Victory of the ‘Bribon’ in 6M classics with Juan Carlos I on board

With the premiere of new classes in contention, the second day of the 9th Rey Juan Carlos Regatta – El Corte Inglés Master This Saturday, two hundred boats gathered in the Pontevedra estuary. While seven of the nine divisions will still play for victory tomorrow finally, the fleet of 6 Metros today completed his competition program with victory for the “Bribon” of King Juan Carlos in Classics and for Violeta Álvarez’s “Stella” in Open.

As the reports pointed out, the wind blew this Saturday with much less intensity than on the first day of competition, and the truth is that the committee had to wait to be able to start the second day of regattas. Finally, conditions improved and around two-thirty in the afternoon, with a northwest wind of about 6-7 knotsthe fleet resumed the competition.

“Bribon” and “Stella”, winners in 6 Meters

For the 6 Meter fleet, this Saturday’s day has been the last of its competition program and the Rey Juan Carlos Regatta – El Corte Inglés Master already has winners in the Classic and Open divisions.

In Classics the victory was taken by “Bribon” del RCNSwhich today had King Don Juan Carlos on board and added two third places, results that were enough to win with a six point lead over the second classified, the Finnish “Astree III” by Oissi Paija from Nyländska Jk. The podium was finally closed by “Aida” from the MRCY Baiona with Javier de la Gándara at the helm.

There were no changes either. at the top of the table Open and the “Stella” of Violeta Álvarez, from RCNS, managed to secure the victory with a fourth and a second place scored and five points of income on the Greek “Aera” of Fotis Lykiardopulo, of the R. Yacht Squadron, who finished second. Behind, the third box was occupied by the Swiss “Ginkgotoo” by Jan Eckert, of the SN of Geneva.

With the beginning of Jacobean Trophy this coming Monday for class 6 Metersan event that will put the European title at stake until Saturday, October 5, the fleet You will enjoy your day of rest tomorrow while the rest of the classes compete in the last round of the Rey Juan Carlos – El Corte Inglés Master Regatta.

“Mirfak” and “Travesío” maintain the lead in ORC 0-2 and 3-4

The fleet of ORC 0-2 y 3-4 This Saturday he completed a single race on the regatta course located in front of Ons. He did it with a light but enough wind to add a new partial that has left the general classification very tight for the final day.

in the group 0-2 The first position was awarded to “Urbapaz” by Fran Edreira, from CN Cabanas, a result with which he maintains second place in the classification, just one point behind “Mirfas” of the Navy with Diego López at the controls, who still leads after scoring a second in the sleeve of the day. He “Cursed” by Juan Carlos Pérez, from CN Combarro, continues third.

In 3-4he “Regulus II” from the Marín Naval Regatta Commission with Francisco Javier Pavon at the helm added this Saturday a victory with which they remain one point away for the moment of the “Traverse” from Álvaro Martínez, from RCNS, who also maintains the lead for the second consecutive day. They are followed in the general classification by “Regulus IV” by Hugo Ozalla of the Marín CNR.

First coastal for ORC 5 and Veterans

The first to go into action today were the ORC 5 and the class JCH Veteranswhich premiered at the Rey Juan Carlos Regatta – El Corte Inglés Master with the dispute of the first coastal regatta on its program.

In ORC 5 the victory of the day was taken by “Marine Ronautics” by Joaquín Carneiro, from CD Alagua, which is placed overall leader. Carneiro’s men also had a advantage of more than eight minutes in compensated time over the second classified, the “Albarellos” by Fernando Rey, from the MRCY Baiona. Behind them, the CN León team closes the provisional podium, the “Villain” by Luis Bodelon.

In JCH Veteransfor its part, the “Papanatas” by Tala Martínez was the best and debuted with partial victory and leadership ahead of “Cassandra” by Javier Pazó and the “Iasi” by José Antonio Ortigueira, both from the Club Náutico de Portonovo.

The Optimist and adapted sailing fleets debut in Sanxenxo

The class Optimist This Saturday it inaugurated the competition program for its first qualifying regatta of the 2024-25 season. With two tests completed for the yellow group, the sailor from Bahia Alejandro Alonso provisionally occupies the top ahead of Jose Luis Rios of the RCN Vigo and Daniel Iglesias from the CND Riveira, second and third respectively. In women, the first classified is the woman from Coruña Emma Pérez occupying eleventh place overall.

For her part, the RCNS representative Carla Teijeiro stands at the front of the blue groupwhich was only able to compete in one race on the Pontevedra estuary regatta course. They follow him in the general Javier Pineiro from RCM Aguete, who is second, and Jorge Andres from RCN Vigo, which provisionally occupies third position.

Another of the classes that also premiered this Saturday in Sanxenxo was adapted sailwhich completed six short tests in the vicinity of the RCNS. The best of the day was the team Nicolas Conswhich is placed in top with five first places and one second scored.

Tomorrow, Sunday, the Rey Juan Carlos El Corte Inglés Master Regatta will put an end to its ninth edition. The first to compete will be the Optimist at 11:00 a.m. y the rest categories will start two hours later, at 1:00 p.m.except for the fleet of 6 Metros which has already completed its testing program this Saturday. The final touch will be the presentation of trophies at 6:30 p.m. in the RCNS village.