· The fleet competing in the Monte Real Club de Yates competition will try to open the scoring after a failed first day due to poor wind
· The three windward-leeward type tests scheduled for the occasion will be held from three in the afternoon in the bay of Baiona
· Before starting the regatta, a minute of silence will be observed in memory of the sailor Gerardo Alonso, a regular in this league who died a few days ago
Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen will not compete this time as they are in Lanzarote fighting for the J80 Champions Cup
Tomorrow, Saturday, the second day -the first scoring day- of the J80 class Winter League will be held, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates in the Bay of Baiona for the Galician one-design fleet.
The participating crews will try to open the scoring after a failed first day due to the wind, which did not blow with sufficient intensity and forced the scheduled tests to be suspended.
In this case, the forecasts point to the opposite. They forecast winds above 15 knots that could approach 30 at times, which would add excitement to the one-design regatta day.
The first starting horn will be heard at three in the afternoon, just after the fleet observes a minute of silence in memory of sailor Gerardo Alonso, a regular in this league who died a few days ago after a long fight against the illness he suffered from .
The J80s will compete for the first scores in three double-lap windward-leeward courses in which sailors of the stature of Miguel Lago will be measured, leading Virazón; or the Portuguese 420 vice-champion, Marta Ramada, aboard the Miúdo.
Faces will be seen with regulars from the Monte Real competition, such as the club’s commodore, Fernando Yáñez, at El Cansino; Asturian Juan Luis Tuero at the controls of Luna Nueva; the secretary of the J80 class in Galicia and leader of the Namasté, Luis de Mira; Bernardo Macedo in the Mondo or Javier Martínez Valente in the Cunichán, among others.
The one that will not be on this occasion will be Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, who is in Lanzarote disputing the J80 Champions Cup.
