Month: November 2018

 

Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen won this afternoon in Baiona the victory in the AXA J80 Autumn League, revalidating the victory achieved in the 2017 edition

· The Marías – Casas do Telhado by Manuel María Cunha took the silver of the championship and the bronze went to the Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero

· A fraternization dinner put the finishing touch to the championship organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club with the sponsorship of AXA Seguros

· The 8 meter monotypes will once again be the protagonists of the first competition that the Baionese club has scheduled for 2019

 

Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen conquered this Saturday the victory of the AXA J80 Autumn League after winning the last day of tests held this afternoon in the bay of Baiona. The team led by the experienced skipper from Vigo sentenced the competition after adding another first place to those they had achieved in previous days.

With five first places, one second and one third in the seven races held since last October, De la Gándara and his team once again demonstrated why they are among the best in the Galician J80 class.

They sentenced the championship with 7 points, taking eight points ahead of their most direct rival, the Marías – Casas do Telhado of the Portuguese Manuel María Cunha who, despite completing very good races throughout the championship, was not able to beat the Okofen in no time.

On board the winning one-design we once again saw a committed team that performs at its best regardless of the weather conditions, which on some days, like today’s, made the fleet’s navigation quite complicated with rough seas and winds above 30 knots at times

In this new edition of the AXA J80 Autumn League, De la Gándara once again had his right-hand man on board, Diego Fernández; with his son Jaime de la Gándara and with Hugo Ferreiro, regulars at Okofen since its inception in J80 competitions. Santi Meygide, Javier Porto and Jaime García were other crew members who joined in some days, to complete the team or replace one of the regulars.

With its victory in the autumn championship, the Okofen closed a great regatta season in which it also won bronze in the Infinitus Rent Trophy and the Spanish J80 Championship, silver in the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy and gold in the Conde de Gondomar Trophy.

The podium of honor of the AXA J80 Autumn League was completed, with 15 points, by Marías – Casas do Telhado, led by Manuel María Cunha, and by Juan Luis Tuero, Luna Nueva, who came third with 18 points.

Already out of the podium drawers, the Pazo de Cea by Iago Alonso, in fourth position; and the Namasté by Luis de Mira, in fifth. The rest of the classification is completed by Bernardo Macedo’s Mondo, Fernando Yañez’s Cansino, Javier Martínez Valente’s Cunichán and Yago G. Robatto’s Cormorant II.

After the celebration this afternoon in Baiona of the last test, the participants and members of the regatta committee participated in a fraternization dinner presided over by directors of the Monte Real Club de Yates, as organizing club; and AXA Seguros, as sponsor of the competition.

A minute of silence was observed in it in tribute to the member and sailor of Monte Real, Berta Hernández Alfageme, who died this week after a hard fight against cancer.

At the end, the sailors were summoned for the next appointment of the J80 fleet, the Winter League, which will be held in Baiona between January and March 2019.

 

FINAL CLASSIFICATION (Top5) AXA J80 AUTUMN LEAGUE

1. OKOFEN · Javier de la Gándara · 7 points
2. MARÍAS – CASAS DO TELHADO · Manuel María Cunha · 15 points
3. NEW MOON · Juan Luis Tuero · 18 points
4. CEA MANOR Iago Alonso 28 points
5. NAMASTE · Luis de Mira · 31 points

 

OVERALL FINAL CLASSIFICATION AXA J80 AUTUMN LEAGUE (2018)

 

 

· The bay of Baiona hosts this Saturday the last tests of the competition with which the Monte Real Club de Yates closes its 2018 sports calendar

· In the lead and with a 6-point advantage over their most direct rival, Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen has all the ballots to take the final victory

· After the tests in the water, the championship will conclude with a fellowship dinner in which the prizes will be awarded to the winners.

 

Tomorrow, Saturday, starting at three in the afternoon, the bay of Baiona hosts the last tests of the J80 Autumn League, which the Monte Real Club de Yates has been holding since last October with the sponsorship of AXA Seguros.

The one-design championship, which was reduced to three stages after the suspension of its last day due to the rain and wind storm, will experience its last tests on a day that is expected to be typically winter, with a lot of cloudiness and rain, but also with good wind to haggle, with an average of 17 knots and peaks that could reach 30 knots.

With these weather forecasts, the participants will have to fine-tune their decisions and strategies to climb positions to the positions of honor, which are currently occupied by Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, Manuel María Cunha’s Marías-Casas do Telhado and Manuel María Cunha’s Luna Nueva. Juan Luis Tuero.

With four first places in the six events held so far, 6 points in the provisional classification and 6 points ahead of their closest rival, the Okofen crew, who have maintained their leadership since the first day, have all the ballots to take the final victory.

To define the rest of the podium boxes, we will have to wait for what happens tomorrow, Saturday, in the water, since the next three classified are in a range of just 6 points, which goes from the 12 that the Portuguese Marías-Casas do Roof at 18 from Pazo de Cea, passing between 16 from Luna Nueva.

With 25 and 26 points respectively, Bernardo Macedo’s Mondo and Luis de Mira’s Namasté are the next classified and the ones that could scratch a podium position if they manage to sign some very good results in the last three tests.

After the competition on the water, the AXA J80 Autumn League will continue on land with the celebration of a fellowship dinner in which shipowners, skippers, sailors, members of the regatta committee and directors of the Monte Real Yacht Club and AXA Seguros will participate. .

Throughout it, the prizes will be awarded to the winners and they will be invited to the next edition of the J80 Winter League, scheduled for the months of January, February and March 2019.

CLASSIFICATION IN THE LACK OF THE LAST 3 TESTS
Top 5 AXA J80 FALL LEAGUE

1. OKOFEN · Javier de la Gándara · 6 points
2. MARÍAS – CASAS DO TELHADO · Manuel María Cunha · 12 points
3. NEW MOON · Juan Luis Tuero · 16 points
4. CEA MANOR Iago Alonso 18 points
5. MONDO · Bernardo Macedo · 25 points

 

· The Monte Real Yacht Club organized this Saturday the “I Environmental Awareness Workshop on the impact of plastic in the marine environment”

· The objective of the activity was to make future generations aware of the need to reduce the use of plastics to avoid the damage they cause

· With sieves and binocular loupes, the participants discovered the reality of microplastics that most of them were not aware of

· The workshop was held thanks to the collaboration of the University of Vigo and the Baiona council and with the involvement of companies such as ABANCA and Gadis

Twenty boys and girls from different schools in Baiona participated this Saturday in the “I Environmental Awareness Workshop on the impact of plastic on the marine environment. Behind the plastic footprint”, an initiative organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club to make children aware of the repercussions that plastics generate in marine ecosystems.

The figures make it very clear. According to UN data, more than 100,000 species die each year from the plastic that pollutes the sea, and it is estimated that within 30 years there will be more plastic than fish in the sea. Some of these plastic residues are visible to the human eye (macroplastics), but to see many others (microplastics and nanoplastics) you have to use magnifying glasses and microscopes.

And that is precisely what the participants in the workshop organized by Monte Real in collaboration with the University of Vigo and the Baiona City Council, and the involvement of ABANCA and Gadis, did this Saturday. After receiving an explanation about the types of existing plastics, their production and their impact on the planet, the children went to the beaches of A Barbeira and A Ribeira to identify and collect them.

They collected more than 8 kilos of plastics and discovered microplastics (of which most of them were not aware of their existence) in the sand with laboratory materials donated by the University of Vigo such as sieves and binocular loupes.

This is the name given to plastic particles that are less than 5 millimeters in size and that are, for the most part, undetectable to the naked eye. Those that drift on the beaches are those that the sea itself expels, after having naturally crushed and degraded the plastics that end up in it. They are barely visible as they blend in with the sand, but they are there, and in recent years, researchers have begun to alert society to their terrible consequences.

 

One of the first measures that must be applied to reduce the presence of plastics and microplastics in the marine environment is to reduce the dependence and use that human beings have of plastics.

The “I Environmental awareness workshop on the impact of plastic in the marine environment. Following the footprint of plastic” Taught by the graduate in Marine Sciences and researcher on marine pollution, Noelia Estévez, it ended with an award ceremony for the participants, in which the mayor of Baiona, Ángel Rodal, participated; and ecological and sustainable food, with local products and reusable packaging.

 

 

 

· The Monte Real Club de Yates, in collaboration with the University of Vigo and the Baiona City Council, organizes the “I Environmental Awareness Workshop on the impact of plastic on the marine environment. Following the footprint of plastic”

· The initiative aims to raise awareness among children in the municipality of Baiona of the impact of plastic waste on the environment, paying special attention to its impact on rivers, seas and oceans

· The workshop, in which companies such as ABANCA and Gadis are also involved, will end with an ecological and sustainable meal for the participants as an example of a healthy and environmentally friendly lifestyle

Baiona hosts next Saturday, November 17, the “I Environmental awareness workshop on the impact of plastic in the marine environment. Following the footprint of plastic”, an initiative promoted by the Monte Real Club de Yates in collaboration with the University of Vigo and the Baiona city council, in which companies such as ABANCA and Gadis are also involved.

It is an educational day in which children from the municipality between 7 and 18 years old will be able to recognize the repercussions that plastics have on the environment, paying special attention to the damage they cause to marine ecosystems, and various actions to minimize its impact.

Currently only 9 percent of the plastic produced is recycled, 12 percent is incinerated and the remaining 79 percent goes to landfills or directly into the environment. There are more than 230,000 tons of plastic waste floating on the surface of the different seas of the world and, although more and more is being studied, the full impact of microplastics that are not visible to the naked eye is still unknown.

To shed light on this problem and try to raise awareness among future generations, Monte Real scheduled different activities in different locations in the municipality.

A first part, more theoretical, will include a presentation of the topic at the club’s facilities in Baiona. The types of existing plastics, their production, the routes of entry of waste into rivers, seas and oceans, and their impact on the planet will be explained to the little ones.

In the second part of the workshop, the children will go to the beaches of A Barbeira and A Ribeira, two of the most central and crowded sandbanks in the municipality of Baiona, to participate in a practical session on waste identification and collection. The goal is for them to be able to recognize and classify macroplastics, which they will later deposit in recycling containers.

The activity will also include the search for microplastics, for which laboratory materials provided by the University of Vigo will be used, such as sieves and binocular loupes, since most microplastics cannot be seen with the naked eye.

The “I Environmental awareness workshop on the impact of plastic in the marine environment. Behind the plastic footprint” will end at the Monte Real Yacht Club facilities with an ecological and sustainable meal, free of plastics, as an example of healthy lifestyles that respect the environment. It will explain the need to change plastic bags for reusable ones, avoid wrapping with transparent film and the trays in which food usually comes, not using glasses, plastic and plastic cutlery, or choose returnable bottles and containers.

With this outreach and environmental education action, which will be taught by the graduate in Marine Sciences and researcher on marine pollution, Noelia Estévez, Monte Real seeks to make the children of the municipality aware of the importance of moving towards a more sustainable consumption model. , recycling plastics and not throwing them anywhere, emphasizing the harmful effects that plastic has on the environment.

I Environmental awareness workshop on the impact
of plastic in the marine environment. Following the plastic footprint.

Bayonne, Saturday, November 17, 2018

10:00 Learning session on the problem of plastics
11:30 · Identification and collection of plastics – macroplastics and microplastics
12:30 · Waste identification and characterization classroom
13:30 Eco-sustainable food for all participants offered by Gadis
14:00 Delivery of gifts to the participants

 

The adverse weather conditions recorded this Saturday in the bay of Baiona, remnants of the storm that has hit Galicia in recent days, forced the suspension of the third day of the AXA J80 Autumn League, which was scheduled to be held today from 3:00 p.m. :00.

Waiting for what happens on the last day, scheduled for November 24, the classification remains as it was. Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, with 6 points, leads the competition; and the provisional places of honor are completed by Marías by Manuel María Cunha, with 12, and Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero, with 16.

 

 

· The competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates enters its final stretch with Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen at the top of the standings

· Manuel María Cunha’s Marías, Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva and Cristina González Cominges’ Pazo de Cea will seek a spot on the podium

· The weather forecasts announce a fairly windy day that could complicate the navigation of the monotypes in the bay of Baiona

 

Tomorrow, Saturday, the bay of Baiona hosts the penultimate day of the AXA J80 Autumn League, the one-design competition of the Monte Real Club de Yates that enters its final stretch with Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen at the head of the classification.

With a 6-point margin over Marías-Casas do Telhado of the Portuguese Manuel María Cunha, who is their closest rival, Okofen will seek to widen the distance over their competitors to reaffirm their leadership and secure the place of honor in the championship.

It will do so on a day that is expected to be complicated due to the weather, which announces some rain and winds of more than 15 knots with peaks close to 30, conditions that will make the J80 “fly” in the Bay of Baiona.

It will be on this stage where the committee, chaired by Jano Martín, plans to locate the test field and where, if the planned program is achieved, three windward-leeward regattas will be held starting at three in the afternoon, local time. set for the start of the competition.

Behind Javier de Gándara’s Okofen, with 6 points; and Manuel María Cunha’s Marías, with 12, are in the classification, in a fairly tight range of points, Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva, with 16; and the Pazo de Cea of Cristina González Cominges, with 18.

Bernardo Macedo’s Mondo, with 25 points, will have to make a little more effort to raise their positions; the Namasté of Luis de Mira, with 26; Cansino by Fernándo Yáñez, with 30; Javier Martínez Valente’s Cunichán, with 33; and Yago G. Robatto’s Cormorant II, with 50.

With the celebration of the penultimate day, the J80 Autumn League organized by Monte Real with the sponsorship of AXA Seguros will only have one last stage left to crown the winners, which will be held on the 24th.

 

· The Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona serves as a refuge at this time for three ships on the Rum Route that encountered problems on their transoceanic crossing

· A fourth boat, the Service Civique of Frenchwoman Claire Pruvot, plans to arrive at the Baiona club in the next few hours to fix a leak

· Monte Real has made all its resources available to sailors and the company from Vigo, Velas Gándara, is dealing with the repair of its sails.

 

The Monte Real Club de Yates is serving as a refuge for three boats participating in the Rum Route, one of the most prestigious transoceanic regattas in the world for solo sailors, which this year celebrates its eleventh edition.

After leaving the French port of Saint Malo on the 4th, the bad weather conditions encountered by the 123 participants, with winds of up to 40 knots and waves of 6 meters, have forced various boats to make technical stops to solve the problems suffered during the journey and avoid further damage.

At this time, Emmanuel Le Roche’s Edenred , class 40, takes refuge in the historic Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona. The French sailor, who is competing for the first time on the Rum Route, suffered breakages in his sails and the Galician company Velas Gándara is fixing them so that he can return to competition as soon as possible.

The storm also baited another Class40 boat, the Carac de Louis Duc, who will remain in the fishing village of Baiona until he solves his problems and can return to Guadeloupe, something that Duc, who is competing for the second time on the Rum Route, hopes to be able to do as quickly as possible.

The third boat moored at the Baiona club is Alain Delhumeau’s 56-foot trimaran Rayon Vert , which competes in the Rhum class.

A fourth ship will arrive at Monte Real in the next few hours. It is the Service Civique of the French Claire Pruvot, who informed the club of the need to use its facilities to solve a leak suffered in the boat.

The refugee skippers in Monte Real have communicated to the club their intention to leave Baiona tomorrow afternoon, once the rain and wind storm that is recorded at this time in Galicia subsides, and that keeps a large part of the Galician coast on alert Orange.

Once they leave the club, they will return to Pointe-Á-Pitre, on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, the final destination for these adventurers in what is known as the “Liberty Regatta”, a race where 123 professionals and amateurs compete under the same rules. along a heart-stopping journey of more than 3,500 nautical miles alone.