The Navy ship, also clearly won in compensated time

The TP52 Sirius VI of the Spanish Navy, which has been supported by Lumar Canarias, Doñana 50th anniversary and Automoto10.com, has not only been the first ship to cross the line of arrival of the Colombia race, proclaiming itself the winner in real time, but has also achieved the absolute triumph by defeating the rest of its rivals in compensated time. After "Sirius VI" they were placed in compensated time "Pillabán," "Veracruz 500 Pantalán Zero," "Adrián Hoteles" and "Galbula."

The departure of the ocean event was last Saturday 1 September at 14: 00 in the waters of Punta Umbria (Huelva), and after sailing more than 756 nautical miles that separate La Gomera, last 5 September at 07h: 46 min: 58sec, the Sirius VI was the first of the 11 participants to arrive. After the ship of the Spanish Navy, the goal was crossed by the Adrián Hoteles, by the Tierfeño Daniel Adrián, followed by the Galbula de Pedro Gonzalo. But without being able to beat Sirius VI in compensated time. Among those who were missing, they only threatened the triumph of the ship tripulated by regatists of Lanzarote, ships of minor length such as the Veracruz 500 Pantalán Cero de Jordi "Peque" Doménech or the Pillabán, patrolling by the Sevillian Sergio Llorca. It was precisely the Pillaban who maintained the emotion until the last moment, but finally he did not get there ant is of the 30 hours and 39 minutes that the Sirius VI needed to proclaim himself champion also in compensated time. It is therefore a double triumph (in real time and in compensated time) of the Spanish Navy's race ship.

The crew of the winner Sirius VI had an excellent palmaris before starting. The regular crew of the Sirius VI, was to win the Nautical Week of Melilla and is mostly made up of military in service led by the ship captain Jorge Flethes, along with Enrique Flethes, Gonzalo Millán, Paco Molina, Ángel Diez, Agustín Espada and Emilio Croques. And for this occasion they were complemented by five top-level regatists who came from winning the prestigious Sailing King's Cup in the "Estrella Damm" and "Bribón - Movistar" teams. Among them are the rabbits Ricardo Terrades, Federico Morales and Gonzalo Morales, the Catalan Aleix Gelabert and the Sevillian Nacho Murube.

06 / 09 / 2018: "Sirius VI" comes first to La Gomera ahead of "Adrián Hoteles" coming a day later

The canary ship "Adrián Hoteles" crosses the line of arrival a day after the Sirius VI (Photo M.L.)

The "Adrián Hoteles Macaronesia" of the shipowner and patron Daniel Adrián has in second position crossed the line of arrival of the ocean race Huelva-La Gomera after investing a time of 4 days, 15 hours, 40 minutes and 35 seconds; after the winner, the "Sirius VI Lumar Canarias" of the Spanish Navy that had done so 22 hours earlier.

The canary ship has thus completed its fifth participation in the Colombia race that separates Palos from the San Sebastián de la Gomera border with a 750-mile tour.

The Sydney 43 Adrián Hotels took part in the group of favorites next to the TP52 Sirius VI, with which he had an incident on the way out and in which the Navy ship was self-penalized to avoid being punished.

After the Adrián Hotels crossed the arrival the largest ship the fleet, the Galbula and between the ORC 34 the "Pillabán" of Sergio Llorca, who seeks to revalidate the title with a time of 5 days, 02 hours, 02 minutes and 20 seconds, the next ship to be expected online was the Veracruz 500 "Pantalán Zero" of Jordi 'Peque' Doméech.

Adrián Hoteles is a project made up entirely of Canarian regatists that sails under the grympola of Nautical Activities of Tenerife and has the support of Canary Islands, Isla de la Gomera, Ports Canarios and Grupo Amil.

01 / 09 / 2018: "Sirius VI Lumar Canarias" and "Adrián Hoteles" in the head of the Huelva-La Gomera

Sirius VI, Adrián Hotels, Pillaban and Veracruz 500 soon showed their candidacy for victory

The Huelva-La Gomera Ocean Regata was set in motion after two in the afternoon with ten ships online and with a 70-mile walk ahead between Punta Umbria and San Sebastián distributed in two classes ORC 1 and ORC 3-4.

With a south-east wind of just 8 knots, he left the fleet in the direction of a first buoy of dismantling, in which the four great favorites, Sirius VI Lumar Canarias of Jorge Flethes, Adrián Hotels of Daniel Adrián, Pillaban of Sergio Llorca and Veracruz 500 Pantalán Zero of Jordi'Peque 'Doménech, arrived in a fist and where there was a collision between the Sirius VI and the Adrián Hotels which caused the Sirius VI of the Spanish Navy to decide to be self-penalized. From there Sirius VI Lumar Canarias, Adrián Hoteles and Veracruz 500 Pantalán Zero chose to sail south, while Pillaban preferred to do it east to Cabo San Vicente.

The Sirius VI Lumar Canarias of the Spanish Navy that counts Lumar Canarias, Doñana and automoto10.com is formed by a first-level crew with Jorge Flethes to the cane, seven members of the Naval Commission of Regatas and the champions of the Copa del Rey Ricardo Terrades, Nacho Murube, Aleix Gelabert and reinforced by the lanzaroteños Federico and Gonzalo Morales.

31 / 08 / 2018: "Sirius VI" arrived in Mazagon to participate in the VI Regata Huelva - La Gomera

The project is supported by Doñana, Lumar Canarias and Automoto10.com, being an Andalusian-Canary crew as the spirit of the Colombia race

"Sirius VI," the TP52 of the Spanish Navy's Naval Regatta Commission, is already located in the Port of Mazagon on the coast of Huelva, preparing for the ocean race that commemorates the first trip of Christopher Columbus to the New World. The departure will be on 1 September and is expected to reach La Gomera between 3 and 4 September, after sailing more than 750 nautical miles.

The crew is mostly made up of serving soldiers led by the ship's captain Jorge Flethes, who will be the master of the ship. The regular race team of the Sirius VI (Enrique Flethes, Gonzalo Millán, Paco Molina, Ángel Diez, Agustín Espada and Emilio Croques) is complemented on this occasion by four top-level regatists such as Ricardo Terrades, Aleix Gelabert, Nacho Murube and Gonzalo Morales. The team is supported by Doñana, Lumar Canarias and Automoto10.com.

Among the participating fleet, the main rivals of the Sirius VI will be the Adrián Hotels Macaronesia of Daniel Adrián of the Club of Nautical Activities of Tenerife, and will also be for the general two more ships in front line as are the Pillaban of the Nautical Club Saladillo of Algeciras of the shipowner Manuel durante and patronado by Sergio Llorca and the Veracruz 500-Pantalán Cero patronado by Jordi 'Peque' Doménech of the RCN El Puerto de Santa María.