The legends of the sea are fired one more year from one of the most legendary classical sailing circuits in the Mediterranean

The tenth edition Puig Vela Classica was closed, with victories in its categories "Guia," "Argos," "Marigan," "Fjord III" and "Moonbeam of Fife..." and the participation of 500 regatists and 44 ships of nine different nationalities have competed since Thursday for one of the most prestigious trophies in the Mediterranean.

With 6 miles ahead, the exit of the Classics 1 already showed that there was much at stake, when the Outlaw attacked and the Guide defended itself, in an attempt to penalize him and try to rinse the difference of points with which the decisive test began. Without any major problems, the leader Guia did not fall into the trap, successfully overcome the harassment and marked his rival throughout the course.

More calm things in the Classics 2, since the provisional leader Argos had enough advantage to avoid surprises. I just had to avoid mistakes, and he did, achieving his third partial victory and prove to be the best ship / rating / crew set. Today he was supported by Madifra 2, who tried to take the second final position from Ojala II, who fourth of the day has defended the second step of the final podium.

In the time of Bermuda, the two leaders, Cippino and Fjord II, have been disunderstood from the rest of the fleet, looking at the exit and sailing alone the first girdle on the left side, reaching the first beacon the Uruguayan ship and leaving the Argentine Cippino very unhung. So much, he added a sixth to his partial locker by a third of Fjord II, which allowed him to win the general.

But the most technical and beautiful way out was that of Epoco Craja, where the Marigold, Marigan and Veronique started the day tied to points on the provisional. The Marigan has given a tactical lesson, when despite its smaller size it has managed to get the Veronique out of line, which has lost a few valuable seconds to rectify its advance.

The Moombean of Fife has confirmed the leadership in the Big Boats fleet, today achieving its third partial win against the Hallowen for only 1: 24 minutes, while the Black Swan ended up third very late. The same order in the final podium of this category, which continues to contribute its majesty and impressive slurs to the Puig Vela Classica.

Division
1. Fjord III (YC Uruguay), Scott Perry 6 points
2. Cippino (YC Argentino-AEBEC), Daniel Sielecki 8 points
3. Mercury (CM Mahon), Jordi Cabau 9 points

Crab Division
1. Marigan (RCN Palma), Tim Liesenhoff 5 points
2. Marigold (RCN Barcelona), Jason Gouldstone 6 points
3. Veronique (RCN Barcelona), Alex Veccia 7 points

Classic Division 1
1. Guia (RCNB), Jordi Costa 4 points
2. Yanira (RCNB), Andrés de León 8 points
3. Outlaw (YVV Dantibes), Jean- Claude Vau 8 points

Classic Division 2
1. Argos (New York YC), Barbara Trilling 3 points
2. Ojala II (RORC), Michelle Frova 8 points
3. Madrifa 2 (Tecnomar Fiumicibno), Emiliano Parenti 10 points

Big Boat Division
1. Moonbeam of Fife (SN Saint Tropez), Erwan Noblet 3 points
2. Halloween (Royal Irish YC), Mick Cotter 6 points
3. Black Swan (YC Porqueroles), Frederic Haoniesel 11 points

12 / 07 / 2019: Second day in Barcelona de la Puig Vela Classica

Guia, Argos, Moonbeam of Fife, Marigold and Cippino have been imposed on the first day (Photo Nico Martínez)

The second day of the XII Puig Vela Classica regatta also started on time at one in the afternoon, in a race field that today presented a different stage. The wind was blowing again from Garby, but today the thermal effect was less than yesterday and has not blown so generously.

The majestic Big Boats have offered an interesting way out between Halloween and the Moonbeam of Fife, reaching the first port-ridden to the beacon of the viewfinder and while his rival was running the line to starboard. The situation well planned by both, but which has given an initial advantage to Halloween, when the Moonbeam was turning to cover it without success, by being able to escape by sotavento thanks to its major start.

From there, Halloween has been able to stay ahead for the whole test, thanks in part to the smoother wind conditions improving its performance towards the Moonbeam. However, despite the completion of the test with five minutes of advantage, in the compensation of times it has been nine seconds short to achieve victory. With its two accumulated victories, the Moonbeam of Fife has practically secured the final triumph... the Outlaw, while the Yanira (5-2) with 7 points, the Disparate (4-4) with 8, the Emeraude (3-7) with 10 and the Samarkand (6-5) with 11morning will fight to rise to the podium.

The Argos has re-imposed their law on Classics 2, winning again with a wide margin over Wishing II and Altamar. In addition, Barbara Trilling's ship confirms the first place in the general, with two points on the "Woe II," while the "Madrifa" with 8 points, "Altamar 9" and "Margarita" with 9 will have an intense duel tomorrow to win the third final step of this category.

A lot of regularity in the fleet of the Bermuda Epoch, where the first five have repeated their classification yesterday. By adding both partials, he leads the Cippino with 2 points, followed by the Flower III with 4, the Argyll with 6, the Mercury with 8 and the Emilia Prima with 10. On the contrary, the maximum alternation of results between the Crab Epoch, with today's victory of the Marigan which also allows it to assume the leadership of the general with the same 4 points that the Marigold and the Veronique, promising tomorrow an intense duel to lead the winner.

Classic 1
1. Guia (Spain)
2. Yanira, Spain
3. Outlaw, France

Classic 2
1. Argos, Spain
2. Ojala II (United Kingdom)
3. Altamar (Spain)

Big Boats
1. Moonbeam of Fife (France)
2. Halloween, Ireland
3. Black Swan (France)

Category Bermuda
1. Cippino (Argentina)
2. Fjord III (Uruguay)
3. Argyll (United Kingdom)

Category Time Crab
1. Marigan (Spain)
2. Veronique (Spain)
3. Marigold (United Kingdom)

11 / 07 / 2019: The great show of the classic candle of the hand of Puig in Barcelona begins

Guia, Argos, Moonbeam of Fife, Marigold and Cippino have been imposed on the first day (Photo Nico Martínez)

The Puig Vela Classica race, one of the main references of the classic sailing and the Mediterranean era, has started in the waters of the Real Club Nautico of Barcelona, with more than 500 regatists on 44 classic and old ships, have participated in one of the most beautiful marine shows of the international nautical.

The suspension in the competing category Classics 1 began after the departure, when the favorites Guia and the Emeraude advanced to the shot and had to return to start again, starting that maneuver a little late and accumulating a considerable delay.

But this initial setback has served to acitate them, starting a rebound that has allowed them to star in the test. Thus, the Emeraude crossed the goal first and was ranked third after the compensation of times, while the Guide was second on arrival but achieved victory after the correction of the handicaps. Between them, in second position, the Outlaw was broken.

In the fleet of Classics 2 the Argos has had no rival, dominating the final classification with almost 6 minutes of advantage over the Woe II and already more than 13 minutes with the Madrifa.

As if a match race were in Bermuda, the Argentine Cippino and the Uruguayan Fjord have been marked and controlled without a truce over the almost three hours they have invested in completing the tour. Separated from the goal for 17 seconds, the Cippino increased the chronus to 33 seconds after compensating the times. The third step of the podium has been for the Argyll.

The ships of Epoch, but with Crab, have also had the Marigold as the winner of the day after containing the Veronique with a minute and a half of advantage, while the Marigan was ranked third.

The four Big Boats participating in the XII Puig Vela Classic regatta have had a clear dominator in the Moonbeam of Fife, who has been able to take advantage of today's strong wind to impose on Halloween with rotunity, while the Black Swan and Nordwind did not complete this first test. Classifications at the end of the opening day.

Classic 1
1-Guia (Spain)
2-Outlaw (France)
3-Emeraude (Italy)

Classic 2
1-Argos (Spain)
2-Ojala II (United Kingdom)
3- Madrifra 2 (Italy)

Big boats
1-Moonbeam of Fife (France)
2-Hallowe 'in (Ireland)
3-Black Swan (United Kingdom)

Bermuda time
1-Cippino (Argentina)
2-Fjord III (Uruguay)
3-Argyl (United Kingdom)

Crab time
Marigold (United Kingdom)
2-Veronique (Spain)
3-Marigan (Spain)

10 / 07 / 2019: 40 floating jewels in the Puig de Vela Classic in Barcelona waters

Boats of time like the Italian Emilia Prima - which belonged to the Agnelli family -, the Arosa - owned by the Spanish Navy - and La Spina - the first 12 meters registered in Italy in 1929 - will debut in this tenth edition

The coast of Barcelona will again witness, for the twelfth consecutive year, one of the most exciting duels on the high seas among great jewels of the world nautical. The countdown for the XII edition of the Barcelona Puig Vela Classica race, to be held from 10 to 13 July, has begun and all the forecasts point to that the figures of the previous edition will be exceeded with a total of 45 participating boats.

Seven classic sailboats will be debuting this year at this nautical event: one of them will be the Black Swan, a Big Boat of more than 33 meters in length of the late 19th century; ships of time like the Arosa, owned by the Spanish Navy; La Spina, the first 12 meters registered in Italy; and the Emilia Prima (1930), which belonged to the Agnelli dynasty.

It will also be the first time that the British Ojala II, French Dune and Spanish Kahurangi, whose name means "precious possession" in their native Maori language, as it was for a long time the flagship of the Royal Yacht Squadron of New Zealand, one of the most important nautical clubs in the world.

This authentic floating museum that can be enjoyed over the waters of the port of Barcelona during the second week of July will be completed with other vessels faithful to the race Puig Vela Classica from the beginning of the competition and that have already confirmed its presence in this edition: the Big Boats Moonbeam III and Hallowe 'in; the Classics Yanira and Guia; those of the category Epoch, Islander and Girl Luisita; as well as the winners of the Craja Division in the previous edition, Marigan and Freda, among other great jewels of the nautical.

The Real Club Náutico de Barcelona (RCNB) will again be the meeting point, from 10 to 13 July, of the more than 500 regatists arrived from different points of the world's geography from as different points as Argentina, Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the United Kingdom or Uruguay. The RCNB has recently implemented a reform of its facilities. A project that enhances its character, tradition and spirit by continuing a history that lasts for more than a hundred years.

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