· On September 7, they will receive two of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards in Baiona, which will be awarded as part of the 34th Prince of Asturias Trophy of the Monte Real Yacht Club.
· The Bribón Movistar led by King Juan Carlos will be awarded for his sporting career in 2018 when he won the title of European Champion at La Trinité and won the Copa del Rey
· The DK 46 Estrella Damm made up by Nacho Montes and Óscar Chaves and skippered by Olympian Luis Martínez Doreste will receive the award for its victory in the 2018 Copa del Rey
The Bribón Movistar and the Estrella Damm will receive this year two of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards that will be delivered on September 7 in Baiona within the framework of the 34th Prince of Asturias Trophy organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club.
The 6 meter led by King Juan Carlos, has been distinguished with the prize for the best boat of 2018 after achieving the title of European Champion in La Trinité (France) and winning the Copa del Rey 2018.
Some victories that the emeritus monarch signed hand in hand with a crew that remains unchanged for much of the 6m season, and that includes Pedro Campos, Jane Abascal, Alberto Viejo and Roi Álvarez.
The Bribón Movistar, also known as “Gallant”, is a 6-meter designed by Arvid Laurin, built at the Batbyggeri Neglinge shipyard in Stockholm, launched in 1947 and acquired by José Cusí in March 2016, when Don Juan Carlos began to compete with he.
His greatest victory was achieved in Vancouver (Canada), where in 2017 he won the World Championship in the classics division. A title that the team managed to defend this year in Hanko (Finland).
Another of the awards that will be presented on September 7 in Baiona will be the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the best ORC boat of the season, which will receive the Estrella Damm from shipowners Nacho Montes and Óscar Chaves for their sporting career in 2018.
Last year, the DK 46 achieved victory in the ORC 1 class of the Copa del Rey, a title that it had already achieved on three previous occasions and that it managed to revalidate in 2019 in the last edition of the competition, held last month. of July.
Wearing pendants from the Real Club Marítimo y Tenis Punta Umbría and the Club Nàutic El Balís, and with the Olympian Luis Martínez Doreste at the helm as skipper, the Estrella Damm Sailing Team is made up of Toni Rivas, Gonzalo Infante, Arturo Montes, Ricardo Terrades, Nacho Montes, Roberto Molina, Nacho Murube, Tunte Cantero, Carlos Santacreu, Paco Montes, Álvaro Fernández, Adolfo López, Aleix Gelabert, Josemi Segura and Óscar Chaves.
