· The Optimist class competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and sponsored by Baitra Naval Accessories will be held next weekend
· The young sailors between the ages of 8 and 15 coming from different clubs in Galicia and the north of Portugal will complete several technical courses in the bay
· The trophy is part of the plan to promote sailing from the base that Monte Real launched years ago to promote children’s sailing in Galicia
Some 60 boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 15 will compete next weekend in Baiona for the Baitra Children’s Sailing Championship, a competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates with the sponsorship of Baitra Accesorios Navales whose main objective is to promote children’s sailing in Galicia.
The trophy will bring together young promises of sailing from different Galician clubs and from the north of Portugal. Thus, we will see in the water, among others, boats from the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo, the Rodeira Nautical Club (Cangas), the Canido Maritime Club, the Viana do Castelo Sailing Club, the BBDouro Sailing School (Vila Nova de Galia) or the Yacht Clube do Porto, as well as the organizing club itself, the Monte Real Club de Yates (Baiona).
The competition will begin on Saturday 21 with the registration of participants and a meeting of committees and coaches. Once these procedures are completed, the sailors will go out to the regatta field, located in the bay of Baiona, to begin the tests, which will be held from half past two in the afternoon.
A day later, on Sunday 22, the second and last day of regattas will take place, starting at half past eleven in the morning; and in the afternoon, around half past four, the facilities of the Monte Real Yacht Club will host the award ceremony for the winners of the championship.
Sailors from the Optimist class will participate in the Baitra Children’s Sailing Championship, the most used boat to start in the world of sailing individually, given its simplicity, stability and easy handling. The young sailors will fight for victory in a maximum of 6 tests with trapeze-shaped routes and an average duration of about 40 minutes.
In the previous edition of the trophy, held in May 2015, the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Club Marítimo de Canido were the entities with the most sailors on the championship podium.
Santiago Moreno, a 15-year-old yachtsman from Vigo, won the Optimist class, winning three of the five contested races. In the Optimist School class, the gold went to the young sailor from Canido, Carla Estévez, barely 11 years old. And in the Cadet class, the team formed by Fereyot Simón and María Carneiro, aged 16 and 11, students of the regatta team of the Monte Real Club de Yates, won.
All those who want to enjoy the regatta and see the children competing in Baiona will be able to do so from the surroundings of the bay, in places such as the promenade that surrounds the Parador Nacional, América beach or Monte Lourido.
CHILDREN’S SAILING DAILY CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday May 21 · First Day
14:30> BEGINNING OF THE TESTS IN THE BAY OF BAIONA
Sunday May 22 · Final Day
11:30> BEGINNING OF THE TESTS IN THE BAY OF BAIONA
16:30> AWARDS DELIVERY AT THE MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
