Month: March 2022

 

· This Saturday is the sixth and last day of the Baitra J80 Winter League that the Monte Real Club de Yates organized for the Galician 8-meter fleet

· Except for last-minute surprises, everything points to victory going to Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, who lead the standings with 12 points

· The rest of the podium will be disputed between Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto and Manel Cunha’s Marías, second and third separated by 7 points

The Galician J80 fleet will compete this Saturday in Baiona for the final of the Baitra J80 Winter League, a competition that, after having lived through five previous stages, will be resolved with a sixth and final day of tests.

Starting at three in the afternoon, the twenty monotypes that have competed in the league since last January will face the last three rounds of the championship, three double-upwind and double-down sleeves that will put an end to the classification.

Except for last-minute surprises that involve a bump for the crew led by Javier de la Gándara from Vigo, Okofen will win the competition. With some partials of 1-2-1-3-1-1-4-1-1-1 in the previous days, the sailboat took all the ballots for the final victory. With 12 points, the 8 and 15 points ahead of the second and third classified will allow him to arrive without too many nerves at Saturday’s regattas.

The uncertainty of the podium appears in the rest of the positions, which are provisionally occupied by Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto, in second place with 20 points; and Manel Cunha’s Marías, third with 27. Although the Alboroto has been more consistent than the Marías throughout the season, entering the top three in all tests except one; the truth is that the advantage over the Portuguese sailboat is not too wide and he will have to make an effort to secure silver.

The excitement of the final will undoubtedly be in seeing how that podium closes on a day in which it is also planned that a new discard will come into play. The possibility of eliminating, for the second time, their worst result from the table, will make the crews dance in the classification.

Once the competition in the water is over, the Monte Real Club de Yates will hold the award ceremony for the winners. It will be at half past eight in the afternoon at the club’s facilities and the event will be attended by the general director of Baitra Accesorios Navales, Juan Carlos González, sponsor of the league; the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; the deputy for Economic Promotion of the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Raquel Giráldez and the vice-president of the Monte Real Yacht Club, Alejandro Retolaza.

 

· The Okofen crew led by Javier de la Gándara remains leader of the Baitra J80 Winter League after the celebration of the fourth day

· Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto and Manel Cunha’s Marías hold the provisional silver and bronze with two stages remaining to finish the championship

· The Baitra J80 Winter League continues this Sunday with the fifth and penultimate phase and three tests scheduled starting at eleven in the morning

The crew of the Okofen, skippered by Javier de la Gándara, remain leaders of the Baitra J80 Winter League of the Monte Real Club de Yates after the celebration, this Saturday, of the fourth stage of the competition.

The yacht, which finished the first round of the day with a fourth place, managed to come back in the second and cross the finish line first, which allowed it to continue at the head of a classification that it leads with 10 points.

With fifteen points, Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Uproar remains in his wake, one of the outstanding teams on Saturday, in which he signed a brilliant first and third in the two contested races.

Therefore, there were no changes in the provisional gold and silver positions, nor in the bronze position, which continues to be occupied by Marías of the Portuguese Manel Cunha, with 19 points. Already at a greater distance appear the fourth and fifth classified, Cansino, by Alejandra Suárez, with 34 points; and the Spaco de Santiago Estévez, with 44.

This Saturday’s were two regattas that the committee, with Miguel Cons at the helm, was able to put into play, not without some complication. After being forced to delay its start due to the wind, which could not be established; Once the tests had started, he had to make a change of route in the first round, shorten the second, and cancel the third, for which the wind was already completely insufficient.

In the first race, Ameneiro’s Alboroto sailed with flying colors and was the first to cross the finish line, with a certain advantage over the rest of the fleet. In second position came the Propspeed of Chisco Catalán, with the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal and Ramón Ojea completing the crew; and third place went to the Portuguese from Marías.

Gándara’s Okofen entered fourth, signing their worst result to date, but in the second race they did not forgive and returned to the lead. He finished first and is still first in the standings. In this second round, Marías and Alboroto finished second and third, reaffirming themselves as the two strongest rivals to stand up to Okofen.

The Baitra J80 Winter League continues this Sunday with the fifth day of tests starting at eleven in the morning. At that time, the first of the three scheduled sleeves will be put into play for what will be the penultimate stage of the competition, which is scheduled to end on April 2.

BAITRA J80 WINTER LEAGUE
Top 5 after the fourth day of regattas

1. OKOFEN · JAVIER DE LA GANDARA · 10 POINTS
2. ALBOROTO · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · 15 POINTS
3. MARÍAS MANEL CUNHA 19 POINTS
4. TIRED · ALEJANDRA SUÁREZ · 34 POINTS
5. SPACO SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ 44 POINTS