The classic gala monotypes began the second stage in Laredo

It began in Laredo the second and final stage of the Transgascogne 6.50 which took a stop in the beautiful Cantabrian villa. Winds from the north-east of about seven knots led to a beautiful exit, to the French city of Les Sables de Olonne.

04 / 08 / 2019: Tomorrow at two o'clock the fleet of the Transgascogne 6.50 part for France

The forecast for the exit from Laredo, is from north-east winds of 6 knots

Tomorrow at the edge of two o'clock in the afternoon, the departure of the seventeenth edition of the Transgascogne will take place from the port of Laredo, in the waters of Cantabria, towards the French city of Les Sables de Olonne... as decided at the pattern meeting held this afternoon in the village.

04 / 09 / 2019: "Erwan Le Menee" winner in Laredo de la Transgascogne 6.50

The first 6.5 are already in the port of Laredo

At 11: 30 in the morning they arrived at the port of Laredo, the first classified of the Transgascogne... first Erwan Le Menee and second Axel Trehin, a journey through the Gulf of Vizcaya where the changing conditions of wind intensity marked the race.

01 / 08 / 2019: Tonight will begin to reach the 6.50 to Laredo that participate in the Transgascogne

The fleet is in direct direction to Laredo with good speed, as the conditions of wind and sea are favourable

The estimated time of arrival of the first participating ship of the Transgascogne Regata, to the port of Laredo, will be 11: 00 this Thursday night... the participants will be arriving all night and day two. This is the Laredo programming:

1 / 2 August
Arrival in Laredo of the participants
3 August
13: 00h Reception at the city hall to the organization
3 August
Award Delivery, in the Sports Port
4 August
Guided tour to the old town of Laredo
4 August
19.00h Briefing of the exit It is held in the Royal Nautical Club of Laredo
20: 00h Farewell reception offered by the Public Works Council. At the Royal Nautical Club in Laredo
5 August
13: 00h Departure from Laredo to Les Sables d'Olonne

30 / 07 / 2019: All prepared the Laredo to be the only Spanish seat of the Transgascogne 6.50

The Transgascogne 6.50, will have in Laredo the Spanish scale from 1 to 5 August presented in the city of Cantabra

The Transgascogne 6.50 race has been officially presented in the Plenos hall of the City of Laredo... the international competition that will take place from 1 to 5 August, will participate 80 ships representing Belgium, the United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland, Switzerland, Spain, the Netherlands and France.

The meeting was attended by the mayor of Laredo, Rosario Losa; Víctor Montero, general director of Asmar, director of the event in Spain; Pedro Diego, first lieutenant mayor and councillor of Works, representing the development of Sports Ricardo Lombera and the adviser of Public Works, Planning of the Territory and Urbanism of the Government of Cantabria, José Luis Gochicoa. The meeting was also attended by the general director of Public Works, Sandra García; the manager of the Cantabra de Vela Federation, Fátima Piñeiro and Juan Soto representing the Royal Nautico Club of Laredo.

The Spanish director of the Transgascogne 6.50, Víctor Montero, has explained the relevance of the Regata Transgascogne 6.50 which, in its seventeen edition, "has become one of the most important competitions of the international mini-class calendar over the years" and has detailed some aspects of the event's programming for the coming days, which will have "a welcome reception on day 3 and several guided exits that the City will organize for the regatists to know the history and attractions of Laredo beyond the competition."

24 / 07 / 2019: Laredo seat of the Regata Transgascogne 6.50... in which 73 ships from 11 countries participate

Forty years later, Les Sables de Olonne and Laredo joined their destinations, from that legendary Regata Le Figaro in 1979.

The port of Laredo will host for the first time in August the Transgascogne 6.50, a biennial race of about 600 miles of journey that in 2019 will be developed between Les Sables d'Olonne and Laredo and in which will participate 73 "6.50" model ships, to which accompany six ships of great length... with a movement in regatta of two hundred regatists and technicians.

The Organization has the collaboration of the City Council of Laredo, Public Works Council of the Government of Cantabria, Federacion Cantabra de Vela and the Royal Nautical Club of Laredo

The name of the race is due to its tour, but also to the class of ships 6.50 that participate and whose arrival in the host city represents "a nautical, sports and playful show," as the mayor of Laredo, Charo Losa and the Counsellor of Public Works, Jose Luis Gocichoa la Transgascogne 6.50, have emphasized, is a "authentic" event and an instrument of promotion for the port that welcomes the scale in each edition, in this case, Laredo. "This race will attract the focus of attention on Laredo and Cantabria and will allow us to make the region known as a tourist nautical destination," they said.

This is the first time that the Laredo villa will act as a host of the scale. In previous editions, the Transgascogne 6.50 has visited the ports of La Coruña, Gijón, Santander, Ribadeo, Luanco and Avilés.
The race brings to the host city "an important vistosity and animation," as well as economically energizing the area, since the about 200 people who move in the test will be able to discover, from 1 to 5 August, the tourist attractions of Laredo and Cantabria.

The Transgascogne 6.50 in its tenth edition will be held from July 24 to August 9... the exit to Laredo from Savles d'Olonne will be on the 30th, with a total of 345 miles, the village in Laredo will be open to the public from August 1 to 5... leaving the fleet from the city of Cantabra on the same day 5.