Month: July 2015

· Javier Durán’s boat from Club de Mar de Vilagarcía won the SabadellGallego Grand Prix and the Spanish Storax Height Championship

· The April Oils of the RCN of Vigo led by the Pérez Canal brothers and the Pairo 8 of Monte Real skippered by Luis Bugallo won the silver and bronze of the trophy

· In the J80 and Fígaros one-design competition, two other boats with baionese grímpola won: the Mi Moneda by Jacobo Vecino and the Erizana by Carlos Hernández

· The next appointment with the regattas of the Monte Real Yacht Club is the Prince of Asturias Trophy, which this year celebrates its thirtieth edition on September 4, 5 and 6

Baiona, July 26, 2015.- Intense fog and little wind marked the third stage of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy, which began to be held last Friday under the organization of the Monte Real Yacht Club and sponsored by SabadellGallego and Storax. .

After a first day in which the ORC 1, 2, and 3 classes competed, and a second for the ORC 4 class, and the one-design J80 and Fígaros, this Sunday all the boats entered in the championship went out on the water. The weather conditions prevented the two scheduled tests from being held and the boats had to compete for victory in a single regatta that began after half past two in the afternoon.

It was a fast and exciting test, with a windward-leeward technical course of about six and a half miles in the Vigo estuary, to the east of the Cíes Islands. Two upwind and two stern that the crews sailed with a fair wind of an average of 8 knots and some peaks of 10.

In the ORC 0-1 class, the Aceites Abril, which had won on the first day, once again demonstrated its power on the water. The brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, won the race held today and managed to win gold in their category. The silver and bronze remained in Monte Real. They went to Luis Bugallo’s Pairo 8 and Willy Alonso’s Castrosúa, respectively. The Arroutado of the Real Club Náutico de Portosín was left off the podium despite having achieved third place in today’s regatta.

In the ORC 2 class, the Corsario VI, owned by Javier Durán and the Club de Mar de Vilagarcía, was the winner of both the day and the general classification. In second and third position were Ramón Ojea’s Bosch Service Solutions and DKV Seguros from Zamora, skippered by Juan Carlos de Ana.

In the ORC 3 competition there was no movement in a classification that was defined on the first day and was maintained until the end. The Fend la Bise of the Yacht Clube do Porto, with Jean Claude Sarrade at the helm; Punta Lagoa’s Unus, skippered by Luis Manuel García Trigo, and Unai Basurko’s Pottoka, from Club Pakea; They were first second and third respectively.

There was also no change to the podium layout of the ORC 4. Pablo Conde’s El Enxuto, from the Galway Bay Sailing Club; the Margem do Azul III by Frederico Lopes, from Monte Real; and the Rui Peixoto smoker, of the DFH Guimaraes; they achieved gold, silver and bronze after staying in first, second and third position since the beginning of the trophy.

More exciting was the real-time competition of the J80 monotypes, who fought hard for the victory and stayed very close to each other in the classification, moving up and down in the different tests. Miguel Lago’s Virazón, from the Monte Real Yacht Club, won the race held this afternoon, but the overall victory was finally for Jacobo Vecino’s Mi Moneda, also from the Baionese club. In second position, another ship from Monte Real, the Luna Nueva, by Juan Luis Tuero; and in third, the Náutico Cormorán, by Rodrigo Alonso.

In the Figaro class, Carlos Hernández’s Erizana, with a crew of students from the Monte Real Sailing School, did a fantastic job on the water, prevailing in all the tests and achieving first place overall. Second and third place went to Genoveva Pereiro’s Bouvento and Victor Calviño’s Silleiro, both from the Baiona club.

With the awards ceremony for this fortieth edition of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy, the Monte Real Club de Yates is starting the countdown to another of its great competitions, the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy, which will be held on the 4th, 5th and 6th of September.

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· Pablo Conde’s Enxuto won the two races held today and placed the Galway Bay Sailing Club flag in first position in the ORC 4 class

· The crew of the Náutico Cormorán skippered by Rodrigo Alonso won the stage victory in the J80 category

· In the Figaro class, the Erizana del Monte Real Yacht Club won, skippered by Carlos Hernández and with a crew made up of students from his Sailing School

Baiona, July 25, 2015.- After the Storax Stage was held yesterday, Friday, the Rías Baixas hosted this Saturday the second day of tests for the Conde de Gondomar Trophy – SabadellGallego Grand Prix, a competition that the Monte Real Yacht Club has been organizing continuously for forty years.

In today’s stage, the ORC 4 class boats, and the J80 and Fígaros monotypes competed for a route that began at eleven in the morning in the Bay of Baiona and ended around half past four in the the Cies. The crews had to leave Carallones and La Negra behind to go up to Camouco, in Las Ons, and turn around to the finish line. In total, 28 miles of distance from which a double score came out: a first result based on the route of the climb and a second including the total distance.

In the ORC 4 class the victory went to Enxuto, from the Galway Bay Sailing Club. Skippered by Pablo Conde, the crew achieved victory in the two contested races and placed first overall in its category. Second and third place go to Margem do Azul III, from the Monte Real Club de Yates, with Frederico Lópes at the helm; and for the Rui Peixoto smoker, from the DFH Guimaraes.

The J80 one-design competition was, without a doubt, one of the most exciting parts of the regatta, due to how close it was. The boats competed in real time and sailed closely together for much of the course. Rodrigo Alonso’s Náutico Cormorán and Jacobo Vecino’s Mi Moneda fought hard for victory. The Mi Moneda, from the Monte Real Yacht Club, won the first test, and those from the Cormorant Club in the second. Finally the victory went to Rodrigo Alonso’s men, who left the provisional silver to Mi Moneda, and the bronze to Luna Nueva of Juan Luis Tuero, also from Monte Real.

In the Figaros category, the Erizana boat, skippered by Carlos Hernández, and with a crew made up of students from the Monte Real Sailing School, won both races and placed first. Second and third place went, respectively, to Genoveva Pereiro’s Bouvento and Victor Calviño’s Silleiro, both from the Baiona club.

Today’s stage was developed with ideal conditions for navigation, with sun, good sea and a wind of about 14 knots on average.

Tomorrow the podium of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy will be decided

The Conde de Gondomar Trophy – SabadellGallego Grand Prix ends tomorrow, Sunday, with the last two tests of the competition, which will be held from midday at the Cíes Islands anchorage. There will be two windward-leeward routes.

The expertise and good work of the sailors in the different maneuvers will determine the final result and define the general classification of the trophy. After a day of competition for the ORC 1, 2 and 3 classes and a second for the ORC 4 class and the J80 and Fígaros monotypes, all the boats will go to sea on the last day of the Count of Gondomar.

Once the regattas are over, the Monte Real Club de Yates will host, starting at six in the afternoon, the awards ceremony for the winners.

GENERAL RANKING

ORC4

1. Enxuto Pablo Conde Galway Bay Sailing Club
2. Margem do Azul III Frederico Lopes Monte Real Yacht Club
3. Iumar Rui Peixoto DFH Guimaraes

J80

1. Cormorant Yacht Club Rodrigo Alonso Cormorant Yacht Club
2. My Coin Jacobo Vecino Monte Real Yacht Club
3. New Moon Juan Luis Tuero Monte Real Yacht Club

FIGAROS

1. Erizana Ramón Palao Monte Real Yacht Club
2. Bouvento Genoveva Pereiro Monte Real Yacht Club
3. Silleiro Victor Calviño Monte Real Yacht Club

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· The Club de Mar de Vilagarcía boat won the ORC 2 class and leads the overall of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy – SabadellGallego Grand Prix

· In the ORC 1 class, the leader after the first two tests of the competition is the April Oils of the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo

· The Fend la Bise by Jean Claude Sarrade with the Yacht Clube do Porto pendant won the ORC 3 class

Baiona, July 25, 2015 .- The Corsair VI, skippered by Javier Durán, won the Spanish Storax Height Championship this morning, played as part of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy – Sabadell Gallego Grand Prix. Wearing a necklace from the Club de Mar de Vilagarcía, the boat holds provisional gold in the ORC 2 class and leads the competition overall.

In second position, with the provisional silver, is the Aceites Abril, owned by the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo; and third place goes to Pairo 8, from the Monte Real Club de Yates, with Luis Bugallo at the helm. These two boats are also first and second, respectively, in the ORC 0-1 class, in which the Castrosúa ranks third.

In the category of the ORC 2, after the Corsair VI, are the Bosch Service Solutions of the Club Marítimo de Canido, skippered by Ramón Ojea; and the Zamoranos from DKV Seguros, led by Juan Carlos de Ana.

Jean Claude Sarrade’s Fend la Bisse, with the Yate Club do Porto’s gable, is first in the ORC 3 class, followed by Luis Manuel García Trigo’s Unus, and Unai Basurko’s Pottoka.

The Conde de Gondomar Trophy- Sabadell Gallego Grand Prix continues this Saturday with a circumnavigation of the Ons Islands archipelago that will be contested, starting at 11 in the morning, by the ORC 4 class boats and the J80 and Fígaros monotypes.

GENERAL RANKING

1. Corsair VI Javier Durán Club de Mar de Vilagarcía
2. April Oils Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal Real Club Náutico de Vigo
3. Pairo 8 Luis Bugallo Monte Real Yacht Club

ORC 0-1

1. April Oils Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal Real Club Náutico de Vigo
2. Pairo 8 Luis Bugallo Monte Real Yacht Club
3. Castrosúa Willy Alonso Monte Real Yacht Club

ORC2

1. Corsair VI Javier Durán Club de Mar de Vilagarcía
2. Bosch Service Solutions Ramón Ojea Maritime Club of Canido
3. DKV Seguros · Juan Carlos de Ana · Zamora Yacht Club

ORC3

1. Fend la Bise Jean Claude Sarrade Yacht Clube do Porto
2. Unus · Luis Manuel García Trigo · Punta Lagoa Yacht Club
3. Pottoka Unai Basurko Club Pakea

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Ernesto Cortina’s boat from the Monte Real Yacht Club was in first position from the start and is sailing at a good pace towards Carrumeiro, with the option of breaking the record

At a certain distance from its stern, it is followed by the Pairo 8 and the Aceites Abril, which are having an interesting duel for second position, and somewhat further back, the Arroutado and the Castrosúa

· After the Storax Stage that takes place today, the Conde de Gondomar Trophy – Sabadell Gallego Grand Prix continues this weekend with four new tests

Baiona, July 24, 2015.- Wearing a pendant from the Monte Real Yacht Club and with Ernesto Cortina at the wheel, the Gran Jotiti, a 62-footer made of carbon fiber, leads in real time the first stage of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy, which is also the Spanish Championship for Storax height.

The boat, which seeks to beat the Carrumeiro record and has options to do so, was in the lead from the first moments of the regatta and was marking distances with respect to the rest of the fleet. The crew always chose the option furthest from the coast, and made the entire journey around the outside of the Cíes, Ons and Sálvora islands at a very good pace, pushed by winds with peaks of 22 knots.

At her stern, at a certain distance, a very interesting duel is taking place between Pairo 8, also from the Monte Real Club de Yates, with Luis Bugallo at the helm, and José Luis Freire and Laureano Wizner among the crew; and Aceites Abril, by the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, with a pendant from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo. A little further back, another pair of boats, the Arroutado and the Castrosúa, are trying to advance positions to gain a foothold on the Storax Stage podium.

This first test of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy – SabadellGallego Grand Prix began with a slight delay over the scheduled time and with a somewhat light wind, which increased in intensity as the fleet moved away from Carallones. From the initial 7 knots, it went to an average of 18-20, with peaks of 22-23 knots, and the boats, despite the fact that there was a lot of sea, were able to navigate more easily.

At this time, the fleet continues at a very good pace towards Carrumeiro and it is expected that the first boats will begin to round the lighthouse shortly. Once they carry out this maneuver, the crews will set off again towards Baiona, where most of them will arrive, predictably, well into the morning.

At this stage, the only boat that has had problems has been Rui Ramada’s MBA Atlántico, which was forced to withdraw from the competition shortly after starting after suffering a broken backstay.

The Conde de Gondomar Trophy continues this weekend

The Conde de Gondomar Trophy continues tomorrow, Saturday, the Santiago Apóstol holiday, with the second day of tests, in which the ORC 4 class boats and the J80 and Fígaros monotypes will compete. The crews will face a route of about 30 miles, starting in Baiona and circumnavigating the Ons archipelago. From the test, which will start at eleven in the morning, a double score will be obtained for the general classification: a first based on the Baiona-Ons route and a second taking into account the complete Baiona-Ons-Cíes route.

After the sports competition, which is scheduled to end around six in the afternoon, an anniversary party will be held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the trophy, created in 1976 by the Monte Real Yacht Club. It will include a seafood dinner with a tasting of Raffles gin and Nordic tonic, starting at nine at night in the facilities of the Baionese club.

A day later, on Sunday the 26th, the third and last day of tests will be held, in which the thirty registered boats will participate. Starting at noon, the crews will compete in two windward-leeward races at the Cíes Islands anchorage. That same day, in the afternoon, the awards ceremony will take place for the winners.

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Some thirty boats will fight for victory in the fortieth edition of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy

· The competition begins tomorrow, Friday, with the most exciting test of the trophy, a route of more than 90 round trip miles between Baiona and Carrumeiro Chico

· A circumnavigation of the Ons archipelago is scheduled for Saturday, and two windward-leeward races will be held on Sunday

· The awards ceremony will be held on Sunday at six in the afternoon at the facilities of the Monte Real Club de Yates

Baiona, July 23, 2015.- This Friday begins in Baiona the fortieth edition of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy, a competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates with the sponsorship of SabadellGallego and Storax .

The first of the stages, one of the most exciting in the trophy, is the Storax Spanish Offshore Championship, and is reserved for ORC class 0, 1, 2 and 3 boats. This is the mythical ascent to Carrumeiro Chico, a round trip of more than 90 miles from Baiona, with the added difficulty that the crews will have to complete part of the route at night.

This year around twenty boats arriving from different parts of Spain and Portugal will face the challenge. Among them, boats like the Pottoka, from the Basque Country, skippered by Unai Basurko, winner of the National Sailing Award in 2012 for his Pakea Bizkaia project. Also at this year’s Conde de Gondomar will be the Gran Fisgón, from the Real Club Náutico de Palma de Mallorca, and the Gran Jotiti, recently arrived in Baiona from the Canary Islands.

Along with them, Portuguese and Galician crews who are regulars at the Monte Real competitions, such as the Fend la Bise, of the Yacht Clube do Porto; or the Aceites Abril, by Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, which in the previous edition of the Conde won the title of Champion of Spain in Height. The Salseiro or the Pairo 8 are other boats that will fight this year to successfully complete the most difficult stage of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy.

Once the Carrumeiro stage is over, there will still be two more tests to complete the fortieth edition of the trophy. On Saturday, the Santiago Apóstol holiday, the ORC 4 class boats, and the monotypes J80 and Fígaros, will take to the water for a 30-mile journey around the Ons archipelago. For the evening, the program includes a seafood dinner with Raffles gin tasting and Nordic tonic.

On Sunday, the third and last day of regattas, two windward-leeward races are scheduled in which all the participating crews will test their strength. That same day, once the competition is over, the awards ceremony for the winners will take place at the facilities of the Monte Real Club de Yates.

With the distribution of trophies, the end will be put to the fortieth edition of the Count of Gondomar, the countdown will begin for the next great sporting event of the Baionese club, the thirtieth edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, which will be held on days 4, 5 and 6 of September.

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· The historic competition of the Monte Real Club de Yates de Bayona will be held on July 24, 25 and 26, sponsored by SabadellGallego and Storax

· The test program, which is the Spanish Height Championship, includes the Carrumeiro Chico challenge

· To commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the trophy, Monte Real will hold a big party on the night of July 25 at the club’s facilities

Bayonne, July 13, 2014.- Created in 1976 by the Monte Real Club de Yates de Bayona and disputed without interruption since then, the Conde de Gondomar Trophy celebrates its fortieth birthday this year with three major novelties. The sports program of the regatta is reduced from four to three days of competition, a big party will be held to commemorate its fortieth anniversary, and the registration of participants will be, for the first time in the history of the trophy, completely free.

Sponsored by SabadellGallego and Storax, the 2015 Conde de Gondomar Trophy will be held on July 24, 25 and 26. The first day features one of the most attractive events on the Spanish nautical scene, the ascent to Carrumeiro Chico from Baiona, a challenge for the most experienced sailors, who will have to complete almost 100 miles of travel to what is known as the Greek Cemetery . It is a test that is also the Spanish Storax Height Championship.

After this first stage, reserved for the largest boats, the smaller boats will take to the water. They will do it on Saturday, July 25, the Santiago Apóstol holiday, the second day of competition. For that day, a crossing regatta of about 30 miles around the archipelagos of the Cíes and Ons Islands is scheduled, and at the end of it, a great party at the Monte Real facilities, on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the regatta.

The Conde de Gondomar Trophy – SabadellGallego Grand Prix will end on Sunday 26 in the Bay of Baiona with two windward-leeward races in which all sailboats will participate starting at noon. The final point of the competition will be the awards ceremony for the winners, which will be held at six in the afternoon at the Monte Real Club de Yates facilities.

Registration at the Monte Real Yacht Club

The boats that wish to participate in the fortieth edition of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy must register before six in the afternoon of July 20, presenting the registration form duly completed along with the required documentation. This year, as a novelty, and for the first time in the history of the competition, the registration of the participants is completely free.

The next appointment of Monte Real: the Prince of Asturias Trophy

The next appointment with the regattas of the Monte Real Yacht Club of Bayonne is one of the highlights of the season, the 2015 Prince of Asturias Trophy, which this year will take place on September 4, 5 and 6. Held continuously since 1985, the competition celebrates its thirtieth anniversary in 2015 with its traditional sporting events for all types of boats.

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· The sports competition will have the design of a sprint triathlon and will include three swimming, cycling and running events that will take place in the bay of Baiona and in several streets of the fishing village on September 12

· The solidarity event is organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Baiona council with the sponsorship of Verti Seguros and the collaboration of the Galician Triathlon Federation

· All the money that is raised with the inscriptions of the participants will go to the Adapted Sailing School for people with disabilities of the Monte Real Yacht Club

Baiona, July 3, 2015.- Baiona will host the I Solidarity Vertiathlon on September 12, an event organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Baiona council with the sponsorship of Verti Seguros and the collaboration of the Galician Federation of Triathlon.

This is a sports competition that will have the design of a sprint triathlon and will include three swimming, cycling and running events that will take place in the bay of Baiona and in various streets of the fishing village. Participants must complete a 750-meter swim, a 20-kilometer bike ride and a 5-kilometer run.

The registration fee is 25 euros, and all the money raised will go entirely to the Adapted Sailing School of the Monte Real Yacht Club, which has been serving various associations of disabled people in Galicia for years.

The registration period will open on July 15 through the website of the Galician Triathlon Federation . There will be several general categories and a special category for those registered in the Concello de Baiona.

The absolute first male and female classified will receive, as a prize, an annual car insurance courtesy of Verti Seguros; and among all the participants, eight other insurances will also be raffled.

A tour of the town of Baiona

The I Solidarity Vertiathlon of Baiona will begin with the swimming test, in which the participants must swim the distance that separates the beaches of Barbeira and A Ribeira. Both sandbanks are located in the urban center of the town of Baiona, at the foot of the wall that surrounds the Monte Boi peninsula, separated by the facilities of the Monte Real Yacht Club.

At the end of the swim, the participants will pick up their bikes on the basketball courts in the La Palma area and prepare for the second of the tests, the cyclist, which will include four laps between two of the roundabouts that give access to Baiona , that of Baredo and that of Santa Marta.

The last of the sprint triathlon tests will be the foot race, and it will be held in one of the most visited places in Baiona, the Parador Nacional. Athletes must complete two laps of the walled enclosure of the Monterreal peninsula, also known as the Monte Boi peninsula.

The competition will begin at five in the afternoon and the awards ceremony will be held at eight in the facilities of the Monte Real Club de Yates.

The Adapted Sailing School of the Monte Real Yacht Club

The money raised from the registrations for the I Baiona Solidarity Vertiathlon will go entirely to the Adapted Sailing School of the Monte Real Yacht Club, created in 2012 to bring the world of sailing closer to people with disabilities.

After the first few years serving associations and groups in Val Miñor, Tomiño and A Guarda, the school is currently seeking to expand with the aim of being able to offer these adapted navigation courses to centers throughout Galicia.

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· The Monte Real Yacht Club and Óptica Real organize an informative talk on the importance of protecting the eyes from the sun next Friday in Baiona

· UV rays can cause tumors, cataracts, macular degeneration or visual fatigue among other eye problems

· The first 40 people who arrive will receive a Tablet case as a gift and polarized sunglasses will be raffled among all attendees

The Monte Real Yacht Club and Óptica Real organize an informative talk on Friday, July 17 in Baiona on the importance of protecting the eyes from the sun.

The optician-optometrist and member of the training team of the Varilux Institute, Noelia Suárez, will be in charge of explaining to the attendees the dangers that UV rays can pose to the sight. It will also offer a series of recommendations to protect the eyes from the sun and avoid future eye problems and injuries.

Although there is increasing awareness of the dangers that the sun poses to the skin, there are still many who are unaware of the impact that excess UV rays can have on their eyes. Ultraviolet radiation is related to the development of tumors, cataracts and macular degeneration. In addition, exposure to sunlight can also cause eyestrain, as the pupil works to keep the amount of light reaching the retina at an optimal level.

Wear suitable sunglasses that block UV rays and avoid excess light on the retina; wear hats, caps or visors; or using sun protection around the eyes are some of the tips from the experts, but there are many more, which will be announced in the talk organized by Monte Real and Óptica Real.

The appointment is next Friday the 17th at seven in the afternoon at the club’s facilities in Baiona, and the first 40 attendees will receive a tablet case as a gift. In addition, polarized sunglasses will be raffled among all attendees.