"Santiniebla-Lener" won the most traditional heavy sailing race in Gijón (Photo Felix G.Muñiz)

The "Santiniebla-Lener," by José Luis Alonso, is made for the first time, with La Regata Villa de Gijón de Crucieros that sponsored the Asturian daily El Comercio, which organized by the Real Club Astur de Regatas fulfilled its twenty-seventh edition... the "Ita II" of Pedro Guerra that repeated its victory of the last edition within its category.

On Saturday there were very good conditions to sail, the wind blew from the north-east with 12 knots of intensity and rachas that reached 15 knots, sea of wind and sunny day. A cane tour was carried out in front of the beach of San Lorenzo, which had to be completed three times with a total of 10.20 miles. On Sunday on the counter, the manga had to be cancelled, although the test was tried was impossible. After a postponement of an hour and a quarter, only 5 knots of wind came out of the North, but before the fleet turned the wind into a barlovento, the wind disappeared and the Regatas Committee was forced to cancel the test, concluding the Regata.

In the Cruise class I, the triumph was for the "Santiniebla-Lener" of José Luis Alonso for the first time,, Alonso with grympola of the Astur Club of Regatas sailed heavily to the larger ships of the class; the "Taxus MedioAmbiente" of Alfredo Flórez and the "Great Sailing One" of Fernando Alonso. In the end, once the time compensation was made the "Santiniebla-Lener" was the best for only 21 seconds on the "Taxus," which in this way was classified in second position, after five consecutive years achieved the gold. For its part, the "Great Sailing One" ended in third place 44 seconds from the first. For his part, "Ita II," by Pedro Guerra repeats the triumph achieved last year in class II, followed by the "Carla" of German Alvarez- Hevia and the "Leonidas" of Juan Manuel Quevedo.

31 / 08 / 2017: The dean race of the Gijon Regatta Club this weekend: the El Comercio Trophy

This weekend will take place in the waters of the Bay of San Lorenzo, the twenty-seventh Regata Villa de Gijón de Cruises - Trofeo El Comercio, which organizes the Real Club Astur de Regatas, and the sponsorship of the morning El Comercio The Decana test of the Club gijonés, will gather in the Bay of San Lorenzo a large part of the fleet of cruises of the Villa of Jovellanos, as well as units from other Asturian ports. Two sleeves will be held, one per day, with a warning signal on both days at 1.00 p.m. In the Trophy two classes are planned: Cruise I and II, there will be a general classification for each group and an absolute winner, in a joint classification.

The award of awards to the first three classified in each group and to the absolute winner will take place on Sunday at 8: 00 p.m. at the Real Club Astur de Regatas, on the hill of Santa Catalina (Photo Felix G.Muñiz)

The boat to beat is, the Taxus Medio Ambiente, by Alfredo Flórez winning in Cruise I, and first in the joint general classification in the last five editions. In class II Cruise, the Ita II of Pedro Guerra was the winner of his group last year, and is one of the favorite ships to repeat the triumph in the class.