The waters of the Abra paid tribute this weekend to José Luis Azqueta

The Vizcaina waters of the Abra welcomed the two final tours of the 17th edition of the Trophy José Luis Azqueta-Euskadi Wor-60 Championship, in which 120 young Basque regatists and Cantabros took part in a double day in one of the most important quotes of the modality in the Cantabrian Sea. This race, organized by the Real Club Marítimo del Abra - Real Sporting Club, fulfilled its second day with the final triumphs of the Vizcadno Tomás Trueba - three first places in the Laser class - and the hondarribitarra Javier Amondarain in Laser 4.7. Amadeo Torrens and Imanol Elorrieta, from the Real Club Marítimo del Abra, imposed themselves on the Snipe class and the Gipuzcoans Jaime Framis and Álvaro Betoño did so in 420. In addition, the singers Laro López and Esther Garay won in FEVA, Natalia Carreira and Ana de Córdoba in L'Equipe, the vitoriano Ander Sánchez in Optimist A and the gipuzcoana Lorea Elduayen in Optimist B.

27-05-2017: It began at the Abra de Getxo the Euskadi Championship of Vela- José Luis Azqueta

The Vizcaina waters of the Abra welcomed, with little wind and a very hot day, the first day of the 16th edition of the Trophy José Luis Azqueta-Euskadi Wor-60 Championship, in which more than one hundred young regatists participate on a double day in one of the most relevant tests in the Cantabrian Sea. This race, organized by the Royal Maritime Club of the Abra-Real Sporting Club, met its first day with the partial triumphs of Tomás Trueba (Laser class), Amadeo Torrens and Imanol Elorrieta (Snipe), Jaime Framis and Álvaro Betoño (420), Laro López and Esther Garay (FEVA), Javier Landín and Lucas Jauregui (L'Equipe) and Nora Acha (Optimist B). This Sunday the tours that decide the winners of the Trophy José Luis Azqueta- Euskadi WOR-60 Championship are celebrated.

Piper day of the Trophy José Luis Azqueta with the Euskadi Championship in play

25 / 05 / 2017: At the Abra de Getxo the Euskadi Championship of Light Sailing - Trophy José Luis Azqueta

The Vizcaina waters of the Abra this weekend have one of the dates indicated in red in the calendar of the Basque light candle. More than one hundred young Basque, Cantabrian and Cantabrian regatists will participate in one of the most outstanding trials in the Cantabrian Sea: the José Luis Azqueta Trophy, which this year reaches its seventeenth edition and will also involve the dispute of the Euskadi Championship of the modality. This important race, organized by the Real Club Marítimo del Abra-Real Sporting Club, with the sponsorship of WOR60, returns this time in May so that the promises of the sailing of several communities measure their status in shape at this stage of the season. This Trophy José Luis Azqueta has already been consolidated as one of the most participatory of this specialty in the cantabria.

In play the Euskadi Championship

The XVI José Luis Azqueta Trophy takes place on six tours (three on Saturday 27, from 13: 00, and three on Sunday 28: 00). After these, the Basque winners and champions will be known in the Optimist, L'Equipe, 420, Laser, FEVA and Snipe classes. This light sailing event also serves as a tribute to José Luis Azqueta, who was president of the Real Club Marítimo del Abra-Real Sporting Club between 1993 and 1997. José Luis Azqueta became one of the great drivers of this sport in the Basque Country.

A year ago, the brothers Andoni and Iñigo Lejarraga were proclaimed absolute winners, by imposing themselves in the L'Equipe class with four first positions and one second. On the other hand, the Cantabros Enrique García de Soto and Tomás Merendon won in Snipe, while Juan Llano and Monica Fernández noted the triumph in the 420 class. Perico Basterra dominated from the beginning in the Laser class 4.7 and already in Laser Radial defeated Nicolás Viar. For his part, Juan Olabarri awarded victory in the Optimist class and Ane Lejarraga did the same in Optimist B.

José Luis Azqueta was president and comandoro of the Real Club Marítimo del Abra-Real Sporting Club in the late of last century and in the beginning of the present... it may seem like a topic but is an indispensable figure in the history of the Marítimo... he was in the creation of the Regata Costa Vasca, was the maximum driver in union of the missing Rafael Olmedo (president of the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona) and José Manuel Loredo Mutiozábal (as the president and comodoro of the Club de Las Arenas) of that unforgettable Regata Bilo-Baiona and of the ANLA (the Association of the Spanish Cluitca in 1999) was also in the Association of Nácias in the Association of Nácias in the Spanish in the "in the" in the "(José Luis de la Cluitácias" ("). I had the high honor of working side by side with him for many years, and even of being part of the staff of which is the best nautical club in Spain... a few months ago a great friend and my partner as is Eduardo García Santamarina offered me the possibility that I would be there in this light sailing race, and also of being part of the Euskadi Championship in play, which recalls his memory... the offer had an excited answer:" Thank you for having thought of my company to be able to pay tribute to that great navigator, to that formidable person, to that most important friend of the Spanish, to remember the most important and unforgettable one in the development of the Tacos... "Manuel Pedro Seoane.