PHOTOS AND VIDEOS 36th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY (2021)
PHOTOS AND VIDEO NATIONAL SAILING AWARDS 2021
The 36th Prince of Asturias Trophy will be decided on the final day
· With all the participating categories already in contention, the wind did allow this Saturday that the planned test program could be completed
· Magical, April Oils, Bosch Service Solution, Maracaná I, Chispa Nejra, Salseiro, Okofen and Erizana are the eight teams that will face the final day as leaders of their respective categories
· Tomorrow, Sunday, the third and last day of regattas with everything to be decided in the queen event of the Monte Real Yacht Club of Baiona
At last the wind blew away with the participating fleet in the 36th Prince of Asturias Trophy organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Escuela Naval Militar with the sponsorship of ABANCA. This Saturday, with all the participating categories already in contention and the teams willing to open the markers that could not be opened on the first day, the regatta committee was able to honk the start with a west-northwest wind that ranged from the five and the twelve knots. Magical, April Oils, Bosch Service Solution, Maracaná I, Chispa Nejra, Salseiro, Okofen and Erizana are the eight teams that will face the final day this Sunday from the top of the podium.
With the first departure scheduled at twelve noon for all classes, the fleet had to wait again this Saturday for the wind to decide to enter. Finally, shortly before two in the afternoon, the committee was able to start the competition with a coastal course for the ORC 5 and Special cruisers, two barlosotas for the longest boats and three for J80 and Ladies Cup.
In the Aceites Abril ORC 1 category, only two points separate the three teams that occupy the provisional podium, leaving everything open for the final day. The defender of the title, the Magical of Julio Rodríguez (RCN Vigo), opens the classification leading with a second and a first in the two contested races, followed by only one point by the Solventis of Malalo Bermúdez de Castro (MRCYB) with a victory in the first test and a third in the second. Very close, two points behind Magical and one behind Solventis, the Xekmatt of José Carlos Prista (ANL) closes the podium.
The two victories of the day for the Nacexa ORC 2 fleet were divided between the Aceites Abril of Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal (RCN Vigo) and the Marías of Manuel María Cunha (MRCYB). The Pérez Canal brothers also added a second in the first test that allows the team from Ourense to be at the top of the classification while the Marías, with a fifth in the second test, is third. In the second drawer, with partial 3-2, is the Arroutado of José Manuel Pérez (RNC Portosín).
Clearer things were in Volvo Autesa ORC 3 . Ramón Ojea’s Bosch Service Solution (CM Canido) was the best of the day with two victories in the two completed Barlosotas. Behind, with two seconds, followed by Fran Edreira’s Urbapaz (CM La Penela) in second position and third, with a partial 3-3, is Carlos Sampedro’s Eleko-Mambo, also from CM La Penela.
In the Martin Miller ORC 4 category, the classification opens with Luis Suárez’s Maracaná I (Marítimo de Panxón) at the top of the table after adding a third and a first in the two contested races. In the second position, the Sadamar Alma do Mar of Nito Enríquez (CM La Penela) with some results 2-3 and third is the Orión of Javier Pérez (MRCYB) with a first and a sixth in his locker.
For its part in the category Gadis ORC 5 , who were the first to hear the starting horn along with the Open for a coastal route of almost ten miles, José Rey’s Chispa Nejra (CN Beluso) was the best of the day, managing to win the proof. Rey’s men spent a total of two hours and four minutes to cross the finish line, thus achieving an advantage of more than three minutes over Antonio Gómez’s Marcolfo (RCN Vigo), who is in second place in the table. Behind, Iñaki Carbajo’s Cinco Islas Albariño occupies the third position, also representing the Club Náutico de Beluso.
In SH Robotics ORC Open , Manuel Blanco’s Salseiro from A Coruña clearly dominated, who won this Saturday both in real time and in compensated time and finished the course with an advantage of up to twenty-three minutes in real time over the second classified. The Nahela of Víctor Manuel Álvarez (CN Alagua) will face the final day from the second position and third is the Villano of Luis Bodelón (RCN A Coruña).
In the Open class, the Txole also sailed this Saturday, a boat from the Monte Real Club de Yates with a crew from ASEM Galicia, the Galician Association against neuromuscular diseases . It is a social and sports inclusion project launched thanks to the collaboration of Monte Real and the Department of Social Policy of the Xunta de Galicia.
For these sailors, participation in the Prince of Asturias Trophy means putting to the test the skills and knowledge acquired during four seasons at the club’s Adapted Sailing School. It also symbolizes a step forward in the elimination of barriers and prejudices towards people with disabilities.
Meanwhile, at the Solventis J80 regatta course, the second day of the Príncipe de Asturias caused a turnaround in the general classification, which continues to be extremely tight for the top four finishers. Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen added this Saturday a third, a fourth and a first that allowed the representative of the MRCYB to assault the provisional leadership with a point of advantage over the Etnia Barcelona de Peru Múgica (RCM Santander), which rises two places and It is placed in the second drawer of the podium. Behind, Miguel Fernández’s La Galera (RCN A Coruña) continues to occupy third place overall while Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto-Maui Jim (MRCYB) moves from first to fourth after being penalized for an out of bounds. line in the third and last test of the day.
For the fleet of the prestigious Gestilar Ladies Cup, however, there were no changes in the leadership with Sara Carmo’s Erizana (Marina Burriananova – Som Vela) getting closer and closer to winning a competition that celebrates 25 years within the Prince of Asturias Trophy. Carmo’s managed to score two seconds and a partial victory, increasing their lead to four points over Eva González’s Serralleiras (RCM Santander) and six over Helena Alegre’s Tutatis (RCN Palma), second and third respectively.
Tomorrow, Sunday, the third and last day of regattas in the Rías Baixas. The last tests that remain to be played will be those in charge of deciding the winners of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, and although everything will depend on the wind conditions, the committee expects to be able to start the tests from 12:00 p.m. for all lessons. In the afternoon, at half past six, the award ceremony will put the finishing touch to the prestigious event in Baiona.
The thirty-sixth edition of this great sailing event in Galicia is celebrated thanks to the sponsorship of ABANCA (Prince of Asturias Trophy), BODEGAS TERRAS GAUDA (National Sailing Awards) and GESTILAR (sponsor of the Ladies Cup); and had the support of the Xunta de Galicia through Galician Sports and Social Policy; the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, the City Council of Baiona and the Royal Spanish and Galician Sailing Federations. Zelnova Zeltia, Paradores, Vanguard, Gadis, Foxy, Onda Cero, Solventis, Volvo Autesa, Nacexa, HOLA!, Helly Hansen, SH Robotics, Grupo Solitium, Tactic Audiovisual, Tuypan, Coca Cola, Martin Miller and Aceites Abril also collaborated.
CLASSIFICATION
36th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY
Monte Real Yacht Club Naval Military School
Class OILS APRIL ORC 1
1) MAGICAL JULIO RODRÍGUEZ RNC VIGO 3 POINTS
2) SOLVENTIS · MALALO BERMÚDEZ · MRCYB · 4 POINTS
3) XEKMATT JOSÉ CARLOS PRISTA AN LISBOA 5 POINTS
NACEXA ORC 2 class
1) APRIL OILS LUIS AND JORGE PÉREZ CANAL RCN VIGO 3 POINTS
2) ARROUTED · JOSÉ MANUEL PÉREZ · RCN PORTOSÍN · 5 POINTS
3) MARÍAS MANEL MARÍA CUNHA MRCYB 6 POINTS
VOLVO AUTESA ORC 3-Class
1) BOSCH SERVICE SOLUTIONS RAMÓN OJEA CM CANIDO 2 POINTS
2) URBAPAZ FRAN EDREIRA CM LA PENELA 4 POINTS
3) ELEKO MAMBO · CARLOS SAMPEDRO · CM LA PENELA · 6 POINTS
MARTIN MILLER ORC 4 class
1) MARACANÁ I · LUIS SUÁREZ · MARÍTIMO PANXÓN · 4 POINTS
2) SADAMAR ALMA DO MAR · NITO ENRÍQUEZ · CM LA PENELA · 5 POINTS
3) ORION · JAVIER PÉREZ · MRCYB · 7 POINTS
GADIS ORC 5 class
1) CHISPA NEJRA · JOSÉ REY · CN BELUSO · 1 POINT
2) MARCOLFO ANTONIO FRANCISCO GÓMEZ RCN VIGO 2 POINTS
3) FIVE ALBARIÑO ISLANDS IÑAKI CARBAJO CN BELUSO 3 POINTS
SH-CLASS ROBOTICS ORC OPEN
1) SALSEIRO MANUEL BLANCO RCN A CORUÑA 1 POINT
2) NAHELA VICTOR MANUEL ÁLVAREZ CN ALAGUA 2 POINTS
3) VILLAIN LUIS BODELON RNC A CORUÑA 3 POINTS
SOLVENTIS J80 Class
1) OKOFEN · JAVIER DE LA GANDARA · MRCYB · 12 POINTS
2) ETHNIC GROUP BARCELONA PERU MÚGICA RCM SANTANDER 13 POINTS
3) LA GALERA · MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ · RCN A CORUÑA · 16 POINTS
GESTILAR LADIES CUP class
1) ERIZANA SARA CARMO MARINA BURRIANANOVA -SOM VELA 6 POINTS
2) SERRALLEIRAS EVA GONZÁLEZ RCM SANTANDER 10 POINTS
3) TUTATIS HELENA ALEGRE RCN PALMA 12 POINTS
The wind, protagonist in the opening day of the 36th Prince of Asturias Trophy
The Bay of Baiona inaugurated this Friday the thirty-sixth edition of one of the most anticipated events of the season, and it did so with a very light wind that prevented the categories of Aceites Abril ORC 1, Nacexa ORC 2, and Volvo Autesa ORC 3 from competing. and Martin Miller ORC 4
· There were conditions in the Solventis J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup race course, which completed their planned program with Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto-Maui Jim and Sara Carmo’s Erizana as the first leaders of the general
· Tomorrow, Saturday, the Gadis ORC 5 and SH Robotics ORC Open divisions will join together and, at the end of the day, the award ceremony for the prestigious Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will take place
Organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Naval Military School with the sponsorship of ABANCA, the Prince of Asturias Trophy opened its thirty-sixth edition this Friday with a first day in which the wind was the main protagonist.
Both the fleet and the committee had a difficult time, especially in the regatta field of the four ORC divisions, and that is that Eolo resisted blowing hard enough to inaugurate the classification of the classes April ORC 1, Nacexa ORC 2, Volvo Autesa ORC 3 and Martin Miller ORC 4 oils . There were conditions in the regatta area for the Solventis J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup, which were able to complete their test program in the Bay of Baiona, with Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto-Maui Jim and Sara Carmo’s Erizana as first leaders. of the general.
From early in the morning everything seemed to indicate that it would be a long day in the waters of the Rías Baixas. With the first starting honk scheduled at three in the afternoon for all classes, the race committee of the ORC course had to postpone the start of the tests due to the total absence of wind in front of the Cíes Islands. The wait lasted nearly two hours until finally, after half past six in the afternoon, and after the committee made one last attempt by moving the regatta field to the interior of the bay, the day ended without having been able to complete any sleeve.
The teams in the Solventis J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup categories had more luck in a field located in the Bay of Baiona in front of the Monte Real facilities. There Eolo did comply and the committee was able to complete all the planned tests with a wind of six knots of intensity from the northeast that lasted practically all afternoon.
In the Solventis J80 class, which took part in a total of three races, the first day of the Príncipe de Asturias was more than close with the first four teams in the general standings separated by only five points. El Alboroto – Maui Jim by Juan Carlos Ameneiro (MRCYB) was the best of the day with a second, a sixth and a first that places him with nine points in the first place on the provisional podium.
Behind, double tie in second and third position between Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen (MRCYB), who won the first race of the day, and Miguel Fernández Vasco’s La Galera (RCN A Coruña). Both teams with twelve points and two ahead of fourth place, Etnia Barcelona from Peru Múgica (RCM Santander).
In the Gestilar Ladies Cup , which celebrates its silver jubilee this year, the Erizana of the Olympic sailor Sara Carmo (Marina Burriananova – Som Vela) dominates with a partial victory in the first race and a second place. Two points behind those of Carmo, Ladeira de Carmen Galdós (RCMA – RSC) is in second position with a fourth and a first place while Serralleiras de Eva González (RCM Santander) occupies third place after adding a third and a room in his locker.
The Gadis ORC 5 and SH Robotics ORC Open class boats will join the fleet that inaugurated the Prince of Asturias Trophy this Friday. Among the latter, the Txole del Monte Real Club de Yates will also sail, a boat ceded by the club to a group of students from its Adapted Sailing School for people with functional diversity who, with the support of the Department of Social Policy of the Xunta de Galicia, are going to participate in the competition. They are members of ASEM Galicia, the Galician Association against neuromuscular diseases, and the initiative is part of the “Vela para todos” program of Monte Real.
Saturday will also feature the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards gala, which will bring together some of the year’s most outstanding athletes and teams. It will be held at eight in the afternoon, will be attended, among others, by five Olympic sailors and will be broadcast live on the Galician Television website. This year the winners are the Catalan Didac Costa (best ocean sailor), the Spain SailGP Team (best team and innovative project), the crew formed by the Galician Támara Echegoyen and the Balearic Paula Barceló (best women’s team), the communication project of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic team (Mariano Aguado Communication Award), Joan Cardona (best Olympic sailor) and Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodríguez (best Olympic team).
The thirty-sixth edition of this great sailing event in Galicia is celebrated thanks to the sponsorship of ABANCA (Prince of Asturias Trophy), BODEGAS TERRAS GAUDA (National Sailing Awards) and GESTILAR (sponsor of the Ladies Cup); and had the support of the Xunta de Galicia through Galician Sport and Social Policy; the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, the City Council of Baiona and the Royal Spanish and Galician Sailing Federations. Zelnova Zeltia, Paradores, Vanguard, Gadis, Foxy, Onda Cero, Solventis, Volvo Autesa, Nacexa, HOLA!, Helly Hansen, SH Robotics, Grupo Solitium, Tactic Audiovisual, Tuypan, Coca Cola, Martin Miller and Aceites Abril also collaborated.
CLASSIFICATION
36th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY
Monte Real Yacht Club Naval Military School
SOLVENTIS J80 Class
1. ALBOROTO – MAUI JIM JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO MRCYB 9 POINTS
2. OKOFEN · JAVIER DE LA GANDARA · MRCYB · 9 POINTS
3. LA GALERA · MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ VASCO · RCN A CORUÑA · 12 POINTS
GESTILAR LADIES CUP class
1. ERIZANA SARA CARMO MARINA BURRIANANOVA – SOM VELA 3 POINTS
2. LADEIRA CARMEN GALDÓS RCMA – RSC 5 POINTS
3. SERRALLEIRAS EVA GONZÁLEZ RCMS 7 POINTS
Let the party begin… of the candle
· The boat draw for the Ladies Cup marks the end of the preparations for the Prince of Asturias Trophy and leaves everything ready so that this Friday the most anticipated event of the cruise season in Galicia can begin
· The competition of the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Naval Military School celebrates its thirty-sixth edition, bringing together more than 400 athletes in regattas limited to the participation of 75 sailboats due to COVID19
· Among the participants will be the best Galician crews and some of the most outstanding of the Spanish and Portuguese nautical panorama as well as the winners of the previous edition who seek to revalidate the title
· The gala of the National Sailing Awards that will be held on Saturday and will be broadcast live on Galician Television will bring together five Olympic athletes, among whom will be the winners of the Spanish medals
The traditional boat draw for the Gestilar Ladies Cup marked this Thursday in Baiona (Galicia) the end of the preparations for the Prince of Asturias Trophy and left everything ready so that this Friday the most anticipated event of the cruise season in Galicia can begin. The competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Escuela Naval Militar with the sponsorship of ABANCA, celebrates its thirty-sixth edition, bringing together more than 400 athletes in regattas limited to the participation of 75 sailboats due to COVID19.
From the organization it was decided to establish that limit (last year it had been limited to 70) to guarantee the safety of the participants, in an edition in which there will also be no traditional breakfasts, dinners and fireworks to avoid crowds and guarantee control of capacity.
Yes, the award galas for the winners of the Prince will be held, although with security controls, on Sunday at half past six; and the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, on Saturday at eight in the afternoon. The latter, which will be broadcast live on Galician Television, will bring together five Olympic athletes, including the winners of the Spanish sailing medals: Jordi Xammar, Nico Rodríguez and Joan Cardona.
Among the participants in this new edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy will be the best Galician crews and some of the most outstanding from the Spanish and Portuguese nautical scene, as well as the winners of the last edition, who aspire to repeat the title. One of them is Julio Rodríguez’s Magical, winner of the competition in 2020 in the ORC2 class. The crew of the Swan 42 from Vigo returns to the Príncipe with the aim of revalidating their victory, something that will surely make it difficult for the Aceites Abril of the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal. The Ourense Red Devil is undoubtedly the most outstanding boat of the season in Galician waters and everything indicates that the Prince will give a lot of trouble. The “Aprils”, who have just won their fifth Count of Gondomar and their sixth Rías Baixas, did not know much about the second place achieved in the last Prince and will try to chain a new victory in their great winners of 2021.
Missing from this year’s competition will be José Luis Freire’s Pairo, another of the regulars at the Monte Real event, who this year has part of his crew competing in Europe and will not be able to be in the Príncipe. There will be, among the big boats, several crews with a Portuguese accent: Rui Ramada’s Yess Racing; the Xekmatt, by José Carlos Prista; Yess Too, by Carlos Morgado; Another Five, by Nuno Vasconcelos; or Marias, by Manel Cunha. Alberto Moro’s Solventis, José Manuel Pérez’s Arroutado, Diego López’s Mirfak or Jorge Durán’s Corsario will be other of the larger boats that we will see fighting for podium positions.
Another of the Prince’s great sailboats, the spectacular Txole (a Dehler 47), this year will be the boat assigned by the Monte Real Yacht Club to a group of students from its Adapted Sailing School for people with functional diversity who will go sailing trophy days. They are members of ASEM Galicia, the Galician association against neuromuscular diseases, and have the support of the Department of Social Policy of the Xunta de Galicia.
A large part of the Galician yacht clubs will be represented in the fleet of 75 boats in the competition. Those from Baiona, Vigo and Coruña will have the most sailboats among the participants, but there will also be crews from Panxón (Maracaná), Combarro (Mar de Frades), Castrelo de Miño (La Burla Negra), Rodeira (Balea Dous), Canido (Bosch Service Solutions), A Guarda (Nahela) or Portonovo (Petrilla), among many others.
Of the non-Galician boats, the Portuguese are again, without a doubt, the most crowded, although this year there will also be teams from Santander, Cantabria, Madrid, Mallorca or the Basque Country. They will be, above all, in the Gestilar Ladies Cup, the women’s section of the Prince in which 6 women’s crews meet again to compete in 6 identical boats with 6 sailors on board.
The contenders for the title this very special year (the competition celebrates its 25th anniversary) are the teams led by Carmen Galdós, Helena Alegre, Eva González, Laura Gil, Cristina Ozores and by the recent winner of the Copa del Rey de sailing, Nuria Sanchez. They will compete aboard the Figaros Beneteau, one of the Prince’s two one-designs together with the J80, which is once again the largest class in the competition. Among the 8 meters we will see Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, who is looking to hang his laurels again, both as the winner of the trophy and as the best J80 of the season.
The 36th Prince of Asturias Trophy unfurls its sails this Friday with the first day of competition and a special radio program that Onda Cero will broadcast from the Monte Real Yacht Club. Tomorrow, Saturday, the tests of the second day will be held and the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards ceremony will be held, which will be broadcast live on the Galician Television website and will bring together five Olympic athletes, including the Spanish medal winners. Sunday, the last day of this 2021 edition, is reserved for the final regattas and the award ceremony for the winners.
36th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY · Friday, September 3, 2021
15:00> Coastal test for ORC 0-1-2-3-4
15:30> Windward/leeward tests for J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup
36th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY · Saturday, September 4, 2021
12:00> Windward/leeward events for ORC 0-1-2-3-4, J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup
12:00> Coastal test for ORC 5, Open and Open Extra
20:00> Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards Gala
36th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY Sunday, September 5, 2021
12:00> Windward/leeward events for ORC 0-1-2-3-4, J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup
12:00> Coastal test for ORC 5, Open and Open Extra
18:30> Awards Ceremony
Countdown to the Prince of Asturias Trophy
· The historic competition co-organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Escuela Naval Militar celebrates its thirty-sixth edition as one of the most important nautical events in Spain
· 75 boats of different classes will compete starting next Friday and for three days in a program of regattas that will take place in the Galician Rías Baixas
· The event sponsored for yet another year by ABANCA will include the Terras Gauda National Awards gala, the 25th Gestilar Ladies Cup and will put the Xunta President Trophy up for grabs
With the official presentation of the event at a press conference held this Tuesday in Baiona, the countdown formally begins for the 36th Prince of Asturias Trophy , which will be held one more year thanks to the sponsorship of ABANCA . The historic competition co-organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Military Naval School is one of the most important nautical events in Spain and will take place next Friday in the waters of the Galician Rías Baixas, lasting for three days, until Sunday. 5.
75 crews will compete in a regatta program in which several coastal routes and other windward-leeward type tests are marked. It will be, as explained by the Commodore of the MRCYB, Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui, “a program in which the teams will have to prove their worth both in mid-course tests and in other more technical ones, and in which the winners will be those who dominate both situations, manage to read the wind and the conditions with greater accuracy and execute the best decisions and maneuvers in the water”.
In the Galician nautical event, women will once again have a prominent role through the Gestilar Ladies Cup , the exclusively female competition that Monte Real has been organizing for 25 years within the framework of the Prince of Asturias Trophy. In this 2021, the event celebrates its silver anniversary, half a century of life with the same objective with which it was born, that of trying to promote the presence of women in high competition. Six teams made up of six women will duel on six identical boats (Figaro Beneteau).
Also under equal conditions -as far as the type of boat is concerned- the J80 will compete, a class in which Monte Real will have the largest presence of its own boats. For years, the club has maintained a firm commitment to these 8-meter boats and the award of the World Cup to Baiona in 2023 has only increased the interest of shipowners in the club’s championships and the number of boats participating in the competitions of monotypes.
Thus, the 36th Prince of Asturias Trophy maintains, broadly speaking, the characteristics that have made it the the most important sailing competition in Galicia : multiple classes, a variety of tests, various regatta fields, an exclusively female section and another for monotypes, and an adapted sailing boat in which people with functional diversity will sail. The only changes in its usual program are motivated by COVID19, and will imply a limitation of participating boats (the registration of more than 75 sailboats has not been allowed), control of access and capacity, carrying out antigen tests on all the organization’s personnel, continuous cleaning of the facilities, the mandatory use of masks and the suspension of traditional breakfasts, dinners and fireworks.
They remain, yes, the two awards galas. The Prince of Asturias Trophy, on Sunday at half past six in the afternoon, will include this year as a novelty the delivery of the President of the Xunta Trophy , which is added to the already usual ones of the competition for the different classes; to the Conde de Barcelona Trophy (for the best ship with a Portuguese crew) and the Mary Woodward Trophy (for the best J80 of the season).
The other gala, on Saturday at eight o’clock in the afternoon, will be the National Sailing Awards , once again sponsored by Bodegas Terras Gauda. In this 2021, the Catalan Didac Costa will receive awards for the best ocean sailor, the Spain SailGP Team for the best team and innovative project, the crew formed by the Galician Támara Echegoyen and the Balearic Paula Barceló for the best women’s team and Helena de la Gándara for her Tokyo 2020 Olympic team communication project. The three athletes who returned from the Japanese Olympics with a bronze medal will also be distinguished: Joan Cardona (for the best Olympic sailor) and Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodríguez (for the best Olympic team).
In the official presentation of the event, the president of the Monte Real Yacht Club, José Luis Álvarez; and the Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Military School, Pedro Cardona, thanked, as co-organizers of the competition, the sponsorship of ABANCA, Gestilar and Terras Gauda to make possible this new edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, the Ladies Cup and the National Sailing Awards respectively.
They also highlighted the collaboration of the multiple firms and companies that are part of the team of collaborators of the competition and the support of the Xunta de Galicia, the Diputación de Pontevedra and the city council of Baiona; represented in the official presentation by the General Secretary for Sport of the Xunta de Galicia, José Ramón Lete Lasa; the Deputy for Sports of the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Gorka Gómez; and the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez.
The Prince of Asturias Trophy, the great sailing event in Galicia and its commitment to women
If all the attendees at the press conference for the presentation of the Prince of Asturias Trophy agreed on something, it was that it was the great sailing event in Galicia. Many of them also wanted to highlight the fact that it is the 25th anniversary of the Ladies Cup.
“There are two reasons why the Prince of Asturias is special this year. One, for the great participation of J80 that we expect. It is a class that we have been betting on for years and its growth is a true reflection of the interest that the World Cup that we will celebrate in 2023 is arousing. The other reason is the quarter century of existence of the Ladies Cup, our women’s competition, a pioneer in Spain. It marks 25 years of our firm commitment to women’s sailing, which this year we have implemented with new activities and proposals”. – José Luis Álvarez, president of the Monte Real Yacht Club of Baiona.
“Sailing represents many of the values that we want to transmit to our students: effort, teamwork, desire to excel and many others. This is a regatta that we have marked in red on our calendar as one of the most important events of the year” – Mr. Pedro Cardona · Commander director of the Naval Military School.
“We are sure that this edition will once again be a success both at a participatory and organizational level and that is why ABANCA supports it for another year, because it is one of the great sailing events in Galicia” – Mr. Walter Álvarez · Territorial Director of ABANCA.
“Many years have passed since Terras Gauda, the MRCYB and the Naval School started working so that this regatta would have an increasing presence in the world of sailing, and it is an honor for us to be able to sponsor the National Sailing Awards, with which to recognize the best of Spanish sport” – Mr. José María Fonseca · President of Bodegas Terras Gauda .
“I would like to congratulate the Monte Real Club de Yates in this very complicated year because its activity has not stopped, quite the opposite, and that is thanks to the work of the club and the collaboration of administrations and sponsoring companies. I also have to highlight the great commitment of this club to women’s sailing, since it is the 25th anniversary of the Ladies Cup” – Mr. Gorka Gómez · Sports Deputy of the Pontevedra Provincial Council.
“The Spanish fleet today is closely linked to Baiona and, of course, to Galicia. This highly prestigious Prince of Asturias Trophy is much more than a regatta, as other events such as the Ladies Cup are held within it. Today it is easy to bet on women’s sport, but 25 years ago, when they started with the competition, was to have a spectacular vision of the future” – Mr. José Ramón Lete Lasa · General Secretary for Sport of the Xunta de Galicia.
“36 years we have been celebrating a regatta of which Baiona feels very proud. I also want to refer, of course, to the Ladies Cup and that vision of the future of Monte Real, because it clearly reflects the personality of the club and the efficiency of the work carried out over the years” – Mr. Carlos Gómez · Mayor of Baiona.
36th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY · Friday, September 3, 2021
15:00> Coastal test for ORC 0-1-2-3-4
15:30> Windward/leeward tests for J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup
36th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY · Saturday, September 4, 2021
12:00> Windward/leeward events for ORC 0-1-2-3-4, J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup
12:00> Coastal test for ORC 5, Open and Open Extra
20:00> Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards Gala
36th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY Sunday, September 5, 2021
12:00> Windward/leeward events for ORC 0-1-2-3-4, J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup
12:00> Coastal test for ORC 5, Open and Open Extra
18:30> Awards Ceremony
Xammar and Rodríguez, best Olympic team
The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards recognize Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodríguez as the best Olympic team for the second consecutive year
· The bronze that the team made up of the Catalan and the Galician achieved at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has made them worthy of this new award
The athletes will go to Baiona on September 4 to collect the award and be honored at the gala organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club
Their youth, their effort and their enthusiasm predicted that the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award they received last year would not be the only one of their sports career, but possibly they themselves could not have imagined being able to repeat it so soon.
The Catalan Jordi Xammar (Barcelona, 1993) and the Galician Nico Rodríguez (Vigo, 1991) will receive a new National Sailing Award for the best Olympic team on September 4 at the Monte Real Club de Yates (Galicia).
The bronze medal that the men’s 470m crew achieved at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has made them worthy of the prestigious distinction for the second consecutive year, and both will be in Baiona to collect the award and receive tribute from the public.
Because the truth is that these young sailors do nothing but collect applause and admiration throughout the country, not only for their continuous chain of successes but also for their indisputable charisma.
In the last 5 years of preparation for the Olympics, they have been the most regular of the Spanish squad, managing to get on the podium of all the world and European championships played since 2017. They got the bronze in the 2017 European Championship and in the 2018 World Cup; silver at the 2019 European and World Championships, and bronze and silver at the 2021 World and European Championships.
Trained by Gideon Kliger and Juan María de la Fuente, they arrived in Japan at the top of the world ranking and turned Enoshima into their litmus test. The Japanese bronze medal was the perfect culmination of all the years of effort of a duo that destiny brought together in 2016, years after having met for the first time when both were sailing in Optimist.
Since their farewell to Tokyo through the front door and their entry into Spanish Olympic history, they have been deserving of multiple recognitions and expressions of admiration wherever they have passed.
In Baiona they will surely repeat applause and ovations. They received them a year ago when they collected their first Terras Gauda National Sailing Award and they will receive them, without a doubt, on September 4, at a gala to which both have already confirmed their attendance.
Spain SailGP Team will receive in Baiona the National Sailing Award for the innovative team and project
· The Spanish team that competes in the SailGP aboard the F50 Victoria catamaran is the youngest in the championship, the one with more Olympic athletes in its crew and the only one managed by a woman
· The award granted to them aims to recognize the boost they have given to the Spanish nautical scene by managing to include a national team in the championship and also ensuring that the competition lands in Spain
· Spain SailGP Team will receive the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the innovative team and project at a gala to be held in September at the Monte Real Club de Yates in Baiona (Galicia)
They are the youngest in the competition, the only ones to have a woman as CEO and the crew with the most Olympic athletes on board. This is, broadly speaking, the Spain SailGP Team, the Spanish team that competes in the SailGP aboard the F50 Victoria catamaran and that next September will receive the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the team and project in Baiona (Galicia). innovative.
In its ranks we find some of the most outstanding Spanish sailors of today. Eight men and two women with experience in the main international sailing competitions, such as the Olympic Games, The Ocean Race or the Youth’s America’s Cup. They are Jordi Xammar (rod), Phil Robertson (rod), Florian Trittel (mainsail trimmer), Diego Botin (flight controller), Mateu Barber (grinder), Joan Cardona (grinder), Ñeti Cuervas-Mons (grinder), Lucas Trittel (grinder), Tara Pacheco and Andrea Emone, the two women who have joined the “Women Pathway Program” created by SailGP for women.
At the head of all of them, the director of the team María del Mar de Ros, the only woman with a position of maximum leadership in the prestigious world competition. She will be the one in charge of collecting the award on the night of September 4 at the Monte Real Club de Yates, where in 2017 they received their first national award for another great project, the Spanish Impulse Team of the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup.
The Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the team and innovative project aims to recognize the boost that the Spain SailGP Team has given to the Spanish nautical scene, not only for having managed to include a national team in this high-performance regatta, but also for having that the competition ends in Cádiz on October 9 and 10.
The second season of SailGP that is currently being held started last April in Bermuda and will end in March 2022 in San Francisco (USA). After passing through Plymouth (United Kingdom), Aarhus (Denmark) and Saint-Tropez (France), and before calling at Sydney (Australia), Christchurch (New Zealand) and San Francisco (USA), the competition will stop in Cadiz (October 9 and 10).
There, coinciding with the Puente de la Hispanidad and as part of the commemoration of the V Centenary of the First Voyage Around the World by Magellan and Elcano, we will be able to see what are considered the fastest ships on the planet, capable of exceeding speeds of 50 knots (100 km/ h). There will be two days of competition with three fast races that will add points towards the final victory, which will give the winning team a prize of 1 million dollars.
The communication project of the Spanish Olympic sailing team, distinguished with the Mariano Aguado Communication Award
· The award given within the framework of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards recognizes the work carried out by the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation to give visibility to the national team that competed in Tokyo 2020
· Designed and executed under the command of Helena de la Gándara, the project allowed the Spanish and international audience to get to know the athletes displaced to Enoshima through careful and attractive content
· The dissemination of the values of the sport of sailing and of the Spain brand both inside and outside our borders were other aspects valued when awarding the Mariano Aguado Communication Award
The communication project of the Spanish Olympic sailing team has been distinguished with the Mariano Aguado Communication Award, a specific award for the information sector that is given within the framework of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards.
Designed and executed under the command of Helena de la Gándara, the project allowed the Spanish and international audience to get to know, in a simple, direct and accessible way, the athletes of the Spanish team who traveled to Enoshima to participate in the Olympics.
Through multiple resources, on numerous platforms and with very careful and attractive content, the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation managed to significantly increase the visibility of the fleet that competed in Tokyo 2020, while at the same time spreading the values of sailing among the public. sailing sport and the Spain brand, both inside and outside our borders.
All these aspects were what made this project worthy of the Mariano Aguado Communication Award, which Helena de la Gándara (RFEV, The Ocean Race, Vendée Globe, Barcelona World Race, America’s Cup) will collect on September 4 at Monte Royal Yacht Club of Baiona, at the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards gala.
“It is a great honor to recognize the enormous effort that has been made over the last two years – declared Helena de la Gándara- for bringing a project like this to fruition, whose purpose has been none other than to give greater visibility and promotion of the sport of sailing and its athletes. This award is the best icing on the cake we could imagine. Thank you from the bottom of my heart on behalf of all of us who have formed this team”.
Didac Costa will receive the National Sailing Award for the best ocean sailor for his second solo round the world
This year, the Catalan athlete became the first Spanish sailor to circumnavigate the planet twice without stopovers or external help
· In the last Vendée Globe, considered the most extreme competition in nautical sport, it managed to circle the globe in less than 100 days
· With three round-the-world trips, two of them solo, this firefighter by profession, a fan of regatta, has entered the history of sailing on his own merits.
The Vendée Globe is, for many, the most extreme competition in the sport of sailing. It involves going around the world alone, without stops, assistance or external help, a challenge within the reach of very few and that even fewer have been able to complete as amateur sailors.
One of those prodigies of navigation is Didac Costa, a 40-year-old Catalan firefighter who in 2021 became part of the history of sailing in Spain by becoming the first Spaniard to circumnavigate the planet alone twice.
He did it aboard the IMOCA60 “One Planet One Ocean”, a 21-year-old monohull, 18 meters long and just over 5 meters wide, with which he traveled the 24,840 nautical miles (46,004 km) that entails circling the planet from west to this with departure and arrival in the French coastal town of Les Sables d’Olonne.
In the competition, which has been held every four years since 1989 and is one of the most followed nautical events in the world, 33 boats participated, of which only 25 managed to finish. Costa was the only Spaniard in the regatta and managed to complete the test in 97 days, 6 hours, 27 minutes and 3 seconds, lowering his previous mark (from the 2016-2017 edition) in 11 days.
Quite a success for a non-professional sailor who never sought to win, but rather to complete the greatest challenge in ocean sailing. He made up for the lack of resources, poor training, and the age of his ship with determination, bravery, determination, and courage. He coped with breakdowns and breakages but never gave up. And in less than 100 days since his departure, he managed to return to the starting point with a new dream fulfilled.
A new line was written in the history of sailing in Spain thanks to the feat of a man who began to dream of circumnavigating the planet when he was just a child, when his parents told him about José Luis de Urgarte, the Basque navigator who completed the regatta in 1993.
That dream began to take shape in 2014, when he became the youngest sailor to participate in the Barcelona World Race around the world with Aleix Gelabert. As happens with great adventurers, at the end of the race (in fourth position), Didac already had a new challenge in mind: the Vendée Globe, in which he would participate for the first time in 2016.
Without a sponsor to finance the project, having to take out a mortgage and with multiple problems from the start of the race, the sailor managed to finish it by crossing the finish line in fourteenth position. He became the second Spaniard to complete the course and the dreams continued to grow.
Didac was already thinking about a new edition of the Vendée Globe and in 2020 he re-enrolled in the competition that has allowed him to become the only Spaniard to finish the legendary French regatta twice and has earned him the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for best ocean sailor, which will be awarded at a gala on September 4 at the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona (Galicia), within the framework of the 36th Prince of Asturias Trophy.
The National Sailing Awards recognize Joan Cardona as the best Olympic sailor
· The young Balearic athlete sealed his first participation in the Olympic Games with the bronze medal in the Finn class at Tokyo 2020
· With the Enoshima Cardona medal, he added one more line to a sports curriculum that includes victories in several European Championships
· The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards gala will be held on September 4 in Baiona as part of the 36th Prince of Asturias Trophy
He was the youngest of the Spanish team and was the last to join the squad of sailors who attended Tokyo 2020 representing Spain, but neither one thing nor the other prevented him from achieving his long-awaited dream of hanging an Olympic medal around his neck.
At just 23 years old, the Balearic athlete Joan Cardona, signed one of the great successes for Spanish sailing in Enoshima with his bronze and the echo of that victory has allowed him to be the protagonist of multiple tributes since his return from the Japanese country.
The next one will be received on September 4 at the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona (Galicia), where the gala of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be held, in which Cardona will collect a new recognition, that of best Olympic sailor.
It will be one more line for a sports curriculum that Cardona began to write from the Mahon Maritime Club when he was just 6 years old, when his father instilled in him his passion for sailing. He debuted at the age of 14 as the youngest of the Princesa Sofía Trophy and his evolution has been constant since then.
With a lot of training, perseverance and determination, little by little he rose in the rankings of the international events he attended and in his last major competitions prior to the Olympic Games he won two golds (2019 and 2021 U23 European Championships) and two silvers (2021 European and World Championship).
He added podiums in some preliminaries that predicted the success that Cardona finally managed to make a reality in Enoshima with Finn’s bronze medal. “I have always been very clear that I wanted to do this in my life and I did not see myself in any other way; I have left many things aside, giving priority to sailing because it was my goal and I wanted to reach this day, make this dream come true”declared the Balearic after having fulfilled his childhood dream.
Echegoyen and Barceló, National Sailing Award for the best women’s team
· Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló will receive one of the National Sailing Awards on September 4 in Galicia for their brilliant career
· The Galician and the Balearic will be distinguished after having achieved the 49er FX world championship and more recently an Olympic diploma in Tokyo 2020
The gala of the National Sailing Awards will be organized one more year by the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona with the sponsorship of Terras Gauda
The Galician Támara Echegoyen (Ourense, 1984) and the Balearic Paula Barceló (Palma de Mallorca, 1996) will receive the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the best women’s team on September 4 in Baiona (Galicia).
The athletes will be honored for their brilliant careers and recent successes, including gold at the 49erFX world championship, achieved in February 2020 in Geelong (Australia); and the Olympic diploma they got just a few weeks ago at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
The Japanese Olympics were the third in a row for the already veteran of the Echegoyen Games (Gold in London 2012 together with Ángela Pumariega and Sofía Toro -in Elliot 6m- and Olympic Diploma in Rio 2016 together with Berta Betanzos -in 49erFX-) and the first for the young rookie Barceló, and despite having been on the verge of the Olympic medal, both showed their full potential as a team in Enoshima.
Echegoyen and Barceló have been sailing together for just 3 years, after the Spanish Sailing Federation made a selection of athletes to assemble Támara’s team when she was still participating in the Volvo Ocean Race. Although they experienced a reverse start to the usual (teams usually grow first and then choose a boat), the truth is that the rapport between the two emerged very soon and the Galician-Majorcan tandem, trained by the former youth world champion Víctor Payá, started to show results.
Hanging from a 49er (Olympic boat since Sydney 2000 weighing 130 kilos, almost 5 meters long, 2.90 wide and with three sails -main, jib and gennacker-), under the direction of Echegoyen as skipper and with the speed from Barceló as a crew member; the team achieved an Olympic place in Enoshima, became world champions in Australia and since then has not dropped from seventh place in all the events in which they participated, also being sixth in the world ranking. Their last great achievement: the Olympic diploma with which they returned from Tokyo.
The National Sailing Award that both will receive next September in Galicia will be the first for Barceló and the fifth for Echegoyen, who in 2012 received the award for the best pre-Olympic team, in 2013 for the sailor of the year, in 2016 for the best team of women’s regatta and in 2018 it was in charge of collecting the distinction awarded to MAPFRE as the best regatta team for its participation in The Ocean Race.
The gala of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be held at the Monte Real Club de Yates (Baiona), on the night of Saturday, September 4, within the framework of the 36th Prince of Asturias Trophy, which will be held on the 3rd, 4th and 5. Over the next few days, the names of the rest of the sailors and award-winning teams will be revealed.
NOTICE OF RACE 36th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY
36th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY
ORC CRUISES J80 FIGAROS
PRESIDENT OF THE XUNTA TROPHY
COUNT OF BARCELONA TROPHY
25th GESTILAR LADIES CUP
J80 MONOTYPES
The 36th Prince of Asturias Trophy will be held in the waters of the bay of Baiona and the Vigo estuary on September 3, 4 and 5, 2021, under the organization of the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Naval Regatta Commission of the Naval School Marine Military.
>> REGISTRATION: https://www.mrcyb.es/inscripcion-regata-principe-de-asturias-2021/
1/ RULES
1.1. The regatta will be governed by:
a) The regatta rules as defined in the World Sailing (WS) Racing Rules of Sailing (RRV).
b) Technical Cruise Regulations and their Annexes in force.
c) Regulation of measurement, habitability and equipment of the ORC and IMS rules.
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). k) Between 9:00 p.m. each day and 8:00 a.m. the following day, part B of the International Regulations to prevent collisions at sea will apply, replacing Part 2 of the 2021 Sailing Regattas Regulations. – 2024.
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.
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 2021. 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 registration is confirmed. 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 2021 and with a GPH of less than 780 s/mile, and must have a declaration 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 (the female crews invited by the organization for the Ladies Cup trophy) will race in real time.
4.2 The skippers of the boats must be of legal age.
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:
(*) In the OPEN CLASS, only those boats that due to their GPH are obliged 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 can compete in this class, but are 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, a minimum of 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.
Registrations will be formalized in two ways:
– ONLINE (recommended): through the form located on the MRCYB website
https://www.mrcyb.es/inscripcion-regata-principe-de-asturias-2021/
– TRADITIONAL: covering the form posted on the web in the regatta section and sending it by email.
Additionally, to formalize the registration, a photocopy of the valid measurement certificate 2021 and proof of payment of registration fees must be sent by email, before September 2 at 12:00 p.m. to:
Mount Royal Yacht Club
Parador Enclosure s/n
36300 Bayonne
phone + 34 986 385 000
regatas@mrcyb.com
Not admitting any registration made after 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 2, 2021.
5.1.1 The registration fees will be the following:
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:
ABANCA
BAIONA Branch
Account number: 2080-0559-23-3040003658
SWIFT: CAGLEMXXX IBAN: ES92
It will be necessary to present the receipt of the transaction, together with the registration form, including the name of the boat or sail number, at the club’s offices or by email to regatas@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 2, 2021 (ORC, J80 and Ladies Cup) or on September 3, 2021. September 2021 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, federation certificate (MANDATORY to submit along with the registration form).
6/ SPORTS PROGRAM
6.1 The sports program of the event is as follows:
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 The classifications for the ORC groups or classes, 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 rules
(*) 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
Contact the crew on VHF 71 before docking.
SOCIAL EVENTS AND AWARDS DELIVERY
The award ceremony for the 36th PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS TROPHY will take place at the club’s facilities on September 5, 2021 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.
All ceremonies will be subject to the COVID regulations that mark us during the celebration of the Prince of Asturias.
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 their own hydroalcoholic gel 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:
http://www.fgvela.es/media/documentos/PROTOCOLO_FISICOVID-DXTGALEGO.pdf
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: ………………………………
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April Oils wins its fifth Conde de Gondomar Trophy
· The team led by Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal achieves its fifth victory in the Conde de Gondomar Trophy – Zelnova Zeltia Banco Sabadell del Monte Real Club de Yates Grand Prix
· The Real Club Náutico de Vigo signed fully in the competition with three boats on the podium of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy (Aceites Abril, Pairo Marnatura and Magical) and the real-time victory of Magical on the Carrumeiro climb
· The Deep Blue 2.1 revalidated the title of winner of the Erizana Trophy in the ORC class, in the Open it won the Ladeira and in J80 and Fígaros the victories went to Ifaclinic and Ladeira
· After the celebration of the Count of Gondomar, the Monte Real Yacht Club is now preparing for its next major competition: the Prince of Asturias Trophy to be held on September 3, 4 and 5
The Aceites Abril, skippered by Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, won the forty-sixth edition of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy – Zelnova Zeltia Banco Sabadell Grand Prix after sealing a perfect weekend that allowed the Real Club Náutico de Vigo team to add their fifth victory in the emblematic regatta with an advantage of five points over the second classified.
The third and last day held this Sunday dawned grey, with some rain and hardly any wind both in the Bay of Baiona and in the regatta course located in front of the Cíes Islands. With a first postponement on land of up to two hours over the scheduled time -12 noon- the Regatta Committee made the decision to take the fleet out into the water after one in the afternoon with the aim of trying to complete at least one leg .
Finally, at the edge of the deadline and with about five knots of wind from the northwest, the participants heard the starting gun of the only windward-leeward format test that could be held. A regatta in which Eolo did not make it easy for the participants, with roles and a drop in intensity in the final stretch that forced the Committee to shorten the sleeve.
Among the ORC teams that competed for the Conde de Gondomar Trophy, the last regatta was awarded to Aceites Abril, who also won the great general victory, becoming the brand new winner of the event.
With this victory, the team led by brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal now has a total of five wins at the Conde de Gondomar, beating Paz Andrade’s Ardora, Willy Alonso’s Castrosúa and Julio Martínez Gil’s Alaxe, and remaining just one title away from the team that holds the highest number of awards so far, José Luis Freire’s Pairo.
Behind Aceites Abril, second place went to José Luis Freire’s Pairo Marnatura, with the young Luis Bugallo at the controls; and the third position was taken by Julio Rodríguez’s Magical, who was also the real-time winner of the Carrumeiro stage. The boat from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo used a total of twelve hours and fifty-five minutes to cover the 94-mile route, remaining just over two minutes from the Pérez Canal after the compensation of times.
At the end of the test, Luis Pérez Canal was very happy with the victory. “My brother and I -he assured- We have been going up the Carrumeiro for 38 years with a crew of friends who have known each other forever. In fact, our team has been sailing together for an average of 30 years, which is a lifetime”. The Ourense patron highlighted the victory at the Conde as the first great victory of the season. “We are going to try to win all the races we can -he said- but the most important thing for us is to enjoy ourselves and have a good time” .
In the Erizana Trophy, in which the boats that did not go up to the Carrumeiro scored points, the second day caused a turnaround in the general with respect to the first stage. Vicente Cid’s Deep Blue 2.1 (RCN Vigo), who was second yesterday, scored a first today that allowed him to revalidate the ORC victory of the last edition. They were followed in the box by La Burla Negra by Juan José Martínez (CN Castrelo de Miño) in second position and Nahela by Víctor Manuel Álvarez in third place overall.
In the Open, Albarellos fell from the lead to second place in the table, giving victory to Ladeira de Elena Raga (MRCYB). Silleiro de Paula Rey (MRCYB) closed the podium.
Less things changed for the J80 monotypes, among which Joao Allen’s Ifaclinic (MRCYB) was the most outstanding and managed to proclaim itself the winner ahead of Juan Carlos Ameneiro’s Alboroto (MRCYB) and Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva, second and third respectively.
As for the Fígaros fleet, which also competed in the Open division, the best result was that of Ladeira, followed by Silleiro and Óscar Comesaña’s Bouvento, all representing Monte Real.
Lastly, within the Women’s Sailing project of the Baiona club to try to promote the role of women in the sport of sailing in Galicia, a prize was awarded to the best female crew in the competition, which went to Silleiro , led by Paula Rey.
With the day already finished, the gardens of Monte Real welcomed the delivery of trophies to the winners of the edition. Those in charge of distributing the awards were the president of the club, José Luis Álvarez; the Provincial Deputy for Sports, Gorka Gómez; the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; and the Regional Director of Southern Galicia of Banco Sabadell, Adolfo García-Ciaño; and the Marketing Director of Zelnova Zeltia, Adrián Salgado, sponsors of the event.
In the 46th Conde de Gondomar Trophy – Zelnova Zeltia Banco Sabadell Grand Prix, the Diputación de Pontevedra, the Xunta de Galicia through Deporte Galego, Volvo Autesa, Terras Gauda and Martin Miller also collaborated.
After putting an end to the competition, the Monte Real Club de Yates is now preparing for its other great event of the season, the Prince of Asturias Trophy, which will be held on September 3, 4 and 5. It will include, as usual, the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards ceremony and, this year, the silver jubilee of the Ladies Cup, the women’s competition that celebrates its 25th anniversary.
46th COUNT OF GONDOMAR TROPHY
GRAND PRIZE ZELNOVA ZELTIA BANK SABADELL
Monte Real Yacht Club (Baiona) July 23 – 25, 2021
WINNER OF THE 46th COUNT OF GONDOMAR TROPHY
GRAND PRIZE ZELNOVA ZELTIA BANK SABADELL
APRIL OILS LUIS AND JORGE PÉREZ CANAL RCN VIGO
WINNER OF THE CARRUMEIRO CHICO STAGE IN REAL TIME
MAGICAL · JULIO RODRÍGUEZ · RCN VIGO
WINNERS OF THE CONDE DE GONDOMAR RACE
(Ascent to Carrumeiro + BarloSotas)
1. APRIL OILS · LUIS AND JORGE PÉREZ CANAL · RCN VIGO
2. PAIRO MARNATURA · LUIS BUGALLO · RNC VIGO
3. MAGICAL · JULIO RODRÍGUEZ · RCN VIGO
WINNERS OF THE ERIZANA REGATTA
(Ascent to Camouco + BarloSotas)
ORC-CLASS
1. DEEP BLUE 2.1 VICENTE CID RCN VIGO
2. THE BLACK MOCK · JUAN JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ · CASTRELO DE MIÑO NPP
3. NAHELA · VICTOR MANUEL ÁLVAREZ · ALAGUA CN
ORC OPEN CLASS
1. LADEIRA · ELENA RAGA · MRCYB
2. ALBARELLOS · FERNANDO REY · MRCYB
3. SILLEIRO PAULA REY MRCYB
J80 CLASS
1. IFACLINIC.COM JOAO ALLEN MRCYB
2. ALBOROTO · JUAN CARLOS AMENEIRO · MRCYB
3. NEW MOON JUAN LUIS TUERO MRCYB
FIGARO CLASS
1. LADEIRA · ELENA RAGA · MRCYB
2. SILLEIRO PAULA REY MRCYB
3. BOUVENTO · OSCAR COMESAÑA · MRCYB
BEST FEMALE BOAT
SILLEIRO PAULA REY MRCYB
PHOTOS AND VIDEOS 46th COUNT OF GONDOMAR TROPHY 2021
Everything to decide on the final day of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy
· Alfonso Crespo’s Vertigo Sailing won the second stage of the Conde in the ORC category while Fernando Rey’s Albarellos won the Open
· Joao Allen’s Ifaclinic was the best in J80 scoring a comfortable victory in its class and Elena Raga’s Ladeira came first in the Figaro class
The Aceites Abril of Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal won the long regatta of the Zelnova Zeltia Banco Sabadell Grand Prix held on Friday
· This Sunday the final day of the Count of Gondomar will be held, two windward-leeward tests and all the options open for the title contenders
The Conde de Gondomar Trophy – Zelnova Zeltia Banco Sabadell Grand Prix will come to an end this Sunday with everything to be decided in the water. The competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates, in which about 40 boats compete, celebrated its second day this Saturday with a coastal race of about 30 miles in which Alfonso Crespo’s Vertigo Sailing ended up winning the ORC class. .
At twelve o’clock in the morning, with a wind of about eight knots from the southwest, the Race Committee gave the start in front of the surroundings of Monte Real for the first group formed by the ORC fleet and the Figaros, while the J80 monotypes they heard the honk ten minutes later. Ahead, a route that would take the fleet to Camouco, in the Ons archipelago, previously passing through the Carallones, La Negra and Cíes beacons to set course back towards the finish line, located in front of Rodas beach. .
It was a long and intense coastal regatta that was initially dominated by two Dufour 34s, Juan José Martínez’s La Burla Negra (CN Castrelo de Miño) and Vicente Cid’s Deep Blue 2.1 (RCN Vigo), but in which little by little and with a wind that was shifting more to the south, with several calms in between and a long haul back towards Cíes, it was finally Alfonso Crespo’s Vertigo Sailing (Vertigo Sailing Club) that achieved victory both in real time and in compensated in the ORC division. Behind those of Crespo, the second classified was the Nahela of Víctor Álvarez (CN Alagua) and third finally the Deep Blue 2.1.
In the Open, Fernando Rey’s Albarellos (MRCYB) won with time compensation to become the leader in its category. They were followed in second and third position by Elena Raga’s Ladeira, from Monte Real; and the Silfo by José Garcí from the Bahía de Gijón, respectively.
As for the J80 fleet, in which a total of fifteen teams compete, the stage was more than close with a final victory for Joao Allen’s Ifaclinic, which has the Portuguese Snipe champion on board, Miguel Leite, and who was also second in real time behind Vértigo Sailing after starring in a great stage finish, achieving a comfortable advantage over the second classified, Cansino de Nano Yáñez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui, who this time has Alejandra Suárez from Vigo at the grey hair. Third place went to the Luna Nueva of Juan Luis Tuero.
And finally, among the Fígaros, who also scored in the Open, the first classified was Ladeira ahead of Silleiro, who was second; and Nicolás Jourdain’s Serralleiras, which occupies the third provisional position.
Meanwhile, the fleet that competed in the long regatta of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy – Zelnova Zeltia Banco Sabadell Grand Prix enjoyed their rest day after a climb to Carrumeiro Chico that did not end until well into the morning and in which they finally won the April Oils of the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal.
The RCN Vigo representative ship used 13 hours and 16 minutes to cover the 94-mile round trip between Baiona and the Corcubión rock. It entered at 00:16:20, just 6 seconds before Alberto Moro’s Solventis (00:16:26), who had been the first to reach Carrumeiro on the climb; and 21 minutes after Julio Rodríguez’s Magical, who was the first to cross the finish line at 23:55:01, and became the winner of the stage in real time.
The victory of Aceites Abril in the emblematic long stage places the Pérez Canal team closer to winning its fifth title, although everything will depend on what happens in the two Barlosotas scheduled for the final day. With these results, everything will be decided tomorrow on the third and final day of the regatta with two windward-leeward races scheduled from noon.
Once the competition is over, the Monte Real Club de Yates will host the trophy ceremony for this forty-sixth edition of the trophy to crown the winners of each of the categories. The event will be attended by the president of the club, José Luis Álvarez; the Provincial Deputy for Sports, Gorka Gómez; the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; the Regional Director of Southern Galicia of Banco Sabadell, Adolfo García-Ciaño; and the Marketing Director of Zelnova Zeltia, Adrián Salgado.
46th COUNT OF GONDOMAR TROPHY
GRAND PRIZE ZELNOVA ZELTIA BANK SABADELL
Monte Real Yacht Club (Baiona) July 23 – 25, 2021
WINNER OF THE CARRUMEIRO CHICO STAGE IN COMPENSATED TIME
APRIL OILS LUIS PÉREZ CANAL RCN VIGO 13:16:20
WINNER OF THE CARRUMEIRO CHICO STAGE IN REAL TIME
MAGICAL JULIO RODRÍGUEZ RCN VIGO 12:55:01
PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION COUNT OF GONDOMAR TROPHY
(After the ascent to Carrumeiro)
1. APRIL OILS LUIS PÉREZ CANAL RCN VIGO 2 POINTS
2. MAGICAL · JULIO RODRÍGUEZ · RCN VIGO · 4 POINTS
3. PAIRO LUIS BUGALLO RCN VIGO 6 POINTS
PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE ERIZANA TROPHY
(After the round trip stage to Ons)
ORC-CLASS
1. VERTIGO SAILING ALFONSO CRESPO VERTIGO SAILING CLUB 1.5 POINTS
2. NAHELA VÍCTOR M. ÁLVAREZ ALAGUA CN 3 POINTS
3. DEEP BLUE 2.1 VICENTE CID RCN VIGO 4.5 POINTS
ORC OPEN CLASS
1. ALBARELLOS FERNANDO REY MRCYB 1.5 POINTS
2. LADEIRA ELENA RAGA MRCYB 3 POINTS
3. SILFO JOSÉ GARCÍ BAHÍA DE GIJÓN 4.5 POINTS
J80 CLASS
1. IFACLINIC JOAO ALLEN MRCYB 1.5 POINTS
2. TIRED · ALEJANDRA SUÁREZ · 3 POINTS
3. NEW MOON JUAN L. TUERO 4.5 POINTS
FIGARO CLASS
1. LADEIRA ELENA RAGA MRCYB 1.5 POINTS
2. SILLEIRO PAULA REY MRCYB 3 POINTS
April Oils wins the Carrumeiro Chico stage of the 46th Count of Gondomar
· The crew of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, led by Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal from Ourense, won the long regatta of the Zelnova Zeltia Banco Sabadell Grand Prix
· Julio Rodríguez’s Magical from the Vigo yacht charter was the fastest boat to complete the 94-mile route to the Corcubión rock, but time compensation took away the final stage victory
· The boats that did not go out to compete yesterday on the opening day will compete this Saturday in a coastal regatta that will take them to the Ons archipelago, turning at the Camouco lighthouse
The Aceites Abril of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, led by the Ourense brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, was the winner of the long regatta of the 46th Conde de Gondomar Trophy – Zelnova Zeltia Banco Sabadell Grand Prix, held this Friday in the Rías Baixas under the organization of the Monte Real Yacht Club.
The crew of the yacht from Vigo used 13 hours and 16 minutes to cover the 94-mile round trip between Baiona and the rock of Corcubión. It entered at 00:16:20, just 6 seconds before Alberto Moro’s Solventis (00:16:26), who had been the first to reach Carrumeiro on the climb; and 21 minutes after Julio Rodríguez’s Magical, who was the first to cross the finish line at 23:55:01, and became the winner of the stage in real time.
The Magical was the fastest, but the time compensation, which in the last edition of the Count of Gondomar had precisely given him the victory against Yess Too by Rui Ramada; On this occasion, he snatched the victory against the Aceites Abril team, with a long tradition on the Carrumeiro route.
The Pérez Canal brothers began to compete in the event when they were just 16 years old and, since then, they have not missed their appointment with the Corcubión rock. This latest victory places them even closer to the laurels of the 46th Count of Gondomar. If they achieve it, they would add their fifth victory in the Monte Real Club de Yates competition, after those achieved in 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
The Solventis de Moro and Bermúdez, first to reach the Carrumeiro Chico
· The tandem Alberto Moro – Malalo Bermúdez worked perfectly aboard the Solventis and managed to be the fastest to reach the rock of Corcubión
· The crew of the Monte Real Club de Yates spent 5 hours and 50 minutes to cover half of the star stage of the 46th Conde de Gondomar Trophy – Zelnova Zeltia Banco Sabadell Grand Prix
· The fleet sails back to Baiona at this time, where it is expected to arrive well into the early hours of the morning for the time compensation that will offer the final results of the race
Alberto Moro and Manuel “Malalo” Bermúdez de Castro’s Solventis was the first boat to reach the Carrumeiro Chico in the star event of the 46th Count of Gondomar – Zelnova Zeltia Banco Sabadell Grand Prix, which premiered this Friday in Galicia.
The crew of the Monte Real Club de Yates signed a wonderful regatta and after leaving Baiona at eleven o’clock in the morning and sailing for five hours and fifty minutes, practically the entire route astern, pushed by a constant wind from the south, managed to reach the mythical rock of Corcubión ahead of the rest of the fleet.
It was ten minutes to five in the afternoon and the owner of the Solventis, Alberto Moro, made a very satisfactory balance of the crossing, assuring that they were enjoying it like never before. “We have had sun, fog, a lot of fog, showers, very intense showers, the fleet has been quite together and the truth is that the wind has behaved very well, giving us an average of 18 – 20 knots -assured Moro-. We went up very fast and we hope that the wind does not drop too much on the way back”.
Behind the Solventis, barely two minutes apart from each other, they passed through the Carrumeiro Chico on Magical by Julio Rodríguez (RCN Vigo), which tries to revalidate the victory achieved last year at the Conde de Gondomar; the April Oils of the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal (RCN Vigo), who is looking for his fifth victory in the trophy after those achieved in 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2018; and the Corsair of Jorge Durán (CY Vilagarcía), who has not won the Count since 2015.
With a little more distance, although not too much, they arrived at the Pairo-Marnatura by José Luis Freire (RCN Vigo), with Luis Bugallo at the controls; and the Marías of the Portuguese Manel María (MRCYB), the other two boats that formed the hard core of the fleet, sailing quite close to each other during practically the entire route.
The smallest boat of those participating in the inaugural test of the 46th Conde de Gondomar Trophy – Zelnova Zeltia Banco Sabadell Grand Prix, the First 31.7 Mar de Frades-Ronáutica Marinas , owned by Jorge Carneiro (Ro Yatchs), was the last to turn the Carrumeiro. He did it at six minutes past seven, eight hours after leaving Baiona.
In the absence of the rest of the tests, everything indicates that the inaugural stage of the Conde de Gondomar will be, once again, one of the most exciting. It will end when all the participating boats cross the finish line, something that is expected well into the early hours of the morning.
At this time (20:00), the 7 crews competing for the Carrumeiro Chico challenge are all still in contention with more or less hours of sailing ahead. The team that completes the test first will automatically become the winner in real time; and the marks of the rest of the participants will decide, after the compensation of times, the winner of the regatta in compensated time.
Both will surely be firm contenders to achieve absolute victory in the 46th Conde de Gondomar Trophy – Zelnova Zeltia Banco Sabadell Grand Prix, which will be resolved on Sunday with the final tests of the competition.
Before that, this Saturday, the rest of the boats (ORCs, J80 and Fígaros) registered in the Erizana Regatta (which does not include the Carrumeiro long test) will go out to compete. They will do so on a route that, predictably (depending on the weather), will involve a circumnavigation of the Ons archipelago. The departure time is set for noon and, as with the Carrumeiro test, it can also be followed live through the Monte Real Club de Yates website.
While the Carrumeiro test (approx. 100 miles) has a double scoring coefficient, the coefficient for the return to Ons (approx. 30 miles) will be 1.5 and the two technical tests on Sunday, of the windward-leeward type, will score with a coefficient of 1 each. The final results of the Carrumeiro and the poles will reveal the winner of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy, and those of the Vuelta a Ons and the poles will decide the winner of the Erizana Trophy.
HOURS OF PASSAGE OF THE FLEET THROUGH THE CARRUMEIRO CHICO
46th COUNT OF GONDOMAR TROPHY GRAND PRIZE ZELNOVA ZELTIA BANCO SABADELL
1. SOLVENTIS ALBERTO MORO MRCYB 16:50:35
2. MAGICAL · JULIO RODRÍGUEZ · RCN VIGO · 16:54:45
3. APRIL OILS · LUIS AND JORGE PÉREZ CANAL · RCN VIGO · 16:54:45
4. CORSAIR · JORGE DURAN · 16:56:33
5. PAIRO MARNATURA · LUIS BUGALLO · 17:00:19
6. MARÍAS · MANEL MARÍAS · 17:08:53
7. MAR DE FRADES – MARINE RONAUTICS · JORGE CARNEIRO · 19:06:30
