Month: October 2015

· Three victories in the three regattas held today in the bay of Baiona distance the boat skippered by Miguel Lago from its rivals in the one-design league

Guillermo Caamaño’s Alumisel remains in second position and Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva manages to climb to third place on the provisional podium

· The competition, sponsored by SabadellGallego, and with the collaboration of Vitaldent and the Xunta de Galicia, continues on November 14 in Baiona

The Virazón del Monte Real Club de Yates consolidates its leadership in the SabadellGallego Class J80 League after the fantastic results achieved on the second day of the competition, held this Saturday in the Bay of Baiona.

The crew skippered by Miguel Lago achieved three first places in the three tests held this afternoon, with waves of about 3 meters and a wind that remained at about 14 knots until the end of the competition, when it fell in intensity.

His biggest rival in the water was again, one more day, Guillermo Caamaño’s Alumisel. He put up a fight in all the races, but he couldn’t unseat Virazón from the first position in any of them. Both are still first and second in the general classification, but the minimum distance that separated them after the first day, of just one point, is now 7 points.

Where there were changes was in the third drawer of the provisional podium, which is now occupied by Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva, after unseating Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes, absent on this second day of the competition.

The Namasté by Luis de Mira and the Pazo de Cea by María Campos complete the classification of the J80 Class League organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and sponsored by SabadellGallego, with the collaboration of Vitaldent and the Xunta de Galicia.

The competition will continue on November 14 with a new day in the bay of Baiona. Before the awards ceremony, three more tests will be held on November 28.

· The Monte Real Club de Yates hosts the second of the four days of scheduled tests in the nautical competition

· The Virazón skippered by Miguel Lago leads the championship after its victory in the opening regatta held on the 17th

This Saturday a new day of the SabadellGallego League, a competition of the Monte Real Club de Yates organized exclusively for J80 class boats, will be held in the Bay of Baiona.

The tests will begin at three in the afternoon and it is planned that, if the weather conditions allow it, a total of three windward-leeward routes will be disputed, in which the boats will fight for victory in real time.

Skippered by Miguel Lago, Virazón will try to maintain its leadership in the competition, a position it occupies after the opening day held on the 17th. Guillermo Caamaño’s Alumisel will be one of their main rivals, as both are separated by just one point in the general classification.

The J80 Class league, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and sponsored by SabadellGallego, Vitaldent and the Xunta de Galicia, will continue on November 14 with a new day of tests in the bay of Baiona.

· The Monte Real Club de Yates boat skippered by Miguel Lago leads the championship after achieving victory on the first day of testing

· In second and third position are the Alumisel of Guillermo Caamaño and the Ferralemes skippered by Enrique Porto

· The competition, sponsored by SabadellGallego, Vitaldent and the Xunta de Galicia, continues next Saturday the 31st in the bay of Baiona

The Virazón del Monte Real Club de Yates leads the J80 Class SabadellGallego League after winning the first day of tests held this Saturday in the bay of Baiona.

The crew, skippered by Miguel Lago, carried out three fantastic regattas in a day in which the gusty and shifty wind also wanted to be the protagonist. It blew with about 15 knots on average, reaching 26 at times, and its constant changes forced the committee to make changes to the course on two occasions.

In spite of everything, the fleet was able to dispute the three tests foreseen in the regatta program. In the first, which started promptly at three in the afternoon, Virazón managed to cross the finish line first, followed by Luna Nueva and Alumisel.

Miguel Lago’s team repeated victory in the second of the tests, leaving second and third place for Guillermo Caamaño’s Alumisel and Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes respectively.

In the last regatta of this first day, the crew of the Alumisel, who had achieved a third and a second in the previous tests, managed to climb the missing step and take first place, leaving Ferralemes and Virazón behind. .

Thus, Virazón is placed, with 5 points, provisional leader of the J80 Class SabadellGallego League, closely followed by Alumisel, with 6 points. A little further away is Ferralemes, with 11 points. Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero, Namasté by Luis de Mira and Pazo de Cea by María Campos complete the classification.

The J80 Class league, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and sponsored by SabadellGallego, Vitaldent and the Xunta de Galicia, will continue on October 31 with a new day of tests in the bay of Baiona. Before the awards ceremony, two more days will be held on November 14 and 28.

· After the celebration of the Prince of Asturias Trophy last September, the Monte Real Club de Yates organizes a new competition for the autumn months

· The SabadellGallego Class J80 League will consist of 4 test days that will begin next Saturday the 17th and will continue on October 31 and November 14 and 28

· The championship, organized by the Baiona club with the sponsorship of SabadellGallego, Vitaldent and the Xunta de Galicia, will be held in the waters of the Bay of Baiona

Baiona closes the 2015 sailing season with the celebration of the SabadellGallego Class J80 League, a competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates with the sponsorship of SabadellGallego, Vitaldent and the Xeral Secretariat for Sport of the Xunta de Galicia.

The championship will begin next Saturday the 17th in the bay of Baiona with the first of the four scheduled days, which will continue on October 31 and November 14 and 28.

All the tests will begin at three in the afternoon and will consist of several routes that the regatta committee will determine depending on the weather conditions and the state of the sea on each occasion. They may be windward-leeward courses or coastal routes.

The boats will sail as a fleet, will compete in real time and will carry out a maximum of 3 tests per day. Each and every one of them will score for the final classification from which the winner of the league will come out, which will be known at the end of November.

To make the J80 class known to more sailors, the organization will allow the inclusion of a fifth crew member on board, who will be able to navigate only as an observer. He must stand behind the skipper and may not participate in the tactics or maneuvers of the crew.

At the end of November, at the end of the competition, the Monte Real Club de Yates will host the awards ceremony for the winners at its facilities.

Monte Real promotes the J80 class in Galicia

The SabadellGallego Class J80 League was presented this morning at the Monte Real Club de Yates, in a press conference attended by Manuel Prol, Director of Institutional Relations of SabadellGallego. In his speech, Prol highlighted the importance of Monte Real as one of the most prestigious yacht clubs in Spain, a reference for sailors – he said – and a stopover point for sailors from all over the world. With its support for the Baiona club league, SabadellGallego “positions itself as an entity that works to be present in the daily life of Galicians through sponsorships and collaborations that increase the visibility of initiatives as important as this one”, assured Prol.

On behalf of the Xunta de Galicia, the Head of Service of the Xeral Secretariat for Sport, Daniel Benavides, intervened, who congratulated Monte Real and SabadellGallego for working hand in hand to promote the sport of sailing, an idea in which he also influenced the acting mayor of Baiona, Ángel Rodal.

The SabadellGallego del Monte Real League will serve as preparation for the J80 fleet for the World Cup that will be held next year in Sotogrande, an event in which the sailors of this class in Galicia, represented at the press conference by Guillermo Caamaño They hope to achieve great results.

In this sense, the Vice President of the Monte Real Yacht Club, Alejandro Retolaza, highlighted the leadership assumed by the Baion club in promoting the J80 in Galicia, by organizing two exclusive championships for them and other regattas that include them as a class, with independent output and classification.

J80, a booming fleet throughout Spain

The J80 are a type of boat on the rise in Spain in recent years. The boost given to these monotypes by the National J80 Association and the different Spanish yacht clubs has allowed this type of boat to grow considerably, both in number and quality.

In Galicia, the fleets from A Coruña and Baiona especially stand out, as they have won a large part of the victories in the different competitions held in the autonomous community throughout 2015.

Last September, Pablo Martínez’s Marina Coruña, from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña, won the Iberian J80 Championship. Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes and Miguel Lago’s Virazón, both from the Monte Real Club de Yates, won silver and bronze, respectively.

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