Alma do Mar y Zospiro (Photo Pedro Seoane)

The Nautatec 42 "Gaias Clinics" with José María Peinó a la reed, from the fleet of the Royal Nautical Club of Portosin, will pass to the history of the heavy Galician candle as the first boat to win a race by the mode of three crew, which for the first time has been celebrated in the waters of Galicia, by the hand of the Abanca Week and the Real Nautical Club of La Coruña and with the name of Regata Wor60.

Little wind with chubascos in the river of La Coruña in the first hour of Sunday, which would gradually rise with a northwestern direction to reach for moments 10 and even 12 knots. In real time the victory also for the ship of José María Peinó, with a chrono of 01.46.20... to complete the 9 miles of which the route was recorded, very similar to a barlovento-sotavento.

This allowed him to win in compensation in class A, relegating to the second place a good "Alma do Mar" of Nito Enriquez, the third in discord being the "Eko Mambo of Cándido Losada.

In category B, the "Zospiro" of Guillermo Blanco of the Royal Nautical Club of La Coruña was imposed, being the silver for "Gañaporte" of Jose Angel Quintero and the bronze for the "Carpancho V" of Jaime Araújo also of the nautical Coruñés.

The next event of the Abanca Week, the Terras Gauda Regata that organizes the Nautical Sada Club that is chaired by Enrique Tostado... and which is also the vice president of the Organizing Committee of which is the event concerning the national multilinguist level... in the waters of the Rios of Sada, Ares and La Coruña will meet more than a thirty cruises, in which is the fashion regatta in the Galician heavy sailing calendar of northern Galicia.

The crew of the "Gaias Clinics" received the WOR60 Award (Photo Pedro Seoane)

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REGATA WORK 60 A3
Final classification (top ten)

1st Gaias Clinics (José María Peinó) (RCN Portosín)
2nd Alma do Mar (Nito Enriquez) (CN Sada)
3rd Eleko Mambo (Cándido Losada) (CM La Penela)
4th La María (Miguel Angel Fernández) (RCN La Coruña)
5th Zospiro (Guillermo Blanco) (RCN La Coruña)
6th Gañafote (José Angel Quintero) (CM San Amaro)
7th Carpancho V (Jaime Araújo) (RCN La Coruña)
8th O Riás (Ramón Carnota) (RCN Ria de Ares)
9th Mourisca (Gonzalo Vázquez- Pose) (CN Sada)
10 ° Azahara III (Agustin Fernández- Vigo) (RCN La Coruña)

18 / 10 / 2019: Abanca Week: last cycle in La Coruña... the Regata Wor60 of A3

"Zospiro" by Guillermo Blanco, one of the favorites (Photo Pedro Seoane)

The Abanca Week has its last act on Sunday by the Royal Nautical Club of La Coruña... after the Lexus Breogán Cup of 420, the Gaddis Trophy of Solitary-A2 and the Spanish Cup J80 The English Court, it is the turn to a new race in the Galician calendar of sailing: the Regata MOR60 in which the ships compete in the system A3, three crew per ship.

It will be on the edge of 11: 30 Sunday morning, with a tour of about 10 miles in the river of La Coruña between beacons, with likely turns in Mera and Oza. And it is that the judges will decide immediately before the exit signal, what route they will choose.

In line of departure many of the most powerful ships in the northern Galician area, case of the "Alma do Mar" that patronea Nito Enriquez, "La María" with Miguel Angel Fernández a la rea, "Zospiro" by Guillermo Blanco, "Mascato" with Enrique Vilariño a la rea, "O Riás" by Ramón Carnota, Gonzalo Vázquez with his "Mourisca," the "Ganafote" by José Manuel Quintero or the "Virazo" by Pedro Torres, to cite a few examples.

The conclusion on Saturday in La Coruña one of the stages of the Grand Prix, in which more than twenty ships are participating from the fleets of Ferrol, Ares, Sada and La Coruña itself, has generated a great atmosphere in this Regata MOR60 that closes the presence of the Abanca Week, as regards 2019 in the Herculine capital. At the provincial level there is still a new event, next weekend in Sada with the Terras Gaudas Regata, which traditionally has a large participation of all Galicia.

The three-crew races are fashionable among the Levine regatists, as there are numerous events of this kind throughout the last three seasons. Recently the Catalan fleet has joined this current, and now it is Galicia who is going to try with the Abanca Week, this competition system. The small-crew races began to be held in Galicia, at the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona in 1981 with the Stylmark Trophy of solitaries and A2. The winners had been the "Sumcris" of the Saraquete river in solitaires and the "Undine" of the German Keilhoz and the Pontevedrés Luis Pérez in A2. Now after almost thirty years, the A3 races of the Royal Nautical Club of La Coruña and of the Abanca Week reach the Galician waters.