Month: December 2014

My dear friends,

Just a few words to express my cordial congratulations to all of you this Christmas, wish you a prosperous New Year and share with you the memory of some of the best moments lived at the Monte Real Club de Yates throughout 2014.

It has certainly been an intense year, but all the effort has been worth it, because the steps taken in recent months bring us a little closer to that ideal club that we continue to dream of being for all of you.

In this 2014 we have received a recognition of which we feel very proud. It is the distinction that, together with the blue flag, the ADEAC awarded us for the elimination of architectural barriers and work with disabled people. In addition, we have reorganized all our classic regattas. These would not have been possible without the invaluable help of the sponsors, to whom I want to express my most sincere gratitude.

I would also like to send a particularly affectionate greeting to all of you who have competed in them, contributing your sporting talent. I think of you, sailors, and also of the students of our Sailing School, who in a few years will star in these competitions. In your hands and in theirs is, without a doubt, the future of this wonderful sport.

I also want to convey to you my hopes that 2015 will be the one we all want. For the club it is a very special year, because we will celebrate several anniversaries in which, from now on, I invite you to participate. Half a century has passed since the creation of Monte Real, and two of our most emblematic regattas, the Count of Gondomar and the Prince of Asturias, are turning 40 and 30 years old, respectively. These are three events that we cannot fail to celebrate with you, invaluable companions on our journey through our history.

From the presidency of Monte Real, and on behalf of the board of directors and all the staff of the club, I send you our best wishes, wishing that these dates come full of happiness for you and your families, and that in 2015 they blow for all better winds.

Raphael Olmedo. President

The regatta calendar of the Monte Real Club de Yates opens next January with the celebration of the first two tests of the VITALDENT J80 WINTER TROPHY , a competition for these monotypes that will include competitions on Saturday 17 and 31. The trophy will continue in February, on the 14th and 28th, and will end with three more regattas on the 14th, 28th and 29th of March.

In the month of April, the leading role is exclusively for the WINTER REGATTA , which this year celebrates its tenth edition. It will be played on Saturdays 18 and 25, and will include technical and coastal routes.

May will begin with the thirty-eighth edition of the SPRING REGATTA REPSOL TROPHY , on days 1, 2 and 3. It is a test in which the crews fine-tune their boats to face the strong area of the regatta season.

One more year, the Monte Real Club de Yates is once again firmly committed to grassroots sports, promoting children’s and youth sailing regattas. On the 9th and 10th of May it organizes the CHILDREN’S SAILING REGATTA · BAITRA TROPHY , and the 23rd and 24th are reserved for the BAITRA 420 TROPHY .

In June comes the traditional GALICIAN CHAMPIONSHIP OF SOLITARIOS YA TWO . It will be on the 13th and 14th. It is a medium-distance regatta in which the main handicap is having to handle the boats alone or with another crew member.

A weekend later, on the 19th, 20th and 21st, the SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE CLASS 2.4 mR · VITALDENT TROPHY OF ADAPTED SAILING ; and to end the month, the club has scheduled the final tests of the SOCIAL LEAGUE , a competition played throughout the year by all the boys and girls of the MRCYB Sailing School.

In July one of the club’s most charismatic regattas arrives, the CONDE DE GONDOMAR TROPHY , which is celebrating its anniversary this year. 40 years have passed since the first edition, held in 1976. It will include, as usual, one of the most attractive races for cruising sailing in Spain, the Baiona-Finisterre-Baiona route, over 100 miles long, rounding the mythical Carrumeiro Chico lighthouse. The trophy is scheduled for July 23, 24, 25 and 26.

Another event that is celebrating its anniversary in 2015 is the PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS TROPHY , which has been held continuously since 1986. Thirty years after that first edition, in which the then heir to the throne, Don Felipe de Borbón, participated, the trophy will once again be held in the waters of the Bay of Baiona on September 4, 5 and 6. It will also be the J80 IBERIAN CHAMPIONSHIP . Along with the traditional sporting events in which everyone has a place (regatta sailboats, cruisers, monotypes, classics…) there will be breakfasts, meetings, tastings, fireworks, parties…

Within the framework of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, the Monte Real Yacht Club will deliver the TERRAS GAUDA NATIONAL SAILING AWARDS . They are awards created 23 years ago with the aim of recognizing the work of different people and institutions in favor of the world of sailing, as well as its human and sporting values.

In October and November the tests organized exclusively for the J80 return, with the J80 AUTUMN TROPHY . It will be held on Saturdays October 17 and 31, and November 14 and 28.

For more information on the different competitions planned throughout this 2015, sailors can contact the club by email, writing an email to secretaria@mrcyb.com or by calling 986 385 000. The media that require additional information can contact press@mrcyb.com

RACES 2015

• VITALDENT J80 WINTER TROPHY> January 17 and 31, February 14 and 28, March 14, 28 and 29
• WINTER REGATTA> April 18 and 25
• SPRING REGATTA REPSOL TROPHY> May 1, 2 and 3
• CHILDREN’S SAILING REGATTA BAITRA TROPHY> May 9 and 10
• BAITRA 420 TROPHY> May 23 and 24
• GALICIAN SOLO CHAMPIONSHIP AND TWO> June 13 and 14
• SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE 2.4 mR CLASS VITALDENT TROPHY FOR ADAPTED SAILING> June 19, 20 and 21
• MRCYB SOCIAL LEAGUE FINAL> June 27 and 28
• COUNT OF GONDOMAR TROPHY> July 23, 24, 25 and 26
• PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY> September 4, 5 and 6
• TERRAS GAUDA NATIONAL SAILING AWARDS> September 5
• J80 AUTUMN TROPHY> October 17 and 31, November 14 and 28

>> You can download the race calendar in PDF format from HERE