The AXA J80 Autumn League will be held in the waters of the Bay of Baiona on October 26, November 9, 23 and 30, 2019, being organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates.
1. RULES
The regatta will be governed by:
to. The rules as defined in the WS Racing Rules of Sailing 2017–2020 (RRV).
b. J80 class monodesign regulations and their special adaptations of the J80 Galicia Fleet[NP][DP] .
c. Announcement and Instructions of Regatta.
d. The infraction of the Rules in AR and IR of this event indicated as[NP] It will not be a reason for protests between ships. This modifies Rule 60.1(a) RRS.
and. The infraction of the Rules in AR and IR of this event indicated as[DP] indicates that your penalty may be lighter than disqualification if the protest committee so decides. The abbreviation for the discretionary penalty imposed pursuant to this instruction shall be[DPI] .
F. The penalty for infractions of the IR indicated as[SP] they will be fixed, without hearing and imposed by the Race Committee, in the most recently completed race, applied as indicated in Rule 44.3 RRS (modifies Rules 63.1 and A5 of the RRS).
2. ADVERTISING [NP] [DP]
2.1. Participants may display advertising in accordance with the provisions of WS Regulation 20.
2.2. The Organization may require the participants to display the sponsor’s publicity in the form that is convenient and that will be provided to them before the regatta, not being able to manipulate or modify said material under any circumstances.
3. PARTICIPATION [NP] [DP]
3.1. Boats of the J80 class that comply with the regulations of point 1 and all the requirements demanded in point 4 of this AR may participate. As long as each and every one of them is not fulfilled, their registration as a participant in the Regatta will not be considered. Depending on the circumstances, the Organizing and Race Committee may grant a special extension in a particular way to the boat that requests it in writing.
3.2. Owners and skippers must be members of the National J80 Class Association and be registered at http://www.j80measurement.com.
3.3. Skippers who are not owners must be in possession of Sailor Classification Grade 1. See following link:
https://members.sailing.org/classification/?unique=1442849722.9402&view=req_new_classification&nocache=1
4. REGISTRATION
4.1. Registration will be mandatory, at a cost of €30 per boat, and the following documentation must be sent or presented before October 25:
• Duly completed registration form.
• Updated boat insurance.
• 2019 federative licenses for all crew members.
• Proof of transfer of registration rights.
• Proof of payment of the J80 Class Association fee for 2019.
Submitted or presented in: Mount Royal Yacht Club Parador Enclosure, s/n, 36300 Baiona Email: secretaria@mrcyb.com phone + 34 986 385 000
And the transfer of registration rights made in: ABANCA BAIONA Branch . account: 2080-0559-23-3040003658 SWIFT: CAGLESMMXXX IBAN: ES92
4.2. Registration and registration confirmation:
The owner or person in charge of each boat must register and personally sign the registration form at the Regatta Office before 1:00 p.m. on October 26, 2019.
5. PROGRAM
5.1. The competition will take place on the following days:
6. COMPETITION FORMAT
6.1. It will be navigated in fleet format, in real time.
6.2. 12 tests are scheduled.
6.3. There will be no more than 3 tests per day.
7. MEASUREMENT AND SAFETY [NP] [DP]
7.1. 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.
7.2. The number of crew members on board may be changed during the course of the regatta, but not on each day where it must end with the same number as the start.
7.3. The safety of this regatta will be considered as category 4 (reduced) in accordance with the Special Rules for High Seas Regatta of WS and adapted to the particular regulations of the Galician Fleet of J80.
7.4. All boats will have to be equipped with a VHF radio with channels 16, 09, 71 and 72.
7.5. 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.
8. SCORING SYSTEM
8.1. The Low Score system described in Appendix A of the RRS will apply.
8.2. There will be one (1) discard from 6 or more races held and two (2) discards from 11 or more races held.
9. PRIZES
Prizes will be awarded to at least the top 3 finishers at the dinner to be held on November 30 at 8:30 p.m. at the club.
10. LIABILITY
Participants in the AXA J80 Winter League do so at their own risk and responsibility.
The MRCYB or any person or body involved in the organization of the event, reject any responsibility for loss, damage, injury or inconvenience that may occur to people or things, both on land and at sea, as a result of participation in the tests covered by this race announcement.
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 to continue racing”
The people from Vigo won the regional title and theRías Baixas A Dos Circuit
In the j80 class, the winner was the Cansino of Nano Yáñez and David Uscola, who achieved a comfortable advantage of two minutes and 41 seconds over the second classified
Framed in the Prima Vinia Trophy, the event paid tribute for the fifth year to Don Rafael Olmedo, president of Monte Real for more than four decades
The wind was once again the protagonist in the second call of the year for the Galician Solitary and Two-handed Championship, which was held today, Saturday, October 5, as part of the Prima Vinia Trophy and organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates y the Royal Galician Sailing Federation. Although it was difficult for Eolo to enter, finally the Regatta Committee was able to give the start for a single coastal race as planned, in which Salaño Dos of the Vigo team formed by Jacobo Vecino and Brenda Maure was the winner.
Yesterday, Friday, after the confirmation of registrations and safety checks at the Baion club, the organization and skippers agreed to delay the start of the regatta by one hour due to the forecast of very light winds until noon today. The conditions, in any case, did not prevent the fleet from fighting this time for one of the most anticipated titles of the season.
Thus, after several hours of waiting in the water, it was not until after 3:15 p.m. today that the fleet was able to hear the warning signal for a departure located in front of the Cíes Islands and with very light wind conditions, although little by little they increased until the seven or eight knots of intensity in the final stretch of the regatta.
The route, finally about seven and a half miles, took the fleet from the start to the Tofiño mark to then set course for Subrido, where the Committee opted to shorten the route and place the finish line before the wind started to fall again.
The first to complete the test was Salaño Dos with a reversed time of two hours and six seconds, also achieving a more than enough advantage to also win in compensated time and thus become the new Galician champion of A Dos. From behind, the J80 ¡Ay Carmela! –which scored both for the one-design general classification and for the A Dos- took second place and third place was occupied by the Bon III of Víctor Carrión and Ana Sardiña.
In addition to the regional title, the Baionesa event also closed the 2019 Rías Baixas A Dos Circuit. After holding the Vuelta a Cíes, Vuelta a Barbanza, Faro de Corrubedo Gran Trofeo and the Paco Alvariñas Memorial events, the Prima Vinia Trophy has put an end to one of the most demanding circuits of the season, in which victory it has also been for Salaño Dos. From behind, second place in the circuit was definitely occupied by ¡Ay Carmela! and third was the Bon III.
In the real-time competition of the J80 monotypes, the fastest was the Cansino of Nano Yáñez and David Uscola, who crossed the finish line with an advantage of almost three minutes over the second classified, the ¡Ay Carmela! by Juan Martinez and Alfonso Rodriguez. The third position, meanwhile, was occupied by the Ferralemes of Jaime García and Oswaldo Álvarez.
After finishing the regatta, the awards ceremony is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. at the Monte Real Club de Yates and will be attended by Milton Fernández, manager of Prima Vinia; José Luis Álvarez, president of the MRCYB; Manuel Villaverde, president of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation; Santos Héctor on behalf of the Pontevedra Provincial Council, and Daniel Benavides, Sports Delegate of the Xunta in Vigo.
WINNERS OF THE GALICIAN SOLO CHAMPIONSHIP AND TWO
Salaño Two · Jacobo Vecino and Brenda Maure (RCNV)
WINNERS OF THE PRIMA VINIA TROPHY
CLASS FOR TWO
Salaño Two · Jacobo Vecino and Brenda Maure (RCNV)
Ay Carmela! · Juan Martínez and Alfonso Rodríguez (LM Bouzas)
Bon III Víctor Carrión and Ana Sardiña (CN Punta Lagoa)
J80 CLASS
Cansino · Nano Yáñez and David Uscola (MRCYB)
Ay Carmela! · Juan Martínez and Alfonso Rodríguez (LM Bouzas)
Ferralemes · Jaime García and Oswaldo Álvarez (MRCYB)
WINNER OF THE V RAFAEL OLMEDO MEMORIAL
Salaño Two · Jacobo Vecino and Brenda Maure (RCNV)
WINNER OF THE RÍAS BAIXAS CIRCUIT FOR TWO
Salaño Two · Jacobo Vecino and Brenda Maure (RCNV)
After being deserted in June due to lack of wind, tomorrow, Saturday, the fleet will return to the water in Baiona to compete in the regional championship, which is held as part of the Prima Vinia Trophy
The event, which will pay tribute to the president of the Monte Real Yacht Club for more than 40 years, Mr. Rafael Olmedo, will also put an end to the Rías Baixas A Dos Circuit
Depending on the conditions, the Regatta Committee has to start for a single coastal race of about 26 miles in total
Last June, the lack of wind prevented the fleet from completing the route that would define the Galician champions of the Solitaires and A Dos divisions in 2019 on time. Now, almost four months later, the Monte Real Club de Yates reconvenes these two classes to put the regional title back into play within the framework of the Prima Vinia Trophy. The appointment, in addition, will also end the Rías Baixas A Dos Circuit and will pay tribute to Don Rafael Olmedo, who was president of the Baion club for more than 40 years.
With the start scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday at 11:00 am, a large part of the teams are already in Baiona to confirm their participation in this second call for one of the most anticipated tests of the season. It is the eighth consecutive year in which the Royal Galician Sailing Federation delegates the organization of this regatta to Monte Real and the truth is that, after having lost the title in June, the club has chosen to repeat the championship before the end seasonal.
The classes that will opt for the award will be the same ones that already participated in the first call. There will be a Solitaire division, in which ships with only one crew member compete; class A Two, for those in which two people sail on board, and the J80 monotypes will also compete.
Among those registered are names such as Víctor Carrión and Ana Sardiña with the Bon III, winners of the Rías Baixas Circuit last year; El Cansino by Nano Yáñez and Ignacio Sánchez; the local Ferralemes by Jaime García, or the Fend la Bise by Jean Claude Sarrade and André Lopes. A large part of the J80 fleet that usually competes in Baiona will not be missing either, so there is no doubt that victory will be more than disputed.
Although everything will depend on the weather conditions that occur tomorrow, the Regatta Committee initially plans to give a single start in the bay of Baiona that will take the fleet to complete a route of some 26.2 miles through the Vigo estuary and near the Cíes Islands, before heading back to the bay. The time it takes for the fleet to complete the regatta will depend on the wind, and for the moment everything indicates that Eolo will blow with a soft intensity.
In addition to the Galician title, the Baiona event will also be the last of the season scoring for the Rías Baixas Dos Circuit. After the Vuelta a Cíes, Vuelta a Barbanza, Faro de Corrubedo Grand Trophy and the Paco Alvariñas Memorial events, the winners of the prestigious circuit will be announced tomorrow, Saturday, at the Galician Championship for the class.
Once the test is over, the awards ceremony will be held at 8:00 p.m. at the Monte Real Club de Yates.
GALICIAN SOLO CHAMPIONSHIP AND TWO
PRIMA VINIA TROPHY 5th RAFAEL OLMEDO MEMORIAL
Friday, October 4, 2019
16:00 Security checks and registration confirmation (MRCYB Race Office)
The fourth edition of the Amar o mar program has brought together, between yesterday and today, almost a hundred participants from nursing homes and public centers for people with disabilities in Redondela, Ourense and Lugo.
It is an initiative that the Baionese club is launching again in collaboration with the Department of Social Policy
José Ignacio Martínez, Head of the Xunta’s Dependency and Personal Autonomy Service; Concepción Vara, councilor for Social Services, Mobility and Accessibility of the Baiona City Council, and Óscar Martínez, deputy mayor of Baiona, today accompanied the participants in the program during their visit to the MRCYB
With this initiative, the Monte Real Yacht Club reaffirms its commitment to bring the sea closer to all those people for whom it can lead to an improvement in their quality of life
Nearly a hundred participants in the Amar o mar program gathered yesterday, Wednesday, and this morning in Baiona to enjoy an initiative with which the Ministry of Social Policy and the Monte Real Yacht Club try to bring the sea closer to people elderly and disabled.
In this fourth edition of Amar o mar there were a total of 96 participants, including users and monitors from the centres, who were able to enjoy a fun and recreational day. The group that has participated in these two days of the program has been made up of older people from the Nosa Señora dos Milagres de Barbadás residences, in Ourense, and As Gándaras, in Lugo, and from the Redondela Center for Disabled Persons (CAPD ), which is also part of the annual program of the MRCYB Adapted Sailing School. The truth is that some of the CAPD students who participated in this initiative had previously taken sailing courses at the Baionese club.
The activity, which was born in 2016 with the aim of helping users of public residences in the interior of Galicia to maintain an adequate level of social and personal well-being, has once again been very well received this year and today it has had the support and the presence of José Ignacio Martínez, Head of the Xunta’s Dependency and Personal Autonomy Service; Concepción Vara, councilor for Social Services, Mobility and Accessibility of the Baiona City Council, and Óscar Martínez, deputy mayor of Baiona. The three have been accompanied by the president and vice president of the club, José Luis Álvarez and Alejandro Retolaza.
After the visit to the facilities of the Baionese club, around 12:30 p.m. the participants of Amar o mar went to the pontoons to embark and sail through the bay to the vicinity of the Cíes Islands, thus approaching the nautical world in direct contact with the sea. The program also included a meal on board before returning to land.
With this initiative, Monte Real reaffirms its commitment to the fight for social integration. For years the club has collaborated with the administration in programs such as the one carried out today and also has its own program of courses at the Adapted Sailing School, aimed at offering the possibility of enjoying sailing to people with functional diversity from different associations in Galicia.
·The participation of more than 200 triathletes in the Solidarity Vertiathlon allowed more than 6,300 euros to be raised so that people with functional diversity can practice sports in equal conditions
·The young Xosé Pérez Blanco, barely 17 years old from the Lamargha-Beariz Triathlon club, was the fastest to complete the test, crossing the finish line under the hour (59 minutes and 51 seconds)
· Anais Rivas Torres from the Rías Baixas Triathlon Club won the women’s absolute category; and Pedro Pablo Bernárdez and Silvia Deira prevailed in the veterans category
· Among the youngest athletes who competed in the Solidarity Vertiathlon, Xosé Pérez and Antía Pazos stood out as winners in the cadet category and Yago Carballo as winner in junior
· The fifth edition of the Solidarity Vertiathlon was organized for yet another year by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Baiona City Council with the sponsorship of Verti Seguros and the collaboration of FEGATRI
Another success of the Solidarity Vertiathlon of Baiona, which this Saturday celebrated its fifth edition with the collection of 6,300 euros for the Adapted Sailing School of the Monte Real Club de Yates, which has been working for years for the inclusion of people with functional diversity in the nautical world , so that they can enjoy the sea under equal conditions.
Being able to offer more courses, activities and better services to people with physical, mental, sensory or intellectual disabilities is the main objective of the joint forces of Monte Real and the Baiona city council when it comes to promoting this solidarity triathlon, in the which also collaborated, one more year, the Galician Triathlon Federation at an organizational level, and Verti Seguros as the main sponsor of the event.
An event that generated great expectation this Saturday on the beaches and streets of Baiona, where hundreds of people, on a spectacular summer day, gathered to cheer on the more than 200 participating athletes, who completed a sprint triathlon with the sea always at their side. the view, since it is precisely this peculiarity, that of being held in a 100% maritime setting, one of the greatest attractions of the Baiona Vertiathlon.
After swimming the 750 meters that separate A Barbeira beach from the A Ribeira sandbank, the athletes cycled almost 20 kilometers along the streets of Baiona closest to the sea and finished the triathlon by running 5 kilometers along the Monte Boi peninsula, surrounding the historic Parador de Baiona.
Under the hour he completed the Vertiathlon route, the 17-year-old Xosé Pérez Blanco, from the Lamargha Beariz Triathlon, breaking the finish line in 59 minutes and 51 seconds. He was the fastest of all and won the grand prize of the sprint triathlon, winning the men’s absolute category. Anais Rivas Torres won the absolute female category, with a great performance and a result of one hour and eight minutes at the finish line.
In the category of male veterans, Pedro Pablo Bernárdez climbed to the top of the podium; and Silvia Deira Barcala, from the Vedra Olympic Club did the same in the category of female veterans.
In the cadet category, the victory went to Xosé Pérez Blanco from the Lamargha Beariz Triathlon, who won in this category as well as in the general; and for Antía Pazos García, from the Mar de Vigo Triathlon Club, who revalidated the victory achieved in the previous edition. The female junior category was deserted and the victory of the male category went to Yago Carballo, from the Mar de Vigo Triathlon Club.
In addition, two prizes were awarded to the best classified in the census in Baiona, which went to Sandra Santodomingo and David Giraldez, two of the most outstanding athletes in the fishing village, who have been imposing themselves in local events for years.
The Vertiathlon awards ceremony ended, as has become a tradition, with the delivery of the check with the money raised for the Adapted Sailing School of the Monte Real Yacht Club. A check valued at 6,300 euros that the director of the MAPFRE group, Luis Hernando de Larramendi, delivered to the vice-president of the Baiona club, Alejandro Retolaza.
The vice president of the MRCYB collected the solidarity check – Photo Laureano Freire
Retolaza had words of recognition and admiration for the athletes who put all their efforts to complete the test while helping the club’s Adapted Sailing School. He also wanted to thank, on behalf of the entire Monte Real, the support of the large group of firms and companies that selflessly helped make this new edition of the Vertiathlon a reality. He also dedicated words of thanks to the residents of Baiona who each year, he said, turn to the solidarity event, making a great effort to allow the town to be closed for several hours.
A family photo of authorities and winners, joined by many participants, put an end to a Vertiathlon that has already announced the celebration of its sixth edition for September 2020.
Family photo of the V Solidarity Vertiathlon of Baiona – Photo Makolvi
FINAL CLASSIFICATION V BAIONA SOLIDARITY VERTIATHLON
ABSOLUTE MALE
1. XOSÉ PÉREZ LAMARGHA BEARIZ TRIATHLON
2. GABRIEL ALARCÓN ARTEIXO TRIATHLON
3. MARCOS PAULO ADE · OURENSE PAVILION SWIMMING
ABSOLUTE FEMALE
1. ANAIS RIVAS RÍAS BAIXAS TRIATHLON CLUB
2. VANESA VILLAR VAO TRIATHLON CLUB
3. NURIA ALVAREZ
MALE VETERAN
1. PEDRO PABLO BERNARDEZ
2. JOSÉ LUIS LAMOSO RÍAS BAIXAS TRIATHLON CLUB
3. AGUSTÍN RÍOS RÍAS BAIXAS TRIATHLON CLUB
FEMALE VETERAN
1. SILVIA DEIRA VEDRA OLYMPIC CLUB
2. LORENA GARCÍA MAR DE VIGO TRIATHLON CLUB
3. MARÍA JOSÉ VELÁZQUEZ VAO TRIATHLON CLUB
JUNIOR MALE
1. YAGO CARBALLO MAR DE VIGO TRIATHLON CLUB
2. MARCOS GONZÁLEZ MAR DE VIGO TRIATHLON CLUB
3. ANTÓN DÍAZ MAR DE VIGO TRIATHLON CLUB
MALE CADET
1. XOSÉ PEREZ LAMARGHA BEARIZ TRIATHLON
2. JAVIER FERNÁNDEZ MOTOBIKE GALAICO PONTEVEDRA TRIATHLON
3. MARTÍN PRADO · FOGAR SPORTS GROUP
FEMALE CADET
1. ANTÍA PAZOS MAR DE VIGO TRIATHLON CLUB
2. PAULA CARBALLO MAR DE VIGO TRIATHLON CLUB
3. SABELA MARÍA VÁZQUEZ PORRIÑO ATHLETICS CLUB
BEST RESULTS REGISTERED IN BAIONA
• MALE: DAVID GIRALDEZ
• FEMALE: SANDRA SANTODOMINGO
Baiona hosts this Saturday the celebration of the fifth edition of its solidarity triathlon with sprint format in which 238 athletes from all over Galicia will participate
· All the money raised will go to the Monte Real Adapted Sailing School, which offers people with functional diversity the possibility of sailing under equal conditions.
· The test is organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Baiona city council with the collaboration of the Galician Triathlon Federation and the sponsorship of Verti Seguros
211 athletes will participate this Saturday in Baiona in a new edition of the Solidarity Vertiathlon, a triathlon with a sprint format that for five years has been raising funds for the Adapted Sailing School for people with disabilities of the Monte Real Yacht Club.
It is precisely the Baiona club that, hand in hand with the Baiona city council, the collaboration of the Galician Triathlon Federation and the sponsorship of Verti Seguros, promotes this solidarity test with the aim of being able to continue financing all the courses and activities that it organizes free of charge so that people with functional diversity can navigate and enjoy the sea under equal conditions.
In this fifth edition, the Solidarity Vertiathlon will maintain the same test design as on previous occasions. It will have the scheme of a sprint triathlon, with a 750-meter swimming test, a 20-kilometer bicycle test and a final test in which the athletes must complete a 5-kilometer run.
The three tests will take place in scenarios related to the sea or with views of the sea, this peculiarity being one of the characteristics that makes this triathlon so special.
The competition will begin at four in the afternoon on A Barbeira beach, inside the Parador Nacional de Baiona, from where the swimming test will start. Athletes must go around the facilities of the Monte Real Club de Yates to A Ribeira beach, where they will find the first section of the link to the second of the tests, the cyclist.
At the basketball court in the area of La Palma they will take their bicycles, prepared in advance, and will undertake a journey of almost 20 kilometers consisting of three laps between the two roundabouts that give access to Baiona, Baredo and Santa Marta.
The last of the Vertiathlon tests will be the foot race. 5 kilometers surrounding the walled enclosure of the Monterreal peninsula, also known as the Monte Boi peninsula, in a double loop, where the Parador Nacional is located.
Once the tour is over, the gardens of the Monte Real Yacht Club will be the meeting point for the athletes at the award ceremony for the winners. Trophies will be given to the first classified of the different classes that participate: absolute male and female, veterans, youth, cadets and two special prizes to the best triathletes registered in Baiona.
In the last edition of the Vertiathlon, the winners were Denis Incutti, from the Ribeira Swimming Club; and María Lois, from the Arcade Infohouse Santiago. In veterans, Pedro Pablo Bernardez and Sandra Santodomingo took the victory; and Xoel Rodríguez and Antía Pazos won in cadet.
The official presentation of the fifth edition of the Solidarity Vertiathlon of Baiona was held this morning at the Monte Real Club de Yates with the interventions of the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; the General Secretary for Sport of the Xunta de Galicia, José Ramón Lete; the General Director of Seniors and People with Disabilities, Ildefonso de la Campa; Provincial Deputy Santos Héctor Rodríguez; the FEGATRI delegate in Pontevedra, Enrique Hernández; and the marketing manager of Coca Cola European Partners, María Troncoso.
“The club started years ago with the adapted sailing school and we have been promoting this Vertiathlon initiative for five years. We understand that there is nothing more beautiful than an athlete helping another athlete, and even more so if it is from a different sport. The environment is wonderful and the town welcomes it with great affection, something that fills us with pride”
Alejandro Retolaza, Vice President of the Monte Real Yacht Club
“The people of Baiona are aware of social inclusion and the adapted sailing courses offered by the Monte Real Club de Yates are essential. We are committed to being an inclusive town and we are not going to stop putting all our efforts to guarantee that people with functional diversity feel more and more comfortable in the town of Baiona”
Carlos Gómez, Mayor of Bayonne
“There are two aspects of sport, two segments that are very important: one, the solidarity aspect, and the other, the inclusive aspect. Our motto in the xeral secretariat is “sport for life” and inclusive sport must also be worked on based on this motto, and that is why it is so important to hold this type of event”
José Ramón Lete Lasa, General Secretary for Sport
“Monte Real is an example of effective inclusive action, for several reasons. First, because they are promoting one of the main pillars on which we base inclusion policies: having people with functional diversity. And then for giving them visibility and normalizing their situation”
Ildefonso de la Campa, General Director of Seniors and People with Disabilities
“Monte Real has a rhythm of a lot of work and a lot of activity during the summer and the organizational effort of the club is truly exemplary, especially when this type of solidarity initiatives are also included in its program of events. From here I can only encourage all the athletes to join the event and all the people to come to Baiona to enjoy it”
Santos Héctor Rodríguez, provincial deputy
“The Solidarity Vertiathlon is in the form of a sprint triathlon, with a 750-meter swim, almost 20 kilometers by bike and a 5-kilometer run. It is a very nice test not only because of its characteristics but also because of the setting in which it takes place, always by the sea”
Enríque Hernández, FEGATRI delegate in Pontevedra
“The philosophy of the Monte Real Club de Yates fits very well with ours in the sense that we try to generate a current of work towards sustainability. And this Vertiathlon not only fits in this sense, but it is also a great initiative at a social level, involving a large number of athletes and different people, institutions and firms working together for the same purpose “
María Troncoso, Marketing Manager of Coca Cola European Partners
· The winners of the event in Baiona are Yess Too, Bosch Service Solutions, Raygrass III, Albarellos, Bombastic, Salseiro, Miña Miniña, Bribon 500 Movistar, Stella, Okofen and ¡HOLA! fashion
· After the first two stages with very good conditions, the wind complicated the last day of the regatta, in which only five of the eleven classes in contention were able to compete
· The award ceremony put an end to the most massive edition of one of the most important regattas on the national cruise calendar organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Escuela Naval Militar
A historic Prince of Asturias Trophy ends in Baiona. The event, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Escuela Naval Militar with the sponsorship of ABANCA, today completed the third and last day of its thirty-fourth edition. A record edition that managed to bring together more than 80 boats and nearly 500 sailors in the bay. The winners of the eleven categories in contention were awarded at the trophy ceremony that put an end to the dispute of the last tests in the water.
Yess Too comes from behind to take the victory in Martin Miller ORC 0-1
Exciting finale of the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy for Martin Miller ORC’s fleet 0-1. With about six knots of north-westerly wind, the Committee was able to complete a final windward-leeward format test that turned out to be definitive. Rui Ramada’s Yess Too, who was fifth overall yesterday, won today’s race with total authority, which allowed the local team to add another victory this season after the victory obtained at the Conde de Gondomar.
Behind, and tied on points with those of Ramada, the second place went to Marias-Casas do Telhado of Manuel María Cunha, who also sails under the banner of MRCYB, while the podium this time was closed by Pairo 8 of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, armed by José Luis Freire and with Alberto Basadre at the helm on this last day.
New triumph and final victory for Bosch Service Solutions in Oils April ORC 2
There have been no changes in the general of Aceites Abril ORC 2. Today, Sunday, the fleet also completed a final leg in which Ramón Ojea’s Bosch Service Solutions was once again the best, claiming its fifth partial victory in the five races held. With these results, and having had a perfect weekend, the team from the Club Marítimo de Canido sealed today the final victory with a six-point advantage over the second-placed team, the Asturian Antílope-Lener led by José Luis Alcuso. The third position was occupied in this case by Francisco Edreira’s Cachete, from the La Penela Maritime Club.
Triumph at Gadis ORC 3 for the Raygrass III
Another category that was able to sail today was the Gadis ORC 3. Jaime Núñez’s Raygrass III, which sails for the Club Marítimo Carrumeiro, finished fourth in this last race, but managed to secure victory in the 34th Trofeo Príncipe de Asturias with a three-point lead over Luis Suárez’s Maracana I from Vigo, who was second. Behind, the third place was finally for the local Fend-La-Bise of Jean Claude Serrade. The last victory up for grabs in this class was awarded to Jacobo Solorzano’s Bunda, fifth overall.
Albarellos, Bombastic and Salseiro, winners in Volvo Autesa ORC 4-5, Engel & Völkers ORC Open and SH Robotic ORC Open Extra
Meanwhile, on the ORC 4-5 and Open race course, the Regatta Committee gave the start for a new coastal regatta, but the wind did not blow strongly enough and only the Open Extra division managed to finish the course.
Thus, the winner in the Volvo Autesa ORC 4-5 category is the local Albarellos of Fernando Rey, ahead of the two representatives of the Club Náutico Beluso: the Santiago Roma Rías Baixas and the Chispa Nejra of José Rey, second and third respectively.
In Engel & Völkers ORC Open, a category in which the inclusive boat Axa Seguros from the Monte Real Adapted Sailing School participated, with the support of the insurer and the Department of Social Policy of the Xunta de Galicia, the victory was won this year the Bombastic of the MRCYB of César Casqueiro ahead of the representative of the RCNV skippered by Antonio Gaona, the Piccola, and of the Lacazán of Mariano Benavente, who also sails under the banner of the Baion club.
In SH Robotic ORC Open Extra, the winner of the Prince of Asturias Trophy is Manuel Blanco’s Salseiro, from the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña. Behind, the Jandrocho Team of the Club Náutico San Adrián with Roberto Reboredo in front finished second while the Fresgarrido of Ernesto Pérez, who achieved the partial victory of the day, was third overall.
In Storax Clásicos, victory for Miña Miniña
Only the Miña Miniña was able to complete the five-mile coastal course today in the Storax Clásico class. The AGABACE ship skippered by Fabián Garrido sentenced the general and proclaimed itself the winner of the appointment jointly organized by Monte Real and the Naval Military School. Xosé Avelino Ochoa’s Sara O was finally second overall and Javier Alonso’s Papaleisso completed the podium in third position.
Bribon 500 Movistar and Stella, winners in Infinitus Rent 6m Classics and 6m Open
Difficult day in the regatta field of the Infinitus Rent 6m fleet. The wind did not come to its appointment in the bay today and the Regatta Committee could not give the Warning signal for any of the two scheduled races, so yesterday’s results became final.
In the Classics division, victory therefore went to the Bribon 500 Movistar of the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, skippered on this occasion by Pedro Campos in the absence of King Juan Carlos. The Campos crew did not give their rivals a chance, scoring the two victories up for grabs yesterday, so the current world and European champion of the class was proclaimed the winner of the Prince of Asturias ahead of Mauricio Sánchez Bella’s Titia and Aida de Francisco Botas, second and third respectively.
On the other hand, the victory in the Open division went to Stella de Violeta Álvarez, also from the RCNS, with a first and second place in her locker. Behind, just one point behind Álvarez’s team, Patrik Monteiro’s Seljm seals the championship in second position and Eugenio Galdón’s Maybe XIV closes the final podium in third place.
Javier de la Gándara wins in Solventis J80 with Okofen
New victory for Javier de la Gándara in the waters of Baiona. Okofen, who started the competition in third place overall, climbed to the top of the podium yesterday by sealing a perfect second day with three partial victories. Today, Sunday, the lack of wind prevented the scheduled tests from being held, so the team led by de la Gándara was proclaimed the winner of the thirty-fourth edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy. Behind, the second place was definitively occupied by Miudo de Diogo Costa and third place was finished by Pazo de Cea de Cristina González Cominges. The three teams representing the MRCYB.
Victory for the HELLO! Fashion at the prestigious ¡HOLA! Ladies Cup
There was also no testing today for the fleet of the HELLO! Ladies Cup, resulting in the HELLO! Fashion by Pilar Casares after leading the general classification from the first day of the regatta. From behind, the podium of the prestigious women’s competition was completed by HELLO! Serralleiras from the Portuguese crew led by Marta Ramada in second place – who defended the victory of the two previous editions – and the HELLO! Silleiro by Anna Sole Dolcet in the third drawer.
With this, there are now 23 editions in which the Monte Real Club de Yates and ¡HOLA! They reaffirm their commitment to giving visibility to women in a sport that, to this day, continues to be predominantly male.
The awards ceremony, final touch for the 34th Prince of Asturias Trophy
At 6:00 p.m., the awards ceremony for the 34th Prince of Asturias Trophy was held in the village of Monte Real, putting an end to a new edition of one of the most important cruising sailing events at a national level.
In addition to awarding the winners of the respective categories, during the trophy ceremony the club also presented the special Mary Woodward award for the best J80 of the season, which went to Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen; the Count of Barcelona Juan de Borbón award for the best ship with a Portuguese crew, which went to the Yess Too of the Portuguese Rui Ramada; and the Juan Sebastián Elcano space trophy to the winners of the ¡HOLA! Ladies Cup, the HELLO! Fashion by Pilar Casares. For its part, the inclusive ship AXA Seguros, in which the students of the Juan María de Nigrán Center sail, also received a special mention at the closing ceremony.
FINAL CLASSIFICATION 34th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY Monte Real Yacht Club Naval Military School
MARTIN MILLER ORC CLASS 0-1 1) YESS TOO RUI RAMADA MRCYB 19 POINTS 2) MARÍAS CASAS DO TELHADO · MANUEL MARÍA CUNHA · MRCYB · 19 POINTS 3) PAIRO 8 ALBERTO BASADRE RCN VIGO 21 POINTS
CLASS OILS APRIL ORC 2
1) BOSCH SERVICE SOLUTIONS RAMÓN OJEA CM CANIDO 5 POINTS 2) ANTILOPE LENER · JOSÉ LUIS ALCUSO · GIJÓN BAY · 11 POINTS 3) CACHETE · FRANCISCO EDREIRA · CM LA PENELA · 16 POINTS
GADIS ORC 3 CLASS
1) RAYGRASS III · JAIME NÚÑEZ · CM CARRUMEIRO · 16 POINTS 2) MARACANA · LUIS SUÁREZ · RCNV · 19 POINTS 3) FEND-LA-BISE JEAN CLAUDE SARRADE MRCYB 22 POINTS
VOLVO AUTESA ORC CLASS 4-5
1) ALBARELLOS · FERNANDO REY · MRCYB · 1 POINT 2) SANTIAGO ROMA R. BAIXAS IÑAKI CARBAJO CN BELUSO 2 POINTS 3) SPARK NEJRA JOSE REY VEIGA CN BELUSO 3 POINTS
ENGEL & VOLKERS ORC OPEN CLASS
1) BOMBASTIC · CÉSAR CASQUEIRO · MRCYB · 1 POINT 2) PICCOLA ANTONIO GAONA RCN VIGO 2 POINTS 3) LACAZAN · MARIANO BENAVENTE · MRCYB · 3 POINTS
SH ROBOTIC OPEN EXTRA CLASS
1) SALSEIRO C MANUEL BLANCO RCN CORUÑA 4 POINTS 2) JANDROCHO TEAM ROBERTO REBOREDO CN SAN ADRIAN 5 POINTS 3) FRESGARRIDO · ERNESTO PÉREZ · CM SAN AMARO · 6 POINTS
The MRCYB village hosted this afternoon, at 8:00 p.m., the delivery of the prestigious Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, which this year has celebrated its twenty-seventh edition and has awarded the best teams and sailors of the 2018 season
The Monte Real Yacht Club delivered the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards tonight in Baiona. The gala, part of the 34th Prince of Asturias Trophy, was attended by José María Fonseca Moretón, president of Terras Gauda; José Ramón Lete, General Secretary for Sport; Santos Héctor, provincial deputy; Carlos Gómez, mayor of Baiona; Pillar of Sas; Gabriel González Eiroa, commercial director of ABANCA; Ignacio Cuarteto, commander director of the ENM, and the president of the MRCYB, José Luis Álvarez.
The person in charge of opening the event was the president of Monte Real, who took advantage of his speech to congratulate each and every one of the award winners and thank Terras Gauda for their support, as well as all the sponsors who have made it possible for another year , the Prince of Asturias. After Álvarez, José María Fonseca succeeded him at the microphone to later give way to the awards ceremony.
The winners in this twenty-seventh edition of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards have been the Estrella Damm as the best ORC boat; Bribon Movistar with the prize for the best boat; Diego Botín and Iago López Marra, Olympic team of the year; Martín Wizner and Pedro Ameneiro, best youth team of 2018; the J70 Marnatura, best one-design of the year; Violeta del Reino, best sailor; Nauta 360 with the Mariano Aguado communication award and Galicia 93 Pescanova as the best sports project, in the year in which the twenty-fifth anniversary of its podium in the Tour of the World of Sailing is celebrated.
Galicia 93 Pescanova and Bribon Movistar were precisely the main protagonists of the awards ceremony. Nava Castro, director of Tourism for the Galician community, was in charge of collecting the Galicia 93 award in representation of the commitment that the Xunta de Galicia made in its day to promote and make a reality the podium of the boat that everyone knew as “pez flying”. For their part, the entire crew of the King Don Juan Carlos, who in the end could not attend to collect the award, went up on stage to collect the 6-meter Bribon Movistar award for best boat of the year.
TERRAS GAUDA NATIONAL SAILING AWARDS
ESTRELLA DAMM BEST ORC BOAT BRIBON MOVISTAR BEST BOAT DIEGO BOTIN AND IAGO LOPEZ MARRA OLYMPIC TEAM OF THE YEAR GALICIA 93 PESCANOVA BEST SPORTS PROJECT MARTIN WIZNER AND PEDRO AMENEIRO YOUTH TEAM OF THE YEAR MARNATURA (J70) MONOTYPE OF THE YEAR VIOLET OF THE KINGDOM SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR NAUTA 360 MARIANO AGUADO AWARD FOR COMMUNICATION
· The appointment of the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona today hosted its second day with more than 80 boats and some 500 sailors at the starting line
After the premiere of five categories on the opening day, today, Saturday, eleven classes have taken to the water to compete in one of the most important regattas on the national cruise calendar
· In the six divisions of ORC, the leadership after the second day is for Marias-Casas do Telhado, Bosch Service Solutions, Raygrass III, Albarellos, Bombastic and Salseiro C
· Bribon 500 Movistar and Stella rule in the premiere of the Infinitus Rent 6m divisions and Miña Miniña wins the coastal Storax Clásico
· In Solventis J80, Javier de la Gándara is today the leader of the general with Okofen and ¡HOLA! Fashion continues to lead the HELLO! Ladies Cup
Historic day at the 34th Prince of Asturias Trophy. With the premiere of six new classes on this second day of competition, the event organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Escuela Naval Militar with the sponsorship of ABANCA broke its participation record today by exceeding 80 boats in the regatta field . In total, there are already eleven categories in contention and nearly 500 sailors who are competing this weekend for the victory of one of the most important regattas on the national scene.
In the absence of the third and last day of racing being completed tomorrow, Sunday, the provisional leaders are Maria-Casas do Telhado, Bosch Service Solutions, Raygrass III, Albarellos, Bombastic, Salseiro C, Miña Miniña, Bribon 500 Movistar, Stella, Okofen and HELLO! Fashion.
With the departure scheduled for 12:00 hours, the Race Committee of the largest boats did not have an easy time today to start the day’s tests. The wind was once again unstable, shifty and of very changing intensities since the beginning of the day, and the truth is that it was not until after 1:00 p.m. when the fleet was able to get under way to complete the first of the three routes of windward-leeward format.
In the Martin Miller ORC 0-1 category, the second day of the Príncipe de Asturias has caused a drastic turnaround in the general classification. With two seconds and one seventh in these last three races, Maria-Casas do Telhhado today took the lead in the general classification ahead of Diego López’s Mirfak, who now occupies second place, and Jorge Pérez Canal’s Aceites Abril , which assaults the podium placing itself in the third position. Pairo 8 and Yess Too, who were first and second respectively yesterday, are fourth and fifth overall today.
For its part, in the general classification of Aceites Abril ORC 2, Ramón Ojea’s Bosch Service Solutions extends its advantage today at the top of the table after scoring the three partial victories put at stake. Behind, five points behind, José Luis Alcuso’s Antilope-Lener also remains in second place, while Francisco Edreira’s Cachhete is the one who closes the provisional class podium on this occasion.
The Gadis ORC 3 fleet also competed in three new tests, a category in which the leader continues to be Jaime Núñez’s Raygrass III with two third and one fifth added to the partial victory scored yesterday. The second position, in this case, is for Luis Suárez’s Maracana I with a first, second and seventh place in the last three races and Jean Claude Sarrade’s Fend-La-Bise climbs from eighth to third position with some partials 2-5-1. Another of the victories of the day was for Luis Manuel García’s Unus, who is fourth.
Meanwhile, today, Saturday, another three ORC divisions opened with a 14.5-mile coastal route and start and finish located in front of the bay, in the Carallóns area. Volvo Autesa ORC 4-5 was the first to start in this field after 12:30 p.m. and the victory went to Fernando Rey’s Albarellos, who became the leader of the general classification. They are followed by Iñaki Carbajo’s Santiago Roma Rías Baixas and José Rey Veiga’s Chispa Nejra in second and third position respectively.
At Engels & Völkers ORC Open, the winner of the day and provisional leader is César Fernández’s Bombastic. Behind, Antonio Gaona’s Piccola is currently in second place in the table and third place is occupied by Mariano Benavente’s Lacazan.
Also in this class competed today the inclusive boat Axa Seguros, a team made up of sailors with functional diversity from the Monte Real Adapted Sailing School with the support of the insurer and the Department of Social Policy of the Xunta de Galicia.
In the case of the SH Robotic Open Extra class, the fleet completed a 14.5-mile coastal course in which Manuel Blanco’s Salseiro C was the winner. Behind, Ignacio Sánchez’s Txole is in second place overall and Roberto Reboredo’s Jandrocho Team is third.
The three boats that make up the Storax Clásico fleet completed, for their part, a course of almost nine miles with victory in corrected time for Fabián Garrido’s Miña Miniña. The first to cross the finish line in real time was Xosé Avelino Ochoa’s Sara O, a result that places him in second place overall ahead of Javier Alonso’s Papaleisso, who is third on the provisional podium.
Another of the fleets that debuted today in the Bay of Baiona was the majestic 6-meter. The regatta field offered wind conditions between 12 and 15 knots of intensity that allowed the Committee to give the start for the first two regatta tests.
In the category of Infinitus Rent 6m Clásicos, the Bribon 500 Movistar, which has had Pedro Campos at the helm in the absence of King Juan Carlos, was the clear leader of the day, scoring the two victories at stake and placing in the top of the provisional general. Behind, with two third places, the Titia of Mauricio Sánchez Bella occupies the second position and third is the Aida of Francisco Botas.
For her part, Violeta Álvarez’s Stella debuts in the 34th Prince of Asturias Trophy as leader of the Infinitus Rent 6m Open class by adding a first and a second in her locker. Second place is occupied by Patrik Monteiro’s Seljm and third is Eugenio Galdón’s Maybe XIV.
In Solventis J80, I overturn in the general classification after the dispute of three new tests. Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen scored a full victories today that took them to the top of the table, relegating Diogo Costa’s Miudo to second position and five points behind the leader. The Pazo de Cea by Cristina Gonzáles Cominges also drops one position, closing the provisional podium in third place.
Where there have been hardly any changes is in the general HELLO! Ladies Cup. The fleet of the prestigious women’s competition completed two new tests this afternoon in which the HELLO! Fashion de Pilar Casares added a second and a first, results that keep the team as leaders of the general. From behind, it is also followed today by the HELLO! Serralleiras by Marta Ramada, while the third place is now occupied by ¡HOLA! Sileiro by Anna Sole Dolcet.
Everything to decide on the last day
Tomorrow, Sunday, the third and final day of the Prince of Asturias Trophy will be held with everything to be decided. If the wind allows it, each and every one of the eleven participating classes will jump back into the water to start the final day at 12:00 p.m., and it will be in the afternoon when the prizes will be awarded to the winners of the thirtieth fourth edition.
PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER DAY 2
MARTIN MILLER ORC CLASS 0-1
1) MARÍAS CASAS DO TELHADO · MANUEL MARÍA CUNHA · MRCYB 2) MIRFAK DIEGO LOPEZ ARMED CNR 3) APRIL OILS JORGE PÉREZ CANAL RCNV
CLASS OILS APRIL ORC 2
1) BOSCH SERVICE SOLUTIONS RAMÓN OJEA CM CANIDO 2) ANTILOPE LENER · JOSÉ LUIS ALCUSO · GIJÓN BAY 3) CACHETE · FRANCISCO EDREIRA · CM LA PENELA
GADIS ORC 3 CLASS
1) RAYGRASS III · JAIME NÚÑEZ · CM CARRUMEIRO 2) MARACANA · LUIS SUÁREZ · RCNV 3) FEND-LA-BISE JEAN CLAUDE SARRADE MRCYB
VOLVO AUTESA ORC CLASS 4-5
1) ALBARELLOS · FERNANDO REY · MRCYB 2) SANTIAGO ROMA R. BAIXAS IÑAKI CARBAJO BELUSO CN 3) SPARK NEJRA · JOSE REY VEIGA · CN BELUSO
ENGEL & VOLKERS ORC OPEN CLASS
1) BOMBASTIC · CESAR FERNÁNDEZ · MRCYB 2) PICCOLA · ANTONIO GAONA · RCN VIGO 3) LACAZAN · MARIANO BENAVENTE · MRCYB
SH ROBOTIC OPEN EXTRA CLASS
1) SALSEIRO C MANUEL BLANCO RCN CORUÑA 2) TXOLE · IGNACIO SÁNCHEZ · MRCYB 3) JANDROCHO TEAM ROBERTO REBOREDO CN SAN ADRIAN
INNIFNITUS RENT 6M CLASSIC CLASS
1) BRIBON 500 MOVISTAR PEDRO CAMPOS RCNS 2) TITIA MAURICIO SÁNCHEZ BELLA RCNS 3) AIDA FRANCISCO BOTAS RCNC
· The thirty-fourth edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy has started today in the Rías Baixas with the dispute of the first tests for five of the eleven classes in contention
· Pairo 8 in Martin Miller ORC 0-1, Bosch Service Solutions in Aceites Abril ORC 2 and Raygrass III in Gadis ORC are placed in front of the general in the three divisions that have competed today in compensated time
· In the Solventis J80 and HELLO! Ladies Cup, the Miudo de Diogo Costa and the HELLO! Fashion by Pilar Casares are the first leaders in their respective categories
· To the five classes that have opened today in the bay of Baiona, another six will be added tomorrow: Volvo Autesa ORC 4-5, Engel&Volkers ORC Open, SH Robotics ORC Open Extra, Storax Clásicos, and the Infinitus Rent 6m and 6m Formula
Tomorrow, Saturday, at 8:00 p.m., the second day of regatta will end at the village of Monte Real Club de Yates with the delivery of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards
Great premiere in Baiona waters of the Prince of Asturias Trophy. The event, organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Naval Military School with the sponsorship of ABANCA, started today with the dispute of the first tests for the classes Martin Miller ORC 0-1, Oils April ORC 2, Gadis ORC 3 , Solventis J80 and the prestigious HELLO! Ladies Cup. Pairo 8, Bosch Service Solutions, Raygrass III, Miudo and HELLO! Fashion are the first leaders of this thirty-fourth edition.
The day dawned calm, with fairly light wind conditions until finally, around 3:00 p.m. as planned, the Race Committee was able to give the warning signal for the three ORC divisions. It was not easy for the fleet, because during the 15-mile round trip between Baiona and Subrido (Cabo Home) the wind kept changing in terms of direction and intensity, although the north-northeast component between three and 12 knots in the different areas of the estuary.
Cruce del Marías and Aceites Abril, two of the favorites – Photo Eduardo Castro
An example of this was the case of the Yess Too in the Martin Miller ORC 0-1 class. Rui Ramada’s men dominated the first part of the route with authority until they found themselves in Cabo Home with a well of wind that again compressed the fleet until practically the finish line. Finally, the Yess Too was the first to finish the race and was second overall in corrected time behind the Pairo 8 of the owner José Luis Freire, who was the first leader of the day with Laureano Wizner at the helm. Maria-Casas do Telhado by Manuel María Cunha closes the podium in third place.
In Aceites Abril ORC 2, Ramón Ojea’s Bosch Service Solutions is positioned at the head of the classification on this first day by completing the route in two hours and 56 minutes. Following in the general classification is José Luis Alcuso’s Asturian Antelope-Lener in second place and Milaneza, owned by Portuguese skipper Diogo Talone, who is third.
The third category to debut today at the 34th Prince of Asturias Trophy was Gadis ORC 3, in which Jaime Núñez’s Raygrass III was the winner ahead of Juan José Martínez’s La Burla Negra and Orion Javier Pérez, second and third respectively.
The J80 monotypes also debuted today on the water – Photo Eduardo Castro
For its part, the Solventis J80 class started its competition program with the dispute of the first three tests in the regatta field. The wind did not make it easy for the Committee either, which had to move the field further out of the bay than expected in search of optimal conditions to start the competition.
At the top of the table, the top three finishers take advantage of the rest of the fleet and with only two points difference between the leader and the third. With partial 3-1-3, Diogo Costa’s Miudo is the first leader in the general standings ahead of Cristina González’s Pazo de Cea, which occupies second position with 4-2-2 results, and Javier’s Okofen de la Gándara, who made his debut today in third position after adding a fourth and two second places.
The girls of the HOLA Ladies Cup fought hard for the first places – Photo Eduardo Castro
In the same regatta field as the J80 were the Figaros of the HELLO! Ladies Cup. With two first and one second in the three contested races, the HELLO! Fashion by Pilar Casares closes the day as the leader of the women’s competition with a total of four points. Behind, just two points, is followed by HELLO! Serralleiras of the Portuguese Marta Ramada in the second position with a third, a first and a second and the HELLO! of Laura Gil, who currently occupies third place overall with a second, a third and a fourth in her locker.
Inauguration of the village and seafood dinner to close the first day of regattas
Once the tests were finished, the activity continued in the village of the Monte Real Club de Yates. Sailors, skippers and shipowners were able to enjoy the great social and sporting atmosphere of the 34th Prince of Asturias Trophy during the usual seafood dinner. Ambient music and a gin and tonic tasting by Martin Miller and Royal Bliss put the finishing touch to the first day of one of the most important events on the national cruise calendar.
Tomorrow, second day and presentation of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards
Tomorrow, Saturday, the action returns to the Monte Real Club de Yates starting at 12:00. After a first day in which the longest boats and two of the one-designs made their debut, the second assault will feature each and every one of the participating categories competing in the four established regatta fields.
The categories Volvo Autesa ORC 4-5, Engel&Volkers ORC Open, SH Robotics ORC Open Extra, Storax Classics and the Infinitus Rent 6m and 6m Formula will open their lockers tomorrow. It will be precisely the Open division that will have the participation of AXA Seguros, a team made up of sailors with functional diversity from the Monte Real Adapted Sailing School thanks to the support of the insurer and the Department of Social Policy of the Xunta de Galicia.
At the end of the day, the presentation of the prestigious Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will take place in the village, in which the most outstanding sailors and teams of 2018 will be awarded. The gala will begin at 8:00 p.m. and will be followed by a seafood dinner an hour later and a new party night that will include music, gin and tonic tastings and fireworks to end the party at 11:00 p.m.
CLASSIFICATION AFTER THE 1ST MATCH
MARTIN MILLER ORC CLASS 0-1
1) PAIRO 8 LAUREANO WIZNER RCN VIGO 2) YESS TOO · RUI RAMADA · MRCYB 3) MARÍAS CASAS DO TELHADO · MANUEL MARÍA CUNHA · MRCYB
CLASS OILS APRIL ORC 2
1) BOSCH SERVICE SOLUTIONS RAMÓN OJEA CM CANIDO 2) ANTILOPE LENER · JOSÉ LUIS ALCUSO · GIJÓN BAY 3) MILANEZA DIEGO TALONE CV ATLANTIC
GADIS ORC 3 CLASS
1) RAYGRASS III · JAIME NÚÑEZ · CM CARRUMEIRO 2) THE BLACK MOCK · JUAN JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ · CN CASTRELO 3) ORION JAVIER PEREZ RO YACHTS CLUB
SOLVENTIS J80 CLASS
1) MIUDO DIOGO COSTA MRCYB 2) CEA MANOR CRISTINA GONZÁLEZ COMINGES MRCYB 3) OKOFEN · JAVIER DE LA GANDARA · MRCYB
HELLO! LADIES CUP
1) HELLO! FASHION · PILAR CASARES 2) HELLO! SERRALLEIRAS MARTA RAMADA 3) HELLO! Laura Gil
· The Monte Real Club de Yates will commemorate Magellan and Elcano’s first circumnavigation of the world by awarding a special prize within the framework of the Prince of Asturias Trophy that will be held starting tomorrow
· The pioneer HELLO! Ladies Cup, which this year celebrates its twenty-third edition, is one of the exclusively female nautical competitions with the longest history in Spain
In Baiona, boats such as the Pairo 8, the Aceites Abril and the Yess Too, three of the sailboats that repeat year after year in the regatta with firm aspirations for the title, are ready to go out on the water tomorrow.
The Prince of Asturias Trophy will mark the premiere in competition in Spain of Jaime Alonso’s Marina Combarro, the last boat to join the Spanish 6-meter fleet
This year, the Monte Real Club de Yates joins the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Magellan and Elcano’s circumnavigation of the world with the delivery of a special award within the framework of the historic Prince of Asturias Trophy, which will be held starting tomorrow in Baiona.
The prize will be received by the crew that wins the pioneering HELLO! Ladies Cup, one of the most historic exclusively female nautical competitions in Spain, which in 2019 celebrates its twenty-third edition.
The Juan Sebastián Elcano Trophy, named in honor of the Spanish navigator who was the protagonist of one of the feats that changed the history of the world, is a bust of the Basque sailor made in lost-wax cast bronze by Antonio Miranda.
This initiative is part of a series of actions framed in the Commemoration of the V Centenary of the expedition of the first circumnavigation of Fernando de Magallanes and Juan Sebastián de Elcano that will be held during the next four years.
The first “around the entire roundness of the world” , in the words of Elcano himself, is considered one of the great feats in the history of humanity since, in addition to verifying that the earth was spherical and not just round, it represented great advances for the cartography, commerce or communications. The journey lasted from 1519 to 1522.
The HELLO! Ladies Cup is consolidated as a feminist bet
In a year in which several Spanish competitions have opted for women by creating sections for exclusively female participation, the ¡HOLA! Ladies Cup is consolidated as one of the trophies with more tradition and history in Spain. In this 2019 it turns 23 years old with the same philosophy with which it was created, that of giving visibility to women in a sport that, to this day, is still mostly male.
In this new edition, Spanish and Portuguese sailors will participate, for the most part, but on board the Figaros del Monte Real in which the participants will compete, Swiss, Italian and Slovenian accents will also be heard. And it is that the competition has been acquiring, over the years, international touches.
This year the title will be disputed by a team from the Club Náutic Sant Carles de la Rápita skippered by Anna Dolcet; another from the Real Club Náutico de Puerto Pollença, led by Pilar Casares; and two more from the Madrilenian Sailing Federation, with Laura Gil and Inés Zurita at the helm. We will also see the current champion, Marta Ramada, who will try to repeat the title for the third consecutive year; and a crew from the Naval Military School led by Lara Lagoa.
The countdown begins for the Prince of Asturias Trophy
The Monte Real Club de Yates lived with hustle and bustle this day prior to the start of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, in which the participating crews continued to arrive at their pontoons. The countdown has begun for the great sailing competition in Galicia and in Baiona boats such as the Pairo 8, the Aceites Abril or the Yess Too are ready to go out on the water tomorrow, three of the sailboats that repeat in the regatta year after year with firm aspirations to the title. They compete in the Martin Miller ORC 1 class with boats such as the Starfighter of the Julio Rodríguez (RCN Vigo), the Arroutado of José Manuel Pérez (RCN Portosín) or the Mirfak of Diego López, of the Naval Regatta Commission of the Navy, among others. .
In the Aceites Abril ORC 2 class, which will also go out to compete tomorrow Friday from three in the afternoon, we will see Jean Claude Sarrade’s Fend la Bise, Joao Tourigo’s Farofino, or Francisco Edreira’s Cachete. And in the Gadis ORC 3 class, Luis García Trigo’s Unus, Vicente Cid’s Deep Blue 2.0, Jacobo Solorzano’s Bunda and Jaime Núñez’s Raygrass III are some of the favorites.
Tomorrow, Friday, in addition to ORCs 1, 2 and 3 and the girls from the HELLO! Ladies Cup, also inaugurate the Solventis J80 class trophy, in which practically the entire Galician fleet will meet, including the recently winner of the regional champion title, Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen.
New addition to the 6M fleet
The Prince of Asturias Trophy will mark the debut in competition in Spain of the Marina Combarro, formerly known as Cream, the latest boat to join the Spanish 6-meter fleet. The boat, armed and skippered by Jaime Alonso from Vigo, dates from 1979. It was designed by veteran Swedish naval architect Pelle Petterson, built in Sweden, and managed to win the 1979 World Championship and the 1980 European Championship.
It has recently been completely renovated and after participating in the European La Trinité, in France, this weekend it will be released in Galician waters.
The Marina Combarro will compete, among others, with the Bribón 500 Movistar, recent world champion in Finland in the 6 meter class, in which the Galician Pedro Campos will be on board. Another prominent Galician sailor, Miguel Lago, will take command of the Alibabá II; and Jaime Rodríguez-Toubes from Ferrol will do the same with the Armada 500. In the absence of closing the registration period, they have also confirmed their participation in the Baiona competition: Caprice by Íñigo Echenique, Maybe XIV by Eugenio Galdón; and Patrick Monteiro’s Seljm.
· The Monte Real Club de Yates and the Military Naval School organize from next Friday to Sunday the thirty-fourth edition of one of the most prestigious nautical competitions in Spain
· Until the registration period closes, the organization anticipates the participation of some 80 boats that will bring together more than 500 national and international sailors in the Galician Rías Baixas
The trophy will include the gala delivery of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, which is expected to be attended by King Juan Carlos to collect the Rogue Movistar award for best boat of the year
· The Prince of Asturias Trophy will once again have a strong feminist and inclusive accent with the celebration of ¡HOLA! Ladies Cup and participation in the regattas of the AXA adapted sailing boat
Beginning next Friday, Baiona will bring together some of the best crews on the Spanish nautical scene at the 34th Prince of Asturias Trophy that the Monte Real Club de Yates and the Naval Military School are organizing for yet another year with the sponsorship of ABANCA.
During the three days that the competition will last, the Galician fishing village will be the epicenter of several regattas in which, pending the registration deadline, some 80 boats are expected to participate, which will bring together in the Rías Baixas more of 500 sailors from all over the peninsula.
Among them we will see King Juan Carlos who, recovered from his recent heart operation, has signed up to compete in the 6-meter class aboard the Bribón 500 with his usual crew, in which he will once again have Galician Pedro Campos as his right-hand man .
The 6 meters, grouped into the Infititus Rent and 6m Formula classes, will make up two of the 12 categories that this new edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy will feature, one of the most numerous to date in terms of classes, with a wide range of boats.
There will be a Martin Miller ORC 0-1 class, April Oils ORC 2, Gadis ORC 3, Volvo Autesa ORC 4, SH Robotic ORC 5, Engels & Volkers ORC Open and ORC Open Extra. In the classic STORAX class, some of the spectacular sailboats of Agabace, the Galician Association of classic and vintage boats, will once again sail; and along with the 6 meters, two other monotypes will also participate: the Solventis J80 class and the Figaro Beneteau.
We will see the latter in the HELLO! Ladies Cup, the women’s competition included in the framework of the trophy in which every September, for 22 years, 36 sailors from different parts of Spain and Portugal have measured their strength. 36 women divided into 6 crews aboard 6 identical boats that star in one of the most attractive sections of the Príncipe de Asturias.
A Prince of Asturias Trophy that, in addition to being feminist, is committed to inclusion and youth. A boat will participate in the Open class, the AXA Seguros, in which, thanks to the support of the insurer and the Ministry of Social Policy of the Xunta de Galicia, students with functional diversity from the Monte Real Adapted Sailing School will sail. And this year also, as a novelty, the 6 meter class offers the possibility for crews to take on board, as a guest, a child under 15 years of age or less, in a clear commitment to the future of sailing for the new generations.
With these characteristics, the Prince of Asturias Trophy will raise the curtain next Friday in Baiona to stage three sports and festive days with a complete program that will alternate regattas with breakfasts, dinners, parties and fireworks.
On Friday, on the opening day, the large boats grouped into classes ORC 0, 1, 2 and 3 will go out on the water; the J80 and the girls of the HELLO! Ladies Cup. It will be from three in the afternoon. Previously, in the trophy village located in the gardens of Monte Real, Onda Cero Vigo will carry out several hours of live programming. And at night, once the regattas are over, a seafood dinner for the participants.
On Saturday the day will begin at noon, with a honk for all classes at twelve. The competition will take place in different regatta fields, both inside the bay of Baiona and in other points of the Vigo estuary, and at night the gala of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be held.
In addition to King Juan Carlos’ Bribón Movistar, as the best ship; The prestigious awards will be given to the Estrella Damm for the best ORC boat; the Cantabrian-Galician tandem formed by Diego Botín and Iago López Marra for the best Olympic team of the year; Martín Wizner and Pedro Ameneiro to the best youth team of the year; the Marnatura for the best monotype; Violeta del Reino for the best sailor and Nauta 360 the Mariano Aguado Communication Award. In addition, a special prize for the best sports project will be awarded to the Galicia 93 Pescanova, in the year that marks the 25th anniversary of its podium finish in the Sailing Tour of the World.
After the gala of the National Sailing Awards, the subsequent dinner, fireworks and party; the crews will prepare for the last day, which will be held on Sunday from twelve noon. They will be the definitive tests to design the winners’ podiums and define some prizes that will be delivered that same day in the afternoon, starting at six o’clock at the Monte Real Club de Yates.
This will bring to an end the 34th edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Military Naval School, sponsored by ABANCA, the support of the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation, the institutional collaboration of the Xunta de Galicia, the Diputación de Pontevedra and the council of Baiona.
The official presentation of the 34th Prince of Asturias Trophy, held this morning in Baiona, was chaired by the president of the Monte Real Yacht Club, José Luis Álvarez; and the commander director of the Military Naval School, Ignacio Cuartero; as co-organizers of the trophy. They were accompanied on behalf of the sponsors by the director of ABANCA’s commercial network, Gabriel González; and the general manager of Bodegas Terras Gauda, Enrique Costas. The mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; the deputy of the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Santos Héctor Rodríguez; and the delegate of the Xunta de Galicia in Vigo, Corina Porro, completed the list of attending authorities.
“The Prince of Asturias Trophy turns thirty-four years old and continues to stand out for uniting very different fields. Sport, of course, but also tourism, nature, leisure, the economy, feminism, social inclusion… and it is precisely because of this confluence of synergies that we are so proud to be able to celebrate it hand in hand with the Naval School Military”
José Luis Álvarez President of the Monte Real Yacht Club
“In this edition, 5 navy ships and a female crew, made up of students and teachers from the Naval Military School, will participate in the ¡HOLA! Ladies Cup. This is a special year because it commemorates the fifth centenary of one of the greatest feats in world sailing, and the winners of this women’s competition will receive the Juan Sebastián Elcano Trophy”
Ignacio Cuartero Commander Director of the Naval Military School
“It is a pride to be able to participate, one more year, in the sponsorship of this sports event, one of the most notorious sailing competitions. ABANCA’s support for this emblematic competition and our history of collaboration with Monte Real are clear examples of our commitment to sport and the world of the sea. You were pioneers when in 1986 you embarked on the organization of this test and your tenacity and good work have allowed you to get here. For all these reasons, we feel very honored to be part of this competition”
Gabriel González Director of the commercial network of ABANCA
“The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards have become the most prestigious awards in the sector and the list of award-winning projects and people provides great added value to our brand. They are projects of effort, success and perseverance, values that we also support at Terras Gauda, which is why it is an honor to give these prestigious awards a name”
Enrique Costas General Manager of Bodegas Terras Gauda
“The Prince of Asturias Trophy makes Baiona the nerve center of the nautical world, with the best crews competing in the incomparable Rías Baixas. The great ideals with which this event was born remain alive and sailors can not only enjoy their passion for sailing here, but also the beauty that our fishing village brings to the competition”
Carlos Gómez Mayor of Baiona
“For the Pontevedra Provincial Council, it is an event of the utmost importance because we also link tourism to quality sporting events. This is how we include it in our strategic plan and the Prince of Asturias Trophy has all the elements to put Pontevedra on the map”
Santos Héctor Rodríguez Deputy of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra
“If there is something very important in the celebration of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, it is that it manages not only to stage, but to make the collaboration between the public and private worlds a reality, the union of administrations such as the council, the Provincial Council and the Xunta de Galicia with such outstanding companies as Abanca and Terras Gauda”
Corina Porro Delegate of the Xunta de Galicia in Vigo
· The nautical portal of Unidad Editorial has been awarded the Mariano Aguado Prize for Communication at the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards
· Under the coordination of Héctor Atienza and Alberto Mas, it is one of the most complete information platforms on the sport of sailing and the nautical sector that currently exist in Spain
· With an average of around half a million unique monthly readers, Nauta 360 is one of the key references to keep informed of everything that happens in the world of sailing
The Nauta 360 Editorial Unit’s nautical portal has been honored this year with the Mariano Aguado Communication Award from the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards for its great contribution in disseminating the main news produced on the sport of sailing and nautical sector in Spain.
The jury that awards the awards has wanted to recognize the trajectory of Nauta 360 since it released moorings in 2011 under the umbrella of Editorial Unit (El Mundo, Marca and Expansión) to become one of the key references of specialized information in Spain.
Its nearly half a million unique monthly readers, with a percentage of 80-20 national and international, make Nauta 360 one of the platforms with the largest audience of Spanish nautical portals, who access it through the digital portal of Expansion, where it has a fixed section.
At the controls of the portal are Héctor Atienza and Alberto Mas, who focus their work on two lines of information: the most relevant sports news (Copa América, Ocean Race, Vendée Globe, Copa del Rey, Olympic sailing…) and the great news of the nautical market (products, events, shows…), which they address with an editorial philosophy that seeks simplicity and clarity in the story.
Guidelines that have been maintained since the “Náutica” supplement of the newspaper El Mundo was created in 2004, a pioneer in the general media in Spain and the seed of what, after various evolutions, is now Nauta 360.
The journalist Alberto Mas, one of the portal’s coordinators, will be in charge of collecting the award at a gala to be held on September 7 at the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona.
· The current world champion in the women’s Hansa 303 class adds a new distinction to her extensive sports resume that includes several national, European and world titles
· The 47-year-old Mallorcan has been distinguished as the best sailor of the year after standing on the podium in 2018 of the Spanish Championship, the Spanish Cup, the European Championship and the World Cup
· On September 7, the sportswoman from the Puerto d’Andratx Sailing Club will collect one of the eight Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards that will be presented in Baiona
Majorcan sailor Violeta del Reino, world champion in the women’s Hansa 303 class, adds a new distinction to her extensive resume of sporting successes after being recognized as best sailor of the year by the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards.
The jury that awards the prestigious awards wanted to reward her for the four podiums achieved in 2018, the year in which the gold medal of the Spanish Championship, the Spanish Cup, the European Championship held in Kiel (Germany) and the bronze of the world championship disputed in Sheboygan (USA).
Violeta del Reino, Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for best sailor of the year
Of Venezuelan origins, parents from Madrid and settled in Mallorca for years, Violeta suffered from an idiopathic cavus foot condition from a young age that later led to scoliosis problems in her back. At the age of 14 he had to undergo a triple arthrodesis, but his functional diversity never prevented him from setting numerous sporting challenges, which he has been facing since he started sailing at the age of 20.
His beginnings in sailing were lived in the Puerto de Andratx Sailing Club, for which he still sails today; and her good work took her to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, in which she achieved an Olympic diploma competing in Skud18 together with Sergi Roig.
In 2017 he achieved his first world championship in the Hansa 303 class, to which he also added gold in the Spanish Cup and silver in the European Championship. In this 2019 he has won the World Cup held in Cádiz, the Spanish Cup and the Spanish Championship. He also achieved third place in the European held in Austria.
The finishing touch to a spectacular season will be on September 7 at eight in the afternoon in Baiona when she collects the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the best sailor.
The Galician J80 Championship of the year 2019 will be held in the waters of the Bay of Baiona on August 31 and September 1, 2019, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates (MRCYB) by delegation of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation (RFGV) .
1. RULES
The regatta will be governed by:
to. The rules as defined in the World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing 2017–2020 (RRV).
b. J80 class monodesign regulations and their special adaptations of the J80 Galicia Fleet[DP] .
c. WS Appendix Q (RRV) adapted to this Championship
d. RFGV Competition Regulations.
and. The infraction of the Rules in AR and IR of this event indicated as[NP] It will not be a reason for protests between ships. This modifies Rule 60.1(a) RRS.
F. The infraction of the Rules in AR and IR of this event indicated as[DP] indicates that your penalty may be lighter than disqualification if the protest committee so decides. The abbreviation for the discretionary penalty imposed pursuant to this instruction shall be[DPI] .
g. The penalty for infractions of the IR indicated as[SP] they will be fixed, without hearing and imposed by the Race Committee, in the most recently completed race, applied as indicated in Rule 44.3 RRS (modifies Rules 63.1 and A5 of the RRS).
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 2019. For foreign athletes who do not have a federative license or sports medical insurance that insures them in the event of an accident, they must prove that they have valid accident and illness insurance in Spain.
2.3. The Championship is considered Open, but only the boat whose crew members hold a federative license issued by the Royal Galician Sailing Federation will be eligible for the title of Galician Champion.
3. ADVERTISING [NP] [DP]
3.1. Participants may display advertising in accordance with the provisions of WS Regulation 20.
3.2. The Organization may require the participants to display the sponsor’s publicity in the form that is convenient and that will be provided to them before the regatta, not being able to manipulate or modify said material under any circumstances.
3.3 Those responsible for each participating boat grant their authorization to the MRCYB so that any photograph, image or video of people or boats taken during the days of the regatta may be published in any medium, such as television advertisements, editorial comments, information , advertising, etc…
4. PARTICIPATION [NP] [DP]
4.1. Boats of the J80 class that comply with the regulations of point 1 and all the requirements demanded in point 5 of this AR may participate. As long as each and every one of them is not fulfilled, their registration as a participant in the Championship will not be considered.
4.2. Owners and skippers must be members of the National J80 Class Association and be registered at http://www.j80measurement.com.
4.3. Skippers who are not owners must be in possession of Sailor Classification Grade 1. See following link:
5.1. Registration will cost €50 per boat, with the obligation to send or present the following documentation before August 28:
• Duly completed registration form.
• Updated boat insurance.
• 2019 federative licenses for all crew members.
• Proof of transfer of registration rights.
• Proof of payment of the J80 Class Association fee for 2019.
Submitted or presented in:
Mount Royal Yacht Club
Parador Enclosure, s/n, 36300 Baiona
Email: secretaria@mrcyb.com
phone + 34 986 385 000
The owner or person in charge of each boat must register and personally sign the registration form at the Regatta Office before 11:30 a.m. on August 31, 2019.
6. PROGRAM
6.1. The competition will take place on the following days with this program:
6.2. No more than three tests per day will be sailed, except if the Regatta Committee deems it necessary to do so to complete the planned test program.
6.3. For the Championship to be valid, at least three valid tests must be held.
7. COMPETITION FORMAT AND COURSES
7.1. It will be navigated in fleet format, in real time.
7.2. The routes to be carried out will be to the wind (windward / leeward) that will be specified in the IR
8. MEASUREMENT AND SAFETY [SP] [DP]
8.1. 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.
8.2. The number of crew members on board may not be changed during the course of the Championship.
8.3. The safety of this regatta will be in accordance with the requirements of the official Class Regulations and adapted to the particular regulations of the J80 Galician Fleet.
8.4. All boats must be equipped with a VHF radio with channels 16, 71 and 72, as a minimum.
8.5. 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.
9. SCORING SYSTEM
9.1. The Low Score system described in Appendix A of the RRS will apply.
9.2. The worst test score from 4 or more valid tests held will be excluded.
10. PRIZES
Prizes will be awarded to at least the top 3 classified in the regatta, in addition to the RFGV accrediting plaque to the champion.
11. IMAGE RIGHTS
The image rights of the event belong exclusively to the Monte Real Club de Yates. Any advertising action that does not have the express authorization of the organizers is prohibited.
12. LIABILITY
Participants in this Championship do so at their own risk and responsibility.
The MRCYB or any person or body involved in the organization of the event, reject any responsibility for loss, damage, injury or inconvenience that may occur to people or things, both on land and at sea, as a result of participation in the tests covered by this race announcement.
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 to continue racing.”
· The crew of 420 from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo formed by Martín Wizner and Pedro Ameneiro will be awarded the Youth Team of the Year award
· The J70 Marnatura of the Vigo yacht built by the Freire family and led by Luis Bugallo will receive the Monotype of the Year award on September 7 in Baiona
· The Bribón Movistar (best boat), the Estrella Damm (best ORC boat), Diego Botín and Iago López Marra (best Olympic team) and the Galicia 93 Pescanova (sports project) are other prizes
Two of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will go to the Real Club Náutico de Vigo this year, which the Monte Real Club de Yates will deliver in Baiona on September 7, coinciding with the celebration of the 34th Prince of Asturias Trophy.
One of them, the one that will recognize the best Youth Team of the Year, will be taken by the crew of 420 formed by Martín Wizner from Vigo (Vigo, 2001) and Pedro Ameneiro from Pontevedra (Pontevedra, 2001), after achieving the greatest successes for the Galician youth sailing in 2018.
In the last 8 international competitions in which they participated, the Wizner-Ameneiro tandem won 7 medals: three gold at the 2018 Fremantle (Australia) World Championship, at the 2018 Sesimbra (Portugal) European Championship and at the Vilamoura World Championship (Portugal) 2019; one silver at the European Championships in Athens 2017 and three bronzes at Lago di Garda (Italy) 2017, Newport (USA) 2018 and Vilagarcía 2019. A brilliant record in which only the podium of the youth world championship held in Poland escaped them, in which they were fifth.
Martín Wizner and Pedro Ameneiro in competition – Photo Joao Costa
After three years of continuous success, the crew announced this summer their separation as a team, but they will still receive one last award before they go their separate ways. In just 12 days, on September 7, the athletes from the Vigo nautical team and the Galician team, awarded scholarships at the Galician Center for High Performance in Pontevedra, will collect in Baiona the award that distinguishes them as the best youth team of the year.
They will share the stage with a fellow club crew, that of the J70 Marnatura, who will collect the award that distinguishes them as Best One Design of the Year for their great sporting career in 2018, the year in which they chained several great successes.
They won the World Cup held in Massachusetts (USA) and the European Championship held in Vigo in the Corinthian division, for non-professional crews; remaining sixth and third respectively in the general classification.
Two titles for a young crew that emerged from the Vigo quarry, put together by the Freire family and trained by Ero Pons; made up of Enrique Freire as tactician, Gerardo Prego and Alberto Basadre as trimmers and Jorge Lorenzo in the bow.
At the helm, leading the team, Luis Bugallo from Vigo who, at 24, is one of the most outstanding names in Galician sailing today, with a background in dinghy sailing, cruisers, one-designs and who has participated in numerous competitions at a national and international level, such as the youth Copa América, in which he competed with Spanish Impulse.
The crew of the Marnatura with Luis Bugallo at the helm – Photo María Muíña
After hearing the news, the young skipper was very pleased with the recognition he wanted to dedicate to the Freire family, without whom, Bugallo assured, the Marnatura project would not be possible. On September 7th they will add a new achievement in their career, that of having won the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the monodesign of the year for the achievement of the continental and world titles.
· In the year in which their silver jubilee is celebrated, the crew that placed Galicia on the international sailing map will receive the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the best sports project
The Galicia 93 Pescanova will be distinguished for having achieved a podium position in the Whitbread Round the World 93-94 with an entirely Spanish team led by Javier de la Gándara from Vigo
· The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be presented on September 7 at the Monte Real Club de Yates, the place from which 25 years ago the Galicia 93 Pescanova left to make history
Javier de la Gándara at the helm of Galicia 93 Pescanova – Photo: Dury Alonso Archive
The gala of Premios Nacionales de Vela Terras Gauda will pay tribute next September 7 in Baiona to the Galicia 93 Pescanova, the boat that 25 years ago placed the Galician community on the international sailing map after achieving a podium position in the Whitbread Round the World 93-94.
Five decades after that feat, the team led by Javier de la Gándara from Vigo will receive a distinction for the best sports project at the Monte Real Club de Yates, the club that saw him leave Galicia to make history.
This is a new and well-deserved recognition for a major project that marked a before and after for sailing in Spain and for a crew that managed to conquer the seas aboard a WOR60 known as ” the flying fish” .
The boat, designed by Bruce Farr and built at the Armada de Vigo shipyards, brought together 16 sailors, 7 of them Galician, under the command of De la Gándara. Chuny Bermúdez from Coruña, Jaime Arbones, Marcos Iglesias, Juan Zarauza and Ñaco Eraso from Vigo, and Carlos Sampedro from Baiona; Barcelonans Jan Santana, Joan Vila, Nando Muñoz and Guillermo Altadill joined; Pichu Torcida and Toño Piris from Santander; Victor Unzueta from Cadiz, Paco Fernández from Alicante and Santi Portillo from Malaga.
Galicia 93 Pescanova, Terras Gauda National Sailing Award – Photo : Dury Alonso Archive
With the encouragement of the Galician Sailing Federation, the institutional support of the Xunta de Galicia through the Xacobeo and the sponsorship of Pescanova, on May 7, 1993, the launching of the ship was held in Vigo, with the Infanta Cristina as godmother. who would participate in the Whitbread Round the World 93-94. Days later, the Galicia 93 Pescanova left the Monte Real Club de Yates for La Rochelle to take part in the Tour of Europe, which it won; and later in the Fastet Race, where they achieved the first victory for Spain in the legendary regatta. They were “training” for his great goal, which was to win the world tour.
On September 25, from Southampton, the starting point of the sixth edition of the race, they began to forge the legend. Until then, Spain had only participated in a trip around the world on 3 occasions (with the Licor 43 in the 81-82 edition, with the Fortuna Lights in 85-86, and with the Fortuna Extra Lights in 89-90), but this was the first time he did it with an entirely Spanish project, with Spanish sponsorships and crew, which would manage to get on the podium.
Galicia 93 Pescanova – Photo : Dury Alonso Archive
Ahead, almost 32,000 miles that meant an adventure, or “madness” as many branded it. They finished the first stage in second place, in the second stage they suffered delamination of the ship’s hull, and despite the fact that some gave it all up for lost, they continued. They fell to fourth place in the classification and in the fifth stage they managed to climb to third position, in which they would finally finish the test.
They made history. And the Galicia 93 project will remain forever in the memory of sailing enthusiasts. His impact, both sporting and social, was immense and his tribute, 25 years later, more than deserved. They will receive it in Baiona, on September 7, at the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards gala, which is held within the framework of the 34th Prince of Asturias Trophy organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Military Naval School. They will receive the award for the best sports project.
· The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards reward the Cantabrian-Galician tandem for being one of the most outstanding crews in Spanish Olympic sailing
· Both currently occupy seventh place in the 49er world ranking and are one of the most promising assets for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics
· The Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona will present the awards on September 7 at a special gala that will coincide with the celebration of the 34th Prince of Asturias Trophy
The Cantabrian-Galician tandem formed by Diego Botín and Iago López Marra has just added a new distinction to their great sporting career. The jury that awards the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards has decided to distinguish it with the Best Olympic Team award for being one of the most outstanding crews in Spanish Olympic sailing.
In 2016 both represented Spain in the 49er category of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, although they did not manage to get on the podium; and his team is one of the most promising assets for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics, an aspiration they are already working on.
With their sights and efforts focused on the Japanese event, Botín and Marra continue chaining awards and distinctions. One of the most outstanding was achieved in 2018 in Gdynia (Poland), when they climbed to the top of the 49er European podium. It was the second time that they managed to hang the gold from a European after the victory achieved in 2016.
In this 2019 they recorded their names again in the honor roll of the European held in the English city of Weymouth, although they had to settle for the bronze medal.
Santander Diego Botín, 25 years old; and Sonense Iago López Marra, born in Portosín (Galicia) in 1990; They achieved their first medal together in 2012 at the Palamós Christmas Race (Girona), in which they competed together. Two years later, in 2014, they met again and began to dream of the Olympics, a project that, after a year and a half of work, would bear its first fruits in 2016, with their participation in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, in which they were ninth.
Currently, from their seventh place in the 49er world ranking, they train with the national 49er coach Pepe Lis and compete to qualify Spain for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. They will try to make it in the World Cup in New Zealand and if they make it, they will still have to earn to be the ones competing in the games.
The Cantabrian-Galician tandem formed by Diego Botín and Iago López Marra
Both have been linked to sailing all their lives in different ways. Diego’s ties to sailing come from his father Gonzalo, a prize-winning shipbuilder; and his uncle Marcelino, a prominent naval designer. He started sailing at the age of 7 encouraged by his father and managed to be runner-up in the Optimist Europe, l’Equipe European Champion, and 49er Junior World Champion with Pablo Turrado.
Also from a very young age Iago began to become familiar with sailing, a qualified naval engineer. He did it through the Real Club Náutico de Portosín, where he was born, where he sailed in Optimist, 420, 470 and finally 49er. He did not forget either the great lengths, in which he competed in different crews. He is currently one of the most prominent Galician sailors on the national scene.