High level in La Coruña in both cruises and snipes (Photo Pedro Seoane)

Marcos Miguez and José Ramón Pardo of the Royal Nautical Club of La Coruña, have been proclaimed this Sunday absolute winners of the Lexus Breogán Cup that with the rank of the Galician championship of the Snipe class, was held in the herculine bay as the fifth cycle of the Abanca Week. Following the Coruñeses were the Ferrolians Ignacio Ituri and Cuco García Tizón who represented the Naval Commission of Regatas and the Vigueses Patricio de Haga and Rodrigo Rodríguez of the Real Club Nautico de Vigo. After the cycles of La Coruña that has returned to Abanca Week after three years of absence, this coming weekend will be no competition. The next quote will be by the Náutico de Sada, with the Regata Teras Guda in action, which will gather in which is the race with the greatest participation in the sailing area of the northern area of Galicia, to about 50 ships that will compete along the 27 and 28 October for the Rias of Sada, Ares and La Coruña.

The truth cost the fleet of snipes to celebrate valid sleeves... after two days in white with winds of more than 30 knots... came the good news of the competition and on Sunday there could be three no less, with winds of the north-east of 15 knots, and despite the rain of the first hours of the morning in La Coruña, on the manga the sun lució in its bay.

The partial victories were for Marcos Miguez and José Ramón Pardo (the first and the third), the remaining being for Ituri and García Tizón de Ferrol. The struggle was mainly focused on gold, as the winning tandem would achieve 5 points, for 6 of its major rivals. Already at considerable distance the Viguese Patricio de Haga and Rodrigo Rodríguez with 13 points, ahead of the also Viguese Enrique Porto and Pablo Biarge, who were only one point from the podium.

The fifth, sixth and seventh squares were for the crews of the Royal Nautical Club of La Coruña: Jaime Miranda-Miguel Pérez, Paula Correa-Calixto Abalo and Juan Cajade-Alexandre Tinojo. They completed the "top ten" of this Lexus Breogán Cup of Snipe: the Pontevedreses Miguel Rodríguez and Rodriguez of Jesus of the Real Nautical Club of Sanxenxo, Miguel Cid and Mauro Pdte of the Nautico of La Coruña and the Arosan loa Carlos Barca and Julio Fernández of the dean of the candle of Galicia, of the Real Club of Regatas Galicia of Vilagarcía.

After being the second Spanish in the radial class at the recently celebrated Laser Master Vigo Championship 2018, the Coruñés regatist José Ramón Pardo, along with Marcos Miguez, have proclaimed themselves winners of the Lexus Breogán Cup of the Abanca Week, and with it Galicia champions of the Snipe class.

13 / 10 / 2018: Abanca Week: for Vilariño- Chuny Bermudez de Castro la Lexus Breogán Cup

Quique Vilariño and Chuny Bermudez de Castro won the Lexus Breogán Cup in A2 (Photo Pedro Seoane)

"Mascato" of the Royal Nautical Club of La Coruña, with Enrique Vilariño and the ocean pattern of Vuelta al Mundo Chuny Bermudez de Castro was proclaimed yesterday afternoon in the Bay of La Coruña winning the Lexus Breogán Cup in A2, fifth cycle of the Abanca Week, which is organizing the Herculine club. The Contention 33, which with the name "Ardora" was the legend of the Spanish candle, has been completely removed and today has curved a great race in coruñese waters, even though it forced in demasia at the exit and had to return to not be penalized.

With the fleet of snipes on the ground, which was not allowed to haggle for being above 30 knots the wind... at the edge of four o'clock in the afternoon with "only 25 knots from the southwest" the judges sent to the water the cruises of this Lexus Breogan Cup of the solitary categories and two crew. The technicians came up with an 11-mile route between La Coruña, Mera and Oza, to which the ships had to take two turns, and the race was simply spectacular.

The first in real time the 42 feet Nautatec "Gaias Clinics," with a chrono of 01-25-08. In solitaries the best José Manuel Naveiro with the "Pingón" a Duetta 94 of the Nautico de Netes. Within the category A2 "B" the winner "Mascato," followed by the "Atlantic 3D Printing" of the Guillermo Blanco and the "Moura" of Carlos Suero and Rosa Gundín.

Finally in the A of the crew, he won "Zeppelin" of Pepo Nieto and Carlota Segarra of the Nautico Club Ria de Ares, ahead of the "Gaias Clinics" of Jose María Peinado and the "O Riás" of Ramón Carnota. The "Mascato" amen to beat in his class was also made with the joint A-B, as winner of the Lexus Breogan Cup.

For Sunday from 10: 30 in the morning it is the turn at the Abanca Week to the snipes with the Galician scepter in play... the great favorites the fleet of Vigo, Vilagarcía, Ferrol and La Coruña.

12 / 10 / 2018: Abanca Week: 40 knots prevented in La Coruña the beginning of the Lexus Breogan Cup

40 knots for the snipe... or in Las Arenas (Photo Manolo Seoane)

South winds with timeless rachas of more than 40 knots, caused on Friday the judges of the Lexus Breogán Cup, the fifth cycle of the Abanca Week organized by the Royal Nautical Club of La Coruña, to decide to cancel the sleeves planned for the first day, and in which they had to compete the "snipes" with the Galician championship in play.

This is why the programme is reduced for light sailing to the days of Saturday and Sunday, where the weather situation is expected to improve significantly from noon on Saturday and the programme can be completed. The snipes will therefore start their tests at the edge of the three o'clock in the afternoon, and we must highlight the strong viguese representation of the Royal Nautico Club, with couples such as Juan Estévez- Enrique Lago, Enrique Porto- Pablo Biarge and Patricio de Haz- Rodrigo Rodríguez. On the part of La Coruña, the Nautico presents four ships... the strongest Marcos Miguez and José Ramón Pardo... precisely the latter was the second Spanish classified in radial in the European Laser Master who ended Thursday in Vigo.

The "armada" of Ferrolterra is composed of four snipes: being the strongest a priori Diego Ópez- Antón Ugarte, along with Fernando Tajuelo - Juan García Tizón... both of the Naval Commission of Regatas. Also very strong the Arosans, of the Real Club de Regatas Galicia de Vilagarcía, case of Carlos Barca and Julio Fernández.

If in light sail the level is frankly strong, it is no less so in the Lexus Breogán Cup of Cruises, in which it is competed in solitary sailors and ships with two crew... regates that is punctual for the Galicia Circuit of the specialty. High-level boats, case of "Gaias Clinic," "Alma do Mar," "Mascato," "Salao Too," "Mourisca" and "Rias," appear a priori as the top favorites. The heavy sails will start their race, which will be unique, at 2: 30 in the afternoon... with a coastal tour between beacons in the bay of La Coruña about 10 miles. The award-giving of this Lexus Breogán Cup for the cruises will be at seven in the afternoon in the diaper of the Nautico de La Coruña, while for the light candle will be at five in the afternoon of Sunday.

11 / 10 / 2018: The Abanca Week returns to La Coruña with the Lexus Breogan Cup of snipes and cruises

The Abanca Week travels to the north of Galicia: first with the Royal Nautical Club of La Coruña (Lexus Breogán Cup) and then to Sada (Regata Terras Gauda)... already in November will be held in Cerceda and in La Coruña the Iberonautical nautical congress

The Abanca Week returns to the Coruñesa Bay, with the technical organization of the Nautico of the city, with the dispute of the Lexus Breogán Cup, dedicated to the class "Snipe" and in Cruises "Solitaries" and "A-2."
The already awarded National Week Abanca covers the modes of sailing, rowing and pyragüism, distributed in 10 cycles and which are held in both Galicia and Portugal and in which the most important nautical clubs of the north-west collaborate.

In the cycle assigned to the Coruñés Nautico, the Lexus Breogan Cup is disputed, for the "Snipe" class and for "Solitaire" and "A-2" cruises. This second competition will be held only on Saturday.
As far as the "Snipe" class is concerned, it should be noted that it is the Galician Championship of this class, while also putting into play the XLVI Trophy City of La Coruña. This Lexus Breogan Cup starts today Friday and will last until Sunday, to fight a total of 9 sleeves.

Today's departure will take place at 3: 00 in the afternoon, but always with time forecasts that are not in principle very positive. As a Galician Championship, the best "Snipe" crews will be held in the Coruñesa Bay, which will be about 30 crews from the Ria de Ares Club, Club Regatas de Ferrol, Club Regatas Galicia, Sanxenxo, Marítimo Rías Baixas, Náutico de Vigo and the organizing club, the Coruñés Náutico.

Among the local crews, of which a priori will come the winners, will go out to sail Jaime Miranda, Marcos Míguez and Jose Ramón Pardo or Juan Cajade, which on this occasion will sail with the Brazilian Alexandre Tinoco, who, like the Coruñeses, already competed in the Snipe worlds that took place last year in the Coruñesa Bay.