The monarch emeritus also collected one of the Storax 6m class prizes from the Baiona club, in which he sailed aboard the Gallant and achieved second place overall
· Aceites Abril, Movistar, Bunda and Aeris won in the ORC classes, Deep Blue in Open, Pingüino Uno in Classics, Alibaba II in 6m
· In the HELLO! Ladies Cup was won by the crew skippered by Elena Saez of the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona and in J80 the Okofen of Javier de la Gándara del Monte Real
The Fifty by Storax led by Rui Ramada won the Fourth Atlantic Cruise Circuit trophy and the Count of Barcelona Don Juan de Borbón award
This afternoon in Baiona, King Juan Carlos presided over the awards ceremony for the Prince of Asturias Trophy, organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Naval Military School of Marín. The monarch emeritus also collected one of the prizes in the 6m Storax class, in which he sailed with Pedro Campos aboard the Gallant, achieving second place overall.
Ahead of the King in the 6m classification was Miguel Lago from Vigo who, aboard the Alibaba II of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, completed two fantastic regattas in this thirty-first edition of the Príncipe de Asturias. Erica de Violeta Álvarez, who ran for the Royal Yacht Squadron, closed the class winners’ podium.
In the competition for the big boats, the victory went to the Aceites Abril, owned by the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, from the Náutico de Vigo. They won the Optica Studio ORC 1 class leaving the second and third place on the podium to Fifty by Storax of the Portuguese Rui Ramada, from Monte Real; and the Arroutado by José Manuel Pérez, from Portosín.
In the Aceites Abril ORC 2 class, the Movistar, intractable in all the tests, once again prevailed in the Bayonne trophy. Skippered on this occasion by Willy Alonso, those from Sanxenxo beat Solventis led by Malalo Bermúdez, from Monte Real; and Fran Edreira’s Inosa, from Marina Sada, who came second and third respectively.
Jacobo Solorzano’s Bunda, from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña, was the clear winner in the Gadis ORC 3 class. Two boats from the organizing club completed the podium, Juan José Martínez’s Burla Negra and Luis Manuel García’s Unus.
The victory of the Coca Cola ORC 4 class went to the Aeris of the Royachts Club, with Mariano Dios at the controls. The Portuguese Frederico Lopes, achieved the second position aboard his Margem do Azul III; and Fernando Rey’s Albarellos got a creditable third place.
In the Bel and Bel ORC Open class, victory went to Vigo, led by Vicente Cid’s Deep Blue. The Pitoucho of the Liceo Marítimo de Bouzas, skippered by José Carlos Ruiz, won the silver and the bronze went to Villano’s people from Coruña, with Luis Bodelón at the helm.
Penguin One by Carlos Romero, from Canido; Belisa by José Manuel Cores, from Agabace; and the Navy’s Arosa, skippered by Oscar Ortega, were the winners in the Vanguard Classics class.
In this thirty-first edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, the J80 monotypes also went out on the water, which were able to compete in a total of seven tests in the three days that the competition lasted. The winner was Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, who ran wearing a pendant from Monte Real. Pablo Martínez’s Marina Coruña and Francisca Barros’s Miudo by Storax closed the winners’ podium.
In the HELLO! Ladies Cup, in which some of the best patron saints in Spain competed, won the ¡HOLA! led by Elena Saez, from the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona. The HELLO! Fashion Monthly by Marta Ramada and the Fashion ¡HOLA! of Amparo Mollá, also collected a trophy, as second and third classified.
At the awards gala held in Baiona, the Conde de Barcelona Don Juan de Borbón trophy was also awarded to the best ship with a Portuguese crew and the ciborium of the IV Atlantic Cruise Circuit. Both awards went to Fifty by Storax by Rui Ramada, from Monte Real.
The Baionese club also gave a special mention to the students of the Juan María de Nigrán Center for people with disabilities, some boys and girls who sail at the Monte Real Adapted Sailing School throughout the year, and who this weekend also participated in the competition. They received the distinction from the hands of King Juan Carlos, the star without a doubt of the thirty-first edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy.
Having concluded its most emblematic regatta, which it has organized uninterruptedly since 1986, the Monte Real Club de Yates is already setting its sights on its next competitions, which return in the autumn with the J80 league.
WINNERS OF THE 31ST PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY
WINNER OF THE FOURTH ATLANTIC CRUISE CIRCUIT
FIFTY BY STORAX – RUI RAMADA – MRCYB
OPTICAL CLASS STUDIO ORC 1
- APRIL OILS – LUIS AND JORGE PÉREZ CANAL – RCN VIGO
- FIFTY BY STORAX – RUI RAMADA – MRCYB
- ARROUTADO – JOSÉ MANUEL PÉREZ – RCN PORTOSÍN
CLASS OILS APRIL ORC 2
- MOVISTAR – WILLY ALONSO – RCN SANXENXO
- SOLVENTIS – MALALO BERMÚDEZ – MRCYB
- INOSA – FRAN EDREIRA – MARINA SADA
GADIS ORC 3 CLASS
- BUNDA – JACOBO SOLORZANO – RCN CORUÑA
- THE BLACK MOCK – JUAN JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ – MRCYB
- UNUS – LUIS MANUEL GARCIA – MRCYB
COCA COLA ORC CLASS 4
- AERIS – MARIANO DIOS – ROYACHTS CLUB
- MARGEM DO AZUL – FREDERICO LOPES – MRCYB
- ALBARELLOS – FERNANDO REY – PORTONOVO CN
BEL AND BEL OPEN CLASS
- DEEP BLUE – VICENTE CID – RCN VIGO
- PITOUCHO – JOSÉ CARLOS RUIZ – LM BOUZAS
- VILLAIN – LUIS BODELON – RCN CORUÑA
STORAX CLASS 6M
- ALIBABA II – MIGUEL LAGO – ROYAL THAMES YC
- GALLANT – HM KING JUAN CARLOS – RCN SANXENXO
- ERICA – VIOLETA ALVAREZ – ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON
CLASSIC VANGUARD CLASS
- PENGUIN ONE – CARLOS ROMERO – CM CANIDO
- BELISA – JOSÉ MANUEL CORES – AGABACE
- AROSA – OSCAR ORTEGA – CR ARMADA
SOLVENTIS J80 CLASS
- OKOFEN – JAVIER DE LA GANDARA – MRCYB
- MARINA CORUÑA – PABLO MARTINEZ – RCN CORUÑA
- MIUDO BY STORAX – FRANCISCA BARROS – WE DO SAILING
¡HELLO! LADIES CUP
- HELLO! – ELENA SAEZ – RCN BARCELONA
- HELLO! FASHION MONTHLY – MARTA RAMADA – WE DO SAILING
- FASHION HELLO! – AMPARO MOLLÁ – FEMAVE
COUNT OF BARCELONA DON JUAN DE BORBÓN AWARD
FIFTY BY STORAX – RUI RAMADA – MRCYB
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