April Green, eighth in the final general, wins in Corinthian category

Gustavo Martínez Doreste, of the Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria, has finished in fourth position, tied to points with the third, in the European Championship of J70 that ended in Italian waters, of Lago di Garda... the other two Spanish ships that have been in the top ten, have been the Vigués Luis Bugallo with "Mar Natura" and the orensano Luis Pérez Canal with "Apuerto Verde," both of the fleet of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo.

The five Spanish teams that passed this first crib and that passed to the gold group were the canaries of the "Lumar Canarias" with Luis Martínez Dorete, the "G75" of his brother Gustavo Martínez Doreeste, the "Noticia" of the Santanderino Pichu Torcida and the Gallegos of the "April Verde" of Luís Pérez Canal and the "Mar Natura" of Luis Bugallo. In the silver group the rest of the Spanish army were "Patakin," "Tenaz," "Let it be," "Red April," "Spirit of Alginet" and "Mar Natura 2."

Luis Pérez Canal and his "Green April" team gave a real lesson of good sailing and know-how. Sailing always with excellent speed, good tactical decisions and a great constipation that served them to be always in the lead. And when they weren't, they had enough capacity to remount and scratch some points at their rivals. Their regularity allowed them not only to end up in 8 position, but they rose with the title of European Champions of J70 category Corinthian, that is, non-professional teams. Overcoming many professionals and with 120 points of advantage over the second Corinthian that was the "Calypso" of Malta.

29 / 06 / 2019: "G75" from Doreste and "Green April" from Pérez Canal in the topten of the European J70 in Italy

The penultimate day was again very competitive and long and the G75 is third in the general

"G75" by Gustavo Martinez Doreste "G75" is the best Spanish J70 in the absence of the last day, in the European Championship that is being held in Lago di Garda, in Italian inland waters.

In the seventh square goes the "Green April" of the Galician Luis Pérez Canal. The Santanderino Pichu Torcida with the "Noticia" ended the day in tenth position, but because of Claudia Rossi's protest he was disqualified and passed to the 34th. In the tenth place is Luis Bugallo in command of the "Mar Natura" after having won several sleeves of the qualifying races. Luis Martínez Doreste with the "Lumar Canarias" in the 36th close the classification of the Spanish of the gold group with a total of 62 participants.

In the silver group there are 4 Spanish teams in the top ten. "Patakin" by Luis Albert goes 3rd, Pablo Garriga's "Tenaz" is 4th, Juan Calvo Boronat's "Let it be" is 8th of Jorge Pérez Canal's "Red April" is 9th. It closes the classification of the Spaniards with a 24th square in the silver group the "Spirit of Aginet" by Gabriel Mariani.

28 / 06 / 2019: Five Spanish J70 manage to get into the final phase of the European in Lago di Garda

Mar Natura, G75, Noticia, April Green and Lumar Canarias move to the final phase in Malcesine

After two days of competition and six qualifying races, five Spanish teams managed to move to the final phase and will compete against the best teams in Europe in J70. "Mar Natura" by Luis Bugallo, "G75" by Gustavo Martinez Doreste, "Noticia" by Pichu Torcida, "Abril Verde" by Pérez Canal and "Lumar Canarias" by Luis Martínez Doreste will sail in the gold group.

In Lago di Garda, Italy, the International Class European Championship J70, organized by the Fraglia Vela Malcesine Club, is being awarded this week. There are a total of more than 130 registered teams coming from, in addition to the major European countries, and from outside the continent such as the United States, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Turkey, Russia... adding a total of 21 different nationalities.

The first two days of competition were devoted to 6 qualifying races, which allowed to make an initial survey of 50% of the fleet, being divided into two groups (gold and silver). The canaries have been regular and have managed to qualify in the gold group. And from that Friday the final races begin that will serve to elect the next J70 European champion.

Among the favorites are Italian, Spanish and German teams. Among the Spanish are the "Mar Natura" of the Galician Luis Bugallo, "G75" by Gustavo Martínez Doresta, "Lumar Canarias" by Luis Martínez Doreeste, "Noticia" by Pichu Torcida and the "April Verde" by Luis Pérez Canal... the rest of the Spanish teams involved did not succeed in qualifying for the final phase and will have to compete in the silver group... in this will be "Patakin," "Tenaz," "Let it be," "" April Red, "" "Spirit of Alginet" and "Mar Natura 2"