Month: September 2015

· More than 200 people participated in the solidarity competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Baiona council with the sponsorship of Verti Seguros

The absolute winners in the male and female categories were Brais Misa García, from the Porriño Athletics Club, and Mar Villar Zamuz, from the Trinorth Nogasa

· The 5,750 euros raised with the inscriptions will go entirely to the Adapted Sailing School for disabled people of Monte Real

Baiona celebrated this afternoon, with great public success and participation, the first edition of the Solidarity Vertiathlon, a sports competition 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.

The objective of the same, in addition to enjoying the spectacular nature of a triathlon in an incomparable setting, was to raise funds for the Monte Real Adapted Sailing School, which for years has been serving different associations and groups of people with disabilities.

At five in the afternoon, more than 200 people lined up behind the starting line on A Barbeira beach to compete in a sprint triathlon that included swimming, cycling and running events.

The participants in the different categories, from junior to veteran, swam 750 meters between the beaches of A Barbeira and A Ribeira, cycled 20 kilometers along the main road of Baiona, and ran 5 kilometers around the Parador Nacional.

Together with them, the paratriathlete from Vigo Susana Rodríguez Gacio, who in addition to sponsoring the Vertiathlon, wanted to compete in the event and participate in the awards ceremony held at the Monte Real Yacht Club facilities.

In the absolute category, the winners of this first Solidarity Vertiathlon of Baiona were Brais Misa García, from the Porriño Athletics Club, and Mar Villar Zamuz, from Trinorth Nogasa. In addition to the trophy accrediting their gold in the competition, they received annual car insurance as a prize courtesy of Verti Seguros.

José Benito Silva Sayáns, from the Axa Agencia Garriga Beariz Triathlon, and Cristina Torres Hervés, from the Mar de Vigo Triathlon Club, received the male and female awards in the cadet category; and Xurxo Rigueira Díaz, from the Mar de Vigo Triathlon Club, the male junior.

In the veterans category, the winners were José Manuel Pardo Leis, from the Arteixo Triathlon, and María del Carmen Cabaleiro, from the La Fuente Cycling Club.

Prizes were also awarded to the first general classified classified in Baiona, who were Sandra Santodomingo Fabián and Antonio Liébanas Méndez; and eight insurances were raffled among all the participants.

At the end of the distribution of trophies, the General Director of Verti Seguros, Enrique Flores, who also competed in the triathlon, presented the Monte Real Club de Yates with a check for an amount of 5,750 euros. That amount, raised with the inscriptions of the test, will go entirely to the Monte Real Adapted Sailing School for people with disabilities.

The person in charge of collecting it was the vice president of the Baiona club, Alejandro Retolaza, who thanked Verti, the Baiona council and the Galician Triathlon Federation for having made this solidarity competition a reality. He also highlighted the support of a large number of firms and companies that altruistically collaborated with the Vertiathlon.

Retolaza ended his speech by thanking the entire public for their participation and launching into the air the wish to be able to bring them together, next year, in a second edition of the competition.

The athletes will compete in a sprint triathlon starting at five in the afternoon in which they must complete 750 meters swimming, 20 kilometers by bicycle and 5 kilometers running through various beaches and streets of the town of Baiona

· Promoted by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Baiona council with the sponsorship of Verti Seguros, the competition aims to raise funds for the Monte Real Adapted Sailing School for disabled people

· The Galician Triathlon Federation will organize an event in which more than 200 people will participate in the different male and female categories (cadet, junior, absolute and veteran)

Baiona will host next Saturday, September 12, the I Solidarity Vertiathlon, 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 Triathlon Federation.

The sports competition, with the design of a sprint triathlon, will begin at five in the afternoon and will include three swimming, cycling and running events in the bay of Baiona and in various streets of the town. The participants of the different categories (cadet, junior, absolute and veteran), both female and male, must complete a 750-meter swim, a 20-kilometer bike ride and a 5-kilometer run.

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 valued at 300 euros each will be raffled .

The money raised with the more than 200 registrations of the participants will go entirely to the Adapted Sailing School of the Monte Real Yacht Club, which provides services to associations of disabled people in Galicia.

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

Sports helping each other in an incomparable setting

A spectacular tour in an incomparable setting. This is how the route of the I Solidarity Vertiathlon was defined by the president of the Galician Triathlon Federation, Oscar José Surís, who this Saturday will be participating as one more in the competition.

For the person in charge of FEGATRI, there are few triathlons in Spain that can boast of a stage like that of Baiona, an idea that the paratriathlete from Vigo and godmother of the Vertiathlon Susana Rodríguez also insisted on. With a severe visual impairment due to her albino condition, Susana is the Galician and Spanish champion of the Paralympic duathlon, and last year she received the title of Best Galician Athlete with a Disability. This Saturday he will swim and run alongside the more than 200 athletes who will participate in the Vertiathlon.

In the presentation to the media held this morning at the facilities of the Monte Real Yacht Club, the vice president of the Baiona club, Alejandro Retolaza, highlighted the sponsorship of Verti Seguros, without which, he said, this event could not be held. He also thanked the support of numerous companies and firms that will selflessly collaborate in the event and all the volunteers who will help with the organization on Saturday.

The vice president of Monte Real was very satisfied with the boost that the Vertiathlon will give the Club’s Adapted Sailing School, which aspires, he said, to continue growing so that many more people can practice sailing under equal conditions.

A tour of the fishing village

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.

Special operation in Baiona

To guarantee the correct celebration of the I Solidarity Vertiathlon of Baiona, next Saturday the 12th, the city council will carry out a series of traffic cuts in some points of the town. They will imply, according to Mayor Jesús Vázquez Almuiña, a small effort on the part of the citizens, but they will be, he said, for a good cause.

The N-550, from the gas station roundabout to the Baredo roundabout, will remain completely closed from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. There will be duly signposted alternative itineraries for all those cars that wish to cross the town.

A little later, between 18:30 and 19:30, the most difficult point for circulation will be the entrance to the Parador de Baiona. Traffic will not be cut off, but it will be controlled by members of the Local Police.

During all these cuts, the Baiona taxi rank will be moved to Brasil street, in front of the health center, a place to which the public transport stops located on the N-550 will also be moved.

· The last day of the competition, sponsored by Storax and Terras Gauda, consolidated the victories of Fifty, Movistar and Plano B in classes ORC 1, 2 and 3

· Marina Coruña, skippered by Pablo Martínez, signed three spectacular stages and won a more than deserved title of J80 Iberian Champion

· In the Ladies Cup, the women’s crew led by Amparo Mollá won the gold trophy, which they had already achieved in the 2013 edition

The Monte Real Yacht Club of Bayonne hosted this Sunday the third and last day of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, co-organized by the Bayonne club and the Military Naval School of Marín, with the sponsorship of Storax and Terras Gauda.

Today was a day marked by little wind, which forced the start of the competition to be postponed for an hour, and to reduce the number of tests initially planned in the programme. Before hearing the starting horn, the entire fleet observed a minute of silence as a sign of respect and mourning for those who died in the A Coruña rally.

In the field of the ORC 1, located in the anchorage of the Cíes Islands, the Fifty del Monte Real Club de Yates, of the Portuguese Rui Ramada and skippered by Diogo Ramada, made another day with the victory of the tests and rose winner in his class. The Portuguese also won the Don Juan de Borbón Award, which is given to the best Portuguese boat in the competition.

The ORC 1 podium was completed by Willy Alonso’s Castrosúa, who won the silver trophy; and Aceites Abril, by Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, which came in third place.

In the ORC 2 class, the victory went to the Movistar of the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, who sentenced the competition with three first places in the three days held. Those led by Pedro Campos left second and third place for Solventis del Monte Real skippered by Malalo Bermúdez de Castro; and the Starfighter of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, which sailed with Julio Rodríguez at the helm.

The crew led by Nuno Ribas, on board Plane B, managed to place the Clube de Vela Atlántico flag pole at the top of the ORC 3 podium, leaving Jean Claude Sarrade’s Fend la Bise, from Monte Real, in their wake. Luis Suárez’s Maracana Mediolanum, from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, also managed to sneak into the winners of this thirtieth edition of the trophy by finishing third.

In the J80 real-time competition, the winner of the trophy was Pablo Martínez’s Marina Coruña, who signed three great victories in the three days of testing. Despite the fact that in all the batons disputed by the fleet there was a fair amount of equality, those of the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña always stood out above the rest and won the Iberian J80 Championship. Second and third place went to two boats from the Monte Real Club de Yates: Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes and Gerardo Alonso’s Virazón.

The Ladies Cup closed the Príncipe de Asturias with a balance of six contested races. The victory finally went to the girls of the Madrilenian Sailing Federation, led by Amparo Mollá. The silver went to the Natural Ladies team, from the Burriana Regatta Club, with Elena Saez at the helm; and the bronze went to the Monte Real Club de Yates team, skippered by Genoveva Pereiro.

In the ORC 4 class, the trophy podium was made up of two boats from the organizing club, Javier Rey’s Q Talento Consultores and Frederico Lópes’ Margem do Azul; and one from the Rio Yachts Club, the Aeris de Mariano Dios.

Vicente Cid’s Deep Blue, with a necklace from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, was the winner of the ORC Open. Fernand Arteaga’s Chao, from Monte Real, and Pitoucho from the Liceo Marítimo de Bouzas, skippered by José Carlos Ruiz, completed the top positions in the general classification.

The Clásicos disputed no test today so the general did not undergo modifications with respect to the previous day. Gold, silver and bronze went, respectively, to Belisa by José Manuel Cores, Sara O by Xosé Avelino and Arosa by Oscar Ortega.

This thirtieth edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy also decided the victory of the III Atlantic Cruise Circuit, after the tests held this summer in the Mateus Rosé Sailing Cup in Porto and in the Cascais Vela 2015. The winner was Rui Ramada’s Fifty, after winning two first places and one second.

Other awards that were handed out this afternoon at Monte Real were the ORC Spanish Cup, won by Willy Alonso’s Castrosúa, Malalo Bermúdez’s Solventis, Luis Suarez’s Maracaná Mediolanum and Frederico’s Margem do Azul Lopes in ORC 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively.

The crew of the Redondela Center for Disabled Persons, who participated for the first time in a sports competition, received an honorable mention. They are a group of five students from the Adapted Sailing School of the Baionese club, who began sailing this year thanks to the “Lecer Activo” program of the Xunta de Galicia’s General Secretariat of Social Policy.

With the delivery of awards to the winners, the end was put to a competition that marked the high point of the Monte Real Club de Yates regatta season, which will continue from October with the J80 SabadellGallego League. Previously, on September 12, the Baiona club will co-organize, together with the Baiona City Council and Verti Seguros, the First Solidarity Vertiathlon of Baiona.

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· Once again this year, the Baionese club hosted the award ceremony for these prestigious nautical awards as part of the celebration of the 30th Prince of Asturias Trophy

· The awards recognize the work that different people and institutions do throughout the year to promote and disseminate aspects related to the world of sailing

· The Lagos de Vigo Shipyard, the sailor from A Coruña Chuny Bermúdez or the Catalan sailor Alex Pella were some of the winners in this last edition

· The winners took as a trophy a reproduction of the Rafael Olmedo signal mast of the Monte Real Yacht Club, named after its historic president

The Monte Real Club de Yates hosted tonight in Baiona the award ceremony for the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, one of the most prestigious awards on the nautical scene, which recognizes the work of people and institutions to promote and disseminate aspects related to sailing world.

In this twenty-third edition of the awards, sponsored for yet another year by Bodegas Terras Gauda, and held within the framework of the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy, the special award of the night went to Astilleros Lagos, as a forerunner of the Spanish nautical industry. The company from Vigo, which celebrates its centenary this year, is an indisputable benchmark in riverside carpentry, a leader in the construction and restoration of wooden boats.

The second award given at the National Sailing Awards gala was the Mariano Aguado Communication Award, which on this occasion went to the Argentine Juan Pablo Cadario. His great work at the head of the JuanpaNews blog has made him one of the reference sources of information for current events in the nautical world.

The director of Fundación Repsol’s social and institutional area, Javier Inclán, was in charge of collecting the third prize of the night, Sponsor of the Year, which the entity won for its work in contributing to the progress of society with social projects , cultural, educational and research. In the sailing sector, Fundación Repsol collaborates with the Monte Real Yacht Club to promote its Adapted Sailing School, in which people with some type of disability can practice sailing under equal conditions.

Solventis, Movistar and Fifty were the boats that this year won the awards for the best boats of the season, in their different categories. Pablo and Alberto Moro’s Solventis received the award for the best amateur team in the ORC class, after achieving important victories this year, the last one in the Ribeiro Rías de Galicia Regatta, which they won for the fourth consecutive time, something that no ship had achieved to date.

The Portuguese crew of the Fifty and the Movistar de Sanxenxo received the prizes for the best boat in the categories ORC 0-1 and ORC 2-3, respectively. Pedro Campos’ men managed this season to get on the podium in the Prince of Asturias Trophy, El Corte Inglés Master and the President of the Xunta Trophy, as well as in the ORC World Championship held in Barcelona and in the Copa del Rey in Palma.

The Portuguese, with Rui Ramada at the helm, and wearing a pendant from the Monte Real Yacht Club, took the victories of their class in the Prince of Asturias Trophy, El Corte Inglés Master and the President of the Xunta Trophy. They obtained silver in the Winter Trophy and two golds in the Repsol Trophy and the Mateus Rosé Trophy.

Once the award ceremony for the best boats of the season was over, it was time for the awards for the best sailors. Catalan Alex Pella collected what is now his third Terras Gauda National Sailing Award. He received the distinction for the best solo sailor, after becoming the first Spaniard in 2014 to win a solo ocean regatta, the Route du Rhum, in which he also broke the Class 40 record, in which he competed with 43 other boats .

The last award of the night was the one received by Roberto Chuny Bermúdez de Castro as ocean sailor of the year. The 45-year-old from Coruña became the first Galician and second Spaniard to win a Volvo Ocean Race in 2015. He did it as a coskipper and trimmer for Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, from the United Arab Emirates.

The winners received as a trophy a reproduction of the Rafael Olmedo signal mast of the Monte Real Yacht Club, named after its historic president, who died last February.

· The crews of the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo once again prevailed in the classes of the largest boats

· The Marina Coruña skippered by Pablo Martinez stood out one more day in the J80 real-time competition

· The Príncipe de Asturias Trophy, sponsored by Storax and Terras Gauda, ends tomorrow, Sunday, with the third and last day of tests starting at noon

The Monte Real Club de Yates held this Saturday the second of the Prince of Asturias Trophy sessions with various windward-leeward events at the Cíes Islands anchorage and in the Bay of Baiona, for the ORCs, J80s and Fígaros; and a coastal regatta for the ORC 4, Open and classic.

After the fabulous first day played yesterday, Friday, in which the weather conditions were ideal for sailing, the regatta committee today had more difficulties to carry out the tests. Despite having to delay the departure of the boats to the water with a postponement, it was finally possible to complete several courses in each of the classes.

In the ORCs field, located outside the bay, the crews had to make an effort to complete the poles with a wind of just 7 knots, which only rose to 10 at specific times.

In the ORC 1 class, the Fifty del Monte Real Club de Yates once again demonstrated its power on the water. The Portuguese won both races played today and continue to lead the general standings, with Castrosúa and Pairo 8 in second and third position. The Aceites Abril of the Pérez Canal brothers and the Xekmatt of José Carlos Prista also gave a lot of battle on the water today and are in good positions to fight for a place on the podium.

In ORC 2, Pedro Campos’ Movistar, who was leading the first day, continues to lead the class. After two fabulous tests, he left Alberto Moro’s Solventis in second place and Julio Rodríguez’s Starfighter in third place.

In ORC 3, and with the last test stage still to go, which will be held tomorrow, Sunday, Plan B, led by Nuno Rivas, is in the lead, and today managed to win the two disputed routes. They are followed by Luis Suárez’s Maracaná Mediolanum and Jean Claude Sarrade’s Fend la Bise, tied on points.

The J80s competed today on two different race courses. The first test was held inside the bay, with a light wind of about 6 knots, but a prolonged calm forced the regatta committee to move the second part of the competition to a more external area, where the crews were able to complete other two tours.

One more day, the Marina Coruña, skippered by Pablo Martín, stood out from the rest, and consolidated in the first position of the general classification. In its wake, Willy Caamaño’s Mi Moneda and Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes.

In the Ladies Cup, the equality of boats and crews was once again noted. The overall is led by Amparo Mollá’s boat from the Madrilenian Sailing Federation, followed by the girls from the Monte Real Yacht Club, skippered by Genoveva Pereiro. The third place on the provisional podium is occupied by the Natural Ladies of Conchi de Pedro.

On this second day of the competition, the ORC 4, Open and Classics, who had not participated on the first day of testing, also took to the water. The classification of the first is led by Javier Rey’s QTalento Consultores, who left Arroás by José Manuel Pombar and Aeris by Mariano Dios in second and third position.

In the Clásicos competition, José Manuel Cores’ Belisa, Xosé Avelino’s Sara O and the Spanish Navy’s Arosa managed to win the top positions. They were first, second and third respectively after playing a coastal regatta.

That same competition model was that of the Open Class boats, in which the provisional podium is completed by Fernand Arteaga’s El Chao, Vicente Cid’s Deep Blue and Pablo de la Riva’s Travesío.

The thirtieth edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy ends tomorrow with the last tests of the competition. The awards ceremony will be held at six in the afternoon at the Monte Real Club de Yates facilities, and will be attended by local, provincial and regional authorities, as well as representatives of the organizing club and the Naval Military School of Marín. and the Spanish Sailing Federation.

· In the J80 class the victory went to Marina Coruña skippered by Pablo Martínez and in the Ladies Cup the trophy was led by the women from Madrid led by Amparo Mollá

· The competition took place in two regatta fields located in the bay of Baiona and the anchorage of the Cíes Islands with ideal weather conditions

· The Prince of Asturias Trophy, sponsored by Storax and Terras Gauda, continues tomorrow Saturday with the second day of tests and the delivery of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards

Spectacular first day of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, which began this afternoon in Baiona with ideal weather conditions for the fleet to navigate.

With sunshine, good seas and northerly winds of about 14 knots on average and peaks of 18, the different classes were able to complete several windward-leeward tests in the Bay of Baiona and the Cíes Islands anchorage.

In the outer zone the boats of the ORC 1, 2 and 3 classes competed. Two canes were disputed that made up a route of about 6 miles in a field located to the east of the archipelago. The tests began on time, according to the scheduled time, and were carried out without incident.

In the group of ORC 1 the victory was taken by the Portuguese Fifty, from Rui Ramada, from the Monte Real Club de Yates. Pairo 8, from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, fought for first place, but Luis Bugallo’s men were unable to beat the Portuguese and had to settle for second place. The provisional bronze of the trophy is held by Castrosúa, skippered by Willy Alonso.

In ORC 2, Pedro Campos’ Movistar, from the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, came with the desire to revalidate his victory in the previous edition of the trophy and carried out two great regattas on this first day of competition. He became the leader of his class, leaving second place for Solventis, from Monte Real, with Malalo Bermúdez de Castro at the helm. In third position is Ramón Ojea’s Bosch Service Solutions, with a crew from the Club Marítimo de Canido sailing school.

The Portuguese from Plan B, from Clube de Vela Atlántico, skippered by Nuno Ribas, won the ORC 3 class. The provisional podium is completed by Luis Suárez’s Maracaná Mediolanum, with a pendant from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo; and the Fend La Bise by Jean Claude Sarrade, from the Yacht Clube do Porto.

In the J80 competition, if there is something to be highlighted from the first three tests that were held for the Prince of Asturias Trophy, it is the equality that existed between all the boats. The fleet competed very close together and the differences were minimal. Despite everything, there was a leading boat, the Marina Coruña, skippered by Pablo Martínez, of the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña. The provisional silver and bronze are held, after this first day, by two boats from the Monte Real Club de Yates, Gerardo Alonso’s Virazón and Willy Caamaño’s Mi Moneda.

Along with the J80s, the female crews of the Ladies Cup also competed in the Bay of Baiona. The three windward-leeward routes disputed gave victory to the Madrilenian Sailing Federation team led by Amparo Mollá. Second place went to the local team, from the Monte Real Club de Yates, skippered by Genoveva Pereiro; and the third for the Natural Ladies girls from the Burriana Regatta Club, with Elena Saez de Juan at the helm.

The thirtieth edition of the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy, sponsored by Storax and Terras Gauda, continues tomorrow Saturday from noon with the second day of tests, in which the entire fleet will already be present. The Open and the Classics will also go out on the water, to compete in a coastal regatta. The rest of the boats will fight again for the podium in windward-leeward routes.

Once the competition is over, starting at eight in the afternoon, the Monte Real Club de Yates will host the gala for the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, which this year will be collected, among others, by Chuny Bermúdez and Álex Pella.

· Tomorrow, Friday, the thirtieth edition of the regatta begins with several windward-leeward technical tests starting at four in the afternoon

· There will be two regatta fields: the ORCs will compete in the Cíes Islands anchorage, and the J80s and the female crews of the Ladies Cup in the bay of Baiona

· In one of the boats, a crew made up of students from the Adapted Sailing School for disabled people of the Monte Real Yacht Club will haggle

Tomorrow, Friday, the thirtieth edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy begins in Baiona, one of the most important regattas on the Spanish nautical scene, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Escuela Naval Militar de Marín with the sponsorship of Storax and Terras Gauda.

The forecast of the regatta committee is to honk the start of the first race at five minutes to four in the afternoon, both at the Cíes Islands anchorage, where the ORCs will compete; as in the bay of Baiona, where the J80s and the Ladies Cup girls will haggle.

Both fleets will compete in several windward-leeward tests, routes between buoys in which the crews will have to demonstrate their skill when carrying out the manoeuvres. The weather forecast announces a sunny day, with northerly winds of between 12 and 14 knots inside the bay, and somewhat more intense outside.

Among the crews that will go out on the water on the first day is a team of students from the Adapted Sailing School for disabled people of the Monte Real Yacht Club, which will participate for the first time in a sports competition.

Once the day is over, the sailors will enjoy a seafood dinner in the village located in the Monte Real facilities, where tents have been set up to entertain the three days of the trophy, and where the delivery of the National Sailing Awards will also be held. Terras Gauda.

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· The Monte Real Yacht Club and the Naval Military School of Marín organize the thirtieth edition of the trophy in the Ría de Vigo and Bahía de Baiona on September 4, 5 and 6

· About 70 boats will line up to compete for victory in one of the most prestigious sports competitions on the Spanish nautical scene

· As part of the trophy, sponsored by Storax and Bodegas Terras Gauda, the 2014-2015 Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards ceremony will be held.

At the Monte Real Club de Yates, everything is ready for the celebration of the most important sailing event in Galicia and one of the most prestigious on the Spanish nautical scene, the Prince of Asturias Trophy, which this year celebrates its thirtieth edition.

On September 4, 5 and 6, the fishing village of Baiona will host the tests of this new edition of the regatta, in which boats from different divisions ORC Cruiser – Regatta, J80s, Fígaros and Classics will compete.

The tests will begin on Friday afternoon, starting at five minutes to four, with the departure to sea of ORCs 0, 1, 2 and 3, the J80s, and the Ladies Cup female crews, to compete in various windward routes -leeward.

A day later, on Saturday 5, starting at noon the entire fleet will compete. While the fastest boats will once again compete on windward-leeward courses, the ORC 4, ORC Open and Classics will fight for victory in a coastal regatta.

On Sunday the 6th, also starting at noon, the third and last day of tests will be held, with the same competition scheme as the previous day. Once the regattas have finished, the award ceremony for the winners will take place at six in the afternoon at the facilities of the Monte Real Yacht Club.

In this 2015, the Prince of Asturias Trophy is also the J80 Iberian Championship and the Spanish Cruise Cup. It will also include the second round of the Xunta President Trophy and the third and last round of the III Atlantic Cruise Circuit, after the previous regattas held in Portugal. Within the framework of the competition, the Ladies Cup will also be held and the Conde de Barcelona Trophy will be awarded, which rewards the best Portuguese boat.

Along with the sporting events, the trophy will include its already traditional parallel activities. Breakfasts, meetings, talks, program recordings, tastings, parties and fireworks will make the event the perfect meeting point for sailors.

In short, it will be three days of competition and fun for the best crews in Spain and Portugal, which will become a reality thanks to the organization of the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Escuela Naval Militar de Marín, and the collaboration of the Xunta de Galicia – Galician Sports, the Baiona City Council, the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation and the Galician Sailing Federation.

An event in which nearly 100 people work, which is sponsored by Storax and Bodegas Terras Gauda, and which has the support of numerous firms from different parts of Galicia and Spain such as Solventis, Panorama Vela, MacNavy, Televisión de Galicia, Coca Cola, Ana London Dry Gin, April Oils, Gadis, Tomás Fernández, Pereira, Tuypan, Arzúa Ulloa Orixe Denomination, San Simón da Costa Orixe Denomination and Óptica Real / Zero RH, who did not want to miss the thirtieth anniversary of the trophy.

Advancing in the integration of disabled people

In this thirtieth edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy there will be, for the first time, a team made up of people with some type of disability. They are students of the Redondela Center for People with Disabilities (CAPD), who throughout 2015 were also students of the Adapted Sailing School of the Monte Real Yacht Club.

This initiative aims to enable people with some type of disability to compete on equal terms in one of the most prestigious regatta in Spain, together with other people without disabilities. They will also participate in the rest of the activities scheduled for the event, such as breakfasts, parties and award ceremonies.

Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards

As has been a tradition for 23 years, within the framework of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, one more year, the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be awarded, prestigious awards that distinguish those people and institutions that, throughout of the year, they worked to promote and promote the world of sailing from different fields.

On this occasion the winners are Astilleros Lagos, as a precursor of the Spanish nautical industry; the Solventis, as the best amateur crew of the ORC class; and Fifty and Movistar, as the best boats in the ORC 0-1 and 2-3 classes, respectively. The Catalan Alex Pella will receive the award for the best solo oceanic sailor, and the A Coruña Chuny Bermúdez de Castro for the sailor of the year, after his victory in the Volvo Ocean Race. The Argentinian Juanpa Cadario will receive the Mariano Aguado Award for Communication and Fundación Repsol the Sponsor of the Year Award.

The awards will be presented at a gala that will take place on Saturday the 5th starting at eight in the afternoon at the Monte Real Club de Yates. The winners will receive as a trophy a reproduction of the signal mast Rafael Olmedo del Monte Real, named after its historic president, who died last February.

2015, the year of anniversaries

2015 is undoubtedly a very special year for the Monte Real Yacht Club. After the sad note caused by the loss, in February, of its historic president Rafael Olmedo Limeses, in March the club celebrated half a century of life and in June it received the visit of His Majesty King Felipe, who inaugurated the exhibition in its facilities photo “Monte Real: 50 years of history”.

2015 has also been the year of the anniversaries of two of the main regattas organized by the Baionese club, the Conde de Gondomar Trophy, whose fortieth edition was held last July; and the Prince of Asturias Trophy, which will be 30 years old in a few days.

Three decades have passed since that first edition of the competition held in 1986, when 70 boats were placed on the starting line, breaking the record for participation in a regatta in Spain.

Thus was born one of the trophies destined to become a key event in Spanish sailing, which will celebrate its next edition on September 4, 5 and 6.

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