· Cantabria, the Balearic Islands, Galicia and the Basque Country will participate in the contest for the national J80 that will be held until May 1 in the waters of Baiona
· The Galicians De la Gándara and Lago, the Cantabrian Piris or the Balearic Chacártegui and Aguado are among the favorites to win the title
· After a day of measurements and revisions, tomorrow, Saturday, the competition begins in the framework of the 41st Spring Regatta of the Monte Real Yacht Club
· In addition to the national J80, the Galician Rías Baixas will host until May 1 the cruiser, Figaros and J70 competitions for the Repsol Trophy
Traditionally, the J80 class does not sell its national and international titles cheaply and everything indicates that the XII Spanish J80 Championship, which will be held starting tomorrow Saturday in Baiona as part of the Repsol Trophy of Monte Real, is going to present a tough contest between the boats that will haggle for the scepter.
Cantabria with four J80 monotypes, the Balearic Islands with two, Galicia with nearly a fortnight and the Basque Country with one representative, present credentials for the dispute over the Spanish Championship for the competitive J80 boats.
The intense activity that the Cantabrian, Galician and Basque fleets have developed throughout the autumn and winter, under an intense program of regattas in their respective venues, presumes intense competition. After a day of measurements and reviews, the tests for the national title begin this Saturday at three in the afternoon.
Favorites with impeccable track record
The local Javier de la Gándara and his team aboard the Okofen and the J80 Virazón de Miguel Lago will put their great performance in recent months and their knowledge of the area’s regatta course into play against other rivals who will go all out.
This is the case of the Cantabrian Mercury of Jaime Piris, runner-up in Spain 2017, or the Maui Jim Sunglasses of the Menorcan Javier Aguado who closed the national podium last year. In addition, we must take into account the AD Garatu Basque team skippered by Juan Vázquez, third classified in the prestigious French regatta Spi Ouest 2018.
From the Balearic Islands, Ibo.es de Chacártegui will try to revalidate the national victory it achieved in 2016. The two-time world champion team from Cantabria, Aila, normally skippered by José María Torcida, will present a new skipper in the fight for the national title.
In total, more than twenty J80 monotypes that until Tuesday, May 1, will fight relentlessly to register their name in a national benchmark at a sporting level due to their great competitive level and that is part of the Repsol Trophy of the Monte Real Yacht Club. from Baiona.
Cruisers, figaros and J70 compete for “spring”
Forty-one years in 2018 one of the competitions with the longest run of the Monte Real Yacht Club, the Spring Regatta, which once again becomes the Repsol Trophy thanks to the sponsorship of the energy company, turns forty-one years old.
In this forty-first edition, in addition to the contest for the national J80, we will see some of the most outstanding cruisers in the Galician nautical scene compete, such as the Fend la Bise by Jean Claude Sarrade or the Gaias Clinic by José María Peinó, both champions Galician solitaires and two.
Also competing for the three scheduled coastal cruisers will be the recent winners of the Monte Real Winter Regatta, the Atlantic MBA of the Portuguese Rui Ramada; the Oral Group of the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo skippered by Pedro Pazos; and the Balea Dous by Luis Pérez, wearing the Rodeira nautical pendant.
Among the J70, which will compete at the Cíes Islands anchorage during the weekend, renowned sailors such as Pichu Torcida, Rayco Tabares or Luis Bugallo, in addition to the Pérez Canal brothers. Completing the classes of the trophy are the Figaros, a fleet in which the monotypes of Monte Real will be the protagonists.
TEST SCHEDULES
• SATURDAY 28 APRIL
14:30 – Coastal ORCs and Figaros (departure from the Bay of Baiona)
14:30 – Barlosotas J70 (at the Cíes Islands anchorage)
15:00 – Spanish J80 Championship (barlosotas in the Bay of Baiona)
• SUNDAY 29 APRIL
11:00 – Spanish Championship J80 (barlosotas in the Bay of Baiona)
12:00 – Barlosotas J70 (at the Cíes Islands anchorage)
13:00 – Coastal ORCs and Figaros (departure from the Bay of Baiona)
• MONDAY 30 APRIL
11:00 – Spanish Championship J80 (barlosotas in the Bay of Baiona)
• TUESDAY MAY 1
11:00 – Spanish Championship J80 (barlosotas in the Bay of Baiona)
11:30 – Coastal ORCs and Figaros (departure from the Bay of Baiona)
16:00 – Award ceremony (village of Monte Real Yacht Club)
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Outstanding Portuguese skipper Rui Ramada led the Atlantic MBA crew to victory in the first major cruise competition of the spring season
· The MBA won the Vigo-Baiona route along with Luis Pérez’s Balea Dous, who took one of the competition’s gold medals to Rodeira for the second consecutive year
· Pedro Pazos’ Oral Group once again demonstrated its power in the water and was the best on the Sanxenxo-Baiona route, achieving another of the trophy podiums
· In the J80 class the winner was Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva, and the Erizana skippered by the very young sailor from Vigo Marta Rego won the Figaro class
The Atlantic MBA skippered by the outstanding Portuguese sailor Rui Ramada was proclaimed the winner, this Saturday in the Rías Baixas, of the Comunica Trophy, the first major cruise competition of the spring season, organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club with the collaboration of the Royal Sanxenxo Nautical Club and the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo.
In the trophy, which this year changed its design and was held with a double start format from Sanxenxo and Vigo, more than 200 sailors participated aboard the 34 registered boats. A fleet that had to face complicated conditions due to the wind, which disappeared at times and left them floating in calm conditions that lasted up to an hour and a half.
The boats that started as favorites stood out from the first moments. After the start honk in Sanxenxo, Pedro Pazos’ Oral Group was quickly placed at the head of the fleet, and with a very good navigation managed to revalidate the victory achieved in the previous edition. Adolfo Castro’s Youkounkoun, from the Portonovo Yacht Club, came third in the classification for the Sanxenxo-Baiona track, which is almost 16 miles long.
The route was shorter for the sailboats that started in Vigo at two in the afternoon, one hour after the ones from Sanxenxo. They sailed just over 9 and a half miles to Carallones, where the regatta committee decided to shorten the course after suffering a great calm in Toralla.
Divided into two classes according to their competitive ability, those who finally took the victory were the Atlantic MBA of Rui Ramada del Monte Real; and Luis Pérez’s Balea Dous, who came ready to repeat his triumph, and took Rodeira back with the gold he had already achieved in 2017.
Behind the Atlantic MBA were La Burla Negra by Juan José Martínez, from Monte Real; and the Bosch Service Solutions of the Club Marítimo de Canido, skippered by Ramón Ojea. And below the Balea Dous, in the second class of the Vigo-Baiona route, were the Juliana by Deep Blue by Vicence Cid, with a pendant from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo; and the Q Talento of Javier Rey, from the Monte Real Yacht Club, silver and bronze of the Comunica Trophy.
In the J80 class, victory went to Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva; and second and third place for Cansino by Manuel Fernández and Boy de Canto by Carlos Hernández.
The Erizana of the very young sailor from Vigo, Marta Rego, prevailed in the Figaros competition, ahead of the Ladeira of Carlos Castelao and the Silleiro of Ramón Palao.
At the awards ceremony for the winners, held at the Monte Real Club de Yates once the competition in the water had finished, several executives from Comunica, the company sponsoring the trophy, participated. Among them were its executive director, Roberto Lira; the financial director, Jorge Berridy or Vânia Marlise, art director of the visual communication firm.
After putting an end to the Comunica Trophy, the Monte Real Yacht Club is now preparing for another of its great events this year, the Repsol Trophy, which will be held next weekend. The traditional spring regatta of the Baionese club hosts this year the Spanish Championship of the J80 class, which will be attended by monotypes from all over the peninsula. The appointment is on April 28, 29 and 30, and May 1.
WINNER OF THE COMMUNICA TROPHY 2018
ATLANTIC MBA RUI RAMADA MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
COMUNICA TROPHY WINNERS SANXENXO – BAIONA
1. ORAL GROUP PEDRO PAZOS ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF SANXENXO
2. YOUKOUNKOUN ADOLFO CASTRO PORTONOVO YACHT CLUB
COMUNICA TROPHY WINNERS VIGO – BAIONA (1)
1. ATLANTIC MBA RUI RAMADA MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
2. THE BLACK MOCK · JUAN JOSÉ MARTINEZ · MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
3. BOSCH SERVICE SOLUTIONS RAMÓN OJEA MARITIME CLUB OF CANIDO
COMMUNICA TROPHY WINNERS VIGO – BAIONA (2)
1. BALEA DOUS LUIS PÉREZ ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF RODEIRA
2. THE JULIANA BY DEEP BLUE VICENTE CID ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF VIGO
3. Q TALENT · JAVIER REY · MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
COMUNICA TROPHY WINNERS J80 CLASS
1. NEW MOON JUAN LUIS TUERO MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
2. CANSINO MANUEL FERNÁNDEZ MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
3. SINGING BOY · CARLOS HERNÁNDEZ · MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
COMUNICA TROPHY WINNERS FIGARO CLASS
1. ERIZANA MARTA REGO MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
2. LADEIRA CARLOS CASTELAO MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
3. SILLEIRO RAMÓN PALAO MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
· More than 200 sailors aboard the 31 participating sailboats will compete in the first major cruise competition of the Monte Real Yacht Club in 2018 · Among the contenders for the title, the Oral Group of Pedro Pazos (Sanxenxo) and the Balea Dous of Luis Pérez (Rodeira) repeat winners of the previous edition After leaving Sanxenxo (1:00 p.m.) and Vigo (2:00 p.m.), the fleet is scheduled to start crossing the finish line in the bay of Baiona at five in the afternoon
The Rías Baixas will witness tomorrow, Saturday, the dispute over the Comunica Trophy, one of the most outstanding cruise events in the spring nautical calendar in Galicia, in which more than 200 regattas will participate aboard the 31 sailboats registered so far. This is the first major cruise trophy of the Monte Real Club de Yates in 2018, which also has the collaboration of the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo and the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, hosting the departures of the fleet in front of their facilities.
The double start, from Sanxenxo and from Vigo, is the main novelty of this year’s Comunica Trophy, and it will take place one hour apart. At one in the afternoon the horn will sound in the vicinity of the Juan Carlos I marina, in Sanxenxo; and an hour later, at two o’clock, it will be the start in front of the port of Vigo. Both fleets will end up coming together on a route that will end in the bay of Baiona.
Among the contenders for the title we will see the winner of the previous edition in the cruiser-regatta category, the Oral Group, from the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, who returns to the competition with Pedro Pazos at the controls and eager to repeat victory. The winner of the previous year in the cruise category will also compete, Luis Pérez’s Balea Dous, who will try to win one of the trophy prizes from the Real Club Náutico de Rodeira.
Among the J80 participants will be some of the monotypes that at the end of the month will compete in the Spanish Championship of the class held in Baiona, such as Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, Fernando Yáñez’s Cansino or Luis de Mira’s Namasté . And in the Figaro class we will see some of the youngest sailors, since the sailboats will be crewed mainly by students from the Monte Real Club de Yates Sailing School.
If everything goes according to plan, the navigation of the fleet will be more or less agile and the fastest ships could have completed the journey in just over three hours, so that from five in the afternoon they would begin to see the first candles in the vicinity of the Baiones breakwater, where the finish line will be placed.
For all those who wish to follow the competition, the Juan Carlos I marina and the beaches closest to that area will be the points with the best visibility to see the departure of the fleet from Sanxenxo, while the departure from Vigo can be seen from the surroundings of the boat. The Costa de la Vela, the westernmost of the Morrazo peninsula, will be another of the places from which to enjoy sailing the sailboats, as well as the interior of the Bay of Baiona, the end point of the route.
Friday, April 20, 2018
From 10:00 to 20:00:
Enrollment and registration
Presentation of documentation
Delivery of Instructions
· The cruise competition of the Monte Real Yacht Club changes its format this year and adds the Sanxenxo-Baiona coastal route to the Vigo-Baiona route that was being held
· Both tests will be held next Saturday afternoon and one-design sailboats of the J80 and Fígaro class will also be able to participate
· The visual communication company of A Guarda Comunica sponsors and names for the second consecutive year the trophy that opens the cruise calendar in Baiona
The Comunica Trophy will unite this Saturday the fishing towns of Sanxenxo, Vigo and Baiona in what will be the first major cruise competition organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club in 2018.
With the collaboration of the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, the Real Club Náutico de Vigo and the Galician Sailing Federation, the Baiona club changes the format of the trophy this year and adds a new coastal route to the Vigo-Baiona route, between Sanxenxo and Baiona.
There will therefore be two starting points with different distances to the same arrival point. The sailboats that listen to the starting line in the port of Lilac will have to complete about 18 miles to the bay of Baiona, and those that do the same from the Vigo yacht will have a journey of about 12 miles ahead of them.
If the wind is allied with the organization and allows the scheduled program to be fulfilled, the regatta committee will start at one in the afternoon for the Sanxenxo fleet and at two for the Vigo fleet, and will set some obligatory points of passage until the finish line, which will be located near the Baiona breakwater.
In addition to cruiser and cruiser-regatta type sailboats, J80 and Fígaros class one-designs may participate in the competition, which will take place in real time; and there will also be an Open class for boats with less competitive capacity.
In the absence of several days for the registration period to close, which will remain open until the day before the development of the tests, some of the most outstanding sailing cruisers in Galicia have already confirmed their presence in the competition, such as the Fend la Bise by Jean Claude Sarrade, current Galician champion of solitaire and two; La Burla Negra, by Juan José Martínez; or the Bosch Service Solutions, of Commodore de Canido, Ramón Ojea. A large number of J80s will also participate, as they continue to prepare for the Spanish Championship of the class to be held in Baiona at the end of April.
Once the trophy tests are finished, the prizes will be awarded to the winners, in an event that will be held at the Monte Real Club de Yates and in which, among others, representatives of the organizing club and Comunica, the sponsoring company, will participate. It is a visual communication firm that offers its services throughout Galicia from the municipality of A Guarda, where its headquarters are located.
In the last edition of the Comunica Trophy, the Oral Group Galimplant, from the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, skippered by Pedro Pazos; and the Balea Dous of the Real Club Náutico de Rodeira, led by Luis Pérez; in the Cruise-Regatta and Cruise categories respectively. In the one-design competition, the prizes stayed in Baiona, with the victory of two boats from the Monte Real Club de Yates. Manuel María Cunha’s Marías won in the J80 class, and Silleiro, with Santi Meigide in the lead, in the Figaro class.
Friday, April 20, 2018
From 10:00 to 20:00:
Enrollment and registration
Presentation of documentation
Delivery of Instructions
· The sailboat built by the Portuguese Rui Ramada and skippered by his daughter Francisca Barros won the J80 one-design league organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates since last January
Miguel Lago’s Virazón and Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen won silver and bronze in a competition that maintained great excitement until the final day, when the winners’ podium was decided
· The Infinitus Rent Trophy has served the Galician J80 fleet as training for the Spanish Championship of the class to be held in Baiona at the end of the month as part of the Repsol Trophy
The Portuguese sailboat Miudo, armed by the prominent Portuguese sailor Rui Ramada and skippered by his daughter Francisca Barros, won this weekend the Infinitus Rent Trophy, the J80 one-design winter league organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club from last January.
After more than three months of competition, the championship said goodbye to Baiona with the sixth and last day of tests, in which the participating sailboats disputed the last three regattas that ended up defining the winners’ podium. Three races that were held in very good conditions and that allowed the excitement to be maintained until the end, with the crews giving their best on the water.
The grand prize of the Infinitus Rent Trophy was finally won by the Miudo, a boat from the BB Douro club in Vila Nova de Gaia that sails through the Monte Real Club de Yates, in which Francisca Barros and Afonso Leite alternated at the helm. Both skippers, the youngest in the competition, kept the Miudo in the positions of honor during practically all the tests and resolved the championship on the last day, ascending to the first position.
Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, who reached the final among the favorites to win, tied on points in the standings with Miudo, once again sneaked onto the winners’ podium, but this time with the medal bronze. The silver of the Infinitus Rent Trophy went to Miguel Lago’s Virazón, who fought throughout the competition to stay in the positions of honor and finally succeeded.
El Cansino of the commodore of Monte Real, Fernando Yáñez; and the Meltemi of the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña, skippered by Guillermo Blanco; They maintained the fourth and fifth position that they had dragged from the penultimate day.
The end of the competition was put by a fellowship dinner held in Baiona, which was attended by shipowners, sailors, collaborators, regatta committee managers and the organizing club. Also present were the operations manager of Infinitus Rent, Luis Ángel Martín; the company’s business development director, Alberto Rodríguez; and Jorge Otero, commercial delegate in Spain and Latin America of the sponsoring firm, a company born from the union of four technology leasing marketing companies in Spain, with more than 7 years of experience in the sector and an annual turnover of around 12 million of euros.
Prepared for the Spanish Championship of the J80 class
The Infinitus Rent Trophy has served the Monte Real Yacht Club in preparation for the Spanish J80 Championship, which the club will host at the end of next April. Its one-design fleet, the largest in Galicia and one of the most outstanding in the peninsula, will participate in its entirety in the national class, to which the club’s crews attend with aspirations of winning the title.
Baiona will begin to receive the sailboats arriving from different parts of Spain in the last week of April and, after a previous day, reserved for the registration and weighing of the crews, the competition will begin on Saturday the 28th, and will continue for 4 days. The national J80, framed in the Repsol Trophy, will end on May 1st with the last races and the awards ceremony for the winners.
The J80 make way for the rest of the classes
The J80 monotypes opened the sports calendar of the Monte Real Club de Yates for this 2018, a program that includes a total of 15 competitions. After the Infinitus Rent Trophy, held between January and March, April will be the month of the Comunica Trophy and the Repsol Trophy, the traditional spring regatta that the club has been holding for more than 40 years.
The classic 6m sailboats will be the protagonists of the month of May, in the regatta 525 anniversary of the arrival of the caravel La Pinta; and in June the Galician Championship of Solitaires and Two will be held in Baiona. The club’s two major events, the Conde de Gondomar Trophy and the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy, maintain the same dates as in previous years, and will be held at the end of July and the beginning of September.
FINAL GENERAL CLASSIFICATION (Top5) INFINITUS RENT TROPHY
1. MIUDO Rui Ramada We Do Sailing 22 points
2. VIRAZÓN · Miguel Lago · Monte Real Yacht Club · 30 points
3. OKOFEN Javier de la Gándara Monte Real Yacht Club 31 points
4. TIRED · Fernándo Yáñez · Monte Real Yacht Club · 38 points
5. MELTEMI · Guillermo Blanco · Royal Yacht Club of A Coruña · 46 points
· The bay of Baiona will host the last tests of the J80 class Winter League that the Monte Real Club de Yates has been holding since the beginning of the year
· The Portuguese crew of the Miudo and the Okofen led by Javier de la Gándara from Vigo lead the classification tied on points
· The three regattas scheduled for the final day will be held starting at 3 in the afternoon and the prizes will be awarded at night at a fellowship dinner
Tomorrow, Saturday, the final day of the Infinitus Rent Trophy, the J80 class Winter League that the Monte Real Club de Yates has been holding since the beginning of the year, will be held in Baiona. The last three tests scheduled in the competition program will begin at three in the afternoon inside the bay of Baiona, in a regatta field in which the committee will design a pole course that the fleet will have to go around twice on each sleeve.
The Portuguese crew of the Miudo, skippered by Afonso Leite; and the Okofen of Javier de la Gándara from Vigo, arrive at this sixth and last day as leaders of the championship, tied at 13 points in the first places of the classification. Behind them, with 18 points, is Miguel Lago’s Virazón, another of the big names in the trophy, also a contender for gold in the competition.
Further apart from them in the ranking, at a distance of 10 points or more, are the rest of the sailboats participating in the Infinitus Rent Trophy, a total of 17 J80 one-designs, most of which sport the Monte Real pendant Yacht Club, the organizing club and one of the great promoters of this class in Galicia.
El Cansino, owned by Commodore del Monte Real, Fernando Yáñez, with 28 points, ranks fourth; and in fifth and sixth position are Guillermo Blanco’s Meltemi, with 31 points, and Luis de Mira’s Namasté, with 34.
After the celebration of the tests in the water, the crews will participate in a fraternization dinner in the framework of which the prizes will be awarded to the winners of the competition. It will be attended, in addition to the sailors, by several directors of the Monte Real Yacht Club, members of the regatta committee and Alberto Rodríguez, director of business development for Infinitus Rent, the company that sponsors the trophy.
CLASSIFICATION (Top5) INFINITUS RENT TROPHY
1. MIUDO Afonso Leite We Do Sailing 13 points 2. OKOFEN Javier de la Gándara Monte Real Yacht Club 13 points 3. VIRAZÓN · Miguel Lago · Monte Real Yacht Club · 18 points 4. TIRED · Fernándo Yáñez · Monte Real Yacht Club · 28 points 5. MELTEMI · Guillermo Blanco · Royal Yacht Club of A Coruña · 31 points
· The club has requested a grant from the Consellería do Mar de la Xunta de Galicia through the FEMP and the GALP7 to be able to carry out a series of improvement works to provide a better service to pilgrims
· Among the actions planned is the construction of an access ramp for people with disabilities and the reformulation of various facilities to minimize energy consumption
· Other measures that are intended to be implemented involve the application of discounts to pilgrims who stop at the club within the framework of the Xacobean Nautical Crossing and a special discount for women
One of the objectives that the Monte Real Yacht Club has set for this 2018 is to improve its facilities in order to provide a better service to pilgrims who want to do the Camino de Santiago by sea within the framework of the “Xacobean Nautical Journey ” . This is a new proposal, promoted by the Xunta de Galicia and the Association of Galician Nautical Clubs (ASNAUGA), which offers sailing lovers the possibility of sailing the pilgrimage route to Compostela.
To complete it, there are two possibilities: a north route, which starts in Ribadeo; and a southern one, which begins in Baiona, at the historic Monte Real Yacht Club, chosen as the starting point for the Xacobean Nautical Crossing due to its long and prolific history in the Galician nautical scene, and because it also has the Q of Tourist Quality, an essential certification to be part of the initiative.
Despite being within the group of 13 Galician nautical clubs distinguished with the Q for Tourist Quality, the Monte Real Club de Yates seeks to improve the attention it pays to its pilgrim transits and for this reason has requested a subsidy from the Consellería do Mar de la Xunta de Galicia through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (FEMP) and the Local Action Groups of the Fisheries Sector (GALP) to execute the actions.
With the planned works, the Monte Real Yacht Club intends to improve its facilities to welcome the flow of visitors with quality guarantees, while renewing certain services to achieve greater energy savings and responsible use of energy.
Among the actions scheduled are the construction of a 100% accessible ramp that guarantees access to the terrace for people with functional diversity and the renovation of the sanitary facilities, adapting them to responsible consumption and energy saving protocols.
Other measures that are intended to be implemented involve the application of a 15 percent discount on club fees to pilgrims who stop at Monte Real within the framework of the Xacobean Crossing, increasing that discount to 25 percent in the event that the patron of the boat is a woman and the inclusion of a visit to the Baiona fish market in the price of the mooring, with the aim of making all those pilgrims who wish to know this important economic activity of the fishing village.
The intention of the Baionese club is to take advantage of the launch of the proposal of the “Xacobea Nautical Crossing” by the Xunta de Galicia to renew its facilities and promote this new tourist product, attracting a new profile of visitors to Baiona and mitigating the tourist seasonality in which the summer and winter periods continue to be very different.
Likewise, Monte Real will favor the economic revitalization of the municipality, since it undertakes to carry out all the planned actions with local suppliers in the area, provided that the business fabric allows it.
· The storm called “Hugo” that will begin to be noticed in Galicia from this afternoon forced the postponement of the last day of tests of the Infinitus Trophy
· This new explosive cyclogenesis will cause a storm of wind in much of the peninsula, bad state of the sea and widespread rains
· The final tests of the championship will be held on Saturday, April 14, along with the award ceremony for the winners and a fellowship dinner
The “Hugo” storm, which will begin to be felt in Galicia from this afternoon, has forced the last day of testing the Infinitus Rent Trophy, which was to be held tomorrow afternoon in the Bay of Baiona, to be postponed.
This new explosive cyclogenesis, which can already be seen clearly in satellite images, will cause a storm of wind in much of the peninsula, bad conditions in the sea and widespread rains, although not very intense.
Given this situation and the alerts issued by Meteogalicia, and after agreeing with the regatta committee, the Monte Real Club de Yates, organizer of the J80 championship, has decided to postpone the day and celebrate it on April 14. It will be then that the winner of the one-design winter league that the Baionese club has been celebrating since the beginning of the year will be decided.
Waiting for what happens in the last three tests, the classification is today very tight in the places of honor, which predicts an exciting final. The Portuguese crew of the Miudo, skippered by Afonso Leite; and the Okofen of Javier de la Gándara from Vigo, are in the lead tied on 13 points. Behind them, with 18 points, is Miguel Lago’s Virazón.
In addition to the last rounds of the competition, the awards ceremony for the winners will be held on April 14, at a fellowship dinner at the Monte Real Yacht Club.
· The Spanish Sailing Federation chose this year the Monte Real Club de Yates to organize the one-design national competition that will be held from May 27 to 1
· The Spanish J80 Championship will be held as part of the Repsol Trophy, the traditional spring regatta that the club from Baiona has been organizing for more than 40 years
· The entire J80 fleet of Monte Real will participate in a competition in which the arrival of crews from different parts of Spain is expected
This year the Spanish Sailing Federation chose the Monte Real Club de Yates to organize the J80 class Spanish Championship , which will be held in Baiona from April 27 to May 1. The competition will be part of the Repsol Trophy, the traditional spring regatta that the club from Baiona has been organizing for more than 40 years.
With the collaboration of the Galician Sailing Federation and the J80 Owners Association of Spain, Monte Real will hold a championship in which the participation of a large number of monotypes from all over the peninsula is expected, including the J80 that in the Currently they exist in Galicia, most of them from the Baion club itself and from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña.
Although the competition is also open to foreign crews, only those whose members have, in its entirety, Spanish nationality or legal residence in Spain will be eligible for the title of Champion of Spain.
After a previous day, on Friday, April 27, reserved for the registration and weighing of the crews, and measurement and control of sails; the scheduled tests, a total of 11, will begin on Saturday, April 28, starting at 3 in the afternoon. They will have the Bay of Baiona as their setting, so they will be visible from the outskirts of the Galician town.
The sleeves of Sunday 29, Monday 30 and the holiday of May 1 will start in the morning, from 11. And on the last day, in the afternoon, the Monte Real Club de Yates will host the award ceremony for the winners, also coinciding with the end of the Repsol Trophy and its award ceremony.
The regatta announcement has already been published and the registration period to participate in the Spanish J80 Championship will remain open until April 12, and all the information about the competition is available on the Monte Real website, www.mrcyb. is
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The Spanish J80 Championship will be held in the waters of the Bay of Baiona, from April 27 to May 1, 2018, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona, by delegation of the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation and with the collaboration of the Galician Sailing Federation and the Association of Owners of J80 of Spain.
The regatta will be governed by The Rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRV) and:
– The RFEV Technical Cruise Regulations.
– The J-80 Class Rules[DP] .
– For all the rules that govern this event, the notation[NP] refers to the fact that an infraction of this rule will not be a reason for protests between boats. (Modifies R 60.1(a) of the RRS).
– Tests may be arbitrated. In this case, it will be done in accordance with WS Addendum Q.
ADVERTISING
Participants may display advertising in accordance with World Sailing Regulation 20, the RFEV Prescriptions to said Regulation and subject to the restrictions of Class Rules C2.1. In accordance with World Sailing Regulation 20, participants may be required to display the Organiser’s Publicity, which will be provided at the Regatta Office once their registration is confirmed. This will consist of stickers to be placed on the bows of the boat and flags to be placed on the backstay.
ELIGIBILITY AND REGISTRATION
The J-80 Class Spanish Championship is a regatta closed to J80 class boats, classified as a Member event. Foreign crews may be accepted after requesting an invitation to the RFEV. The title of champion of Spain will be for the boat that has the entire crew made up of sailors of Spanish nationality or with legal residence in Spain. Employers must be members of their National J-80 Class Association and be registered at www.j80measurement.com. Spanish sailors, with legal residence in Spain or sailing on a boat attached to a Spanish Club must be in possession of the 2018 sports federation license. Registrations must be made before April 12, 2018, through the Registration Form or sent to:
secretary@mrcyb.com
The registration is conditioned to the presentation of the following documents:
a) Current RC insurance policy, in accordance with RD 607/1999 of June 16, and with a valid receipt, with extended coverage for regattas.
b) Participants of nationality or with legal residence in Spain, the current federative sports license.
c) For foreign athletes who do not have a federative license or athlete medical insurance that insures them in the event of an accident, they must prove that they have insurance against accidents and illness valid in Spain.
d) In the event of displaying advertising, authorization from the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation in accordance with the Prescription of the RFEV to regulation WS 20.8.2. (only boats with a Spanish flag or a foreign flag that represents or competes for a club affiliated to the RFEV).
e) Complete equipment control and weighing of crews in accordance with the class rule (C4.1)
REGISTRATION FEES
Registration fees will be €250.00 and will be made by bank transfer, indicating the sail number of the boat and the Spanish J80 Championship.
4.2 The Organizing Committee reserves the right to accept registrations received after April 12. In case of acceptance, the registration fees will have a price of €300.00 per boat.
PROGRAM
The event program is as follows:
Friday, April 27 – 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Registration of participants . Measurement and control of sails and equipment. Crew weighing. Delivery of Sailing Instructions
Saturday April 28 – 09:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Registration of participants. Final measurements. Crew Weighing
Saturday April 28 – 15:00
Tests
Sunday April 29 – 11:00
Tests
Monday April 30 – 11:00
Tests
Tuesday, May 1 – 11:00
Tests
Tuesday, May 1 – 16:00
Awards
Tuesday, May 1 – 16:30
farewell skewer
On May 1 there will be no warning signal after 3:00 p.m. There are 11 races scheduled, of which 2 must be completed for the regatta to be valid.
MEASUREMENTS. REGISTRATION OF SAILS AND EQUIPMENT
The registration of sails and equipment inspection, as well as the weighing of crews, will be carried out on the dates and times indicated in 5.1. The boats will present to registration the elements that are listed in their written declaration, which will be: 1 Mainsail, 1 Jib and 1 or 2 Gennakers. The sails must be measured according to the class rules before the event, carry the official sticker (rule G2.3) and be registered at www.j80measurement.com. No boat will be able to compete using the aforementioned sails without being previously registered. Daily measurement controls may be carried out.
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Sailing instructions will be available at the race office from April 27 at 10:00.
PENALTIES SYSTEM
RRS 44.1 is amended so that the Two Turn Penalty is replaced by the One Turn Penalty.
PUNCTUATION
If 5 or more races have been completed, each boat’s total score will be the total of all its points, discarding its worst result.
ROUTES
Courses will be windward/leeward. More details will be described in the sailing instructions.
BERTHS
The boats whose registration is accepted in this regatta and that are not based in the MCY Baiona, will have a mooring place reserved in the Club during the event. Also, if they come by road, the launching and stranding included. The moorings will be free for up to a week after the end of the championship, and the boats may enter as far in advance as they deem appropriate, for which the means of transport and the day of arrival in Baiona will be indicated in the registration form.
COMMUNICATIONS
The Race Committee will use Channel 69 VHF for its communications during the events. Except in emergencies, a boat while racing shall not make or receive data or voice transmissions that are not available to all boats. [DP]
IMAGE RIGHTS
By registering for this event, the participants automatically transfer to the Organizing Committee the image rights, recorded or filmed during the event, as defined by the Notice of Regatta and the Regatta Instructions, in perpetuity, being able to use them in any moment without the participants being able to request any compensation.
RESPONSIBILITY
All boats participating in the regatta do so at their own risk and responsibility. The MRCY Baiona, the Organizing Committee, the Protest Committee, the Regatta Committee Committee and any other person or body involved in the organization of the event, expressly reject any responsibility for material or personal damage that may occur as a result of participation. in the tests covered by this notice of race. Attention is drawn to the Fundamental Rule 4 DECISION TO RACE, from part 1 of the RRS which states: “A boat is solely responsible for her decision to start or not to start or to continue in the race”
INSURANCE
Each Participating Boat must have a current RC Insurance Policy, in accordance with RD 607/1999 of June 16, with extended coverage for regattas.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SOCIAL EVENTS / AWARDS DELIVERY
The program of events will be published in the TOA.
ACCOMMODATION
The following accommodations are recommended;
– Hotel Pinzon 986356046
– Hotel Carabela Pinta 986355107
– Hotel Announced 986356018
– Hotel Restaurant Escondidiño 986358205
– Hotel 3 Caravels 986 355441
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– Hotel Bahía Bayona 986385004
– Ababides Apartments 600 43 06 12
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– National Inn of Bayonne 986 35 50 00
Given the warning of adverse weather phenomena with an ORANGE ALERT, the Infinitus Rent Trophy regatta committee has decided to suspend the fifth day of competition, scheduled for this Saturday, March 10.
The sixth and final day of the J80 championship will be held on Saturday, March 24, the day on which the award ceremony for the winners will also be held.
As of today, the classification is as follows:
CLASSIFICATION (Top5) INFINITUS RENT TROPHY
1. MIUDO Afonso Leite We Do Sailing 13 points 2. OKOFEN Javier de la Gándara Monte Real Yacht Club 13 points 3. VIRAZÓN · Miguel Lago · Monte Real Yacht Club · 18 points 4. TIRED · Fernándo Yáñez · Monte Real Yacht Club · 28 points 5. MELTEMI · Guillermo Blanco · Royal Yacht Club of A Coruña · 31 points
For those of before, for those of now, and above all, for those to come… we must continue writing lines in this history, which is ours. A story also in feminine…
Owners, patrons, sailors, sailors, committees, judges, officers, beacons, students, sailors… the world of sailing is full of women, great women, and we dedicate this video to all of them.
The Monte Real Yacht Club and the Royal Cork Yacht Club (Ireland) have just signed an exchange agreement between clubs with the aim of promoting international tourism.
The commodore of the Monte Real Yacht Club, Fernando Yáñez, and his counterpart from the Royal Cork Yacht Club, Pat Farnan, were in charge of ratifying an agreement whose main objective is to strengthen relations.
The agreement will make it possible to promote joint actions related to international nautical tourism between Ireland and Spain, applying significant discounts to the members of both clubs on their visits to both facilities.
The Royal Cork Yacht Club is one of the most important yacht clubs in the world and is considered one of the oldest. It was founded in 1720 and is currently located in Crosshaven (Cork). Every year it organizes the biennial Cork Week, one of the most important sailing events in Europe, and its partners include renowned sailors and Olympic athletes.
In addition to the Royal Cork Yacht Club , the Monte Real Yacht Club has other correspondence agreements with:
MRCYB members who want to know the conditions of correspondence agreements in order to benefit from their advantages can request information from the club secretary (986 385 000 / secretaria@mrcyb.com)
The REPSOL Trophy – Spring Regatta will be organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club (MRCYB) with the sponsorship of REPSOL. This regatta will be the first scoring for the Rías Baixas Circuit of Cruceros A DOS.
PLACE AND DATES
It will be held in the waters of the Vigo estuary and the Bay of Baiona on April 28 and 29 and May 1, 2018.
RULES
The Regatta will be held in accordance with the provisions in force of the following regulations:
a) The “rules” as defined in the World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing 2017 – 2020 (RRS).
b) The 2018 Cruise Technical Regulation and its annexes (RTC).
c) Respective regulations with the adaptations made by the MRCYB for this regatta, for the J70 and Figaro one-design classes.
d) The IMS and ORC 2018 Regulations.
e) World Sailing Special Rules for Offshore Regattas, Category 4 (ORC).
f) This Announcement of Race.
g) The Sailing Instructions that may modify any of the previous sections.
PARTICIPANTS
Participation in this regatta is limited to boats with an ORC International or Club certificate valid for 2018, whose GPH is less than 770 s/mile, as well as the J70 and Figaro monotypes.
Groups and Classes:
An ORC group is established that will be divided into classes, as well as those of the different monotypes:
LESSONS
Cruise (*) ORC A Two (*) ORC Special Open (**) ORC Cruise Non-competitive J70 Class J70 Monotypes Figaro Class (***) Figaro Monotypes
(*) In ORC Cruise and A Dos, in view of the registrations made and as soon as their effective participation in the regatta is verified, the Regatta Committee and Organizing Committee will establish the classes and their cuts seeking the greatest equity possible, not admitting claims in this regard.
(**) In the Special Open Class, only boats that are genuinely Without Level will be admitted in the class that are Cruisers and that do not have a minimum competitive capacity despite their size and GPH, as well as especially slow designs, very old, etc.
– In any case, the Regatta Committee and the Organizing Committee of the regatta will have the power to include, at their discretion, in the Open Class the boats they deem appropriate, not admitting claims in this regard.
(***) The Figaros, if they do not achieve the minimum number of 3 to compete as a one design, will race in ORC Cruise with an estimated GPH, no claims being accepted in this regard.
To form a class, there must be a minimum of 5 registered (except in Figaros, which will be a minimum of 3).
Monotypes will classify only in their class.
ELIGIBILITY
Participants must comply with the eligibility conditions reflected in Regulation 19 of World Sailing and the prescriptions of the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation related to said regulation.
Participants of nationality or legal residence in Spain must be in possession of the sports federation license for 2018.
ADVERTISING
Participants may display advertising in accordance with the provisions of World Sailing Regulation 20 and the FGVELA Advertising and Competition Regulations.
Pursuant to World Sailing Regulation 20, participants may be required to display advertising on the forward 20% of the hull on each side of the boat (in J70 it will be specified in particular) and on the sides of the boom, as well as possible advertising pennants on the backstay of each boat. All this would be provided at the MRCYB race office once your registration is confirmed.
Modifications to the stickers provided by the organizing committee are not allowed. Violation of this IR will entail a penalty of 2 places in the test.
The Monte Real Club de Yates reserves the right to demand the elimination or substitution of any type of advertising, 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 World Sailing) or contravene the interests of the organizing club. This includes holding races on the regatta course, at the club’s facilities or while at the regatta committee’s disposal.
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 celebration of the regatta, for the approval of the organizing committee.
The participating owners and crews grant their authorization to the MRCYB so that any photograph, image or video of people or boats taken during the days of the regatta may be published in any medium, such as television advertisements, editorial comments, information, advertising etc.
REGISTRATIONS AND BONUSES
Entries will necessarily be formalized on the official form (it accompanies this document and/or is available at www.mrcyb.es).
The registration fees will be as follows:
(*) The 50% bonus will be applied only to those who have also participated in the COMUNICA TROPHY – Winter Regatta.
In addition, every boat participating in each and every one of the following regattas:
Communicate Trophy
Repsol Trophy
Count of Gondomar Trophy
You will get free registration for the 33rd Prince of Asturias Trophy.
The registration rights must be made effective by means of a nominative check in the name of the Monte Real Club de Yates, transfer or payment made in the current account indicated below (indicating the name of the boat):
To be accepted, an application for registration must be submitted or submitted with the following documentation:
• Registration form duly completed and signed.
• Photocopy of the updated licenses of all the crew members of the ship.
• Valid ORC measurement certificate (ORC fleet only).
• Class Association annual fee payment certificate (J70).
• Photocopy of civil liability insurance and damage to third parties for a minimum coverage of €336,556 and coverage for all crew members on board, and policy extension for participation in non-professional regattas.
• List of security elements (depending on whether ORC or monotype) duly covered and signed.
The application for registration must have the approval of the Organizing Committee of the Monte Real Club de Yates.
The documents will be sent or presented by hand within the predetermined period in:
MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB CAMPUS OF THE NATIONAL PARADOR, S/N 36300 BAIONA EMAIL: secretaria@mrcyb.com Phone: + 34 986 38 50 00 Fax: + 34 986 35 50 61
The documents for registration are available on our website: www.mrcyb.es
Final registration period:
The final registration period for the regatta will be April 27, 2018. In any case, the Organizing Committee reserves the right to extend said period.
Registration of participants:
Each owner or skipper must register and personally sign the registration form at the MRCYB Regatta Office before 12:30 p.m. on April 28, 2018.
Admission of Participants:
The registration of a boat will not be accepted if, before the time indicated in section 7.8, it does not present the documents specified in 7.4 at the Regatta Office or does not have the approval of the Organizing Committee.
PROGRAM
On Sunday, April 29, no departure will be given for J70 later than 3:00 p.m., except if it is as a result of a general call.
On Tuesday, May 1, there will be no departure for ORC and Fígaros later than 2:00 p.m., except if it is as a result of a general call.
A maximum of 3 tests are scheduled for ORC and Figaros, as well as 6 for J70. The regatta will be valid when at least one test has been held and scored.
In J70 a maximum of 4 tests per day is established.
The Sailing Instructions may introduce variations in the routes or in the planned program according to the circumstances that occur, mainly meteorological.
INSPECTION AND MEASUREMENTS
Measurements and daily checks of certificates and safety may be carried out by the measurement committee on regatta days.
PUNCTUATION
The Low Score System Appendix A4 of the RRV will apply.
Only the worst disposable score of the class that has closed 4 or more valid tests can be discarded.
COMPENSATION SYSTEM AND CLASSIFICATIONS
ORC rankings will be established according to one of the following compensation systems:
For Cruise:
a) Composite route, and if not possible,
1) Applying the values specified in each certificate for Ocean PCS if the wind is stable.
2) Offshore OSN if there are large roles and oscillations in wind intensity.
All this always at the discretion of the regatta official, not admitting claims in this regard.
And for A Dos, always OSN applying its double handed section of the certificate
Class classifications will be established (provided that the provisions of points 4.2. and 4.3 are met).
Monotype classes will only qualify in real time.
SECURITY
The safety of the regatta is considered as Category 4, in accordance with the Special Rules of Regatta of the World Sailing (for one designs they will be specific to them).
The participants undertake to carry on board, under their responsibility, the updated regulatory documentation of the vessel, as well as the appropriate qualification for the management of the vessel and the navigation to be carried out.
AWARDS
The list of prizes will be exposed in the TOA in view of the participants and registered, before the start of the 1st test.
BERTHS
The boats formally registered in this regatta that do not belong to the MRCYB fleet, will have a free mooring or anchoring place (mooring under the exclusive responsibility of the owner or skipper) reserved in the MRCYB during the regatta days and until Saturday 5 may.
COMMUNICATIONS
The Race Committee will use Channel 72 VHF for its communications during the events.
All participating boats must have an operational VHF radio receiver installed on board equipped with at least VHF channels 09 (156.450Mhz), 16 (156.800Mhz) and 72 (156.610Mhz).
OFFICIAL SOCIAL ACTS
The awards ceremony will take place on the terrace of the MRCYB once the general classifications of the tests have been published on May 1, 2018 (approximately 4:00 p.m.).
All boats participating in the regatta do so at their own risk and responsibility.
The Monte Real Club de Yates, the organizing authority or any other person or body involved in the organization of the event, rejects any responsibility for loss, damage, injury or inconvenience that may occur to people or things, both on land and at sea, as consequence of participating in the tests covered by this Notice of Race.
Attention is drawn to the Fundamental Rule 4 DECISION TO RACE in part 1 of the RRS which states:
“It is the exclusive responsibility of a boat to decide whether to participate in a test or to continue racing”
This year we welcome the month of March in style, with the celebration of the festival of La Arribada, which this year is even more special as it commemorates the 525th anniversary of the arrival of La Pinta to our beloved town, bringing the new world news
As has become a tradition, Monte Real will participate in the festivities offering parallel activities, such as sailing trips to navigate the bay and enjoy the shows from the water. We also lower the price of moorings for all those who want to approach Baiona by sea.
And this year, in addition, we are organizing a commemorative regatta, the 525th Anniversary Regatta of the Arribada de la Pinta, which sailboats of the 6m class will compete on May 12 and 13.
We dedicate a prominent section of this latest newsletter to the Arribada, in which it shares the spotlight with the Comunica Trophy regatta announcement, the end of the Baitra Trophy, the evolution of the Infinitus Rent Trophy and the commitment of the General Secretary of Sport with our School Sailing Adapted.
