With the premiere of new classes in the race, the second day of the 9th Rey Juan Carlos Regatta – El Corte Inglés Master brought together two hundred boats this Saturday in the Pontevedra estuary. While seven of the nine divisions will still play for the final victory tomorrow, the 6 Meter fleet has completed its competition program today with victory for King Juan Carlos’s “Bribon” 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 racing. Finally, conditions improved and around two-thirty in the afternoon, with a northwest wind of about 6-7 knots, the fleet resumed the competition.
© María Muiña / Rey Juan Carlos Regatta“Bribon” and “Stella”, winners in 6 Meters
For the 6 Meter fleet, this Saturday’s day was 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 went to the “Bribon” of the RCNS, which today had King Don Juan Carlos on board and added two third places, results that were enough to win with a six-point advantage over the second place, the Finn. “Astree III” by Oissi Paija from Nyländska Jk. The podium was finally closed by “Aida” from MRCY Baiona with Javier de la Gándara at the helm.
Nor did they change, there were no changes at the top of the Open table and the “Stella” of Violeta Álvarez, from RCNS, managed to secure the victory with a fourth and a second place scored and five points ahead of the Greek “Aera” of Fotis Lykiardopulo , from the R. Yacht Squadron, who finished second. Behind, the third box was occupied by the Swiss “Ginkgotoo” by Jan Eckert, from SN de Genève.
With the start of the Xacobeo Trophy this coming Monday for the 6 Meters class, an event that will put the European title at stake until Saturday, October 5, the fleet will enjoy its rest day tomorrow while the rest of the classes compete in the last round of the King Juan Carlos Regatta – El Corte Inglés Master.
© María Muiña / Rey Juan Carlos Regatta“Mirfak” and “Travesío” maintain the lead in ORC 0-2 and 3-4
The ORC fleet 0-2 and 3-4 completed a single race this Saturday on the regatta course located in front of Ons. He did it with a light wind but enough to add a new partial that has left the general classification very tight for the final day. In the 0-2 group, the first position was awarded to “Urbapaz” of Fran Edreira, from CN Cabanas, a result that maintains second place in the classification, just one point behind “Mirfak” from the Navy with Diego López Los Mandos, who continues to lead after scoring a second in the heat of the day. The “Ozosana” of Juan Carlos Pérez, from CN Combarro, continues third.
First coastal for ORC 5 and Veterans
The first to enter action today were the ORC 5 and the JCH Veteranos class, which debuted in the Rey Juan Carlos – El Corte Inglés Master Regatta with the dispute of the first coastal regatta of its program.
In ORC 5, the victory of the day was taken by “Ronáutica Marinas” of Joaquín Carneiro, from CD Alagua, who takes the overall lead. Carneiro’s team also had an advantage of more than eight minutes in compensated time over the second placed team, Fernando Rey’s “Albarellos”, from MRCY Baiona. Behind them, the CN León team, Luis Bodelon’s “Villano”, closes the provisional podium.
In JCH Veteranos, for its part, Tala Martínez’s “Papanatas” was the best and debuted with partial victory and leadership ahead of Javier Pazó’s “Cassandra” and José Antonio Ortigueira’s “Iasi”, both from the Club Náutico de Portonovo.
The Optimist and adapted sailing fleets debut in Sanxenxo
The Optimist class inaugurated the competition program this Saturday for its first qualifying regatta of the 2024-25 season.
With two races completed for the yellow group, the sailor from Baiona Alejandro Alonso provisionally occupies the first position ahead of José Luis Ríos from RCN Vigo and Daniel Iglesias from CND Riveira, second and third respectively. In women, the first classified is Emma Pérez from A Coruña, occupying eleventh place overall.
© María Muiña / Rey Juan Carlos RegattaFor her part, RCNS representative Carla Teijeiro is at the head of the blue group, which was only able to compete in one race on the Pontevedra estuary regatta course. He is followed in the general classification by Javier Piñeiro from RCM Aguete, who is second, and Jorge Andrés from RCN Vigo, who provisionally occupies third position.
Another class that also debuted this Saturday in Sanxenxo was adapted sailing, which completed six short tests in the vicinity of the RCNS. The best of the day was Nicolás Cons’ team, which is in first position 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 Optimists at 11:00 a.m. and the rest of the categories will start two hours later, at 1:00 p.m., with the exception of the 6-Meter fleet, which has already completed its test program this Saturday. The final touch will be the presentation of trophies at 6:30 p.m. in the RCNS village.
PROVISIONAL PODIUM
ORC 0-2
1. Mirfak, Diego López (CNR Ferrol), 4 points
2. Urbapaz, Fran Edreira (CN Cabanas), 5 points
3. Ozosana, Juan Carlos Pérez (CN Combarro), 9 points
ORC 3-4
1. Travesío, Álvaro Martínez (RCN Sanxenxo), 4 points
2. Regulus II, Francisco Javier Pavon (CNR Marín), 5 points
3. Regulus IV, Hugo Ozalla (CNR Marín), 10 points
ORC 5
1. Ronáutica Marinas, Joaquín Carneiro (CD Alagua), 1 point
2. Albarellos, Fernando Rey (MRCYB), 2 points
3. Villano, Luis Bodelon (CN León), 3 points
JCH Veterans
1. Papanatas, Tala Martínez, 1 point
2. Cassandra, Javier Pazó (CN Portonovo), 2 points
3. Iasi, José Antonio Ortigueira (CN Portonovo), 3 points
Yellow Optimist
1. Alejandro Alonso (MRCYB), 3 points
2. José Luis Ríos (RCN Vigo), 4 points
3. Daniel Iglesias (CND Riveira), 8 points
blue optimist
1. Carla Teijeiro (RCNS), 1 point
2. Javier Piñeiro (RCM Aguete), 2 points
3. Alejandro Janeiro (CN Marina Coruña), 3 points
Adapted candle
1. Nicolas Cons, 5 points
2. Juan Álvarez, 9 points3. Xoel, 15 points
FINAL PODIUM 6 Classic Meters
1. ESP – Bribon, El Rey Don Juan Carlos (RCN Sanxenxo), 8 points
2. FIN – Astree III, Oissi Paija (Nyländska Jk.), 14 points
3. ESP – Aida, Javier de la Gándara (MRCYB), 15 points
6 Meters Open
1. ESP – Stella, Violeta Álvarez (RCNS), 9 points
2. GRE – Aera, Fotis Lykiardopulo (R. Yacht Squadron), 14 points
3. SUI – Ginkgotoo, Jan Eckert (SN de Genève), 16 points
