"Gunter" by Javier Scherk, captain of the Spanish team under the grompola of the Nautico of Barcelona, ends in Plaza 18

The crew of 'Gunter' of the Real Club Nautico of Barcelona sailed the twelve scheduled tests facing all the different winds, but especially the strong ones, concluding in the 14th place... the winner of this edition has been the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, which shone on the last day of regatta in which, as expected, the final classification was decided.

The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron and the San Diego Yacht Club, began the tenth and last race separated by six points, which was all but a safe margin for this competitive fleet of 20 ships. The Australian team had an advantage in the overall classification, but Captain Guido Belgiorno-Nettis and his crew played the title with a start below pair, while San Diego faced the fleet's head and ended up taking the second square.

Anthony O'Leary and the crew of the Royal Cork Yacht Club once again demonstrated that they love to sail with a lot of wind and certainly took advantage of it. In the last three tests they achieved a 5-2-1 and were made with the third square; this was their deserved first podium after competing in all previous editions of the Trophy.

On this occasion, 'Gunter' has had Silvia Más, a gold medal last August at the World Cup of Sailing held in Enoshima, in category 470. The RCNB crew were completed by Lorenzo Vázquez, Oriol Cornudella, Carles Moreu, Silvia Moreu, Santiago Más, David Más, Theresa Salerno, Derek Moynan and Allie Gray. Of the 180 crew members who have participated in the race, more than a quarter have been women: a significant increase over previous editions.

11 / 09 / 2019: Scherk and Silvia More lead the IC37 of the Barcelona Nautical in the Rolex of New York

The teams involved are always amateurs, but it has high-level crews. Many boats often board Olympic medalists and Javier Scherk, has in his ranks, as captain a young promise that points high for Tokyo 2020: Silvia Más, gold medal this last August at the World Cup of Sailing held in Enoshima, in category 470, while he is the cane

Javier Scherk participates for the second time in the 'Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup', the world's most important non-professional race, with the award of the Royal Nautical Club of Barcelona, which goes for the fourth edition to this competition.

The competition has been organized since 2009 at the Harbour Court in Newport, the stage par excellence of sailing in the United States... its celebration is biennial and Javier Scherk has already competed in the 2015 edition.

The Real Club Náutico de Barcelona has represented the Spanish nautical clubs, in 2011, 2013, 2015 and this 2019... to participate... you must receive an invitation in which they intervene reasons of prestige and honor of the club, sportsmanship of the navigator, justice and equity in previous competitions, formation of new crew...

The 2019 edition has attracted the best amateur navigators from 43 of the most prestigious nautical clubs representing 20 countries. After five editions in the Swan 42 class, this year's event is sailed at IC37, designed by Mark Mills and built by Westerly Marine in Santa Ana, California and Fiber Mechanics of the United Kingdom.

This strict one- design, combined with the fact that the 20 ships are owned by the New York Yacht Club, ensures a leveled race field. After a few days of training, the race gave its first departure yesterday Tuesday and will end on Saturday, September 14.