Yago Boat in Vigo

Yago Barca of the Royal Nautical Club of Sanxenxo has proclaimed himself the winner of the Meeting International Vigo Cidade of the Optimist class, framed in the Circuit of Excellence of the AECIO. On the closing day, when the wind was very unstable, the Galician was able to finish with 9 points, while the former leader, the mallorcan Alex Tormo, was only reaching a 24th and a 15th in the yellow group and fell to the seventh of the general. The podium was completed by the Belgian William Resselon of the GCN of the Portuguese town of Faro, which on Sunday reached partial of 25 ° and 2 °. The bronze was for the Mallorcan Nacho Baltasar of the Nautical Club of Sa Rapita and was at the doors of the podium, the current female champion worldwide, María Perelló. Final in Vigo, where weather conditions have not helped.

04 / 11 / 2017: The Alex Tormo Ballet leader of the Meeting of Optimist that ends on Sunday in Vigo

Alex Tormo of the Nàutic s'Arenal Club of Baleares is the provisional leader of the Meeting International which, with the organization of the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo, held its second day on Saturday, which was in fact the first day since on Friday the manifest lack of wind prevented any testing. The mallorquin achieved two first squares and a second, in the three sleeves held within its competition group, which was the red one, leading the general with 4 points.

The local fleet has in Adriana Pérez Canal of the Club Marítimo de Canido to its best classified

Yago Barca of the Royal Nautical Club of Sanxenxo, which had won in the waters of the Portuguese town of Viana do Castelo last week, also reached in the red group, two seconds and a fifth. The Galician is second in the general with 9 points, the same as the Belgian optimist William Risselin who accumulated three third positions today.

After them, the Catalan regatist Alexando Riquelme, of the Club Níutic El Balís de Sant Andreu de Llavaneras in the heart of the Barcelona Maresme, the fifth being the champion of the female world, María Perelló also de s'Arenal, with 16 points. However, the data are totally provisional, since there will be a new group composition on the closing day. The sentence Sunday from 11: 00 in the morning.

03 / 11 / 2017: The lack of wind prevents in Vigo the competition of the Meeting of Optimist

Bad luck for the Vigo Nautico on the first day planned for the International Meeting of the Optimist class in which regatists from Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Sweden, Angola and Mexico are registered... the wind did not appear and the fleet remained on the ground. For the Saturday beginning of the day at 11: 00 in the morning, and the forecast is better than Friday... right now it is raining in Vigo, and by tomorrow it is predicted that there will be sun and clouds, and loose winds of 4 to 6 knots... praying is what is left.

01 / 11 / 2017: The Circuito of Excellence of the Optimist with 300 ships reaches the river of Vigo

The Optimist Excellence Cup 2017-2018 continues to advance, and comes to the city where it was created when the Week was called Caixanova Week in 2005, by the hand of Klein the world president of the IODA, Rafael Munilla then president of the AECIO and Manuel Pedro Seoane as the father of the creature and the then Director of Regata, with the sponsorship of the malograted Member Alberto Durán, which was later boosted by Francisco Coro, who relieved the guizcoano Munilla at the head of the Optist class in Spain.

The RCN of Vigo will host the second OEC test next weekend, following the contest in El Masnou in early September (Photo Pep Portas)

After the success of participation and organization in the first meeting, held at the beginning of September at the Nautical Club El Masnou, with 146 registered regatists, the turn now comes to the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo, with the prestigious Meeting International trophy of Optimist City of Vigo, which is being held this next weekend, 3-5 November.

After the race in the waters of El Masnou, the OEC ranking was closed with Javier Ojeda (RCN Gran Canaria), adding 44 points. The second temporary podium was for Marc Miquel (CN Arenys de Mar) with 43, while Javier Clemente (CN Santa Pola), with 42, holds the third place. As for the females, Nora García (CN El Masnou), adding 40 points, leads the group. Garcia is in the fifth place of the absolute general.

The provisional top ten is closed with Vicente Ribas (CN Sant Antoni de Portmany) in the fourth square and with 41 points, followed by Nora García; Miguel Sancho (Portugal), with 39; Quidel Villalba (CN Sant Antoni de Portmany), with 38; David Santacabu (RCN Tenerife), with 37; Jaume Alcover (CN El Balís), with 36 and closing those first ten classified is William Risselin (Belgium) with 35 points.

With regard to the Viguese meeting, in which it is planned to participate close to the 307 regatists of Belgium, Great Britain, Ireland, Mexico, Portugal and Sweden, in addition to a large representation of clubs in Spain, the organizing committee plans to complete nine tests, with 6 classifications and 3 final tests, on a trapezoidal tour, during the three days of competition.

After Vigo's appointment, the Circuíto will look into the IV Regata Ciudad del Puerto, a test that will be organized by the Real Club Nautico El Puerto de Santa María and will be held from 1 to 4 January 2018. The season will end in the Comunitat Valenciana, with the International Trophy City of Torrevieja, organized by the Royal Nautical Club of Torrevieja and to be held between 24 and 28 January. It is surprising that the two main Spanish quotes of the optimist, such as those of Palma and Palamós, are not currently in the Circuíto... at least worrying for the future of the work of Rafael Munilla and Francisco Coro, which clearly does not have the solomillo of the optimist and nothing less than for the gold and silver of the events of the Spanish children's candle.