Authorities and winners of the 44 Count of Godó Trophy. Photo: Oscar Terrades

The Conde Godó Sailing Trophy, which has been held since 1974 under the organization of the Royal Nautical Club of Barcelona and the support of the Godó family, has closed today in Barcelona waters an exciting 44th edition, in which the Rats on Fire has achieved its eighth title as champion and the fifth consecutive, in the class ORC 0-1. In J80 the Bribon-Movistar has been imposed, which gets its third Godó, while in ORC 2 and ORC 3-4 there has been no surprise, with the victory of L'Immens and Fanytas, respectively.

The third and last day of competition of the 44 Sailing Trophy Conde Godó has been fought with winds of the SE of 10 to 14 knots, with frequent changes of direction and intensity, so that the favorite crews and the aspirants have had to be employed in depth in the waters of Barcelona. The ORC groups have completed two sleeves, while the J80 monotypes have made up to three, for a total of six and eight throughout the tournament, respectively.

In ORC 0-1, the Swan 45 Rats on Fire of the Catalan shipowner Rafael Carbonell, who today also patronized, has successfully defended the title of champion, which has achieved his eighth Count of Godó Trophy and the fifth consecutive, after a final day of infarction, in which he has joined a third and a second. The boat of the CN Arenys de Mar has beat the second one in just four points. To this second drawer of the podium, the DK46 Rmotion of Santi Monjo (CN El Balís), which with Josele Doreeste to the cane has been marked a second and a third to overcome in the final table both the DK 46 Maserati balear- which has finished fourth - and the First 50 Five by Storax Portuguese - which is carried the bronze - has finished. They have not had the best day these two powerful units, while the Dufour 44 is Tes Unno of Francisco Soldevila has won the two sleeves of the day and scale to the fifth final place. It has been a train race, including that of the Adrian Hotels of the Tierfeño Daniel Adrián.

"Today's day has not been easy," said Rafael Carbonell, the owner of the Rats on Fire- because of the wind conditions, with the possible blanks and wind roles, but in the end we have achieved it. It has been a high-level Count of Godó Trophy and we have been very regular, which has been worth a new title of champions. It makes us a lot of illusion, it's something unthinkable when you haggle. It means a lot to all of us, it's as much as you can expect. "

In J80, Marc de Antonio and Sofia Bertrand's Bribón-Movistar has succeeded in crowning for the third time the prestigious regatta of the Real Club Nautico of Barcelona, after the 2014 wins (J80) and 2008 (in the class Platu 25, also monotype). The Catalan team of RCN Barcelona today has joined a first, a second and an eighth, which has been its discard. With five partial wins in a total of eight sleeves, the Bribón-Movistar has ended with a five-point advantage over the subchampion of the 44 Sail Trophy Conde Godó, the Pelayo Abogados Marbella Team of Pepequin Orbaneja (RCM Sotogrande and CN Sevilla), which despite the good partials of today (a second, a first and a fourth) has not been able to revalidate the title last year. After winning the last manga and surpassing the Jeniale-Eurosystem of the Italian Massimo Rama, the VSA Communication by José Maria Van der Ploeg (CN El Balís) has managed to enter the final podium and take the bronze of the Barcelona quote.

"Today the key has been the maximum concentration," said Mr. Movistar's tactic, "we have had to control the most direct rivals. In the last sleeve, as we had already mathematically won, we have been able to relax. We draw a very positive conclusion from this Sailing Trophy Count of Godó, we have sailed very concentrated and with very good speed, so we face with confidence the next date, the King's Cup."

In ORC 2, L'Immens of the shipowner Alexandre Laplaza, under the command of Carles Rodríguez, has proclaimed himself the winner of the 44 Sail Trophy Conde Godó, thus improving the third square last year. The Barcelona RCN's Synergy 40 has added five partial wins and a second in a total of six sleeves. With five more points in the final computation, the Salona 37 Vertido Dos by Antonio Guasch (CN El Balís) takes the silver, and completes the podium the BH36 Saiola X by Vandesande Wim (RCN Palma), which competes under the flag of Britain.

"We are very happy with the victory," said Carles Rodríguez, the patron of L'Immes, "because the modifications we have made on the ship have been proved effective. We have been lucky enough to sail ahead, so we have taken advantage of having free wind."

In ORC 3-4, the Dufour 34 Fanytas, who patronize Ingrid Banus, has been imposed for the second consecutive year. This amateur ship of the CN Port D'Aro is the third victory in the Sail Trophy Conde Godó, as it was also raised to the top of the podium in 2013. He has taken a five-point approach to the second ranked, Marc Delgado's Bavaria 36 Tibere (CM Sitges), which repeats last year's subchampionship.

The patron of Fanytas, Ingrid Banus, has been very pleased to have been able to revalidate last year's triumph. "There are already three Godo, it is to celebrate!" he added.

The award was held this afternoon in the village of the race at the Real Club Náutico in Barcelona and was chaired by the director of the Consell Català de l'Esport of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Toni Reig; the Commissioner of Sports of the Ajuntment of Barcelona, David Escudé; the President of the Federació Catalana de Vela, Xavier Torres; Ana Godó, on behalf of the Godó Group, and Félix Escalas and Marc of Antonio, President and Commodore of the RCNB, respectively. During the event, the participants of the race and numerous guests have honoured the new champions of the 44 Sail Trophy Count of Godó.

Organized by the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona with the collaboration of the Real Federación Española de Vela and Federació Catalana de Vela, the 44 Sail Trophy Conde Godó has the support of La Vanguardia and Grupo Godó, the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Ajuntment of Barcelona. They are institutional sponsors Gramona, Estrella Damm and Veri, and collaborators London No. 3, King's Ginger, Royal Bliss, Survitec Group, Gill and VIP Style Magazine.