Galician Solitaire and Two-handed Championship 2016
18-06-2016
The Galician Solitaire and Two-Handed Championship – II Rafael Olmedo Memorial will be held on June 18 in the waters of the Bay of Baiona, and the Vigo, Pontevedra and Arousa estuaries. Participants must complete a distance of about 60 miles sailing alone or with a single companion on board at most.
In the last edition of the championship, held in June 2015, the winner in the solo category was the sailor from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña, Jesús Pintos, aboard the Victoria. In second and third position were the Fend la Bise, from Monte Real Yacht Club, skippered by Jean Claude Sarrade; and the Smaku, from the Liceo Marítimo de Bouzas, with Alfonso Rodríguez at the cane.
In the A Two category, victory went to Mi Moneda, from the Monte Real Club de Yates, in which former America’s Cup sailor Laureano Wizner and Alfonso Crespo competed. The podium was completed by Virazón de Miguel Lago and Juan Lago, from the Monte Real Yacht Club; and the U47 of José María Peinó and José Manuel Pérez, of the Real Club Náutico de Portosín.