First official act of José Ramón Lete on Galician lands after his appointment in charge of Spanish sport

The International Association of Class J70, recognized by the ISAF (International Sailing Association Federation) has awarded the Spanish Association of Class J70 shipowners, the organization of the 2018 European Championship, which will be held in the city of Vigo, with the organization of the Association itself and the Royal Nautical Club. Behind this important achievement for the sailing of Galician and Spanish monotypes, is a long trajectory inherited from that important fleet of Platu 25, gradually transformed to modern J70, which had lived a few years ago an extraordinary edition of a world that also gathered in Vigo about a hundred ships.

The presentation was attended, among other authorities, by the Abel Caballero mandario of the Vigo City Council that presided over the event; the Secretary of State for Sport, José Ramón Lete; the Xeral Secretary for or Sport of the Xunta de Galicia, Marta Míguez; the President of the Consultation of Pontevedra, Carmela Silva; the President of the Harbour Authority of the Port of Vigo, Enrique López Veiga; the President of the Association of Spanish shipowners of the J70, Guillermo Alonso; the Territorial Delegate in Vigo of the Xunta de Galicia, Luis Chaves; the President of the President of the Federation of the Vícola, Manuel and other Sportas of the President of the Víctivas; and the President of the President of the Víctima de la..

The J70 Class is an emerging mode around the world. With more than 1,500 units, about half a thousand are in Europe. It is a 22-foot long sailboat, that is, almost 7 meters long, and in which they sail between 4 or 5 crew, depending on the wind conditions. It belongs to the family of the monotypes, ships that compete on equal conditions and where the results on each sleeve are recorded in real time, without the application of times compensated because they are of identical characteristics. It is versatile, easy to handle and road travel by having a keel that is collected in its plank, providing a low height when uploading it to its transport trailer. The J70 has a technical and very competitive design, used by the world's best crews as an ideal platform for high-level training and preparation. Vigo has become one of the pioneering cities in Europe in the implementation of a quality sports project, thanks to the illusion and interest shown by a group of shipowners and sportsmen who created the Spanish Association of the Class, channeling through the Royal Nautical Club the launch of a race circuit, which is currently in dispute with the sponsorship of Pazo de Cea - Gloria. In the one they take part regatists of the size of Gonzalo Araújo, Támara Echegoyen, Sofía Toro, Roberto Bermudez de Castro, Pablo Iglesias, Alberto Viejo, Pichu Torcida, Rayco Tabares, Gustavo Martínez Doreeste, Laureano Wizner, Jesús Pintos, Ramón Ojea, Luís and Jorge Pérez Canal, Willy Alonso, Javier de la Gandara, Ramón Lago, Malalo Bermudez de Castro, Guilherme Almeida, among many others, all of them and them Olympic champions, voltambistas, from the Spanish city, from the different points of the world, from the city of the city of the city of the city of the city, from the city of Spain.