· The Gipuzkoan team skippered by Iker Almandoz won three first places in the three races held this Saturday in the Spanish J80 Championship, which is being held until next Tuesday in Baiona as part of the Repsol Trophy
· The Menorcans from Maui Jim Sunglasses with Javier Aguado at the helm and the Galicians from Okofen led by Javier de la Gándara from the Monte Real Yacht Club placed second and third respectively
· In the rest of the Repsol Trophy tests, the Oral Group Galimplant (cruiser-regatta class), the Fend la Bise (cruiser class), the Salaño Dos (class A Dos), the Marnatura (J70 class) and the Serralleiras ( Figaro class)
· The competition continues tomorrow, Sunday, with the second day of tests, which will be a little early in the morning with departures at eleven o’clock in the Bay of Baiona (J80), at twelve o’clock at the Cíes Islands anchorage (J70) and at one o’clock again in Baiona (cruise ships and Figaros)
The forty-first edition of the traditional Monte Real Yacht Club Spring Regatta got off to a strong start, which this year is once again the Repsol Trophy and hosts the J80 class Spanish Championship.
On the first day of tests for the national title, held this Saturday in Baiona, the contenders for the title of the J80 monotypes competed for three tasks inside the Bay of Baiona. They did so in very good conditions, on a day with little cloudiness with a northwesterly wind that remained stable and always above 12 knots, even reaching 15 at times.
The Basques from the AD Grupo Garatu, armed by Juan Vázquez, were the protagonists of the day, with a brilliant performance in all the tests. With Iker Almandoz at the helm, the sailboat manned by Íñigo Jáuregui, Íñigo Sánchez and Borja Ponte, signed three first places in the three routes and became leader of the classification.
In second position was another of the favorites to win the championship, Javier Aguado’s Maui Jim Sunglasses. The Menorcans, with aspirations to revalidate the title they won in 2016, started somewhat weakly, with a fourth place in the first test, but managed to overcome the following ones and with two seconds they took over the provisional silver.
The Galician crew of the Okofen, led by the historic Javier de la Gándara, closes the provisional podium. Wearing the organizing club’s pendant, Gándara and his team demonstrated why they were the best J80 Galician team last season.
In addition to the J80s that are competing for the Spanish Championship of the class, cruisers, figaros and J70s participate in the Repsol Trophy this 2018, and all of them took to the water on this first day of competition. For the former, the regatta committee designed a route of just over 13 miles through the Vigo estuary, which was hotly contested in the cruising-regatta and cruising classes.
The Oral Group Galimplant of the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, skippered by Pedro Pazos, won on this first day by just 7 seconds, which it managed to beat Bosch Service Solutions of the Club Marítimo de Canido, which is second overall in the cruise class- race. One of the boats that promised to put up a fight in the competition, Rui Ramada’s MBA Atlántico, had to withdraw shortly after the start due to a problem between the Carallones and La Negra beacons.
In the cruise class, the leadership is for the Fend la Bise of Jean Claude Sarrade, of the Monte Real Club de Yates; which is closely followed by one of its biggest competitors, the Balea Dous of Luis Pérez, of the Real Club Náutico de Rodeira.
In class A Dos, after a spectacular start and start of the route, Victor Carrión and Ana Sardiña’s Menudeta had to withdraw from the test due to a problem with the spy, leaving Jacobo Vecino and Brenda Maure’s Salaño Dos and Q Talento Javier Rey and Jorge Justo fighting for first place. Finally it was the Salaño who was placed at the top of the provisional podium.
In the Figaro class, which also completed a coastal route of about 13 miles, the victory of the day went to Elena Raga’s Serralleiras. The Erizana skippered by Alberto Iglesias and the Silleiro of José García de Miguel, are second and third respectively.
And in the J70 competition, which took place at the Cíes Islands anchorage, the provisional classification was very close, with the first four boats separated by just one point of difference. José Luis Freire’s Marnatura, skippered by the young Luis Bugallo, is in the lead with 8 points. It is followed by the Marina Rubicón of Alfredo González, with 9; and Denis Cherevalenko’s Joy Full, who arrived from Tallinn, closes the provisional podium with 10.
The Repsol Trophy continues tomorrow, Sunday, in Baiona with the second day of tests at an earlier time. At eleven o’clock in the morning, the starting horn will be given, inside the bay of Baiona, to the first of the three races scheduled in the J80 Spanish Championship. An hour later, at twelve noon, the tests of the J70 will begin at the Cíes Islands anchorage; and at one o’clock it will be the turn of the cruisers and the figaros, who will once again dispute a coastal tour of the Rías Baixas. In the afternoon, once the competition on the water is over, the Monte Real Yacht Club will offer the crews participating in the Repsol Trophy a seafood dinner and a beer and gin and tonic tasting.
(( Information and photos: Rosana Calvo · MRCYB Press · prensa@mrcyb.com · 626 523 977 ))
REPSOL TROPHY PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER DAY 1
J80 CLASS SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP
1. AD GARATU GROUP IKER ALMANDOZ AD GARATU
2. MAUI JIM SUNGLASSES · JAVIER AGUADO · INDEPENDENT
3. OKOFEN JAVIER DE LA GANDARA MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
REPSOL TROPHY RACING CRUISE CLASS
1. ORAL GROUP GALIMPLANT PEDRO PAZOS RCN SANXENXO
2. BOSCH SERVICE SOLUTIONS SANTIAGO ESTEVEZ CM CANIDO
3. YOUKOUNKOUN EDUARDO SEGADE CN PORTONOVO
REPSOL TROPHY CRUISE CLASS
1. FEND LA BISE JEAN CLAUDE SARRADE MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
2. BALEA DOUS LUIS PÉREZ ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF RODEIRA
3. ALBARELLOS · FERNANDO REY · PORTONOVO CN
REPSOL TROPHY CLASS A2
1. SALAÑO TWO · JACOBO VECINO / BRENDA MAURE · RCN VIGO
2. QTALENTO CONSULTANTS · JAVIER REY/ JORGE JUSTO · MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
3. AY CARMELA · JUAN MARTINEZ – PAZO / RAFAEL MARTINEZ-ALMEIDA · LM BOUZAS
REPSOL TROPHY J80 CLASS
1. AD GARATU GROUP IKER ALMANDOZ AD GARATU
2. MAUI JIM SUNGLASSES · JAVIER AGUADO · INDEPENDENT
3. OKOFEN · JAVIER DE LA GANDARA · MONTE REAL
REPSOL TROPHY J70 CLASS
1. MARNATURA · LUIS BUGALLO · RCN VIGO
2. MARINA RUBICÓN · ALFREDO GONZÁLEZ · TECHNICAL CD AND RACES
3. JOY FULL DENIS CHEREVALENKO DC TALLINN
REPSOL TROPHY FIGARO CLASS
1. SERRALLEIRAS ELENA RAGA MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
2. ERIZANA · ALBERTO IGLESIAS · MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
3. SILLEIRO JOSE GARCÍA DE MIGUEL MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
