Author: MRCYB

· The championship organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates includes 6 days of regattas in the bay of Baiona during the months of January, February and March

· The competition will allow the Galician fleet of J80 to continue with its preparation for the World Championship that will take place in June in Sotogrande

· The Vitaldent Trophy is part of the J80 League of the Monte Real Yacht Club, which will continue from October with the Autumn Trophy

Baiona opens the 2016 sailing season this Saturday with the Vitaldent Trophy of the Monte Real Yacht Club, a competition organized exclusively for J80 class boats. The tests will begin at three in the afternoon in the bay area, where the participants are expected to compete in the first three races for the trophy.

Participating boats include, among others, the winners of the previous J80 competition organized by Monte Real last fall. They are Miguel Lago’s Virazón, Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva and Guillermo Caamaño’s Alumisel, who won the gold, silver and bronze of the trophy, respectively. Together with them, a new J80 boat recently acquired by the Baiona club, which will be skippered by Rui Ramada, will also compete.

After the first day of regattas this Saturday, another 5 stages are scheduled to be held on January 30, February 13 and 27, and March 12 and 13. All the tests will start at three in the afternoon, except for the last one, which will start at 11:00, and will include several windward-leeward routes, which the regatta committee will determine, on each occasion, depending on the weather conditions and the state of the sea

The boats, all of the J80 class, will sail as a fleet, will compete in real time and will carry out a maximum of 3 tests per day. Each and every one of them will score for the final classification from which the winner of the league will emerge, which will be known in mid-March.

With the aim of making more sailors aware of this type of vessel, the organization will allow the inclusion of a fifth crew member on board, who will be able to navigate only as an observer. He must stand behind the skipper and may not participate in the tactics or maneuvers of the crew.

The J80 Monte Real Class Vitaldent Trophy will serve as preparation for the Galician J80 fleet for the World Championship to be held in Sotogrande from June 25 to July 2.

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· The Baiona club returns with the Baiona Angra Atlantic Race to a type of competition for which it became world famous in the 1970s

· The test will depart on July 3 from the bay of Baiona and will have as its first destination the Angra Iate Clube, in Angra do Heroismo, on the Terceira Island of the Azores archipelago

· The Monte Real regatta calendar is completed with another 10 national events, among which is the historic Prince of Asturias Trophy

The Monte Real Club de Yates returns in 2016 to international regattas with the Baiona Angra Atlantic Race , a test that will start on July 3 from the Galician fishing village and that will have as its first destination the Angra Iate Clube, in Angra do Heroismo, on the Terceira Island of the Portuguese archipelago. The Baionese club thus takes up a type of nautical competition for which it became world famous in the 1970s.

La Baiona – Angra is one of the 11 regattas that are part of the Monte Real competition calendar for this coming year, an extensive sports program that opens this month of January with the J80 Class Winter League . It is a championship dedicated exclusively to this type of boat that gives continuity to the SabadellGallego J80 Class League, held in recent months in the Bay of Baiona. The J80 Winter League includes six test days, on January 16 and 30, February 13 and 27, and March 12 and 13.

In February, Monte Real will also be in charge of organizing the Baitra Trophy – 420 Galician Championship , which will be held on the 13th, 14th and 20th. It is an appointment that will bring together the 30 boats that make up the fleet of 420 from Galicia, and in which the club from Baiona will participate with 5 crews.

In April, two of the great competitions of Monte Real will arrive, the Winter Regatta and the Spring Regatta. The first, which this year will be held under the name of the AXA Trophy by its sponsor, will be on April 9 and 16, and the Real Club Náutico de Vigo will once again collaborate with it, as has been the tradition. The Spring Trophy, better known as the Repsol Trophy , also because of its sponsor, will take place on April 23 and 30 and the May Day holiday. It is a test in which the crews fine-tune their boats to face the strong area of the regatta season.

One more year, the Monte Real Club de Yates is once again firmly committed to grassroots sports, with the organization of a Baitra Children’s Sailing Championship on May 21 and 22, open to the participation of Optimist and Cadet sailors.

In June comes the traditional Galician Solo and Two Championship , a medium-distance regatta in which the main handicap is that the skippers of the boats have to handle them alone or with the help of a single crew member. It will be held on Saturday June 18, coinciding with the Social League final tests, a competition that is held throughout the year by the students of the Monte Real Yacht Club Sailing School.

A weekend later, on June 24, 25 and 26, the Iberian Championship Class 2.4mR will be held, an adapted sailing regatta. There will be three days of competition in which sailors from different parts of Spain, with and without disabilities, will compete under equal conditions in the bay of Baiona.

July will be one of the key months in the Monte Real regatta calendar, because in addition to the Baiona Angra Atlantic Race , it will include the forty-first edition of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy , one of the most attractive races for cruising sailing in Spain. It will include, as tradition dictates, the Baiona-Fisterra-Baiona route, more than 100 miles long, turning around the mythical Carrumeiro Chico lighthouse. The Conde de Gondomar Trophy will be held this year from July 22 to 25.

After being the stopping point in August for the Pornic – Baiona regatta, the great sailing event of the Monte Real Club de Yates will arrive on the first weekend of September, and one of the most important nautical competitions in Spain, the Prince of Asturias Trophy. On days 2, 3 and 4, various sports events of the highest level and numerous leisure activities for the participants will fill the town of Baiona with life.

Within the framework of the Principe de Asturias Trophy, one more year, the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be presented, awards that recognize the work of people and institutions in favor of the world of sailing, as well as their human values and sports.

The J80 Class Autumn League will be in charge of closing the Monte Real sports calendar for this year 2016. There will be four days of tests organized exclusively for these monotypes on October 15 and 29 and November 12 and 26.

For more information on the different competitions of the Baiona club, sailors can contact the club by email, writing an email to secretaria@mrcyb.com , or by calling 986 385 000. The media that need additional information can contact the club’s communication department at press@mrcyb.com

>> You can consult the complete calendar of regattas of the club HERE

Dear Friends,

On behalf of the Board of Directors, which I am honored to preside over, I send you our most cordial congratulations this Christmas and our best wishes for the coming New Year 2016. After an eventful 2015, I would like to express my gratitude to all those who, in some way, they have made it possible.

To the sailors who, with their participation in the club’s different competitions, have kept the Monte Real Club de Yates banner at the top. To the sponsors who, time and again with their collaboration, make our club’s most emblematic regattas great. And to the media that, with their work, make a sport as extraordinary as sailing reach the whole of society.

Everything we do would not be possible without the effort of each of the club’s collaborators and staff, whose work we can feel proud of. And finally, my fondest memories for the families of those friends who have left us throughout this year.

Merry Christmas!

Jose Luis Alvarez

President of the MRCYB

A large number of members came this morning to the club to enjoy a Christmas wine with which we officially inaugurate these festivities…

Merry Christmas to all!

Dear partners

As you know, on November 27, the General Assembly was held for the election of the positions of the Board of Directors for the next four years. The participation of 86% of the partners revealed everyone’s interest in setting the path for the future and trust in the people who will develop it.

As President of the new Board of Directors, I would like to thank you for your commitment to the Club, both to those of you who have trusted us and our program, and to those who have opted for other candidates and programs, and from whom we hope to earn your trust with our work. . To all of you I want to offer my most sincere disposition to consider any suggestion or proposition that you may want to formulate.

I wish you a happy new year 2016, and I look forward to having a glass of wine at the Club next Saturday, December 19 at 1:00 p.m., with the aim of closing this special year 2015 together.

A cordial greeting,

Jose Luis Alvarez

President of the MRCYB

· The boat skippered by Miguel Lago won the championship after winning three of the four days of tests held in the bay of Baiona

The Luna Nueva of Juan Luis Tuero and the Alumisel of Guillermo Caamaño won silver and bronze in the one-design competition at the Monte Real Club de Yates

· One of the objectives of the SabadellGallego Class J80 League was to make this type of boat known in Galicia and promote its participation in regattas

It was placed leader from the first day of tests held on October 17 and no other boat was able to unseat it from that first position in the remaining three days. After demonstrating its power on the water, the Virazón, skippered by Miguel Lago, with Juan Lago, Javier Lago and Gerardo Alonso on board, won the SabadellGallego J80 Class League, organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club.

He did it this afternoon in the bay of Baiona, in the fourth and last stage of the championship, which was held for 2 hours with ideal conditions for the competition. Sun, good sea and a wind of about 15 knots on average, with peaks of up to 19, allowed the J80 to navigate easily between the buoys placed by the committee to mark the poles of the course.

Of the three races held this afternoon, Virazón won two and Luna Nueva one. Juan Luis Tuero’s men had a fantastic regatta and that first place and the two seconds they achieved in the other races allowed them to move up one place in the general classification.

Thus, and after adding today’s results with those of the previous days, the final classification was led, as we say, by Virazón, who won the league gold. Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero, Miguel Cidrás, Rogelio Torres and Pedro Núñez took silver, and bronze went to Alumisel by Guillermo Caamaño, Marcos Alonso, José Quiñones and Jacobo Vecino.

Completing the classification are Pazo de Cea by María Campos, Namasté by Luis de Mira and Ferralemes by Enrique Porto.

The J80 League, sponsored by SabadellGallego, with the collaboration of Vitaldent and the Xunta de Galicia, had among its objectives to publicize this class of boats in Galicia, and promote their participation in regattas.

The awards ceremony held at the Monte Real Yacht Club was attended by Pepe Celada, representing the sponsor SabadellGallego, Raul Costas, councilor for maritime activities of Baiona, and Genoveva Pereiro, vice-commodore of the Monte Real Yacht Club

The next appointment with the Monte Real competitions will be next January with the Winter League, also organized exclusively for J80 class boats.

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Álvarez’s candidacy prevailed over Javier de la Gándara’s in the elections held this Friday at the Baion club

· The businessman from Vigo, already retired, intends to follow in the footsteps of the club’s historic president for more than 40 years, Don Rafael Olmedo Limeses

· José Luis Álvarez will work hand in hand with a team that includes a large part of the previous board of directors and two new additions

The retired businessman from Vigo, José Luis Álvarez, has become the new president of the Monte Real Club de Yates after beating Javier de la Gándara in the elections held this afternoon at the club in Baiona.

Álvarez’s candidacy obtained 328 votes out of a total of 604 that were cast and considered valid in the elections, while De la Gándara’s candidacy received 274. There were two blank votes.

Thus, José Luis Álvarez is, as of today, the new president of the Monte Real Yacht Club, a club that he will direct with Alejandro Retolaza as his right-hand man, who remains in the position of vice president.

Fernándo Yáñez and Genoveva Pereiro are the new commodore and vice-commodore, and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui already holds the position of treasurer. The new Board of Directors of Monte Real is completed by Carlos Monclús as secretary and Rui Ramada as director.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Held the elections of the Monte Real Club de Yates on the afternoon of Friday, November 27, the result of the votes was as follows:

• Votes cast: 604
• Votes for the candidacy of José Luis Álvarez: 328
• Votes for the candidacy of Javier de la Gándara: 274
• Blank votes: 2
• Null votes: 0

With these results, José Luis Álvarez becomes the new president of the Monte Real Club de Yates, and the new board of directors of the club is made up as follows:

• President: Mr. José Luis Álvarez Vázquez
• Vice President: Mr. Alejandro Retolaza Vázquez-Viso
• Commodore: Mr. Fernándo Yáñez Fernández
• Vice Commodore: Mrs. Genoveva Pereiro Alvarez
• Secretary: Mr. Carlos Monclús Diez de Ulzurrum
• Treasurer: Mr. Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui
• Director: Mr. Rui Ramada Barros

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2015

After the deadline for the challenge of the candidacies and their resolution, the candidacies for the Board of Directors of the Monte Real Club de Yates are as follows:

• President: Mr. José Luis Álvarez Vázquez
• Vice President: Mr. Alejandro Retolaza Vázquez-Viso
• Commodore: Mr. Fernándo Yáñez Fernández
• Vice Commodore: Mrs. Genoveva Pereiro Alvarez
• Secretary: Mr. Carlos Monclús Diez de Ulzurrum
• Treasurer: Mr. Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui
• Director: Mr. Rui Ramada Barros

• President: Mr. Javier de la Gándara Alonso
• Vice President: Mr. Javier Búa Gil
• Secretary: Mr. Carlos Potel Alvarellos
• Treasurer: Mr. Pablo Moro Suárez
• Commodore: D. Edmundo Portolés Sanjuan
• Vice Commodore: Mrs. Sonia Barreras Sanjurjo
• Regatta Member: Mr. Pablo Retolaza Vázquez-Viso
• Member of the Sailing School: Ms. Patricia Freire Cabrera
• Social Member: Mr. Miguel Carrascal Aguirre
• External Relations Member: Mr. Alberto Moro Suárez

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Dear partners,

We inform you that after the opening of the envelopes with the candidacies presented, and once all the documentation has been examined, the following candidacies have been proclaimed:

• President: Mr. José Luis Álvarez Vázquez
• Vice President: Mr. Alejandro Retolaza Vázquez-Viso
• Commodore: Mr. Miguel Lago Cereceda
• Vice Commodore: D. Fernándo Yáñez Fernández
• Secretary: Mr. Carlos Monclús Diez de Ulzurrum
• Treasurer: Mr. Juan José Lago González
• Counsellor: Mrs. Maria Genoveva Pereiro Alvarez
• Director: Mr. Rui Ramada Barros
• Director: Mr. Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui

• President: Mr. Javier de la Gándara Alonso
• Vice President: Mr. Javier Búa Gil
• Secretary: Mr. Carlos Potel Alvarellos
• Treasurer: Mr. Pablo Moro Suárez
• Commodore: D. Edmundo Portolés Sanjuan
• Vice Commodore: Mrs. Sonia Barreras Sanjurjo
• Regatta Member: Mr. Pablo Retolaza Vázquez-Viso
• Member of the Sailing School: Ms. Patricia Freire Cabrera
• Social Member: Mr. Miguel Carrascal Aguirre
• External Relations Member: Mr. Alberto Moro Suárez

We remind you of the need for the document with which you identify yourself when voting or the one that appears in your voting delegations to coincide with the identification document that appears in the club’s database. Otherwise, the vote will not be considered valid.

Election Board.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The Club informs that after the draw held this Monday at the Baiona notary, the Electoral Board for the elections for next November 27 has been constituted as follows:

President: Mr. Manuel Zorrilla Riveiro

Secretary: Mr. Mauro Olmedo Alonso

Member: Mr. Álvaro Álvarez Jurado

Member: Mr. Juan Ignacio De Abia Alonso

Member: Mr. Jaime Rey Fernández

Mount Royal Yacht Club.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015

As a result of the established procedure, the electoral board for the elections for the board of directors of the Monte Real Club de Yates de Bayonne on November 27 will be made up of the following members:

President: Mr. Manuel Zorrilla Riveiro

Secretary: Mr. Mauro Olmedo Alonso

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2015

After the draw held today, November 3, 2015 at 12:00, before the notary Ms. Gema Lopez Riesco, those designated in accordance with the provisions of article 48 of the statutes, to be part of the electoral board for the elections to the board of directors of the Monte Real Club de Yates de Bayonne on November 27 are:

1st (President): Ms. Belen Varela Alvarellos

2nd (Secretary): Mr. Manuel Pérez Díaz

3rd (Member): Ms. Sara Maria Rodriguez Gude

4th (Member): Ms. Belen Rodriguez Ogando

5th (Member): Mr. Manuel Zorrilla Riveiro

6th (Alternate Chairman): Mr. Miguel Álvarez Scheidgen

7th (Substitute Secretary): Ms. Raquel Beiro Bridges

8th (Substitute Member): D. Mauro Olmedo Alonso

9th (Substitute Member): Mr. José Fernando Begonha Dos Santos

10th (Substitute Member): Mr. Álvaro Álvarez Jurado

Those who have been appointed are requested to communicate, by email to secretaria@mrcyb.com , fax to 986 355 061 or burofax their availability to be part of it before November 6. All the information about their functions will be sent to them by email if available, or by regular mail otherwise. In case you do not communicate it, it will be understood that you will not be part of the electoral board.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Dear partners,

Fulfilling the commitment we made in April, we are pleased to announce that at a meeting of the Board of Directors on October 26, 2015, it was agreed to call a General Assembly for next November 27, with the only item on the order of Election day of the Board of Directors of the Monte Real Club de Yates.

As you know, the electoral process begins with the proclamation of those candidacies that are presented, all those members who wish to present a candidacy in accordance with the provisions of the statutes, may do so until November 12, included.

The Electoral Board, which will be designated by lottery before a Notary Public, the result of which will be published on the club’s website www.mrcyb.es and the club’s bulletin board, will be in charge of announcing the different candidacies, as well as ensuring the smooth running of the electoral process.

Once the candidatures have been announced, through the club’s website and by mail, you will be informed of the composition of the candidatures presented.

You can exercise your right to vote, either directly at the General Assembly on the 27th, or, if you cannot attend, delegating the vote to any other member who has the right to vote and who is going to be present at it, to In this case, as always, we enclose a ballot for the delegation of the vote.

All the information related to the elections will be available to all members in the section created for this purpose at www.mrcyb.es.

The club’s administration staff is at your disposal to attend to any questions or doubts regarding the General Assembly and the electoral process.

Without further ado, welcome a greeting.

The board of directors.

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· Tomorrow, Saturday, the last day of the competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates with the sponsorship of SabadellGallego will be held.

The general classification is led by Miguel Lago’s Virazón, Guillermo Caamaño’s Alumisel and Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva

· The tests will be held from 3:00 p.m. in the waters of the Bay of Baiona, where a sunny day is expected with winds from the north of about 15 knots

The Bay of Baiona hosts this Saturday the fourth and last day of the J80 SabadellGallego Class League, a competition that has been held since last October under the organization of the Monte Real Club de Yates and with the sponsorship of SabadellGallego.

The tests will begin at three in the afternoon and it is planned that a total of three windward-leeward routes will be disputed, with weather conditions that herald a sunny day, with northerly winds of about 15 knots on average, which will facilitate fleet navigation.

Except for last-minute surprises, the places of honor on the competition podium will be shared between Miguel Lago’s Virazón, Guillermo Caamaño’s Alumisel and Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva, who lead the League at some distance from the rest of the boats . They have 9, 17 and 19 points respectively in the general classification, which are completed by Pazo de Cea, Namasté and Ferralemes with 29, 30 and 32 points.

Once the fourth and final day of testing is over, the Monte Real Club de Yates will host the award ceremony for the winners of the SabadellGallego League, organized exclusively for J80 class one-designs, sponsored by the bank that gives its name to the competition and the collaboration of the Xunta de Galicia and Vitaldent

This weekend it is with a heavy heart that we bid farewell to Mary Woodward, Mount Royal Delegate, along with her husband Joe Woodward, for Ireland and the UK.

We lack words to thank all the years of friendship that he gave us, in addition to his great contribution to the tourist sponsorship of the Rías Baixas in northern Europe. Thank you Mary, for everything you gave us, for being an example of knowing how to be and doing well.

From here we also want to convey our deepest condolences to Joe and his entire family. We join your pain and send you our most sincere support in these difficult times for you.

Rest in peace, Mary Woodward.

See you forever.

Using only electricity, this system allows boats to be hoisted and pulled out of the water to be taken to their stranding point

· Greater safety, less environmental impact and a reduction in energy consumption are some of the main benefits of this innovative crane

· The new system reduces CO2 emissions by 83 percent, noise emissions by 96 percent and energy costs by 88 percent

· The project, one hundred percent Galician, was developed by engineers from the Monte Real Club de Yates (MRCYB) and Yacht Port Marinas (YPM)

A pioneer of recreational boating in Galicia since its birth fifty years ago, the Monte Real Yacht Club once again demonstrates in 2015 its potential as a forerunner of the advances that are taking place in the sector. It does so, in this case, with the commissioning of an innovative electric gantry crane for ships. It is a novel system that allows to reduce to the maximum the levels of contamination in the work of hoisting and stranding of boats.

Today, a large part of the machines that carry out this type of work in Spain use diesel for their operation, a more polluting energy source than electricity. With its new gantry crane, Monte Real will be able to reduce its environmental impact and electricity consumption, in addition to achieving greater safety at work.

The numbers speak for themselves. Compared to the club’s previous gantry crane, of the type that exists in practically all marinas in Spain, the new crane reduces CO2 emissions into the atmosphere by 83 percent and noise pollution by 96 percent . It also reduces, in a very considerable way, the energy cost per manoeuvre, which is 88 percent lower.

The machine development project and its subsequent construction were piloted by engineers Miguel Riveiro, from the Baiona club, and Oscar Riera, from Yacht Port Marinas. The electric gantry crane, which has the capacity to lift boats of up to 25 tons, began operating this November at the Monte Real Club de Yates marina.

The past: too many risks of accidental contamination

Today, a large part of the cranes used in Spain to beach ships work with diesel engines and hydraulic systems, with the damage to the environment that this entails and the risks of accidental contamination that this implies.

In addition to polluting emissions into the air, this system causes significant noise, which affects the cities and beaches near the marinas. It is especially notable in areas of great tourist influx, as is the case of the Monte Real Club de Yates, located in the urban center of Baiona, in the grounds of the Parador Nacional de Baiona and between two of the busiest beaches in the municipality, Barbeira and Ribeira.

The future: commitment to the environment

The future of work carried out in marinas depends on the use of sustainable energy capable of meeting present needs without compromising future resources. In this sense, electrical energy stands out as one of the main bets, since its environmental impact is much lower than other types of energy sources.

The use of electric cranes in marinas is a clear example of the evolution that must be followed to achieve the maximum possible commitment to nature and society. This type of system minimizes the environmental impact of boat stranding work.

The innovative electric gantry crane of the Monte Real Club de Yates

The electric gantry crane of the Monte Real Club de Yates is an innovative system that is used for lifting and stranding recreational, regatta or fishing boats that need to be removed from the water for their transfer to the dry dock stranding point.

The machine works exclusively with electrical energy. Its batteries will allow it to work tirelessly even in the busiest days of the summer season and in the days before sports competitions, which is when the boats most need this service for their repairs and tune-ups.

Among its many benefits is that of drastically reducing, up to 83 percent, CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. It also reduces, to the maximum, noise pollution on beaches and cities, since the noise emission is 96 percent lower.

A crane at the service of the Baiona Fishermen’s Association

The new electric gantry crane of the Monte Real Club de Yates will serve, in addition to the users of the yacht club, the boats of the Baiona Fishermen’s Association.

It will be thanks to an agreement between both entities that has been in force since the early 1980s, through which all the boats of the group that so wish can go to the club’s facilities to be stranded in dry dock.

The collaboration between the Monte Real Club de Yates and Yacht Port Marinas (YPM)

The idea of building an electric gantry crane for the beaching of boats arose from the need to have a machine that would be capable of providing the same services that the club has offered up to now, but with a minimum environmental impact and maximum safety for the users. workers.

After that initial idea, the process was piloted by engineers Miguel Riveiro, from the Baion club, and Oscar Riera, from Yacht Port Marinas, a company specializing in nautical infrastructure based in Pazos de Borbén (Pontevedra). It is a one hundred percent Galician project.

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· The boat skippered by Juan Luis Tuero managed to win the day after achieving first and second place in the two races held this afternoon in Baiona

· In the general classification, it remains in third position behind Virazón and Alumisel, which continue to lead the Monte Real Club de Yates competition.

· The outcome of the SabadellGallego Class J80 League will take place on November 28 with the last day of testing

Complicated day this afternoon in Baiona for the celebration of the third day of the SabadellGallego Class J80 League organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates. The little wind that blew in the bay of Baiona, barely 6 knots, made it difficult for the one-designs to navigate and prevented the three initially planned tests from being held. The regatta committee was only able to start two tasks, and was also forced to shorten the second after a drop in the wind.

With Juan Luis Tuero at the helm, Luna Nueva was the boat that obtained the best results. He achieved a second and a first place, which gave him the victory of the day and which keep him in third position overall.

Miguel Lago’s Virazón, skippered on this occasion by Rui Ramada, managed to win the first of the tests, but the fifth place it obtained in the second prevented it from repeating the two victories achieved in the previous days.

Despite everything, he is still the leader of the general classification, followed by Alumisel, who did not have much luck in the water today. Guillermo Caamaño’s men achieved sixth and second place in each of the heats, and finally came fifth, behind María Campos’ Pazo de Cea and Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes, and ahead of Luis de Mira’s Namasté.

Thus, today’s session leaves few changes for the outcome of the competition, which will take place on November 28 with the last stage of testing. Virazón maintains its provisional gold some distance from Alumisel and Luna Nueva, which are in second and third position separated by just one point. Pazo de Cea, Namasté and Ferralemes close the classification.

The SabadellGallego Class J80 League is organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates with the sponsorship of SabadellGallego and the collaboration of Vitaldent and the Xunta de Galicia.

· The nautical competition will cross its equator with the third of the four days of regattas organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club

· The tests will be held in the waters of the bay of Baiona with a weather forecast that announces a day of sun and wind of variable intensity

Miguel Lago’s Virazón, Guillermo Caamaño’s Alumisel and Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva occupy the first three places on the provisional podium

The bay of Baiona hosts this Saturday the penultimate day of the SabadellGallego J80 Class League, a competition that has been held since last October under the organization of the Monte Real Yacht Club.

The tests of this third day will begin at three in the afternoon and it is expected that a total of three windward-leeward routes will be disputed, with weather conditions that herald a day of sun and variable wind, both in direction and intensity.

Among the fleet that will go out on the water on Saturday to fight for victory, there are two boats that stand out above the rest for the good results achieved in previous regattas. They are Virazón, skippered by Miguel Lago, who has been the leader since the start of the competition; and the Alumisel, by Guillermo Caamaño, who did not drop from second place and holds the provisional silver. In third position they are followed by Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero.

After this Saturday’s regattas, the J80 Class league, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and sponsored by SabadellGallego, with the collaboration of Vitaldent and the Xunta de Galicia, will continue on November 28 with the fourth and last stage of the competition.

After more than thirty years serving the members of the club and the fishermen of the Baiona brotherhood, the Monte Real Club de Yates dismantles its old gantry crane these days.

Built at Fundiciones Rey, in Vilagarcía de Arousa, thanks to funds from the Secretary of State for Tourism, the machine arrived at the club in the early 1980s to carry out boat stranding work in the fishing village.

The transfer to Baiona was made by sea, and before starting it up, Monte Real signed an agreement with the brotherhood of La Anunciada so that all the fishermen of the town could carry out the beaching of their boats at the club’s facilities.

Since then, the crane has worked at full capacity, beaching between 150 and 300 ships a year. The only recorded incident with it occurred in the early 1990s, when one of its wheels came off the rail and left the machine dangling out to sea, though not falling into the water.

Various repairs, a change of engine and its adaptation to the occupational risk regulations allowed to extend the life of a machine that provided a great service to the club. This Wednesday, November 4, before starting the dismantling work, the crane beached its last boat, the Rustrillas del Monte Real Club de Yates.

· Three victories in the three regattas held today in the bay of Baiona distance the boat skippered by Miguel Lago from its rivals in the one-design league

Guillermo Caamaño’s Alumisel remains in second position and Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva manages to climb to third place on the provisional podium

· The competition, sponsored by SabadellGallego, and with the collaboration of Vitaldent and the Xunta de Galicia, continues on November 14 in Baiona

The Virazón del Monte Real Club de Yates consolidates its leadership in the SabadellGallego Class J80 League after the fantastic results achieved on the second day of the competition, held this Saturday in the Bay of Baiona.

The crew skippered by Miguel Lago achieved three first places in the three tests held this afternoon, with waves of about 3 meters and a wind that remained at about 14 knots until the end of the competition, when it fell in intensity.

His biggest rival in the water was again, one more day, Guillermo Caamaño’s Alumisel. He put up a fight in all the races, but he couldn’t unseat Virazón from the first position in any of them. Both are still first and second in the general classification, but the minimum distance that separated them after the first day, of just one point, is now 7 points.

Where there were changes was in the third drawer of the provisional podium, which is now occupied by Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva, after unseating Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes, absent on this second day of the competition.

The Namasté by Luis de Mira and the Pazo de Cea by María Campos complete the classification of the J80 Class League organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and sponsored by SabadellGallego, with the collaboration of Vitaldent and the Xunta de Galicia.

The competition will continue on November 14 with a new day in the bay of Baiona. Before the awards ceremony, three more tests will be held on November 28.

· The Monte Real Club de Yates hosts the second of the four days of scheduled tests in the nautical competition

· The Virazón skippered by Miguel Lago leads the championship after its victory in the opening regatta held on the 17th

This Saturday a new day of the SabadellGallego League, a competition of the Monte Real Club de Yates organized exclusively for J80 class boats, will be held in the Bay of Baiona.

The tests will begin at three in the afternoon and it is planned that, if the weather conditions allow it, a total of three windward-leeward routes will be disputed, in which the boats will fight for victory in real time.

Skippered by Miguel Lago, Virazón will try to maintain its leadership in the competition, a position it occupies after the opening day held on the 17th. Guillermo Caamaño’s Alumisel will be one of their main rivals, as both are separated by just one point in the general classification.

The J80 Class league, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and sponsored by SabadellGallego, Vitaldent and the Xunta de Galicia, will continue on November 14 with a new day of tests in the bay of Baiona.

· The Monte Real Club de Yates boat skippered by Miguel Lago leads the championship after achieving victory on the first day of testing

· In second and third position are the Alumisel of Guillermo Caamaño and the Ferralemes skippered by Enrique Porto

· The competition, sponsored by SabadellGallego, Vitaldent and the Xunta de Galicia, continues next Saturday the 31st in the bay of Baiona

The Virazón del Monte Real Club de Yates leads the J80 Class SabadellGallego League after winning the first day of tests held this Saturday in the bay of Baiona.

The crew, skippered by Miguel Lago, carried out three fantastic regattas in a day in which the gusty and shifty wind also wanted to be the protagonist. It blew with about 15 knots on average, reaching 26 at times, and its constant changes forced the committee to make changes to the course on two occasions.

In spite of everything, the fleet was able to dispute the three tests foreseen in the regatta program. In the first, which started promptly at three in the afternoon, Virazón managed to cross the finish line first, followed by Luna Nueva and Alumisel.

Miguel Lago’s team repeated victory in the second of the tests, leaving second and third place for Guillermo Caamaño’s Alumisel and Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes respectively.

In the last regatta of this first day, the crew of the Alumisel, who had achieved a third and a second in the previous tests, managed to climb the missing step and take first place, leaving Ferralemes and Virazón behind. .

Thus, Virazón is placed, with 5 points, provisional leader of the J80 Class SabadellGallego League, closely followed by Alumisel, with 6 points. A little further away is Ferralemes, with 11 points. Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero, Namasté by Luis de Mira and Pazo de Cea by María Campos complete the classification.

The J80 Class league, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and sponsored by SabadellGallego, Vitaldent and the Xunta de Galicia, will continue on October 31 with a new day of tests in the bay of Baiona. Before the awards ceremony, two more days will be held on November 14 and 28.

· After the celebration of the Prince of Asturias Trophy last September, the Monte Real Club de Yates organizes a new competition for the autumn months

· The SabadellGallego Class J80 League will consist of 4 test days that will begin next Saturday the 17th and will continue on October 31 and November 14 and 28

· The championship, organized by the Baiona club with the sponsorship of SabadellGallego, Vitaldent and the Xunta de Galicia, will be held in the waters of the Bay of Baiona

Baiona closes the 2015 sailing season with the celebration of the SabadellGallego Class J80 League, a competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates with the sponsorship of SabadellGallego, Vitaldent and the Xeral Secretariat for Sport of the Xunta de Galicia.

The championship will begin next Saturday the 17th in the bay of Baiona with the first of the four scheduled days, which will continue on October 31 and November 14 and 28.

All the tests will begin at three in the afternoon and will consist of several routes that the regatta committee will determine depending on the weather conditions and the state of the sea on each occasion. They may be windward-leeward courses or coastal routes.

The boats will sail as a fleet, will compete in real time and will carry out a maximum of 3 tests per day. Each and every one of them will score for the final classification from which the winner of the league will come out, which will be known at the end of November.

To make the J80 class known to more sailors, the organization will allow the inclusion of a fifth crew member on board, who will be able to navigate only as an observer. He must stand behind the skipper and may not participate in the tactics or maneuvers of the crew.

At the end of November, at the end of the competition, the Monte Real Club de Yates will host the awards ceremony for the winners at its facilities.

Monte Real promotes the J80 class in Galicia

The SabadellGallego Class J80 League was presented this morning at the Monte Real Club de Yates, in a press conference attended by Manuel Prol, Director of Institutional Relations of SabadellGallego. In his speech, Prol highlighted the importance of Monte Real as one of the most prestigious yacht clubs in Spain, a reference for sailors – he said – and a stopover point for sailors from all over the world. With its support for the Baiona club league, SabadellGallego “positions itself as an entity that works to be present in the daily life of Galicians through sponsorships and collaborations that increase the visibility of initiatives as important as this one”, assured Prol.

On behalf of the Xunta de Galicia, the Head of Service of the Xeral Secretariat for Sport, Daniel Benavides, intervened, who congratulated Monte Real and SabadellGallego for working hand in hand to promote the sport of sailing, an idea in which he also influenced the acting mayor of Baiona, Ángel Rodal.

The SabadellGallego del Monte Real League will serve as preparation for the J80 fleet for the World Cup that will be held next year in Sotogrande, an event in which the sailors of this class in Galicia, represented at the press conference by Guillermo Caamaño They hope to achieve great results.

In this sense, the Vice President of the Monte Real Yacht Club, Alejandro Retolaza, highlighted the leadership assumed by the Baion club in promoting the J80 in Galicia, by organizing two exclusive championships for them and other regattas that include them as a class, with independent output and classification.

J80, a booming fleet throughout Spain

The J80 are a type of boat on the rise in Spain in recent years. The boost given to these monotypes by the National J80 Association and the different Spanish yacht clubs has allowed this type of boat to grow considerably, both in number and quality.

In Galicia, the fleets from A Coruña and Baiona especially stand out, as they have won a large part of the victories in the different competitions held in the autonomous community throughout 2015.

Last September, Pablo Martínez’s Marina Coruña, from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña, won the Iberian J80 Championship. Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes and Miguel Lago’s Virazón, both from the Monte Real Club de Yates, won silver and bronze, respectively.

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