· On the second day of the competition held this Sunday in Baiona, the Cantabrians from Maui Jim Sunglasse came within just one point of the Basques from AD Garatu , who continue to lead the national one-design race
· Two other boats from the Real Club Marítimo de Santander, La Gallosa and Mercury , took positions to take over the podium, placing third and fourth, unseating Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen from Galicia.
· In the competition of the ORCs that compete for the maximum emotion Repsol Trophy with Bosch Service Solutions and the Oral Group Galimplant tied on points in the cruiser-regatta class, and the Balea Dous and the Fend la Bise tied in the cruiser class
In the rest of the classes, the leaders of the provisional classification are Salaño Dos de Vigo (A Dos), Noticia de Santander (J70) and Serralleiras de Baiona (Fígaro).
· Tomorrow, Monday, the J80s return to the water to compete in the third and penultimate day of testing while the rest of the fleet rests to race the final stage during the May Day holiday
Hard fight between Basques and Cantabrians for the J80 Spanish Championship that this Sunday saw its second day in the waters of the Bay of Baiona, framed in the Repsol Trophy of the Monte Real Yacht Club.
On a day of overcast skies, many downpours and rough seas, the Cantabrians of the Maui Jim Sunglasses , from the Real Club Marítimo de Santander, managed to come within just one point of the Basques of the AD Garatu , who are still leaders despite signing a fifth and sixth place today in the two contested races.
“We would have signed before leaving to finish the day like this, as leaders” , assured the Gipuzkoan skipper, Iker Almandoz, after finishing today’s tests. “The regatta starts again tomorrow and it’s going to be a lot of fun, because there are boats that are fighting very hard for the championship. I can only say that the atmosphere is great and that there are many crews sailing really well”.
Favored by the application of a discard, another team from Santander, La Gallofa , took possession of the third position in the championship this afternoon, from which they ousted Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen who, in fifth position, continue to be the best placed in all the Galician fleet.
And completing the top five of the classification, in fourth place, is another Cantabrian boat, the Mercury of the Olympian Jaime Piris, who seeks to repeat a title they achieved in 2011 after having failed last year, in which they were runners-up.
Other monotypes competing for the Monte Real Repsol Trophy, the J70s, returned to compete this Sunday at the Cíes Islands anchorage, where two tests were held with very changeable conditions, with a lot of wind at times and calm at others.
El Noticia de José María “Pichu” Torcida sentenced the day with a brilliant performance and two first places that helped him rise from fourth position to the head of the classification. Luis Bugallo’s Marnatura , which came first, fell to third place and Alfredo González’s Marina Rubicón remained second.
In the cruise competition, which faced a longer route than in the initial stage, sailing to the Tofiño lighthouse, the crews that were in second position managed to jump to first place. They are, yes, tied on points with the seconds, so the emotion is maximum for the final day on Tuesday.
Bosch Service Solutions from Canido, which was second in the cruiser-regatta class, is now in the lead after unseating Oral Group Galimplant from Sanxenxo. And the Balea Dous de Rodeira managed to take first place in the cruiser class, beating the Fend la Bise de Baiona.
In class A Two, all the participants repeated the same positions they had achieved on the first day, so the general classification remains intact, with the Salaño Dos by Jacobo Vecino and Brenda Maure in the lead, followed by Q Talent Consultants , from the Monte Real Yacht Club; and of Oh Carmela from the Bouzas Maritime Lyceum.
In the Figaro class, pending what happens on the final day on Tuesday, the provisional podium is occupied by Elena Raga’s Serralleiras, Alberto Iglesias’ Erizana and Octavio Villalba’s Tutatis , all from Monte Real Club de Yates.
Tomorrow, Monday, will be a rest day for the entire fleet, except for the J80s, which will continue to compete in the Spanish Championship starting at eleven in the morning. In the afternoon, starting at five o’clock, the Monte Real Yacht Club will once again offer participants a seafood dinner and a tasting of beers and gin and tonics.
(( Information and photos: Rosana Calvo · MRCYB Press · prensa@mrcyb.com · 626 523 977 ))
REPSOL TROPHY PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER DAY 2
- J80 CLASS SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP
1. AD GARATU GROUP IKER ALMANDOZ AD GARATU
2. MAUI JIM SUNGLASSES JAVIER AGUADO RCM SANTANDER
3. LA GALLOFA · JESUS AMALIACH · RCM SANTANDER
- REPSOL TROPHY RACING CRUISE CLASS
1. BOSCH SERVICE SOLUTIONS SANTIAGO ESTEVEZ CM CANIDO
2. ORAL GROUP GALIMPLANT PEDRO PAZOS RCN SANXENXO
3. YOUKOUNKOUN EDUARDO SEGADE CN PORTONOVO
- REPSOL TROPHY CRUISE CLASS
1. BALEA DOUS · LUIS PÉREZ · RCN RODEIRA
2. FEND LA BISE JEAN CLAUDE SARRADE MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
3. ALBARELLOS · FERNANDO REY · PORTONOVO CN
- REPSOL TROPHY CLASS A2
1. SALAÑO · JACOBO VECINO / BRENDA MAURE · RCN VIGO
2. Q TALENT CONSULTANTS JAVIER REY/JORGE JUSTO MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
3. AY CARMELA JUAN MARTINEZ-PAZO/RAFAEL MARTINEZ-ALMEIDA PORTONOVO NPP
- REPSOL TROPHY J80 CLASS
1. AD GARATU GROUP IKER ALMANDOZ AD GARATU
2. MAUI JIM SUNGLASSES JAVIER AGUADO RCM SANTANDER
3. LA GALLOFA · JESUS AMALIACH · RCM SANTANDER
- REPSOL TROPHY J70 CLASS
1. NEWS · JOSÉ MARÍA TORCIDA · RCM SANTANDER
2. MARINA RUBICÓN · ALFREDO GONZÁLEZ · TECHNICAL CD AND RACES
3. MARNATURA · LUIS BUGALLO · RCN VIGO
- REPSOL TROPHY FIGARO CLASS
1. SERRALLEIRAS ELENA RAGA MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
2. ERIZANA · ALBERTO IGLESIAS · MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
3. TUTATIS OCTAVIO VILLALBA MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB
