 10 and 12 knots of intensity, at 12:00 noon the coastal test for the categories started. Gadis ORC 5 and SH Robotics ORC Open , which premiered today in the thirty-fifth edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy.
With a journey of about 20 miles and more than four and a half hours of navigation through the Vigo estuary, José Rey’s Chispa Nejra, which sails under the banner of the Club Náutico de Beluso, was the fastest in Gadis ORC 5 both in real time and compensated, thus becoming the provisional leader of the regatta. Following behind in the general classification are the Travesío La Riviere with Carlos Lourido at the helm and the Santiago Roma Rías Baixas of Iñaki Carbajo, second and third respectively.
On SH Robotics Open the Albarellos del Monte Real Club de Yates, which sails with Fernando Rey at the helm, was placed at the head of the general classification after the dispute in the coastal regatta by achieving a five-minute advantage in compensated time over the Lacazán of Ignacio Pedrosa, who is second. O Norte by Joaquim Moreira ranks third in this division.
For their part, the monotypes also completed their scheduled testing program today, this time with the race course located outside the bay, in front of the Parador de Baiona, to take advantage of the best wind conditions.
In the Solventis J80 category, the first two classified maintain their positions in the general classification. The Monte Real team, Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, repeats yesterday’s positions with two partial victories and one second in the three races held, and continues to lead the standings with a narrow two-point lead over Solintal from Santander Ignacio Camino, who added two seconds and one first in his locker.
Eight points behind the second classified, in the third drawer of the podium of the most numerous fleet of the Prince of Asturias, today stood Dr. Chacartegui de Javier Chacartegui, who with three third places and discarding his worst result rises to third position to lack of the last day of regattas.
For its part, in the Gestilar Ladies Cup class, the second day of regattas also ended with changes in the top positions in the general classification. Pilar Casares’s Tutatis Gestilar, which was yesterday in second place in the general standings, tied on points with Marta Ramada’s Erizana Gestilar, today scored two brilliant partial victories and was at the top of the podium with two points ahead of the of Ramada, who sealed a second and a fifth to place themselves in second place overall.
Behind, the third place on the podium is occupied by Sara Carmo’s Serralleiras Gestilar, three points behind Erizana and five behind the leading team, the representatives of the Real Club Náutico de Puerto Pollensa.
Tomorrow Sunday, third and last day of regattas with everything to decide. Although everything will depend on the weather conditions, the Regatta Committee expects to be able to start the last tests from 12:00. The awards ceremony for the 35th Prince of Asturias Trophy will be held at 6:30 p.m.
The Rías Baixas once again offered luxury conditions for navigation – Photo Lalo R. Villar
This thirty-fifth edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy is sponsored by ABANCA and has the collaboration of firms such as Bodegas Terras Gauda (sponsor of the National Sailing Awards), Gestilar (sponsor of the Ladies Cup), Solitium, TuyPan, Coca Cola, Martin Miller, Gadis, Solventis, Volvo Autesa, Nacexa, HOLA, Paradores, Vanguard, April Oils, Foxy, Onda Cero, Helly Hansen, Tac Tic and SH Robotics. The competition also has the support of the Xunta de Galicia, the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, the council of Baiona and the Royal Spanish and Galician Sailing Federations.
Today’s regatera day left spectacular images – Photo Lalo R. Villar
PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER DAY 2
35th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY
Monte Real Yacht Club Naval Military School
NACEX CLASS ORC 2
Magical Julio Rodríguez RCN Vigo 12 points
Solventis · Manuel Bermúdez de Castro · MRCYB · 15 points
April Oils Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal RCN Vigo 16 points
CLASS OILS APRIL ORC 3
Cachete Fran Edreira CM La Penela 4 points
Antelope-Kahaway José Luis Alonso Bay of Gijón 9 points
Milaneza Rui Amorín Atlantic Sailing 17 points
VOLVO AUTESA ORC CLASS 4
Deep Blue 2.0 · Vicente Cid · RCN Vigo · 5 points
Unus Luis García Trigo MRCYB 8 points
Balea Dous · Luis Mª Pérez · RCN Rodeira · 19 points
GADIS ORC 5
Spark Nejra José Rey CN Beluso 1 point
Crossing La Riviere · Carlos Lourido · RCN Sanxenxo · 2 points
Santiago Roma Rías Baixas Iñaki Carbajo CN Beluso 3 points
SH ROBOTICS ORC OPEN
Albarellos · Fernando Rey · MRCYB · 1 point
Lacazán Ignacio Pedrosa CN Sada 2 points
O Norte · Joaquim Moreira · CVA · 3 points
SOLVENTIS J80 CLASS
Okofen · Javier de la Gándara · MRCYB · 6 points
Solintal Ignacio Camino RCM Santander 8 points
Chacartegui Javier Chacartegui CN Arenal 16 points
· The historic club from Baiona puts on the line from tomorrow Friday until Sunday the thirty-fifth edition of its star competition
· This year 70 boats will participate in the tests, completing the registration limit set by Monte Real on the occasion of COVID19
· The tests will begin tomorrow at three in the afternoon in two regatta fields located in the bay of Baiona and the vicinity of the Cíes Islands
Female crews from Portugal, Mallorca, Ibiza, Castellón, the Basque Country and Madrid will compete in the twenty-fourth edition of the Gestilar Ladies Cup
The Prince of Asturias Trophy starts tomorrow, Friday, in Baiona – Photo Miguel Riopa
The Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona unfurls the sails of the Prince of Asturias Trophy tomorrow, Friday, which is held from until Sunday in the waters of the Rías Baixas. The competition will put Galicia in the spotlight of the Spanish nautical scene for three days in a year marked by the suspension of multiple championships due to COVID19.
The sponsorship of ABANCA and the support of multiple firms and companies has allowed the club from Baiona to celebrate what will be the thirty-fifth edition of its star trophy, an edition in which 70 boats will participate, a limit set by Monte Real to be able to comply with health protocols and guarantee the safety of the participants.
The competition will start, if the wind allows it, tomorrow Friday at three in the afternoon, with the departure of the first test of the ORC 2-3-4 from a regatta field located near the Cíes Islands. If the program is fulfilled, half an hour later the first honk will sound for the J80 monotypes and the Gestilar Ladies Cup, which will compete inside the Bay of Baiona. The ORC 5, Open and Open Extra will remain only on land, pending their debut in the competition on Saturday.
Among the participants this year, many familiar faces from previous editions and some novelties. The Magical by Julio Rodriguez, a Swan 42 that won the Conde de Gondomar Trophy last July, will make its debut in the trophy. It will compete in the ORC 2 class with boats such as Solventis owned by Alberto Moro, or the Portuguese Xekmatt owned by Jose Carlos Prista and Yess Too owned by Rui Ramada, the latter winner of the last edition of the Prince in ORC 1. In ORC 2 there will also be crews such as those from the Aceites Abril of the Pérez Canal brothers, the Pairo 8 of Luis Bugallo, the Arroutado of José Manuel Pérez, the Eleko Mambo of Carlos Sampedro or the Lambaix of Antonio Ríos.
The winner of the National Sailing Award Luis Pérez Canal will skipper the Aceites Abril – Photo Lalo R. Villar
Ramón Ojea’s Bosch Service Solutions, who will fight to revalidate the victory achieved last year, will also enter the fray in the ORC 3 class. Jean Claude Sarrade’s Fend la Bise, bronze in the 2019 Principe, will be another contender for the ORC-3 title, a class in which we will also see Fran Edreira’s Cachete or Joao Tourigo’s Farofino.
And in ORC-4, which also starts the competition tomorrow, there will be boats such as La Burla Negra, by Juan José Martínez, Deep Blue 2.0 by Vicente Cid, Balea Dous by Luis Pérez or Unus by Luis García Trigo, among others.
The J80 class will be the most numerous in the trophy – Photo Lalo R. Villar
The largest class in the competition will once again be the J80, in which a total of 18 crews will compete for victory, including Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, winner in 2019; the Alboroto-Maui Jim by Juan Carlos Ameneiro or the Due by Pedro Pazos.
The ORC-5, ORC Open and Open Extra classes, with boats such as José Rey’s Chispa Nejra, Luis Suárez’s Maracaná I, Pablo Moro’s Habana or Bruno Gago’s Isla de Mouro, will not go out to compete until Saturday .
This thirty-fifth edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy is sponsored by ABANCA and has the collaboration of firms such as Bodegas Terras Gauda (sponsor of the National Sailing Awards), Gestilar (sponsor of the Ladies Cup), Solitium, TuyPan, Coca Cola, Martin Miller, Gadis, Solventis, Volvo Autesa, Nacexa, HOLA, Paradores, Vanguard, April Oils, Foxy, Onda Cero, Helly Hansen, Tac Tic and SH Robotics. The competition also has the support of the Xunta de Galicia, the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, the council of Baiona and the Royal Spanish and Galician Sailing Federations.
Portugal, Mallorca, Ibiza, Castellón, the Basque Country and Madrid in the Gestilar Ladies Cup
The 35th Prince of Asturias Trophy will host, for yet another year on its programme, the Ladies Cup women’s competition, which this year is being held thanks to the sponsorship of the real estate developer Gestilar. In what will be the twenty-fourth edition of the regatta, crews from Portugal, Mallorca, Ibiza, Castellón, the Basque Country and Madrid will compete. They will do so, as has been the tradition, with crews of 6 sailors who will sail in the 6 Fígaros Beneteau owned by the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona.
Boat draw for the Gestilar Ladies Cup – Photo Leticia Acero
The 420 women’s runner-up, Marta Ramada, will lead the Portuguese crew of the Gestilar Ladies Cup for another year. On this occasion, Ramada, who is looking for her third victory in the women’s competition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, has managed to bring together in her team an outstanding cast of sailors who are currently preparing for the 2021 Olympics. Among them, the two-time snipe world champion, Mafalda Pires de Lima; the Portuguese 4X laser champion, Carolina Joao; and the Portuguese champion of 420, Joana Azevedo. They belong to different clubs in Portugal and will participate representing BBDouro.
The Olympians Sara Carmo and Susana Romero will be two of the crew members of another of the Ladies Cup teams, the one led by the women’s J80 world runner-up Nuria Sánchez, who will run through the Marina Burriananova (Castellón). They are joined by the Olympic Sara Carmo, who will carry the boat’s rod; the winner of the last Copa del Rey de Vela, Clara Llabrés; and the Galician Carmen Mateo and Victoria García, with several pre-Olympic campaigns behind them.
From the Basque Country, from the Real Club Náutico del Abra – Real Sporting Club, the team of Carmen Galdós, Euskadi champion of 420 and cruise, arrives in Baiona. Sailing alongside her, among others, will be the J80 junior world champion, Silvia Marcé; and the runner-up of Spain in J80 Leticia Gandarias. They are all from Getxo and despite having coincided in different classes, this will be the first time they are part of the same team.
Sailing through Puerto Pollensa (Majorca), the team led by Pilar Casares arrives at the Prince of Asturias Trophy. They are a group of sailors used to cruising who, after having won the 2019 edition of the Ladies Cup, will once again get on the Figaro Beneteau of the Monte Real Yacht Club to try to revalidate the title of winners.
From the Balearic Islands, the crew led by De Pedro, a regular in the Baionesa women’s regatta, in which this year will celebrate ten years of participation, also arrives in Galicia. It is made up of a group of vaurien athletes, recent runners-up in the Aguete Cruise Regatta, and they will compete representing the Ibiza Yacht Club.
The last of the six crews that will participate in this twenty-fourth edition of the Gestilar Ladies Cup is that of the Club Náutico Cervera, from Madrid, with Teresa Martínez and Laura Gil leading the team. They are one of the oldest crews when it comes to sailing in Baiona, where they have haggled for more than 20 years.
35th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY
Friday, September 4, 2020
10:00 – 14:00> Regatta office. Registration of participants. Reviews, measurements, weighing. 12:00> Live program with Onda Cero Radio from the MRCYB 12:30> Official Posing Gestilar Ladies Cup 15:00> Coastal test for ORC 2-3-4 15:30> Windward/leeward tests for J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup
Saturday, September 5, 2020
12:00> Windward/leeward tests for ORC 2-3-4, J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup 12:00> Coastal test for ORC 5, Open and Open Extra 18:00> Deadline for departures 20:00> Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards Gala
Sunday, September 6, 2020
12:00> Windward/leeward tests for ORC 2-3-4, J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup 12:00> Coastal test for ORC 5, Open and Open Extra 16:00> Deadline for departures 18:30> Awards Ceremony
· The countdown begins for one of the most important competitions on the Spanish nautical calendar, reduced this year as a result of COVID19
· The Monte Real Club de Yates will hold the thirty-fifth edition of its historic Prince of Asturias Trophy from September 4 to 6
The Rías Baixas will witness another year of an event that in this 2020 has limited the number of participants to comply with health protocols
· The delivery of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards and the celebration of the Gestilar Ladies Cup will be two of the attractions of the program
Galicia is already preparing for the celebration of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, one of the most important competitions in the Spanish nautical calendar, reduced this year as a result of COVID19. The Monte Real Club de Yates and the Naval Military School join forces once again in the organization of a trophy that in 2020 celebrates its thirty-fifth edition.
Its creation in 1986 thanks to the encouragement of Admiral Rafael Lorenzo Montero, who died a few months ago, was recalled by the president of the Baiona club, José Luis Álvarez, at the official presentation of the event held this morning in Baiona. The president of Monte Real had fond memories of the figure of the admiral, of whom he said that “possibly without him, and without his intermediation with the Royal House, the Prince of Asturias Trophy might not exist today.”
In his speech, José Luis Álvarez also wanted to highlight the effort made by the club this year to organize the trophy within the framework of COVID19. “It has been an extra effort -he said- that we believe will be worth it, because we hope that the Prince of Asturias Trophy will be one more step towards a normality in which many things will have changed, but others, such as our love of the sea and sailing, They will remain intact,” he said.
Like every September, the Rías Baixas will witness an event that every year brings together, for three days, an outstanding number of cruise and one-design crews from various parts of Spain and Portugal on the Galician coast. There will be, in total, three intense days of competition in which a maximum of 70 boats will participate, since this year, for the first time in the history of the trophy, a registration limit has been set due to COVID19.
The 35th Prince of Asturias Trophy will hold its tests on September 4, 5 and 6. On Friday the 4th, after a morning of registrations, revisions and measurements, the first two starting horns will be heard, at 3:00 p.m. for the fastest cruisers (ORC 0-1-2-3-4) and at 3:00 p.m.: 30 for monotypes (J80 and Figaros). The former will presumably take part in a coastal route and the J80 and the 36 girls from the Gestilar Ladies Cup, aboard the 6 Fígaros Beneteau owned by Monte Real, will enter the fray with several windward-leeward tasks.
On the second day, Saturday the 5th, the ORC 5, Open and Open Extra will also be at stake, for which the regatta committee will design a coastal layout. The rest of the boats will continue to score points in the ranking with several rounds to the wind, a design that will remain identical, weather permitting, until the end of the trophy.
The Sunday day of the 6th, the last of the tests, will be the one that decides the podiums and defines the final classification for the awards ceremony, which will be held that same afternoon, at 6:30 p.m. in the gardens of the Monte Real Club of yachts.
One of the trophies that will be in dispute this year will be the Juan Sebastián Elcano Trophy, a limited edition sculpture of the Spanish navigator made in bronze with which the Navy wants to commemorate the V Centenary of the first circumnavigation of the world.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Military School, Captain Ignacio Cuartero, highlighted the importance of the Prince of Asturias Trophy for the Navy, not only because of his collaboration in organizing the competition from the beginning, but also because many of the students of the Naval School participate in the tests. “The Prince of Asturias Trophy reflects some of the values that we try to instill in our students, such as, for example, overcoming challenges, both sporting and personal. That is why it is so important for us to continue working hand in hand with Monte Real in the organization of this high-level competition”.
For the celebration of the tests, the organizing club has once again chosen several different regatta fields in which to divide the participants. The objective is to be able to give a complete nautical show in the Rías Baixas, one of the most spectacular areas of the Atlantic coast, with very favorable characteristics for sailboat navigation.
It was an aspect highlighted by the head of sports for the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Gorka Gómez, who also spoke of the importance of “the institutional collaboration, the collaboration of companies, the collaboration of sports clubs and, in short, the collaboration of everyone in promoting a trophy that is also an economy and the promotion of healthy habits and an example to follow” . “The regatta is going to be fantastic and I have no doubt that it will be a complete success,” he concluded.
With the registration process already underway, the Monte Real Club de Yates hopes to cover the limit of 70 boats set this year, a figure well below the number of participants in previous editions but which will guarantee that the competition takes place with maximum security. in relation to COVID19.
The club’s commodore, Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui, assures that the intention of Monte Real is “to maintain the high organizational and sporting level that has always characterized the Prince of Asturias Trophy throughout its history and to do so while complying with all the protocols of health security” .
In this sense, the director of Monte Real wanted to thank the support of ABANCA, the main sponsor of the event, for having once again maintained its commitment to the club and the Prince of Asturias Trophy. In this sense, the territorial director of the entity, Walter Álvarez, spoke of the competition as a “true reflection of what ABANCA is and of its commitment to sport and the sea, from grassroots sports to top competition” . said. Álvarez also pointed out the contribution that events of this type make to the local economy with “a significant economic return, much needed in these times.”
From Monte Real they also thanked the support of Bodegas Terras Gauda, promoter of the National Sailing Awards, which will be awarded, once again, within the framework of the competition. The gala that will distribute the prestigious awards will be held on the night of Saturday, September 5, and will be attended by the winners in the different categories.
In this edition, Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodríguez have been distinguished as the best Olympic team; world champion Pablo Santurde as patron of the year; the world champion boat from Alicante in ORC Corinthian Tanit IV Medilevel as best boat; the champions of Spain and Europe of 420 Conrad Konitzer and Fernando Rodríguez as the best youth team and the J70 Green Oils of Luis Pérez Canal as monotype of the year. The Mariano Aguado Communication Award has been won this year by the Mallorcan photographer Nico Martínez, for his more than 30 years of contribution to the dissemination and promotion of sailing through his photographs.
The president of Bodegas Terras Gauda, José María Fonseca Moretón, was very pleased to be able to celebrate, once again, and in the special circumstances of COVID19, the National Sailing Awards gala at Monte Real. “For us it is a pride to sponsor a sport that gathers, at the same time, sports knowledge, intelligence and a series of values that we at Terras Gauda deeply love,” he assured. “It is an honor that the awards continue to celebrate years and we hope and wish to be able to continue sponsoring this event for many more years,” he concluded.
The delivery of the National Sailing Awards at the Monte Real Yacht Club will once again put Baiona in the spotlight, something of which the mayor of the Galician fishing village was especially proud. In the presentation of the event, Carlos Gómez, wanted to thank everyone “for coming once again to the best town not only in Galicia but in the whole world. We have the environment, we have the time and we hope that this weekend sports activities can be carried out as normal” .
In addition to the councilor from Baiona, the official presentation held this morning at the Monte Real Club de Yates was also attended, on behalf of the regional government, by the provincial head of sports of the Xunta de Galicia, Daniel Benavides, who highlighted the value of the Trofeo Príncipe de Asturias in the current context. “We are here making history, resisting and giving the image that in Galicia the economy is being activated with sport, with the optimism and with the dream of those sailors who are going to participate to get the long-awaited title of the Prince of Asturias Trophy” he said .
35th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY
Friday, September 4, 2020
10:00 – 14:00> Regatta office. Registration of participants. Reviews, measurements, weighing. 12:00> Live program with Onda Cero Radio from the MRCYB 12:30> Official Posing Gestilar Ladies Cup 15:00> Coastal test for ORC 0-1-2-3-4 15:30> Windward/leeward tests for J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup
Saturday, September 5, 2020
12:00> Windward/leeward events for ORC 0-1-2-3-4, J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup 12:00> Coastal test for ORC 5, Open and Open Extra 18:00> Deadline for departures 20:00> Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards Gala
Sunday, September 6, 2020
12:00> Windward/leeward events for ORC 0-1-2-3-4, J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup 12:00> Coastal test for ORC 5, Open and Open Extra 16:00> Deadline for departures 18:30> Awards Ceremony
· The crew of the J70 is thus recognized for the Corinthian European Champion title achieved in 2019 in the championship disputed by 130 boats in Lago di Garda (Italy)
· After having achieved bronze in 2018, the Abril Verde won last year in the amateur category with a crew made up of Luis Pérez Canal, Carlos Sanmartín, Eduardo Reguera, Juan de Cominges and Luis Darocha
· The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be presented on the night of Saturday, September 5 at a gala to be held in Baiona organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club
The J70 Abril Verde, skippered by Luis Pérez Canal from Ourense, has been honored with the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the one-design of the year for its achievement of the Corinthian European Champion title in Lake Garda (Italy), in a championship in which 130 boats participated.
After having achieved bronze in the 2018 European Championship, the crew of the Abril Verde managed to improve their results last year and climb to the top of the podium in the amateur category, beating the 36 rivals in their division. Those of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo won the title they were after, also managing to finish eighth overall in the championship.
The crew was led by Luis Pérez Canal, from Ourense, one of the most relevant figures in sailing in Galicia today. His nautical curriculum highlights having been Galician Optimist champion, Spanish Laser runner-up and promoter of some of the most successful Galician regional sailing projects, such as the J70 Abril Verde itself (podium in 4 of the last 5 annual circuits of J70 in Spain, Corinthian Spanish Champion and Corinthian European Champion) and the Aceites Abril, a cruise ship that has won numerous victories in the most important regattas in Galicia, such as the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy, the Conde de Gondomar Trophy, the Repsol Trophy or the Rías Baixas Regatta, of which the winner has just recently been proclaimed.
Together with him, Carlos Sanmartín, Eduardo Reguera, Juan de Cominges and Luis Darocha completed the crew that won the European Championship. On September 5 they will collect the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the monotype of the year at a gala to be held in Baiona organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club.
· The skipper and crew member of the 420 sailing class has received this distinction after having been proclaimed champions of Spain and Europe in 2019
The athletes will collect the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award that recognizes them as the best youth team of the year on September 5 in Baiona
19-year-old Conrad Konitzer and Fernando Rodríguez capped off their brilliant 2019 season by taking bronze in the 420 World Championship
Conrad Konitzer and Fernando Rodríguez will receive the National Sailing Award for the best youth team
The Balearic athletes from the Club Náutic S’Arenal de Mallorca Conrad Konitzer and Fernando Rodríguez have been distinguished with the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the best youth team of the year 2019.
The 19-year-old sailors culminated an exceptional season last year by proclaiming themselves champions of Spain and Europe in the 420 class, and also winning bronze in the world championship held in Vilamoura (Portugal).
They were the fruits of many months of training, gym and hours of water, a hard work that allowed them to achieve the goal they had set just a year before, in 2018, when they started sailing together and managed to qualify for the ISAF World Cup.
The skipper of the team, Conrad Konitzer, is a Canadian who has lived in Mallorca for years. The son of a sailor, he got on an Optimist for the first time at the age of 5 encouraged by his father, with whom he started sailing. After making the leap to the 420 and winning gold in the Spanish and European championships, he has just switched to the 49er, with which he is training for the Paris Olympics.
He agrees with his partner Fernando Rodríguez that he also started sailing encouraged by his father and that in recent months he has changed classes. Now he sails in 470 and his aspirations are to achieve the best possible level for 2024.
Before that, on September 5, both will collect the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award in Baiona, which recognizes them as the best youth team of the year, an award for which they were very grateful.
“We are very happy to have been awarded and we hope to be a good example for future generations” , they assured, while confirming that “they will continue to work very hard to achieve new goals in the world of sailing” .
· It is the first time in the 28-year history of the prestigious awards that a photographer is distinguished in the communication section
· Mallorcan Nico Martínez is one of the most recognized sailing photographers in the world thanks to his extensive experience in major nautical competitions
· The Copa América, the TP52 and RC44 circuits, the Copa del Rey or the Trofeo Princesa Sofía are some of the events in which Martínez has left his visual mark
The Majorcan photographer Nico Martínez will be honored on September 5 in Baiona with the Mariano Aguado Communication Award at the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards for his contribution to the dissemination and promotion of nautical sport through his photographs.
This is the first time in the 28-year history of the prestigious awards that this award has gone to a photographer, since until now it had only been received by journalists, the media, websites, blogs, agencies and production companies.
About to turn 63, Nico Martínez has spent more than half his life behind a goal. He started as a nautical photographer in 1985 collaborating with Nautic Press, a magazine that covered regattas in Palma de Mallorca.
Barely 5 years later, he would come into contact with Yate magazine, with which he traveled through Spain and France; and shortly after he became a photographer for Navegar magazine, beginning to work for events such as the Copa del Rey or the Princesa Sofía Trophy.
But it was in 1995 when he began to be really recognized as a nautical photographer thanks to his work for the America’s Cup in San Diego as the official photographer of “Rioja España”. Thus, Martínez made his great professional leap and regatta organizations and teams began to raffle him off to cover the high-level circuit in Spain.
In the year 2000 he repeated it again with the Copa América, this time in New Zealand, sending daily photos of “Bravo España” to the EFE agency; and in 2007 he did the same with the “Desafío Español” in the Copa América in Valencia.
The international circuits of TP52 and RC44, the Barcelona World Race, the Copa del Rey, the Trofeo Princesa Sofía or classic sailing regattas are some of his numerous works recognized worldwide, many of them published in prestigious international magazines such as Yachting World , Seahorses or Yachts.
In 2016 he marked another milestone in his career by winning first prize at the Yacht Racing Forum Award.
· The boat, a Grand Soleil 37 of the Real Club de Regatas de Alicante, is armed by María José Vila and Pedro Bernal and led by Nacho Campos
The Tanit IV Medilevel was proclaimed in 2019 the ORC world champion in the Corinthian category and won the bronze in the absolute general classification
· The team, created in 2000, was made up of a group of friends who have been integrating their families into a highly successful amateur sports project
Tanit IV-Medilevel ORC World Championship 2019 – Photo Pep Portas
The Tanit IV Medilevel of the Real Club de Regatas de Alicante has been distinguished with the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the boat of the year after having been proclaimed, in 2019, ORC world champion in the Corinthian category.
In the competition held in Sibenik (Croatia) with 50 boats from 18 countries, the Grand Soleil 37, owned by María José Vila and Pedro Bernal and led by Nacho Campos, was the only Spanish representative and, in addition to winning the highest title in the Corinthian category, managed to hang the bronze in the absolute general classification.
On board the Tanit IV Medilevel, together with the owner and the skipper, Diego Campos, Toni Llopis, Miguel Moreno, Miguel Bernal, Jorge Baschwitz, Mariano Caballero, Kiko Jiménez, José Antonio Gisbert and Vijay Orts Guille sailed.
A team, created in the year 2000, made up of a group of friends who, over the years, have been able to integrate their own families and other friends into a 100% amateur sports project that has done nothing but chain success after success.
Tanit IV – Medilevel, National Sailing Award for the best boat 2019 – Photo Pep Portas
They have won numerous regional competitions in Valencia and have signed several victories in the prestigious Copa del Rey, achieving podiums both in the Corinthian category (in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018) and in the general (in 2018 they were second).
In 2019, after the results obtained in the ORC World Championship, with which they managed to get rid of the thorn of the second place achieved in the World Championship Barcelona 2015; and despite being a completely amateur team, the Higher Sports Council awarded all the members of the crew the qualification of High-Level Athletes.
On September 5, the Tanit IV Medilevel will receive in Baiona, at a gala organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club, coinciding with the celebration of the Prince of Asturias Trophy (September 4, 5 and 6), the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award to the ship of the year.
· The Santander native will receive the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the skipper of the year after becoming world champion in the J80 class in 2019
At just 33 years old, Santurde is one of the key figures in Spanish sailing, with victories in numerous national and international regattas
The Cantabrian skipper will receive the award on September 5 in Baiona at a gala organized every year by the Monte Real Club de Yates
The Cantabrian Pablo Santurde, at the controls of the M&G Tressis – Photo Luis Fernández
The Cantabrian sailor Pablo Santurde, 33, has just been recognized as skipper of the year by the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, which each year reward the most outstanding athletes, teams and institutions in the world of sailing in Spain.
The award, which Santurde will receive on September 5 at a gala to be held at the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona, recognizes the successes achieved by the skipper from Santander throughout 2019, when he became world champion in the class J80 leading the crew of the M&G Tressis of the Real Club Marítimo de Santander.
Pablo Santurde and the crew of the M&G Tressis after winning the J80 World Championship in 2019 – Photo Luis Fernández
That year, in addition to winning the world championship as skipper, he managed to win the Caribbean 600 (in Class40) and the J70 Spanish Open. He also managed to get on the podium of the Normandy Channel Race (in Class40), in which he came second; and in the J70 World Championship, with a third position.
With a degree in nautical and maritime transport, Santurde began sailing at a very young age with the help of his parents, who always had a boat. He took his first steps in dinghy sailing on the Optimist, 420 and 470, participating in the London 2012 Olympic campaign in the 470 class.
Little by little he evolved and Gonzalo Botín gave him the opportunity to jump on the big boats and the big regattas. He sailed in mini 650 and in Class40 (with which he was world champion twice and runner-up twice) and managed to win such important races as the Fastnet Race (in 2015), the Caribbean 600 up to 6 times, the Transat Quebec Saint Malo (in 2016), the Tour of England and Ireland (in 2018) or the Transat Jacques Vabre, in which he achieved two podiums (second with Alex Pella in 2013 and third with Phil Sharp in 2017).
Imocas, Fígaros, MOD70, Swan, J70, J80… few are the boats that can resist this Cantabrian lover of the sea and sailing, who was very pleased to have been recognized with the award for skipper of the year at the National Awards for Terras Gauda candle.
“It is an honor to receive an award like this and to see so many years of work and dedication recognized, even more so when in Spain we have such good sailors, many of them also deserving of this award ”, says Santurde, who also wanted to dedicate the award “To all the crews I have been a part of and to the colleagues from whom, without a doubt, I have learned so much” . The Cantabrian skipper also thanked the Monte Real Yacht Club for awarding the prize and its “tireless work to promote the practice of sailing and regattas in Spain over so many years” .
