· This weekend the first two days of the regional competition will be held, in which nearly 50 boys between the ages of 14 and 18 will participate
· The championship is organized this year by the Monte Real Yacht Club with the sponsorship of Baitra and the collaboration of the Galician Sailing Federation and Jesús Betanzos Naval Accessories
· The 420 international class is a type of boat used by many sailors as an intermediate phase to make the leap from children’s sailing to the Olympic classes
Young sailors from all over Galicia will compete from Saturday in Baiona for the Galician Championship of the 420 class, organized this year by the Monte Real Club de Yates with the sponsorship of Baitra Accesorios Navales and the collaboration of the Galician Sailing Federation and Jesús Betanzos Naval Accessories.
The competition will take place over three days, on February 13, 14 and 20, in which a maximum of 9 regattas will be held, consisting of various routes between buoys placed in a trapezoid-shaped field in the bay of Baiona.
The first of the starts will take place next Saturday, around half past two in the afternoon, after a preparatory meeting of coaches and committees. If everything goes according to plan and the weather conditions allow it, three regattas of about 40 – 45 minutes each will be held.
Something earlier will be the second day of the trophy, on Sunday the 14th, which will begin at half past eleven in the morning, with an identical program to that of the first day. Three regattas with trapeze courses in which the young sailors of 420 will have to demonstrate their good work on the water.
The Baitra Trophy will be decided a week later, on Saturday the 20th, with the celebration of the last day starting at one in the afternoon and the subsequent awards ceremony, around six in the afternoon, at the Monte Royal Yacht Club.
The main nautical clubs of Galicia will be present in the Galician Championship of the 420 class. Oza, A Coruña, Portosín, Vigo, Rodeira, Aguete… will take their crews to Baiona to try to win the regional title of the category.
About six sailors will participate on behalf of the Monte Real Club de Yates, in charge of the organization this year. They are members of the club’s regatta team, from which they have been organizing specific training sessions for the 420 class for years, and which in 2016 also has several clinics scheduled with outstanding athletes. Monte Real thus maintains its firm commitment to promoting children’s sailing in Galicia, with its own activities and initiatives such as the Galician 420 Championship.
The nearly 50 sailors who will gather this weekend in Baiona are boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 18 who sail in crews of two aboard a 420, a type of sailing boat with a trapeze and spinnaker, which must its name to the measurements of its length.
A boat with a studied design that ensures good glides and high performance with a downwind, something that makes it perfect as an intermediate stage for sailors who want to make the jump from children’s sailing to Olympic classes.
In the 2015 edition of the 420 Galician Championship, the crew of the Real Club de Mar de Aguete, made up of Pablo García from Pontevedra and Andrés Álvarez from Buenos Aires, won. Both sailors, aged 15 and 18, also won the 420 Galicia Cup last year. Silver and bronze went, respectively, to the crews formed by Adrián and Marta Domínguez, from the Liceo Casino de Vilagarcía; and Patricia Suárez and Pilar Amaro, from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo.
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NOTE: DUE TO THE BAD WEATHER FORECAST FOR SUNDAY 14TH, THE RACE COMMITTEE AND THE ORGANIZING CLUB HAVE DECIDED TO MOVE THE RACES SCHEDULED FOR THAT DAY TO SUNDAY 21ST OF FEBRUARY. CONSEQUENTLY, THE PRIZE DELIVERY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY THE 20TH, IS ALSO MOVED TO SUNDAY
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