And we are in Baiona in the second part of that unforgettable 1990, very special year for the Mount Real Club of Yates, which would successfully organize one of the world level class, most emblematic of the recent history of heavy sailing: the Quarter Ton Cup.

The final world-wide line, began in Monte Real with the General Optical Regattawhen the Catalan company has just been acquired by the English multinational Benson & Hedges, who had as president an enthusiastic cruiser and shipowner, who loved the races... a call from Juan Coma, who was the commercial director of the company in Spain, reported that he planned to approach Baiona and sail on the Regata, if that were possible... and of course better anfritrion than the unforgettable Rafael Olmedo.

The president of Monte Real invited him to sail on his"Rabiscus", and the enchanted British competed with Olmedo's... even though everything was not golden... for the Maximum head of the BensonI was in an accident on board... a boat was boarding them through the stern, tearing their backstay... mast down... and the British businessman in the water with a good blow... Rafael Jr. and Leandro Olmedo were immediately leaping to rescue him... at the end of the day with an end of no gravity in the personal... but with many bruises...

General Optica was held in three days, leaving Baiona, crossing to Vigo, going up to Sanxenxo and then returning to Baiona.

Gala atmosphere at the Yates Club, with ships from all over Spain, and clear victory of Jacques Faroux's design "Lada" that with Toño Gorostegui and Pedro Campos as responsible, he had in the model Paloma Lago the glove of the cake.

The hiring of the ferrolana by the publicist of Madrid NCA sources, it was a novelty at the image level... as it was that a famous will be part of an elite crew. The truth is that he did it frankly well... at least he didn't bother on board, which was not easy a priori on a seven-meter boat and also with a maximum level of competition.

At that time the Lake and Javier Obregón were boyfriends... she was 23 years old and she was a beautiful, nice, empathy, very prepared and intelligent girl who had announced that she would marry the brother of the famous Madrid actress on October 5.

The anecdote that the Obregon appeared in Sanxenxo, and it was apparently something"Musched." with the professional relationship of Paloma and Pedro Campos... fruit of which he was digging between glass and glass, among the regatta staff on the night of the Zoo "If there was something weird... "I mean, if there was a subject."... among some of them.

The next day the General Optica was closed in Baiona, with the long-standing victory of the "Lada" in which Paloma with Pedro and Toño went out to collect the prize... very sensual... very in... receiving many applause... however the most pampered lady was one of the house... Castor Alonso's wife pattern "Sony." That, in the view of the respectable, it would have been Miss Regata, if there had been a vote on it, of course.

After "Toño & Pedro " "Salao BBV" by Fernando León and "Bombay Gin" by Javier de la Gandara, sponsored by Chema Ullivarri, who was very excited about the project.

In the cruise class, he took the victory. "Albariño Granbazan" with Carlos Monclus of pattern and Fausto Núñez of tactical. This Contempt-33 was the nightmare of the ships cruises-regates in those distant years, and earned everything in its category.

And turn for the Count of Gondomar Trophy that had the rank of the Spanish Quarter Ton Championship... and in which the "selection to choose which 10 ships would make up the Spanish team"... it seemed amazing that they met. 15 "quarter" for our country... that caused five to stay out.

In the "Gondomar" would win "Cote" with Jaime Rodríguez Touges, the Spanish championship would be for "Bombay Gin" by Javier de la Gandara who was sailing with José Cristos, Púas Retolaza, Jaime Arbones and Juan Bravo... by the way, often pitcher around this magnificent regatist, for it seems to French Jean Claude Ramón who was the owner of the "Sanifló..." who competed with the name "Lada..." loved to be very close to John... and you know the bad milk in the candle... Jean Claude was also a virtuous of the "clarinet" and played it every day at the end of the race... the easy joke was the tonic, when the "clarinet session" was approaching...

On the subject "selection" the bomb... that the great José Luis Freire... "Tibu..." would keep his "Pairito" out of the Spanish team, had no waste, in what "fine chachonde' You mean.

The quarter ton was the Italian "Piraña" that had bought Carmelo Sabastano, one of the most significant shipowners of the Círcolo de la Vela de Venezia... who would be in the late 1990s, a very loved character in Baiona... who even came to sponsor the company "Marfrio," of which he was a partner and general director, Freire.

The solution of "Pairito" to be in the World Cup was to compete in the team of Portugal, which had several free places... but of course the crew had to incorporate two Lusitans and go down to two Gallegos... and the pattern was officially at least Tiago Roquette... son of the legendary patron who is currently the president of the Portuguese Vela Federation.

No need to remember the general "puteo" towards the inventor of the "Odio-2" tablet... they told him "Great Tibu, good thing you have Portugal left to go to the World Cup!"

The Infanta Cristina was involved with Don Cotton, with Viky Fumató, Theresa Zabell and Natalia Via Dufresne... that in the long race to the Chico Carrumeiro from the thick fog and the bass caused a concern in the Organization... and even in the Royal House... on a night that became very long.

The "girls" ship was closely followed by a Spanish Navy patrol, but when it entered the complicated area of Corrubedo, it could not approach the coast as much as the small "quarter ton," and between the distance and the persistent fog... it lost visual control, as it was logical.

Fortunately at dawn the ship gave signs of life... I remember without sleeping in the office of Single from Monte Real with my fellow organization, receiving several calls from Zarzuela... trying not to cause alarm... giving an optimistic version of the problem... Are you sure you have the Infanta located?... peace of mind please that everything is under control!...

The anecdote with the first lights of the day very close to Finisterre... immersed in the fog the crew sees a small fishing boat and ask him Are we far from the Carrumeiro?... and the fishing pattern, surprised, says to them: "You are a child of the Rei, aren't you," said Cristina. And the fisherman told them very much that they had the lighthouse already very close.

In the King's Cup, the three-room classification was imposed by Bruce Farr "Lone" of the Danish Jane Bondenilsen... while the country classification was for Germany, being the silver for the combined Spain B, formed by "Banco Atlántico" by Pedro Campos, "Inespal" by Toni Tió and "Lone."

The scandal included "Lone" in the Spanish team, when it had only two national crew members. The outrage was such in Palma, that the fact was given great importance in national media, which described the situation as a shame... the staff charged the inks against Javier Romero who was the chief meter of the Spanish.

And you will wonder... and the Milmi?... because he had been in all the mops in it... but since the end of the Motonautica World, he had been what he said discreet... to his... and supporting the World Cup Ton de Baiona, very focused... that did take the port of Santa Maria on the 52 foot "Abracadabra," a ship he acquired in union with his then inseparable friend and partner, Pedro Pablo Parrado.

Eggs with Nautical Week in sight... in extreme managed to convince the marketing director of Puerto Sherry who was then Oscar Iniestato sponsor his fantastic ship and convinced him that he was called for a few days in the "Brent Walker Spain," multinational which was the maximum shareholder of the splendid port of call.

With Catalan Jan Santana a la rea he competed that year in the Nautical Week of the Port that already began to have a single last name: Osborne.

The fight for the first position in charge of also 52 feet "Grand Captain Blow." of Pedro Campos who was left with the "gold catavino," followed by "Inespal" and the ship of Milmi... by the way in one of the tests in the bay of Cadiz, at an unimaginable noon: the open wind of 15 knots, tidal and 35 degrees... exit in the stern... and the master lesson of Jan that starting from barlovento with a millimetric control, left Campos surprised... playing with the relinga of his spi the imaginary line, of departure... is of the most beautiful scenes I have seen in my many years in the candle... "Zorongo" by Ignacio Jáuregui del Marítimo del Abra, against prognosis did not win the cruise catavan, having to conform to the third place.

The Nautical Week in the 80's and 90's was certainly the most important race in Spain: excellent organization, about 100 ships from all over Spain and Portugal, the incomparable bay of Cadiz... and the social part that was simply unique... accompanied by the gaditan guasa that"can't stand it."

And an image for the memory, for the sadness and concern that invaded the thousands of spectators and participants of the Sherry when the exit of the last manga, was postponed for a few minutes so that the protest aircraft "Prince of Asturias" He left the Rota Naval Base, heading for the Persian Gulf... where the Gulf War began... at night closing ceremony at the spectacular outdoor facilities of the Vistahermosa Golf Club.

My colleagues, including José Luis Suevos and Pedro Pablo Parrado, attended a discussion with me among the Organization's highest exponents, which touched us very close... until José Antonio Osborne told me: "We have decided that you are the host of the act."... against my refusal, I was warned that I was the press chief and I just had to obey but never discuss the order... and there I had to prepare the act in a hurry, which was not a joke... to introduce a splendid and famous Andalusian guitarist who was the one giving the entrance to the dinner, with a film concert.

It was very strong to see a Galician, introducing an elite Andalusian guitarist... they prepared me with a gomina in my hair and dressed in black, in a Gaditan way to no longer power and to disguise as much as possible. "Galias' seat.".. the presentation was recorded in my soul... ... "he accompanied Antonio Mairena... ladies and gentlemen with all of you the master Antonio Núñez!"And it went well, that's right throughout the dinner, the drip of Suevos and Parrado was of the ordeal.

And from the port heading north, not without first seeking the support of Toño Gorostegui to convince Juan Carlos Rodríguez Touges to go up the "Hispania" to the Prince of Asturias... we almost got it... when the song said: "Juan Carlos put it up to you."... but in the end we understood that the operation wasn't that easy. We were in that one. "Capeia organized by Joselito Escribano" on the outskirts of the Port... where the Fifth Fino and the Picoteo, together with the show made the night magical.

In Baiona was the atmosphere was the one of the great occasions... I was getting data that 50 ships registered in the World Cup... to whom I had to fly... because my little lords of that one had not liked but what nothing, to work a few days in the Port of Santa Maria, within the team of the great master who is no doubt Nicolás Terry... for the proximity of the Quarter Ton.

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