Kotablue Fibra Coruña 14/18 wins the Baitra J80 Winter League

 

· The boat led by the Finn champion Miguel Fernández Vasco and crewed by juniors from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña won the final victory in the winter league organized by Monte Real

· The crew snatched victory from the current Spanish J80 champion, Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto, from Monte Real Club de Yates, who came second

· Alberto García’s Solventis closed the podium in third position and the Portuguese Marías and 4 Jotas of Manel Cunha and Joaquim Moreira completed the Top 5, respectively

· The competition ended with the 7 tests held in the previous 5 days, since this Saturday the lack of wind did not allow any sleeve to finish

Fibra Coruña was the winner of the Baitra J80 Winter League – Photo José Ramón Louro

This Saturday one of the most disputed editions of the Baitra J80 Winter League came to an end in the Vigo estuary, which year after year is organized by Monte Real Club de Yates with the sponsorship of Baitra Accesorios Navales for the exclusive fleet of 8-meter one-design boats.

After six days and a total of seven tests held, the Kotablue Fibra Coruña 14/18, from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña, led by the Finn champion Miguel Fernández Vasco, won the competition, registering his name for the first time in the honor roll of the winter league, with 15 points resulting from partial scores of 1-3-1-4-5-1.

It was not an easy victory for the Herculean team, which fought tooth and nail for the laurels. On the third day of testing, the crew made up of several juniors from the A Coruña Sailing School (Esteban Martínez de la Colina, Juan Maciñeira and Carmen Martínez de la Colina), managed to rise from tenth to third place; and in the penultimate stage he made the leap to the first, unseating Alboroto, champion of Spain, from the lead.

He maintained that first place without difficulty this last Saturday of competition, in which the lack of wind prevented any test from completing more than the seven that had been held in previous days, so the classification was identical to that of the penultimate stage .

“It is a victory that makes me very happy,” declared Fernández Vasco at the end of the league- because it has been very well worked and because all the crew members who have competed with me during these months are students from the A Coruña sailing school, Optimist, Laser and 420, which shows the potential of these guys and the firm commitment that our club is doing for light sailing”. “Our objective now is to continue training hard to present ourselves strongly in the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy and the J80 World Championship next September in Baiona”, concluded.

Fibra Coruña crew receiving their award – Photo José Ramón Louro

The silver medal went to the Rampage of Juan Carlos Ameneiro, Javier Aguado, Juan Lago, Javier Lago and Amador Riveiro. The current champion of Spain in the class, after remaining in the lead until the penultimate day, was unable to win the final, but he was able to win second place, since he repeated the previous edition. He finished just one point behind Fibra Coruña, with 16 points (1-3-1-4-5-2).

Riot Crew – Photo José Ramón Louro

Behind them, closing the podium with 22 points (6-2-4-2-2-6), the Solventis crew, led by Malalo Bermúdez de Castro and Alberto García, hung the bronze around their necks. And they completed the Top 5, in fourth and fifth position, the Portuguese Marías, by Manel Cunha; and 4 Jacks, by Joaquim Moreira.

Manel Cunha’s Marías finished fourth – Photo José Ramón Louro
The 4 Jotas of Clube de Vela Atlántico closed the Top 5 of the league – Photo José Ramón Louro

And completing the list of the ten best ones are Spaco by Santiago Estevez, Miudo by Sergio Golpe, Maija by Castor Alonso, Cansino by Fernando Yáñez and Waikiki by Andrés Gómez.

After returning from the water this Saturday without having been able to celebrate any test due to lack of wind, the crews met on land to participate in the awards ceremony for the winners. The event was attended by the general director of Baitra Accesorios Navales, Juan Carlos González, sponsor of the competition. The mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; the General Secretary for Sport of the Xunta de Galicia, José Ramón Lete Lasa; and the president of the MRCYB, José Luis Álvarez.

The Baitra J80 Winter League is the first of the two leagues that the Monte Real Club de Yates organizes exclusively, each year, for the J80 fleet. The second event will be in October with the Autumn League, but previously the 8-meter monotypes have marked on the calendar what will be the great event of the year with sailing in Baiona, the J80 World Cup, which will be held next September .


BAITRA J80 WINTER LEAGUE 2023
Final classification TOP10 after 6 days (7 tests)

1. FIBER A CORUÑA · MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ VASCO · RCN A CORUÑA · 15 POINTS
2. RIOT · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 16 POINTS
3. SOLVENTIS · MALALO BERMÚDEZ DE CASTRO · MRCYB · 22 POINTS
4. MARÍAS · MANEL CUNHA · MRCYB · 30 POINTS
5. 4 JACKS JOAQUIM MOREIRA CV ATLÁNTICO 37 POINTS
6. SPACO · SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ · MRCYB · 39 POINTS
7. MIUDO MARGA CAMESELLE MRCYB 46 POINTS
8. MAIJA CASTOR ALONSO MRCYB 52 POINTS
9. TIRED FERNANDO YÁÑEZ MRCYB 56 POINTS
10. WAIKIKI ANDRÉS GÓMEZ MRCYB 58 POINTS

 

 

Last bars of Baitra J80 Winter League

 

  • After five days of tests held since last February in the Bay of Baiona this Saturday the Baitra J80 Winter League comes to an end
  • The Fibra Coruña of the champion of Finn Miguel Fernández Vasco (RCN A Coruña) leads the classification with 15 points and could take the laurels
  • The Alboroto of the current J80 champion Juan Carlos Ameneiro and the Solventis of Malalo Bermúdez go second and third with options to the final victory
The J80s could compete on trapezoids if conditions allow – Photo José Ramón Louro

This weekend the Baitra J80 Winter League comes to an end, which has been taking place since last February in the Vigo estuary and Baiona Bay under the organization of the Monte Real Club de Yates and the sponsorship of Baitra Accesorios Navales .

After five days of testing and with the score very close at the top of the standings, this Saturday starting at three in the afternoon the last bars of a competition that has been very close since its inception will sound.

If the weather allows it, the race committee will lead the crews to the Cíes anchorage, where they hope to prepare a route in the shape of a trapeze, a formula that will be used in the class World Championship for which a large part of the fleet of J80 is preparing.

If the conditions were not propitious, the race course will be drawn inside the bay of Baiona, as was done in previous days, in which batons of the windward-leeward type were disputed.

The winter league of this 2023 was one of the most fought over in recent years – Photo José Ramón Louro

With 15 points, Fibra Coruña led by Finn’s champion Miguel Fernández Vasco, from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña, leads the table. It is closely followed, just one point behind, by Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto, from the Monte Real Club de Yates and current Spanish champion of the class.

Another of the boats with the possibility of winning the final day is Solventis, also owned by MRCYB, skippered by Malalo Bermúdez de Castro. He is 7 points behind the leader and 6 behind second, and if things go well for him, he could make a splash or at least stay in the top positions.

Somewhat further apart from the first classified, Marías de Manel Cunha appears on the list, with 30 points; Joaquim Moreira’s 4 Jotas, with 37 points and Santiago Estévez’s Spaco, with 39 points.

Once the competition is over, the facilities of the Monte Real Club de Yates will host the awards ceremony for the winners and a skewer for all the crews and attending authorities.

The last bars of the Baitra J80 Winter League this Saturday in Baiona – Photo José Ramón Louro

TOP10 classification after 5 days (7 tests)

  1. FIBER A CORUÑA · MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ VASCO · RCN A CORUÑA · 15 POINTS
  2. RIOT · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 16 POINTS
  3. SOLVENTIS · MALALO BERMÚDEZ DE CASTRO · MRCYB · 22 POINTS
  4. MARÍAS · MANEL CUNHA · MRCYB · 30 POINTS
  5. 4 JACKS JOAQUIM MOREIRA CV ATLÁNTICO 37 POINTS
  6. SPACO · SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ · MRCYB · 39 POINTS
  7. MIUDO · MARGA CAMESELLE · MRCYB · 46 POINTS
  8. MAIJA CASTOR ALONSO MRCYB 52 POINTS
  9. TIRED FERNANDO YÁÑEZ MRCYB 56 POINTS
  10. WAIKIKI · ANDRÉS GÓMEZ · MRCYB · 58 POINTS

 

 

Fibra Coruña unseats Alboroto from the leadership of the Baitra J80 Winter League

 

· The boat of the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña skippered by the champion of Finn Miguel Fernández Vasco was placed at the head of the classification this Sunday

· An offline in the penultimate test held cost the current Spanish J80 champion Juan Carlos Ameneiro the first place in the table

· Solventis led by Malalo Bermúdez de Castro is third and the Portuguese Marías and 4 Jotas complete the Top 5 of the winter league

· The one design championship organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates will return to the water on May 27 to contest the sixth and final stage

Part of the J80 fleet in front of the Parador de Baiona – Photo Carlos Rúa

After staying at the top of the standings since the start of the competition, the current Spanish J80 champion, Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto, from Monte Real Club de Yates, lost the lead this Sunday at the hands of Fibra Coruña led by Miguel Fernández Vasco , of the Royal Nautical Club of A Coruña.

An out of line of the Alboroto in the penultimate test played, together with the entry into play of a discard, which allowed the crews to eliminate their worst result from the classification, were the key elements of this and other changes that occurred in the table .

Despite the ups and downs of this last day, there are five boats that continue to stand out above the rest of the fleet in the Monte Real one-design group. They are two Portuguese, Manel Cunha’s Marías and Joaquim Moreira’s 4 Jotas; and the three Spaniards, Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto, Malalo Bermúdez’s Solventis and Miguel Fernández Vasco’s Fibra Coruña.

They all fought again, this Sunday, the three tests disputed. And it is that after the disappointment experienced on Saturday with the weather, which did not allow the celebration of the day, this Sunday the conditions were adequate and the J80 went out with more desire than ever to the water.

The race committee made a first attempt to get closer to the Cíes Islands course to place the route there, but there was a lot of swell and a lot of waves, and finally they decided to hold the tests inside the Bay of Baiona.

In that location, with a slightly rough sea but with a fairly stable northwesterly wind, which kept blowing between 10 and 12 knots, it was possible to start three windward-leeward type tasks, since the area does not allow, for its dimensions, a suitable trapezoidal design.

The J80s competed today three sleeves of the windward-leeward type – Photo Yago Crespo

The first race featured 4 Jotas, Marías, Solventis, Alboroto and Bica de Chisco Catalán, skippered on this occasion by Luis Pérez Canal. Everyone maintained their options for a good part of the tour, but the final victory went to Marías.

In the second sleeve of the day, in which the wind dropped somewhat in intensity and the course was sniped to make it somewhat shorter, there were several out of lines. The most outstanding, for what they implied for the final classification, were those of Alboroto, Solventis and Marías, who were playing for the top positions in the table and with this penalty they were in danger of losing them.

The test, the sixth of the competition, also caused a discard to come into play, which made things even more exciting for the last round of the day, the third, in which the fiercest fight was staged by Alboroto de Ameneiro and the Fibra Coruña of Fernández Vasco.

The positions of honor were at stake, they knew it, and they went for it all, staying very close to each other throughout the journey. Finally, those from A Coruña managed to cross the finish line first and jump from third to first position, placing themselves as leaders of the competition with 15 points.

Fibra Coruña led by Miguel Fernández Vasco was the leader of the Winter League – Photo José Ramón Louro

Just one point away, with 16, the Rampage appears with the provisional silver; and Solventis, with 22, holds the bronze. The Portuguese Marías and 4 Jotas close the Top 5, with 30 and 37 points respectively.

Thus, after having crossed off the calendar the first five days (of which only three could be navigated) of the Baitra J80 Winter League, the competition only has the final stage left, for which we will have to wait until the end of May. It will be on the 27th when the last three tests of the winter league will be put into play, conditions permitting, and in which the prizes will be awarded to the winners.

The J80 fleet playing today the penultimate day of the Baitra J80 Winter League in Baiona – Photo Rubén Álvarez

Before that, the Monte Real Club de Yates will put its first two trophies of the season on the line, the CdeC Trophy, on April 22; and the Repsol Trophy, on April 29 and 30 and May 1.

In both competitions, for which the Notice of Regatta has already been published and the registration period is open, the J80s will once again have their own category in which to compete in real time and continue preparing for the World Championship next September.

 


 

BAITRA J80 WINTER LEAGUE 2023
TOP10 classification after 5 days (7 tests)

1. FIBER A CORUÑA · MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ VASCO · RCN A CORUÑA · 15 POINTS
2. RIOT · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 16 POINTS
3. SOLVENTIS · MALALO BERMÚDEZ DE CASTRO · MRCYB · 22 POINTS
4. MARÍAS · MANEL CUNHA · MRCYB · 30 POINTS
5. 4 JACKS JOAQUIM MOREIRA CV ATLÁNTICO 37 POINTS
6. SPACO · SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ · MRCYB · 39 POINTS
7. MIUDO MARGA CAMESELLE MRCYB 46 POINTS
8. MAIJA CASTOR ALONSO MRCYB 52 POINTS
9. TIRED FERNANDO YÁÑEZ MRCYB 56 POINTS
10. WAIKIKI ANDRÉS GÓMEZ MRCYB 58 POINTS

 

Double appointment with the J80 this weekend in Baiona

 

· The Monte Real Club de Yates puts into play this weekend in the waters of the Bay of Baionesa the fourth and fifth days of the Baitra J80 Winter League that enters its final stretch

· Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto remains at the top of the standings with 9 points followed closely by Malalo Bermúdez de Castro’s Solventis, Miguel Fernández Vasco’s Fibra Coruña and Manel Cunha’s Marías

· On Saturday the tests will start at three in the afternoon and the Sunday session will be a little more early with the first start horn scheduled for eleven in the morning

More than 25 crews fight for the victory of the competition – Photo © Rosana Calvo

The J80 fleet that has been taking part in the Baitra J80 Winter League in Baiona since last February has a double date this weekend in the waters of the bay with the celebration of the fourth and fifth days of the championship.

They are the penultimate and penultimate phases of a competition that this year, in which the class World Cup is held in the fishing village of Val Miñor, has acquired a special emotion, with great competitiveness among the crews.

With three stages held and another three pending, the League crosses the equator this weekend with six events on the programme, three per day, on Saturday from three in the afternoon and on Sunday from eleven in the morning.

Baiona will be the scene this weekend of a double day of J80 – Photo © Rosana Calvo

There will be six new opportunities for the teams to give a new movement to a classification that is led by the current Spanish J80 champion, Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto, with 9 points.

In second, third and fourth position, in a handkerchief, barely one point apart, are Solventis led by Malalo Bermúdez de Castro (14 points), Fibra Coruña led by Miguel Fernández Vasco (15 points) and Marías led by Portuguese Manel Cunha. (16 points).

After the celebration of the fourth and fifth days, there will only be one more to finish the League – Photo © Rosana Calvo

With just four races held in the three previous days, in which the wind made navigation difficult for the sailboats, there are still nine more races ahead with which to try to turn the classification around.

As of the sixth round, which is expected to take place this weekend, the teams will be able to discard their worst result, something that will almost certainly redefine the scoring table.

For this Saturday the weather forecast announces a very good wind, from the south, above 15 knots and with gusts that could reach up to 30 knots. On Sunday, despite the fact that less intensity is expected, the reports indicate that the wind will not drop below six knots.

The Baitra J80 Winter League crosses the equator this weekend – Photo © Rosana Calvo

 


BAITRA J80 WINTER LEAGUE 2023
TOP10 classification after 3 days (4 tests)

1. RIOT · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 9 POINTS
2. SOLVENTIS · MALALO BERMÚDEZ DE CASTRO · MRCYB · 14 POINTS
3. FIBER A CORUÑA · MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ VASCO · RCN A CORUÑA · 15 POINTS
4. MARÍAS · MANEL CUNHA · MRCYB · 16 POINTS
5. WAIKIKI ANDRÉS GÓMEZ MRCYB 22 POINTS
6. MIUDO MARGA CAMESELLE MRCYB 24 POINTS
7. MAIJA CASTOR ALONSO MRCYB 28 POINTS
8. 4 JACKS JOAQUIM MOREIRA CV ATLÁNTICO 30 POINTS
9. SPACO · SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ · MRCYB · 40 POINTS
10. ATLANTICO 3D PRINTING LUIS SAENZ RCN A CORUÑA 46 POINTS

 

 

The Fibra Coruña of the champion of Finn Miguel Fernández Vasco gives the bell in the Baitra J80 Winter League

 

· The sailboat of the recently bronze medalist in the Finn World Cup was the best of the third day of the Baitra J80 Winter League held this Saturday in Baiona with very good conditions

· The 38-year-old from A Coruña, with a crew made up of juniors from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña Sailing School, achieved two first places and one third and climbed from tenth to third place

· At the top of the table is the current Spanish champion of the class, Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto, followed by Solventis and Fibra Coruña in second and third position respectively

·The Baitra J80 Winter League, which has the last three days of the six put in contention ahead, returns on the weekend of March 25 and 26

The J80 fleet that is taking part in the Baitra J80 Winter League was measured today in three tests – Photo Yago Crespo

Miguel Fernández Vasco’s Fibra Coruña gave the bell this Saturday in the third round of the Baitra J80 Winter League, played with very good wind conditions in Baiona Bay.

The boat from A Coruña, led by the recently bronze medalist in the Finn World Cup, and crewed by Esteban Martínez de la Colina, Enrique Vilariño and Pablo Mijares, achieved two first places and a third place in the three races held.

These results allowed it to rise from the tenth position, which it trailed from previous days, to third place in the standings, also making it clear that it is a team to be taken into account by the rest of the rivals in the Monte Real Club de Yates league. .

And it is that this 38-year-old from A Coruña, a regular in the Finn class, with 11 Spanish cups, 4 national titles, a gold in the 2022 European Championship, and a bronze in the 2023 World Cup, has begun to take hold of him. the trick also to the J80, and already looks ahead to the World Cup that will be held in Baiona next September.

Fernández Vasco will attend the World Cup event with his crew of junior boys and girls from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña, and this J80 League is serving them all as training to get to the championship in the best possible shape.

Fibra Coruña led by Miguel Fernández Vasco gave the bell today – Photo José Ramón Louro

This third round of the 8-meter one-design group was held in Baiona Bay to avoid the somewhat harsher conditions in the vicinity of Cíes.

Despite everything, the conditions were very good, and the gusty wind from the south that blew throughout the afternoon always remained above 12 knots, with an average of 14, even reaching 20 per moment.

Five boats were the ones that stood out above the rest of the fleet on this day: Fibra Coruña by Miguel Fernández Vasco, Solventis by Malalo Bermúdez de Castro and Alberto Moro, Alboroto by Juan Carlos Ameneiro and the Portuguese Marías and 4 Jotas, by Manel Cunha and Joaquim Moreira.

They all tightened the nuts to the maximum and maintained tough confrontations in each of the disputed sleeves, going up and down in positions at times, but always managing to sneak into the Top 5 of the table.

After posting results, the classification varied a lot with respect to how it came from the previous days. Only the first position remained intact, in which the current Spanish champion of the class, Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto, remains, with 9 points.

Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto continues at the top of the table – Photo José Ramón Louro

Very close to each other although separated from him they pursue him, Solventis from second place with 14 points; Fibra Coruña from third with 15 points and Marías from fourth with 16 points. The fifth position is for Andrés Gómez’s Waikiki, with 22 points.

The Baitra J80 Winter League, which has the last three days of the six put in contention ahead of it, will return on the weekend of the 25th and 26th of this month with a double day, to be held on Saturday and Sunday.

 


BAITRA J80 WINTER LEAGUE 2023
TOP10 classification after 3 days (4 tests)

1. RIOT · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 9 POINTS
2. SOLVENTIS · MALALO BERMÚDEZ DE CASTRO · MRCYB · 14 POINTS
3. FIBER A CORUÑA · MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ VASCO · RCN A CORUÑA · 15 POINTS
4. MARÍAS · MANEL CUNHA · MRCYB · 16 POINTS
5. WAIKIKI ANDRÉS GÓMEZ MRCYB 22 POINTS
6. MIUDO MARGA CAMESELLE MRCYB 24 POINTS
7. MAIJA CASTOR ALONSO MRCYB 28 POINTS
8. 4 JACKS JOAQUIM MOREIRA CV ATLÁNTICO 30 POINTS
9. SPACO · SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ · MRCYB · 40 POINTS
10. ATLANTICO 3D PRINTING LUIS SAENZ RCN A CORUÑA 46 POINTS

 

 

The Galician J80, eager to continue scoring points in the Baitra J80 Winter League

 

· The J80 fleet that has been competing in Baiona in the Baitra J80 Winter League since last February hopes to be able to play the third day this Saturday

· After a first stage in which only one test could be held and a second stage suspended due to lack of wind, the J80s are eager to race

· Everything indicates that the weather will favor them this weekend and they will be able to continue scoring in the tests scheduled from three in the afternoon

The Galician J80 fleet hopes to be able to play, this Saturday, the third day of the Baitra J80 Winter League, which since it began last February, has barely been able to hold one of the six scheduled tests.

The whims of the wind, which in the initial two days did not blow with sufficient intensity, prevented the J80 from scoring beyond a single task held in the opening stage. It was won by Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto, and it served the current Spanish champion of the class to place himself at the top of the table, where he has remained ever since.

The second day was completely blank, without wind, without tests and without new points in the table. And this is how it will arrive, this Saturday, at the third of the six phases that make up this 2023 winter league of the Monte Real Club de Yates.

A competition that is disputed by a total of 26 monotypes, the highest number of entries since the League has been held. And it is that the proximity of the J80 World Cup to be held in Baiona next September, has encouraged Galician shipowners and sailors to participate in these previous trophies, which serve as training for the World Cup event.

For this Saturday, the parties are more positive. They announce winds from the south that will blow with an average of about 12 knots and peaks that could approach or even exceed 20 knots.

After the first position of the table, which is occupied by the Rampage of Juan Carlos Ameneiro, Juan Lago, Javier Lago and Javier Aguado; In second and third position, the Maija, by Castor Alonso; and the Miudo, by Marga Cameselle.

The J80 Winter League of the Monte Real Club de Yates is celebrated, one more year, thanks to the sponsorship of Baitra Accesorios Navales.

 

The Monte Real Club de Yates explains to the most prestigious clubs in the world its work with the J80 fleet

 

· The commodore and the general director of the club, Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui and Tatiana Arias, will participate from this Thursday to Saturday in Switzerland in the 9th ICOYC European and South American Conference

· The MRCYB was chosen as speaker of this biannual meeting of the members of the ICOYC (International Council of Yacht Clubs) that brings together the 45 main yacht clubs in the world

· The representatives of Monte Real explained to the attendees the work carried out by Monte Real with the J80 fleet since they decided to promote it 10 years ago until the achievement of the World Cup in 2023

The commodore and the manager of the MRCYB with the president of the ICOYC Leif Sigmond of the Chicaco Yacht Club

The Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona is participating these days in Switzerland as a speaker at the 9th ICOYC European and South American Conference, the forum that the members of the prestigious ICOYC (International Council of Yacht Clubs) celebrate biannually in different European countries.

The commodore of the club, Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui, and the manager, Tatiana Arias, were in charge of exposing this Thursday to the participants in the event, which is held until Saturday in the Swiss city of Gstaad, the work carried out by Monte Real with the J80 fleet.

They explained how 10 years ago the club decided to bet on this type of 8-meter monodesign, understanding that it was a more economical, safer, fun and technical boat, easier to handle for beginners and ideal for professionals to perfect themselves.

Presentation by the general director of the Monte Real Club de Yates, Tatiana Arias

They also told how in a decade of work they managed to considerably increase the number of units, going from zero to more than twenty; Specific competitions were created for the J80 and their own categories for this fleet were included in the club’s most important trophies.

And they ended by narrating how the initiatives put in place and the great evolution registered allowed them to organize, in recent years, two Spanish Championships of the class; and to be chosen, in this 2023, to celebrate the J80 World Championship, becoming the first club in Galicia to achieve this milestone.

Another of the topics addressed at this biannual congress was the Club’s Adapted Sailing School, in which people with disabilities sail throughout the year in adapted boats and with specialized trainers.

The commodore of Monte Real Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui and the vice commodore of the Norddeutsche Regatta Verein Gero Brugmann

9The ICOYC (International Council of Yacht Clubs) is an association that brings together the 45 main yacht clubs in the world with the aim of promoting sailing and improving the organization of activities and events. It includes, among others, the San Diego Yacht Club (USA), the Clube Naval de Cascais (Portugal), the Societe Nautique de Marseille (France), the Royal Yhames Yacht Club (London), the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (New Zealand), the Royal Natal Yacht Club (South Africa) or the Royal Canadian Yacht Club (Canada).

The Monte Real Club de Yates managed to be accepted into the ICOYC in 2021 and since then has been chosen twice as a speaker at the biannual congresses.

The J80 return to the water this Saturday for the second round of the Baitra Winter League

 

· The Galician J80 fleet will face each other again in Baiona after a lackluster first day in which only one test could be held

· Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto leads the classification followed by Castor Alonso’s Maija and Marga Cameselle’s Miudo

· The Portuguese Marías de Manel Cunha will try to get back on the provisional podium after having lost third position due to a penalty

This Saturday the second day of the Baitra J80 Winter League will take place – Photo © Rosana Calvo

The Galician J80 fleet that is taking part in the Baitra Winter League returns to the water this Saturday for the second round of a competition in which 26 sailboats from different parts of the community and also from the north of Portugal participate.

After a first day tarnished by the wind, in which only one test could be held, the crews aspire to be able to complete several more tasks and begin to move a classification led by Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto, which this Friday will receive at the Gala de la Vela Gallega the award for Best J80 of the year after his victory in the 2022 Spanish Championship.

They are followed in the ranking by Maija de Castor Alonso, a regular in this type of league organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates, and Miudo headed by the board of directors of the Baionese club Marga Cameselle, which made its debut in the competition a fortnight ago with a very good performance.

Marías will try to recover the position lost the other day after his penalty – Photo © Rosana Calvo

The Portuguese Marías, led by Manel Cunha, will try to get back on the provisional podium after having fallen from third to fifth position due to a penalty, for not showing up for the weigh-in control that the committee carried out once the first test was over.

For their part, the members of the committee aspire to be able to put into play the trapezoid-shaped routes that they failed to design on the opening day, in which the wind was not strong enough for this type of route.

The race committee will try to put trapeze courses into play – Photo © Rosana Calvo

For this second round, which will begin at two in the afternoon in the Vigo estuary, the weather forecasts announce a lot of clouds, some rain and neither the direction nor the intensity with which the wind will blow has yet to be clearly defined.

 


BAITRA J80 WINTER LEAGUE 2023
TOP10 classification after 1 day (1 test)

1. RIOT · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 1 POINT
2. MAIJA CASTOR ALONSO MRCYB 2 POINTS
3. MIUDO MARGA CAMESELLE MRCYB 3 POINTS
4. WAIKIKI ANDRÉS GÓMEZ MRCYB 4 POINTS
5. MARÍAS · MANEL CUNHA · MRCYB · 5 POINTS
6. SOLVENTIS · MALALO BERMÚDEZ · MRCYB · 6 POINTS
7. TIRED ALEJANDRA SUÁREZ MRCYB 7 POINTS
8. SPACO · SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ · MRCYB · 8 POINTS
9. PICACHO · MIGUEL VIEJO · MRCYB · 9 POINTS
10. FIBER A CORUÑA · MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ VASCO · RCN A CORUÑA · 10 POINTS

 

 

 

The Rampage takes the lead in Baitra J80 Winter League premiere

 

· The crew led by Juan Carlos Ameneiro and current Spanish champion of the class finished first in the opening of the J80 winter championship

· The increase in sailboats in the competition, the continuous improvements of the fleet and the incorporation of outstanding sailors increased the excitement on the water

· The wind was the one that least wanted it this Saturday in the Vigo estuary since it was very shifty and the few times it struck it blew with little intensity

Start of the only test that could be played – Photo José Ramón Louro

El Alboroto was the leader this Saturday of the Baitra J80 Winter League, which premiered in the Vigo estuary with the participation of 26 armed sailboats manned by sailors from numerous points in Galicia, Asturias, Madrid and Portugal.

The team, led by Juan Carlos Ameneiro and current champion of Spain in the class, was victorious in the only test that could be held on a day of regattas marred by the wind, which was very shifty and the few times it started, it blew with little intensity.

It did not allow the regatta committee to put into play the three tests it had planned, nor did it set up a trapezoid-shaped field, which was one of the objectives of the day to offer the fleet the possibility of training the type of route to which, Predictably, they will face each other in the World Cup in September.

The sports director of the Monte Real Club de Yates, Roy Alonso, explained at the end of the regatta day that “To ride this type of layout, the wind needs to be level and this day it was not achieved. Need Alonso said. that the wind is stable in much more area than what is needed for the poles, and that is why on this day, with these conditions, we opted for this model. But the objective is still to find that trapeze so that they can train for the world championship ”.

In the only race held in the Carallones area, Maija, Alboroto and Marías were the three outstanding boats, and not only for finishing on the provisional podium, but for their great performance during the race. El Maija, with Castor Alonso at the controls, made a very good start and kept up the fight until the end, although first place escaped him at the hands of Alboroto.

El Alboroto managed to climb positions to take the lead – Photo José Ramón Louro

Those of Ameneiro, despite not starting in such a good position, were able to come back along the route and cross the finish line, leaving the rest of the fleet behind them, with which they will arrive at the head of the classification to the next day, scheduled for the 25th.

Another of the teams that staged a great comeback was the Portuguese Marías, led by Manel Cunha. The Portuguese crew saw almost a third of the fleet pass ahead during the first part of the tour, but in the second part they reminded the rest why they are one of the contenders for the title, passing almost all of them and finishing the test in third position.

The problem came to Marías when, once on land, the committee proceeded to weigh-in the crews and the team did not show up, with which the boat was penalized with two points, falling from third to fifth position.

And the Miudo rose from fourth to third place, in which two great sailors in Galicia made their debut in the league, Marga Cameselle and Víctor Mariño. Despite not being regulars in J80 competitions, both proved their worth and warned that they will fight in the coming days.

Before sending the fleet back to land and putting an end to the day, the race committee tried to start a second test but the wind did its thing again, with which the classification of the opening day was closed with a single score.

Arrival of part of the fleet at the windward buoy – Photo José Ramón Louro

 


BAITRA J80 WINTER LEAGUE 2023
TOP10 classification after 1 day (1 test)

1. RIOT · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 1 POINT
2. MAIJA CASTOR ALONSO MRCYB 2 POINTS
3. MIUDO MARGA CAMESELLE MRCYB 3 POINTS
4. WAIKIKI ANDRÉS GÓMEZ MRCYB 4 POINTS
5. MARÍAS · MANEL CUNHA · MRCYB · 5 POINTS
6. SOLVENTIS · MALALO BERMÚDEZ · MRCYB · 6 POINTS
7. TIRED ALEJANDRA SUÁREZ MRCYB 7 POINTS
8. SPACO · SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ · MRCYB · 8 POINTS
9. PICACHO · MIGUEL VIEJO · MRCYB · 9 POINTS
10. FIBER A CORUÑA · MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ VASCO · RCN A CORUÑA · 10 POINTS

The Galician J80s open their year of regatta in Baiona with their sights set on the World Cup

 

The Monte Real Club de Yates opens its 2023 sports calendar this Saturday with the Baitra J80 Winter League that will be held in 6 days until next May thanks to the sponsorship of Baitra Accesorios Navales

The Galician J80 fleet opens with this competition a year of racing that will be the protagonist with the celebration of the World Class Championship next September in Baiona

Among the novelties of this year: new schedules, new routes to train for the World Cup and the incorporation of prominent sailors such as Víctor Mariño, Alberto Viejo or Marga Cameselle, among others.

The one-design league is the first event in a sports calendar in which Monte Real once again includes its two great classics, the Prince of Asturias Trophy and the Conde de Gondomar Trophy

El Alboroto, current champion of Spain, will be one of those participating – Photo © Rosana Calvo

The Monte Real Club de Yates opens its 2023 sports calendar this Saturday in Baiona with the celebration of the first day of the Baitra J80 Winter League, which will be played in 6 stages until next May thanks to the sponsorship of Baitra Accesorios Navales .

In addition to this Saturday, there will be tests on February 25, March 11, 25 and 26 and May 27. Three regattas per day are scheduled, so that, if conditions permit and everything goes according to plan, the one-design fleet will compete in a total of 18 sleeves.

Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen was the winner of the last edition – Photo © Rosana Calvo

This year, the competition, which includes prominent sailors such as Víctor Mariño, Alberto Viejo or Marga Cameselle, among others; includes a couple of new features. The first is that the start time of the different phases is brought forward, which goes from three in the afternoon to two, with the aim of being able to take more advantage of the daylight time and not have the deadline time for the end of the tests, set to one hour before sunset.

The second novelty is that the usual double routes between buoys of the windward-leeward type are changed to layouts in the shape of an Olympic trapeze, a layout that will possibly be chosen for the world championships in September. What is sought with this change is that the fleet, which already knows the regatta field and the conditions of the Galician estuaries well, can now also get used to the type of World Cup route.

And it is that one of the aspirations of Monte Real as the organizing club of the world championship is that one of the more than 25 sailboats that will participate in the J80 winter league manages to sneak into the podium of the World Cup event, scheduled between the 18th and 24th of September.

Until then, many months ahead in which to train, not only in this competition but also in the rest of the trophies scheduled by the Bayonés club for this 2023, among which are its two great classics, the Conde de Gondomar Trophy (from July 22 to 25) and the Prince of Asturias Trophy (September 1 to 3), in which the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be presented again (September 2).

Before them will come the CdeC Trophy (April 22), the Repsol Trophy (April 29 – May 1), the Galician A Dos Championship – MRW Trophy (June 10) and then the J80 Autumn League (October 14 – December 16). There will also be room for non-competitive regattas, such as the III Ruta Rías Baixas (July 3-8), which was so well received in its first two calls.

 

MRCYB 2023 REGATTA SCHEDULE


BAITRA J80 WINTER LEAGUE
February 11 and 25, March 11, 25 and 26, May 27


CDEC TROPHY
April 22 (ORC AND J80)


REPSOL TROPHY – 45th SPRING REGATA
April 29, 30 May 1
ORC SPORTBOAT NORTH SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP


MRW TROPHY – A2 GALICIAN CHAMPIONSHIP – RAFAEL OLMEDO MEMORIAL
June 10th


RÍAS BAIXAS ROUTE
from July 3 to 8


48th COUNT OF GONDOMAR TROPHY
from July 22 to 25


38th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY
from September 1 to 3
CUP OF SPAIN CRUISERS


WORLD J80 BAIONA 2023
from September 18 to 24


J80 FALL LEAGUE
October 14 and 28, November 11 and 25 and December 16


Presented at FITUR the World J80 BAIONA 2023

 

· Authorities of the Xunta de Galicia and directors of the Monte Real Club de Yates presented this Friday at FITUR the WORLD CUP J80 BAIONA 2023

· After passing through Denmark (2021) and the United States (2022), the J80 world championship arrives in Spain to be held for the first time in Galicia

· Scheduled for the week of September 18 to 24, it will be one of the most important nautical events to be held throughout this year

· The best J80 sailors in the world will compete in this great international event in 80 sailboats coming from different countries of the 5 continents

This Friday the most important nautical event to be held in Galicia and one of the most important in Spain throughout this year was presented at the International Tourism Fair (FITUR): the MUNDIAL J80 BAIONA 2023.
Under the organization of the Monte Real Club de Yates, the Galician Rías Baixas will bring together, from September 18 to 24, the best J80 sailors in the world, who will compete in this great international event in 80 sailboats from different countries of the 5 continents .

After passing through Denmark (2021) and the United States (2022), this will be the first time that the world championship of the class will come to Galicia, a community that has been betting on these one-designs for years, with one of the most important fleets of Spain.

The president of the MRCYB José Luis Álvarez presents the World J80 Baiona 2023 at FITUR – Photo Rosana Calvo

In the presentation of the event, the president of the Monte Real Club de Yates, José Luis Álvarez, said he felt a mixture of pride and responsibility after having been chosen to organize “such a prestigious event, which will put the focus of the sailing world in Galicia he said . “We will once again demonstrate our club’s ability to organize major events and Galicia’s potential to host top-level sports competitions, offering visitors a unique environment,” he assured.

The second vice president of the Xunta spoke of the World Cup as the nautical sports event of the year in Galicia – Photo Rosana Calvo

The second vice president of the Xunta de Galicia, Diego Calvo, highlighted in his speech the importance of Galicia having this competition for the first time. “Baiona will become the world epicenter of sailing next September and we will have a unique opportunity to project tourism in the community and the capacity of Galicia to host top-level sporting events,” said Diego Calvo. With regard to nautical tourism, he valued “the unbeatable conditions for navigation and to have competitions like this world championship” .

The tourist promotion of Galicia that will be carried out to the whole world through this event together with the deseasonalization of tourism and boosting the economy of the area were some of the aspects in which the Director of Tourism of Galicia, Nava Castro, had an impact. when talking about the J80 World Cup that will be held in Baiona.

Speech by the Director of Tourism of Galicia Nava Castro – Photo Rosana Calvo

“Our community is closely linked to the world of sailing, since we have been holding numerous competitions for many years, so holding a World Cup in our waters is the culmination of all the efforts made by both the Galician government and the yacht clubs. and the different actors in the sector”concluded Nava Castro.

MRCYB Commodore Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui explained some details of the World Cup – Photo Rosana Calvo

The J80 Baiona 2023 World Cup arrives at the Monte Real Club de Yates just one year after hosting the prestigious 52 SUPER SERIES. “Despite the notable differences between one fleet and the other, and one competition and the other, there are several links between the two that we particularly like -says the MRCYB commodore, Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui-, and it is that they are one-designs that compete in real time and with short and intense tracks, in which the tests acquire great emotion and are disputed with great rivalry. The show is guaranteed”.

Authorities at the presentation of the J80 World Cup Baiona 2023 at FITUR – Photo Rosana Calvo

This morning’s staging at the Galicia FITUR stand included the projection of a promotional video for the event and the announcement of the launch of the specific website for the World Cup:

https://www.j80worldsbaiona2023.com/

 

It was the starting signal for an appointment that will be presented shortly at the Monte Real Club de Yates, in a call in which all the details of this great nautical event will be announced.

J80 Baiona 2023 World Presentation at FITUR – Photo Rosana Calvo

In addition to the vice president of the Xunta de Galicia and the director of Tourism of Galicia, who took part in the presentation, numerous authorities were present at the event such as the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; and some athletes also attended, such as the Spanish champion of the J80 class, Javier Aguado.

A large number of people attended the presentation of the J80 World Cup at FITUR – Photo Rosana Calvo

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WORLD J80 BAIONA 2023
Mount Royal Yacht Club
Baiona Rías Baixas Galicia
18 – 24 September 2023
https://www.j80worldsbaiona2023.com/
secretaria@mrcyb.com · 986 385 000

 

 

 

 

 

PHOTOS AND VIDEO: PRESENTATION OF THE J80 BAIONA 2023 WORLD CUP AT FITUR

 

El Alboroto closes a spectacular season after winning the Gestilar J80 Autumn League

 

· The J80 led by Juan Carlos Ameneiro managed to climb to the top of the Monte Real Club de Yates one-design league podium this Saturday, which has been taking place in Baiona since last October

This victory is the perfect finishing touch for the crew to a spectacular season in which they became Spanish J80 Champions and managed to win the Conde de Gondomar, Repsol and Comunica trophies

· The sights of the crew that under the leadership of Ameneiro complete Javier Aguado, Javier Lago and Juan Lago are already set on the J80 World Championship to be held next year in Baiona

· Bruno Gago’s Solventis Ribadeo and Chisco Catalán’s Bica won the silver and bronze medals of the Gestilar J80 Autumn League with which the MRCYB closes its 2022 sports calendar

Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto was the winner of the Gestilar J80 Autumn League – Photo © Rosana Calvo

Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto won this Saturday the Gestilar J80 Autumn League that had been taking place since last October in Baiona Bay under the organization of the Monte Real Club de Yates.

He did it, moreover, forcefully, achieving two victories in the two tests held and being, once again, the best of the stage, something he had already achieved in four of the five days that included the one-design group, having only escaped the triumph of the third phase at the hands of Solventis Ribadeo.

The team that under the leadership of Ameneiro completes Javier Aguado, Javier Lago and Juan Lago, was undoubtedly the best in the championship. He ended up with partial scores of 1-1-1-8-4-2-2-1-1 and 21 points in the final standings; and received his award from the delegate of Gestilar in Galicia, Alfonso López; and the president of the Monte Real Club de Yates, José Luis Álvarez.

The award was the perfect finishing touch to a spectacular season. El Alboroto began 2022 with the disappointment that the Winter League escaped them at the hands of Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, but from second position, he made it very clear that this season he was going to wage war in the water. And so he did.

In April they won the Comunica Trophy, in May the Repsol Trophy, and in July the Conde de Gondomar Trophy. They were the appetizers of one of the key calls of the season for the J80 fleet, the Spanish Championship, in which they had all their sights set. They went all out and did not disappoint, becoming national class champions.

La Liga Winning Rampage Crew – Photo Roy Alonso

Now, with this new victory in the Gestilar J80 Autumn League, the Rampage closes 2022 with a more than positive annual balance. Its leader, Juan Carlos Ameneiro, was very satisfied for having more than met -he said- expectations. “We have been improving month by month and we have also done so within a fleet that is increasingly competitive. The truth is that it has been a very good year and we are very happy with the results”.

El Alboroto says goodbye to the year with the feeling of homework done, but already announces that, after the well-deserved rest from the impasse of the Christmas holidays, he will return with more enthusiasm if possible to the competitions. In their sights they have the great event of the 2023 J80 World Cup, which the Monte Real Club de Yates will organize in September in Baiona. It is the first world championship of the class to be held in Galicia and the Ameneiro crew hopes to achieve a great result.

“We have a very close team -says Ameneiro- with a very firm structure, which we have maintained and will continue to maintain without variations for the World Cup. The hard core is formed and now what interests us is to continue advancing in some aspect in which we can still give more of ourselves, such as sailing in stronger winds”.

Until then, Ameneiro’s men will continue to face off against the large J80 fleet that has been revealed in this latest edition of the Gestilar J80 Autumn League, one of the most competitive in recent years.

Solventis Ribadeo achieved a great result in its first participation in the Autumn League – Photo © Clara Giraldo
Solventis Ribadeo took the silver of the league – Photo Roy Alonso

After five days and ten events held, and after first place for Alboroto (21 points), the winners’ podium was completed by Solventis Ribadeo led by Bruno Gago, César Conde, Sebastián Hermida and Manuel Javier Álvarez (33 points); and Bica de Chisco Catalán, Laureano and Jaime Wizner and Jesús González-Llanos (48 points). They hung the silver and bronze and received their trophies from the Sports deputy of the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Gorka Gómez; and the Councilor for Sports of Baiona, Andrea Pérez.

The Catalan Bica de Chisco finished in third position – Photo © Rosana Calvo
Bica crew third classified – Photo Roy Alonso

Fourth and fifth position went to Nano Yáñez’s Cansino (52 points) and Nicolás Ángel Álvarez’s Pezoas (77 points), the latter being the boat, together with Guillermo Blanco’s I3D Atlántico, in sixth position, the best Results were obtained from those who are not part of the Baiona J80 fleet, since they sail under the pennants of the Redes Maritime Club and the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña respectively.

Manel Cunha’s Marías was penalized for joining the competition late – Photo © Clara Giraldo

Among the teams that failed to sneak into the podium or Top 5 positions, the Marías of the Portuguese Manel Cunha deserves special recognition, for which his late entry into the competition (he joined the league months after it started ), weighed him down to ninth position, despite having quasi-perfect partials of 1-1-1-1-2-2 in the tests he played.

Thus, with the closure of the Gestilar J80 Autumn League, the Monte Real Club de Yates also closes its 2022 sports calendar, in which having brought the TP52 SUPER SERIES to Galicia, and celebrated the Championships of España de J80, cruisers and women’s sailing, were some of the most outstanding events, along with the traditional Conde de Gondomar, Príncipe de Asturias (and National Sailing Awards), Comunica and Repsol Trophy, Galician Championship of A Dos and the non-competitive Rías Baixas Route.


FINAL CLASSIFICATION (TOP 10) GESTILAR J80 AUTUMN LEAGUE
After the dispute of 10 tests in 5 days from October to December

1. RIOT · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 21 POINTS
2. SOLVENTIS RIBADEO · BRUNO GAGO · MRCYB · 33 POINTS
3. BICA · CATALAN CHISCO · MRCYB · 48 POINTS
4. TIRED FERNANDO YÁÑEZ MRCYB 52 POINTS
5. PEZOAS NICOLÁS ÁNGEL ÁLVAREZ CM REDES 77 POINTS
6. I3D ATLÁNTICO GUILLERMO BLANCO RCN A CORUÑA 78 POINTS
7. MONDO BERNARDO MACEDO MRCYB 79 POINTS
8. SPACO · SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ · MRCYB · 80 POINTS
9. MARÍAS · MANEL CUNHA · MRCYB · 86 POINTS
10. NAMASTÉ LUIS DE MIRA MRCYB 86 POINTS

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Baiona will crown this weekend the best J80 of autumn in Galicia

 

· The Gestilar J80 Autumn League celebrates this Saturday from three in the afternoon the last three tests with which the final podium of the competition will be defined

· The Rampage from its position of leader and with a margin of 6 points over the second is the one with the most ballots to win the final victory

· The Solventis Ribadeo, the Bica and the Cansino are, in that order, the crews that have the best scores together with the Alboroto

The J80 of the Autumn League will be played from the last three tests – Photo © Clara Giraldo

Baiona will crown this weekend the best J80 of the autumn in Galicia in the last day of the Gestilar J80 Autumn League, the one-design competition that the Monte Real Club de Yates has been holding in the waters of the bay since last October.

More than twenty J80s from different parts of Galicia and Portugal will face each other in the fifth and final stage, in which three new tests are expected to be put into play. Starting at three in the afternoon and with a weather forecast announcing good conditions for haggling (southern component winds between 8 and 12 knots), the crews will meet again in the six upwind and six downwind courses that will mean the windward leeward courses. prepared by the race committee.

Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto is the one with the best chance of winning the final victory – Photo © Clara Giraldo

Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto, from his position of leader and with a margin of 6 points over the second classified, is the one with the most ballots to win the final victory. Solventis Ribadeo, in which Malalo Bermúdez, Alberto García and Bruno Gago alternated at the helmsman; Bica, skippered by Chisco Catalán, and Cansino, headed by Fernando Yáñez are, in that order, the teams that have, together with Alboroto, the best scores, grouped in a range of 8 points. It also happens that Bica and Cansino are tied on points in third and fourth position.

Once the dispute in the water is over, the crews will meet on land for the celebration, at eight o’clock in the afternoon, of the awards ceremony, in which the president of the Monte Real Club de Yates, José Luis Álvarez; the delegate of Gestilar in Galicia, Alfonso López; the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; and the sports deputy of the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Gorka Gómez.

The final point of the competition will be a fraternization dinner at the Monte Real Club de Yates, in which all the shipowners and sailors participating in the Gestilar J80 Autumn League will participate.


PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION (TOP 10) GESTILAR J80 AUTUMN LEAGUE
In the absence of the celebration, this Saturday, of the last day of competition

1. RIOT · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 19 POINTS
2. SOLVENTIS RIBADEO · BRUNO GAGO · MRCYB · 25 POINTS
3. BICA · CATALAN CHISCO · MRCYB · 33 POINTS
4. TIRED FERNANDO YÁÑEZ MRCYB 33 POINTS
5. I3D ATLÁNTICO GUILLERMO BLANCO RCN A CORUÑA 49 POINTS
6. PEZOAS NICOLÁS ÁNGEL ÁLVAREZ CM DE REDES 59 POINTS
7. MONDO BERNARDO MACEDO MRCYB 60 POINTS
8. NAMASTÉ LUIS DE MIRA MRCYB 62 POINTS
9. SPACO · SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ · MRCYB · 67 POINTS
10. WAIKIKI ANDRÉS GÓMEZ MRCYB 68 POINTS

 

High tension in the Autumn League Gestilar J80

 

· Several unexpected conditions made the third day of the Monte Real one-design championship one of the most exciting so far

· After not having participated in the first two stages, the Marías of the Portuguese Manel Cunha joined the competition this Saturday, beating the rest of the fleet in the two tests held

· An off-line in the second test of the day caused Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto to lose the leadership, which was relegated to second position behind Alberto García’s Solventis Ribadeo

· In addition to the arrival of Marías and the disqualifications for being out of line, the entry into play of a discard further adjusted the table of a league that announces excitement until the end

The Marías of the Portuguese Manel Cunha made a spectacular entrance in competition – Photo Roy Alonso

High tension in the Gestilar J80 Autumn League, with a very close table of results after the celebration, this Saturday in the Rías Baixas, of the penultimate round. Several unexpected conditions made the third of the five stages of the one-design championship organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates one of the most exciting to date.

One of the surprises of the day was given by the Marías of the Portuguese Manel Cunha, who after not having participated in the first two days, made a stellar entry into the competition, winning the two tests held this Saturday. The Portuguese crew was full of victories, but with its scarcity of races disputed it will be difficult to access the podium positions from the 18th position it currently occupies.

Less surprising was the climb to the top of the standings for Solventis Ribadeo, who after his great performance on the previous day with Malalo Bermúdez at the helm, this Saturday, with Alberto García leading the team, managed to maintain his good work and his streak in the results. He signed two second places that allow him to hang, temporarily, the gold of the competition.

Alberto García’s Solventis Ribadeo was placed at the top of the table – Photo Roy Alonso

Worse luck was experienced by one of the favorites to win the Gestilar J80 Autumn League, Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto. The current champion of Spain in the class made an out of line and lost the lead he had had since the first day, being relegated to second position behind Solventis.

After first place for Solventis with 13 points and second for Alboroto with 15 points, Bica de Chisco Catalán appears in third position with 17 points, which once again changed its crew, this time with Laureano. and Jaime Wizner on board, who were also joined by Jesús González-Llanos.

Fernando Yáñez’s El Cansino, in fourth position, is the boat that has the best chance of fighting for one of the honorary positions in the two days remaining before the end of the league. With two third places in the tests held this Saturday and after eliminating his worst result thanks to discarding, he is left with 22 points, quite close to the first three classified and far from the rest.

Below, a margin of just 5 points, between 32 and 36 points, are grouped by Andrés Gómez’s Waikiki; the Pezoas by Nicolás Ángel Álvarez; the I3D Atlántico by Guillermo Blanco and the Mondo by Bernardo Macedo.

The Gestilar J80 Autumn League is getting more and more exciting – Photo Rosana Calvo

These are the new figures in the boxes of a competition that is getting more and more exciting. The Gestilar J80 Autumn League returns to the waters of Baiona Bay on December 3 to put into play the fourth and penultimate of the five stages that the competition includes in this 2022. Three new tests on the program and three new opportunities for the crews to demonstrate their aspirations towards the achievement of the autumn title.


PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION (TOP 10) GESTILAR J80 AUTUMN LEAGUE
After the celebration of the 3rd day (total: 6 tests) and with two more pending to play

1. SOLVENTIS RIBADEO ALBERTO GARCÍA MRCYB 13 POINTS
2. RIOT · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 15 POINTS
3. BICA · CATALAN CHISCO · MRCYB · 17 POINTS
4. TIRED FERNANDO YÁÑEZ MRCYB 22 POINTS
5. WAIKIKI ANDRÉS GÓMEZ MRCYB 32 POINTS
6. PEZOAS · NINCOLAS ÁNGEL ÁLVAREZ · CM DE REDES · 33 POINTS
7. I3D ATLÁNTICO GUILLERMO BLANCO RCN A CORUÑA 36 POINTS
8. MONDO BERNARDO MACEDO MRCYB 36 POINTS
9. NAMASTÉ LUIS DE MIRA MRCYB 45 POINTS
10. SPACO · SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ · MRCYB · 47 POINTS

 

The J80 face a decisive day in the Gestilar Autumn League this Saturday

 

· The one-design competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates crosses the equator with the celebration of the third of the five planned stages

· Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto and Francisco “Chisco” Catalán’s Bica lead the standings separated by just two points

· If the weather allows two of the three tests scheduled for this Saturday to be played, the crews will be able to eliminate their worst result from the table

Three new tests this Saturday in the J80 Autumn League – Photo © Rosana Calvo

The J80 that this autumn will be played in the Rías Baixas in the Gestilar League of the Monte Real Club de Yates will live this Saturday a decisive day at the equator crossing of the competition, which will put into play, starting at three in the afternoon, the third of the five stages that make up the one-design championship.

Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto and Francisco “Chisco” Catalán’s Bica lead the standings separated by just two points (they have 11 and 13 respectively). A little further down, in a range of seven points, are grouped together by Malalo Bermúdez’s Solventis Ribadeo (19 points), Real Club Náutico de A Coruña’s I3D Atlántico, led by Guillermo Blanco (24 points) and Fernando Yáñez’s Cansino ( 26 points).

Four crews from Baiona and one from A Coruña make up the Top 5 of a league in which 23 boats are playing for the title, most of them belonging to the J80 fleet of the Monte Real Club de Yates, and others from such diverse origins such as the Grupo Bazán Club (Ferrol), the We Do Sailing Club (Porto), the RCN A Coruña, the CN Portonovo or the Liceo Marítimo de Bouzas.

23 crews participate in the Gestilar J80 Autumn League – Photo © Rosana Calvo

After holding three races on the first day and one on the second, the race committee, headed by Carlos Villar, is confident that they will be able to start three new rounds this Saturday, which would be the fifth, sixth and seventh of the competition. From the sixth, the long-awaited discard will come into play, which allows the crews to eliminate their worst result from the table.

If this happens, the teams that will benefit the most from the discard will be those that remained more or less constant in their positions, making very few mistakes. The clearest case is that of the first two classified: Alboroto and Bica, who finished all the previous tests in first and second position except on one occasion.

Those of Ameneiro arrive at this third stage with almost perfect partials of 1-1-1-8; and the Chisco Catalán crew has 2-2-7-2 on their markers. Both share a very weak result from which they will be able to get rid of in the discard and thus separate themselves from their most direct rivals, who did not manage to be so constant in their positions.

Another of the movements that usually occurs when a discard comes into play is the grouping, in the center of the table, of a good number of boats that are close in scores, offering greater excitement to the competition.

In principle, the weather forecasts for this Saturday are quite propitious, with a southerly component wind that will blow with sufficient intensity to allow the planned events to be held.

 

PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION (TOP 10) GESTILAR J80 AUTUMN LEAGUE

1. ALBOROTO · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 11 POINTS
2. BICA FRANCISCO “CHISCO” CATALAN MRCYB 13 POINTS
3. SOLVENTIS RIBADEO · MALALO BERMÚDEZ · MRCYB · 19 POINTS
4. I3D ATLANTIC · GUILLERMO BLANCO · RCN A CORUÑA · 24 POINTS
5. TIRED · FERNANDO YÁÑEZ · MRCYB · 26 POINTS
6. MONDO BERNARDO MACEDO MRCYB 33 POINTS
7. NAMASTE · LUIS DE MIRA · MRCYB · 38 POINTS
8. SPACO · JAVIER MARTÍNEZ VALENTE · MRCYB · 42 POINTS
9. WAIKIKI ANDRÉS GÓMEZ MRCYB 44 POINTS
10. PEZOAS NICOLÁS ÁNGEL ÁLVAREZ CM OF NETWORKS 45 POINTS

Malalo Bermúdez’s Solventis gives the surprise in the Gestilar J80 Autumn League

 

· The Solventis Ribadeo crew led by Malalo Bermúdez de Castro was the best in the second phase of the Monte Real one-design league

· The sailboat won convincingly in the only test that could be disputed and managed to rise from fifth to third place in the classification with 19 points

· Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto remains in the lead with 11 points and Chisco Catalán’s Bica follows closely with 13 points

· The day began with a minute of silence for the recent death of MRCYB members Gonzalo Romero and Chema Retolaza

The Solventis alone in front of the Parador Nacional de Baiona- Photo © Rosana Calvo

Solventis Ribadeo, led by Malalo Bermúdez de Castro, gave the surprise this Saturday in the Gestilar J80 Autumn League, winning convincingly in the only race played. The good work of the renowned skipper from A Coruña, who was supported by Alberto García in tactics, and Eduardo Mosquera and Lorena Freitas completing the crew; it earned the team to rise from fifth to third position, closing the gap with respect to the leader, from whom they are now separated by 8 points.

Malalo Bermúdez’s Solventis was the winner of the second stage – Photo © Rosana Calvo

At the head of the one-design league remains the Alboroto of Juan Carlos Ameneiro, whose triplet of first places he achieved the previous day allowed him to compensate for the eighth place he signed this Saturday in Baiona, in a very weak stage for what It is usual for this team, champion of Spain in the J80 class.

The Rampage of Juan Carlos Ameneiro remains the leader – Photo © Rosana Calvo

With 11 points in her portfolio, the Alboroto continues to be the leader followed, yes, very closely, by the Bica de Chisco Catalán, one of the boats that is showing the most solidity in these first tests of the competition. He has 13 points derived from some pretty good runs, 2-2-7-2.

Bica de Chisco Catalán is second – Photo © Rosana Calvo

The rise of Solventis Ribadeo from fifth to third position, with 19 points, led to the fall of the following classifieds. Guillermo Blanco’s I3D Atlántico, which was third, is now fourth with 24 points; and Cansino de Nano Yáñez, who was fourth, moves to fifth position with 26 points.

At the second stern the wind began to drop – Photo © Rosana Calvo

It is the Top 5 of a competition that this Saturday saw its second stage in the bay of Baiona with a shortened programme, since the wind, which did not take long to disappear, only allowed the holding of one of the three tests scheduled on the programme. The leg, a double loop windward leeward course, was run with an average southwest of about 8 knots. Before beginning, the fleet observed a minute of silence as a sign of tribute for the recent death of the MRCYB members, Gonzalo Romero and Chema Retolaza.

Second day of the J80 Autumn League – Photo © Rosana Calvo

The Gestilar J80 Autumn League returns to the stage in 15 days, on November 26.

 


PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION (TOP 10) GESTILAR J80 AUTUMN LEAGUE
After the celebration of the second day and with three more pending to dispute

1. ALBOROTO · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 11 POINTS
2. BICA FRANCISCO “CHISCO” CATALAN MRCYB 13 POINTS
3. SOLVENTIS RIBADEO · MALALO BERMÚDEZ DE CASTRO · MRCYB · 19 POINTS
4. I3D ATLANTIC · GUILLERMO BLANCO · RCN A CORUÑA · 24 POINTS
5. TIRED · FERNANDO YÁÑEZ · MRCYB · 26 POINTS
6. MONDO BERNARDO MACEDO MRCYB 33 POINTS
7. NAMASTE · LUIS DE MIRA · MRCYB · 38 POINTS
8. SPACO · JAVIER MARTÍNEZ VALENTE · MRCYB · 42 POINTS
9. WAIKIKI ANDRÉS GÓMEZ MRCYB 44 POINTS
10. PEZOAS NICOLÁS ÁNGEL ÁLVAREZ CM OF NETWORKS 45 POINTS

 

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