· The 33-meter-long sailboat arrives in Baiona thanks to the Foundation Pacifique and the Ocean Mapping Expedition that commemorated the fifth centenary of Magellan and Elcano’s first circumnavigation of the world, replicating their journey

· For four and a half years, the ship followed in the footsteps of sailors carrying out science, education and culture activities in its wake with the aim of explaining the human impact on the ocean

· The ship, moored this Monday at the Monte Real Club de Yates, will continue its journey as of tomorrow, Tuesday, towards Lisbon, Faro and Cádiz, the last stages planned on its navigation route.

 

The Monte Real Club de Yates hosts these days on its pontoons the Fleur de Passion, the 33-meter-long Swiss sailboat that for the last four and a half years has sailed around the planet replicating the first circumnavigation of the world by Magellan and Elcano.

The Baionese club has been chosen by the Fondation Pacifique (the non-profit organization based in Geneva that leads the Ocean Mapping Expedition ), as a stopover in the last stages of the sailboat’s navigation, which will continue tomorrow, Tuesday, towards Lisbon, Faro and Cadiz.

During its stay at Monte Real, the boat has remained open to the public who wished to visit it and the students of the club’s Sailing School have been able to learn more about its characteristics, getting on board and listening to the crew’s explanations.

The main objective of the Fleur de Passion in its journey around the world is to offer data on the impact of man on the oceans, while trying to raise awareness of the need to implement actions to prevent their deterioration.

Microplastics, noise pollution, greenhouse gases or the state of health of coral reefs are some of the problems that were addressed in the different scales of the sailboat.

The Fleur de Passion is the largest Swiss sailing ship, a former minesweeper of the German Navy, built in 1941 and converted into a sailing ship in the 1970s.

· The low intensity of the wind in the last days of the competition forced the regatta committee to suspend the first stage between Pornic and Baiona

· The sailboats arrived by motor at the Monte Real Club de Yates from where they will try to resume the test tomorrow, Tuesday, heading to La Rochelle

· Some thirty boats participate in the first edition of a test that was born from a change of course from the previous Pornic – Baiona – Pornic

 

The wind played a trick on the thirty sailboats participating in the Pornic-Baiona-La Rochelle Atlantic regatta and forced the suspension of the first stage, which was scheduled to end this Monday in Baiona with the award ceremony for the winners.

The barely 3-4 knots that were registered during the last day prevented the fleet from sailing and the crews had to turn on the engine to reach the Monte Real Club de Yates, co-organizer of the race and end point of the first stage of 455 miles nautical between Pornic and Baiona.

At the facilities of the Baiona club, the more than 30 participating crews take advantage of this Monday to rest and regain strength before trying to start, tomorrow, Tuesday, the second stage of the competition, which will take them, if the wind allows it, to the French town La Rochelle, where the end of the regatta will be held on the 13th.

La Pornic – Baiona – La Rochelle was born from the previous Pornic-Baiona-Pornic, launched three years ago in 1997 after the twinning of both towns, which share numerous similarities in terms of their fishing, tourist and nautical sports activities. After turning 11 years old in 2016, the regatta changed its format and in 2019 it became the Pornic – Baiona – La Rochelle.

The test is organized by the municipality of Pornic with the collaboration of the municipalities of Baiona and La Rochelle, and the participation of the Monte Real Club de Yates, the Club Náutico do Pornic and the La Rochelle Yachtsmen’s Association. The marinas of Pornic and La Rochelle also collaborate.

· The Baiona club receives these days the 25 boats that participate in a rally organized by the prestigious British association of sailors

· The Monte Real Club de Yates has been chosen as the culmination of the route that the 60 sailors have completed over the last two weeks

· Since its creation in 1880, the historic and exclusive Royal Cruising Club’s main objective is to promote sailing among its 400 members

The Monte Real Club de Yates receives these days in Baiona the 25 boats that participate in one of the rallies of the historic Royal Cruising Club, one of the most important cruise associations in the world. Some 60 sailors arrived at the Baiona club to put an end to a two-week journey.

They are mostly British cruisers with an average age of 55 who travel with friends or family on sailboats of about 13 meters in length, driven mainly by their love of the sea. They belong to the select and exclusive group of 400 members of a club created in 1880 under the leadership of Arthur Underhill to promote sailing through rallies such as the one held this summer in Galicia or the launch of different publications on navigation.

After passing through Coruña, Portosín and the Cíes Islands, and visiting the cathedral of Santiago, the Pazo de Rubianes or the Castro de Baroña, among other highlights, the cruise passengers, who chose the Monte Real Club de Yates as the culmination of their journey through sailing, enjoy these days in Baiona and its surroundings.

This afternoon, the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez, will participate in an act in which members of the boards of directors of Monte Real and the Royal Cruising Club will carry out an exchange of pendants as a symbol of friendship between both entities. On behalf of the British association will be his commodore and vice commodore, Paul Heiney and Nick Chavasse; and on behalf of the Baionese club, the vice-president Alejandro Retolaza, and the vice-commodore and the secretary, Genoveva Pereiro and César Fernández-Casqueiro.

Once the event is over, the sailors will participate in a small party organized by Monte Real exclusively for them, in which they will be able to taste various typical products of Galician gastronomy, such as seafood, Padrón peppers, Santiago cake or Terras Gauda wines. .

44th COUNT OF GONDOMAR
BANK SABADELL TROPHY
SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP OF HEIGHT OF CRUISE SHIPS GALICIA ZONE

ORC cruisers, Monotypes J80 and Figaros
July 25 to 28, 2019

NOTICE OF RACE

The 44th COUNT OF GONDOMAR – BANCO SABADELL TROPHY, will be held in Galician waters on July 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2019, being organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club (MRCYB), by delegation of the Royal Spanish Federation Sailing (RFEV).

This event appears in the Official Calendar of the RFEV as a qualifying regatta for the Spanish Cruiser Height Championship in the Galicia Zone, “Memorial Ángel Zorrilla”, in its Baiona – Carrumeiro Chico – Baiona stage, which will take place on July 25 and 26. of 2019.

 

1. RULES

The regatta will be governed by:

1. 1.The regatta rules as defined in the World Sailing (WS) Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 2017 – 2020.
2. The 2019 Cruise Technical Regulation and its annexes, in force.
3. The Rules of the ORC Rating System
4. The IMS Measurement Regulation, the Habitability and Equipment Rules.
5. [DP]The J80 Class Regulations, with the specifications of the Galician Class Association.
6. [DP]The MRCYB Regulation for monotype Figaro.
7. The Special Rules for High Seas regattas of the WS, Category 3 (Height to Carrumeiro Stage) and Category 4 reduced for the other Stages.
8. 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)).

 

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. The License must be issued by the Armed Forces where the club has its headquarters, as well as where the athlete, coach or judge are registered or can demonstrate that they have a direct link with the practice of sailing. (RFEV 11.4 license regulation)

For foreign athletes who do not have a federal license or athlete medical insurance that insures them in the event of an accident, they must prove that they have valid accident and illness insurance in Spain.

 

3. ADVERTISING [NP][DP]

3.1 Participants in the Spanish Championship of Height Galicia Zone may display advertising in accordance with Regulation 20 of the WORLD SAILING, the Technical Regulation of Cruises and the prescriptions of the RFEV to said Regulation.

3.2 In accordance with regulation 20.4 of the WS, participants may be required to display advertising on the front 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 would be provided at the regatta office once your registration is confirmed.

3.3 Modifications to the stickers provided by the organizing committee are not allowed. If carried out, the organizing committee may impose penalties.

3.4 The MRCYB 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 standards and generally accepted ethics (World Sailing regulation 20) or contravene the interests of the organizing club. This includes holding races on the regatta course, at the club’s facilities or while at the regatta committee’s disposal.

3.5 The person in charge of each 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.

3.6 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

4.1 Participation in ORC for the Galicia Zone Spanish Height Championship in this Regatta is limited to boats with a valid ORC Certificate for 2019 and with a GPH of less than 650 s/mile, and there must be a minimum of 6 boats registered.

4.2 Participation in general for the 44th Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, will be for cruisers with an ORC and ORC CLUB Certificate valid for 2019 whose GPH does not exceed 780 s/mile, as well as the J80 and Figaro Monotype classes.

4.3 For the 44th Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, the ORC fleet will be divided into Classes, as long as there is a minimum of registered boats according to the criteria of the Organizing Committee. If any of the classes do not form, their ships will go to the class where the GPH comes closest to it, being the following

4.4 In the Stage “Baiona – Carrumeiro Chico – Baiona” (Spanish Height Championship “Memorial Ángel Zorrilla”) only boats of Classes 0-1, 2 and 3 of the previous table may participate.

4.5 The Figaro and J80 classes will race in real time and will only be classified within their own class.

4.6 To form the Monotype classes there must be a minimum of 5 registered.

 

5. REGISTRATION

5.1 Entries

5.1.1 The inscriptions will necessarily be formalized in the attached form and must be sent together with a photocopy of the valid Measurement Certificate and a photocopy of the Certificate of Habitability (if applicable) before July 24, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. to:

Mount Royal Yacht Club
Conde de Gondomar Parador Enclosure
36300 Bayonne
phone + 34 986 385.000
e-mail: secretaria@mrcyb.com

5.1.2 Entry fees are set per boat, at €120 for ORC 0-1-2-3 classes and €80 for the others. Registrations that are formalized before July 20 will have a 25% discount, remaining at €90 for the ORC 0-1-2-3 classes and €60 for the others.

5.1.3 The payment of the registration fees will be evidenced by the delivery of a nominative check in the name of Monte Real Club de Yates, or the presentation of the photocopy of the transfer made where it must reflect the name of the boat or sail number to:

SABADELL BANK
Account number: ES80 0081 2308 6100 0108 3014

In addition, it is recalled that every boat participating in each and every one of the following regattas organized by the MRCYB: Comunica Trophy, Repsol Trophy and Conde de Gondomar Trophy, will obtain free registration for the 43rd Prince of Asturias Trophy.

5.2 Confirmation of registration.

5.2.1 The person in charge of each boat must register and personally sign the Form at the Race Office before 10:00 a.m. on July 25, 2019.

5.2.2 The registration is conditioned to the presentation before the appointed time of the following documents:

a) Valid ORC Measurement Certificate for the year 2019 (ORC fleet only).

b) Valid 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 336,556 euros.

c) In case of displaying advertising, authorization from the corresponding Federation. In case of not being presented, the boat will not classify in the Galician Zone Cruisers Height Spanish Championship.

d) For Spanish crew members, sports federation license for the year 2019. For participants in the Spanish Height Championship, License enabled by the RFEV 2019. It is recalled that for a license to be valid it must be issued by the Armed Forces where the club has its headquarters, as well as where the athlete, coach or judge are registered or can demonstrate that they have a direct link with the practice of sailing ( license regulation RFEV 11.4).

5.3 Entries of boats for which requests for the issuance or modification of their rating certificate have been made to the RFEV after 6:00 p.m. of the day prior to the closing of the registration of participants and confirmation of the entry will not be accepted.

6. PROGRAM

6.1 The program of the event is as follows:

7. CLASSIFICATIONS

7.1 The classifications for ORC will be established, in accordance with rule 204 of the RTC (Implied Wind Composite course or Ocean PCS for coastal; and Implied Wind Composite course or Inshore Tod in windward/leeward events).

7.2 For J80 and Figaros, the classification will always be in real time.

7.3 a) The 44th Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy will be awarded to the winner of the Joint General Classification of ORC classes 0-1-2-3 (only for those who have completed the Carrumeiro Stage)

b) There will be a classification for each of the classes that are finally formed of ORC and Monotypes

7.4 For the Spanish Cruiser Height Championship “Angel Zorrilla Memorial” Galicia Zone, only the Baiona – Carrumeiro – Baiona Height Stage will score points.

 

8. SCORE

Appendix A and the Low Point System described in rule A 4.1 of the RRS will be applied, with the following specifications:

8.1 No races will be excluded in the scoring of each boat.

8.2 The coefficient in the long test Baiona – Carrumeiro – Baiona will be 2.0, in the Vuelta a Ons Stage it will be 1.5, while in the rest of the tests it will be 1.0.

 

9. INSPECTION AND MEASUREMENT [DP]

9.1 Safety and Measurement controls will be carried out daily by the Technical Committee.

9.2 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. CATEGORY – SECURITY [NP] [DP]

10.1 The safety of this regatta will be considered as Category 3 for the Carrumeiro stage and 4 for the other stages (see categories on the RFEV website, cruise documents) in accordance with the Special Rules for High Seas Regattas of the RFEV. W.S.

10.2 All boats must be equipped with a VHF radio with channels 16, 71 and 72.

10.3 It will be the obligation of the person in charge of each boat to comply with the legal regulations established for recreational boats, both in general and special, for their government, dispatch and security.

10.4 Wake Tracking and Safety Program

All participants must be connected to the live monitoring program of the Regatta, through the free application that they will download on their mobiles, during the completion of all the tests. In this link you can follow the instructions http://bit.ly/1Gft3BP

For any information about the application, please contact us by phone at 608 823 036.
It will be very important to provide mobile battery chargers or mobile connection to the ship’s battery to charge.

 

11. PRIZES

They will be indicated in the TOA before the departure of the first test.

 

12. LOCAL MARINE REGULATIONS

Royal Decree 62/2008 has 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 Regatta, being covered for participation in nautical races. -sports.

 

13. IMAGE RIGHTS

The image rights of the regatta are the sole and exclusive property of the MRCYB and the RFEV.

Any advertising action that does not have the express authorization of the organizers is prohibited.

 

14. LIABILITY

All regatta participants do so at their own risk and responsibility.

The Organizing Committee or any person or body involved in the organization of the event, rejects 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 for this Notice of Race.

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

“It is the sole responsibility of a boat to decide whether to participate in a test or continue racing.”

MRCYB – June 2019

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

SOCIAL ACTS

The trophy delivery ceremony will take place on the terrace of the MRCYB, once the final general classifications have been published, after finishing the tests on Sunday, July 28 (6:00 p.m. approx.).

The schedule for the various events will be as follows:

BERTHS

The boats whose registration is accepted in this regatta will have a reserved and free mooring or anchoring place (mooring under the exclusive responsibility of the owner or skipper) during the celebration of the event, from July 21 to 28. See attached plan.

The MRCYB reserves the right to assign berths to vessels in strict order of registration, based on their size and draft.

RESERVED AREA FOR THE DOCKING OF FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS

• Contact the crew on VHF 71 before docking.
• Free mooring from July 21 to 28.

 

· The young 12-year-old sailor from Vigo managed to prevail in the final of the Optimist competition, beating Martín Montes and his brother Yago Marquina who finished second and third respectively

· The youngest of the Marquina family thus revalidates the triumph achieved in 2018 when he won the championship for the first time that Monte Real organizes every year in Baiona with the help of Baitra

· The closing of the Baitra Social League puts an end to the 2018-2019 season of the Monte Real Yacht Club Sailing School and marks the beginning of its summer program that offers multiple proposals

The young 12-year-old sailor from Vigo, Pablo Marquina, was the winner, this Sunday in Baiona, of the Baitra Social League of the Monte Real Club de Yachts, a competition that the Baion club organizes from September to June for children between 7 and 17 years old .

After the final tests held this weekend, Marquina prevailed over the rest of the sailors who competed in the Optimist class. In this way, he managed to revalidate the triumph achieved in 2018, when he won for the first time the victory of the championship that Monte Real organizes every year in Baiona by Baitra Accesorios Navales.

And he did it with superiority, since, with 38 final points, he established a difference of 7 points with his most direct rival. The one who was his coach throughout the year, Samuel Montouto, assures that little Marquina’s final victory is the result of continuous progression based on the great work done by the athlete in recent months. His methodical, controlled and orderly attitude, and his desire to achieve perfection are, according to Montouto, the keys to his good results.

Second and third place in the Social League went to Martín Montes and Pablo’s older brother, Yago Marquina, aged 11 and 13 respectively, who took silver and bronze with 45 and 58 points.

Both maintained a very good trajectory throughout the season and did not disappoint in the last two days played this weekend. In fact, Montes was the best of the weekend, achieving 4 first places in the last 5 races held.

In the awards ceremony for the winners, held this Sunday in Baiona, participated, in addition to numerous relatives and friends of the sailors, the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; and the commodore and vice commodore of the Monte Real Yacht Club, Fernando Yáñez and Genoveva Pereiro. Also Susana Méndez, from Baitra Accesorios Navales, sponsor company of the event and one of the main promoters of children’s sailing in Galicia.

The closure of the Baitra Social League marks the end of the 2018-2019 season of the Monte Real Sailing School and marks the beginning of its summer programming , which offers multiple leisure options so that children and adults can learn to sail and enjoy the sea in Baiona.

Daytime sailing camps and weekly dinghy sailing courses are the proposals aimed at the smallest of the house, between 7 and 16 years old. For adults, the Baionese club offers the possibility of taking weekly cruise sailing courses and courses to learn to sail in one day. The summer program is completed with sailing activities at sunset or sailing to the Cíes Islands, aimed at a more familiar audience or groups of friends.

 

GENERAL FINAL CLASSIFICATION BAITRA SOCIAL LEAGUE
Monte Real Yacht Club Baiona, June 22 and 23, 2019

OPTIMIST CLASS

1. PABLO MARQUINA 38 POINTS
2. MARTIN MONTES ·45 POINTS
3. YAGO MARQUINA 58 POINTS

 

· The youngest of the Marquina brothers is at the head of the Optimist classification in the absence of the final tests tomorrow, Sunday

· After achieving two first places in the two regattas held today, Martín Montes is second, closing the gap with the leader

· The competition will be decided tomorrow at 11:30 in the morning and the awards ceremony will be held in the afternoon

Pablo Marquina caresses the victory of the Baitra Social League of the Monte Real Yacht Club, which this weekend celebrates its final in the waters of the Bay of Baiona. The youngest of the Marquina brothers is at the head of the Optimist classification in the absence of the final tests that will be held tomorrow, Sunday.

The twelve-year-old sailor from Monte Real finished second and fourth in the regattas held today, but the good results obtained throughout the season, on which the final classification is established, allow him to remain in highest on the provisional podium.

The best of the day was, without a doubt, little eleven-year-old Martín Montes, the first to cross the finish line in the two races held, also achieving a great advantage over his most direct competitors. He was the most outstanding sailor and managed to close the gap with respect to the leader, but he still remains in second position.

The third place and provisional bronze of the competition goes to Yago Marquina, 13 years old, who did not have a very lucky day, with a fifth and a sixth place in the two races held, but who is still a firm contender for the podium.

In addition to the competitive section, the Final of the Baitra Social League organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates is having a more playful part, aimed at bringing the public closer to the world of regattas so that they can get to know it first-hand. Thus, the Baionese club took two Omegas out into the water today, in which a group of boys and girls were able to perform a baptism of the sea and see the development of the regattas.

The Baitra Social League will be decided tomorrow, Sunday, with the second and last day of tests, which will be held at half past eleven in the morning in the Bay of Baiona. The regatta committee, chaired by Samuel Montouto, will try to start three tasks that would maintain the trapeze design of the first day.

Once the competition in the water is over, Monte Real will host the award ceremony for the winners. It will be around half past four in the afternoon and will be attended by the manager of Baitra Accesorios Navales, Juan Carlos González, as sponsor of the event; the mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez, representing the city council; and the president and commodore of the Monte Real Yacht Club, José Luis Álvarez and Fernando Yáñez.

 

TOP 3 – GENERAL CLASSIFICATION BAITRA SOCIAL LEAGUE
In the absence of a day for the end of the competition

OPTIMIST CLASS

1. PABLO MARQUINA 33 POINTS
2. MARTIN MONTES · 41 POINTS
3. YAGO MARQUINA 49 POINTS

 

· The Monte Real Club de Yates closes the 2018-2019 season of its Sailing School with the celebration of the last tests of the Baitra Social League that has been held since last September

· Laser, Optimist and Initiation sailors will meet in the bay of Baiona to compete on Saturday from half past two in the afternoon and on Sunday from half past eleven in the morning

· With the end of the Baitra Social League, the starting signal will be given to the activities of the summer program that the club has prepared for this summer, which include proposals for all types of audiences

 

The Monte Real Club de Yates closes this weekend the 2018-2019 season of its Sailing School with the celebration of the last two days of the Baitra Social League, a competition that has been taking place since last September in Baiona.

Some thirty sailors between the ages of 7 and 17 from the Laser, Optimist and Initiation classes will meet in the bay of Baiona on Saturday from half past two in the afternoon and on Sunday from half past eleven in the morning to measure strength in the last six rounds of the championship.

There will be six regattas in a field of buoys in the shape of a trapezoid in which laserists and optimists must complete a single lap, and which will be shortened for beginner sailors. If the forecast is fulfilled, they will do so with good wind, from the south and intensities above 10 knots on Saturday and somewhat weaker on Sunday.

The brothers Marquina and Martín Montes, reach the final in the highest positions in the classification and with many ballots to make a place for themselves on the winners’ podium, since they maintain a certain distance with the rest of the competitors.

In the lead, with 31 points, is Pablo Marquina, who won the Social League last year, and his brother Yago comes third in the final with 45 points. Martín Montes holds the provisional silver with 42 points.

With the end of the Baitra Social League, the starting signal will be given to the activities of the summer program that the Monte Real Yacht Club has prepared for this summer, which include proposals for all types of audiences .

Daytime sailing camps and weekly dinghy sailing courses are the proposals aimed at the smallest of the house, between 7 and 16 years old. For adults, the Baionese club offers the possibility of taking weekly cruising sailing courses and courses to learn to sail in one day. The summer program is completed with sailing activities at sunset or sailing to the Cíes Islands, aimed at a more familiar audience or groups of friends.

 

Baitra Social League Final
Bayonne, June 22 and 23, 2019

SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2019
14:30 First day of the Baitra Social League Final

SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2019
11:30 Second day of the Baitra Social League Final
4:30 p.m. Award ceremony for winners

The club from Baiona closed this morning its seventh adapted sailing course with the delivery of diplomas to the students who were able to practice sailing throughout the year under equal conditions

· More than 100 people with functional diversity can sail each year at the Monte Real Yacht Club thanks to the sponsorship of Fundación Repsol and the support of administrations such as the Xunta de Galicia and the Pontevedra Provincial Council

· Maintaining its line of growth, the Baiona Adapted Sailing School launched this year for the first time in its history specific activities for people affected by serious behavioral disorders

 

The Monte Real Club de Yates continues to consolidate itself as a benchmark for inclusive sailing in Galicia after celebrating seven years of activity in its Adapted Sailing School, through which more than 100 people with functional diversity pass each year to sail under equal conditions.

The club from Baiona closed this morning the seventh course that it has organized since, in 2012, it inaugurated a project aimed at bringing people with physical, psychosocial, cognitive and sensory disabilities closer to the sea. An initiative that has only grown and that in recent months has taken up a new challenge, that of bringing people affected by serious behavioral disorders closer to the sea.

The Panxón Special Education Center, in Nigrán, thus joined the list of associations that, over the last seven years, have passed through Baiona to offer its users the possibility of being able to enjoy the sea beyond its limitations. Groups such as the CAPD of Redondela , ASEM Galicia or the Juan María Center , which this morning were also present at the closing ceremony held at Monte Real.

The Minister of Social Policy of the Xunta de Galicia, Fabiola García, was in charge of presiding over an event in which she highlighted the work carried out by the Monte Real Yacht Club by taking advantage of the wealth of the sea -she said- to launch activities that promote the full integration of people with disabilities. Along these lines, he claimed that ” in order to make Galicia a community that is increasingly welcoming to everyone, the joint involvement of social entities, companies and public administrations is necessary” . Likewise, the councilor thanked the centers and associations participating in this adapted sailing course and congratulated its users for demonstrating that ” there are no barriers if enthusiasm and desire go ahead” .

In addition to the regional head of Social Policy, other members of the Xunta de Galicia, the Diputación de Pontevedra or the Baiona city council were present at the event, habitual supporters of the Monte Real Yacht Club in its different initiatives. Also several members of Fundación Repsol, the main sponsor of the Adapted Sailing School.

The vice president of the club, Alejandro Retolaza, thanked all of them for having supported the adapted Sailing School since its inception, which has allowed it -he said- “to grow year after year to become the benchmark it is today in Galicia ” . Retolaza extended the gratitude of Monte Real to the monitors and companions of the different associations, to the specialized coaches of the club, to the patrons and other personnel who work in the school.

Students with reduced mobility, autistic spectrum, down syndrome, neurodegenerative or neuromuscular problems are some of the beneficiaries and main recipients of the Monte Real adapted sailing courses, which, since its inauguration seven years ago, includes both theoretical and practical activities.

In addition to the usual classroom sessions and sailing trips on different types of boats, mainly Figaros Beneteau and Gos 16, other types of proposals have been added over the years such as seminars on adapted sailing, sailing on inflatable boats or modernization programs for future participation in competitions.

Numerous improvements that the Monte Real Club de Yates has been introducing in the last seven years in a sailing school that maintains the same mission and the same objective with which it was born: to offer anyone who wishes the possibility of sailing and enjoy the sea in equal conditions.