· The countdown begins for one of the most important competitions on the Spanish nautical calendar, reduced this year as a result of COVID19

· The Monte Real Club de Yates will hold the thirty-fifth edition of its historic Prince of Asturias Trophy from September 4 to 6

The Rías Baixas will witness another year of an event that in this 2020 has limited the number of participants to comply with health protocols

· The delivery of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards and the celebration of the Gestilar Ladies Cup will be two of the attractions of the program

Galicia is already preparing for the celebration of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, one of the most important competitions in the Spanish nautical calendar, reduced this year as a result of COVID19. The Monte Real Club de Yates and the Naval Military School join forces once again in the organization of a trophy that in 2020 celebrates its thirty-fifth edition.

Its creation in 1986 thanks to the encouragement of Admiral Rafael Lorenzo Montero, who died a few months ago, was recalled by the president of the Baiona club, José Luis Álvarez, at the official presentation of the event held this morning in Baiona. The president of Monte Real had fond memories of the figure of the admiral, of whom he said that “possibly without him, and without his intermediation with the Royal House, the Prince of Asturias Trophy might not exist today.”

In his speech, José Luis Álvarez also wanted to highlight the effort made by the club this year to organize the trophy within the framework of COVID19. “It has been an extra effort -he said- that we believe will be worth it, because we hope that the Prince of Asturias Trophy will be one more step towards a normality in which many things will have changed, but others, such as our love of the sea and sailing, They will remain intact,” he said.

Like every September, the Rías Baixas will witness an event that every year brings together, for three days, an outstanding number of cruise and one-design crews from various parts of Spain and Portugal on the Galician coast. There will be, in total, three intense days of competition in which a maximum of 70 boats will participate, since this year, for the first time in the history of the trophy, a registration limit has been set due to COVID19.

The 35th Prince of Asturias Trophy will hold its tests on September 4, 5 and 6. On Friday the 4th, after a morning of registrations, revisions and measurements, the first two starting horns will be heard, at 3:00 p.m. for the fastest cruisers (ORC 0-1-2-3-4) and at 3:00 p.m.: 30 for monotypes (J80 and Figaros). The former will presumably take part in a coastal route and the J80 and the 36 girls from the Gestilar Ladies Cup, aboard the 6 Fígaros Beneteau owned by Monte Real, will enter the fray with several windward-leeward tasks.

On the second day, Saturday the 5th, the ORC 5, Open and Open Extra will also be at stake, for which the regatta committee will design a coastal layout. The rest of the boats will continue to score points in the ranking with several rounds to the wind, a design that will remain identical, weather permitting, until the end of the trophy.

The Sunday day of the 6th, the last of the tests, will be the one that decides the podiums and defines the final classification for the awards ceremony, which will be held that same afternoon, at 6:30 p.m. in the gardens of the Monte Real Club of yachts.

One of the trophies that will be in dispute this year will be the Juan Sebastián Elcano Trophy, a limited edition sculpture of the Spanish navigator made in bronze with which the Navy wants to commemorate the V Centenary of the first circumnavigation of the world.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Military School, Captain Ignacio Cuartero, highlighted the importance of the Prince of Asturias Trophy for the Navy, not only because of his collaboration in organizing the competition from the beginning, but also because many of the students of the Naval School participate in the tests. “The Prince of Asturias Trophy reflects some of the values that we try to instill in our students, such as, for example, overcoming challenges, both sporting and personal. That is why it is so important for us to continue working hand in hand with Monte Real in the organization of this high-level competition”.

For the celebration of the tests, the organizing club has once again chosen several different regatta fields in which to divide the participants. The objective is to be able to give a complete nautical show in the Rías Baixas, one of the most spectacular areas of the Atlantic coast, with very favorable characteristics for sailboat navigation.

It was an aspect highlighted by the head of sports for the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Gorka Gómez, who also spoke of the importance of “the institutional collaboration, the collaboration of companies, the collaboration of sports clubs and, in short, the collaboration of everyone in promoting a trophy that is also an economy and the promotion of healthy habits and an example to follow” . “The regatta is going to be fantastic and I have no doubt that it will be a complete success,” he concluded.

With the registration process already underway, the Monte Real Club de Yates hopes to cover the limit of 70 boats set this year, a figure well below the number of participants in previous editions but which will guarantee that the competition takes place with maximum security. in relation to COVID19.

The club’s commodore, Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui, assures that the intention of Monte Real is “to maintain the high organizational and sporting level that has always characterized the Prince of Asturias Trophy throughout its history and to do so while complying with all the protocols of health security” .

In this sense, the director of Monte Real wanted to thank the support of ABANCA, the main sponsor of the event, for having once again maintained its commitment to the club and the Prince of Asturias Trophy. In this sense, the territorial director of the entity, Walter Álvarez, spoke of the competition as a “true reflection of what ABANCA is and of its commitment to sport and the sea, from grassroots sports to top competition” . said. Álvarez also pointed out the contribution that events of this type make to the local economy with “a significant economic return, much needed in these times.”

From Monte Real they also thanked the support of Bodegas Terras Gauda, promoter of the National Sailing Awards, which will be awarded, once again, within the framework of the competition. The gala that will distribute the prestigious awards will be held on the night of Saturday, September 5, and will be attended by the winners in the different categories.

In this edition, Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodríguez have been distinguished as the best Olympic team; world champion Pablo Santurde as patron of the year; the world champion boat from Alicante in ORC Corinthian Tanit IV Medilevel as best boat; the champions of Spain and Europe of 420 Conrad Konitzer and Fernando Rodríguez as the best youth team and the J70 Green Oils of Luis Pérez Canal as monotype of the year. The Mariano Aguado Communication Award has been won this year by the Mallorcan photographer Nico Martínez, for his more than 30 years of contribution to the dissemination and promotion of sailing through his photographs.

The president of Bodegas Terras Gauda, José María Fonseca Moretón, was very pleased to be able to celebrate, once again, and in the special circumstances of COVID19, the National Sailing Awards gala at Monte Real. “For us it is a pride to sponsor a sport that gathers, at the same time, sports knowledge, intelligence and a series of values that we at Terras Gauda deeply love,” he assured. “It is an honor that the awards continue to celebrate years and we hope and wish to be able to continue sponsoring this event for many more years,” he concluded.

The delivery of the National Sailing Awards at the Monte Real Yacht Club will once again put Baiona in the spotlight, something of which the mayor of the Galician fishing village was especially proud. In the presentation of the event, Carlos Gómez, wanted to thank everyone “for coming once again to the best town not only in Galicia but in the whole world. We have the environment, we have the time and we hope that this weekend sports activities can be carried out as normal” .

In addition to the councilor from Baiona, the official presentation held this morning at the Monte Real Club de Yates was also attended, on behalf of the regional government, by the provincial head of sports of the Xunta de Galicia, Daniel Benavides, who highlighted the value of the Trofeo Príncipe de Asturias in the current context. “We are here making history, resisting and giving the image that in Galicia the economy is being activated with sport, with the optimism and with the dream of those sailors who are going to participate to get the long-awaited title of the Prince of Asturias Trophy” he said .

 

35th PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY

 

Friday, September 4, 2020

10:00 – 14:00> Regatta office. Registration of participants. Reviews, measurements, weighing.
12:00> Live program with Onda Cero Radio from the MRCYB
12:30> Official Posing Gestilar Ladies Cup
15:00> Coastal test for ORC 0-1-2-3-4
15:30> Windward/leeward tests for J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup

Saturday, September 5, 2020

12:00> Windward/leeward events for ORC 0-1-2-3-4, J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup
12:00> Coastal test for ORC 5, Open and Open Extra
18:00> Deadline for departures
20:00> Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards Gala

Sunday, September 6, 2020

12:00> Windward/leeward events for ORC 0-1-2-3-4, J80 and Gestilar Ladies Cup
12:00> Coastal test for ORC 5, Open and Open Extra
16:00> Deadline for departures
18:30> Awards Ceremony

 

· The crew of the J70 is thus recognized for the Corinthian European Champion title achieved in 2019 in the championship disputed by 130 boats in Lago di Garda (Italy)

· After having achieved bronze in 2018, the Abril Verde won last year in the amateur category with a crew made up of Luis Pérez Canal, Carlos Sanmartín, Eduardo Reguera, Juan de Cominges and Luis Darocha

· The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be presented on the night of Saturday, September 5 at a gala to be held in Baiona organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club

The J70 Abril Verde, skippered by Luis Pérez Canal from Ourense, has been honored with the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the one-design of the year for its achievement of the Corinthian European Champion title in Lake Garda (Italy), in a championship in which 130 boats participated.

After having achieved bronze in the 2018 European Championship, the crew of the Abril Verde managed to improve their results last year and climb to the top of the podium in the amateur category, beating the 36 rivals in their division. Those of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo won the title they were after, also managing to finish eighth overall in the championship.

The crew was led by Luis Pérez Canal, from Ourense, one of the most relevant figures in sailing in Galicia today. His nautical curriculum highlights having been Galician Optimist champion, Spanish Laser runner-up and promoter of some of the most successful Galician regional sailing projects, such as the J70 Abril Verde itself (podium in 4 of the last 5 annual circuits of J70 in Spain, Corinthian Spanish Champion and Corinthian European Champion) and the Aceites Abril, a cruise ship that has won numerous victories in the most important regattas in Galicia, such as the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy, the Conde de Gondomar Trophy, the Repsol Trophy or the Rías Baixas Regatta, of which the winner has just recently been proclaimed.

Together with him, Carlos Sanmartín, Eduardo Reguera, Juan de Cominges and Luis Darocha completed the crew that won the European Championship. On September 5 they will collect the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the monotype of the year at a gala to be held in Baiona organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club.

· The skipper and crew member of the 420 sailing class has received this distinction after having been proclaimed champions of Spain and Europe in 2019

The athletes will collect the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award that recognizes them as the best youth team of the year on September 5 in Baiona

19-year-old Conrad Konitzer and Fernando Rodríguez capped off their brilliant 2019 season by taking bronze in the 420 World Championship

The Balearic athletes from the Club Náutic S’Arenal de Mallorca Conrad Konitzer and Fernando Rodríguez have been distinguished with the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the best youth team of the year 2019.

The 19-year-old sailors culminated an exceptional season last year by proclaiming themselves champions of Spain and Europe in the 420 class, and also winning bronze in the world championship held in Vilamoura (Portugal).

They were the fruits of many months of training, gym and hours of water, a hard work that allowed them to achieve the goal they had set just a year before, in 2018, when they started sailing together and managed to qualify for the ISAF World Cup.

The skipper of the team, Conrad Konitzer, is a Canadian who has lived in Mallorca for years. The son of a sailor, he got on an Optimist for the first time at the age of 5 encouraged by his father, with whom he started sailing. After making the leap to the 420 and winning gold in the Spanish and European championships, he has just switched to the 49er, with which he is training for the Paris Olympics.

He agrees with his partner Fernando Rodríguez that he also started sailing encouraged by his father and that in recent months he has changed classes. Now he sails in 470 and his aspirations are to achieve the best possible level for 2024.

Before that, on September 5, both will collect the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award in Baiona, which recognizes them as the best youth team of the year, an award for which they were very grateful.

“We are very happy to have been awarded and we hope to be a good example for future generations” , they assured, while confirming that “they will continue to work very hard to achieve new goals in the world of sailing” .

 

· It is the first time in the 28-year history of the prestigious awards that a photographer is distinguished in the communication section

· Mallorcan Nico Martínez is one of the most recognized sailing photographers in the world thanks to his extensive experience in major nautical competitions

· The Copa América, the TP52 and RC44 circuits, the Copa del Rey or the Trofeo Princesa Sofía are some of the events in which Martínez has left his visual mark

The Majorcan photographer Nico Martínez will be honored on September 5 in Baiona with the Mariano Aguado Communication Award at the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards for his contribution to the dissemination and promotion of nautical sport through his photographs.

This is the first time in the 28-year history of the prestigious awards that this award has gone to a photographer, since until now it had only been received by journalists, the media, websites, blogs, agencies and production companies.

About to turn 63, Nico Martínez has spent more than half his life behind a goal. He started as a nautical photographer in 1985 collaborating with Nautic Press, a magazine that covered regattas in Palma de Mallorca.

Barely 5 years later, he would come into contact with Yate magazine, with which he traveled through Spain and France; and shortly after he became a photographer for Navegar magazine, beginning to work for events such as the Copa del Rey or the Princesa Sofía Trophy.

But it was in 1995 when he began to be really recognized as a nautical photographer thanks to his work for the America’s Cup in San Diego as the official photographer of “Rioja España”. Thus, Martínez made his great professional leap and regatta organizations and teams began to raffle him off to cover the high-level circuit in Spain.

In the year 2000 he repeated it again with the Copa América, this time in New Zealand, sending daily photos of “Bravo España” to the EFE agency; and in 2007 he did the same with the “Desafío Español” in the Copa América in Valencia.

The international circuits of TP52 and RC44, the Barcelona World Race, the Copa del Rey, the Trofeo Princesa Sofía or classic sailing regattas are some of his numerous works recognized worldwide, many of them published in prestigious international magazines such as Yachting World , Seahorses or Yachts.

In 2016 he marked another milestone in his career by winning first prize at the Yacht Racing Forum Award.

 

· The boat, a Grand Soleil 37 of the Real Club de Regatas de Alicante, is armed by María José Vila and Pedro Bernal and led by Nacho Campos

The Tanit IV Medilevel was proclaimed in 2019 the ORC world champion in the Corinthian category and won the bronze in the absolute general classification

· The team, created in 2000, was made up of a group of friends who have been integrating their families into a highly successful amateur sports project

The Tanit IV Medilevel of the Real Club de Regatas de Alicante has been distinguished with the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the boat of the year after having been proclaimed, in 2019, ORC world champion in the Corinthian category.

In the competition held in Sibenik (Croatia) with 50 boats from 18 countries, the Grand Soleil 37, owned by María José Vila and Pedro Bernal and led by Nacho Campos, was the only Spanish representative and, in addition to winning the highest title in the Corinthian category, managed to hang the bronze in the absolute general classification.

On board the Tanit IV Medilevel, together with the owner and the skipper, Diego Campos, Toni Llopis, Miguel Moreno, Miguel Bernal, Jorge Baschwitz, Mariano Caballero, Kiko Jiménez, José Antonio Gisbert and Vijay Orts Guille sailed.

A team, created in the year 2000, made up of a group of friends who, over the years, have been able to integrate their own families and other friends into a 100% amateur sports project that has done nothing but chain success after success.

They have won numerous regional competitions in Valencia and have signed several victories in the prestigious Copa del Rey, achieving podiums both in the Corinthian category (in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018) and in the general (in 2018 they were second).

In 2019, after the results obtained in the ORC World Championship, with which they managed to get rid of the thorn of the second place achieved in the World Championship Barcelona 2015; and despite being a completely amateur team, the Higher Sports Council awarded all the members of the crew the qualification of High-Level Athletes.

On September 5, the Tanit IV Medilevel will receive in Baiona, at a gala organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club, coinciding with the celebration of the Prince of Asturias Trophy (September 4, 5 and 6), the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award to the ship of the year.

 

· The Santander native will receive the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the skipper of the year after becoming world champion in the J80 class in 2019

At just 33 years old, Santurde is one of the key figures in Spanish sailing, with victories in numerous national and international regattas

The Cantabrian skipper will receive the award on September 5 in Baiona at a gala organized every year by the Monte Real Club de Yates

 

The Cantabrian sailor Pablo Santurde, 33, has just been recognized as skipper of the year by the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, which each year reward the most outstanding athletes, teams and institutions in the world of sailing in Spain.

The award, which Santurde will receive on September 5 at a gala to be held at the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona, recognizes the successes achieved by the skipper from Santander throughout 2019, when he became world champion in the class J80 leading the crew of the M&G Tressis of the Real Club Marítimo de Santander.

That year, in addition to winning the world championship as skipper, he managed to win the Caribbean 600 (in Class40) and the J70 Spanish Open. He also managed to get on the podium of the Normandy Channel Race (in Class40), in which he came second; and in the J70 World Championship, with a third position.

With a degree in nautical and maritime transport, Santurde began sailing at a very young age with the help of his parents, who always had a boat. He took his first steps in dinghy sailing on the Optimist, 420 and 470, participating in the London 2012 Olympic campaign in the 470 class.

Little by little he evolved and Gonzalo Botín gave him the opportunity to jump on the big boats and the big regattas. He sailed in mini 650 and in Class40 (with which he was world champion twice and runner-up twice) and managed to win such important races as the Fastnet Race (in 2015), the Caribbean 600 up to 6 times, the Transat Quebec Saint Malo (in 2016), the Tour of England and Ireland (in 2018) or the Transat Jacques Vabre, in which he achieved two podiums (second with Alex Pella in 2013 and third with Phil Sharp in 2017).

Imocas, Fígaros, MOD70, Swan, J70, J80… few are the boats that can resist this Cantabrian lover of the sea and sailing, who was very pleased to have been recognized with the award for skipper of the year at the National Awards for Terras Gauda candle.

“It is an honor to receive an award like this and to see so many years of work and dedication recognized, even more so when in Spain we have such good sailors, many of them also deserving of this award ”, says Santurde, who also wanted to dedicate the award “To all the crews I have been a part of and to the colleagues from whom, without a doubt, I have learned so much” . The Cantabrian skipper also thanked the Monte Real Yacht Club for awarding the prize and its “tireless work to promote the practice of sailing and regattas in Spain over so many years” .

 

The Catalan Jordi Xammar and the Galician Nicolás Rodríguez will be distinguished with the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the best Olympic team

· The prestigious award recognizes their brilliant performance throughout 2019 when they managed to be runner-up in the world and Europe in the 470 class

· The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be presented on September 5 at a gala organized in Baiona by the Monte Real Yacht Club within the framework of the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy (September 4, 5 and 6)

The tandem formed by the Catalan Jordi Xammar (Barcelona, 1993) and the Galician Nicolás Rodríguez (Vigo, 1991) will receive the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award on September 5 in Baiona, which recognizes them as the best Olympic team.

The jury that awards the awards wanted to distinguish them for their brilliant performance throughout 2019, a year in which they managed to be runners-up in Europe and the world; in addition to achieving bronze in the Pre-Olympic (Test Event) of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and winning the World Cup in Miami, which in 2020 they revalidated for the second consecutive year.

The duo formed by the Barcelonan (Club Náutico Cambrils) and the Vigo (Real Club Náutico de Vigo) have been sailing together since September 2016, when Jordi Xammar’s partner at the time, Joan Herp, decided to leave competitions to continue with his studies . After finishing twelfth at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Catalan skipper needed a new crew member to prepare for Tokyo 2020 and found one in Nico Rodríguez. The man from Vigo, who was in the Canary Islands pending moving to the Netherlands to dedicate himself to dentistry, decided to put that trip on standby to accept Xammar’s proposal to start sailing with him.

Their debut as a team in a high competition test was in January 2017 in the United States Championship, in which they achieved a creditable third place, and since then they have chained success after success. They have participated in more than 15 high-level events, achieving podium finishes in 12 of them.

They currently train with Gideon Kliger and Juan de la Fuente, occupy the number 2 position in the world ranking and are the great hope for Spanish Olympic sailing.

Next Saturday, September 5, they will receive in Baiona the award for the best Olympic team at the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards gala, organized once again this year by the Monte Real Club de Yates within the framework of the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy, which is held on days 4, 5 and 6 of September.

 

The 35th Prince of Asturias Trophy will be held in the waters of the bay of Baiona and the Vigo estuary on September 4, 5 and 6, 2020, under the organization of the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Naval Regatta Commission of the Naval School Marine Military. The 35th Prince of Asturias Trophy counts towards the Xunta de Galicia President Trophy.

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1/ RULES

1.1. The regatta will be governed by:

a) The Racing Rules as defined in the
Sailing Regattas Regulation WS 2017 – 2020 (RRV).
b) Technical Cruise Regulations 2018-2020 and its
Annexes.
c) IMS Measurement Regulation.
d) Regulation of the ORC rating system.
and)[DP] J80 Class Monotype Regulations and their special adaptations of the J80 Galicia Fleet.
F)[DP] MRCYB Regulations for Monotype Figaro and Ladies Cup.
g) Special rules for offshore regattas (OSR) of WS, Category 4 (ORC) reduced, and the particular ones for J80 Galicia and Fígaros zone of the MRCYB. h) In the rules that govern this regatta, the notification[NP] refers to the fact that an infraction of this rule will not be a reason for protests between boats (modifies RRS 60.1(a)).
i) Special rules of the RFGV and SDX (General Secretariat for Sport of the Xunta de Galicia) for COVID19 prevention. [NP] [DP] (Annex I to this AR).
j) In the rules that govern this regatta, the notification[SP] “standard penalty” the Race Committee, or by the Protest Committee may apply a penalty without a hearing (modifies rule 63.1 and A5 of the RRS).

1.2. The official language of the regatta will be Spanish.

2/ ELIGIBILITY

2.1 Participants must meet the eligibility conditions reflected in Regulation 19 of the WS and in the prescriptions of the RFEV to said regulation.

2.2 Participants of nationality or with legal residence in Spain or who compete in boats attached to a Spanish club, must be in possession of the sports federation license for the year 2020. For foreign athletes who do not have a federative license or athlete medical insurance that insures them in case of an accident, they must prove that they have accident and illness insurance valid in Spain.

3/ ADVERTISING [NP][DP]

3.1 Participants may display advertising in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20 of the WS.

3.2 In accordance with WS Regulation 20, participants may be required to display advertising on the forward 20% of the hull on each side of the boat and on the sides of the boom, as well as possible advertising pennants on the backstay of each boat. All this will be provided at the regatta office once your order has been confirmed.

inscription. Modifications to the stickers provided by the Organizing Committee are not allowed. If it occurs, the Regatta Committee may decree the penalties it deems appropriate.

3.3 The Monte Real Club de Yates reserves the right to demand the elimination or substitution of any type of publicity, message or image displayed during the celebration of the event of the boats or the equipment of their crew members, which does not comply with the moral and ethical standards of general acceptance (Regulation 20 of the WS) or contravene the interests of the organizing club. This includes the celebration of the tests in the regatta field, in the club’s facilities or while it is available to the Regatta Committee.

* The owner or skipper of the boat with advertising will be asked to indicate or show the type of advertising that will be displayed during the regatta, for the approval of the Organizing Committee.

4/ PARTICIPATION

4.1 Participation in this Regatta is limited in ORC to cruisers with a single hull, with a length greater than 7.00 meters, with an ORC or ORC club certificate valid for 2020 and with a GPH of less than 780 s/mile, and must have declaration of complete set of sails, including your spinnaker or gennaker. Whoever does not have it declared, may participate, but will be penalized with 25% of the real time he does in the regatta; as well as the ORC called Open by the organization; Monotypes J80 and Monotypes Fígaro of the MRCYB with the female crews invited by the organization for the Ladies Cup trophy.

4.2 The skippers of the boats must be of legal age. The age of majority must be accredited by means of a photocopy of the DNI.

In case of taking a minor as a crew member, they must have the corresponding written authorization from the parents or guardians.
The responsibility of the minor during the regatta corresponds to the skipper of the boat where he is embarked.

4.3 The following groups and classes are established:

• ORC ORC CLASS 0-1< 565 s/mile (sticks)
  ORC CLASS 2 Between 565 and< 610 s/mile (sticks)
  ORC CLASS 3 Between 610 and< 650 s/mile (poles)
  ORC CLASS 4 Between 650 and< 700 s/mile (poles)
  ORC CLASS 5 Between 700 and 780 s/mile (coastal)
  ORC-OPEN< 780 s/mile and complying with the standards established by the organization (*) (coastal)
  OPEN EXTRA Authority of the Regatta Committee and Organizer
  J80 Monotype Real Time
  Ladies Cup One Design Real Time

(*) In the OPEN CLASS, only those boats that due to their Gph would be forced to go in other classes, but that do not have a minimum competitive capacity, as well as vintage boats, especially slow designs, etc., may participate.

For those boats that due to their performance could compete in this class, but were more modern models or with materials and elements of high modulus, carbon, etc., the Organizing and Regatta Committee may classify it at its sole discretion in a class called OPEN EXTRA.

• In any case, the Regatta Committee and Organizing Committee will have the power to include, at its discretion, in the OPEN and OPEN EXTRA Group the boats it deems appropriate.

4.4 The Organizing and Regatta Committee reserves the right to admit the inscriptions, as well as to group the boats in the corresponding class or group.

4.5 To form a class or group, at least five boats must register in it.

5/ REGISTRATION

5.1 In this edition and as a preventive measure due to the extraordinary circumstances caused by Covid19, the maximum number of participating boats will be 70.

5.2 The inscriptions will be formalized through two ways:

ONLINE (RECOMMENDED):

Through the link:

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TRADITIONAL:

Covering the form posted in the regatta section and sending it by email along with a photocopy of the valid 2020 measurement certificate and proof of payment of the registration fees, before September 3 at 12:00 p.m. to:

Mount Royal Yacht Club
Parador Enclosure s/n
36300 Bayonne
phone + 34 986 385 000
secretary@mrcyb.com

Not admitting any registration made after 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 3, 2020.

5.1.1 The registration fees will be the following:

Registration until August 20 / After August 20
ORC 0 and 1 – €200 / €250
ORC 2, 3 and 4 – €150 / €200
ORC 5, OPEN, OPEN EXTRA AND J80 – €100 / €150

5.1.2 Payment of registration fees will be made in cash or by bank transfer to the name of Monte Real Club de Yates to the account:

ABANCA
BAIONA Branch
Account number: 2080-0559-23-3040003658
SWIFT: CAGLEMXXX IBAN: ES92

It will be necessary to present, together with the registration form, the receipt of the transaction, including the name of the boat or sail number, at the club’s offices or by email to secretaria@mrcyb.com.

5.2 Registration and confirmation of registration.

5.2.1 The owner or person in charge of each boat must register and personally sign the registration form at the Regatta Office before 8:00 p.m. on September 3, 2020 (ORC, J80 and Ladies Cup) or on September 4, 2020. September 2020 before 8:00 p.m. (ORC 4, 5 and Open). Entries of boats that have made requests to the RFEV for the issuance or modification of their rating certificate after 6:00 p.m. the day before the start of the first race will not be accepted (except for a justified cause approved by the regatta committee).

5.2.2 The registration is conditioned to the presentation before the appointed time of the following documents:
a) Valid measurement certificate.
b) ORC habitability certificate (if applicable).
c) Current insurance policy, which covers civil liability (damage to third parties and property) or extension of coverage of civil liability and damage to third parties up to a minimum amount of 330,556.66 euros.
d) In case of displaying advertising, corresponding federal authorization.
e) Federation athlete license, original or photocopy (MANDATORY to submit along with the registration form).

6/ SPORTS PROGRAM

7/ NUMBER OF EVENTS AND ROUTE

7.1 The trophy consists of a maximum of:
– 6 tests for ORC 0-1-2-3-4 and Ladies Cup.
– 9 tests for J80.
– 2 tests for ORC 5, Open and Open Extra.
The trophy will be valid when at least one test is completed in the corresponding group.

7.2 The Sailing Instructions will detail the courses to be sailed.

8 / CLASSIFICATIONS

8.1 There will be a classification for each of the groups formed.
8.2 Rankings for ORC groups or classes will be established in accordance with RTC rule 204 and specified in the Sailing Instructions.
8.3 J80 and Ladies Cup will qualify in real time.

9/ SCORE

Appendix A and the downward scoring system described in the RRS will apply.

10/ INSPECTION AND MEASUREMENT. [DP][SP]

10.1 Security and measurement controls may be carried out daily by the Technical Committee.

10.2 The responsibility of attending this regatta having previously updated its Measurement Certificate, measuring the material with which it is intended to participate, is exclusively the registered skipper.

10.3 In no class may the number of crew members on board be changed during the regatta.

10.4 Points 102.3 and 200.1.b of the ORC, minimum crew weight, will apply in this regatta.

11/ SAFETY [NP] [DP]

11.1 All boats must be equipped with a VHF radio with channels 16, 69, 71 and 72.
11.2 It will be the responsibility of the owner or skipper of each boat to comply with the legal regulations established for recreational boats, both in general and in particular for their government, dispatch and security.

12/ PRIZES

The full list of prizes will be displayed at the TOA during the regatta. As a minimum, prizes will be awarded to the best classified in each of the groups ORC, Open, J80 class, and the Ladies Cup Trophy to the winning female crew in the Figaro class, the Conde de Barcelona Trophy to the best classified Portuguese crew in ORC according to the trophy regulations (**). The number of prizes for each class will depend on the number of registered in each of them.

(**) The Regulations of the different Trophies will also be available to the participants on the website of the Monte Real Club de Yates in its section on the Príncipe de Asturias regatta.

13/ IMAGE RIGHTS

The image rights of the event belong exclusively to the Monte Real Club de Yates.

During all the days of regatta and in the social events there will be photographic and television coverage.

14/ LOCAL MARINE REGULATIONS

Royal Decree 62/2008 establishes the conditions of maritime safety, navigation and human life at sea applicable to nautical-sports events.

Participants are warned, before the start of the tests, that the boats can only participate if they are legally dispatched to navigate the waters through which the test will take place, and if their skippers have sufficient qualifications for their government.

Participants must declare, adequately in advance of the start of the race, the insurance taken out, if applicable, including the risks covered and the limits of liability in accordance with the Notice of Race, being covered for participation in races nautical-sports.

15/ RESPONSIBILITY

All those who participate in this regatta do so at their own risk and responsibility.

Attention is drawn to Fundamental Rule 4, DECISION TO RACE, of Part 1 of the RRS which states:

“It is the exclusive responsibility of a boat to decide whether to participate in a test or continue in a regatta”

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

BERTHS

The boats whose registration is accepted in this regatta will have a reserved and free mooring or anchoring place (mooring under the sole responsibility of the owner or skipper) during the celebration of the event, from August 30 to September 12.

See attached map, which indicates the area reserved for participants.
The Monte Real Club de Yates reserves the right to assign berths to the boats in strict order of registration, depending on their size and draft.

RESERVED AREA FOR THE DOCKING OF PARTICIPANTS

SOCIAL EVENTS AND AWARDS DELIVERY

The awards ceremony for the 35th PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS TROPHY will take place at the club’s facilities on September 6, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. Any other social event scheduled during the days of the tests will be published on the Official Notice Board (TOA) and on the club’s website in the regatta section.

 

ANNEX I

COVID-19 PROTOCOL FOR THE REGATTA [NP] [DP]

A : MEASURES COMMON TO THE WHOLE ACTIVITY:

A1) Interpersonal separation of 1.5m and/or the use of physical protection measures are established as fundamental measures, as established by the regulations, in addition to constant hand washing.

A2) Before attending the activity, participants must undergo a SELF-TEST to confirm symptoms. Do I have a fever, cough or shortness of breath?
A3) All participants must bring their own mask and hydroalcoholic gel with them for all activities.

A4) All participants who have any symptoms of COVID19 or have been in contact with someone infected, will not be able to access the facilities or carry out activities. In addition, they must immediately notify the technical manager of the facility or competition.

A5) It will be mandatory to wash hands at all entrances to the facilities with hydroalcoholic gel or soap, for at least 40 seconds and constantly, before and after each activity that is carried out.

A6) It will not be allowed to share food or drinks between participants, users and/or staff.

A7) All coaches and assistance personnel in water must carry an FFP2 mask and their own bottle of hydroalcoholic gel.

A8) The use of changing rooms is not recommended and they will be used only when necessary. Personal items will not be allowed in the changing rooms. Showers may not be used.

A9) The use of a mask will be mandatory at all times.

A10) In navigation situations in which the safety distance cannot be maintained, a mask will be used whenever conditions allow it and its use is not incompatible with the activity. In case of harsh sea, wind and/or rain conditions, the rain suit will be used to cover the nose and mouth. In addition, before sailing, special attention should be paid to the rest of the measures to minimize the risk of contagion:

– Take temperature prior to activity.
– Frequent hand washing.
– Do not exchange positions on the boats during the same day of activity.
– Disinfection of shared material.

B : OWN MEASURES FOR CRUISE SHIPS AND MONOTYPES ADDED TO THE COMMON MEASURES:

B1) Use of masks and safety distance of 1.5 m. during the actions of lowering and raising boats.

B2) Keep the crews in their own boat whenever they are on the jetty.

B3) Maintain a constant safety distance of 1.5m interpersonally when circulating or being on the slipway and pontoon.

B4) Use of a mask during transits through the pontoon.

B5) Use of a mask in all interior areas of the club.

B6) Hand washing with hydroalcoholic gel in all accesses.

B7) Carry hydrogel on board for constant hand washing of the crew.

B8) Daily disinfection of the ship.

B9) Obligation to use a bottle of water for each crew member. Do not share bottle

B10) Obligation for each athlete to carry their own supplies on board. Do not share food.

B11) Carry a minimum of 5 masks on board to be able to replace those that are damaged.

Links:

PROTOCOL:
http://www.fgvela.es/media/documentos/PROTOCOLO_FISICOVID-DXTGALEGO.pdf

PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT TABLES:
http://www.fgvela.es/media/documentos/ANEXO_II_-_TABLAS_FISICOVID_RFGVELA.pdf

RESPONSIBLE DECLARATION TO BE ADDED TO THE REGISTRATION APPLICATION FORM FOR THIS RACE – MANDATORY ACCORDING TO THE COVID 19 PROTOCOL RULE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE EVENT

Mr / Ms ………………………………………. ……………………… with DNI / NIE number …… ..… ………… …..
Skipper / Owner of the Boat ……………………………………………… with Sail number: …………………………

To participate in the 35th PRINCIPE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona and held in the Vigo estuary and Bay of Baiona from September 4 to 6, 2020,

I REQUEST to be able to participate in the indicated Regatta, for which I have read in detail the information provided by the organization itself and I accept the conditions of participation and express our commitment to the personal hygiene and prevention measures of the organization and RFGVela protocol .

AND DECLARES that:

● Both he and the crew members of his boat who appear on the registration form know the protocol for returning to the sporting activity of the Royal Galician Sailing Federation and their commitment exhaustively.
● All of them will access the facilities with the recommended protection measures and will use them whenever the sport allows it, complying with the rules of use of the facilities established in the protocol for each of the spaces.
● Despite the existence of a return to activity protocol, I am aware of the risks involved in playing sports indoors in the current pandemic situation.
● Likewise, I declare that IN THE LAST 15 DAYS WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THE CREW:
o Suffered from any symptoms of Covid:
▪ Fever.
▪ Tiredness.
▪ Dry cough.
▪ Difficulty breathing.
Nor have we been in contact with anyone who has tested positive for Covid-19.
● We will immediately notify the Management of the Organizing Entity if any of the above circumstances occurs or is positive for Covid-19, so that the appropriate measures can be taken.
The signature certifies compliance with and acceptance of the rules of the protocol established by the Royal Galician Sailing Federation and the Organizing Club.
In ………………….. to …………. from ………………………. of 2020
Signed:

 

· The Magical of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, led by Julio Rodríguez, won the grand prize of the 45th Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy by winning the final general classification

The Yess Too of the Portuguese owner and skipper Rui Ramada once again won the prize for the fastest boat in the long stage of the Carrumeiro after completing the round trip to the mythical rock in first position

· In the Erizana Regatta, which was disputed by the sailboats that did not participate in the Carrumeiro test, the Deep Blue 2.0 of Vicente Cid of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo took victory in the ORC class.

· The Alboroto del Monte Real, led by Juan Ameneiro and with the Spanish champion Javier Aguado on board, was the clear winner of the J80 competition after signing three first places in the three tests held

· In the Figaro class, victory went to Patricio de Haz’s Serralleiras, which improved on the third place it had achieved on Saturday in the coastal class, winning the two windward-leeward races held this Sunday

· After the conclusion of the Count of Gondomar, the Monte Real Yacht Club is now preparing for the celebration of the Prince of Asturias Trophy on September 4, 5 and 6, which will again include the delivery of the National Sailing Awards

 

This Sunday concluded in Galicia a new and exciting edition of the Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, disputed during the last three days in the waters of the Rías Baixas, scene of the 5 tests put into play.

In what was the forty-fifth edition of the most traditional competition of the Monte Real Club de Yates, the crews were able to sail in very good weather conditions which, added to the equality and quality of the fleet, allowed them to enjoy a great championship .

After the celebration of the first two coastal ones on Friday and Saturday, with the ascent to Carrumeiro Chico and Camouco; the final day on Sunday featured two windward-leeward regattas, double-lap for the smaller boats and triple-lap for the big ones. They were two very disputed tests but they did not change to a great extent the initial classification derived from the coastal routes.

The Magical of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, led by Julio Rodríguez, was the great winner of the 45th Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, winning the final general classification. With Gonzalo Araujo as tactician and a crew made up of experienced sailors, the skipper from Vigo managed to rewrite his name in the Conde’s history of winners, who had already won in 2001 with the Starfisher.

The Magical was the winner of the Conde de Gondomar Regatta, which included the climb to Carrumeiro and the two barlosotas on Sunday; and left the Aceites Abril one more year on the verge of victory, just as it had happened in 2019. The boat of the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo; obtained a meritorious second position and left the third position to the Arroutado of José Manuel Pérez, from the Real Club Náutico de Portosín, who completed three very good tests taking Javier la Gándara as tactician.

Another of the sailboats that aspired to the podium in this Count of Gondomar, the Yess Too of the Monte Real Club de Yates, of the Portuguese owner and skipper Rui Ramada, withdrawn from the competition on Sunday due to problems with the boat, had to settle for being the winner in real time of the long test of the competition, being the fastest to complete the round trip to the mythical rock.

In the Erizana Regatta, made up of the climb to Camouco and two barlosotas, the winner among the ORCs was the Deep Blue 2.0 by Vicente Cid, wearing a necklace from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo. La Burla Negra by Juan José Martínez, from the Club Náutico Castrelo de Miño; and the Fend la Bise by Jean Claude Sarrade, from the Monte Real Club de Yates; They were second and third respectively.

In the J80 one-design real-time competition, the clear winner of the competition, with a triplet, was the Alboroto del Monte Real Club de Yates, skippered by Juan Ameneiro and with the Spanish champion Javier Aguado on board. He signed some splendid results, with three victories in the three contested races.

The Cansino by Fernando Yáñez managed to win the silver medal and the bronze was finally won by Santiago Estévez’s Spaco , who ousted Sergio Golpe’s Miudo from third place, who aspired to maintain third position on the last day but ultimately missed the podium.

The Fígaros del Monte Real Club de Yates also competed in this 45th Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, both in real time among themselves and in compensated with the ORCs. The final victory went to Serralleiras skippered by Patricio de Haz, followed in the classification by Leopoldo Llorente’s Bouvento and Agustín Marquina’s Tutatis . In a creditable fourth position was the Ladeira, manned by students from the MRCYB Sailing School, with coach David Fontán at the helm.

The president and commodore of the club, José Luis Álvarez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui, participated in the awards ceremony held this afternoon at the Monte Real Club de Yates; the councilor of SabadellGallego, Juan Manuel Vieites; the director of Banco Sabadell’s Private Banking Galicia Sur, Pepe Celada; the director of large companies in Galicia Sur, Ramón Correa; and Adolfo García-Ciaño, regional director of Banco Sabadell. Also present were the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; the tourism deputy of the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Ana Laura Iglesias; and the territorial secretary of the Xunta de Galicia in Vigo, Marta Iglesias.

With the award ceremony for the winners, the Monte Real Club de Yates put an end to a new edition of the Conde de Gondomar, its most traditional competition, and is now preparing to organize its other great sporting event of the year, the Prince of Asturias Trophy . The competition, the most important of the club and one of the three most important in Spain, will be held on September 4, 5 and 6, and will once again include the delivery of the National Sailing Awards, which is expected to be released at the end of August.

 

45th COUNT OF GONDOMAR BANCO SABADELL TROPHY
Monte Real Yacht Club (Baiona) July 24 – 26, 2020

WINNER OF THE 45TH COUNT OF GONDOMAR BANCO SABADELL TROPHY

MAGICAL · JULIO RODRÍGUEZ · RCN VIGO

WINNER OF THE CARRUMEIRO CHICO STAGE IN REAL TIME

YESS TOO · RUI RAMADA · MRCYB

WINNERS OF THE CONDE DE GONDOMAR RACE (Ascent to Carrumeiro + BarloSotas)

1. MAGICAL · JULIO RODRÍGUEZ · RCN VIGO · 5 POINTS
2. APRIL OILS · LUIS AND JORGE PÉREZ CANAL · 10 POINTS
3. ARROUTADO · JOSÉ MANUEL PÉREZ · RCN PORTOSÍN · 16 POINTS

WINNERS OF THE ERIZANA REGATTA (Ascent to Camouco + BarloSotas)

ORC-CLASS

1. DEEP BLUE 2.0 VICENTE CID RCN VIGO 4.5 POINTS
2. THE BLACK MOCK · JUAN JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ · CASTRELO DE MIÑO CN · 8 POINTS
3. FEND LA BISE · JEAN CLAUDE SARRADE · MRCYB · 12.5 POINTS

J80 CLASS

1. ALBOROTO · JUAN AMENEIRO · MRCYB · 3.5 POINTS
2. TIRED · FERNANDO YÁÑEZ · MRCYB · 8 POINTS
3. SPACO SANTIAGO ESTÉVEZ MRCYB 16 POINTS

FIGARO CLASS

1. SERRALLEIRAS PATRICIO DE HAZ MRCYB 5 POINTS
2. BOUVENTO LEOPOLDO LLORENTE MRCYB 8.5 POINTS
3. TUTATIS · AGUSTÍN MARQUINA · MRCYB · 8.5 POINTS