The nautical competition organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club celebrates this Saturday in Baiona the third of the six days scheduled on the calendar

· The regattas will be held from three in the afternoon with the addition to the fleet of a new boat, the Cormorant Boat of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo

· After achieving three victories in the previous rounds, Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen is at the top of the standings, ten points behind its rivals

The J80 Class Winter League of the Monte Real Club de Yates arrives this Saturday at its halfway point with the celebration of the third of the six scheduled days in a regatta calendar that began last January and will last until the end of March.

The competition organized by the Baiona club, in which eleven one-design boats of the J80 class are vying for victory, will begin at three in the afternoon, and will include several regattas with windward-leeward courses in the waters of the Bay of Baiona.

The weather report indicates that the wind will blow from the northeast, with a certain intensity, between five and ten knots, or even exceeding them, with peaks of up to fourteen, which indicates that the regatta committee will be able to start the three scheduled tests .

After the starting line, this Saturday, the Cormorant Boat of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo will be placed for the first time, which joins the fleet of the J80 Class Winter League in the middle of the competition led by Francisco Javier Martínez, and with Alfonso Otero, Carlos González and Maruxa Sío completing the crew.

A new boat that will fight alongside the rest to take the lead from Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, unbeatable so far. He achieved six victories in the six races held and was placed ten points away from his closest rivals, Francisca Barros’ Miudo by Storax and Miguel Lago’s Virazón.

Completing the classification are Ferralemes by Enrique Porto, Cansino by Fernando Yáñez, Mondo by Bernardo Macedo, Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero, Pazo de Cea by María Campos, Namasté by Luis de Mira and Alumisel by Willy Caamaño.

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· The Monte Real Yacht Club Sailing School organizes a new light sailing initiation course for children on Friday afternoons in Baiona

· Starting next March, children between 7 and 12 years old will be able to learn to sail and enjoy the sea in the bay of Baiona for 30 euros per month

· The MRCYB Sailing School thus extends its weekend schedules in which numerous light sailing and cruising courses are taught for children and adults

The Sailing School of the Monte Real Yacht Club of Baiona organizes a new light sailing initiation course for children between 7 and 12 years old who want to learn to sail and enjoy the sea in the bay of Baiona.

The activity, for which the registration period is already open, will start from next March. The classes will be held on Friday afternoons and will cost 30 euros per month, a price that includes the use of the boat and the necessary vest to go out on the water.

Although the classes are mostly practical, to learn how to maneuver and make decisions at sea, they also include theoretical knowledge so that the little ones can become familiar with the nautical nomenclature, the parts of the boat and its operation, and the basic concepts of navigation. by candle

The course will be taught at the facilities of the Monte Real Yacht Club, located on the grounds of the Parador Nacional de Baiona, and navigation will take place in the waters of the Bay of Baiona. In addition to a classroom to teach theoretical classes, the club has changing rooms to shower and change, and a warehouse to store all the material and equipment provided to the students.

Over the last few years, hundreds of boys and girls from all over the Valmiñor region have passed through the Monte Real facilities to participate in one of the Sailing School courses, in which, in addition to receiving nautical training, they can share experiences with other colleagues while enjoying good times at sea.

To enroll in this new course or receive more information about this or other activities, you can call 986 385 000 and 625 261 586 or send an email to escuela@mrcyb.com .

INITIATION SAILING COURSE FOR CHILDREN

What?

INITIATION COURSE TO LIGHT SAILING

For whom?

CHILDREN BETWEEN 7 AND 12 YEARS OLD

When?

FRIDAY AFTERNOON

Where?

IN BAIONA SAILING SCHOOL OF MONTE REAL YACHT CLUB

Price?

30 EUROS/MONTH

INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION

In the facilities of Monte Real

NATIONAL PARADOR ENCLOSURE – BAIONA

By email

SCHOOL@MRCYB.COM

By phone

986 385 000 / 625 261 586

The historic sailor from Vigo, Javier de la Gándara, was relentless once again in the Winter League of the Monte Real Club de Yates, a competition that saw its second day this afternoon in Baiona.

Aboard the Okofen and with his usual crew, made up of Jaime de la Gándara, Diego Fernández and Hugo Ferreiro, De la Gándara won the three races held this Saturday in the waters of the bay of Baiona, with which he now has six victories in the six regattas held throughout this month.

Neither the problems they had again with the spinnaker, nor the deep sea that made it difficult for the sailboats to navigate, nor even the good work of other boats such as Francisca Barros’ Miudo by Storax, prevented the Okofen crew from crossing first the finish line in all races run.

With this new full of victories, De la Gándara and his team are increasingly separating themselves from their rivals, whom they already exceed by more than ten points. The closest, in second and third position in the classification, and level on points, are Miudo by Storax and Virazón.

The Portuguese from Miúdo signed three fantastic regattas this afternoon, which allowed them to rise from fifth place to second. They did it with a completely renewed crew compared to the first day. At the controls, Francisca Barros, a very young Portuguese sailor who has been demonstrating her talent aboard these monotypes for some time.

Miguel Lago’s Virazón, another of the classics on the J80 competition podiums, came out, as always, ready to fight, but after a very good first race, he lost some steam and had to settle for third place in the Provisional podium, where he is tied on points with Miúdo.

After six tests and the application of a discard, the classification of the J80 Class Winter League of the Monte Real Club de Yates is completed by Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes, Fernándo Yáñez’s Cansino, Bernardo Macedo’s Mondo, Juan’s Luna Nueva Luis Tuero and the Pazo de Cea de María Campos.

Closing the list are Luis de Mira’s Namasté and Willy Caamaño’s Alumisel, who were unable to go out on the water this afternoon to compete in the second day of tests, but who will return to the competition in the third stage, on February 11.

GENERAL RANKING

1. Okofen – Javier de la Gandara (5 points)
2. Miudo by Storax – Francisca Barros (15 points)
3. Virazón – Miguel Lago (15 points)
4. Ferralemes – Enrique Porto (17 points)
5. Tired – Fernándo Yáñez (21 points)
6. Mondo – Bernardo Macedo (32 points)
7. New Moon – Juan Luis Tuero (35 points)
8. Pazo de Cea – Maria Campos (36 points)
9. Namasté – Luis de Mira (41 points)
10. Alumisel – Willy Caamaño (46 points)

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The J80 Class Winter League of the Monte Real Club de Yates returns to the water this Saturday with a new day of tests starting at three in the afternoon in the Bay of Baiona.

With winds from the south southwest of an average of ten knots, the participating sailboats will compete in a maximum of three windward-leeward races in a regatta field that the committee will design based on the weather conditions that are recorded.

On the starting line, ten monotypes that will sail as a fleet and compete in real time to climb positions in the provisional classification, which is led by Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen after having signed a full victories on the first day.

Six points behind the leader, in second position, is Miguel Lago’s Virazón; and Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes is third, three points behind second and nine behind first. Completing the classification are Cansino by Fernándo Yáñez, Miudo by Storax by Tiago Roquete, Namasté by Luis de Mira, Pazo de Cea by María Campos, Mondo by Bernardo Macedo, Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero, and Alumisel by Willy Caamano.

The public who wants to enjoy the competition, which will start at three in the afternoon, will be able to see the tests from the walls of the Parador Nacional de Baiona, Monteferro, Monte Lourido or Playa América.

>> CLASSIFICATION DAY 1

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· The head of sport at the regional level today made her first official visit to the Baionese club after taking office last December

· Marta Míguez verified in situ the operation of a school that provides service throughout the year to hundreds of people with different disabilities

· The Secretary General gave a very positive assessment of the initiative “because of the impact it has on a social group with great relevance and presence in society”

The General Secretary for Sports of the Xunta de Galicia, Marta Míguez, from Ourense, today made her first official visit to the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona after taking office last December.

The head of sport at the regional level wanted to know in situ the operation of the Adapted Sailing School that the Baiona club launched five years ago to bring the sea closer to people with disabilities and allow them to navigate under equal conditions. Some objectives that, in the words of the general secretary, are fully shared by her department.

The Monte Real Adapted Sailing School, said Marta Míguez, is “an initiative with a very important impact for a social group of great relevance and presence in a society in which, unfortunately, it has far fewer opportunities than other people”. That is why, he assured, that the intention of the secretariat is to give continuity to the support that the Xunta de Galicia had been providing for years.

During her visit to Monte Real, accompanied by the Head of the Provincial Sports Service of Pontevedra, Daniel Benavides, the general secretary was received by the president and vice president of the club, José Luis Álvarez and Alejandro Retolaza, as well as by the new manager, Óscar Calero.

It also coincided with a group of students from the Juan María de Nigrán Center, a group that provides services to people with intellectual disabilities and their families, and who have been coming to Baiona for years to sail with the Adapted Sailing School. Míguez shared a few moments of conversation with them and even got on one of the boats in which they previously sailed.

· With more than twenty years of experience in business management, the man from Madrid assumes the management of one of the most traditional yacht clubs in the country

· Master’s degree in business administration and management from the University of Oxford, he also has an extensive sports career in which he has been rowing world champion.

· In the field of sailing, Calero has been a J80 sailor, a class that the Monte Real Club de Yates has been promoting for years through the acquisition of boats and the organization of specific competitions for these monotypes

The rowing world champion, Óscar Calero from Madrid, has just been appointed as the new manager of the Monte Real Club de Yates. With a Master’s degree in business administration and management from the University of Oxford and an extensive career of more than twenty years in business management, Calero assumes the management of one of the most traditional yacht clubs in the country.

He does so with a CV in which, in addition to his professional experience in the field of business, his extensive background in the sports world stands out. In addition to being world rowing champion in 2009, he has been a coach, technician and development advisor for different federations.

In the field of sailing, Calero has been a J80 sailor, a class that the Monte Real Club de Yates has been promoting for years through the acquisition of new boats and the organization of specific competitions for these monotypes, such as the Winter League that these months are celebrated in Baiona.

Looking to the future, the new manager will work to bring to fruition the guidelines of the club’s Board of Directors, currently chaired by José Luis Álvarez. Some guidelines that involve the implementation of new lines of action in different areas, with the aim of improving the services and benefits that Monte Real offers today to its members and visitors in Baiona.

The promotion of nautical tourism, the organization of sports competitions and the commitment to training through the MRCYB Sailing School and the Adapted Sailing School for people with disabilities, will continue to be, one more year, strategic axes in the different actions of the club.

· Three first places in the three races held this afternoon in the bay of Baiona gave victory to the boat skippered by the ocean sailor

Okofen thus leads the J80 Class Winter League of the Monte Real Yacht Club followed by Miguel Lago’s Virazón and Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes

· The one-design competition continues on the 28th of this month of January with the second of the six days scheduled until the end of March

Three victories in the three races held this afternoon in Baiona place Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen in the lead of the J80 Class Winter League, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates in the waters of the Bay of Baiona.

The competition opened today with ideal weather conditions, wrapped in a sunny and very cold day, but with good wind for the sailboats, since, with few exceptions, it blew above ten knots practically at all times.

At three in the afternoon, punctual according to the scheduled time, the members of the regatta committee started the first of the tests. The ten participating sailboats, all from the J80 class, had to complete a windward-leeward double loop course, which also included an offset. Almost three miles of distance per task that would give the crews enough margin to demonstrate their good work on the water.

And that was precisely what Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen did. The sailboat skippered by the historic ocean sailor and crewed by his son Jaime de la Gándara, Diego Fernández and Hugo Ferreiro, managed to overcome a couple of small problems that arose throughout the regatta, and always crossed the finish line first.

On certain occasions, Fernándo Yáñez’s Cansino and Tiago Roquete’s Miudo by Storax managed to overtake him, but Okofen very soon managed to regain their leadership position and take the lead again.

Thus, De la Gándara’s men lead a competition that leaves Miguel Lago’s Virazón with his usual crew, formed by Gerardo Alonso, Juan Lago and Javier Lago, on the second step of the provisional podium. On this first day they achieved three third places and are six points behind the leader.

In third position, three points behind the second and nine behind the first, is Ferralemes, skippered by Enrique Porto, and manned by Damián Puebla, Alberto Martín and Roberto Fontán.

Completing the classification after this inaugural stage are Cansino by Fernándo Yáñez, Miudo by Storax by Tiago Roquete, Namasté by Luis de Mira, Pazo de Cea by María Campos, Mondo by Bernardo Macedo, Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero, and Willy Caamaño’s Alumisel.

The J80 Class Winter League will continue on the 28th with the second of the six competition days scheduled until the end of next March.

>> CLASSIFICATION DAY 1

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The J80 Class Winter League of the Monte Real Yacht Club opens this weekend the 2017 regatta season in Baiona. The competition is one of the eleven included this year in the sporting calendar of the Baiona yacht club, along with other historic ones such as the Conde de Gondomar Trophy or the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy.

The Winter League will be held over six days during the months of January, February and March . Exclusively, J80 class sailboats will compete in it, monotypes that Monte Real has been promoting for several years, through the acquisition of new boats by its partners and its inclusion as a class in all the competitions it organizes.

This Saturday, the J80 will be in charge of loosening the moorings of the regatta season with the first stage of tests, starting at three in the afternoon in the bay of Baiona. The participating crews, made up of a maximum of four sailors, with the possibility of including a fifth as an observer , will sail as a fleet and compete in real time.

The regatta committee will establish a windward-leeward course for them, which will depend on the weather conditions and which the crews must complete in several laps, proving their worth in each of the manoeuvres. With a maximum of three tests per day and six stages to complete, the teams will add points for the final classification from which the winner of the league will come out, which will be known at the end of next March.

Among the participating boats are, among others, the winners of the previous edition: the Miudo of the Portuguese Francisca Barros, the Virazón skippered by Miguel Lago and the Luna Nueva of the Oviedo Juan Luis Tuero. Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, winner of the J80 Class Autumn League, will also repeat; and Luis de Mira’s Namasté, who came second in the same competition.

There will be a total of ten boats that will take to the water this Saturday to compete in the J80 Class Winter League. After the inclusion last November of the Cansino of Fernándo Yáñez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui in the J80 fleet of Monte Real, in this month of January another boat is added, the Mondo, armed by Bernardo Macedo.

The first of eleven Monte Real competitions in 2017

The J80 Class Winter League is the first of the eleven competitions that the Monte Real Club de Yates will organize throughout 2017. After its celebration, the Winter Regatta and the Spring Regatta – Repsol Trophy will arrive in April, leaving May for the youngest, with the Baitra Children’s Sailing Trophy .

The Galician Solo and Two Championship will open in June, a month in which the Social Cruise Regatta and the AXA Trophy – Iberian Championship Class 2.4mR will also be held. In July, Monte Real opens the month with the celebration of the Baitra-MRCYB Social League Final , and closes it with one of its classics, the Conde de Gondomar Trophy .

The other great event for the Baiona club will be in September with the Prince of Asturias Trophy , in which the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be awarded again. To close the calendar, a new edition, the third already, of the Solidarity Vertiathlon , and the J80 Class Autumn League .

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The Monte Real Club de Yates calendar for 2017 is an extensive sports program that includes 11 nautical competitions at the highest level, among which are historic regattas such as the Conde de Gondomar Trophy and the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy, which this year celebrate their forty-second and thirty-second editions respectively.

The celebration of the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards and the third Solidarity Vertiathlon are other events marked on the agenda of the club from Baiona, which opens this month of January with the Winter League . It is a championship intended exclusively for the J80 class, booming throughout Spain, which will be held in the Bay of Baiona over six days, on January 14 and 28, February 11 and 25, and February 11 and 25. of March.

In April two of the most traditional races arrive at Monte Real, the Winter Regatta and the Spring Regatta – Repsol Trophy. Both include novelties with respect to previous editions. The Winter Regatta is reduced in this 2017 to a single day, on April 22, in which the participating sailboats must complete a coastal route between Vigo and Baiona.

The Repsol Trophy – Spring Regatta , in which the crews tune up their boats to face the strong part of the regatta season, will once again be held to coincide with the May 1 long weekend. There will be three reggae days from April 29, with different tests depending on the type of boat. There will be windward-leeward routes for the J70, J80 and Figaros fleets; and coastal for the rest of sailboats. The novelty in this 2017 is that it will be held exclusively in the Ría de Vigo, with departure and arrival in the bay of Baiona.

In May the event is for the youngest, with the Baitra Children’s Sailing Trophy . Faithful to its commitment to grassroots sports, the Monte Real Club de Yates organizes once again, with the sponsorship of Baitra Accesorios Navales, this championship aimed at those who are just starting out in the world of sailing. It will be held on May 20 and 21 and the participation of numerous sailors from the most important yacht clubs in Galicia and the north of Portugal is expected.

On Saturday, June 10, the Social Cruise Regatta will take place, a new proposal from Monte Real for this 2017, aimed at the ORC fleet, about which the club will announce new details very soon.

The third appointment of the Monte Real Club de Yates for the month of June is an adapted sailing regatta, the AXA Trophy – Iberian Championship Class 2.4mR . There will be three days of competition, on June 16, 17 and 18, in which sailors from different parts of Spain and Portugal, with and without disabilities, will compete under equal conditions in the bay of Baiona. This is the fifth consecutive year in which the Baionese club deals with one of the key events of the peninsular sailing scene.

In July, Monte Real opens the month with the celebration of the Baitra-MRCYB Social League Final , on days 1 and 2. The league is an internal competition that is held throughout the year by the students of the club’s Sailing School, and which ends with a weekend of regattas in the bay and the subsequent awards ceremony. to the winners.

Also in July, on the 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th, coinciding with the Apóstol bridge, one of the mythical competitions of the Baionese club arrives, the Conde de Gondomar Trophy , which in 2017 celebrates its forty-second edition. It will be the Spanish Height Championship and will include, as usual, the Baiona-Fisterra-Baiona route, over 100 miles long, going around the mythical Carrumeiro Chico lighthouse.

Along with the Conde de Gondomar Trophy, the other great event on the Monte Real Yacht Club’s racing calendar is, without a doubt, the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy . Considered one of the most important nautical competitions in Spain, its previous edition featured the participation of King Emeritus Don Juan Carlos, who competed in the 6m class. In this 2017, the regatta turns thirty-two years old and will once again include, on September 1, 2 and 3, sporting events of the highest level and numerous leisure activities for the participants.

Within the framework of the Prince of Asturias Trophy, one more year, the Terras Gauda National Sailing Awards will be presented, awards that recognize the work of people and institutions in favor of the world of sailing, as well as their human values and sports.

The Solidarity Vertiathlon reaches its third edition in 2017 and will be held on September 16 under the organization of Monte Real and the Baiona City Council, with the sponsorship of Verti Seguros and the collaboration of the Galician Triathlon Federation. It will once again raise funds for the MRCYB Adapted Sailing School for people with disabilities, the only one in northern Spain that operates throughout the year, and with which the club provides services to various associations of people with physical, psychosocial, and cognitive disabilities. and sensory.

And starting in October, the J80 Class Autumn League , to be played over four days on October 14 and 28 and November 11 and 25 , will be in charge of closing the 2017 sports season at Monte Real Yacht Club.

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January 14 and 28, February 11 and 25, March 11 and 25

J80 CLASS WINTER LEAGUE

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April 22

WINTER REGATTA

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April 29 and 30 and May 1

REPSOL TROPHY SPRING REGATTA

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May 20 and 21

CHILDREN’S SAILING BAITRA TROPHY

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June 10th

SOCIAL CRUISE REGATTA

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June 16, 17 and 18

AXA TROPHY 2.4mR CLASS IBERIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

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July 1 and 2

BAITRA MRCYB SOCIAL LEAGUE FINAL

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July 22, 23, 24 and 25

COUNT OF GONDOMAR TROPHY

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September 1, 2 and 3

PRINCE OF ASTURIAS TROPHY

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september 2

TERRAS GAUDA NATIONAL SAILING AWARDS

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16 of September

III BAIONA SOLIDARITY VERTIATHLON

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October 14 and 28, November 11 and 25

J80 CLASS FALL LEAGUE

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Now that the end of the year is approaching, we want to look back to remember some of the good times lived at the Monte Real Club de Yates and the MRCYB Sailing School throughout 2016. And we do it with two videos in which we collect some of the images that he left us this year that is about to end.

Dear Friends,

As always on these dates, I am pleased to address all of you to convey, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Monte Real Club de Yates, our most cordial congratulations this holiday season and our best wishes for the coming New Year 2017.

Christmas is the perfect time to take stock and remember everything that has happened, and from the club we do it knowing that we gave our best, and that thanks to the dedication and support of members, workers, collaborators and sponsors, we were able to achieve the goals we set for ourselves.

About to end a year full of events such as 2016, we can only show our deep gratitude to all the people who, in one way or another, have made it possible. To all those who have allowed us to consolidate our traditional nautical events, return to international regattas or expand the services we offer in the club and in our Sailing School.

We live in times that require us to face new challenges and it is our commitment to do so with the utmost responsibility, to comply with our partners, with the sponsors who make our competitions possible, with the sailors who participate in them and with all those who bet on Monte Real. Yate club.

Thank you, once again, for putting your trust in us. We sincerely wish you a very Merry Christmas surrounded by your family and friends and a happy New Year full of hope, peace and prosperity. We also want to send an endearing memory to the families of all those who have left us throughout this year.

Happy Holidays! Happy 2017!

Jose Luis Alvarez

President of the MRCYB

· The sailor from Vigo sentenced the competition this Saturday in Baiona after winning the last test of a trophy in which he prevailed forcefully

· The Namasté led by Luis de Mira and the Miúdo skippered by the Portuguese Francisca Barros took silver and bronze in the one-design championship

· With the Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy, the Monte Real Club de Yates puts an end to the 2016 regatta season and is now preparing for 2017

Baiona, November 26, 2016.- On board the Okofen and with complicated conditions for navigation, the historic sailor from Vigo Javier de la Gándara won this Saturday in Baiona his victory in the Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy, a competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates with the sponsorship of the Catalan banking entity.

With Diego Fernández, Hugo Ferreiro and Jaime de la Gándara completing the crew, Okofen sealed the one-design championship with three first places and one second in the six races held in the bay of Baiona throughout the months of October and November.

His worst result, a sixth place obtained on the fourth day, was finally annulled thanks to the application of a discard, which led De la Gándara to further widen the distance with respect to his rivals, surpassing them by 11 points.

With 17 points, Namasté led by Luis de Mira, and Susana Baena, Javier Torroja, Luis Gutiérrez and Amparo Mollá completing the team, managed to stay in second place that they had been dragging since the previous day and won the silver of the trophy.

The third position, with 19 points, went to the Portuguese Miudo, who after changing crew several times throughout the competition, achieved bronze on this last day with the very young Francisca Barros, Joao Cunha, Alfonso Leite, Rita Rocha and Matilde Pinheiro.

Fourth place went to Pazo de Cea by María Campos, fifth to Virazón by Miguel Lago and sixth to Alumisel by Willy Caamaño. Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero, Ferralemes by Enrique Porto and Cansino by Fernándo Yáñez completed the classification.

This Saturday’s regatta day ended with a fraternization dinner organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club for the entire J80 fleet that participated in the trophy, and in which José Celada, representing the sponsoring entity, was also present. director of private banking Galicia Sur of Banco Sabadell.

During it, the vice-president of the club from Baiona, Alejandro Retolaza, thanked Banco Sabadell for its commitment to Monte Real, making possible – he said – one more year, the celebration of the club’s one-design league, to which each more and more boats.

With the award ceremony of the Banco Sabadell Trophy, the Monte Real Club de Yates puts an end to the 2016 regatta season, in which, in addition to holding its most traditional competitions, such as the Príncipe de Asturias Trophy or the Conde Gondomar, the club returned to international regattas with the Baiona Angra Atlantic Race.

Looking ahead to 2017, Monte Real already has a good number of regattas and activities on the agenda with which it wants to continue betting on promoting sailing in Galicia, both through nautical competitions and training from the base, through its Light Sailing and Cruising Schools, and its Adapted Sailing School for people with disabilities.

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· The competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates closes the 2016 sailing season in Baiona with its last test day

Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen in first position and separated by 7 points from its rivals is the boat that is closest to winning

Waiting for what happens this Saturday, the Namasté skippered by Luis de Mira and the Miudo of the Portuguese Tiago Roquette complete the provisional podium

This Saturday the Banco Sabadell J80 Class Trophy is decided in Baiona, a competition organized exclusively for these monotypes by the Monte Real Yacht Club with which the Baiona club closes the 2016 sailing season.

The trophy sponsored by Banco Sabadell comes to an end with the last tests scheduled in the program, some regattas that will be held from three in the afternoon in the waters of the bay. If the wind allows it, several windward-leeward rounds will be held in which, in addition, a discard could come into play, which would allow the crews to eliminate their worst result from the classification with the aim of improving their position in the table.

Waiting for what happens on the water and the changes that may arise after the application of this possible discard, Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen is the boat that is closest to winning. In first position since the opening day, the crew led by the sailor from Vigo managed to separate themselves from their rivals in the last stage and remains in the lead with 11 points.

Seven and eight points behind Okofen, the provisional podium is completed by Namasté, skippered by Luis de Mira, who after his good performance the previous day managed to climb from fourth to second place, and remains on 18 points; and the Portuguese team of Miudo, led by Tiago Roquette, who despite dropping a step in the standings in the last stage, remains in the top three with 19 points.

Somewhat further down, Javier Rey’s Pazo de Cea closes the competition table, with 22 points; Willy Caamaño’s Alumisel, with 26; Miguel Lago’s Virazón, with 27; Luna Nueva by Juan Luis Tuero, with 30 points; and the Ferralemes run by Enrique Porto and the Cansino run by Fernándo Yáñez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui, who participated in only one day, with 34 and 47 points respectively.

After the celebration of the last tests of the Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy, the Monte Real Club de Yates will host a fellowship dinner for the participants and, at the end of it, the award ceremony for the winners. Participating in it, on behalf of the sponsoring entity, will be the director of private banking Galicia Sur of Banco Sabadell, José Celada; and the director of Galicia Sur business banking, Ramón Correa.

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· With the results achieved this Saturday in Baiona, the sailor from Vigo distances himself from his rivals and places Okofen one step away from winning the trophy

Luis de Mira’s Namasté completed two good races today and managed to sneak into second place on the provisional podium closely followed by Miudo

· The Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates will be decided at the end of the month with the last day of testing on Saturday 26

Baiona, November 12, 2016.- Aboard the Okofen, the historic sailor from Vigo, Javier de la Gándara, consolidated his leadership this Saturday in the Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy, which disputed its third day in the Bay of Baiona with very complicated conditions for navigation.

Very intense showers at times and a very light and very shifty wind greatly hindered the work of the regatta committee, which was able, despite everything, to start two tests for the J80 fleet called by the Monte Real Club de Yates in its league of autumn

There were two windward-leeward routes in which the monotypes, with few exceptions, achieved very different results. In the first race, Miguel Lago’s Virazón clearly prevailed, moving away from the rest of the boats from the opening minutes and comfortably crossing the finish line in first position.

In the second race, however, Virazón had less luck and fell to fifth place, just the opposite of Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, who rose from sixth to first and reaffirmed their leadership of the competition.

With 11 points in the general classification, De la Gándara’s crew moves away from their rivals and Okofen is one step away from winning the Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy, which will be decided at the end of the month on the last day of tests.

As for the rest of the qualifiers, it is worth noting the performance of Luis de Mira’s Namasté, who entered the provisional podium after abandoning the fourth place that he had been dragging since the start of the championship and moving up to second, unseating Miudo from that position, skippered by Tiago Roquette from Porto.

Also to be distinguished on this third day are the crew of Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes, one of the most regular, with two second places in the two races held; and the incorporation of a new boat to the J80 fleet of Baiona, in Cansino, owned by Fernándo Yáñez and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui, which will compete from now on with the rest of the monotypes.

Thus, with De la Gándara’s Okofen in the lead, Luis de Mira’s Namasté and Tiago Roquette’s Miudo in second and third position separated by just one point, and the rest of the fleet more grouped in the rest of the positions , the excitement continues to know who will finally win the Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy from the Monte Real Yacht Club.

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· The one-design regatta organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club crosses its equator this Saturday with Javier de la Gándara leading the trophy

On board the Okofen, the sailor from Vigo was placed at the head of the provisional classification after winning the first day of tests held in October

· The Portuguese crew of the Miudo will try to improve their position in the table and close the gap of just two points that separates them from the provisional leader

The Banco Sabadell Trophy returns to Baiona this Saturday with a new day of regattas for the J80 monotypes, which will be held from three in the afternoon in the waters of the Bay of Baiona.

The competition, organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates, crosses its equator with Javier de la Gándara leading the trophy. The sailor from Vigo was placed at the head of the provisional classification after winning, aboard the Okofen, in the first stage of tests, held last October.

After the suspension of the second day due to lack of wind, the regatta committee hopes to be able to start, this Saturday, several windward-leeward routes, in which the one-design fleet will compete in real time. If the weather forecasts are met, the wind this time will not be an impediment for the sailboats to compete in the scheduled tests.

In addition to Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen, who leads the table with 4 points, we will also have to pay close attention to the Miudo’s Portuguese crew, led on this occasion by Tiago Roquette, who will try to overcome the barely two points that distance them from pride of place.

Somewhat lower in the provisional classification, although separated by more than 5 points from Okofen and Miudo, are Pazo de Cea, skippered by Javier Rey; and the Namaste by Luis de Mira.

After this Saturday’s day in Baiona, the Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy will only have one last day of tests left before the final awards ceremony, which will be held on the 26th at the Monte Real Club de Yates.

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The lack of wind forced the suspension of the second day of testing for the Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy, which was to be held this afternoon in the Bay of Baiona. Waiting for what happens on the third day, scheduled for November 12, the classification remains as it was. Javier de la Gándara’s Okofen leads the competition and the provisional places of honor are completed by Pedro Paula Pinto’s Miudo and Javier Rey’s Pazo de Cea.

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· The one-design competition organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club celebrates its second day of tests this Saturday in the bay of Baiona

· The sailor from Vigo Javier de la Gándara will try to maintain the leadership of the competition after his victory on the opening day aboard the Okofen

Baiona will be the scene this Saturday of a new day of sailing at the hands of the Banco Sabadell Trophy, a competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates exclusively for the J80 monotypes, one of the fastest growing boats in Spanish territory in the last years.

The tests, which will give continuity to those that opened the championship a fortnight ago, will be held from three in the afternoon in the waters of the interior of the bay, where the sun is expected to shine and temperatures that are more than pleasant for this time of year.

The participating boats will compete, competing in real time, on several windward-leeward routes in a maximum of three tests that can be followed from the sandbanks that surround the bay, as well as from the Monte Boi promenade, in the Parador Nacional area.

Skippered by Javier de la Gándara from Vigo, Okofen will try to maintain the leadership of the competition after its victory on the opening day, where the crew led by the historic ocean sailor achieved two first places and one second, and placed at the top of the general classification.

Just two points away from the team from Vigo are the Portuguese from Miudo, with Pedro Paula Pinto in the lead. Despite having completed the regattas of the first stage with very good performance, they were not the ones to win the provisional gold, for which they will fight again this Saturday.

A little further down the ranking, although separated by more than 5 points from Okofen and Miudo, are Pazo de Cea, skippered by Javier Rey; and the Namaste by Luis de Mira.

The Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy will put the sporting note on the All Saints Bridge in Baiona, where the good weather forecasts herald a weekend with a large influx of tourists and visitors.

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· The historic sailor from Vigo took the lead in the competition after winning on board the Okofen the first day of regattas held in the bay of Baiona

· His crew had a tough one-on-one with the Portuguese team of the Miudo that finally had to settle for second position

· The Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club continues on the 29th with the second of the four scheduled days

The historic sailor from Vigo Javier de la Gándara leads the Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy after winning the first day of the one-design competition organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates and held this Saturday in Baiona.

At the helm of the Okofen, De la Gándara led a crew that was very united and that demonstrated its good work in the three races held on an afternoon of clouds and showers, but with good wind for navigation.

The eleven knots that were recorded on average, with peaks of up to 14 at times, allowed the Okofen to “fly” over the waters of the bay, and achieve two first places and one second in the windward-leeward courses designed by the regatta committee .

That last first place that escaped De la Gándara’s men was snatched away by Pedro Paula Pinto’s Miudo, his most direct rival on this opening day of the trophy. The Portuguese kept a tough hand in hand with the Galician throughout the competition, but finally had to settle for provisional silver.

In third place in the Banco Sabadell Class J80 Trophy is Javier Rey’s Pazo de Cea, closely followed by Luis de Mira’s Namasté and Willy Caamaño’s Alumisel, fourth and fifth after the first tests held this Saturday.

They are followed in the classification by two of the boats that initially started as favorites after winning in previous editions, the Luna Nueva of Juan Luis Tuero from Oviedo, and the Virazón of Miguel Lago, skippered this Saturday by Gerardo Alonso.

Enrique Porto’s Ferralemes completes the classification of a competition that, predictably, will keep the excitement going until the end, due to the quality of the participating sailors and the characteristics of the one-designs, very fast in navigation, even with little wind.

The Banco Sabadell Trophy, organized by the Monte Real Yacht Club with the sponsorship of the Catalan banking entity, continues on October 29 with the second of the four days scheduled for this autumn.

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