"Patakin" in the head of this group on Sunday day in Vigo (Photo Maria Muiña)

"Noticia" by José María Torcida of the Real Club Marítimo de Santander was proclaimed winner of the fourth act of the J70 Villalia Series, which have organized the Galician Association of the J70 Class and the Real Club Nautico de Vigo. In total, 20 monotypes with crews from Galicia, Asturias, Basque Country, Valencia Community, Balearic Islands, Madrid, Catalonia, Canary Islands, Andalusia, Portugal and Finland participated.

Excellent the second day on the technical plane, with good assembly by the judges of the race field in the Ria de Vigo, British punctuality beginning at 10: 00 a.m., and a wind that helped with 15 to 18 knots of north-east component. This led to the completion of four sleeves at the midday edge, together with so many on Saturday, to complete the planned programme of eight... so a total of 23 sleeves have been held since the beginning of these Villalia Series.

"Green April," "La Guardia & Moreira" and "Patakin" with the Rade Bridge in the background (Photo Maria Muíña)

He held on to the Torcida leadership, but very justified... because he met a Luis Pérez Canal who with his "Aprilos" made it very difficult to the extent that they were only separated from one point... the santanderino took the cat to the water for its most regularity, because the Canal Sunday was better. In the end the eight sleeves were won by "Oils Abril" (3), La Guardia & Moreira (2), "Noticia" (2) and "Solventis" (1)... by the way the Coruñés Malalo Bermudez de Castro was very well on Sunday with a 1 and a 2, the bad thing is that he was disqualified in the manga strip, but would have been among the first five.

Also to highlight the crew of the Royal Nautical Club of Gran Canaria commanded by Alfredo González who placed his "Ono-Eurofrits-Aviko" in the fourth place, ahead of "Marnatura 1" and the J70 of Gonzalo Araújo. Also to highlight among the "amateur" crews veteran José Luis Freire who was frankly well, going up to the tenth second position.

With these results "Noticia" stands out in the general after 23 sleeves. To seven points is "La Guardia & Moreira," third is the "April Verde" that has gone up a lot on the table, leaving in the fourth part the former leader, to "Marnatura 1," being the fifth for the Mallorcan "Patakín."

For February 15 and 16, the fifth act of these Villalia Series, with the J70 of a master of legend, for Germany will be in Vigo, with no less than the world champion Markus Wieser in front.

18 / 01 / 2020: Torcida effect hit that puts in the first square the "Noticia" in the J70 Villalia Series

Remonted from the ship of Luis Pérez Canal that is in the second square (Photo Maria Muiña)

"Noticia" of the Real Club Marítimo de Santander with the Cantabre Pichu Torcida a la rea is the leader of the fourth act of the J70 Villalia Series, which is being held in Galician waters, with the organization of the Class J70 of Galicia and the Real Club Nautico de Vigo. The Santanderino ship with a first and three seconds, dominates in viguese waters ahead of the Orensian Luis Pérez Canal which with "Oils Abril" achieved on Saturday a first, two seconds and two quarters, in the four sleeves held. The third in this provisional classification is "La Guardia & Moreira" with Gonzalo Araújo to the cane, who achieved a first, a third, a fourth and a sixth.

Day with a generous north-west wind that blew with a fan of eight to eighteen knots, which caused the sleeves to be viscous and very fast. With these results the absolute general of the J70 Villalia Series is tightened further, with three ships in a handkerchief: "Marnatura" of Luis Bugallo who was fourth, the leader of this act "Noticia" and the ship of Gonzalo Araújo.

What is clear is the very high level that is being experienced in Vigo, which is certainly the national, and even international, reference event of this emerging J70 class. To give an idea of what is being cooked in viguese waters, the fact that the Finnish debutador "Revalance" was left out of the top ten, and by the hairs they made patterns of the potential of Sancho Paramo with "Sogacsa," Boronat for the "Leti t be," the Majorcan Luis Albert or the Coruñés Malalo Bermudez de Castro... while the tenth square was for Jorge Pérez Canal with the "Red April" and the canary crew of the "Ono- Eurografs- Aviko" remained out of the group of the "with the fifth day of the Canaeus." For the second Sunday we deliver this fourth act, beginning at 10: 00 in the morning, and four tests ahead.

17 / 01 / 2020: Finland joins the Villalia Series of J70 in Vigo

The Finnish crew with Gonzalo Araújo in Vigo before starting training

"Marnatura" and "LaGuardia & Moreira" of the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo, and "Noticia" of the Royal Maritime Club of Santander of favorites, are resumed in Galician waters the J70 Villalia Series with the organization of the Association the Class J70 and the Royal Nautic Club of Vigo. The one that is the reference event of the class at national level will have in its fourth act two days, the first of them on Saturday from 1.30.

In line of departure a twenty monotypes, with the great novelty of the presence of the J70 of the Helsinki Yacht Club in the competition. On Friday the Finnish crew arrived in Vigo in full with their patron Jonas Dromberg in front. The presence of the Nordic in the Galician city will be added to that of European champion Markus Wieser of Germany with all his team, which confirms Vigo's tendency to become the European J70 Class Base, between autumn and spring.

The Villalia arrive at their second delivery of the Spring Series, for this event will hold the fourth act of the five of which it consists, with nothing decided... for there are three ships that have many possibilities. In the lead the component of the Spanish team of the Young Americas Cup, Luis Bugallo with Enrique Freire, Gerardo Prego, Alberto Basadre and Jorge Lorenzo in his crew.

After them is "Noticia" of the cantabre José María Torcida, who has in his team the madrileño Luis Martín Cabiedes, the alicantino Robin Imaz, the asturian Francisco Palacios and the Santanderino Pablo Santurde. It completes the provisional podium, another of the great patterns that are in Vigo: Gonzalo Araújo who leads the "La Guardia & Moreira" and who has as crew members Jacobo Vecino, Juan Debén, Alberto Viejo and Eloy Ruiloba.

All three in the band 40 / 50 points. They have as persecutors that of "Patakín" of the Club de Mar de Palma de Mallorca which has among its crew the "number one" of Portugal Afonso Domingos and the Orensian ship of Luis Pérez Canal, the "April Verde."

They complete the provisional "top ten," the "Sogacsa" with Sancho Páramo and the rover Pablo Iglesias, the Orensian patron Jorge Pérez Canal with "Red April," the Coruñés "Solventis" with Malalo Bermudez de Castro, the canary "One- Eurografs-Aviko" with Francisco Alfredo González in the cane, "666" from the Malaysian Laureano Wizner and "Castrosúa" that patrons Willy Alonso... up to 20 ships.

The Villalia series will have their last test of this first phase on February 15 and 16 also in Vigo. The great colofon will be held in the waters of the river of Pontevedra, in the Marina Commud the municipality of Poio, with the Spanish Championship in play, next June.