· A pair of shoes signed by the legendary athlete will help raise funds in the Solidarity Vertiathlon that will be held on September 16 in Baiona

The limited edition boots are a replica of those worn by the eleven-time world champion and eight-time Olympian in his farewell to the slopes this summer in London

· The shoes will be raffled among the participants of the triathlon organized to raise funds for the Monte Real Adapted Sailing School for people with disabilities

Baiona, August 27, 2017.- The Solidarity Vertiathlon organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club to raise funds for its Adapted Sailing School for people with disabilities will have a very special claim in the 2017 edition, sneakers signed by Usain Bolt, a replica of the ones he used in his farewell to the tracks this summer at the World Championships in Athletics held in London.

The boots of the eleven-time world champion and eight Olympic champion will be raffled among all the participants of the triathlon that will be held on September 16 in Baiona. A test in which they must swim 750 meters in the waters of the bay, pedal almost 20 kilometers through the streets of the fishing village and run 5 kilometers around the historic National Parador.

The Bolt Legacy Spikes , as these limited edition shoes are called, were created exclusively for the athlete’s last race and their design summarizes much of the trajectory of ” the lightning bolt “. The right boot is purple and green, the colors of the school where Bolt started running; and it has engraved the word “Forever” and the Alpha symbol, representing the beginning of his career. The left boot, in gold, has the word “Fastest” engraved and the Omega symbol, representing the end. The tongue bears Usain’s signature and is embossed with his classic pose, as well as the flag of Jamaica, where he hails from.

The third edition of the Baiona Solidarity Vertiathlon will be held on September 16 and the registration period is now open. The amount that is collected with the inscriptions will go entirely to the Monte Real Adapted Sailing School, whose main objective is to bring people with any type of disability closer to the sea, so that they can sail under equal conditions, in facilities without barriers. and on board adapted boats.

More than 200 people from different parts of Galicia participated in the last edition of the Solidarity Vertiathlon, which allowed them to raise, with their registration fees, nearly five thousand four hundred euros. The winners were Jacobo Crego, from the Vedra Olympian, in the men’s absolute category; and her clubmate, Aida García, in the women’s category.

· The MAPFRE skipper in the Volvo Ocean Race was the only Spaniard to compete in the 35th America’s Cup as part of the crew of the Land Rover BAR

· In the list of winners of this 40-year-old from Gipuzkoa there are also two Olympic medals, three world championships, three Europeans, and five round the world

· Xabi Fernández will collect his Terras Gauda National Sailing Award on September 2 in Baiona at a gala organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club

Baiona, August 25, 2017.- MAPFRE’s skipper in the Volvo Ocean Race, Xabi Fernández from Gipuzkoa, will collect the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award on September 2 in Baiona, which recognizes him as the best sailor of the year. In addition to valuing his extensive and award-winning career as an athlete, the award especially rewards his participation, as the only Spanish representative, in the latest edition of the Copa América.

Fernández was part of the challenge mounted by England to win the Jar of the Hundred Guineas, the precious trophy of the most important sailing competition in the world, in which he battled aboard the Land Rover BAR built by Ben Ainslie. He took charge of the rigid sail, just as he had already done in the 2013 America’s Cup, in which he competed with the Italian Luna Rossa team.

These are two of the milestones in the record of this 40-year-old from Ibarra who, after scoring his first world title in the youth category of Vaurien in 1992, has not stopped adding lines. Two Olympic medals (gold in Athens 2014 and silver in Beijing 2008), three world championships, three European titles and five world tours are part of a sports curriculum in which a new line is now written, that of the National Sailing Award Terras Gauda to the best sailor of the year.

Fernández himself will be the one to pick it up on September 2 in Baiona, at a gala organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates as part of the celebration of the 32nd Prince of Asturias Trophy. And he will do so with his sights set on his next project, that of leading MAPFRE in the Volvo Ocean Race that will start in Alicante next October.

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The boat built by Álvaro Irala and led by the Olympic champion Fernando León wins this year the Terras Gauda Award for the best ORC boat

· The boat from Puerto Portals, winner of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE in 2016, has a luxury crew with some of the best sailors today

· The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be presented on September 2 at a gala organized in Baiona by the Monte Real Club de Yates

The Maserati de Puerto Portals, built by Álvaro Irala and led by the Olympic champion Fernando León, has been selected as the best ORC boat by the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, awards that, for more than 25 years, have recognized the best of the nautical world in Spain.

At the time of its election, the jury that awards the awards has valued, in a special way, the victory achieved in 2016 by the Maserati in the thirty-fifth edition of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE, in which it won after dealing with some of today’s best boats and skippers such as Rayco Tabares, Alex Rodger, Jaime Rodríguez Toubes and Rui Ramada , among others.

Fernando León and his team managed to win the most prestigious trophy in the Mediterranean just as twenty years had passed since another of the legendary skipper’s great feats, that of winning gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games together with José Luis Ballester, with the who competed in the Tornado class.

The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards also reward the power gathered on board the DK46 Maserati . Under the guidelines of León, skipper and head of the sports area, other Canarians haggle like Jose Ponce, Luis Martínez Doreste, Juan Luis Wood and Kevin Rosales; Álvaro Irala from Alicante, Guillermo Altadill from Barcelona, Nacho Alcina and Jaime Martínez del Cerro from Cadiz, Ramón Lago from Galicia and Matías Picornell from Mallorca.

The Maserati will receive its award on September 2 in Baiona, coinciding with the celebration of the thirty-second edition of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, which will also host the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards gala, organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club .

· The monthly ABC supplement specializing in nautical issues celebrated eleven years of history in 2017 without missing a single month of its appointment with the newsstand

· The doyen of the nautical press in Spain Pedro Sardina directs it since its creation in April 2006 commissioned by José Antonio Zarzalejos

· Pedro Sardina himself will be the one to collect the award on September 2 in Baiona at the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards gala

The monthly supplement ABC de la Náutica has been awarded this year with the Mariano Aguado Communication Award from the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards for the dissemination, for more than a decade, of the main news related to sailing produced in Spain. .

Created in April 2006 by the doyen of the Spanish nautical press, Pedro Sardina, ABC de la Náutica has not missed a single month since its appointment with newsstands.

It has also done so by staying true to the goal with which it was born, that of reporting and analyzing everything that happens in the world of sailing in Spain from a strictly sporting point of view. And all this, reaching the more than two million seven hundred thousand readers of the paper version of ABC and the more than 40,000 people who download the digital version of the supplement every month.

For all these reasons, the jury of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards has decided to grant ABC de la Náutica an award that Pedro Sardina himself will be in charge of collecting next September 2 in Baiona.

An award that will also be a recognition of the figure of this journalist from Madrid, holder of the Naval Merit Medal with a white badge and a professional experience of more than 42 years, in which the coverage of 7 Olympic Games, 11 American’s Cup , 11 World Tours, 35 King’s Cups and 22 Prince of Asturias Trophies, among many others.

The annual party for members of the Monte Real Club de Yates was held on the night of Friday, August 18, 2017.

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· The “Gallos” team, made up of seven top-level Spanish sailors, represented Spain at the Youth America’s Cup held in Bermuda

· Two Olympic athletes, two world champions and two Spanish champions joined the Spanish Impulse by Iberostar

· The Monte Real Club de Yates will host the presentation of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards on September 2 in Baiona

The Spanish Impulse by Iberostar has been recognized by the jury of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards as the best regatta team of the year. The crew, made up of seven Spanish sailors of the highest level, will receive the award next September in Baiona that recognizes their performance representing Spain in the Youth America’s Cup, the youth version of the Copa América de Vela, held last month June in Bermuda.

The “roosters” team, as they are popularly known, includes the Olympic sailors Jordi Xammar and Diego Botín; world champions Joel Rodríguez, Florian Trittel and Kevin Cabrera; and the Spanish champions Luis Bugallo and Joan Cardona.

His brave and innovative project, directed by María del Mar de Ros, and based on the union of talent and effort, as well as the results obtained in the most prestigious and oldest sailing competition in the world, have been the aspects valued by the jury of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards to give them the award for the best regatta team.

A new recognition for some young sailors who are already working towards a new goal, to become the fifth Copa América Spanish Challenge.

The National Sailing Awards ceremony will be held on September 2 in Baiona, under the organization of the Monte Real Yacht Club. The Catalan Jordi Xammar will be in charge of collecting the award on behalf of the team.

· The Galician and the Canary Islander sealed a spectacular season this summer by winning gold at the Sailing World Cup and silver at the Nacra 17 European Championship

· The award especially recognizes their performance at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games where they narrowly missed out on the Medal Race

· Echávarri and Pacheco will receive the award on September 2 at a gala organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates in the town of Baiona

Fernándo Echávarri from Galicia and Tara Pacheco from the Canary Islands will receive the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the Best Olympic Team next September in Baiona, an award that recognizes their spectacular sporting career throughout the last season.

After completing a great performance at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, where they narrowly missed out on the Medal Race, Echávarri and Pacheco returned to Spain wanting to continue giving their all, and the podiums kept coming.

Last June, aboard their Nacra 17, they won the gold medal at the Sailing World Cup, held in Santander. It was his third gold of the season, after victories at the Trofeo Princesa Sofía and at the World Cup Series (SWC) in Hyéres (France).

Just a few days ago, in Kiel (Germany), the Echávarri-Pacheco tandem once again climbed onto the winners’ podium, this time as Nacra 17 European runners-up, in a competition that debuted in foil sailing.

With all these achievements behind him, Fernándo Echávarri, 44, from Pontevedra, Olympic champion with Antón Paz in the Tornado class; and the 28-year-old from Gran Canaria, Tara Pacheco, world and European 470 champion, will receive a well-deserved recognition for their most recent career next September.

The Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards, organized once again this year by the Monte Real Yacht Club, will distinguish them as the best Olympic team. The gala will be held on September 2, coinciding with the 32nd Prince of Asturias Trophy.

The Naval Military School will receive the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the institution of the year, coinciding with the 300th anniversary of its creation in 1717

· In addition to training Navy officers, the School has been one of the main generators of scientific knowledge in Spain for years

· The Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Military School will be in charge of collecting the award at a gala to be held on September 2 in Baiona

The Naval Military School of Marin has been honored this year with the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the institution of the year for the work it has carried out, for three centuries, in the scientific, humanistic, military and seafaring training of the officers of the Spain navy.

The jury that awards the awards has also wanted to recognize with this award the fact that the School has become, throughout its history, one of the main generators of scientific knowledge in Spain, in matters as closely related to the nautical world as cartography, meteorology, geodesy, engineering, hydrography, oceanography or astronomy, among others.

The Naval Military School of Marín will receive the award in the year in which the 300th anniversary of its birth is celebrated, in 1717, when the Intendant General of the Navy Patiño ordered its creation under the name of Royal Company of Marine Guards.

Since then, with different names and locations, the institution has been the cradle of Navy officers, and the last three generations of the Spanish Royal Family have passed through its classrooms, its students being Don Juan de Borbón, Don Juan Carlos de Borbón and the current King Felipe VI.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Military Naval School, José María Núñez Torrente, will be in charge of collecting the Terras Gauda National Sailing Award for the institution of the year at a gala to be held on September 2 in Baiona, coinciding with the celebration of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club.

Next Friday, August 18, starting at 9:00 p.m., the Monte Real Yacht Club celebrates, once again, its Annual Members Party. It will be a cocktail dinner with live music, with which the members of the club, Accompanied by their families and guests, they will be able to enjoy an unforgettable evening in Baiona.

Tickets are priced at 25 euros for members and 30 euros for non-members, and can be reserved from today until August 14, by calling the club at 986 385 000 or writing an email to secretaria@mrcyb.com. Each member may bring a maximum of two guests. Due to the limited capacity, we recommend that you make your ticket reservation as soon as possible.

• WHAT: Annual Party for Members of the Monte Real Yacht Club
• WHEN: Friday, August 18, at 9:00 p.m. at the Monte Real Club de Yates
• PRICE: 25 euros for members / 30 euros for non-members
• GUESTS: Each member can bring a maximum of 2 guests
• RESERVATION OF TICKETS: From August 8 to 14 at 986 385 000 or secretaria@mrcyb.com
• PAYMENT OF TICKETS: Before August 17, with direct payment at the club or receipt drawn to your bank account
• PARKING: The club’s parking will be restricted to members until the available places are completed

The 32nd Prince of Asturias Trophy will be held in the waters of the bay of Baiona and the Vigo estuary on September 1, 2 and 3, 2017, organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club and the Naval Regatta Commission of the School Naval Militar de Marín by delegation of the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation and with the collaboration of the Galician Sailing Federation. The 32nd Prince of Asturias Trophy is included in the calendar of the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation as the Spanish ORC Cruise Championship in the Galicia area, and is also eligible for the Xunta de Galicia President Trophy.

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· The crew of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, led by the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal, won a trophy that they had already won in 2013 and 2016

The Siradella of the Club Náutico de Portosín won the PSA Retail Zona Galicia Heights Spanish Championship by winning the Carrumeiro Chico stage

The Unus of Luis García Trigo from Monte Real and the Balea Dous of Luis María Pérez from the Real Club Náutico de Rodeira won in the ORC 2-3 and ORC 4 classes

· In the real-time competition of the J80 and Fígaro monotypes, Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen and Brais Acevedo’s Tutatis took the victory

· The young Pablo Marquina, 10 years old, received an honorable mention for the youngest sailor who participated in the competition held in the Rías Baixas

The Aceites Abril of the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal managed to revalidate this Tuesday its title of champion of the Count of Gondomar, a trophy that the ship of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo had already won in two previous editions, in 2013 and 2016.

Ourenses were among the favorites to win the championship organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club with the sponsorship of Banco Sabadell, and they did not disappoint on the water. They were the fastest to complete the Carrumeiro Chico stage, the longest in the competition, and managed to cross the finish line always among the first in the rest of the tests held since last Saturday in the Rías Baixas.

Those of the April Oils took the gold of the competition leaving the silver to their teammates, the crew of the Pairo 8, who sailed in this edition led by two very young skippers of just 22 years old, Alberto Basadre and Luis Bugallo. Alternating to the cane in the different stages, both were the ones who put the boat armed by José Luis Freire on the podium of honor.

The bronze in the competition went to another of the boats that stood out the most in the regattas, Alberto Moro’s new Solventis, who sailed wearing a pendant from the Monte Real Club de Yates and with Malalo Bermúdez at the wheel.

The scheme of the definitive general classification, of Aceites Abril – Pairo – Solventis, was the one that also resulted in the Storax ORC 0-1 class, which this afternoon the last two races of the trophy were held at the Cíes Islands anchorage. There were two windward-leeward voyages, about 6 miles apart, that the entire fleet sailed with a northwesterly wind averaging 14 knots with gusts of 18.

Luis García Trigo’s Unus, from Monte Real, was the boat that won the PSA Retail ORC 2-3 class. He did so by improving his results in each of the tests that were held since last Saturday. The second prize in the class went to the Sada Marina in the hands of Cándido Losada’s Inosa; and the third was taken by Fend la Bise, by Jean Claude Sarrade, who ran for the organizing club.

In the Coca Cola ORC 4 class, the podium was made up as follows: the Balea Dous of the Real Club Náutico de Rodeira rose to the top. With Luis María Pérez at the controls, the crew posted the best results in its category, with three first places in the four races held. The following steps of winners were covered by two boats from Monte Real, the Margem do Azul III of Santiago Gómez and Frederico Lopes; and Abal Abogados/Lagar de Pintos/Fanautic de Mariano Dios.

In the forty-second edition of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy there was also a place for monotypes, both J80 and Fígaros. In the J80 Rías Baixas class, Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen started as the favorite and, despite not being able to achieve full victories, was the undisputed winner. Manuel María Cunha’s Marías and Guillermo Caamaño’s Virazón were second and third respectively.

In the Martin Miller Figaro class competition, it was the one in which the classification varied the most throughout the different regattas, producing continuous changes in the first positions. Finally, Tutatis de Brais Acevedo got on the podium; the Erizana by Rosalía Martínez and the Silleiro by Santiago Meygide.

At the awards ceremony for the Count of Gondomar, which was attended by the Deputy General Manager of Banco Sabadell, Pablo Junceda, as the main sponsor, the plaque was also presented to the winner of the Spanish PSA Retail Zona Galicia Heights Championship, which was won by the Siradella of the Nautical Club of Portosín, skippered by Francisco Gude.

Ten-year-old sailor Pablo Marquina received an honorable mention for the youngest participant in the Conde, in which he competed as a crew member on the J80 Virazón.

The next appointment in the regatta calendar of the Monte Real Yacht Club is the Principe de Asturias Trophy, which will be held on September 1, 2 and 3.

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION 42nd COUNT OF GONDOMAR

WINNER OF THE 42ND COUNT OF GONDOMAR BANCO SABADELL TROPHY

APRIL OILS LUIS AND JORGE PÉREZ CANAL RCN VIGO

SPANISH HEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP PSA RETAIL GALICIA ZONE

SIRADELLA FRANCISCO GUDE RCN PORTOSÍN

STORAX ORC CLASS 0-1

1. APRIL OILS LUIS AND JORGE PÉREZ CANAL RNC VIGO
2. PAIRO 8 · ALBERTO BASADRE/LUIS BUGALLO · RCN VIGO
3. SOLVENTIS MALALO BERMÚDEZ MRCYB

PSA RETAIL ORC CLASS 2-3

1. UNUS LUIS GARCIA TRIGO MRCYB
2. INOSA CANDIDO LOSADA MARINA DE SADA
3. FEND LA BISE · JEAN CLAUDE SARRADE · MRCYB

COCA COLA ORC CLASS 4

1. BALEA DOUS · LUIS MARIA PÉREZ · RCN RODEIRA
2. MARGEM DO AZUL III · SANTIAGO LÓPEZ · MRCYB
3. ABAL LAWYERS/LAGAR DE PINTOS/FANAUTIC MARIANO DIOS MRCYB

CLASS J80 RÍAS BAIXAS

1. OKOFEN · JAVIER DE LA GANDARA · MRCYB
2. MARÍAS MANUEL CUNHA MRCYB
3. VIRAZÓN · WILLY CAAMAÑO · MRCYB

MARTIN MILLER FIGARO CLASS

1. TUTATIS BRAIS ACEVEDO MRCYB
2. ERIZANA · ROSALÍA MARTÍNEZ · MRCYB
3. SILLEIRO SANTIAGO MEYGIDE MRCYB

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This Monday marks the second stage of the 42nd Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy, with a circumnavigation test of the Cíes and Ons archipelagos, which must be completed by the entire fleet, both the ORC boats and the one-design J80 and Fígaro.

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· Pending resolution of a protest filed over an incident with the Salseiro, those from the Club Náutico de Boiro are the virtual winners of the longest stage of the 42nd Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy

· The Aceites Abril of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo was the fastest boat to navigate the 95-mile round trip between Baiona and the Carrumeiro Chico, which it completed in fifteen hours and fifteen minutes

· The sailboats that compete in the trophy organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club will return to the water tomorrow, Monday, starting at noon to participate in a circumnavigation test of the Cíes and Ons islands

The Santorum & Martinez Group, from the Club Náutico de Boiro, is the virtual winner of the Carrumeiro Chico stage, the longest and most exciting of the 42nd Conde de Gondomar- Banco Sabadell Trophy, which is being held these days in the Rías Baixas.

The crew, skippered by Javier Durán, will have to wait until the protest filed due to an incident with the Salseiro of the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña is resolved tomorrow, Monday, to find out if they are finally the definitive winners of the race.

The Santorum & Martínez was the most favored boat for the compensation of times and the Aceites Abril, of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, the fastest to complete the journey of just over 95 round trip miles between Baiona and the Carrumeiro Chico.

After leaving the bay of Baiona at ten past eleven, and after more than nine hours of sailing, the sailboat led by Luis Pérez Canal rounded the Corcubión lighthouse at half past eight and crossed the finish line at twenty-five past two in the morning, achieving a time of fifteen hours and fifteen minutes of navigation.

Barely five minutes later, Pairo 8, also from the Vigo yacht company, skippered by the young Alberto Basadre, who remained practically at the head of the race with the April Oils, finished the test.

Solventis del Monte Real also managed to complete the regatta with less than sixteen hours of navigation, with Malalo Bermúdez de Castro in the lead; Siradella de Portosín, led by Francisco Gude; and the Santorum & Martinez Group, which crossed the finish line at seven minutes past three in the morning, nearly sixteen hours after the start.

Despite the difficulty of the test, one of the toughest of the nautical competitions held in Spain, there were hardly any significant events. In addition to the incident between the Santorum & Martinez and the Salseiro, only two boats withdrew from the test, the Alma do Mar, from the Marina de Sada, which broke its rudder after touching some shallows when the Carrumeiro was about to turn; and the Marara IV, of the Rías Baixas Maritime Club, which ran out of wind and decided to start the engine.

For the rest, the test, in which only boats of the Storax ORC 0-1 and PSA Retail ORC 2-3 classes competed, was developed with winds from the northwest of between 8 and 10 knots, which shifted to the north as the evening.

The sailboats participating in the 42nd Conde de Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy will return to the water tomorrow, Monday, starting at noon to participate in a circumnavigation test of the Cíes and Ons islands. In the afternoon, once the competition at sea is over, the crews will be able to taste Martin Miller and Royal Bliss gin and tonics and a seafood dinner that will be offered at the Monte Real facilities.

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· Guillermo Caamaño’s Virazón and Ricardo Acevedo’s Bouvento completed a great regatta and won the J80 and Fígaro classes

· In the ORC 4 competition, the provisional classification is led by Balea Dous of the Real Club Náutico de Rodeira led by Luis María Pérez

· The largest boats that compete for the route to and from Carrumeiro Chico will begin to arrive in Baiona at dawn

· The 42nd Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy continues next Monday with a circumnavigation test of the Cíes and Ons archipelagos

The forty-second edition of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy, which is being held until next Tuesday in the Rías Baixas under the organization of the Monte Real Club de Yates and sponsored by Banco Sabadell, began with a good wind and great expectation on the water.

The competition began on time at eleven o’clock in the morning with the departure, heading for Carrumeiro Chico, of the boats of the Storax ORC 0-1 and PSA Retail 2-3 classes, which after taking the unmarking, undertook a journey of almost one hundred miles away that will not end until Sunday morning, with the arrival of the last sailboats.

Barely a quarter of an hour after the departure of the big boats, and after readjusting the regatta field due to a role of wind, the honk resounded in the Bay of Baiona for the fleet of the J80 Rías Baixas and Fígaro Martin Miller classes. , which competed in real time. Also for the Coca Cola ORC 4 class, for which the regatta committee established the same course, a route of just over 29 round-trip miles to the Camouco lighthouse, near Ons Island.

The fleet left the bay of Baiona through Carallones quite agile, propelled by a northwesterly wind of between 7 and 8 knots, but just after taking that first mark, a calm one stalled the boats for almost three quarters of an hour. Finally, a breeze came through the Cíes and the crews resumed their sailing rhythm.

In the J80 Rías Baixas class, the Virazón del Monte Real Club de Yates, led by Willy Caamaño, was the first to take advantage of that wind and was able to take advantage of the rest of the sailboats. He easily beat Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, his biggest rival and the one who started, a priori, as the favourite. The third to cross the finish line was Luis de Mira’s Namasté.

In the Figaro Martin Miller class, the protagonist of the day was Ricardo Acevedo, who, aboard the Bouvento, was able to lead a group of students from the Monte Real Cruise Sailing School to the top of the standings. He also did it in a convincing way, taking a great advantage over the rest of Fígaros and finishing the test very close to the J80. Silleiro de Santiago Meygide and Serralleiras de Ramón Palao are in second and third position in the provisional classification.

In the Coca Cola ORC 4 class, the six hours and twenty minutes that the Balea Dous took to complete the test place it, today, as the favorite to climb to the top of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy podium. The boat from the Real Club Náutico de Rodeira, skippered by Luis María Pérez, is followed in the classification by two boats from Monte Real, the Abal Abogados-Lagar de Pintos-Fanautic, owned by Mariano Dios; and the Margem do Azul III by Santiago Gómez.

The first day of the 42nd Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy ended on land with a tasting of Martin Miller and Royal Bliss gin and tonics. The competition will continue next Monday with a circumnavigation event around the Cíes and Ons archipelagos.

CLASSIFICATIONS AFTER THE FIRST DAY

CLASS J80 RÍAS BAIXAS

1. Virazón Guillermo Caamaño
2. Okofen · Javier de la Gándara
3. Namasté · Luis de Mira

MARTIN MILLER FIGARO CLASS

1. Bouvento · Ricardo Acevedo
2. Silleiro Santiago Meygide
3. Serralleiras Ramon Palao

COCA COLA ORC CLASS 4

1. Balea Dous · Luis María Pérez
2. Abal Lawyers – Lagar de Pintos – Fanautic Mariano Dios
3. Margem do Azul III · Santiago Gómez

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· The most exciting test of the competition and one of the most attractive of sailing in Spain is held tomorrow Saturday in the Rías Baixas

· The sailboats that participate in the challenge must complete the almost 100 round-trip miles that separate Baiona and the Carrumeiro Chico lighthouse

· The fleet will try to beat the record of the test held since 2011 by Cenor & De Dietrich, which completed it in 11 hours 56 minutes and 57 seconds

· The regatta can be followed live on the Internet thanks to a mobile application that will transmit the real position of the boats at all times

The calendar marked July 2011 when the Cenor & De Dietrich, a Farr 50 from the Real Club de Regatas Galicia, managed to place its name in the history of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy by smashing the record that the Basque sailboat Zorongo had held since 1992. The crew from Arousa, led by Martín Bermúdez de la Puente, completed the ascent and descent to the Carrumeiro Chico in just 11 hours, 56 minutes and 57 seconds, reducing the figure achieved by the Basques 19 years earlier by more than 30 minutes.

At that time the distance of the route exceeded one hundred miles, something that will not happen in 2017, for which it is expected that the route will be around 94. Some of the best Galician crews of today will participate in the adventure, in which historic sailors mix with young promises that have been stepping strong in the current nautical scene.

The Aceites Abril of the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal will be one of the boats that we will see in the competition, trying to revalidate the title of Champion of Spain of Height of the Galicia Zone that it achieved in the previous edition.

The Real Club Náutico de Vigo will also participate in Pairo 8, with one of the skippers that best combines youth and good work on the water. After participating this summer in the Youth America’s Cup, the young man from Vigo, Luis Bugallo, will once again lead the crew.

Also taking part in this forty-second edition of the Count of Gondomar – Banco Sabadell Trophy will be Javier Durán’s Corsair VI, who, wearing a Boiro pendant, will try to repeat the results achieved in 2015, when he scored a double by winning the trophy and the Spanish Height Championship.

From the north they will go down to Baiona to compete in the Carrumeiro test, a regular in the great regattas in Galicia, such as the Salseiro, the Dehler 44 of Manuel Blanco, of the Real Club Náutico de A Coruña; and the Inosa and the Alma do Mar de Sada, skippered by Cándido Losada and Nito Enrique Arias. And from the south will arrive at Monte Real the Portuguese Five, a First 47.7 that will sail for the WeDoSailing-BB Douro club, from Vila Nova de Gaia.

Javier Montenegro’s Marara IV, Luis García Trigo’s Unus, Francisco Gude’s Siradella, Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui’s Txole or Jean Claude Sarrade’s Fend la Bise will be other boats that will try to win this first test of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy, for which very changeable weather conditions are expected.

The sailboats will leave at eleven o’clock in the morning from the Bay of Baiona with very little wind and little defined, from the west northwest, with quite a few clouds and some fog. Little by little the day will open and the wind will turn to the west, the crews will sail through and the wind will increase in intensity, up to 16-18 knots. A new role will leave the north wind boarded, to stay that way throughout the return from Corcubión to Baiona.

The forecast of the regatta committee, which will be chaired for yet another year by Fernando Giraldo, is that the first boats will begin to tack the Carrumeiro Chico at seven in the afternoon and that the first arrivals will take place after one in the morning.

The regatta can be followed live thanks to the eStela mobile application, through which each boat will transmit its position in real time. In addition to giving security to this complicated test, this system will allow the public to follow the development of the test through the Internet at all times.

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