BAITRA Galician Championship Trophy 420 2016
13-02-2016
Young sailors from all over Galicia will compete on February 13, 14 and 20 in Baiona on Galician Championship of the 420 class , organized this year by the Monte Real Yacht Club with the sponsorship of Baitra Naval Accessories and the collaboration of the Galician Sailing Federation and Jesús Betanzos Naval Accessories.
The competition will begin on Saturday 13 , around half past two in the afternoon, after a preparatory meeting of coaches and committees. If everything goes according to plan and the weather conditions allow it, three regattas of about 40 – 45 minutes each will be held. Something earlier will be the second day of the trophy, on Sunday the 14th , which will begin at half past eleven in the morning, with an identical program to that of the first day. Three regattas with trapeze courses in which the young sailors of 420 will have to demonstrate their good work on the water. The Baitra Trophy will be decided a week later, on Saturday the 20th , with the celebration of the last day starting at one in the afternoon and the subsequent awards ceremony, around six in the afternoon, at the Monte Royal Yacht Club.
The main nautical clubs of Galicia will be present in the Galician Championship of the 420 class. Oza, A Coruña, Portosín, Vigo, Rodeira, Aguete… will take their crews to Baiona to try to win the regional title of the category. On behalf of the Monte Real Club de Yates, in charge of the organization this year, about six sailors will participate . They are members of the club’s regatta team, from which they have been organizing specific training sessions for the 420 class for years, and which in 2016 also has several clinics scheduled with outstanding athletes. Monte Real thus maintains its firm commitment to promoting children’s sailing in Galicia, with its own activities and initiatives such as the Galician 420 Championship.
The nearly 50 sailors who will meet this weekend in Baiona are boys and girls between 14 and 18 years old that sail in crews of two aboard a 420, a type of sailboat, with a trapeze and spinnaker, which owes its name to the measurements of its length. A boat with a studied design that ensures good gliding and high performance with tailwind, something that makes it perfect as an intermediate phase for sailors who want to make the jump from children’s sailing to Olympic classes.
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NOTE: DUE TO THE BAD WEATHER FORECAST FOR SUNDAY 14TH, THE RACE COMMITTEE AND THE ORGANIZING CLUB HAVE DECIDED TO MOVE THE RACES SCHEDULED FOR THAT DAY TO SUNDAY 21ST OF FEBRUARY. CONSEQUENTLY, THE PRIZE DELIVERY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY THE 20TH, IS ALSO MOVED TO SUNDAY
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