The 200-mile a2 race celebrated its trophy delivery at a big cruise sailing party

The closing ceremony of the 200-mile A-two was held today at the facilities of the Altea Nautical Club. Special atmosphere threatened by a well-known jazz set in an event was attended by authorities and members of the Board of Directors of the Club... they attended the closing of Esteban Vallejo, territorial director of Presidency in Alicante, Inma Orozco, Teniente- Mayor of the City of Altea, Pere Barber, Council of Sports, Demetrio Muñoz, General Chief of the Command of Special Operations and Military Commander of Alicante, Miguel Sánchez, representing the Valencian Federation of Vela, as well as president and board of directors of the Náutico de Altea, among other authorities.

The boat Ziving, by Javier Arbona and José Ignacio Pallardó, opened the event by receiving the award to the winner in real time. The boat of the Royal Nautical Club of Valencia managed to finish the route that separates Altea from the Pitiusas with a time of 28 hours and 2 minutes. They then received the first six classified awards. The Kalamandurrio, by Rodrigo Álvarez and Tiste Orozco, from the Nautical Club of Altea, received at home the trophy to the third ranked. Victorious and excited, they went on stage to collect the award and the two ingots of a quarter of a kilo of silver that make up the prize. For their part, the Reti of Xavier Santamaria and Florian Kreis of the RCN of Valencia, collected the prize to the second classified with two half-kilo ingots of silver. As a closing of the award of the Real Club de Regatas de Alicante, he received his as a winning club, thanks to the ships Swany, Evamarina 2020 and True Love Two. The Trophy will be displayed at the Alicante RCR facilities until the next 200-mile a2 edition, when it will be delivered to the new winner.

5 / 03 / 2017: Palma de Mallorca, Valencia and Altea podio de la Regata 200 miles A Dos

The regatists Matías Gil and Felix Comas of the Real Club Nautico Palma are proclaimed winners of the 200 miles A2 with an inverted time of 28 hours and 26 minutes. The "Reti" boat of the Royal Nautical Club of Valencia and the "Kalamandurrio" of the Nautical Club of Altea get the second and third position. The 31 edition of the 200-mile A2 of the Nautical Club of Altea has again faced the weather of winter in the Mediterranean. After Friday's postponement by temporary notice, the cruise fleet left for Ibiza at 9: 20 on Saturday. The competition has passed without incident. The ships have had to sail with the last colletazos of the season, wind of the poniente between 20 and 25 knots and a strong wave.

Matías Gil and Felix Comas winners 2017

Around two o'clock Sunday afternoon the first boats were coming The Blue Flag of the Nautico of Palma has been imposed on the remaining contenders with a time of 28 hours and 26 minutes. The Mallorquins Matías Gil and Felix Comas, who were competing with a new ship this year, have been very satisfied with their performance. "We had a very good way out, we turned third parties in real time and when we went to Formentera it was when the wind and wave began to rise, but it was something we had planned," says Matías Gil, the Blue Flag pattern. The ship Reti del Náutuco of Valencia, patronized by Xavier Santamaría and with Florian Kreis as a crew, has achieved the second position with a time of 30 hours and 26 minutes. And the boat Kalamandurrio del Náutico de Altea, by Rodrigo Álvarez and Tiste Orozco, has ended in third position. This year's real-time winner has been the Ziving vessel, patrolled by Javier Arbona and by the Valencian regatist José Ignacio Pallardó, which have completed the 200 miles between Altea and Ibiza with a time of 28 hours and 6 minutes. On the other hand, the Real Club de Regatas de Alicante has been the winner of the Clubs Trophy, a award that recognizes the club whose three boats have achieved the best result of the race.

4 / 3 / 2017: The 200-mile A-Two Regata began in Altea, heading for Ibiza

A total of 29 ships have set out to Ibiza this morning. With the wind in favor, the forecast is for the one-way to be fast and before nightfall the cruises will be reaching the Freus Pass. They will then border the island of Formentera to set a new course for Altea. It is expected that the first participants will begin to arrive from Sunday, 5 March in the afternoon.

In the first hour of Saturday the postponement of the signal mast of the Nautico de Altea was withdrawn and the race was taken off.

3 / 03 / 2017: The race of the "200 miles A Two" clears its way from Altea for bad weather

Due to the level of orange alert decreed in the coastal areas of Ibiza and Formentera, the Organizing Committee of the race has decided to postpone the departure for tomorrow March 4 at 9: 00... the measure motivated that the last weather parts received from the State Agency of Meteorology, show very poor conditions of navigation in the coastal areas of Ibiza and Formentera.

From 8: 00 p.m. today, winds are expected with force intervals of 8 south-west direction and waves of 4 meters, placing the alert at the orange level. The 200-mile A2 fleet was to be found at that time in the coastal areas of Ibiza, so in order to maintain optimal levels of safety in the course of the race, the Organization Committee of the Nautical Club of Altea has been forced to postpone the departure... if the ships were to leave Altea at the time of the beginning they would enter in the evening in the area of the Balearic Islands in the middle of the storm, with a time that is expected to reach maximum ranges of 80 km / h.

The temporary notice requires the postponement of the departure of 200 miles A2

It is planned that at 7: 30 a.m. tomorrow 4 March they will start towing the cruises out of port to make the departure at 9: 00. This will allow time for the weather to fall in intensity at the time when the ships make their way through Ibiza. The weather prediction provides that by Saturday afternoon the intensity of the weather in coastal areas of Ibiza will fall to the level of yellow alert.

Previous: On stage the 200 miles A Two of the Nautico of Altea with 37 ships registered

The Nautical Club of Altea today lived the presentation of one of its most emblematic events: the three-year first edition of the Winter Regatta 200 miles A Two. The event began with the award of the diploma to the winner of the first edition of the 200-mile-a-2 Official Cartel Contest, the student of Fine Arts Javier López Ruiz, who won with his proposal "From Coast to Coast," an ingenious photograph that reflects the route of the Altea-Ibiza-Altea race. The Council of Culture of Altea, Diego Zaragozí, has thanked the launch of this competition as "is an opportunity for the Altean society to know what is being done from the Faculty of Fine Arts." Miguel Lorente, Vicedecano de la Facultad, por su parte, he recognized that he was very satisfied with this first edition and congratulated the Nautical Club of Altea for promoting this initiative... and having the possibility that our students can play the real world is very important for their formation to be complete. "

The presentation of 200 miles A Two was held at the Altea Nautical Club

A total of 37 vessels will be the ones who finally participate in the 31 edition of the race 200 miles a2. The race, which will start on Friday at 12 noon from Altea, will travel 200 miles from the Altea-Ibiza-Altea route. As Antonio Escribano, Chairman of the Organizing Committee, explained: "the ships will start the navigation from the white villa to border Ibiza by starboard, leave Formentera by starboard and return to Altea. It is expected that the first participants will begin to arrive on Saturday, March 4th. " In line of departure of ships from Catalonia, Valencia, Baleares and Murcia, of which only seven are local. One of the new developments in this edition is that the level of security is increased by counting the latest technology on mobile satellite devices.