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The Monte Real Club de Yates paid tribute this Tuesday to one of its oldest members, Don Pedro Rivas, who in 2018 celebrated 50 years as a member of the club.
With the celebration of a meal in his honor and the delivery of a commemorative enamel pendant, Monte Real wanted to recognize the half century that Pedro Rivas has been linked to the club, in which he registered as a member on August 24, 1968.
The recognition of its oldest members is a tradition that Monte Real inaugurated in 2017 with a tribute to Doña Delia Dominguez Gonda, Don Víctor Ruíz Ochoa, Doña María Luisa Curbera Conde and Don José Ramón Curbera Conde, in the year in which they celebrated their 50 years as partners.
On this occasion the honoree was Don Pedro Rivas, who is accompanied in the image by the president of Monte Real, José Luis Álvarez; and the vice-commodore of the club, Genoveva Pereiro.
Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen won this afternoon in Baiona the victory in the AXA J80 Autumn League, revalidating the victory achieved in the 2017 edition
· The Marías – Casas do Telhado by Manuel María Cunha took the silver of the championship and the bronze went to the Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero
· A fraternization dinner put the finishing touch to the championship organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club with the sponsorship of AXA Seguros
· The 8 meter monotypes will once again be the protagonists of the first competition that the Baionese club has scheduled for 2019
Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen conquered this Saturday the victory of the AXA J80 Autumn League after winning the last day of tests held this afternoon in the bay of Baiona. The team led by the experienced skipper from Vigo sentenced the competition after adding another first place to those they had achieved in previous days.
With five first places, one second and one third in the seven races held since last October, De la Gándara and his team once again demonstrated why they are among the best in the Galician J80 class.
They sentenced the championship with 7 points, taking eight points ahead of their most direct rival, the Marías – Casas do Telhado of the Portuguese Manuel María Cunha who, despite completing very good races throughout the championship, was not able to beat the Okofen in no time.
On board the winning one-design we once again saw a committed team that performs at its best regardless of the weather conditions, which on some days, like today’s, made the fleet’s navigation quite complicated with rough seas and winds above 30 knots at times
In this new edition of the AXA J80 Autumn League, De la Gándara once again had his right-hand man on board, Diego Fernández; with his son Jaime de la Gándara and with Hugo Ferreiro, regulars at Okofen since its inception in J80 competitions. Santi Meygide, Javier Porto and Jaime García were other crew members who joined in some days, to complete the team or replace one of the regulars.
With its victory in the autumn championship, the Okofen closed a great regatta season in which it also won bronze in the Infinitus Rent Trophy and the Spanish J80 Championship, silver in the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy and gold in the Conde de Gondomar Trophy.
The podium of honor of the AXA J80 Autumn League was completed, with 15 points, by Marías – Casas do Telhado, led by Manuel María Cunha, and by Juan Luis Tuero, Luna Nueva, who came third with 18 points.
Already out of the podium drawers, the Pazo de Cea by Iago Alonso, in fourth position; and the Namasté by Luis de Mira, in fifth. The rest of the classification is completed by Bernardo Macedo’s Mondo, Fernando Yañez’s Cansino, Javier Martínez Valente’s Cunichán and Yago G. Robatto’s Cormorant II.
After the celebration this afternoon in Baiona of the last test, the participants and members of the regatta committee participated in a fraternization dinner presided over by directors of the Monte Real Club de Yates, as organizing club; and AXA Seguros, as sponsor of the competition.
A minute of silence was observed in it in tribute to the member and sailor of Monte Real, Berta Hernández Alfageme, who died this week after a hard fight against cancer.
At the end, the sailors were summoned for the next appointment of the J80 fleet, the Winter League, which will be held in Baiona between January and March 2019.
FINAL CLASSIFICATION (Top5) AXA J80 AUTUMN LEAGUE
1. OKOFEN · Javier de la Gándara · 7 points
2. MARÍAS – CASAS DO TELHADO · Manuel María Cunha · 15 points
3. NEW MOON · Juan Luis Tuero · 18 points
4. CEA MANOR Iago Alonso 28 points
5. NAMASTE · Luis de Mira · 31 points
OVERALL FINAL CLASSIFICATION AXA J80 AUTUMN LEAGUE (2018)
· The bay of Baiona hosts this Saturday the last tests of the competition with which the Monte Real Club de Yates closes its 2018 sports calendar
· In the lead and with a 6-point advantage over their most direct rival, Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen has all the ballots to take the final victory
· After the tests in the water, the championship will conclude with a fellowship dinner in which the prizes will be awarded to the winners.
Tomorrow, Saturday, starting at three in the afternoon, the bay of Baiona hosts the last tests of the J80 Autumn League, which the Monte Real Club de Yates has been holding since last October with the sponsorship of AXA Seguros.
The one-design championship, which was reduced to three stages after the suspension of its last day due to the rain and wind storm, will experience its last tests on a day that is expected to be typically winter, with a lot of cloudiness and rain, but also with good wind to haggle, with an average of 17 knots and peaks that could reach 30 knots.
With these weather forecasts, the participants will have to fine-tune their decisions and strategies to climb positions to the positions of honor, which are currently occupied by Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, Manuel María Cunha’s Marías-Casas do Telhado and Manuel María Cunha’s Luna Nueva. Juan Luis Tuero.
With four first places in the six events held so far, 6 points in the provisional classification and 6 points ahead of their closest rival, the Okofen crew, who have maintained their leadership since the first day, have all the ballots to take the final victory.
To define the rest of the podium boxes, we will have to wait for what happens tomorrow, Saturday, in the water, since the next three classified are in a range of just 6 points, which goes from the 12 that the Portuguese Marías-Casas do Roof at 18 from Pazo de Cea, passing between 16 from Luna Nueva.
With 25 and 26 points respectively, Bernardo Macedo’s Mondo and Luis de Mira’s Namasté are the next classified and the ones that could scratch a podium position if they manage to sign some very good results in the last three tests.
After the competition on the water, the AXA J80 Autumn League will continue on land with the celebration of a fellowship dinner in which shipowners, skippers, sailors, members of the regatta committee and directors of the Monte Real Yacht Club and AXA Seguros will participate. .
Throughout it, the prizes will be awarded to the winners and they will be invited to the next edition of the J80 Winter League, scheduled for the months of January, February and March 2019.
CLASSIFICATION IN THE LACK OF THE LAST 3 TESTS
Top 5 AXA J80 FALL LEAGUE
1. OKOFEN · Javier de la Gándara · 6 points
2. MARÍAS – CASAS DO TELHADO · Manuel María Cunha · 12 points
3. NEW MOON · Juan Luis Tuero · 16 points
4. CEA MANOR Iago Alonso 18 points
5. MONDO · Bernardo Macedo · 25 points
· The Monte Real Yacht Club organized this Saturday the “I Environmental Awareness Workshop on the impact of plastic in the marine environment”
· The objective of the activity was to make future generations aware of the need to reduce the use of plastics to avoid the damage they cause
· With sieves and binocular loupes, the participants discovered the reality of microplastics that most of them were not aware of
· The workshop was held thanks to the collaboration of the University of Vigo and the Baiona council and with the involvement of companies such as ABANCA and Gadis
Twenty boys and girls from different schools in Baiona participated this Saturday in the “I Environmental Awareness Workshop on the impact of plastic on the marine environment. Behind the plastic footprint”, an initiative organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club to make children aware of the repercussions that plastics generate in marine ecosystems.
The figures make it very clear. According to UN data, more than 100,000 species die each year from the plastic that pollutes the sea, and it is estimated that within 30 years there will be more plastic than fish in the sea. Some of these plastic residues are visible to the human eye (macroplastics), but to see many others (microplastics and nanoplastics) you have to use magnifying glasses and microscopes.
And that is precisely what the participants in the workshop organized by Monte Real in collaboration with the University of Vigo and the Baiona City Council, and the involvement of ABANCA and Gadis, did this Saturday. After receiving an explanation about the types of existing plastics, their production and their impact on the planet, the children went to the beaches of A Barbeira and A Ribeira to identify and collect them.
They collected more than 8 kilos of plastics and discovered microplastics (of which most of them were not aware of their existence) in the sand with laboratory materials donated by the University of Vigo such as sieves and binocular loupes.
This is the name given to plastic particles that are less than 5 millimeters in size and that are, for the most part, undetectable to the naked eye. Those that drift on the beaches are those that the sea itself expels, after having naturally crushed and degraded the plastics that end up in it. They are barely visible as they blend in with the sand, but they are there, and in recent years, researchers have begun to alert society to their terrible consequences.
One of the first measures that must be applied to reduce the presence of plastics and microplastics in the marine environment is to reduce the dependence and use that human beings have of plastics.
The “I Environmental awareness workshop on the impact of plastic in the marine environment. Following the footprint of plastic” Taught by the graduate in Marine Sciences and researcher on marine pollution, Noelia Estévez, it ended with an award ceremony for the participants, in which the mayor of Baiona, Ángel Rodal, participated; and ecological and sustainable food, with local products and reusable packaging.
· The Monte Real Club de Yates, in collaboration with the University of Vigo and the Baiona City Council, organizes the “I Environmental Awareness Workshop on the impact of plastic on the marine environment. Following the footprint of plastic”
· The initiative aims to raise awareness among children in the municipality of Baiona of the impact of plastic waste on the environment, paying special attention to its impact on rivers, seas and oceans
· The workshop, in which companies such as ABANCA and Gadis are also involved, will end with an ecological and sustainable meal for the participants as an example of a healthy and environmentally friendly lifestyle
Baiona hosts next Saturday, November 17, the “I Environmental awareness workshop on the impact of plastic in the marine environment. Following the footprint of plastic”, an initiative promoted by the Monte Real Club de Yates in collaboration with the University of Vigo and the Baiona city council, in which companies such as ABANCA and Gadis are also involved.
It is an educational day in which children from the municipality between 7 and 18 years old will be able to recognize the repercussions that plastics have on the environment, paying special attention to the damage they cause to marine ecosystems, and various actions to minimize its impact.
Currently only 9 percent of the plastic produced is recycled, 12 percent is incinerated and the remaining 79 percent goes to landfills or directly into the environment. There are more than 230,000 tons of plastic waste floating on the surface of the different seas of the world and, although more and more is being studied, the full impact of microplastics that are not visible to the naked eye is still unknown.
To shed light on this problem and try to raise awareness among future generations, Monte Real scheduled different activities in different locations in the municipality.
A first part, more theoretical, will include a presentation of the topic at the club’s facilities in Baiona. The types of existing plastics, their production, the routes of entry of waste into rivers, seas and oceans, and their impact on the planet will be explained to the little ones.
In the second part of the workshop, the children will go to the beaches of A Barbeira and A Ribeira, two of the most central and crowded sandbanks in the municipality of Baiona, to participate in a practical session on waste identification and collection. The goal is for them to be able to recognize and classify macroplastics, which they will later deposit in recycling containers.
The activity will also include the search for microplastics, for which laboratory materials provided by the University of Vigo will be used, such as sieves and binocular loupes, since most microplastics cannot be seen with the naked eye.
The “I Environmental awareness workshop on the impact of plastic in the marine environment. Behind the plastic footprint” will end at the Monte Real Yacht Club facilities with an ecological and sustainable meal, free of plastics, as an example of healthy lifestyles that respect the environment. It will explain the need to change plastic bags for reusable ones, avoid wrapping with transparent film and the trays in which food usually comes, not using glasses, plastic and plastic cutlery, or choose returnable bottles and containers.
With this outreach and environmental education action, which will be taught by the graduate in Marine Sciences and researcher on marine pollution, Noelia Estévez, Monte Real seeks to make the children of the municipality aware of the importance of moving towards a more sustainable consumption model. , recycling plastics and not throwing them anywhere, emphasizing the harmful effects that plastic has on the environment.
Bayonne, Saturday, November 17, 2018
10:00 Learning session on the problem of plastics
11:30 · Identification and collection of plastics – macroplastics and microplastics
12:30 · Waste identification and characterization classroom
13:30 Eco-sustainable food for all participants offered by Gadis
14:00 Delivery of gifts to the participants
The adverse weather conditions recorded this Saturday in the bay of Baiona, remnants of the storm that has hit Galicia in recent days, forced the suspension of the third day of the AXA J80 Autumn League, which was scheduled to be held today from 3:00 p.m. :00.
Waiting for what happens on the last day, scheduled for November 24, the classification remains as it was. Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, with 6 points, leads the competition; and the provisional places of honor are completed by Marías by Manuel María Cunha, with 12, and Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero, with 16.
· The competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates enters its final stretch with Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen at the top of the standings
· Manuel María Cunha’s Marías, Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva and Cristina González Cominges’ Pazo de Cea will seek a spot on the podium
· The weather forecasts announce a fairly windy day that could complicate the navigation of the monotypes in the bay of Baiona
Tomorrow, Saturday, the bay of Baiona hosts the penultimate day of the AXA J80 Autumn League, the one-design competition of the Monte Real Club de Yates that enters its final stretch with Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen at the head of the classification.
With a 6-point margin over Marías-Casas do Telhado of the Portuguese Manuel María Cunha, who is their closest rival, Okofen will seek to widen the distance over their competitors to reaffirm their leadership and secure the place of honor in the championship.
It will do so on a day that is expected to be complicated due to the weather, which announces some rain and winds of more than 15 knots with peaks close to 30, conditions that will make the J80 “fly” in the Bay of Baiona.
It will be on this stage where the committee, chaired by Jano Martín, plans to locate the test field and where, if the planned program is achieved, three windward-leeward regattas will be held starting at three in the afternoon, local time. set for the start of the competition.
Behind Javier de Gándara’s Okofen, with 6 points; and Manuel María Cunha’s Marías, with 12, are in the classification, in a fairly tight range of points, Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva, with 16; and the Pazo de Cea of Cristina González Cominges, with 18.
Bernardo Macedo’s Mondo, with 25 points, will have to make a little more effort to raise their positions; the Namasté of Luis de Mira, with 26; Cansino by Fernándo Yáñez, with 30; Javier Martínez Valente’s Cunichán, with 33; and Yago G. Robatto’s Cormorant II, with 50.
With the celebration of the penultimate day, the J80 Autumn League organized by Monte Real with the sponsorship of AXA Seguros will only have one last stage left to crown the winners, which will be held on the 24th.
· The Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona serves as a refuge at this time for three ships on the Rum Route that encountered problems on their transoceanic crossing
· A fourth boat, the Service Civique of Frenchwoman Claire Pruvot, plans to arrive at the Baiona club in the next few hours to fix a leak
· Monte Real has made all its resources available to sailors and the company from Vigo, Velas Gándara, is dealing with the repair of its sails.
The Monte Real Club de Yates is serving as a refuge for three boats participating in the Rum Route, one of the most prestigious transoceanic regattas in the world for solo sailors, which this year celebrates its eleventh edition.
After leaving the French port of Saint Malo on the 4th, the bad weather conditions encountered by the 123 participants, with winds of up to 40 knots and waves of 6 meters, have forced various boats to make technical stops to solve the problems suffered during the journey and avoid further damage.
At this time, Emmanuel Le Roche’s Edenred , class 40, takes refuge in the historic Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona. The French sailor, who is competing for the first time on the Rum Route, suffered breakages in his sails and the Galician company Velas Gándara is fixing them so that he can return to competition as soon as possible.
The storm also baited another Class40 boat, the Carac de Louis Duc, who will remain in the fishing village of Baiona until he solves his problems and can return to Guadeloupe, something that Duc, who is competing for the second time on the Rum Route, hopes to be able to do as quickly as possible.
The third boat moored at the Baiona club is Alain Delhumeau’s 56-foot trimaran Rayon Vert , which competes in the Rhum class.
A fourth ship will arrive at Monte Real in the next few hours. It is the Service Civique of the French Claire Pruvot, who informed the club of the need to use its facilities to solve a leak suffered in the boat.
The refugee skippers in Monte Real have communicated to the club their intention to leave Baiona tomorrow afternoon, once the rain and wind storm that is recorded at this time in Galicia subsides, and that keeps a large part of the Galician coast on alert Orange.
Once they leave the club, they will return to Pointe-Á-Pitre, on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, the final destination for these adventurers in what is known as the “Liberty Regatta”, a race where 123 professionals and amateurs compete under the same rules. along a heart-stopping journey of more than 3,500 nautical miles alone.
· Since the Monte Real Club de Yates became the departure port for the Xacobea Nautical Crossing, more than 100 boats have passed through the club on their way to Compostela
Sailing boats that carry out this new modality of the Camino de Santiago obtain a 15 percent discount on club fees
· The Xacobea Nautical Crossing is an initiative of the Xunta de Galicia, Portos de Galicia and ASNAUGA to promote the transit of sailboats through Galician ports
Over a hundred sailboats have arrived at the Monte Real Club de Yates in recent months ready to undertake the Xacobea Nautical Crossing, a new formula for a sailing pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela promoted by the Xunta de Galicia, Portos de Galicia and the Association of Galician Nautical Clubs (ASNAUGA).
Last July, after several months of works and remodeling to adapt the club to the arrival of new visitors, Monte Real became the port of departure for the journey. It was then that it began to receive the first pilgrims, who obtained in Baiona the first of the seals of their Jacobean credential, with which after completing 90 nautical miles under sail and arriving in Santiago, they will be able to obtain their compostela.
Among the main motivations that drive sailors to carry out the Xacobean Nautical Crossing are spiritual and religious incentives, adventurous desires and the desire to discover the Galician estuaries. And it is that, in addition to the Monte Real Yacht Club, which is the departure port of the southern route, another 13 ports distinguished with the Q for Tourist Quality are involved in the proposal, which touch practically the entire Galician coast.
Thus, the landing points are Vigo (Real Club Náutico de Vigo), Cangas (Royal Club Náutico de Rodeira), Sanxenxo (Club Náutico de Portonovo and Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo), San Vicente do Mar (Club Náutico de San Vicente do Mar ), Cabo de Cruz (Club Náutico de Boiro), Riveira (Club Náutico Deportivo de Riveira), Portosín (Royal Club Náutico de Portosín) and Noia. And from the north, Ribadeo (Royal Club Náutico de Ribadeo) Ares, Sada and A Coruña.
Many of them must be visited by pilgrims who, starting from Monte Real, want to reach Santiago and get their Compostela. And they will do so by obtaining a series of benefits or special discounts depending on the yacht clubs where they land.
In the case of the Monte Real Yacht Club, pilgrims obtain a 15 percent discount on the usual rates; and 25 percent if it is a woman who skippers the boat. These are some of the economic measures put in place to promote the initiative together with the actions carried out in the club’s facilities.
In addition, a 100% accessible ramp has been built to guarantee access to the terrace for people with functional diversity and the sanitary facilities have been renovated, adapting them to responsible consumption and energy saving protocols. All this thanks to a grant from the Consellería do Mar of the Xunta de Galicia through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (FEMP) and the Local Action Groups of the Fishing Sector (GALP).
The Monte Real Club de Yates continues to be, one more year, one of the marinas in Galicia with the most boat traffic in its facilities. So far this year, nearly 800 boats have called at Baiona, with the months of June, July and August being the busiest. Deseasonalize this tourist influx, which continues to prefer the summer months for its crossings, is another of the objectives behind the Xacobea Nautical Crossing.
· The Okofen led by Javier de la Gándara consolidated its leadership in the AXA J80 Autumn League after winning on the second day held today in Baiona
· Despite not having his usual crew, the historic skipper managed to repeat victory and increase the margin of distance over his most direct rivals
· The J80 Autumn League organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and sponsored by AXA Seguros resumes its tests on November 10
Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen consolidated its leadership in the AXA J80 Autumn League after winning on the second day held this afternoon in the bay of Baiona with complicated weather conditions, rough seas and an intense and shifting wind that forced the committee to modify the regatta course on several occasions.
Despite the circumstances and not having its usual crew, in which Jaime de la Gándara and Hugo Ferreiro were absent, Okofen once again demonstrated why it is among the best J80 in Spain. He did it, as usual, with the tandem Javier de la Gándara – Diego Fernández at the head, and the support, this Saturday, of Javier Porto and Jaime García.
His results were not as regular as on the first day, in which he made full with three first; but the third, first and second places signed today, and the discard that came into play allowing him to erase his worst result from the classification, kept him in first position and further distanced him from his most direct rivals.
With 6 points, Okofen is still in the lead ahead of Marías – Casas do Telhado skippered by the Portuguese Manuel María Cunha, who has 12. Juan Luis Tuero’s Luna Nueva, which sailed very well today and managed to cross the finish line among the first, rose to third position and made it onto the provisional podium with 16 points. With 18 points, Pazo de Cea, led on this second day by Iago Alonso and with the addition of Juan Lago to the crew, is fourth in the standings.
From that fourth position, the distances of the rest of the fleet with respect to the J80 that are in the lead are already more pronounced. With 25 points, Bernardo Macedo’s Mondo is in fifth position, followed closely by Luis de Mira’s Namasté with 26.
Fernándo Yáñez’s Cansino closes the classification, dragging the lack of points from the first day in which he did not compete; Javier Martínez Valente’s Cunichán, who today could not score in one of the tests; and Cormorant II by Yago G. Robatto.
The AXA J80 Autumn League organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates with the sponsorship, once again, of AXA Seguros, will cross its halfway mark on November 10 with three new tests that will take the one-designs into the final stretch of the competition .
This Saturday the second phase of the AXA J80 Autumn League is held in Baiona, led by Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen and Manuel María Cunha’s Marías
· The weather forecasts announce a complicated day due to the intensity of the wind that could reach up to 25 knots
· The competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates will end in November with the last two days in dispute and the awarding of prizes to the winners
This Saturday the AXA J80 Autumn League of the Monte Real Club de Yates returns to the bay of Baiona, which resumes its tests after its inauguration, a fortnight ago, with the victory of Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, who leads the classification followed by Marías – Houses of the Roof by Manuel María Cunha.
At three in the afternoon, the regatta committee, chaired by José Ángel Rodríguez, will start the first of the three tests set out in the competition programme, some windward-leeward routes in which the monotypes must complete two complete laps .
The weather forecasts announce a complicated day due to the intensity of the wind, which could reach up to 25 knots, especially in the first hours of navigation. As the afternoon progresses, its strength will decrease but the rain could also enter the scene. It will be, in any case, a cold day, with maximums that will not exceed 13 degrees.
With these conditions, the J80 participants will draw the new outline of the provisional podium, which today is occupied by Okofen, Marías and Mondo, by Bernardo Macedo; first, second and third respectively. Stalking those top positions, Namasté by Luis de Mira, Pazo de Cea by Cristina González Cominges and Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero appear later in the classification.
A little further down, they are followed by Javier Martínez Valente’s Cunichán; and Fernando Yáñez’s Cansino and Yago González-Robatto’s Cormorán II close the classification without scoring, having withdrawn from the competition on the first day.
· The Monte Real Club de Yates becomes the starting port of the Xacobea Nautical Crossing, a new pilgrimage route to Santiago that runs through the 13 Galician ports and marinas with the Q certification for Tourist Quality
· To obtain the Compostela, maritime pilgrims must sail 90 nautical miles, stamping their credential at the ports of passage, and finish the journey by land to the tomb of the Apostle Santiago.
· An investment of more than 150,000 euros co-financed by Monte Real, the Consellería do Mar de la Xunta de Galicia through the FEMP and the GALP7 has allowed the club to improve its facilities to receive pilgrims
After several months of works and remodeling, everything is now ready at the Monte Real Yacht Club to receive sailors who are going to complete the Camino de Santiago by sea, a new version of the historic pilgrimage to Compostela promoted by the Xunta de Galicia of which the Baionese club is the port of departure.
The “Xacobean Nautical Crossing”, as this new route is called, seeks to offer sailing lovers the possibility of making the Camino de Santiago through the sea and to obtain the Compostela by stamping a pilgrim’s credential in the most outstanding marinas of Galicia.
Of the 45 marinas on the Galician coast with the capacity to receive boats in transit, only the 13 ports distinguished with the Q for Tourist Quality certification are part of the proposal, a selection that seeks to guarantee the pilgrim by sea the attention and services of the highest quality.
Due to its characteristics and historical trajectory, the Monte Real Club de Yates was chosen as the port of departure for the route in its southern version, and an investment of more than 150,000 euros co-financed by the club itself, the Consellería do Mar de la Xunta de Galicia Through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) and the Local Action Groups of the Fisheries Sector (GALP), they allowed it to improve its facilities and services to receive the pilgrims at the beginning of the journey.
Several works aimed at minimizing the energy consumption of water and electricity, the application of a special discount of 25 percent to boats skippered by women and the construction of an access ramp to facilitate access for people with disabilities were some of the measures put into march within the framework of a plan whose axes were sustainable development, equality between men and women and non-discrimination. In addition to enjoying all the changes made in the club, the pilgrims who start the “Xacobea Nautical Journey” from Baiona will have a 15 percent discount on the usual rates.
Deseasonalize tourism in Galicia, promote nautical tourism and the activity of the community’s marinas and offer an alternative to the traditional pilgrimage routes are the main objectives of a proposal in which, in addition to the Xunta de Galicia, also participates Asnauga, the Association of Nautical Clubs of Galicia.
The Xacobean Nautical Crossing offers sailors the possibility of obtaining the Compostela in a very similar way to how pilgrims who go on foot to Santiago obtain it. Like them, they must travel a minimum distance, in this case 90 nautical miles; and stamp your pilgrim credential at each crossing point.
The Monte Real Club de Yates is the port of departure for the southern route, which passes through Vigo (Real Club Náutico de Vigo), Cangas (Royal Club Náutico de Rodeira), Sanxenxo (Club Náutico de Portonovo and Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo ), San Vicente do Mar (San Vicente do Mar Yacht Club) and Cabo de Cruz (Boiro Yacht Club).
From Boiro there are two possibilities to get to Santiago, either go up the Ulla River to Padrón or Pontecesures and from there continue by land to Compostela; or continue to Riveira (Club Náutico Deportivo de Riveira) and continue through Portosín (Real Club Náutico de Portosín) and Noia to continue from there to Santiago on foot.
In addition to the southern route, there is also a northern route from Ribadeo (Real Club Náutico de Ribadeo) passing through Ares, Sada, A Coruña and Portosín, with the same options for the end by land as the route from the south.
In both cases, the tomb of the Apostle Santiago is the goal of the Jacobean pilgrimage by sea and the Santiago Pilgrim’s Office is the place where sailors must present their stamped pilgrim credential to collect the Compostela.
· Javier de la Gándara’s boat started as the favorite and did not disappoint, signing a full victories in the three races held this afternoon in Baiona
The Marías – Casas do Telhado of the Portuguese Manuel María Cunha was his most direct rival and took second place in the provisional classification
· The complicated weather conditions with a lot of waves and a wind that reached 25 knots caused two boats to withdraw from the competition
The Okofen was placed this Saturday as the leader of the AXA J80 Autumn League, the one-design competition of the Monte Real Club de Yates that held its opening day in Baiona this afternoon.
The crew led by Javier de la Gándara, who started as favourites, took the lead in the classification, signing a full victories in the three races held with a wind that reached 25 knots, complicating the navigation of the sailboats at times.
With Víctor Robleda at the controls, the regatta committee designed a windward-leeward double loop course for the participants, with almost 3 miles in each of the three tasks, with which the participants completed a distance of about 9 miles in this first day, which began punctually at three in the afternoon.
With the first three, Okofen was the clear winner after beating their most direct rival, Marías-Casas do Telhado of the Portuguese Manuel María Cunha, who entered the competition with a bang and ready to give De la Gándara a run for their money. Both led the fleet at all times and were the first to cross the finish line, but the Portuguese crew finally had to settle for three second places in the three races held and second place on the provisional podium of the AXA J80 Autumn League.
Among the rest of the boats, more equality and little difference in points in the following positions of the classification. With 14 points, Bernardo Macedo’s Mondo and Luis de Mira’s Namasté are third and fourth respectively. With 15 points, in the fifth and sixth boxes, they are followed by Cristina González Cominges’ Pazo de Cea, who suffered a lot from the wind in the first test and was unable to finish it; and the New Moon by Juan Luis Tuero.
A little further down, with 19 points, they are followed by Javier Martínez Valente’s Cunichán; and Fernando Yáñez’s Cansino and Yago González-Robatto’s Cormorant II close the classification having withdrawn from the competition on this first day.
The AXA J80 Autumn League returns in 15 days with the second stage of tests, which will be held on October 27 on the same stage and with the same schedule as the opening stage held today.
1. OKOFEN · Javier de la Gándara · 3 points
2. MARÍAS – CASAS DO TELHADO · Manuel María Cunha · 6 points
3. MONDO · Bernardo Macedo · 14 points
4. NAMASTE · Luis de Mira · 14 points
5. CEA MANOR Cristina González Cominges 15 points
· The one-design competition will put an end to the sailing calendar of Monte Real, one of the clubs that organized the most regattas in Galicia in 2018
· The league held with the sponsorship of AXA Seguros opens this Saturday and will last for four days in the months of October and November
Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, recent winner of the title of best J80 of the season in Galicia, will try to revalidate the victory achieved in 2017
After an intense sailing year in which it organized 10 regattas and a solidarity triathlon to promote adapted sailing in Galicia, the Monte Real Club de Yates closes its 2018 sports calendar with the celebration of the AXA J80 Autumn League.
The competition that will put an end to the season of the Baionese club will be held in four stages, during the months of October and November, starting this same Saturday the 13th with the first tests and ending on Saturday the 24th of November with the final day and the prize giving to the winners.
There will be four days in which the participants will be able to face two types of routes according to the weather conditions and what the regatta committee determines. They will be coastal paths, with obligatory steps through different points or beacons; or routes between buoys, of the windward leeward type, with two upwind and two stern.
J80 class sailboats will participate exclusively in the league, a type of boat that the Baiona club has been promoting for years, with the creation of an important fleet based in Baiona, to which monotypes from A Coruña have been added. , Vigo and Portugal.
For them, Monte Real programs two specific trophies every year, the autumn and winter leagues. In addition, in 2018, given the importance of the Galician J80 fleet, the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation delegated the organization of the Spanish J80 Championship to the club, which was held last April in Baiona.
In it, Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen had a special role, coming first among the Galician fleet and achieving third place on the national podium. The crew, who this year also won the title of best J80 of the season in Galicia will try to revalidate the victory achieved in 2017 in the AXA J80 Autumn League.
In the previous edition, De la Gándara’s men snatched the victory, on the last day, from Fernando Yáñez’s Cansino, who was leading the competition, and who had to settle for a meritorious second place. Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes closed the podium.
Saturday, October 13 15:00 First day of regattas
Saturday, October 27 · 3:00 p.m. · Second day of regattas
Saturday, November 10 · 3:00 p.m. · Third day of regattas
Saturday, November 24 · 3:00 p.m. · Final day of regatta
Saturday, November 24 20:30 Awards ceremony – dinner
The AXA J80 Autumn League will be held in the waters of the Bay of Baiona, on October 13 and 27, November 10 and 24, organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club.
1. RULES
1.1 The Regatta will be governed by:
a) The rules as defined in the WS Racing Rules of Sailing 2017–2020 (RRV).
b) J80 Class One Design Regulations and their special adaptations of the J80 Galicia Fleet [NP] [DP]
c) Announcement and Race Instructions.
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
e) 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 under this instruction shall be [DPI
f) The penalty for infractions of the IR indicated as [SP] 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 Regulation 20 of WS.
2.2) The Organization may require the participants to display the sponsor’s publicity in the appropriate way 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) J80 class boats that comply with the regulations of point 1 of this AR may participate.
3.2) Skippers who are not owners must be in possession of the ISAF Sailor Classification Grade 1. (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 12:
• Duly completed registration form.
• INSURANCE of the boat.
• 2018 federative licenses for all crew members.
• Proof of transfer of registration rights.
Submitted or presented at:
Mount Royal Yacht Club
Parador Enclosure s/n, 36300 Baiona
Email: secretaria@mrcyb.com
phone + 34 986 385000 Fax. + 34 986 355061
And the transfer of with the registration rights made in
ABANCA
BAIONA Branch
Account number: 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 13, 201
5. PROGRAM
This program may be modified if circumstances so require (postponement to other dates due to suspension due to storms, etc., or modification of schedules according to forecast weather conditions or other causes). It will not be possible to give a start 60 minutes before sunset on each day.
6. COMPETITION FORMAT
6.1) It will be navigated in fleet, in real time.
6.2) 12 tests are scheduled.
6.3) No more than 3 tests per day will be sailed.
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 not be changed during the regatta.
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 the WS
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 be applied.
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 24 at 8:30 p.m. at the club.
10 LIABILITY
Participants in the AXA TROPHY – Fall League – J80 Class 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 sole responsibility of a boat to decide whether to participate in a race or to continue racing”.
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