"Routes du Largue" by Jean Françoise Lecarpentier third in A2Jordi

The thirty-second edition of Regata Joan Guiu has been developed in a mixture of light and calm winds, especially nocturnal, which have delayed the progression of the fleet and caused numerous abandoned ones, so that only four of the ten ships that took the exit have completed the test... 106 miles between the ports of Barcelona and Palamós to and from the city of Gerundense in the buoy of La Losa in front of the hatch of the port of Palamós... under the organization of the Royal Club Náutico de Barcelona.

After more than a day of navigation would be "Blue Rocket," a Greek-flag Bashford 41 patroned by veteran Jordi Brufau and Andreu Pujol, the first to cut the line of arrival after 27 hours and 22 minutes, to just over 3 knots average... a very slow race therefore; "Blue Rocket" has been imposed in real time, in offset in the combined general and in the A2.

Then the Dutch ship "Yellow Rose," the X35 of Marten Jan Ringers, about five hours in compensation... being the French ship "Routes du Largue" of Jean Françoise Lecarpentier the third in the general of A2.

Only one Solitaire completed the tour, it is "Barakah - Inteman" a Beneteau Fígaro patronado Daniel Martín who used about 34 hours to complete the 106 miles of tour.

10 / 05 / 2019: The Regata Joan Guiu has left of solitaires and A2 to Palamós; the most advisable course

Four single ships and six in category A2, form the fleet of the three-way edition

Today the ten ships that formed the fleet of the 32 edition of the Regata Joan Guiu... the forecast of the soft wind on the channel, to change to a strong north on Saturday at noon, has convinced for a change of route and coast, that will unite the cities of Barcelona and Palamós.

The veteran regatta Juan Guiu, who meets its thirty-second edition, has sailed past three in the afternoon and after turning a buoy to dismark 2 miles from the exit, the participants have set out to the Costa Brava, where they will turn a buoy in front of Palamós and return to Barcelona, to sail 110 miles in total.