· The Santander native will receive the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the skipper of the year after becoming world champion in the J80 class in 2019
At just 33 years old, Santurde is one of the key figures in Spanish sailing, with victories in numerous national and international regattas
The Cantabrian skipper will receive the award on September 5 in Baiona at a gala organized every year by the Monte Real Club de Yates
The Cantabrian Pablo Santurde, at the controls of the M&G Tressis – Photo Luis Fernández
The Cantabrian sailor Pablo Santurde, 33, has just been recognized as skipper of the year by the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, which each year reward the most outstanding athletes, teams and institutions in the world of sailing in Spain.
The award, which Santurde will receive on September 5 at a gala to be held at the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona, recognizes the successes achieved by the skipper from Santander throughout 2019, when he became world champion in the class J80 leading the crew of the M&G Tressis of the Real Club Marítimo de Santander.
Pablo Santurde and the crew of the M&G Tressis after winning the J80 World Championship in 2019 – Photo Luis Fernández
That year, in addition to winning the world championship as skipper, he managed to win the Caribbean 600 (in Class40) and the J70 Spanish Open. He also managed to get on the podium of the Normandy Channel Race (in Class40), in which he came second; and in the J70 World Championship, with a third position.
With a degree in nautical and maritime transport, Santurde began sailing at a very young age with the help of his parents, who always had a boat. He took his first steps in dinghy sailing on the Optimist, 420 and 470, participating in the London 2012 Olympic campaign in the 470 class.
Little by little he evolved and Gonzalo Botín gave him the opportunity to jump on the big boats and the big regattas. He sailed in mini 650 and in Class40 (with which he was world champion twice and runner-up twice) and managed to win such important races as the Fastnet Race (in 2015), the Caribbean 600 up to 6 times, the Transat Quebec Saint Malo (in 2016), the Tour of England and Ireland (in 2018) or the Transat Jacques Vabre, in which he achieved two podiums (second with Alex Pella in 2013 and third with Phil Sharp in 2017).
Imocas, Fígaros, MOD70, Swan, J70, J80… few are the boats that can resist this Cantabrian lover of the sea and sailing, who was very pleased to have been recognized with the award for skipper of the year at the National Awards for Terras Gauda candle.
“It is an honor to receive an award like this and to see so many years of work and dedication recognized, even more so when in Spain we have such good sailors, many of them also deserving of this award ”, says Santurde, who also wanted to dedicate the award “To all the crews I have been a part of and to the colleagues from whom, without a doubt, I have learned so much” . The Cantabrian skipper also thanked the Monte Real Yacht Club for awarding the prize and its “tireless work to promote the practice of sailing and regattas in Spain over so many years” .
The Catalan Jordi Xammar and the Galician Nicolás Rodríguez will be distinguished with the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the best Olympic team
· The prestigious award recognizes their brilliant performance throughout 2019 when they managed to be runner-up in the world and Europe in the 470 class
· The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be presented on September 5 at a gala organized in Baiona by the Monte Real Yacht Club within the framework of the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy (September 4, 5 and 6)
The tandem formed by the Catalan Jordi Xammar (Barcelona, 1993) and the Galician Nicolás Rodríguez (Vigo, 1991) will receive the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award on September 5 in Baiona, which recognizes them as the best Olympic team.
The jury that awards the awards wanted to distinguish them for their brilliant performance throughout 2019, a year in which they managed to be runners-up in Europe and the world; in addition to achieving bronze in the Pre-Olympic (Test Event) of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and winning the World Cup in Miami, which in 2020 they revalidated for the second consecutive year.
The duo formed by the Barcelonan (Club Náutico Cambrils) and the Vigo (Real Club Náutico de Vigo) have been sailing together since September 2016, when Jordi Xammar’s partner at the time, Joan Herp, decided to leave competitions to continue with his studies . After finishing twelfth at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Catalan skipper needed a new crew member to prepare for Tokyo 2020 and found one in Nico Rodríguez. The man from Vigo, who was in the Canary Islands pending moving to the Netherlands to dedicate himself to dentistry, decided to put that trip on standby to accept Xammar’s proposal to start sailing with him.
Their debut as a team in a high competition test was in January 2017 in the United States Championship, in which they achieved a creditable third place, and since then they have chained success after success. They have participated in more than 15 high-level events, achieving podium finishes in 12 of them.
They currently train with Gideon Kliger and Juan de la Fuente, occupy the number 2 position in the world ranking and are the great hope for Spanish Olympic sailing.
Next Saturday, September 5, they will receive in Baiona the award for the best Olympic team at the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards gala, organized once again this year by the Monte Real Club de Yates within the framework of the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy, which is held on days 4, 5 and 6 of September.
The 35th Prince of Asturias Trophy will be held in the waters of the bay of Baiona and the Vigo estuary on September 4, 5 and 6, 2020, under the organization of the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Naval Regatta Commission of the Naval School Marine Military. The 35th Prince of Asturias Trophy counts towards the Xunta de Galicia President Trophy.
a) The Racing Rules as defined in the
Sailing Regattas Regulation WS 2017 – 2020 (RRV).
b) Technical Cruise Regulations 2018-2020 and its
Annexes.
c) IMS Measurement Regulation.
d) Regulation of the ORC rating system.
and)[DP] J80 Class Monotype Regulations and their special adaptations of the J80 Galicia Fleet.
F)[DP] MRCYB Regulations for Monotype Figaro and Ladies Cup.
g) Special rules for offshore regattas (OSR) of WS, Category 4 (ORC) reduced, and the particular ones for J80 Galicia and Fígaros zone of the MRCYB. h) In the rules that govern this regatta, the notification[NP] refers to the fact that an infraction of this rule will not be a reason for protests between boats (modifies RRS 60.1(a)).
i) Special rules of the RFGV and SDX (General Secretariat for Sport of the Xunta de Galicia) for COVID19 prevention. [NP] [DP] (Annex I to this AR).
j) In the rules that govern this regatta, the notification[SP] “standard penalty” the Race Committee, or by the Protest Committee may apply a penalty without a hearing (modifies rule 63.1 and A5 of the RRS).
1.2. The official language of the regatta will be Spanish.
2/ ELIGIBILITY
2.1 Participants must meet the eligibility conditions reflected in Regulation 19 of the WS and in the prescriptions of the RFEV to said regulation.
2.2 Participants of nationality or with legal residence in Spain or who compete in boats attached to a Spanish club, must be in possession of the sports federation license for the year 2020. For foreign athletes who do not have a federative license or athlete medical insurance that insures them in case of an accident, they must prove that they have accident and illness insurance valid in Spain.
3/ ADVERTISING [NP][DP]
3.1 Participants may display advertising in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20 of the WS.
3.2 In accordance with WS Regulation 20, participants may be required to display advertising on the forward 20% of the hull on each side of the boat and on the sides of the boom, as well as possible advertising pennants on the backstay of each boat. All this will be provided at the regatta office once your order has been confirmed.
inscription. Modifications to the stickers provided by the Organizing Committee are not allowed. If it occurs, the Regatta Committee may decree the penalties it deems appropriate.
3.3 The Monte Real Club de Yates reserves the right to demand the elimination or substitution of any type of publicity, message or image displayed during the celebration of the event of the boats or the equipment of their crew members, which does not comply with the moral and ethical standards of general acceptance (Regulation 20 of the WS) or contravene the interests of the organizing club. This includes the celebration of the tests in the regatta field, in the club’s facilities or while it is available to the Regatta Committee.
* The owner or skipper of the boat with advertising will be asked to indicate or show the type of advertising that will be displayed during the regatta, for the approval of the Organizing Committee.
4/ PARTICIPATION
4.1 Participation in this Regatta is limited in ORC to cruisers with a single hull, with a length greater than 7.00 meters, with an ORC or ORC club certificate valid for 2020 and with a GPH of less than 780 s/mile, and must have declaration of complete set of sails, including your spinnaker or gennaker. Whoever does not have it declared, may participate, but will be penalized with 25% of the real time he does in the regatta; as well as the ORC called Open by the organization; Monotypes J80 and Monotypes Fígaro of the MRCYB with the female crews invited by the organization for the Ladies Cup trophy.
4.2 The skippers of the boats must be of legal age. The age of majority must be accredited by means of a photocopy of the DNI.
In case of taking a minor as a crew member, they must have the corresponding written authorization from the parents or guardians.
The responsibility of the minor during the regatta corresponds to the skipper of the boat where he is embarked.
4.3 The following groups and classes are established:
ORC ORC CLASS 0-1< 565 s/mile (sticks)
ORC CLASS 2 Between 565 and< 610 s/mile (sticks)
ORC CLASS 3 Between 610 and< 650 s/mile (poles)
ORC CLASS 4 Between 650 and< 700 s/mile (poles)
ORC CLASS 5 Between 700 and 780 s/mile (coastal)
ORC-OPEN< 780 s/mile and complying with the standards established by the organization (*) (coastal)
OPEN EXTRA Authority of the Regatta Committee and Organizer
J80 Monotype Real Time
Ladies Cup One Design Real Time
(*) In the OPEN CLASS, only those boats that due to their Gph would be forced to go in other classes, but that do not have a minimum competitive capacity, as well as vintage boats, especially slow designs, etc., may participate.
For those boats that due to their performance could compete in this class, but were more modern models or with materials and elements of high modulus, carbon, etc., the Organizing and Regatta Committee may classify it at its sole discretion in a class called OPEN EXTRA.
• In any case, the Regatta Committee and Organizing Committee will have the power to include, at its discretion, in the OPEN and OPEN EXTRA Group the boats it deems appropriate.
4.4 The Organizing and Regatta Committee reserves the right to admit the inscriptions, as well as to group the boats in the corresponding class or group.
4.5 To form a class or group, at least five boats must register in it.
5/ REGISTRATION
5.1 In this edition and as a preventive measure due to the extraordinary circumstances caused by Covid19, the maximum number of participating boats will be 70.
5.2 The inscriptions will be formalized through two ways:
Covering the form posted in the regatta section and sending it by email along with a photocopy of the valid 2020 measurement certificate and proof of payment of the registration fees, before September 3 at 12:00 p.m. to:
Mount Royal Yacht Club Parador Enclosure s/n 36300 Bayonne phone + 34 986 385 000 secretary@mrcyb.com
Not admitting any registration made after 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 3, 2020.
5.1.1 The registration fees will be the following:
Registration until August 20 / After August 20
ORC 0 and 1 – €200 / €250
ORC 2, 3 and 4 – €150 / €200
ORC 5, OPEN, OPEN EXTRA AND J80 – €100 / €150
5.1.2 Payment of registration fees will be made in cash or by bank transfer to the name of Monte Real Club de Yates to the account:
It will be necessary to present, together with the registration form, the receipt of the transaction, including the name of the boat or sail number, at the club’s offices or by email to secretaria@mrcyb.com.
5.2 Registration and confirmation of registration.
5.2.1 The owner or person in charge of each boat must register and personally sign the registration form at the Regatta Office before 8:00 p.m. on September 3, 2020 (ORC, J80 and Ladies Cup) or on September 4, 2020. September 2020 before 8:00 p.m. (ORC 4, 5 and Open). Entries of boats that have made requests to the RFEV for the issuance or modification of their rating certificate after 6:00 p.m. the day before the start of the first race will not be accepted (except for a justified cause approved by the regatta committee).
5.2.2 The registration is conditioned to the presentation before the appointed time of the following documents:
a) Valid measurement certificate.
b) ORC habitability certificate (if applicable).
c) Current insurance policy, which covers civil liability (damage to third parties and property) or extension of coverage of civil liability and damage to third parties up to a minimum amount of 330,556.66 euros.
d) In case of displaying advertising, corresponding federal authorization.
e) Federation athlete license, original or photocopy (MANDATORY to submit along with the registration form).
6/ SPORTS PROGRAM
7/ NUMBER OF EVENTS AND ROUTE
7.1 The trophy consists of a maximum of:
– 6 tests for ORC 0-1-2-3-4 and Ladies Cup.
– 9 tests for J80.
– 2 tests for ORC 5, Open and Open Extra.
The trophy will be valid when at least one test is completed in the corresponding group.
7.2 The Sailing Instructions will detail the courses to be sailed.
8 /CLASSIFICATIONS
8.1 There will be a classification for each of the groups formed.
8.2 Rankings for ORC groups or classes will be established in accordance with RTC rule 204 and specified in the Sailing Instructions.
8.3 J80 and Ladies Cup will qualify in real time.
9/ SCORE
Appendix A and the downward scoring system described in the RRS will apply.
10/ INSPECTION AND MEASUREMENT. [DP][SP]
10.1 Security and measurement controls may be carried out daily by the Technical Committee.
10.2 The responsibility of attending this regatta having previously updated its Measurement Certificate, measuring the material with which it is intended to participate, is exclusively the registered skipper.
10.3 In no class may the number of crew members on board be changed during the regatta.
10.4 Points 102.3 and 200.1.b of the ORC, minimum crew weight, will apply in this regatta.
11/ SAFETY [NP] [DP]
11.1 All boats must be equipped with a VHF radio with channels 16, 69, 71 and 72.
11.2 It will be the responsibility of the owner or skipper of each boat to comply with the legal regulations established for recreational boats, both in general and in particular for their government, dispatch and security.
12/ PRIZES
The full list of prizes will be displayed at the TOA during the regatta. As a minimum, prizes will be awarded to the best classified in each of the groups ORC, Open, J80 class, and the Ladies Cup Trophy to the winning female crew in the Figaro class, the Conde de Barcelona Trophy to the best classified Portuguese crew in ORC according to the trophy regulations (**). The number of prizes for each class will depend on the number of registered in each of them.
(**) The Regulations of the different Trophies will also be available to the participants on the website of the Monte Real Club de Yates in its section on the Príncipe de Asturias regatta.
13/ IMAGE RIGHTS
The image rights of the event belong exclusively to the Monte Real Club de Yates.
During all the days of regatta and in the social events there will be photographic and television coverage.
14/ LOCAL MARINE REGULATIONS
Royal Decree 62/2008 establishes the conditions of maritime safety, navigation and human life at sea applicable to nautical-sports events.
Participants are warned, before the start of the tests, that the boats can only participate if they are legally dispatched to navigate the waters through which the test will take place, and if their skippers have sufficient qualifications for their government.
Participants must declare, adequately in advance of the start of the race, the insurance taken out, if applicable, including the risks covered and the limits of liability in accordance with the Notice of Race, being covered for participation in races nautical-sports.
15/ RESPONSIBILITY
All those who participate in this regatta do so at their own risk and responsibility.
Attention is drawn to Fundamental Rule 4, DECISION TO RACE, of Part 1 of the RRS which states:
“It is the exclusive responsibility of a boat to decide whether to participate in a test or continue in a regatta”
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BERTHS
The boats whose registration is accepted in this regatta will have a reserved and free mooring or anchoring place (mooring under the sole responsibility of the owner or skipper) during the celebration of the event, from August 30 to September 12.
See attached map, which indicates the area reserved for participants.
The Monte Real Club de Yates reserves the right to assign berths to the boats in strict order of registration, depending on their size and draft.
RESERVED AREA FOR THE DOCKING OF PARTICIPANTS
SOCIAL EVENTS AND AWARDS DELIVERY
The awards ceremony for the 35th PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS TROPHY will take place at the club’s facilities on September 6, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. Any other social event scheduled during the days of the tests will be published on the Official Notice Board (TOA) and on the club’s website in the regatta section.
ANNEX I
COVID-19 PROTOCOL FOR THE REGATTA [NP] [DP]
A : MEASURES COMMON TO THE WHOLE ACTIVITY:
A1) Interpersonal separation of 1.5m and/or the use of physical protection measures are established as fundamental measures, as established by the regulations, in addition to constant hand washing.
A2) Before attending the activity, participants must undergo a SELF-TEST to confirm symptoms. Do I have a fever, cough or shortness of breath?
A3) All participants must bring their own mask and hydroalcoholic gel with them for all activities.
A4) All participants who have any symptoms of COVID19 or have been in contact with someone infected, will not be able to access the facilities or carry out activities. In addition, they must immediately notify the technical manager of the facility or competition.
A5) It will be mandatory to wash hands at all entrances to the facilities with hydroalcoholic gel or soap, for at least 40 seconds and constantly, before and after each activity that is carried out.
A6) It will not be allowed to share food or drinks between participants, users and/or staff.
A7) All coaches and assistance personnel in water must carry an FFP2 mask and their own bottle of hydroalcoholic gel.
A8) The use of changing rooms is not recommended and they will be used only when necessary. Personal items will not be allowed in the changing rooms. Showers may not be used.
A9) The use of a mask will be mandatory at all times.
A10) In navigation situations in which the safety distance cannot be maintained, a mask will be used whenever conditions allow it and its use is not incompatible with the activity. In case of harsh sea, wind and/or rain conditions, the rain suit will be used to cover the nose and mouth. In addition, before sailing, special attention should be paid to the rest of the measures to minimize the risk of contagion:
– Take temperature prior to activity.
– Frequent hand washing.
– Do not exchange positions on the boats during the same day of activity.
– Disinfection of shared material.
B : OWN MEASURES FOR CRUISE SHIPS AND MONOTYPES ADDED TO THE COMMON MEASURES:
B1) Use of masks and safety distance of 1.5 m. during the actions of lowering and raising boats.
B2) Keep the crews in their own boat whenever they are on the jetty.
B3) Maintain a constant safety distance of 1.5m interpersonally when circulating or being on the slipway and pontoon.
B4) Use of a mask during transits through the pontoon.
B5) Use of a mask in all interior areas of the club.
B6) Hand washing with hydroalcoholic gel in all accesses.
B7) Carry hydrogel on board for constant hand washing of the crew.
B8) Daily disinfection of the ship.
B9) Obligation to use a bottle of water for each crew member. Do not share bottle
B10) Obligation for each athlete to carry their own supplies on board. Do not share food.
B11) Carry a minimum of 5 masks on board to be able to replace those that are damaged.
PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT TABLES:
http://www.fgvela.es/media/documentos/ANEXO_II_-_TABLAS_FISICOVID_RFGVELA.pdf
RESPONSIBLE DECLARATION TO BE ADDED TO THE REGISTRATION APPLICATION FORM FOR THIS RACE – MANDATORY ACCORDING TO THE COVID 19 PROTOCOL RULE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE EVENT
Mr / Ms ………………………………………. ……………………… with DNI / NIE number …… ..… ………… …..
Skipper / Owner of the Boat ……………………………………………… with Sail number: …………………………
To participate in the 35th PRINCIPE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona and held in the Vigo estuary and Bay of Baiona from September 4 to 6, 2020,
I REQUEST to be able to participate in the indicated Regatta, for which I have read in detail the information provided by the organization itself and I accept the conditions of participation and express our commitment to the personal hygiene and prevention measures of the organization and RFGVela protocol .
AND DECLARES that:
● Both he and the crew members of his boat who appear on the registration form know the protocol for returning to the sporting activity of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation and their commitment exhaustively.
● All of them will access the facilities with the recommended protection measures and will use them whenever the sport allows it, complying with the rules of use of the facilities established in the protocol for each of the spaces.
● Despite the existence of a return to activity protocol, I am aware of the risks involved in playing sports indoors in the current pandemic situation.
● Likewise, I declare that IN THE LAST 15 DAYS WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THE CREW:
o Suffered from any symptoms of Covid:
▪ Fever.
▪ Tiredness.
▪ Dry cough.
▪ Difficulty breathing.
Nor have we been in contact with anyone who has tested positive for Covid-19.
● We will immediately notify the Management of the Organizing Entity if any of the above circumstances occurs or is positive for Covid-19, so that the appropriate measures can be taken.
The signature certifies compliance with and acceptance of the rules of the protocol established by the Royal Galician Sailing Federation and the Organizing Club.
In ………………….. to …………. from ………………………. of 2020
Signed:
· The Magical of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, led by Julio Rodríguez, won the grand prize of the 45th Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy by winning the final general classification
The Yess Too of the Portuguese owner and skipper Rui Ramada once again won the prize for the fastest boat in the long stage of the Carrumeiro after completing the round trip to the mythical rock in first position
· In the Erizana Regatta, which was disputed by the sailboats that did not participate in the Carrumeiro test, the Deep Blue 2.0 of Vicente Cid of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo took victory in the ORC class.
· The Alboroto del Monte Real, led by Juan Ameneiro and with the Spanish champion Javier Aguado on board, was the clear winner of the J80 competition after signing three first places in the three tests held
· In the Figaro class, victory went to Patricio de Haz’s Serralleiras, which improved on the third place it had achieved on Saturday in the coastal class, winning the two windward-leeward races held this Sunday
· After the conclusion of the Count of Gondomar, the Monte Real Yacht Club is now preparing for the celebration of the Prince of Asturias Trophy on September 4, 5 and 6, which will again include the delivery of the National Sailing Awards
This Sunday concluded in Galicia a new and exciting edition of the Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, disputed during the last three days in the waters of the Rías Baixas, scene of the 5 tests put into play.
In what was the forty-fifth edition of the most traditional competition of the Monte Real Club de Yates, the crews were able to sail in very good weather conditions which, added to the equality and quality of the fleet, allowed them to enjoy a great championship .
Start of one of the last two tests of the 45th Count of Gondomar – Photo José Ramón Louro
After the celebration of the first two coastal ones on Friday and Saturday, with the ascent to Carrumeiro Chico and Camouco; the final day on Sunday featured two windward-leeward regattas, double-lap for the smaller boats and triple-lap for the big ones. They were two very disputed tests but they did not change to a great extent the initial classification derived from the coastal routes.
The Magical winner of the 45th Count of Gondomar – Photo José Ramón Louro
The Magical of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, led by Julio Rodríguez, was the great winner of the 45th Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, winning the final general classification. With Gonzalo Araujo as tactician and a crew made up of experienced sailors, the skipper from Vigo managed to rewrite his name in the Conde’s history of winners, who had already won in 2001 with the Starfisher.
The Magical was the winner of the Conde de Gondomar Regatta, which included the climb to Carrumeiro and the two barlosotas on Sunday; and left the Aceites Abril one more year on the verge of victory, just as it had happened in 2019. The boat of the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo; obtained a meritorious second position and left the third position to the Arroutado of José Manuel Pérez, from the Real Club Náutico de Portosín, who completed three very good tests taking Javier la Gándara as tactician.
El Magical, by Julio Rodríguez, overall winner – Photo Clara Giraldo
Another of the sailboats that aspired to the podium in this Count of Gondomar, the Yess Too of the Monte Real Club de Yates, of the Portuguese owner and skipper Rui Ramada, withdrawn from the competition on Sunday due to problems with the boat, had to settle for being the winner in real time of the long test of the competition, being the fastest to complete the round trip to the mythical rock.
The Deep Blue winner of the Erizana Regatta- Photo José Ramón Louro
In the Erizana Regatta, made up of the climb to Camouco and two barlosotas, the winner among the ORCs was the Deep Blue 2.0 by Vicente Cid, wearing a necklace from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo. La Burla Negra by Juan José Martínez, from the Club Náutico Castrelo de Miño; and the Fend la Bise by Jean Claude Sarrade, from the Monte Real Club de Yates; They were second and third respectively.
Vicente Cid’s Deep Blue 2.0, winner in ORC of the Erizana Regatta – Photo Clara Giraldo
In the J80 one-design real-time competition, the clear winner of the competition, with a triplet, was the Alboroto del Monte Real Club de Yates, skippered by Juan Ameneiro and with the Spanish champion Javier Aguado on board. He signed some splendid results, with three victories in the three contested races.
The Rampage of Juan Ameneiro, winner in J80 – Photo Clara Giraldo
The Cansino by Fernando Yáñez managed to win the silver medal and the bronze was finally won by Santiago Estévez’s Spaco , who ousted Sergio Golpe’s Miudo from third place, who aspired to maintain third position on the last day but ultimately missed the podium.
Figaros fleet and J80 – Photo José Ramón Louro
The Fígaros del Monte Real Club de Yates also competed in this 45th Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, both in real time among themselves and in compensated with the ORCs. The final victory went to Serralleiras skippered by Patricio de Haz, followed in the classification by Leopoldo Llorente’s Bouvento and Agustín Marquina’s Tutatis . In a creditable fourth position was the Ladeira, manned by students from the MRCYB Sailing School, with coach David Fontán at the helm.
The Serralleiras by Patricio de Haz, winner in Figaro – Photo Clara Giraldo
The president and commodore of the club, José Luis Álvarez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui, participated in the awards ceremony held this afternoon at the Monte Real Club de Yates; the councilor of SabadellGallego, Juan Manuel Vieites; the director of Banco Sabadell’s Private Banking Galicia Sur, Pepe Celada; the director of large companies in Galicia Sur, Ramón Correa; and Adolfo García-Ciaño, regional director of Banco Sabadell. Also present were the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; the tourism deputy of the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Ana Laura Iglesias; and the territorial secretary of the Xunta de Galicia in Vigo, Marta Iglesias.
With the award ceremony for the winners, the Monte Real Club de Yates put an end to a new edition of the Conde de Gondomar, its most traditional competition, and is now preparing to organize its other great sporting event of the year, the Prince of Asturias Trophy . The competition, the most important of the club and one of the three most important in Spain, will be held on September 4, 5 and 6, and will once again include the delivery of the National Sailing Awards, which is expected to be released at the end of August.
45th COUNT OF GONDOMAR BANCO SABADELL TROPHY Monte Real Yacht Club (Baiona) July 24 – 26, 2020
WINNER OF THE 45TH COUNT OF GONDOMAR BANCO SABADELL TROPHY
MAGICAL · JULIO RODRÍGUEZ · RCN VIGO
WINNER OF THE CARRUMEIRO CHICO STAGE IN REAL TIME
YESS TOO · RUI RAMADA · MRCYB
WINNERS OF THE CONDE DE GONDOMAR RACE (Ascent to Carrumeiro + BarloSotas)
1. MAGICAL · JULIO RODRÍGUEZ · RCN VIGO · 5 POINTS 2. APRIL OILS · LUIS AND JORGE PÉREZ CANAL · 10 POINTS 3. ARROUTADO · JOSÉ MANUEL PÉREZ · RCN PORTOSÍN · 16 POINTS
WINNERS OF THE ERIZANA REGATTA (Ascent to Camouco + BarloSotas)
ORC-CLASS
1. DEEP BLUE 2.0 VICENTE CID RCN VIGO 4.5 POINTS 2. THE BLACK MOCK · JUAN JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ · CASTRELO DE MIÑO CN · 8 POINTS 3. FEND LA BISE · JEAN CLAUDE SARRADE · MRCYB · 12.5 POINTS
J80 CLASS
1. ALBOROTO · JUAN AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 3.5 POINTS 2. TIRED · FERNANDO YÁÑEZ · MRCYB · 8 POINTS 3. SPACO SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ MRCYB 16 POINTS
The Deep Blue 2.0 of Vicente Cid of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo was the winner of the second day held this Saturday in the Rías Baixas with a route of just over 27 miles between Baiona and the Camouco lighthouse in the Ons area
· In the J80 one-design competition, the Alboroto del Juan Ameneiro is leading with the Spanish champion Javier Aguado on board and the Bouvento de Leopoldo Llorente is the leader in the real-time classification of the Figaros
· Julio Rodríguez’s Magical from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo won the Carrumeiro Chico regatta after beating Yess Too in compensated time on the opening day of the 45th Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy
· The competition organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club will conclude tomorrow, Sunday, with several windward-leeward tests at the Cíes anchorage and the award ceremony for the winners
Start of the second day of the 45th Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy – Photo José Ramón Louro
The Dufour 34 Deep Blue 2.0 of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, led by Vicente Cid, was the winner this Saturday in Baiona of the second day of the 45th Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, which is being held these days in the Rías Baixas under the organization of the Monte Real Yacht Club .
Vicente Cid’s Deep Blue – Photo José Ramón Louro
Despite the fact that the wind was harsh in the first few minutes, forcing a postponement that delayed the scheduled departure time by up to forty minutes, once the fleet left the Bay of Baiona heading for Camouco, everything unfolded with great agility. The ascent to Ons was very fast and the descent back, except for a momentary drop in the wind, was a true street runner.
Salseiro by Manuel Blanco (RCN A Coruña), Deep Blue by Vicente Cid (RCN Vigo), Burla Negra by Juan José Martínez (CN Castrelo), Fend la Bise by Jean Claude Sarrade (MRCYB) and Unus by Luis García Trigo (MRCYB) were the fastest throughout the race, always in the lead and well ahead of the rest of the fleet.
The Salseiro of Manuel Blanco of the RCN A Coruña – Photo José Ramón Louro
The coruñeses of salseiro (Dehler 44), the first to reach Camouco at a quarter past three in the afternoon, two and a half hours after leaving Baiona, they crossed the finish line at 4:31 p.m., signing the just over 27-mile distance of the test in less than four hours.
They were the fastest to complete the distance but they did not achieve the first position in the classification affected by the compensation of times, which favored the Dufour 34 Deep Blue and Burla Negra, both from the nautical company from Vigo, first and second in the provisional classification.
In third position is the Fend la Bise of Jean Claude Sarrade, of the Monte Real Club de Yates, another of the sailboats that will reach the final day with the possibility of making a podium if it manages to embroider the barlosotas, which everything indicates that they will be very close.
The Rampage of Juan Ameneiro with the champion of Spain Javier Aguado on board – Photo José Ramón Louro
In the J80 competition, Juan Ameneiro’s Alboroto , with the Spanish champion Javier Aguado on board, was the fastest among the 8 meter one-designs, crossing the finish line at 16:48 and managing to beat the rest quite a few minutes. Cansino by Fernando Yáñez was in second place and Miudo by Sergio Golpe was third. They are all part of the regular J80 fleet of the Monte Real Club de Yates.
Most of the J80 and Fígaros fleet sailed closely together – Photo José Ramón Louro
In the real-time classification of the Figaros, who also compete in compensated with the ORCs, the provisional podium was made up of the Leopoldo Llorente’s Bouvento , who is in the lead, followed by Patricio de Haz’s Serralleiras and Agustín Marquina’s Tutatis, in second and third position respectively.
After the conclusion of this second day of the coastal route, only the last two tests of the competition remain to be held, which will be much more technical, with windward-leeward routes between buoys. They will be held tomorrow, Sunday, starting at noon at the Cíes Islands anchorage and the definitive final classification will come out of them.
Together with Deep Blue, winner of today’s regatta, he leads the outcome of this new edition of Julio Rodríguez’s Conde el Magical , winner of the first stage up to Carrumeiro Chico, held last Friday. The Swan 42 of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo took the lead after having managed to beat the Yess Too of the Portuguese Rui Ramada in corrected time, who was the winner in real time by just two minutes difference with the team from Vigo.
Julio Rodríguez’s Magical winner of the Carrumeiro stage – Photo José Ramón Louro
The skipper of the Magical, Julio Rodríguez, predicts a very disputed and exciting final, as he assures that the crossing to the Corcubión rock was. “We disputed a very tough regatta with very strong rivals, with a lot of wind and a lot of waves. It was the first one we did with the Magical, and it has proven to be a very fast boat that can defend well the high rating it has”, assured the leader of the Swan 42, who also explained that they were about to pass the Yess Too, but that a spy break when they were arriving in Cíes prevented them from overtaking the Portuguese.
Once the competition is over on Sunday morning, the Monte Real Club de Yates, organizer of the competition, will host the awards ceremony for the winners at its facilities. It will be attended by the president and commodore of the club, José Luis Álvarez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui; and various representatives of Banco Sabadell, sponsor of the event. José Manuel Vieites, director of SabadellGallego; Pepe Celada, director of Banco Sabadell’s Private Banking Galicia Sur; the director of large companies in Galicia Sur, Ramón Correa; and Adolfo García-Ciaño, regional director of Banco Sabadell.
The Salseiro and the Unus about to leave for Camouco – Photo José Ramón Louro
45th COUNT OF GONDOMAR BANCO SABADELL TROPHY PROVISIONAL GENERAL CLASSIFICATION (PENDING THE FINAL DAY)
Hedgehog REGATTA SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2020
ORC
1. DEEP BLUE 2.0 VICENTE CID RCN VIGO 2. THE BLACK MOCK · JUAN JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ · CN CASTRELO 3. FEND LA BISE · JEAN CLAUDE SARRADE · MRCYB
The Portuguese sailboat Yess Too of the Monte Real Club de Yates was once again the fastest to reach and turn the Carrumeiro Chico in the inaugural stage of the 45th Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy
· A stable and constant wind and the equality between many of the crews made the regatta a close race with practically the entire fleet quite grouped during the route to the rock of the Corcubión estuary
· The Carrumeiro stage will finish well into the morning and if the good conditions continue and Yess Too maintains the pace, it could break the record held by Cenor & De Dietrich
Departure towards Carrumeiro Chico in the 45th Conde de Gondomar Banco Sabadell Trophy – Photo José Ramón Louro
The Portuguese sailboat Yess Too was once again the fastest boat to reach the Carrumeiro Chico in the initial stage of the 45th Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, which opened this Friday with the longest and most exciting test of the competition.
The crew of the Swan 45, armed and skippered by Rui Ramada and wearing a necklace from the Monte Real Club de Yates, rounded the Corcubión rock at six minutes past seven in the afternoon, eight hours after leaving Baiona, and managed to repeat the feat achieved in the previous edition.
Images: Miguel Torrao
A stable and constant wind, always above 14 knots and with gusts of up to 25; and the great equality between many of the crews, made the regatta a very close and exciting race, with practically the entire fleet very grouped during the route to the rock of the Corcubión estuary.
The departure was punctual as planned and at eleven o’clock in the morning the 8 participating boats undertook the adventure, after passing through an unmarking buoy and the Carallones beacon.
Despite starting with an off-line and having to take a penalty, Julio Rodríguez’s Magical was able to pick up the pace and managed to be the fastest to cross those first two points of the course. Those from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo announced that they were willing to give battle in the regatta, and they did so throughout the race, always staying among the leading boats and managing to be the second to tack the Carrumeiro, 11 minutes after Yess too. The tactic of Gonzalo Araújo from Vigo was the plus that the Swan 42 crew had.
The Magical by Julio Rodríguez passing through Carallones – Photo José Ramón Louro
Passing through Carallones, one of the few controversies of the day was experienced, motivated by the proximity of the Arroutado and the Yess Too, who got too close in a maneuver. A few yells were exchanged but the incident finally came to nothing and they both continued north, never straying too far from the group, although they eventually opted for different strategies.
The Yess Too and the Arroutado passed Carallones very tight – Photo José Ramón Louro
While the Portuguese opened up more towards the sea, Portosin’s men, led by José Manuel Pérez and Javier de la Gándara acting as right-hand man, chose to stick closer to the coast. They went at a very good pace throughout the race, upwind easily, and managed to be the fourth to cross the Carrumeiro, 24 minutes after the first.
Javier de la Gándara sailed with José Manuel Pérez’s Arroutado – Photo José Ramón Louro
Ahead of them, in third position, is Aceites Abril , owned by the Pérez Canal brothers from Ourense, who managed to get 3 minutes out of the Sonenses and up to 20 minutes out of José Luis Freire’s Pairo VIII, their most direct rival in this type of competition. After turning the Carrumeiro, Luis Pérez Canal was very satisfied with the navigation carried out because, although they could not reach the rapid Swan, they did manage to keep their pulse, preventing them from getting too far away, which could benefit them in the compensation of final times.
The April Oils of the Pérez Canal brothers passing through Carallones – Photo José Ramón Louro
Manuel María Cunha’s Marías was the fifth ship to reach the turnaround point.
The Marías by Manuel María Cunha – Photo José Ramón Louro
He did so at seven forty in the afternoon, followed by Pairo VIII skippered by the young Luis Bugallo, who passed the Corcubión rock seven minutes later.
José Luis Freire once again climbed the Carrumeiro with his crew – Photo José Ramón Louro
Thus, at this time (20:30), of the boats that started the regatta, all but one are still in the running, with several hours of sailing ahead of them, and it is not expected that any of them will cross the finish line until the start the night. Once the winner is known in real time and the marks of the rest of the participants, the calculation of numbers will reveal the identity of the winner in compensated time, who will become a firm contender to achieve the absolute victory of the 45th Count of Gondomar – Banco Trophy Sabadell.
Tomorrow, Saturday, will be a rest day for them and the rest of the ORCs will take center stage in the competition, including the one designs J80 and Fígaros. For this group, which will compete in the Erizana Regatta, the regatta committee prepared the usual route back to Ons, turning the Camouco, a race that will leave at noon from the Bay of Baiona. In the afternoon, once the coastal one ends, the Monte Real Club de Yates will offer sailors a seafood dinner.
Crews from Galicia and Portugal will battle it out in Atlantic waters to try to win the most exciting and complicated sailing regatta in Galicia
· The nearly 100-mile climb to Carrumeiro Chico from Baiona will be held as part of the 45th Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy
· The passage of the sailboats can be seen from numerous sandy areas of the Rías Baixas on a very sunny and hot day but with a good wind for sailing
· The forecast is that the first sailboats to cross the finish line will do so well into the night after more than 12 hours of uninterrupted sailing
· The regatta can be followed live through the website of the Monte Real Yacht Club, which will transmit the position of the sailboats throughout the course
Crews from Galicia and Portugal will battle it out tomorrow, Friday, in the waters of the Atlantic to try to win the most exciting and complicated regatta in Galician sailing, the ascent to Carrumeiro Chico, a route of almost 100 miles of distance framed in the 45th Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, organized once again this year by the Monte Real Yacht Club.
There are few shallows in Galicia as well known as the Carrumeiro, a stone considered for many years one of the greatest dangers for navigation through the Galician estuaries. Right in the center of the entrance channel to the Corcubión estuary, and without buoys until 1863, this rock, which barely protrudes above the surface, has been involved in numerous shipwrecks throughout history.
In order to try to avoid them, first a bell buoy was placed on it, then a 5-meter metal tripod and then a conical buoy, but the storms swept these systems one by one, until in 1917 a solid concrete tower 10 meters high that has remained intact ever since.
The Little Carrumeiro
It is those shallows and that tower that the adventurous sailors who have signed up this year to try to complete the Carrumeiro Chico challenge will have to turn, a complicated regatta not only because of the distance, close to 100 miles, but also because it involves sailing between shallows rocks for many hours and both during the day and at night.
Among the eight crews that will participate in the event is the one led by Portuguese owner and skipper Rui Ramada, who has been participating in the competition since 1988 with different teams and on board up to 5 different boats.
In the last edition of the Conde de Gondomar, with the Yess Too (a Swan 45), they were the winners, also winning the Carrumeiro climb, which they won both in real time and compensated. They left Baiona with the entire fleet at 11 in the morning, rounded the Corcubión estuary lighthouse at around 7 in the afternoon and reached the finish line at 4:30 in the morning. They took 17 hours and 36 minutes to complete the 95.43-mile course.
Rui Ramada’s men achieved victory in the great Conde de Gondomar test but were more than 5 hours away from breaking the Carrumeiro Chico record, which has been held since 2011 by Cenor & De Dietrich (a Farr 50) which, with Martín Bermúdez de la Puente in front, managed to complete the regatta in 11 hours 56 minutes and 57 seconds.
Another of the boats that will sail to the Carrumeiro will be the Aceites Abril of the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, with Pablo Iglesias as tactician. The Ourenses, wearing a necklace from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, will try to achieve their fifth victory at the Conde de Gondomar.
The yachtsman from Vigo is the one that will have the most representation in the long-distance event, since in addition to the Aceites Abril they will also compete in the Pairo 8 of José Luis Freire, skippered by Luis Bugallo; and the Magical by Julio Rodríguez, with Gonzalo Araujo in charge of the tactical part and the experienced English sailor Gill Sanders on board.
For the Monte Real Club de Yates, in addition to Yess Too, Marías also aspires to victory, led by another Portuguese, Manuel María Cunha.
The Real Club Náutico de Portosín will be represented by the Arroutado , by José Manuel Pérez, who will be accompanied by Javier de la Gándara. The sailor from Vigo, after years competing in the Conde de Gondomar aboard the J80 Okofen, returns to long-distance sailing with the Sonenses.
The Bon III, from the Náutico de Punta Lagoa, another of the regulars on the Carrumeiro Chico climb, will be led by Victor Carrión and will have Ana Sardiña on board, one of the few women registered for this regatta along with Gill Sanders from the Magical, Rita Rocha from the Yess Too or Vanesa Martínez, from Marara IV , from the Rías Baixas Maritime Club, who will once again skipper Javier Montenegro.
This year, after leaving Baiona at 11 in the morning, the forecast is that the sailboats will begin to cross the finish line well into the night, after more than 12 hours of uninterrupted navigation.
Its route can be seen from numerous sandy areas of the Rías Baixas and can also be followed live through the website of the Monte Real Yacht Club , which will transmit the position of the boats throughout the route. It will be a typical summer regatta day, with sun and heat, but also with good wind to sail.
· The historic competition of the Monte Real Yacht Club celebrates 45 years of uninterrupted celebration sailing Galicia from north to south and it does so one more year thanks to the collaboration of Banco Sabadell
· The mythical route from Baiona to Carrumeiro Chico, in Corcubión, with nearly 100 miles of distance, will once again be the star event of the competition and the greatest challenge for the participants
· Two of the boats with the most victories in the history of the trophy will participate in the forty-fifth edition of the Conde de Gondomar, José Luis Freire’s Pairo (6 wins) and the Pérez Canal brothers’ Aceites Abril (4 wins).
· With various races to be held in the vicinity of the Cíes and Ons islands, the National Park of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia and the Rías Baixas become outstanding venues for the regatta
The Monte Real Club de Yates presented this Tuesday at a press conference a new edition of its most traditional competition, the Count of Gondomar, which in 2020 celebrates its 45th anniversary uninterruptedly.
“Few competitions have been able to complete 45 years of celebration doing it, moreover, uninterruptedly, and maintaining the essence with which they were created. This year, these two aspects take on, if possible, greater importance due to the situation that we have had to live through, which has complicated the future of numerous sports competitions. But from Monte Real, aware of the importance of continuing to bet on life and sport, we have made a great effort so that the Count of Gondomar could be celebrated” – José Luis Álvarez, president of the Monte Real Yacht Club
The trophy, one of the most charismatic of sailing in Spain, is being disputed once again this year thanks to the collaboration of Banco Sabadell, which has been betting on the Baiona club and deep-sea sailing for several editions.
“I would like to thank the Monte Real Club de Yates for continuing to count on SabadellGallego in an event that is part of the Galician regatta tradition thanks to the enormous effort put into its celebration. We work together to recover nature, tourism and sport, to ultimately recover normality in these troubled times” – Pablo Junceda, CEO of SabadellGallego
The 45th Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy will last for four days, coinciding, as has been the tradition, with the days surrounding July 25, Galicia’s Big Day. Thursday the 23rd will be the day of preparations, with the closing of inscriptions and the delivery of instructions to the participants. There will also be a meeting of patrons at Monte Real at eight in the afternoon.
The competition will begin on Friday 24 with the Conde de Gondomar Regatta, the most exciting of the trophy due to its long distance, almost 100 miles long. At eleven o’clock in the morning, the sailboats will set course, from the bay of Baiona, to the Carrumeiro Chico, in the Corcubión estuary, which they will have to turn around before starting the return.
There will be numerous hours of navigation passing through a large part of the Galician coast, a route in which the crews will be able to opt for an internal route, closer to the coast; or external, outside the Atlantic Islands National Park.
On Saturday the 25th, the Erizana Regatta will be held, with a shorter distance, in which the sailboats that did not compete on the opening day will participate. For them, the regatta committee will prepare a route that will have the Ons archipelago as the protagonist, with the sailboats rounding the Camouco lighthouse before returning to Baiona.
On Sunday the 26th, the last, more technical tests will be held for the entire fleet. At the anchorage of the Cíes Islands, starting at noon, several windward-leeward routes between buoys will be scheduled, some heats that will decide the winners of the 45th Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy.
It will be at the end of these tests when the crews return to land for the awards ceremony, scheduled for half past six in the afternoon at Monte Real. It will be attended by different authorities from the Xunta de Galicia, the Pontevedra Provincial Council and the Baiona council, as well as members of the board of directors of Monte Real and representatives and directors of Banco Sabadell.
In addition to the president and commodore of the Monte Real Yacht Club, José Luis Álvarez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui, the General Director of Banco Sabadell, Pablo Junceda; the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; the provincial head of the sports service of the Xunta de Galicia, Daniel Benavides; and the deputy for sports from the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Gorka Gómez.
The almost 100 miles from Baiona to Carrumeiro Chico, the biggest challenge for sailors
The mythical route from Baiona to Carrumeiro Chico, in Corcubión, with nearly 100 miles of distance, will once again be the star regatta of the competition and the greatest challenge for the participants. This is one of the most important long-distance races in Spain and a great challenge for the sailors, who will not only have to face the sea conditions but also the fatigue involved in haggling for so many hours.
In the previous edition, some boats took more than 24 hours to complete the route. The last winner of the Carrumeiro Chico climb, in 2019, was Yess Too , owned by the Portuguese owner and skipper Rui Ramada, after 17 hours and 36 minutes of sailing.
Pairo and April Oils , eager to continue writing their names on the honor roll
With several days to go before the registration deadline closes and the complete list of crews that will fight for a new victory in the Conde de Gondomar is known, two of the boats that have already announced their participation in the trophy are the pair and the Oils April .
The sailboats built by José Luis Freire and the Pérez Canal brothers are two of the historical participants in the competition, to which they have been coming for years and in which they have managed to write their names on the honor roll several times.
The Pairo is the ship that has added the greatest number of victories in the entire history of the Count of Gondomar. He has achieved a total of 6, three of them in the eighties (1983, 1984, 1988) and another three in the first years of the new millennium (2003, 2007 and 2009).
Aceites Abril continues in its wake with 4 victories, the same ones achieved by Paz Andrade’s Ardora and Castrosúa led by Willy Alonso. Luis and Jorge Canal’s boat has been the undisputed protagonist in recent years, taking the grand prize in 2013, and chaining three consecutive golds in 2016, 2017 and 2018. In the last edition, that of 2019, he was at the gates of achieving the fourth victory in a row because the Yess Too snatched the victory.
45th COUNT OF GONDOMAR BANCO SABADELL TROPHY Monte Real Yacht Club 23, 24, 25 and 26 July 2020
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16:00 – 20:00> RACING OFFICE: Registration and delivery of instructions 20:00> MEETING OF PATRON
::::::::::::::::::::::::: FRIDAY, JULY 24 ::::::::::::::::::::: :::::
11:00> COUNT OF GONDOMAR REGATTA: Baiona – Carrumeiro – Baiona 19:00> DINNER FOR THE SHIPS THAT ARE ARRIVING
::::::::::::::::::::::::: SATURDAY, JULY 25 ::::::::::::::::::::: :::::
12:00> ERIZANA REGATTA: Return to Ons / Baiona – Camouco – Baiona 19:30 SEAFOOD DINNER
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12:00> REGATTA: Windward – leeward races (Cíes Islands anchorage) 18:30> DELIVERY OF AWARDS at the Monte Real Yacht Club
· The sailboat armed by Javier de la Gándara chains a new victory in the regattas held in Galicia in this 2020 after winning the Galician Two-Way Cruise Championship just a few days ago
· Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto and José Luis Pérez’s Maija won silver and bronze in a competition that kept the pulse going until the final day in which the winners’ podium was decided
· The Comunica Trophy marked the closure of the J80 League with which the Monte Real Club de Yates inaugurated its sports calendar this year and which had to be suspended during the state of alarm derived from COVID19
The Comunica Trophy sentenced the J80 Winter League – Photo Carlos Hernández
The Okofen, armed and skippered by the prominent sailor from Vigo Javier de la Gándara, won the Comunica Trophy this afternoon in Baiona, with which the Monte Real Club de Yates was able to finally close the J80 League that had had to suspend last month of March due to the state of alarm motivated by COVID19.
After three months of competition and another three of break, the one-design championship promoted by Monte Real said goodbye to Baiona with the fourth and last day of tests, in which the J80s competed in the last two regattas that ended up defining the podium of winners.
They were two sleeves that were held in complicated conditions due to the wind, which had many ups and downs, even disappearing at times, and which forced the area of the regatta field to be changed several times.
In the Okofen De la Gándara and Manel María Cunha alternated at the cane – Photo Carlos Hernández
After having won the Galician Two-Way Cruise Championship a few days ago and reaching the final as a clear contender for the title, the Okofen did not disappoint. With Javier de la Gándara leading the team, the usual crew that Manel María Cunha joined on this last day, signed two first places in the two contested races and sentenced the championship.
Javier de la Gándara and his son Jaime collected the award for the winner of the Comunica Trophy – Photo Carlos Hernández
With 13 points he won gold in the Comunica Trophy, leaving Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto, who finished with 28 points, the silver medal. The Fuss was quite far from the first place they had aspired to since January, when they started winning on the first day of the league. He was, without a doubt, the best rival for Okofen and the one that came closest to beating him, although in the end he was quite a few points behind him.
The crew of Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto came second -Photo Carlos Hernández
Fernando Yáñez’s Cansino, who came third in the final, was unable to consolidate that third position, which was finally snatched away by José Luis Pérez’s Maija, with 40 points. Those of Yáñez, with 42 points, stayed just outside the podium, with a meritorious fourth position.
José Luis Pérez’s Maija took bronze in the competition – Photo Carlos Hernández
Present at the award ceremony, held at the end of the tests at the Monte Real Yacht Club, were, among others, the Vice President and Commodore of Monte Real, Alejandro Retolaza and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui; and the executive director of Comunica Comunicación Visual, Roberto Lira, as sponsor of the event.
COMUNICA TROPHY J80 MRCYB LEAGUE FINAL GENERAL CLASSIFICATION TOP 5
1. OKOFEN · JAVIER DE LA GANDARA · 13 POINTS 2. ALBOROTO · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · 28 POINTS 3. MAIJA · JOSÉ LUIS PÉREZ · 40 POINTS 4. TIRED · FERNANDO YÁÑEZ · 42 POINTS 5. CEA MANOR MARIA CAMPOS 50 POINTS
The Comunica Trophy will decide tomorrow, Saturday in Baiona, the winners of the Monte Real J80 League, which was suspended last March due to the health situation caused by COVID-19
· The Okofen skippered by Javier de la Gándara, who a few days ago won the Galician A Dos Championship, is leading the standings and aspires to revalidate the title it won in the previous edition of the J80 Winter League
· El Alboroto by Juan Carlos Ameneiro and El Cansino by Fernando Yáñez occupy second and third place in the provisional classification, followed by El Maija by José Luis Pérez and Namasté by Luis de Mira
· The final victory will be played in four double courses of the windward-leeward type tomorrow, Saturday, starting at three in the afternoon in the bay of Baiona
The Comunica Trophy will decide tomorrow, Saturday in Baiona, the winners of the J80 League of the Monte Real Club de Yates, the one-design competition of the Baiona club that was suspended last March due to the health situation derived from COVID-19.
Starting at three in the afternoon, the waters of the bay will be the scene of the last four tests of the competition, from which the design of the final classification and the winners’ podium will come out. The J80s will have to complete four double courses of the windward leeward type, between 2 and 3 miles of course with close hauls, two sterns and several maneuvers on buoys.
The weather forecast announces a typical summer day, with temperatures approaching 30 degrees and a wind that will blow from the north with an average of 5 or 6 knots and gusts of up to 10 knots at times.
The competition will be in real time and with direct judgment in the water, thanks to the presence of a judge who will rule in situ on the protests that may arise during the events. This will speed up the resolution of possible conflicts between sailboats without having to wait for the end of the races for their resolution on land, thus avoiding delaying the publication of the classifications.
The Okofen skippered by Javier de la Gándara, who just a few days ago won the Galician Two-Handed Championship, is leading the standings and aspires to revalidate the title it won in the previous edition of the J80 Winter League.
With 11 points, it is six ahead of its most direct rival, Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto, which is, with 17 points, the other sailboat with the best chance of winning the final victory.
Behind Okofen and Alboroto, although separated by quite a few more points, are Fernando Yáñez’s Cansino, which occupies third place in the provisional classification with 32 points, and José Luis Pérez’s Maija and Luis de Mira’s Namasté , who are fourth and fifth with 35 and 40 points respectively.
Once the tests in the water have finished, the Monte Real Club de Yates will host the awards ceremony for the winners, which will be held at around eight in the afternoon at the club’s facilities. It will be attended, among others, by several members of the board of directors of Monte Real as the organizing club, the Baiona city council and Comunica, the company sponsoring the event, a visual communication firm that offers its services throughout Galicia from the municipality of A Guarda, where its main headquarters are located. The firm will be represented by its executive director, Roberto Lira.
1. OKOFEN · JAVIER DE LA GANDARA · 11 POINTS 2. ALBOROTO · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · 17 POINTS 3. TIRED · FERNANDO YÁÑEZ · 32 POINTS 4. MAIJA · JOSÉ LUIS PÉREZ · 35 POINTS 5. NAMASTE · LUIS DE MIRA · 40 POINTS
· After months of negotiations and hard work to meet all the requirements demanded by the organization, the Monte Real Club de Yates manages to make the 52 SUPER SERIES land in Galicia in 2021, coinciding with the Xacobeo Year
· For 8 days in June, the 52 SUPER SERIES Baiona Sailing Week will bring together in the Rías Baixas some of the best sailors in the world aboard boats with cutting-edge technology, competing in the so-called “Formula 1 of the sea”.
With high performance and great international prestige, the 52 SUPER SERIES are one of the three most important nautical events in the world, along with the America’s Cup and the Sailing Tour of the World
Its impact reaches figures of up to two million euros of investment in local companies and services in each of the nautical events and one billion impacts in different media and online channels
Fifteen years after the milestone that the departure of the Sailing Tour of the World from Vigo in 2005 meant for Galicia, the Monte Real Club de Yates once again puts the Galician community in the spotlight of the world nautical scene by including Baiona in the circuit of the prestigious 52 SUPER SERIES.
After months of negotiations and hard work to meet all the requirements demanded by the organization, the historic club from Baiona has just confirmed that the considered “Fórmula 1 del mar” has agreed to compete in one of its events in the Galician Rías Baixas in June 2021, coinciding with the celebration of the Xacobeo Holy Year.
With high performance and great international prestige, the 52 SUPER SERIES are one of the three most important nautical events in the world, along with the America’s Cup and the World Sailing Tour. Between 10 and 12 teams of more than 8 nationalities of sailors from the 5 continents compete aboard boats with cutting-edge technology in tests that are held for months in different ports around the world.
Next year, one of those stages will be the 52 SUPER SERIES Baiona Sailing Week , which will be held for 8 days, between June 3 and 10, both inclusive. The first two days, on days 3 and 4, the crews will compete in training regattas in the area set aside for the competition, a place very close to the Atlantic Islands National Park, just in front of the Cíes Islands. The third day, June 5, is reserved for training in an already official regatta, although not scoring; and in the last 5 days, from 6 to 10, the competition itself will be held, with the regattas that will define the final classification from which the winners will emerge.
In addition to the sporting events, the Monte Real Club de Yates will organize multiple social events, such as meetings with the sailors, visits to the participating boats, conferences and talks about the competition or parties with the crews, among many others. It will also be a unique opportunity to rediscover Monte Real, one of the oldest clubs in Spain, with a long and prolific journey on the international nautical scene.
What was once the first Spanish club to present a challenge to the Copa América de Vela currently organizes some of the most outstanding regattas in Spain, such as the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy or the Conde de Gondomar Trophy. Recently, Monte Real has also announced the celebration in Baiona, in 2023, of the J80 Class World Cup, which will become the eighth World Cup event that the club has organized throughout its more than 50-year history.
A prestigious circuit considered the “Formula 1 of the sea”
The 52 SUPER SERIES were born from the hands of three businessmen in love with the sea and enthusiastic sailors: the American Doug DeVos (co-president of the prestigious marketing company Amway and owner of the Orlando Magic NBA basketball team), the Swedish Niklas Zennström (creator of numerous companies such as Skype or Kazaa) and the Argentine Alberto Roemmers (founder of Laboratorios Roemmers, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Argentina).
In 2012 they created a circuit that each year goes through five or six of the best places on the planet to haggle in tests in which an unparalleled fleet competes, made up of the best sailors in the world. On board the TP52, a type of 52-foot (15.85 m.) boat that is almost identical in its performance, the crews must make a difference with the technological innovations that they apply to sailboats and the expertise and skills of their teams. .
The organization of each of the stages of the 52 SUPER SERIES involves the movement of some 500 people, up to 12 megayachts and support boats. All that logistics, along with flight reservations, accommodation and restaurants; service companies and teams; they represent an expense that reaches more than 3 million euros, of which about two million stay in local companies and services in the place where they compete.
The extensive media coverage, both national and international, of the nautical event, reaches figures that, according to data from the organization, are around one billion hits in different media, with more than one million views on live television in the competition and close to 10 million impressions on the online channels of social networks. The regatta is also followed all over the world, with live images or through virtual reality systems from the website www.52superseries.com.
Another aspect to highlight of the 52 SUPER SERIES and the MRCYB will be their firm commitment to sustainability. The competition and its collaborating organization in this matter, 11th Hour Racing, will promote a series of actions in each of the regattas aimed at promoting environmental awareness through education and action. The commitment is to achieve a zero footprint of ecological impact, an effort that will be redoubled in the waters of the Ría de Vigo as it is of a very high environmental value.
The official announcement of the achievement of the 52 SUPER SERIES for Galicia by the Monte Real Yacht Club was made this morning at a press conference held in Baiona, which was attended by the General Director of the competition, the Spanish Agustín Zulueta, who signed the contract for the 52 SUPER SERIES Baiona Sailing Week together with the president of Monte Real, José Luis Álvarez.
“Just a month ago we revealed that we had been chosen to organize the 2023 J80 World Championship and today’s news is undoubtedly another of the great announcements that will mark 2020 for Monte Real. That the 52 Super Series land in Baiona is great news only for us as a club, or for Baiona as a town, but for all of Galicia, which for weeks will become the focus of the world nautical scene. Many years have passed since we presented, for the first time in the history of Spain, that Challenge to the America’s Sailing Cup, and those of you who follow us closely know that we have never abandoned our desire to write new chapters in the history of sailing. Today, in front of a blank page, we begin to write a new one”
José Luis Álvarez President of the Monte Real Yacht Club
“For us, announcing the Baiona regatta in 2021 is something that excites us. We have been looking for a location that joins the one in Cascais for some time to take advantage of the movement of ships to the Atlantic from our usual headquarters in the Mediterranean. It is the first time in the ten seasons of the 52 SUPER SERIES that we go to Galicia and it was like a debt that we had as organizers. Baiona is the ideal place. June is the best time to sail, it is an exceptional town with great infrastructures and services, with incredible scenery and ideal sailing conditions. We are facing a completely new destination for our shipowners who like to discover new places and we are convinced that Baiona and Galicia are going to love it. The Monte Real Club de Yates has been very receptive to the proposal from the first moment and we want to thank its president, José Luis Álvarez, and its board of directors for the facilities they have shown to bring the 52 SUPER SERIES to Baiona”
Agustín Zulueta General Director of the 52 Super Series
Diego Torrado from Vigo also took part in the press conference, a regular in the 52 SUPER SERIES who has been on the circuit for years as boat captain, previously with the Russian Bronenosec Gazprom and currently with the South African Phoenix 12. As the voice of the experience, Torrado explained to those attending the presentation the main characteristics of a competition that he described as unique and spectacular.
“For me it is a ‘luxury’ that the 52 SUPER SERIES come to Baiona. It is one of the most nautical places in Spain with a history linked to the sea for many centuries. That a class like ours comes to the MRCYB, which was the first port where the announcement of the discovery of America arrived in 1492, shows that it is a place with an excellent seafaring tradition and culture. Baiona’s life is focused on the sea and a competition like this deserves. The 52 SUPER SERIES is the largest annual circuit format regatta in the world. It is the top in the world of sailing where the best sailors in the world are. Due to the quality of the sailors and the event, there is no similar circuit. I think that for all the boats sailing on the Galician coast is going to be a challenge when leaving the Mediterranean due to the different conditions. The Vigo estuary area, being protected, provides wonderful sailing conditions, but we must not forget that we are in the Atlantic”
Diego Torrado Sailor of the 52 Super Series
“From this moment we acquired an important commitment hosting one of the tests of the 52 Super Series, and we do it with tremendous enthusiasm, passion and dedication. We are not only committed to making this event a success in the organization, but also to leave the deepest mark possible on this club, in Galicia and in sport. We want the promotion of the practice of sailing to be marked by the 52 Super Series. It is an exceptional opportunity for the projection of Baiona and Galicia, but also to create a quarry and fans and we are going to work hard to achieve it”
Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui Commodore of the MRCYB
The Xunta de Galicia (autonomous administration), the Diputación de Pontevedra (provincial administration) and the Baiona City Council (local administration), regular supporters of the competitions and initiatives of the Monte Real Yacht Club, also did not want to miss the official presentation of the event . Everyone praised the magnificent qualities of the Monte Real Club de Yates for organizing great events like this one and predicted the greatest success for the 52 SUPER SERIES Baiona Sailing Week.
“What nature has given us has helped us to carry out all these types of events, but we must also highlight the capacity and human quality of the MRCYB. Baiona is proud of this club for its commitment to our people, and I am especially proud to co-participate in all these events in which we demonstrate that, when all the administrations are united, we can do very important things for our people. In my name and in the name of all the men and women of Baiones, welcome to all and congratulations”
Carlos Gómez Mayor of Baiona
“I love the passion with which everyone talks about these water sports because, as you well know, one of our goals is to promote the sport and every time Monte Real asks us for help, we are there. Be grateful that there are clubs like this one that carry out the organization of these activities. We hope that this activity has the welcome it should have and thank Monte Real again for having summoned us”
Raquel Giraldez Deputy of the Pontevedra Provincial Council
“The link between Baiona and this club to the sea is evident, and this regatta is important because it will surely be in the top three in the world along with the America’s Cup and the Volvo Ocean Race. It is good for Galicia because it once again puts the world focus here and on sailing at an extraordinary moment for Galicia and for the world, coinciding with Xacobeo 2021, and having been able to stop the pandemic and be the first Autonomous Community to leave of the State of Alarm. Congratulations to the club, this magnificent club, and to all the sailors for this event. The departure of the Volvo Ocean Race 2005 marked a before and after and I am sure that this event will allow us to take another step to continue making a real commitment to the sport of sailing, which is strategic for the Xunta de Galicia”
José Ramón Lete Lasa General Secretary for Sport of the Xunta de Galicia
· The Monte Real Club de Yates reopens its sailing school this summer adopting special hygiene, health and safety protocols due to COVID-19
· Its summer campaign includes proposals so that children and adults can learn to sail and enjoy the sea in the Rías Baixas
· The Baionese club offers dinghy and cruising sailing courses, courses to learn to sail in one day, sailing activities at sunset or to the Cíes Islands
· Although the courses and activities will not start until June 29, the registration period is now open and you can request a place or information at the club
The Monte Real Club de Yates will reopen its Sailing School this summer adopting special hygiene, health and safety protocols due to COVID-19. Although sailing is a low-risk sport, with hardly any physical contact and always practiced outdoors, the Baionese club has preferred to implement specific measures with the aim of guaranteeing the peace of mind of its users.
All coaches will be tested for COVID-19, and both they and the students will have to pass a temperature check at the entrance of the club; they will have to wear a mask whenever they are not in the water; after each use, all boats and materials will be disinfected; the boats will be distributed with the required separation; and the theoretical activities will be carried out abroad. It is also planned to promote personal hygiene measures such as hand washing, and the club’s facilities will be systematically disinfected.
Another of the measures to be applied involves a significant reduction in the ratio of students per boat and course, so places will be very limited and will be awarded in strict order of enrollment. Although the courses and activities will not start until June 29, the registration period is now open and you can request a place or information at the club.
The Monte Real summer campaign includes proposals so that children and adults can learn to sail and enjoy the sea in the Rías Baixas during the months of July, August and September. The Baionese club offers dinghy and cruising sailing courses, courses to learn to sail in one day, and sailing activities at sunset or to the Cíes Islands.
For the youngest members of the household, aged between 7 and 16, the Baionese club organizes Weekly light sailing courses , in the morning or afternoon, so that children can have a first contact with sailing or improve their technique with different types of boats if they already know how to sail.
For those over 16 years of age, Monte Real offers weekly cruising sailing courses , also with the option to choose a morning or afternoon schedule. Always accompanied by a coach from the club, with these courses the students learn to sail in the calm waters of the bay of Baiona and end up going out to the open sea to perfect their knowledge on board the sailboat.
And for those who want to learn to sail but do not have a week to attend the course, Monte Real also offers Courses to learn to sail in one day . During a day, from morning to afternoon, the participants will be able to learn the basic maneuvers to handle a boat.
In the case of Sailing to the Cíes Islands, it is a one-day activity, from eleven in the morning to seven in the evening, which includes a sailing trip to the archipelago during which you learn to sail and disembark on the island to eat and have a guided visit to the natural park.
Between July and September there is also the possibility of Sunset Sailing , an activity with which to discover the keys to handling a sailing vessel as the day falls.
To receive more information or reserve a place in any of the activities , you can call 986 385 000 or 615 999 718 or write an email to secretaria@mrcyb.com.
· The Monte Real Club de Yates is one of the marinas in Galicia recognized by the ADEAC with a blue flag in 2020
· The club thus consolidates a distinction that it has maintained, uninterruptedly except for one year, since 1988
· The environmental plan launched by the club includes actions related to water, waste, energy consumption, safety or health
· Monte Real currently has 5 environmental and tourist quality distinctions
Once again this year, the Monte Real Yacht Club has renewed its blue flag for the environmental care of its infrastructures, the quality of its waters and the excellence of its nautical services .
The Association of Environmental and Consumer Education (ADEAC) has included Monte Real in the list of marinas in Galicia that this year obtained the distinction of ‘ blue flag marina ‘.
The club thus consolidates a distinction that it has maintained , uninterruptedly except for one year, since 1988 , with a specific environmental program that includes actions related to water, waste, energy consumption, safety or health, among others. Actions.
Monte Real currently has 5 environmental and tourist quality distinctions :
1) BLUE FLAG – Since 1988
2) Q FOR QUALITY – Awarded to establishments that meet an international standard that evaluates criteria of quality, rigor and professionalism
3) SICTED – Tourism Quality Commitment Seal
4) QUALITY COAST – International award that distinguishes the coastal environmental quality of the area for sustainable tourism
5) GALICIA QUALITY SEAL – Distinction granted by the Xunta de Galicia that guarantees the quality of a facility as a benchmark for leisure and sports
· The Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona has been chosen to organize a world championship that will be held for the first time in Galicia
· The J80 are one of the most numerous and successful classes in Spanish sailing with 190 units, of which 130 compete in different parts of the country.
· Spain also has some of the best J80 sailors in the world, such as the five-time world champion Rayco Tabares
· That of 2023 will be the fourth World Cup that lands in Spain after the events held in Santander (2009), Sotogrande (2016) and Getxo (2019)
The Galician fishing village of Baiona will host the J80 class sailing World Championship in 2023. This was announced this morning at a press conference by the president of the Monte Real Yacht Club, José Luis Álvarez, who was very proud that the club had been chosen to organize such a prestigious sporting event.
This will be the first time that the J80 world championship is held in Galicia, a community that has been betting on this class for years with the holding of numerous competitions and the progressive increase in the number of this type of 8-meter boats, which are 29 at present and they have their main fleets in Baiona and A Coruña.
With the year already set on the agenda but with the exact date of the event still to be determined, at the Monte Real Club de Yates they are already beginning to pave the way to guarantee the success of the world championship. Over the next two years, the club’s board of directors plan to launch a full test drive to further push the J80 forward and encourage more owners to join the class.
To its usual J80 Autumn and Winter Leagues, in which the Galician fleet mainly participates; Other regattas of national importance will be added, such as the Spanish Cup or the Spanish Championship, which Monte Real hopes to organize before 2023.
In short, it is about focusing our gaze on the ultimate goal of achieving a world championship with the greatest possible participation of boats from different countries in the world, following in the footsteps of the other J80 world championships previously held in Spain, in Santander (2009 ), Sotogrande (2016) and Getxo (2019).
The official presentation of the event was attended this morning in Baiona by the president and commodore of the Monte Real Yacht Club, José Luis Álvarez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui; the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; the deputy for sports from the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Gorka Gómez; Guillermo Blanco representing the J80 Spain Class; and the president of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation, Manuel Villaverde. The General Secretary for Sport of the Xunta de Galicia, José Ramón Lete Lasa, transmitted to the club his congratulations by telephone and his commitment to support the World Cup as he was unable to attend the presentation because he was preparing the protocols for returning to activity for a large part of the sports sector of the Galician community.
A great step to strengthen the “Spanish Navy”
This new world championship awarded to Spain will undoubtedly be a unique opportunity to consolidate a class that is currently one of the largest in the country, with some 190 units (of which 130 compete in different parts of Spain). and very active fleets in Galicia, Cantabria, the Basque Country, Andalusia, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands.
Spain also has some of the best J80 sailors in the world, such as the five-time world champion, Rayco Tabares from the Canary Islands; the Cantabrian Pablo Santurde, who currently holds the title after winning last year’s world championship in Getxo at the controls of the M&G Tressis; or the world runner-up in 2018, the Basque Iker Almandoz.
The concession of the 2023 World Cup is an important accolade to the hard work of the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona to promote the J80 class in Galicia, for which it has been betting since 2012.
At that time, the club offered very advantageous conditions to the shipowners for the acquisition and mooring of the boats. It also created two specific leagues exclusively for the competition of these monotypes and included specific regattas for them in the club’s major competitions, such as the Conde de Gondomar Trophy or the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy.
Six years after the appearance of the first J80 in Baiona, the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation granted the club the organization of the 2018 Spanish Championship. And just two years later, this new and great leap arrives, towards the 2023 World Cup. Prior to Baiona, the World Cup event will stop in Denmark (2021) and Newport – United States (2022).
“In 2012 we brought the first J80 to Baiona, we facilitated the purchase of boats and moorings, we created specific competitions for them, we included them in our most important trophies and just six years later, in 2018, we were selected to host the Spanish Championship. They were the first fruits of a great effort that gave us the impetus to continue working and that today allows us to be here announcing that in 2023 we will host the most important competition in the class”
JOSE LUIS ÁLVAREZ President of the Monte Real Yacht Club
“We have three years ahead of us in which we hope to nurture the club’s calendar of high-level sports competitions such as the Cup or the Spanish Championship, among others, and thus, in this way, gradually increase the existing J80 fleet. in Galicia and encourage many more shipowners from all over Spain to sail in the J80 class, which is a boat that offers great emotions at sea”
IGNACIO SÁNCHEZ OTAEGUI Commodore of the Monte Real Yacht Club
“As mayor of Baiona I am very proud of the work done by the Monte Real Club de Yates during all these years. Bringing a world championship to our town is a luxury and of course the only ones who could achieve it were the directors and members of this club that gives us so much joy. My most sincere congratulations on this great success”
“The Monte Real Club de Yates is synonymous with success when it organizes something and the union of Baiona with Monte Real Club de Yates is guaranteed success, so we have no doubt that it will be a unique world championship. From the Pontevedra Provincial Council we have been supporting sailing for a long time and we are going to support this event, especially at this time, in which it is very important not only to promote sport but also tourism, which is another aspect to highlight of this event”
GORKA GÓMEZ Deputy for Sports of the Pontevedra Provincial Council
“What is presented here today is, without a doubt, very good news for everyone, a very important event not only for Galicia but for all of Spain. We are lucky that the World Cup will be held under the organization of a club with a great track record such as the Monte Real Club de Yates and in a unique place such as Baiona. From the Royal Galician Sailing Federation they will have our full support”
MANUEL VILLAVERDE President of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation
“From the J80 Spain class we want to congratulate the Monte Real Club de Yate de Baiona because they have done an extraordinary job to achieve this World Cup. They have been given the prize for this championship because there was, without a doubt, very good willows. And that is also why we aspire and we are sure that we will achieve a World Cup at the highest level”
GUILLERMO BLANCO Representative of the J80 class Spain
