· The Monte Real Club de Yates delivered the National Sailing Awards tonight in Baiona in what was the twenty-eighth edition of the gala
· The winners were the Olympians Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodríguez, the Cantabrian skipper Pablo Santurde, the Alicante crew of the Tanit Medilevel, the Mallorcan photographer Nico Rodríguez, the juniors Conrad Konitzer and Fernando Rodríguez and the Galician team of the Abril Verde
Family photo of the winners – Lalo R Villar
Tonight in Baiona, the Monte Real Yacht Club hosted the National Sailing Awards gala, awards that the historic club has awarded for 28 years to the most outstanding athletes and teams on the Spanish nautical scene.
The event began, as is tradition, with the welcome speech by the president of Monte Real, José Luis Álvarez, who highlighted the importance of the act for promoting sailing. “We want and need to continue betting on sport and sailing, for the benefits and joys that it brings to all of us, not only those who compete, but also those who work and enjoy it, especially in this year that has touched us live,” he said. “It’s about ,” he continued. to highlight the work of sailors and teams that are an example of effort and improvement for all “ .
The president of the Monte Real Yacht Club José Luis Álvarez – Photo Lalo R Villar
The president of Bodegas Terras Gauda, sponsor of the event, succeeded at the microphone. “It is an honor for a Galician and a man of the sea like me to come to present these awards,” said José María Fonseca Moretón, who assured that “It is impossible to reward all the best, since many more would deserve it, but of course those who are here deserve it without a doubt”.
The president of Bodegas Terras Gauda José María Fonseca Moretón – Photo Lalo R Villar
After the welcoming speeches, the awards ceremony began. The Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Military School, Ignacio Cuartero, was in charge of presenting the first prize to Armando Gutiérrez, president of the J80 class, who collected it on behalf of the Cantabrian Pablo Santurde, national sailing award for the skipper of the year.
The crew of the Tanit IV Medilevel, represented on stage by its skipper Nacho Campos, received the prize for the ship of the year from the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; and the deputy for sports from Pontevedra, Gorka Gómez.
The gala continued with the Mariano Aguado Communication Award, which Pilar de Sas presented to the Mallorcan photographer Nico Martínez, for his contribution to the dissemination and promotion of nautical sports through his photographs. It was the first time in the 28-year history of the prestigious awards that this award went to a photographer.
The next prize to be awarded was received by Luis Pérez Canal from Ourense, skipper of the Abril Verde, recognized as the best one-design of the year for his Corinthian European champion title. It was presented to him by the Xunta de Galicia’s Secretary General for Sports, José Ramón Lete Lasa.
The commercial director of ABANCA, Gabriel González, did the same with Fernando Rodríguez, who received the award that distinguishes him and Conrad Konitzer as the best youth team of the year.
The last of the six awards this year was collected by Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodríguez from the president of the Monte Real Yacht Club, José Luis Álvarez; and the president of Bodegas Terras Gauda, José María Fonseca Moretón. They won the award that recognizes them as the Olympic team of the year for their outstanding performance in 2019, when they became world and European champions in the 470 class.
The 28th gala of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards was once again part of the celebration of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, which after two days of regattas, concludes tomorrow, Sunday, in the Rías Baixas with the latest tests and the award ceremony for the winners.
With the premiere of the Gadis ORC 5 and SH Robotics ORC Open categories, the Monte Real meeting today brought together a total of 70 boats in the bay of Baiona competing for the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy
Magical, Cachete, Deep Blue 2.0, Chispa Nejra, Albarellos, Okofen and Tutatis Gestilar are the leaders of the queen event of the Baion club after the second day of regattas
Once the day’s tests are finished, at 8:00 p.m. the prestigious Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be delivered
Tomorrow, Sunday, the third and last day of regattas with everything to be decided in the seven classes in contention
The Prince of Asturias Trophy is halfway through its thirty-fifth edition. With the premiere of the Gadis ORC 5 and SH Robotics ORC Open categories, today the Bay of Baiona brought together a total of 70 boats divided into seven classes and three regatta fields, successfully completing the testing program of its second day. In the absence of what happens tomorrow in the final day, Magical, Cachete, Deep Blue 2.0, Chispa Nejra, Albarellos, Okofen and Tutatis Gestilar are for now the provisional leaders of the event.
In the race course of the ORC divisions from 2 to 4 the wind did not make things easy for the Race Committee. The lack of wind caused a delay of an hour and a half in the water at the beginning of the day, although finally with about 11 knots from the north component the fleet was able to hear the honk for the first of the two windward-leeward tests that would be held in this second day of competition.
The ORCs will reach the final with everything still to be decided – Photo Lalo R. Villar
In the category Nacexa ORC 2 the general has been tightened to the maximum after the dispute of the third and fourth regatta, and the five-point tie with which the Magical and Yess Too teams finished yesterday in the lead was provisionally resolved today in favor of the first. With Julio Rodríguez at the helm, the Magical of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo continues to lead the general standings -now alone- with a second and a fifth scored this afternoon, while Rui Ramada’s Yess Too moves into fifth place just one podium point.
The second position is now for the Solventis of Malalo Bermúdez after adding a sixth and a third in his locker, positioning himself three points behind those of Ramada. From behind, a good day also for Aceites Abril de Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, who with a partial victory and a fourth climb to third place on the provisional podium.
In total, only five points separate the top six finishers, so it will all depend on what happens tomorrow.
In AceitesAbril ORC 3 , Fran Edreira’s Cachete was once again the best in the regatta field. The boat from Club Marítimo La Penela added two more partial victories today and sits at the top of the general standings with a five-point advantage over José Luis Alonso’s Antelope – Kahaway, which also maintains its second position after two second places noted today.
Where there have been changes is in third place on the provisional podium, which is now occupied by Rui Amorín’s Milaneza after adding two third places.
For its part, in the Autesa ORC 4 division, the Deep Blue 2.0 of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo has not moved from first place today either. Vicente Cid’s team scored a second and a new partial victory, extending their lead by one point over Luis García Trigo’s Unus, who added their first win in the opening test of the day and a third in the second round. Luis Mª Pérez’s Balea Dous, meanwhile, also continues in third position in the provisional classification.
In the general classification of the Juan Sebastián Elcano Award, which encompasses the categories of ORC 2, 3 and 4 as a whole, today El Cachete stormed the lead ahead of Magical and Solventis, second and third respectively.
Part of the J80 fleet – Photo Lalo R. Villar
Meanwhile, with the start located in the Carallones area and wind conditions between 10 and 12 knots of intensity, at 12:00 noon the coastal test for the categories started. Gadis ORC 5 and SH Robotics ORC Open , which premiered today in the thirty-fifth edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy.
With a journey of about 20 miles and more than four and a half hours of navigation through the Vigo estuary, José Rey’s Chispa Nejra, which sails under the banner of the Club Náutico de Beluso, was the fastest in Gadis ORC 5 both in real time and compensated, thus becoming the provisional leader of the regatta. Following behind in the general classification are the Travesío La Riviere with Carlos Lourido at the helm and the Santiago Roma Rías Baixas of Iñaki Carbajo, second and third respectively.
On SH Robotics Open the Albarellos del Monte Real Club de Yates, which sails with Fernando Rey at the helm, was placed at the head of the general classification after the dispute in the coastal regatta by achieving a five-minute advantage in compensated time over the Lacazán of Ignacio Pedrosa, who is second. O Norte by Joaquim Moreira ranks third in this division.
For their part, the monotypes also completed their scheduled testing program today, this time with the race course located outside the bay, in front of the Parador de Baiona, to take advantage of the best wind conditions.
In the Solventis J80 category, the first two classified maintain their positions in the general classification. The Monte Real team, Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, repeats yesterday’s positions with two partial victories and one second in the three races held, and continues to lead the standings with a narrow two-point lead over Solintal from Santander Ignacio Camino, who added two seconds and one first in his locker.
Eight points behind the second classified, in the third drawer of the podium of the most numerous fleet of the Prince of Asturias, today stood Dr. Chacartegui de Javier Chacartegui, who with three third places and discarding his worst result rises to third position to lack of the last day of regattas.
For its part, in the Gestilar Ladies Cup class, the second day of regattas also ended with changes in the top positions in the general classification. Pilar Casares’s Tutatis Gestilar, which was yesterday in second place in the general standings, tied on points with Marta Ramada’s Erizana Gestilar, today scored two brilliant partial victories and was at the top of the podium with two points ahead of the of Ramada, who sealed a second and a fifth to place themselves in second place overall.
Behind, the third place on the podium is occupied by Sara Carmo’s Serralleiras Gestilar, three points behind Erizana and five behind the leading team, the representatives of the Real Club Náutico de Puerto Pollensa.
Tomorrow Sunday, third and last day of regattas with everything to decide. Although everything will depend on the weather conditions, the Regatta Committee expects to be able to start the last tests from 12:00. The awards ceremony for the 35th Prince of Asturias Trophy will be held at 6:30 p.m.
The Rías Baixas once again offered luxury conditions for navigation – Photo Lalo R. Villar
This thirty-fifth edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy is sponsored by ABANCA and has the collaboration of firms such as Bodegas Terras Gauda (sponsor of the National Sailing Awards), Gestilar (sponsor of the Ladies Cup), Solitium, TuyPan, Coca Cola, Martin Miller, Gadis, Solventis, Volvo Autesa, Nacexa, HOLA, Paradores, Vanguard, April Oils, Foxy, Onda Cero, Helly Hansen, Tac Tic and SH Robotics. The competition also has the support of the Xunta de Galicia, the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, the council of Baiona and the Royal Spanish and Galician Sailing Federations.
Today’s regatera day left spectacular images – Photo Lalo R. Villar
PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER DAY 2
35th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY
Monte Real Yacht Club Naval Military School
NACEX CLASS ORC 2
Magical Julio Rodríguez RCN Vigo 12 points
Solventis · Manuel Bermúdez de Castro · MRCYB · 15 points
April Oils Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal RCN Vigo 16 points
CLASS OILS APRIL ORC 3
Cachete Fran Edreira CM La Penela 4 points
Antelope-Kahaway José Luis Alonso Bay of Gijón 9 points
Milaneza Rui Amorín Atlantic Sailing 17 points
VOLVO AUTESA ORC CLASS 4
Deep Blue 2.0 · Vicente Cid · RCN Vigo · 5 points
Unus Luis García Trigo MRCYB 8 points
Balea Dous · Luis Mª Pérez · RCN Rodeira · 19 points
GADIS ORC 5
Spark Nejra José Rey CN Beluso 1 point
Crossing La Riviere · Carlos Lourido · RCN Sanxenxo · 2 points
Santiago Roma Rías Baixas Iñaki Carbajo CN Beluso 3 points
SH ROBOTICS ORC OPEN
Albarellos · Fernando Rey · MRCYB · 1 point
Lacazán Ignacio Pedrosa CN Sada 2 points
O Norte · Joaquim Moreira · CVA · 3 points
SOLVENTIS J80 CLASS
Okofen · Javier de la Gándara · MRCYB · 6 points
Solintal Ignacio Camino RCM Santander 8 points
Chacartegui Javier Chacartegui CN Arenal 16 points
The Bay of Baiona today inaugurated the thirty-fifth edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy with the dispute over the first tests for five of the seven participating categories
Magical in Nacexa ORC 2, Cachete in Oils Abril ORC 3 and Deep Blue 2.0 in Volvo Autesa ORC are placed at the head of the three categories that have competed today in compensated time
In the Solventis J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup classes, Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen and Marta Ramada’s Erizana lead the general
Tomorrow, Saturday, the Gadis ORC 5 and SH Robotics Open divisions will be launched and the prestigious Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be awarded at the end of the day
Great start in Baiona of the most awaited event of the cruise season. Organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona and the Naval Military School with the sponsorship of ABANCA, the Prince of Asturias Trophy today inaugurated its thirty-fifth edition with the dispute of the first tests for the categories Nacexa ORC 2, April Oils ORC 3 , Autesa ORC 4 and the Solventis J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup monotypes. With two more days still to go, the first leaders of the competition are Magical, Cachete, Deep Blue 2.0, Okofen and Erizana.
The big ships provided spectacularity on the opening day – Photo Lalo R Villar
Although everything seemed to indicate that this would be a first day with light wind conditions, finally the Regatta Committee was able to start the competition in a timely manner with an average intensity of about twelve knots both in the ORC regatta field and in the one-design regatta field , being able to easily complete the testing program planned for today.
Thus, at 3:00 p.m. the ORC fleet began the first start procedure for its three divisions, with a windward-leeward format route and the start line located in front of the Estelas Islands.
The Rías Baixas were the setting for the opening day of the Prince of Asturias Trophy – Photo Lalo R Villar
In the Nacexa ORC 2 category, the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy begins with a very tight overall with the first five boats separated by only four points. Julio Rodríguez’s Magical and Malalo Bermúdez de Castro’s Solventis shared the two partial victories at stake, although in the end it was Rodríguez’s who managed to lead the standings after scoring fourth place in the second round and scoring five points total.
Behind, and tied on points with the leader, second place is occupied by Rui Ramada’s Yess Too. The local team, one of the most consistent in the fleet on this first day, signed a second and third place in the two races held, achieving an advantage of only one point over Solventis, which is third with a fifth and a first .
They are closely followed in fourth and fifth position by Diego López’s Mirfak and José Manuel Pérez’s Arroutado, each accumulating a partial podium in their locker.
Sailing conditions were very good on the first day – Photo Lalo R Villar
For his part, Fran Edreira’s Cachete had no rival today in class oilsApril ORC 3 and took the win in the two races held, achieving a three-point lead over José Luis Alonso’s Antelope-Kahaway, who added a second and a third that allowed him to take second place overall on this first day of race.
In third place is Ramón Ojea’s Bosch Service Solution with eight points. After scoring a sixth in the first test of the day, Ojea’s men finished the day with a second place that allowed them to take the provisional third position.
In the Autesa ORC 4 category, leadership went to Vicente Cid’s Deep Blue 2.0, who scored the two victories of the day both in compensated time and in real time to place himself at the top of the podium with a total of two points. Behind, Luis García’s Unus sealed two second places and placed second with a four-point advantage over the third-placed team, Luis Mª Pérez’s Balea Dous, who made his debut scoring a fifth and a third today.
In addition to the Prince of Asturias Trophy, these three ORC categories will also compete this weekend for the Juan Sebastián Elcano Award, which defines the best classified team of the three classes as a whole. At the moment, after the dispute on the first day, the Magical is at the top of the table with the same points as the second classified, Yess Too, and one over Solventis, who is third. Anything can happen in the general standings, and with two days to go and only three points difference between the top five finishers, the results could still turn around.
For their part, the one-designs also heard today the starting gun of the Prince of Asturias in very good conditions during the three tests in charge of defining the first leaders of the Solventis J80 and two for the Gestilar Ladies Cup fleet.
The J80 raced inside the Bay of Baiona – Photo Lalo R Villar
Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen was the best in Solventis J80 , the largest fleet of the seven participating in this edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy. De la Gándara and his team added two first and one second and were placed at the top of the podium with three points of rent over Ignacio Camino’s Solintal, which is second with a fourth, a first and a second in their locker. Behind, with fourteen points, Ricardo Díaz-Munio’s Matraco completes the provisional podium with a sixth, a fifth and a third place in the three disputed races.
The Gestilar Ladies Cup put 36 sailors from Spain and Portugal into contention – Photo Lalo R Villar
The day was more even for the crews of the Gestilar Ladies Cup. While waiting for several protests to be resolved -the Committee was still resolving several at the time of writing this information-, the Fígaro skippered by Marta Ramada, the Erizana Gestilar, is currently in first position with a third and a partial victory and tied on points with the second classified team, Pilar Casares’s Tutatis Gestilar. Those from Casares scored two second places today, which allows them for the moment to obtain a three-point lead over Conchi de Pedro’s Silleiro Gestilar, who closed the drawer after scoring the first victory of the day and a sixth in the second and last chance.
Tomorrow, the second day with the entire fleet competing and the traditional presentation of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards
Tomorrow, Saturday, the second day of regattas in the bay with the entire fleet. Starting at 12:00 noon, the five categories that have been thrown into the water today will be joined by another two tomorrow: Gadis ORC 5 and SH Robotics ORC Open. It will be precisely the Open division that will have the participation of the Adapted Sailing boat, a team made up of sailors with functional diversity from the Monte Real Adapted Sailing School thanks to the support of the Department of Social Policy of the Xunta de Galicia.
In total, 70 boats competing in one of the most anticipated events of the season.
Once the day is over, the Baiona club will host the prestigious Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards at 8:00 p.m., in which the most outstanding sailors and teams of last season will be awarded.
A detailed security protocol against Covid19 for the Prince of Asturias Trophy
As established by the protocols of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation and the Xunta de Galicia, Monte Real has made every effort this year to guarantee the safety of the participants, workers and collaborators of the Prince of Asturias, thus trying to avoid any risk of contagion of Covid19.
Temperature taking at the entrance, masks and hydroalcoholic gels available to all participants, disinfection of the facilities several times a day, specific personnel to control the rules and radio reminders of the obligation to use the mask are some of the measures that Monte Real has adopted to carry out the thirtieth edition of the regatta.
PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER DAY 1
35th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY
Monte Real Yacht Club Naval Military School
NACEX CLASS ORC 2
Magical Julio Rodríguez RCN Vigo 5 points
Yess Too Rui Ramada MRCYB 5 points
Solventis · Manuel Bermúdez de Castro · MRCYB · 6 points
CLASS OILS APRIL ORC 3
Cachete Fran Edreira CM La Penela 2 points
Antelope-Kahaway José Luis Alonso Bay of Gijón 5 points
Bosch Service Solution Ramón Ojea CM Canido 8 points
VOLVO AUTESA ORC CLASS 4
Deep Blue 2.0 Vicente Cid RCN Vigo 2 points
Unus Luis García Trigo MRCYB 4 points
Balea Dous · Luis Mª Pérez · RCN Rodeira · 8 points
* At the time of writing this information, the Regatta Committee was still resolving several protests presented in the Gestilar Ladies Cup class, so the results of this first day could change.
· The historic club from Baiona puts on the line from tomorrow Friday until Sunday the thirty-fifth edition of its star competition
· This year 70 boats will participate in the tests, completing the registration limit set by Monte Real on the occasion of COVID19
· The tests will begin tomorrow at three in the afternoon in two regatta fields located in the bay of Baiona and the vicinity of the Cíes Islands
Female crews from Portugal, Mallorca, Ibiza, Castellón, the Basque Country and Madrid will compete in the twenty-fourth edition of the Gestilar Ladies Cup
The Prince of Asturias Trophy starts tomorrow, Friday, in Baiona – Photo Miguel Riopa
The Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona unfurls the sails of the Prince of Asturias Trophy tomorrow, Friday, which is held from until Sunday in the waters of the Rías Baixas. The competition will put Galicia in the spotlight of the Spanish nautical scene for three days in a year marked by the suspension of multiple championships due to COVID19.
The sponsorship of ABANCA and the support of multiple firms and companies has allowed the club from Baiona to celebrate what will be the thirty-fifth edition of its star trophy, an edition in which 70 boats will participate, a limit set by Monte Real to be able to comply with health protocols and guarantee the safety of the participants.
The competition will start, if the wind allows it, tomorrow Friday at three in the afternoon, with the departure of the first test of the ORC 2-3-4 from a regatta field located near the Cíes Islands. If the program is fulfilled, half an hour later the first honk will sound for the J80 monotypes and the Gestilar Ladies Cup, which will compete inside the Bay of Baiona. The ORC 5, Open and Open Extra will remain only on land, pending their debut in the competition on Saturday.
Among the participants this year, many familiar faces from previous editions and some novelties. The Magical by Julio Rodriguez, a Swan 42 that won the Conde de Gondomar Trophy last July, will make its debut in the trophy. It will compete in the ORC 2 class with boats such as Solventis owned by Alberto Moro, or the Portuguese Xekmatt owned by Jose Carlos Prista and Yess Too owned by Rui Ramada, the latter winner of the last edition of the Prince in ORC 1. In ORC 2 there will also be crews such as those from the Aceites Abril of the Pérez Canal brothers, the Pairo 8 of Luis Bugallo, the Arroutado of José Manuel Pérez, the Eleko Mambo of Carlos Sampedro or the Lambaix of Antonio Ríos.
The winner of the National Sailing Award Luis Pérez Canal will skipper the Aceites Abril – Photo Lalo R. Villar
Ramón Ojea’s Bosch Service Solutions, who will fight to revalidate the victory achieved last year, will also enter the fray in the ORC 3 class. Jean Claude Sarrade’s Fend la Bise, bronze in the 2019 Principe, will be another contender for the ORC-3 title, a class in which we will also see Fran Edreira’s Cachete or Joao Tourigo’s Farofino.
And in ORC-4, which also starts the competition tomorrow, there will be boats such as La Burla Negra, by Juan José Martínez, Deep Blue 2.0 by Vicente Cid, Balea Dous by Luis Pérez or Unus by Luis García Trigo, among others.
The J80 class will be the most numerous in the trophy – Photo Lalo R. Villar
The largest class in the competition will once again be the J80, in which a total of 18 crews will compete for victory, including Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, winner in 2019; the Alboroto-Maui Jim by Juan Carlos Ameneiro or the Due by Pedro Pazos.
The ORC-5, ORC Open and Open Extra classes, with boats such as José Rey’s Chispa Nejra, Luis Suárez’s Maracaná I, Pablo Moro’s Habana or Bruno Gago’s Isla de Mouro, will not go out to compete until Saturday .
This thirty-fifth edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy is sponsored by ABANCA and has the collaboration of firms such as Bodegas Terras Gauda (sponsor of the National Sailing Awards), Gestilar (sponsor of the Ladies Cup), Solitium, TuyPan, Coca Cola, Martin Miller, Gadis, Solventis, Volvo Autesa, Nacexa, HOLA, Paradores, Vanguard, April Oils, Foxy, Onda Cero, Helly Hansen, Tac Tic and SH Robotics. The competition also has the support of the Xunta de Galicia, the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, the council of Baiona and the Royal Spanish and Galician Sailing Federations.
Portugal, Mallorca, Ibiza, Castellón, the Basque Country and Madrid in the Gestilar Ladies Cup
The 35th Prince of Asturias Trophy will host, for yet another year on its programme, the Ladies Cup women’s competition, which this year is being held thanks to the sponsorship of the real estate developer Gestilar. In what will be the twenty-fourth edition of the regatta, crews from Portugal, Mallorca, Ibiza, Castellón, the Basque Country and Madrid will compete. They will do so, as has been the tradition, with crews of 6 sailors who will sail in the 6 Fígaros Beneteau owned by the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona.
Boat draw for the Gestilar Ladies Cup – Photo Leticia Acero
The 420 women’s runner-up, Marta Ramada, will lead the Portuguese crew of the Gestilar Ladies Cup for another year. On this occasion, Ramada, who is looking for her third victory in the women’s competition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, has managed to bring together in her team an outstanding cast of sailors who are currently preparing for the 2021 Olympics. Among them, the two-time snipe world champion, Mafalda Pires de Lima; the Portuguese 4X laser champion, Carolina Joao; and the Portuguese champion of 420, Joana Azevedo. They belong to different clubs in Portugal and will participate representing BBDouro.
The Olympians Sara Carmo and Susana Romero will be two of the crew members of another of the Ladies Cup teams, the one led by the women’s J80 world runner-up Nuria Sánchez, who will run through the Marina Burriananova (Castellón). They are joined by the Olympic Sara Carmo, who will carry the boat’s rod; the winner of the last Copa del Rey de Vela, Clara Llabrés; and the Galician Carmen Mateo and Victoria García, with several pre-Olympic campaigns behind them.
From the Basque Country, from the Real Club Náutico del Abra – Real Sporting Club, the team of Carmen Galdós, Euskadi champion of 420 and cruise, arrives in Baiona. Sailing alongside her, among others, will be the J80 junior world champion, Silvia Marcé; and the runner-up of Spain in J80 Leticia Gandarias. They are all from Getxo and despite having coincided in different classes, this will be the first time they are part of the same team.
Sailing through Puerto Pollensa (Majorca), the team led by Pilar Casares arrives at the Prince of Asturias Trophy. They are a group of sailors used to cruising who, after having won the 2019 edition of the Ladies Cup, will once again get on the Figaro Beneteau of the Monte Real Yacht Club to try to revalidate the title of winners.
From the Balearic Islands, the crew led by De Pedro, a regular in the Baionesa women’s regatta, in which this year will celebrate ten years of participation, also arrives in Galicia. It is made up of a group of vaurien athletes, recent runners-up in the Aguete Cruise Regatta, and they will compete representing the Ibiza Yacht Club.
The last of the six crews that will participate in this twenty-fourth edition of the Gestilar Ladies Cup is that of the Club Náutico Cervera, from Madrid, with Teresa Martínez and Laura Gil leading the team. They are one of the oldest crews when it comes to sailing in Baiona, where they have haggled for more than 20 years.
35th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY
Friday, September 4, 2020
10:00 – 14:00> Regatta office. Registration of participants. Reviews, measurements, weighing. 12:00> Live program with Onda Cero Radio from the MRCYB 12:30> Official Posing Gestilar Ladies Cup 15:00> Coastal test for ORC 2-3-4 15:30> Windward/leeward tests for J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup
Saturday, September 5, 2020
12:00> Windward/leeward tests for ORC 2-3-4, J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup 12:00> Coastal test for ORC 5, Open and Open Extra 18:00> Deadline for departures 20:00> Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards Gala
Sunday, September 6, 2020
12:00> Windward/leeward tests for ORC 2-3-4, J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup 12:00> Coastal test for ORC 5, Open and Open Extra 16:00> Deadline for departures 18:30> Awards Ceremony
· The countdown begins for one of the most important competitions on the Spanish nautical calendar, reduced this year as a result of COVID19
· The Monte Real Club de Yates will hold the thirty-fifth edition of its historic Prince of Asturias Trophy from September 4 to 6
The Rías Baixas will witness another year of an event that in this 2020 has limited the number of participants to comply with health protocols
· The delivery of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards and the celebration of the Gestilar Ladies Cup will be two of the attractions of the program
Galicia is already preparing for the celebration of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, one of the most important competitions in the Spanish nautical calendar, reduced this year as a result of COVID19. The Monte Real Club de Yates and the Naval Military School join forces once again in the organization of a trophy that in 2020 celebrates its thirty-fifth edition.
Its creation in 1986 thanks to the encouragement of Admiral Rafael Lorenzo Montero, who died a few months ago, was recalled by the president of the Baiona club, José Luis Álvarez, at the official presentation of the event held this morning in Baiona. The president of Monte Real had fond memories of the figure of the admiral, of whom he said that “possibly without him, and without his intermediation with the Royal House, the Prince of Asturias Trophy might not exist today.”
In his speech, José Luis Álvarez also wanted to highlight the effort made by the club this year to organize the trophy within the framework of COVID19. “It has been an extra effort -he said- that we believe will be worth it, because we hope that the Prince of Asturias Trophy will be one more step towards a normality in which many things will have changed, but others, such as our love of the sea and sailing, They will remain intact,” he said.
Like every September, the Rías Baixas will witness an event that every year brings together, for three days, an outstanding number of cruise and one-design crews from various parts of Spain and Portugal on the Galician coast. There will be, in total, three intense days of competition in which a maximum of 70 boats will participate, since this year, for the first time in the history of the trophy, a registration limit has been set due to COVID19.
The 35th Prince of Asturias Trophy will hold its tests on September 4, 5 and 6. On Friday the 4th, after a morning of registrations, revisions and measurements, the first two starting horns will be heard, at 3:00 p.m. for the fastest cruisers (ORC 0-1-2-3-4) and at 3:00 p.m.: 30 for monotypes (J80 and Figaros). The former will presumably take part in a coastal route and the J80 and the 36 girls from the Gestilar Ladies Cup, aboard the 6 Fígaros Beneteau owned by Monte Real, will enter the fray with several windward-leeward tasks.
On the second day, Saturday the 5th, the ORC 5, Open and Open Extra will also be at stake, for which the regatta committee will design a coastal layout. The rest of the boats will continue to score points in the ranking with several rounds to the wind, a design that will remain identical, weather permitting, until the end of the trophy.
The Sunday day of the 6th, the last of the tests, will be the one that decides the podiums and defines the final classification for the awards ceremony, which will be held that same afternoon, at 6:30 p.m. in the gardens of the Monte Real Club of yachts.
One of the trophies that will be in dispute this year will be the Juan Sebastián Elcano Trophy, a limited edition sculpture of the Spanish navigator made in bronze with which the Navy wants to commemorate the V Centenary of the first circumnavigation of the world.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Military School, Captain Ignacio Cuartero, highlighted the importance of the Prince of Asturias Trophy for the Navy, not only because of his collaboration in organizing the competition from the beginning, but also because many of the students of the Naval School participate in the tests. “The Prince of Asturias Trophy reflects some of the values that we try to instill in our students, such as, for example, overcoming challenges, both sporting and personal. That is why it is so important for us to continue working hand in hand with Monte Real in the organization of this high-level competition”.
For the celebration of the tests, the organizing club has once again chosen several different regatta fields in which to divide the participants. The objective is to be able to give a complete nautical show in the Rías Baixas, one of the most spectacular areas of the Atlantic coast, with very favorable characteristics for sailboat navigation.
It was an aspect highlighted by the head of sports for the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Gorka Gómez, who also spoke of the importance of “the institutional collaboration, the collaboration of companies, the collaboration of sports clubs and, in short, the collaboration of everyone in promoting a trophy that is also an economy and the promotion of healthy habits and an example to follow” . “The regatta is going to be fantastic and I have no doubt that it will be a complete success,” he concluded.
With the registration process already underway, the Monte Real Club de Yates hopes to cover the limit of 70 boats set this year, a figure well below the number of participants in previous editions but which will guarantee that the competition takes place with maximum security. in relation to COVID19.
The club’s commodore, Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui, assures that the intention of Monte Real is “to maintain the high organizational and sporting level that has always characterized the Prince of Asturias Trophy throughout its history and to do so while complying with all the protocols of health security” .
In this sense, the director of Monte Real wanted to thank the support of ABANCA, the main sponsor of the event, for having once again maintained its commitment to the club and the Prince of Asturias Trophy. In this sense, the territorial director of the entity, Walter Álvarez, spoke of the competition as a “true reflection of what ABANCA is and of its commitment to sport and the sea, from grassroots sports to top competition” . said. Álvarez also pointed out the contribution that events of this type make to the local economy with “a significant economic return, much needed in these times.”
From Monte Real they also thanked the support of Bodegas Terras Gauda, promoter of the National Sailing Awards, which will be awarded, once again, within the framework of the competition. The gala that will distribute the prestigious awards will be held on the night of Saturday, September 5, and will be attended by the winners in the different categories.
In this edition, Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodríguez have been distinguished as the best Olympic team; world champion Pablo Santurde as patron of the year; the world champion boat from Alicante in ORC Corinthian Tanit IV Medilevel as best boat; the champions of Spain and Europe of 420 Conrad Konitzer and Fernando Rodríguez as the best youth team and the J70 Green Oils of Luis Pérez Canal as monotype of the year. The Mariano Aguado Communication Award has been won this year by the Mallorcan photographer Nico Martínez, for his more than 30 years of contribution to the dissemination and promotion of sailing through his photographs.
The president of Bodegas Terras Gauda, José María Fonseca Moretón, was very pleased to be able to celebrate, once again, and in the special circumstances of COVID19, the National Sailing Awards gala at Monte Real. “For us it is a pride to sponsor a sport that gathers, at the same time, sports knowledge, intelligence and a series of values that we at Terras Gauda deeply love,” he assured. “It is an honor that the awards continue to celebrate years and we hope and wish to be able to continue sponsoring this event for many more years,” he concluded.
The delivery of the National Sailing Awards at the Monte Real Yacht Club will once again put Baiona in the spotlight, something of which the mayor of the Galician fishing village was especially proud. In the presentation of the event, Carlos Gómez, wanted to thank everyone “for coming once again to the best town not only in Galicia but in the whole world. We have the environment, we have the time and we hope that this weekend sports activities can be carried out as normal” .
In addition to the councilor from Baiona, the official presentation held this morning at the Monte Real Club de Yates was also attended, on behalf of the regional government, by the provincial head of sports of the Xunta de Galicia, Daniel Benavides, who highlighted the value of the Trofeo Príncipe de Asturias in the current context. “We are here making history, resisting and giving the image that in Galicia the economy is being activated with sport, with the optimism and with the dream of those sailors who are going to participate to get the long-awaited title of the Prince of Asturias Trophy” he said .
35th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY
Friday, September 4, 2020
10:00 – 14:00> Regatta office. Registration of participants. Reviews, measurements, weighing. 12:00> Live program with Onda Cero Radio from the MRCYB 12:30> Official Posing Gestilar Ladies Cup 15:00> Coastal test for ORC 0-1-2-3-4 15:30> Windward/leeward tests for J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup
Saturday, September 5, 2020
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 18:00> Deadline for departures 20:00> Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards Gala
Sunday, September 6, 2020
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 16:00> Deadline for departures 18:30> Awards Ceremony
· The crew of the J70 is thus recognized for the Corinthian European Champion title achieved in 2019 in the championship disputed by 130 boats in Lago di Garda (Italy)
· After having achieved bronze in 2018, the Abril Verde won last year in the amateur category with a crew made up of Luis Pérez Canal, Carlos Sanmartín, Eduardo Reguera, Juan de Cominges and Luis Darocha
· The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be presented on the night of Saturday, September 5 at a gala to be held in Baiona organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club
The J70 Abril Verde, skippered by Luis Pérez Canal from Ourense, has been honored with the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the one-design of the year for its achievement of the Corinthian European Champion title in Lake Garda (Italy), in a championship in which 130 boats participated.
After having achieved bronze in the 2018 European Championship, the crew of the Abril Verde managed to improve their results last year and climb to the top of the podium in the amateur category, beating the 36 rivals in their division. Those of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo won the title they were after, also managing to finish eighth overall in the championship.
The crew was led by Luis Pérez Canal, from Ourense, one of the most relevant figures in sailing in Galicia today. His nautical curriculum highlights having been Galician Optimist champion, Spanish Laser runner-up and promoter of some of the most successful Galician regional sailing projects, such as the J70 Abril Verde itself (podium in 4 of the last 5 annual circuits of J70 in Spain, Corinthian Spanish Champion and Corinthian European Champion) and the Aceites Abril, a cruise ship that has won numerous victories in the most important regattas in Galicia, such as the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy, the Conde de Gondomar Trophy, the Repsol Trophy or the Rías Baixas Regatta, of which the winner has just recently been proclaimed.
Together with him, Carlos Sanmartín, Eduardo Reguera, Juan de Cominges and Luis Darocha completed the crew that won the European Championship. On September 5 they will collect the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the monotype of the year at a gala to be held in Baiona organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club.
· The skipper and crew member of the 420 sailing class has received this distinction after having been proclaimed champions of Spain and Europe in 2019
The athletes will collect the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award that recognizes them as the best youth team of the year on September 5 in Baiona
19-year-old Conrad Konitzer and Fernando Rodríguez capped off their brilliant 2019 season by taking bronze in the 420 World Championship
Conrad Konitzer and Fernando Rodríguez will receive the National Sailing Award for the best youth team
The Balearic athletes from the Club Náutic S’Arenal de Mallorca Conrad Konitzer and Fernando Rodríguez have been distinguished with the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the best youth team of the year 2019.
The 19-year-old sailors culminated an exceptional season last year by proclaiming themselves champions of Spain and Europe in the 420 class, and also winning bronze in the world championship held in Vilamoura (Portugal).
They were the fruits of many months of training, gym and hours of water, a hard work that allowed them to achieve the goal they had set just a year before, in 2018, when they started sailing together and managed to qualify for the ISAF World Cup.
The skipper of the team, Conrad Konitzer, is a Canadian who has lived in Mallorca for years. The son of a sailor, he got on an Optimist for the first time at the age of 5 encouraged by his father, with whom he started sailing. After making the leap to the 420 and winning gold in the Spanish and European championships, he has just switched to the 49er, with which he is training for the Paris Olympics.
He agrees with his partner Fernando Rodríguez that he also started sailing encouraged by his father and that in recent months he has changed classes. Now he sails in 470 and his aspirations are to achieve the best possible level for 2024.
Before that, on September 5, both will collect the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award in Baiona, which recognizes them as the best youth team of the year, an award for which they were very grateful.
“We are very happy to have been awarded and we hope to be a good example for future generations” , they assured, while confirming that “they will continue to work very hard to achieve new goals in the world of sailing” .
· It is the first time in the 28-year history of the prestigious awards that a photographer is distinguished in the communication section
· Mallorcan Nico Martínez is one of the most recognized sailing photographers in the world thanks to his extensive experience in major nautical competitions
· The Copa América, the TP52 and RC44 circuits, the Copa del Rey or the Trofeo Princesa Sofía are some of the events in which Martínez has left his visual mark
The Majorcan photographer Nico Martínez will be honored on September 5 in Baiona with the Mariano Aguado Communication Award at the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards for his contribution to the dissemination and promotion of nautical sport through his photographs.
This is the first time in the 28-year history of the prestigious awards that this award has gone to a photographer, since until now it had only been received by journalists, the media, websites, blogs, agencies and production companies.
About to turn 63, Nico Martínez has spent more than half his life behind a goal. He started as a nautical photographer in 1985 collaborating with Nautic Press, a magazine that covered regattas in Palma de Mallorca.
Barely 5 years later, he would come into contact with Yate magazine, with which he traveled through Spain and France; and shortly after he became a photographer for Navegar magazine, beginning to work for events such as the Copa del Rey or the Princesa Sofía Trophy.
But it was in 1995 when he began to be really recognized as a nautical photographer thanks to his work for the America’s Cup in San Diego as the official photographer of “Rioja España”. Thus, Martínez made his great professional leap and regatta organizations and teams began to raffle him off to cover the high-level circuit in Spain.
In the year 2000 he repeated it again with the Copa América, this time in New Zealand, sending daily photos of “Bravo España” to the EFE agency; and in 2007 he did the same with the “Desafío Español” in the Copa América in Valencia.
The international circuits of TP52 and RC44, the Barcelona World Race, the Copa del Rey, the Trofeo Princesa Sofía or classic sailing regattas are some of his numerous works recognized worldwide, many of them published in prestigious international magazines such as Yachting World , Seahorses or Yachts.
In 2016 he marked another milestone in his career by winning first prize at the Yacht Racing Forum Award.
· The boat, a Grand Soleil 37 of the Real Club de Regatas de Alicante, is armed by María José Vila and Pedro Bernal and led by Nacho Campos
The Tanit IV Medilevel was proclaimed in 2019 the ORC world champion in the Corinthian category and won the bronze in the absolute general classification
· The team, created in 2000, was made up of a group of friends who have been integrating their families into a highly successful amateur sports project
Tanit IV-Medilevel ORC World Championship 2019 – Photo Pep Portas
The Tanit IV Medilevel of the Real Club de Regatas de Alicante has been distinguished with the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the boat of the year after having been proclaimed, in 2019, ORC world champion in the Corinthian category.
In the competition held in Sibenik (Croatia) with 50 boats from 18 countries, the Grand Soleil 37, owned by María José Vila and Pedro Bernal and led by Nacho Campos, was the only Spanish representative and, in addition to winning the highest title in the Corinthian category, managed to hang the bronze in the absolute general classification.
On board the Tanit IV Medilevel, together with the owner and the skipper, Diego Campos, Toni Llopis, Miguel Moreno, Miguel Bernal, Jorge Baschwitz, Mariano Caballero, Kiko Jiménez, José Antonio Gisbert and Vijay Orts Guille sailed.
A team, created in the year 2000, made up of a group of friends who, over the years, have been able to integrate their own families and other friends into a 100% amateur sports project that has done nothing but chain success after success.
Tanit IV – Medilevel, National Sailing Award for the best boat 2019 – Photo Pep Portas
They have won numerous regional competitions in Valencia and have signed several victories in the prestigious Copa del Rey, achieving podiums both in the Corinthian category (in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018) and in the general (in 2018 they were second).
In 2019, after the results obtained in the ORC World Championship, with which they managed to get rid of the thorn of the second place achieved in the World Championship Barcelona 2015; and despite being a completely amateur team, the Higher Sports Council awarded all the members of the crew the qualification of High-Level Athletes.
On September 5, the Tanit IV Medilevel will receive in Baiona, at a gala organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club, coinciding with the celebration of the Prince of Asturias Trophy (September 4, 5 and 6), the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award to the ship of the year.
· The Santander native will receive the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the skipper of the year after becoming world champion in the J80 class in 2019
At just 33 years old, Santurde is one of the key figures in Spanish sailing, with victories in numerous national and international regattas
The Cantabrian skipper will receive the award on September 5 in Baiona at a gala organized every year by the Monte Real Club de Yates
The Cantabrian Pablo Santurde, at the controls of the M&G Tressis – Photo Luis Fernández
The Cantabrian sailor Pablo Santurde, 33, has just been recognized as skipper of the year by the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, which each year reward the most outstanding athletes, teams and institutions in the world of sailing in Spain.
The award, which Santurde will receive on September 5 at a gala to be held at the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona, recognizes the successes achieved by the skipper from Santander throughout 2019, when he became world champion in the class J80 leading the crew of the M&G Tressis of the Real Club Marítimo de Santander.
Pablo Santurde and the crew of the M&G Tressis after winning the J80 World Championship in 2019 – Photo Luis Fernández
That year, in addition to winning the world championship as skipper, he managed to win the Caribbean 600 (in Class40) and the J70 Spanish Open. He also managed to get on the podium of the Normandy Channel Race (in Class40), in which he came second; and in the J70 World Championship, with a third position.
With a degree in nautical and maritime transport, Santurde began sailing at a very young age with the help of his parents, who always had a boat. He took his first steps in dinghy sailing on the Optimist, 420 and 470, participating in the London 2012 Olympic campaign in the 470 class.
Little by little he evolved and Gonzalo Botín gave him the opportunity to jump on the big boats and the big regattas. He sailed in mini 650 and in Class40 (with which he was world champion twice and runner-up twice) and managed to win such important races as the Fastnet Race (in 2015), the Caribbean 600 up to 6 times, the Transat Quebec Saint Malo (in 2016), the Tour of England and Ireland (in 2018) or the Transat Jacques Vabre, in which he achieved two podiums (second with Alex Pella in 2013 and third with Phil Sharp in 2017).
Imocas, Fígaros, MOD70, Swan, J70, J80… few are the boats that can resist this Cantabrian lover of the sea and sailing, who was very pleased to have been recognized with the award for skipper of the year at the National Awards for Terras Gauda candle.
“It is an honor to receive an award like this and to see so many years of work and dedication recognized, even more so when in Spain we have such good sailors, many of them also deserving of this award ”, says Santurde, who also wanted to dedicate the award “To all the crews I have been a part of and to the colleagues from whom, without a doubt, I have learned so much” . The Cantabrian skipper also thanked the Monte Real Yacht Club for awarding the prize and its “tireless work to promote the practice of sailing and regattas in Spain over so many years” .
The Catalan Jordi Xammar and the Galician Nicolás Rodríguez will be distinguished with the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the best Olympic team
· The prestigious award recognizes their brilliant performance throughout 2019 when they managed to be runner-up in the world and Europe in the 470 class
· The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be presented on September 5 at a gala organized in Baiona by the Monte Real Yacht Club within the framework of the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy (September 4, 5 and 6)
The tandem formed by the Catalan Jordi Xammar (Barcelona, 1993) and the Galician Nicolás Rodríguez (Vigo, 1991) will receive the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award on September 5 in Baiona, which recognizes them as the best Olympic team.
The jury that awards the awards wanted to distinguish them for their brilliant performance throughout 2019, a year in which they managed to be runners-up in Europe and the world; in addition to achieving bronze in the Pre-Olympic (Test Event) of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and winning the World Cup in Miami, which in 2020 they revalidated for the second consecutive year.
The duo formed by the Barcelonan (Club Náutico Cambrils) and the Vigo (Real Club Náutico de Vigo) have been sailing together since September 2016, when Jordi Xammar’s partner at the time, Joan Herp, decided to leave competitions to continue with his studies . After finishing twelfth at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Catalan skipper needed a new crew member to prepare for Tokyo 2020 and found one in Nico Rodríguez. The man from Vigo, who was in the Canary Islands pending moving to the Netherlands to dedicate himself to dentistry, decided to put that trip on standby to accept Xammar’s proposal to start sailing with him.
Their debut as a team in a high competition test was in January 2017 in the United States Championship, in which they achieved a creditable third place, and since then they have chained success after success. They have participated in more than 15 high-level events, achieving podium finishes in 12 of them.
They currently train with Gideon Kliger and Juan de la Fuente, occupy the number 2 position in the world ranking and are the great hope for Spanish Olympic sailing.
Next Saturday, September 5, they will receive in Baiona the award for the best Olympic team at the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards gala, organized once again this year by the Monte Real Club de Yates within the framework of the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy, which is held on days 4, 5 and 6 of September.
The 35th Prince of Asturias Trophy will be held in the waters of the bay of Baiona and the Vigo estuary on September 4, 5 and 6, 2020, under the organization of the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Naval Regatta Commission of the Naval School Marine Military. The 35th Prince of Asturias Trophy counts towards the Xunta de Galicia President Trophy.
a) The Racing Rules as defined in the
Sailing Regattas Regulation WS 2017 – 2020 (RRV).
b) Technical Cruise Regulations 2018-2020 and its
Annexes.
c) IMS Measurement Regulation.
d) Regulation of the ORC rating system.
and)[DP] J80 Class Monotype Regulations and their special adaptations of the J80 Galicia Fleet.
F)[DP] MRCYB Regulations for Monotype Figaro and Ladies Cup.
g) Special rules for offshore regattas (OSR) of WS, Category 4 (ORC) reduced, and the particular ones for J80 Galicia and Fígaros zone of the MRCYB. h) In the rules that govern this regatta, the notification[NP] refers to the fact that an infraction of this rule will not be a reason for protests between boats (modifies RRS 60.1(a)).
i) Special rules of the RFGV and SDX (General Secretariat for Sport of the Xunta de Galicia) for COVID19 prevention. [NP] [DP] (Annex I to this AR).
j) In the rules that govern this regatta, the notification[SP] “standard penalty” the Race Committee, or by the Protest Committee may apply a penalty without a hearing (modifies rule 63.1 and A5 of the RRS).
1.2. The official language of the regatta will be Spanish.
2/ ELIGIBILITY
2.1 Participants must meet the eligibility conditions reflected in Regulation 19 of the WS and in the prescriptions of the RFEV to said regulation.
2.2 Participants of nationality or with legal residence in Spain or who compete in boats attached to a Spanish club, must be in possession of the sports federation license for the year 2020. For foreign athletes who do not have a federative license or athlete medical insurance that insures them in case of an accident, they must prove that they have accident and illness insurance valid in Spain.
3/ ADVERTISING [NP][DP]
3.1 Participants may display advertising in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20 of the WS.
3.2 In accordance with WS Regulation 20, participants may be required to display advertising on the forward 20% of the hull on each side of the boat and on the sides of the boom, as well as possible advertising pennants on the backstay of each boat. All this will be provided at the regatta office once your order has been confirmed.
inscription. Modifications to the stickers provided by the Organizing Committee are not allowed. If it occurs, the Regatta Committee may decree the penalties it deems appropriate.
3.3 The Monte Real Club de Yates reserves the right to demand the elimination or substitution of any type of publicity, message or image displayed during the celebration of the event of the boats or the equipment of their crew members, which does not comply with the moral and ethical standards of general acceptance (Regulation 20 of the WS) or contravene the interests of the organizing club. This includes the celebration of the tests in the regatta field, in the club’s facilities or while it is available to the Regatta Committee.
* The owner or skipper of the boat with advertising will be asked to indicate or show the type of advertising that will be displayed during the regatta, for the approval of the Organizing Committee.
4/ PARTICIPATION
4.1 Participation in this Regatta is limited in ORC to cruisers with a single hull, with a length greater than 7.00 meters, with an ORC or ORC club certificate valid for 2020 and with a GPH of less than 780 s/mile, and must have declaration of complete set of sails, including your spinnaker or gennaker. Whoever does not have it declared, may participate, but will be penalized with 25% of the real time he does in the regatta; as well as the ORC called Open by the organization; Monotypes J80 and Monotypes Fígaro of the MRCYB with the female crews invited by the organization for the Ladies Cup trophy.
4.2 The skippers of the boats must be of legal age. The age of majority must be accredited by means of a photocopy of the DNI.
In case of taking a minor as a crew member, they must have the corresponding written authorization from the parents or guardians.
The responsibility of the minor during the regatta corresponds to the skipper of the boat where he is embarked.
4.3 The following groups and classes are established:
ORC ORC CLASS 0-1< 565 s/mile (sticks)
ORC CLASS 2 Between 565 and< 610 s/mile (sticks)
ORC CLASS 3 Between 610 and< 650 s/mile (poles)
ORC CLASS 4 Between 650 and< 700 s/mile (poles)
ORC CLASS 5 Between 700 and 780 s/mile (coastal)
ORC-OPEN< 780 s/mile and complying with the standards established by the organization (*) (coastal)
OPEN EXTRA Authority of the Regatta Committee and Organizer
J80 Monotype Real Time
Ladies Cup One Design Real Time
(*) In the OPEN CLASS, only those boats that due to their Gph would be forced to go in other classes, but that do not have a minimum competitive capacity, as well as vintage boats, especially slow designs, etc., may participate.
For those boats that due to their performance could compete in this class, but were more modern models or with materials and elements of high modulus, carbon, etc., the Organizing and Regatta Committee may classify it at its sole discretion in a class called OPEN EXTRA.
• In any case, the Regatta Committee and Organizing Committee will have the power to include, at its discretion, in the OPEN and OPEN EXTRA Group the boats it deems appropriate.
4.4 The Organizing and Regatta Committee reserves the right to admit the inscriptions, as well as to group the boats in the corresponding class or group.
4.5 To form a class or group, at least five boats must register in it.
5/ REGISTRATION
5.1 In this edition and as a preventive measure due to the extraordinary circumstances caused by Covid19, the maximum number of participating boats will be 70.
5.2 The inscriptions will be formalized through two ways:
Covering the form posted in the regatta section and sending it by email along with a photocopy of the valid 2020 measurement certificate and proof of payment of the registration fees, before September 3 at 12:00 p.m. to:
Mount Royal Yacht Club Parador Enclosure s/n 36300 Bayonne phone + 34 986 385 000 secretary@mrcyb.com
Not admitting any registration made after 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 3, 2020.
5.1.1 The registration fees will be the following:
Registration until August 20 / After August 20
ORC 0 and 1 – €200 / €250
ORC 2, 3 and 4 – €150 / €200
ORC 5, OPEN, OPEN EXTRA AND J80 – €100 / €150
5.1.2 Payment of registration fees will be made in cash or by bank transfer to the name of Monte Real Club de Yates to the account:
It will be necessary to present, together with the registration form, the receipt of the transaction, including the name of the boat or sail number, at the club’s offices or by email to secretaria@mrcyb.com.
5.2 Registration and confirmation of registration.
5.2.1 The owner or person in charge of each boat must register and personally sign the registration form at the Regatta Office before 8:00 p.m. on September 3, 2020 (ORC, J80 and Ladies Cup) or on September 4, 2020. September 2020 before 8:00 p.m. (ORC 4, 5 and Open). Entries of boats that have made requests to the RFEV for the issuance or modification of their rating certificate after 6:00 p.m. the day before the start of the first race will not be accepted (except for a justified cause approved by the regatta committee).
5.2.2 The registration is conditioned to the presentation before the appointed time of the following documents:
a) Valid measurement certificate.
b) ORC habitability certificate (if applicable).
c) Current insurance policy, which covers civil liability (damage to third parties and property) or extension of coverage of civil liability and damage to third parties up to a minimum amount of 330,556.66 euros.
d) In case of displaying advertising, corresponding federal authorization.
e) Federation athlete license, original or photocopy (MANDATORY to submit along with the registration form).
6/ SPORTS PROGRAM
7/ NUMBER OF EVENTS AND ROUTE
7.1 The trophy consists of a maximum of:
– 6 tests for ORC 0-1-2-3-4 and Ladies Cup.
– 9 tests for J80.
– 2 tests for ORC 5, Open and Open Extra.
The trophy will be valid when at least one test is completed in the corresponding group.
7.2 The Sailing Instructions will detail the courses to be sailed.
8 /CLASSIFICATIONS
8.1 There will be a classification for each of the groups formed.
8.2 Rankings for ORC groups or classes will be established in accordance with RTC rule 204 and specified in the Sailing Instructions.
8.3 J80 and Ladies Cup will qualify in real time.
9/ SCORE
Appendix A and the downward scoring system described in the RRS will apply.
10/ INSPECTION AND MEASUREMENT. [DP][SP]
10.1 Security and measurement controls may be carried out daily by the Technical Committee.
10.2 The responsibility of attending this regatta having previously updated its Measurement Certificate, measuring the material with which it is intended to participate, is exclusively the registered skipper.
10.3 In no class may the number of crew members on board be changed during the regatta.
10.4 Points 102.3 and 200.1.b of the ORC, minimum crew weight, will apply in this regatta.
11/ SAFETY [NP] [DP]
11.1 All boats must be equipped with a VHF radio with channels 16, 69, 71 and 72.
11.2 It will be the responsibility of the owner or skipper of each boat to comply with the legal regulations established for recreational boats, both in general and in particular for their government, dispatch and security.
12/ PRIZES
The full list of prizes will be displayed at the TOA during the regatta. As a minimum, prizes will be awarded to the best classified in each of the groups ORC, Open, J80 class, and the Ladies Cup Trophy to the winning female crew in the Figaro class, the Conde de Barcelona Trophy to the best classified Portuguese crew in ORC according to the trophy regulations (**). The number of prizes for each class will depend on the number of registered in each of them.
(**) The Regulations of the different Trophies will also be available to the participants on the website of the Monte Real Club de Yates in its section on the Príncipe de Asturias regatta.
13/ IMAGE RIGHTS
The image rights of the event belong exclusively to the Monte Real Club de Yates.
During all the days of regatta and in the social events there will be photographic and television coverage.
14/ LOCAL MARINE REGULATIONS
Royal Decree 62/2008 establishes the conditions of maritime safety, navigation and human life at sea applicable to nautical-sports events.
Participants are warned, before the start of the tests, that the boats can only participate if they are legally dispatched to navigate the waters through which the test will take place, and if their skippers have sufficient qualifications for their government.
Participants must declare, adequately in advance of the start of the race, the insurance taken out, if applicable, including the risks covered and the limits of liability in accordance with the Notice of Race, being covered for participation in races nautical-sports.
15/ RESPONSIBILITY
All those who participate in this regatta do so at their own risk and responsibility.
Attention is drawn to Fundamental Rule 4, DECISION TO RACE, of Part 1 of the RRS which states:
“It is the exclusive responsibility of a boat to decide whether to participate in a test or continue in a regatta”
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BERTHS
The boats whose registration is accepted in this regatta will have a reserved and free mooring or anchoring place (mooring under the sole responsibility of the owner or skipper) during the celebration of the event, from August 30 to September 12.
See attached map, which indicates the area reserved for participants.
The Monte Real Club de Yates reserves the right to assign berths to the boats in strict order of registration, depending on their size and draft.
RESERVED AREA FOR THE DOCKING OF PARTICIPANTS
SOCIAL EVENTS AND AWARDS DELIVERY
The awards ceremony for the 35th PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS TROPHY will take place at the club’s facilities on September 6, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. Any other social event scheduled during the days of the tests will be published on the Official Notice Board (TOA) and on the club’s website in the regatta section.
ANNEX I
COVID-19 PROTOCOL FOR THE REGATTA [NP] [DP]
A : MEASURES COMMON TO THE WHOLE ACTIVITY:
A1) Interpersonal separation of 1.5m and/or the use of physical protection measures are established as fundamental measures, as established by the regulations, in addition to constant hand washing.
A2) Before attending the activity, participants must undergo a SELF-TEST to confirm symptoms. Do I have a fever, cough or shortness of breath?
A3) All participants must bring their own mask and hydroalcoholic gel with them for all activities.
A4) All participants who have any symptoms of COVID19 or have been in contact with someone infected, will not be able to access the facilities or carry out activities. In addition, they must immediately notify the technical manager of the facility or competition.
A5) It will be mandatory to wash hands at all entrances to the facilities with hydroalcoholic gel or soap, for at least 40 seconds and constantly, before and after each activity that is carried out.
A6) It will not be allowed to share food or drinks between participants, users and/or staff.
A7) All coaches and assistance personnel in water must carry an FFP2 mask and their own bottle of hydroalcoholic gel.
A8) The use of changing rooms is not recommended and they will be used only when necessary. Personal items will not be allowed in the changing rooms. Showers may not be used.
A9) The use of a mask will be mandatory at all times.
A10) In navigation situations in which the safety distance cannot be maintained, a mask will be used whenever conditions allow it and its use is not incompatible with the activity. In case of harsh sea, wind and/or rain conditions, the rain suit will be used to cover the nose and mouth. In addition, before sailing, special attention should be paid to the rest of the measures to minimize the risk of contagion:
– Take temperature prior to activity.
– Frequent hand washing.
– Do not exchange positions on the boats during the same day of activity.
– Disinfection of shared material.
B : OWN MEASURES FOR CRUISE SHIPS AND MONOTYPES ADDED TO THE COMMON MEASURES:
B1) Use of masks and safety distance of 1.5 m. during the actions of lowering and raising boats.
B2) Keep the crews in their own boat whenever they are on the jetty.
B3) Maintain a constant safety distance of 1.5m interpersonally when circulating or being on the slipway and pontoon.
B4) Use of a mask during transits through the pontoon.
B5) Use of a mask in all interior areas of the club.
B6) Hand washing with hydroalcoholic gel in all accesses.
B7) Carry hydrogel on board for constant hand washing of the crew.
B8) Daily disinfection of the ship.
B9) Obligation to use a bottle of water for each crew member. Do not share bottle
B10) Obligation for each athlete to carry their own supplies on board. Do not share food.
B11) Carry a minimum of 5 masks on board to be able to replace those that are damaged.
PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT TABLES:
http://www.fgvela.es/media/documentos/ANEXO_II_-_TABLAS_FISICOVID_RFGVELA.pdf
RESPONSIBLE DECLARATION TO BE ADDED TO THE REGISTRATION APPLICATION FORM FOR THIS RACE – MANDATORY ACCORDING TO THE COVID 19 PROTOCOL RULE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE EVENT
Mr / Ms ………………………………………. ……………………… with DNI / NIE number …… ..… ………… …..
Skipper / Owner of the Boat ……………………………………………… with Sail number: …………………………
To participate in the 35th PRINCIPE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona and held in the Vigo estuary and Bay of Baiona from September 4 to 6, 2020,
I REQUEST to be able to participate in the indicated Regatta, for which I have read in detail the information provided by the organization itself and I accept the conditions of participation and express our commitment to the personal hygiene and prevention measures of the organization and RFGVela protocol .
AND DECLARES that:
● Both he and the crew members of his boat who appear on the registration form know the protocol for returning to the sporting activity of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation and their commitment exhaustively.
● All of them will access the facilities with the recommended protection measures and will use them whenever the sport allows it, complying with the rules of use of the facilities established in the protocol for each of the spaces.
● Despite the existence of a return to activity protocol, I am aware of the risks involved in playing sports indoors in the current pandemic situation.
● Likewise, I declare that IN THE LAST 15 DAYS WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THE CREW:
o Suffered from any symptoms of Covid:
▪ Fever.
▪ Tiredness.
▪ Dry cough.
▪ Difficulty breathing.
Nor have we been in contact with anyone who has tested positive for Covid-19.
● We will immediately notify the Management of the Organizing Entity if any of the above circumstances occurs or is positive for Covid-19, so that the appropriate measures can be taken.
The signature certifies compliance with and acceptance of the rules of the protocol established by the Royal Galician Sailing Federation and the Organizing Club.
In ………………….. to …………. from ………………………. of 2020
Signed:
· The Magical of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, led by Julio Rodríguez, won the grand prize of the 45th Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy by winning the final general classification
The Yess Too of the Portuguese owner and skipper Rui Ramada once again won the prize for the fastest boat in the long stage of the Carrumeiro after completing the round trip to the mythical rock in first position
· In the Erizana Regatta, which was disputed by the sailboats that did not participate in the Carrumeiro test, the Deep Blue 2.0 of Vicente Cid of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo took victory in the ORC class.
· The Alboroto del Monte Real, led by Juan Ameneiro and with the Spanish champion Javier Aguado on board, was the clear winner of the J80 competition after signing three first places in the three tests held
· In the Figaro class, victory went to Patricio de Haz’s Serralleiras, which improved on the third place it had achieved on Saturday in the coastal class, winning the two windward-leeward races held this Sunday
· After the conclusion of the Count of Gondomar, the Monte Real Yacht Club is now preparing for the celebration of the Prince of Asturias Trophy on September 4, 5 and 6, which will again include the delivery of the National Sailing Awards
This Sunday concluded in Galicia a new and exciting edition of the Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, disputed during the last three days in the waters of the Rías Baixas, scene of the 5 tests put into play.
In what was the forty-fifth edition of the most traditional competition of the Monte Real Club de Yates, the crews were able to sail in very good weather conditions which, added to the equality and quality of the fleet, allowed them to enjoy a great championship .
Start of one of the last two tests of the 45th Count of Gondomar – Photo José Ramón Louro
After the celebration of the first two coastal ones on Friday and Saturday, with the ascent to Carrumeiro Chico and Camouco; the final day on Sunday featured two windward-leeward regattas, double-lap for the smaller boats and triple-lap for the big ones. They were two very disputed tests but they did not change to a great extent the initial classification derived from the coastal routes.
The Magical winner of the 45th Count of Gondomar – Photo José Ramón Louro
The Magical of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, led by Julio Rodríguez, was the great winner of the 45th Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, winning the final general classification. With Gonzalo Araujo as tactician and a crew made up of experienced sailors, the skipper from Vigo managed to rewrite his name in the Conde’s history of winners, who had already won in 2001 with the Starfisher.
The Magical was the winner of the Conde de Gondomar Regatta, which included the climb to Carrumeiro and the two barlosotas on Sunday; and left the Aceites Abril one more year on the verge of victory, just as it had happened in 2019. The boat of the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo; obtained a meritorious second position and left the third position to the Arroutado of José Manuel Pérez, from the Real Club Náutico de Portosín, who completed three very good tests taking Javier la Gándara as tactician.
El Magical, by Julio Rodríguez, overall winner – Photo Clara Giraldo
Another of the sailboats that aspired to the podium in this Count of Gondomar, the Yess Too of the Monte Real Club de Yates, of the Portuguese owner and skipper Rui Ramada, withdrawn from the competition on Sunday due to problems with the boat, had to settle for being the winner in real time of the long test of the competition, being the fastest to complete the round trip to the mythical rock.
The Deep Blue winner of the Erizana Regatta- Photo José Ramón Louro
In the Erizana Regatta, made up of the climb to Camouco and two barlosotas, the winner among the ORCs was the Deep Blue 2.0 by Vicente Cid, wearing a necklace from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo. La Burla Negra by Juan José Martínez, from the Club Náutico Castrelo de Miño; and the Fend la Bise by Jean Claude Sarrade, from the Monte Real Club de Yates; They were second and third respectively.
Vicente Cid’s Deep Blue 2.0, winner in ORC of the Erizana Regatta – Photo Clara Giraldo
In the J80 one-design real-time competition, the clear winner of the competition, with a triplet, was the Alboroto del Monte Real Club de Yates, skippered by Juan Ameneiro and with the Spanish champion Javier Aguado on board. He signed some splendid results, with three victories in the three contested races.
The Rampage of Juan Ameneiro, winner in J80 – Photo Clara Giraldo
The Cansino by Fernando Yáñez managed to win the silver medal and the bronze was finally won by Santiago Estévez’s Spaco , who ousted Sergio Golpe’s Miudo from third place, who aspired to maintain third position on the last day but ultimately missed the podium.
Figaros fleet and J80 – Photo José Ramón Louro
The Fígaros del Monte Real Club de Yates also competed in this 45th Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, both in real time among themselves and in compensated with the ORCs. The final victory went to Serralleiras skippered by Patricio de Haz, followed in the classification by Leopoldo Llorente’s Bouvento and Agustín Marquina’s Tutatis . In a creditable fourth position was the Ladeira, manned by students from the MRCYB Sailing School, with coach David Fontán at the helm.
The Serralleiras by Patricio de Haz, winner in Figaro – Photo Clara Giraldo
The president and commodore of the club, José Luis Álvarez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui, participated in the awards ceremony held this afternoon at the Monte Real Club de Yates; the councilor of SabadellGallego, Juan Manuel Vieites; the director of Banco Sabadell’s Private Banking Galicia Sur, Pepe Celada; the director of large companies in Galicia Sur, Ramón Correa; and Adolfo García-Ciaño, regional director of Banco Sabadell. Also present were the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; the tourism deputy of the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Ana Laura Iglesias; and the territorial secretary of the Xunta de Galicia in Vigo, Marta Iglesias.
With the award ceremony for the winners, the Monte Real Club de Yates put an end to a new edition of the Conde de Gondomar, its most traditional competition, and is now preparing to organize its other great sporting event of the year, the Prince of Asturias Trophy . The competition, the most important of the club and one of the three most important in Spain, will be held on September 4, 5 and 6, and will once again include the delivery of the National Sailing Awards, which is expected to be released at the end of August.
45th COUNT OF GONDOMAR BANCO SABADELL TROPHY Monte Real Yacht Club (Baiona) July 24 – 26, 2020
WINNER OF THE 45TH COUNT OF GONDOMAR BANCO SABADELL TROPHY
MAGICAL · JULIO RODRÍGUEZ · RCN VIGO
WINNER OF THE CARRUMEIRO CHICO STAGE IN REAL TIME
YESS TOO · RUI RAMADA · MRCYB
WINNERS OF THE CONDE DE GONDOMAR RACE (Ascent to Carrumeiro + BarloSotas)
1. MAGICAL · JULIO RODRÍGUEZ · RCN VIGO · 5 POINTS 2. APRIL OILS · LUIS AND JORGE PÉREZ CANAL · 10 POINTS 3. ARROUTADO · JOSÉ MANUEL PÉREZ · RCN PORTOSÍN · 16 POINTS
WINNERS OF THE ERIZANA REGATTA (Ascent to Camouco + BarloSotas)
ORC-CLASS
1. DEEP BLUE 2.0 VICENTE CID RCN VIGO 4.5 POINTS 2. THE BLACK MOCK · JUAN JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ · CASTRELO DE MIÑO CN · 8 POINTS 3. FEND LA BISE · JEAN CLAUDE SARRADE · MRCYB · 12.5 POINTS
J80 CLASS
1. ALBOROTO · JUAN AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 3.5 POINTS 2. TIRED · FERNANDO YÁÑEZ · MRCYB · 8 POINTS 3. SPACO SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ MRCYB 16 POINTS
The Deep Blue 2.0 of Vicente Cid of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo was the winner of the second day held this Saturday in the Rías Baixas with a route of just over 27 miles between Baiona and the Camouco lighthouse in the Ons area
· In the J80 one-design competition, the Alboroto del Juan Ameneiro is leading with the Spanish champion Javier Aguado on board and the Bouvento de Leopoldo Llorente is the leader in the real-time classification of the Figaros
· Julio Rodríguez’s Magical from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo won the Carrumeiro Chico regatta after beating Yess Too in compensated time on the opening day of the 45th Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy
· The competition organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club will conclude tomorrow, Sunday, with several windward-leeward tests at the Cíes anchorage and the award ceremony for the winners
Start of the second day of the 45th Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy – Photo José Ramón Louro
The Dufour 34 Deep Blue 2.0 of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, led by Vicente Cid, was the winner this Saturday in Baiona of the second day of the 45th Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, which is being held these days in the Rías Baixas under the organization of the Monte Real Yacht Club .
Vicente Cid’s Deep Blue – Photo José Ramón Louro
Despite the fact that the wind was harsh in the first few minutes, forcing a postponement that delayed the scheduled departure time by up to forty minutes, once the fleet left the Bay of Baiona heading for Camouco, everything unfolded with great agility. The ascent to Ons was very fast and the descent back, except for a momentary drop in the wind, was a true street runner.
Salseiro by Manuel Blanco (RCN A Coruña), Deep Blue by Vicente Cid (RCN Vigo), Burla Negra by Juan José Martínez (CN Castrelo), Fend la Bise by Jean Claude Sarrade (MRCYB) and Unus by Luis García Trigo (MRCYB) were the fastest throughout the race, always in the lead and well ahead of the rest of the fleet.
The Salseiro of Manuel Blanco of the RCN A Coruña – Photo José Ramón Louro
The coruñeses of salseiro (Dehler 44), the first to reach Camouco at a quarter past three in the afternoon, two and a half hours after leaving Baiona, they crossed the finish line at 4:31 p.m., signing the just over 27-mile distance of the test in less than four hours.
They were the fastest to complete the distance but they did not achieve the first position in the classification affected by the compensation of times, which favored the Dufour 34 Deep Blue and Burla Negra, both from the nautical company from Vigo, first and second in the provisional classification.
In third position is the Fend la Bise of Jean Claude Sarrade, of the Monte Real Club de Yates, another of the sailboats that will reach the final day with the possibility of making a podium if it manages to embroider the barlosotas, which everything indicates that they will be very close.
The Rampage of Juan Ameneiro with the champion of Spain Javier Aguado on board – Photo José Ramón Louro
In the J80 competition, Juan Ameneiro’s Alboroto , with the Spanish champion Javier Aguado on board, was the fastest among the 8 meter one-designs, crossing the finish line at 16:48 and managing to beat the rest quite a few minutes. Cansino by Fernando Yáñez was in second place and Miudo by Sergio Golpe was third. They are all part of the regular J80 fleet of the Monte Real Club de Yates.
Most of the J80 and Fígaros fleet sailed closely together – Photo José Ramón Louro
In the real-time classification of the Figaros, who also compete in compensated with the ORCs, the provisional podium was made up of the Leopoldo Llorente’s Bouvento , who is in the lead, followed by Patricio de Haz’s Serralleiras and Agustín Marquina’s Tutatis, in second and third position respectively.
After the conclusion of this second day of the coastal route, only the last two tests of the competition remain to be held, which will be much more technical, with windward-leeward routes between buoys. They will be held tomorrow, Sunday, starting at noon at the Cíes Islands anchorage and the definitive final classification will come out of them.
Together with Deep Blue, winner of today’s regatta, he leads the outcome of this new edition of Julio Rodríguez’s Conde el Magical , winner of the first stage up to Carrumeiro Chico, held last Friday. The Swan 42 of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo took the lead after having managed to beat the Yess Too of the Portuguese Rui Ramada in corrected time, who was the winner in real time by just two minutes difference with the team from Vigo.
Julio Rodríguez’s Magical winner of the Carrumeiro stage – Photo José Ramón Louro
The skipper of the Magical, Julio Rodríguez, predicts a very disputed and exciting final, as he assures that the crossing to the Corcubión rock was. “We disputed a very tough regatta with very strong rivals, with a lot of wind and a lot of waves. It was the first one we did with the Magical, and it has proven to be a very fast boat that can defend well the high rating it has”, assured the leader of the Swan 42, who also explained that they were about to pass the Yess Too, but that a spy break when they were arriving in Cíes prevented them from overtaking the Portuguese.
Once the competition is over on Sunday morning, the Monte Real Club de Yates, organizer of the competition, will host the awards ceremony for the winners at its facilities. It will be attended by the president and commodore of the club, José Luis Álvarez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui; and various representatives of Banco Sabadell, sponsor of the event. José Manuel Vieites, director of SabadellGallego; Pepe Celada, director of Banco Sabadell’s Private Banking Galicia Sur; the director of large companies in Galicia Sur, Ramón Correa; and Adolfo García-Ciaño, regional director of Banco Sabadell.
The Salseiro and the Unus about to leave for Camouco – Photo José Ramón Louro
45th COUNT OF GONDOMAR BANCO SABADELL TROPHY PROVISIONAL GENERAL CLASSIFICATION (PENDING THE FINAL DAY)
Hedgehog REGATTA SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2020
ORC
1. DEEP BLUE 2.0 VICENTE CID RCN VIGO 2. THE BLACK MOCK · JUAN JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ · CN CASTRELO 3. FEND LA BISE · JEAN CLAUDE SARRADE · MRCYB
The Portuguese sailboat Yess Too of the Monte Real Club de Yates was once again the fastest to reach and turn the Carrumeiro Chico in the inaugural stage of the 45th Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy
· A stable and constant wind and the equality between many of the crews made the regatta a close race with practically the entire fleet quite grouped during the route to the rock of the Corcubión estuary
· The Carrumeiro stage will finish well into the morning and if the good conditions continue and Yess Too maintains the pace, it could break the record held by Cenor & De Dietrich
Departure towards Carrumeiro Chico in the 45th Conde de Gondomar Banco Sabadell Trophy – Photo José Ramón Louro
The Portuguese sailboat Yess Too was once again the fastest boat to reach the Carrumeiro Chico in the initial stage of the 45th Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, which opened this Friday with the longest and most exciting test of the competition.
The crew of the Swan 45, armed and skippered by Rui Ramada and wearing a necklace from the Monte Real Club de Yates, rounded the Corcubión rock at six minutes past seven in the afternoon, eight hours after leaving Baiona, and managed to repeat the feat achieved in the previous edition.
Images: Miguel Torrao
A stable and constant wind, always above 14 knots and with gusts of up to 25; and the great equality between many of the crews, made the regatta a very close and exciting race, with practically the entire fleet very grouped during the route to the rock of the Corcubión estuary.
The departure was punctual as planned and at eleven o’clock in the morning the 8 participating boats undertook the adventure, after passing through an unmarking buoy and the Carallones beacon.
Despite starting with an off-line and having to take a penalty, Julio Rodríguez’s Magical was able to pick up the pace and managed to be the fastest to cross those first two points of the course. Those from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo announced that they were willing to give battle in the regatta, and they did so throughout the race, always staying among the leading boats and managing to be the second to tack the Carrumeiro, 11 minutes after Yess too. The tactic of Gonzalo Araújo from Vigo was the plus that the Swan 42 crew had.
The Magical by Julio Rodríguez passing through Carallones – Photo José Ramón Louro
Passing through Carallones, one of the few controversies of the day was experienced, motivated by the proximity of the Arroutado and the Yess Too, who got too close in a maneuver. A few yells were exchanged but the incident finally came to nothing and they both continued north, never straying too far from the group, although they eventually opted for different strategies.
The Yess Too and the Arroutado passed Carallones very tight – Photo José Ramón Louro
While the Portuguese opened up more towards the sea, Portosin’s men, led by José Manuel Pérez and Javier de la Gándara acting as right-hand man, chose to stick closer to the coast. They went at a very good pace throughout the race, upwind easily, and managed to be the fourth to cross the Carrumeiro, 24 minutes after the first.
Javier de la Gándara sailed with José Manuel Pérez’s Arroutado – Photo José Ramón Louro
Ahead of them, in third position, is Aceites Abril , owned by the Pérez Canal brothers from Ourense, who managed to get 3 minutes out of the Sonenses and up to 20 minutes out of José Luis Freire’s Pairo VIII, their most direct rival in this type of competition. After turning the Carrumeiro, Luis Pérez Canal was very satisfied with the navigation carried out because, although they could not reach the rapid Swan, they did manage to keep their pulse, preventing them from getting too far away, which could benefit them in the compensation of final times.
The April Oils of the Pérez Canal brothers passing through Carallones – Photo José Ramón Louro
Manuel María Cunha’s Marías was the fifth ship to reach the turnaround point.
The Marías by Manuel María Cunha – Photo José Ramón Louro
He did so at seven forty in the afternoon, followed by Pairo VIII skippered by the young Luis Bugallo, who passed the Corcubión rock seven minutes later.
José Luis Freire once again climbed the Carrumeiro with his crew – Photo José Ramón Louro
Thus, at this time (20:30), of the boats that started the regatta, all but one are still in the running, with several hours of sailing ahead of them, and it is not expected that any of them will cross the finish line until the start the night. Once the winner is known in real time and the marks of the rest of the participants, the calculation of numbers will reveal the identity of the winner in compensated time, who will become a firm contender to achieve the absolute victory of the 45th Count of Gondomar – Banco Trophy Sabadell.
Tomorrow, Saturday, will be a rest day for them and the rest of the ORCs will take center stage in the competition, including the one designs J80 and Fígaros. For this group, which will compete in the Erizana Regatta, the regatta committee prepared the usual route back to Ons, turning the Camouco, a race that will leave at noon from the Bay of Baiona. In the afternoon, once the coastal one ends, the Monte Real Club de Yates will offer sailors a seafood dinner.
Crews from Galicia and Portugal will battle it out in Atlantic waters to try to win the most exciting and complicated sailing regatta in Galicia
· The nearly 100-mile climb to Carrumeiro Chico from Baiona will be held as part of the 45th Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy
· The passage of the sailboats can be seen from numerous sandy areas of the Rías Baixas on a very sunny and hot day but with a good wind for sailing
· The forecast is that the first sailboats to cross the finish line will do so well into the night after more than 12 hours of uninterrupted sailing
· The regatta can be followed live through the website of the Monte Real Yacht Club, which will transmit the position of the sailboats throughout the course
Crews from Galicia and Portugal will battle it out tomorrow, Friday, in the waters of the Atlantic to try to win the most exciting and complicated regatta in Galician sailing, the ascent to Carrumeiro Chico, a route of almost 100 miles of distance framed in the 45th Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, organized once again this year by the Monte Real Yacht Club.
There are few shallows in Galicia as well known as the Carrumeiro, a stone considered for many years one of the greatest dangers for navigation through the Galician estuaries. Right in the center of the entrance channel to the Corcubión estuary, and without buoys until 1863, this rock, which barely protrudes above the surface, has been involved in numerous shipwrecks throughout history.
In order to try to avoid them, first a bell buoy was placed on it, then a 5-meter metal tripod and then a conical buoy, but the storms swept these systems one by one, until in 1917 a solid concrete tower 10 meters high that has remained intact ever since.
The Little Carrumeiro
It is those shallows and that tower that the adventurous sailors who have signed up this year to try to complete the Carrumeiro Chico challenge will have to turn, a complicated regatta not only because of the distance, close to 100 miles, but also because it involves sailing between shallows rocks for many hours and both during the day and at night.
Among the eight crews that will participate in the event is the one led by Portuguese owner and skipper Rui Ramada, who has been participating in the competition since 1988 with different teams and on board up to 5 different boats.
In the last edition of the Conde de Gondomar, with the Yess Too (a Swan 45), they were the winners, also winning the Carrumeiro climb, which they won both in real time and compensated. They left Baiona with the entire fleet at 11 in the morning, rounded the Corcubión estuary lighthouse at around 7 in the afternoon and reached the finish line at 4:30 in the morning. They took 17 hours and 36 minutes to complete the 95.43-mile course.
Rui Ramada’s men achieved victory in the great Conde de Gondomar test but were more than 5 hours away from breaking the Carrumeiro Chico record, which has been held since 2011 by Cenor & De Dietrich (a Farr 50) which, with Martín Bermúdez de la Puente in front, managed to complete the regatta in 11 hours 56 minutes and 57 seconds.
Another of the boats that will sail to the Carrumeiro will be the Aceites Abril of the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, with Pablo Iglesias as tactician. The Ourenses, wearing a necklace from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, will try to achieve their fifth victory at the Conde de Gondomar.
The yachtsman from Vigo is the one that will have the most representation in the long-distance event, since in addition to the Aceites Abril they will also compete in the Pairo 8 of José Luis Freire, skippered by Luis Bugallo; and the Magical by Julio Rodríguez, with Gonzalo Araujo in charge of the tactical part and the experienced English sailor Gill Sanders on board.
For the Monte Real Club de Yates, in addition to Yess Too, Marías also aspires to victory, led by another Portuguese, Manuel María Cunha.
The Real Club Náutico de Portosín will be represented by the Arroutado , by José Manuel Pérez, who will be accompanied by Javier de la Gándara. The sailor from Vigo, after years competing in the Conde de Gondomar aboard the J80 Okofen, returns to long-distance sailing with the Sonenses.
The Bon III, from the Náutico de Punta Lagoa, another of the regulars on the Carrumeiro Chico climb, will be led by Victor Carrión and will have Ana Sardiña on board, one of the few women registered for this regatta along with Gill Sanders from the Magical, Rita Rocha from the Yess Too or Vanesa Martínez, from Marara IV , from the Rías Baixas Maritime Club, who will once again skipper Javier Montenegro.
This year, after leaving Baiona at 11 in the morning, the forecast is that the sailboats will begin to cross the finish line well into the night, after more than 12 hours of uninterrupted navigation.
Its route can be seen from numerous sandy areas of the Rías Baixas and can also be followed live through the website of the Monte Real Yacht Club , which will transmit the position of the boats throughout the route. It will be a typical summer regatta day, with sun and heat, but also with good wind to sail.
· The historic competition of the Monte Real Yacht Club celebrates 45 years of uninterrupted celebration sailing Galicia from north to south and it does so one more year thanks to the collaboration of Banco Sabadell
· The mythical route from Baiona to Carrumeiro Chico, in Corcubión, with nearly 100 miles of distance, will once again be the star event of the competition and the greatest challenge for the participants
· Two of the boats with the most victories in the history of the trophy will participate in the forty-fifth edition of the Conde de Gondomar, José Luis Freire’s Pairo (6 wins) and the Pérez Canal brothers’ Aceites Abril (4 wins).
· With various races to be held in the vicinity of the Cíes and Ons islands, the National Park of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia and the Rías Baixas become outstanding venues for the regatta
The Monte Real Club de Yates presented this Tuesday at a press conference a new edition of its most traditional competition, the Count of Gondomar, which in 2020 celebrates its 45th anniversary uninterruptedly.
“Few competitions have been able to complete 45 years of celebration doing it, moreover, uninterruptedly, and maintaining the essence with which they were created. This year, these two aspects take on, if possible, greater importance due to the situation that we have had to live through, which has complicated the future of numerous sports competitions. But from Monte Real, aware of the importance of continuing to bet on life and sport, we have made a great effort so that the Count of Gondomar could be celebrated” – José Luis Álvarez, president of the Monte Real Yacht Club
The trophy, one of the most charismatic of sailing in Spain, is being disputed once again this year thanks to the collaboration of Banco Sabadell, which has been betting on the Baiona club and deep-sea sailing for several editions.
“I would like to thank the Monte Real Club de Yates for continuing to count on SabadellGallego in an event that is part of the Galician regatta tradition thanks to the enormous effort put into its celebration. We work together to recover nature, tourism and sport, to ultimately recover normality in these troubled times” – Pablo Junceda, CEO of SabadellGallego
The 45th Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy will last for four days, coinciding, as has been the tradition, with the days surrounding July 25, Galicia’s Big Day. Thursday the 23rd will be the day of preparations, with the closing of inscriptions and the delivery of instructions to the participants. There will also be a meeting of patrons at Monte Real at eight in the afternoon.
The competition will begin on Friday 24 with the Conde de Gondomar Regatta, the most exciting of the trophy due to its long distance, almost 100 miles long. At eleven o’clock in the morning, the sailboats will set course, from the bay of Baiona, to the Carrumeiro Chico, in the Corcubión estuary, which they will have to turn around before starting the return.
There will be numerous hours of navigation passing through a large part of the Galician coast, a route in which the crews will be able to opt for an internal route, closer to the coast; or external, outside the Atlantic Islands National Park.
On Saturday the 25th, the Erizana Regatta will be held, with a shorter distance, in which the sailboats that did not compete on the opening day will participate. For them, the regatta committee will prepare a route that will have the Ons archipelago as the protagonist, with the sailboats rounding the Camouco lighthouse before returning to Baiona.
On Sunday the 26th, the last, more technical tests will be held for the entire fleet. At the anchorage of the Cíes Islands, starting at noon, several windward-leeward routes between buoys will be scheduled, some heats that will decide the winners of the 45th Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy.
It will be at the end of these tests when the crews return to land for the awards ceremony, scheduled for half past six in the afternoon at Monte Real. It will be attended by different authorities from the Xunta de Galicia, the Pontevedra Provincial Council and the Baiona council, as well as members of the board of directors of Monte Real and representatives and directors of Banco Sabadell.
In addition to the president and commodore of the Monte Real Yacht Club, José Luis Álvarez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui, the General Director of Banco Sabadell, Pablo Junceda; the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; the provincial head of the sports service of the Xunta de Galicia, Daniel Benavides; and the deputy for sports from the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Gorka Gómez.
The almost 100 miles from Baiona to Carrumeiro Chico, the biggest challenge for sailors
The mythical route from Baiona to Carrumeiro Chico, in Corcubión, with nearly 100 miles of distance, will once again be the star regatta of the competition and the greatest challenge for the participants. This is one of the most important long-distance races in Spain and a great challenge for the sailors, who will not only have to face the sea conditions but also the fatigue involved in haggling for so many hours.
In the previous edition, some boats took more than 24 hours to complete the route. The last winner of the Carrumeiro Chico climb, in 2019, was Yess Too , owned by the Portuguese owner and skipper Rui Ramada, after 17 hours and 36 minutes of sailing.
Pairo and April Oils , eager to continue writing their names on the honor roll
With several days to go before the registration deadline closes and the complete list of crews that will fight for a new victory in the Conde de Gondomar is known, two of the boats that have already announced their participation in the trophy are the pair and the Oils April .
The sailboats built by José Luis Freire and the Pérez Canal brothers are two of the historical participants in the competition, to which they have been coming for years and in which they have managed to write their names on the honor roll several times.
The Pairo is the ship that has added the greatest number of victories in the entire history of the Count of Gondomar. He has achieved a total of 6, three of them in the eighties (1983, 1984, 1988) and another three in the first years of the new millennium (2003, 2007 and 2009).
Aceites Abril continues in its wake with 4 victories, the same ones achieved by Paz Andrade’s Ardora and Castrosúa led by Willy Alonso. Luis and Jorge Canal’s boat has been the undisputed protagonist in recent years, taking the grand prize in 2013, and chaining three consecutive golds in 2016, 2017 and 2018. In the last edition, that of 2019, he was at the gates of achieving the fourth victory in a row because the Yess Too snatched the victory.
45th COUNT OF GONDOMAR BANCO SABADELL TROPHY Monte Real Yacht Club 23, 24, 25 and 26 July 2020
:::::::::::::::::::::::: THURSDAY, JULY 23 :::::::::::::::::::: :::::
16:00 – 20:00> RACING OFFICE: Registration and delivery of instructions 20:00> MEETING OF PATRON
::::::::::::::::::::::::: FRIDAY, JULY 24 ::::::::::::::::::::: :::::
11:00> COUNT OF GONDOMAR REGATTA: Baiona – Carrumeiro – Baiona 19:00> DINNER FOR THE SHIPS THAT ARE ARRIVING
::::::::::::::::::::::::: SATURDAY, JULY 25 ::::::::::::::::::::: :::::
12:00> ERIZANA REGATTA: Return to Ons / Baiona – Camouco – Baiona 19:30 SEAFOOD DINNER
:::::::::::::::::::::::: SUNDAY, JULY 26 ::::::::::::::::::::: :::::
12:00> REGATTA: Windward – leeward races (Cíes Islands anchorage) 18:30> DELIVERY OF AWARDS at the Monte Real Yacht Club
