"The Brujos" suffer but achieve the goal.'Leiden 'and' Ya Andara ', winners in their class

The 'Witch' of Federico Linares achieves on Sunday his third consecutive gold catavino, and eighth alternate, at the Nautical Week of El Puerto de Santa María following the two final tests in which the RCN of Cadiz has toned with the possibility of losing the cattle in the previous two days. The team of Linares takes advantage of the rents and the pinch of its main rivals to raise the golden trophy and to rise to the champion of 'the dean', a title that adds to the one achieved a day earlier in the 26th Regata Juan de la Cosa.

The Grand Soleil 37 of the Cadiz RCN has been worth a second and a sixth in the last two tests to win with the accumulated three seconds, two first and the sixth that has kept them in tension until they know the final note. "The witches" also win in their class ORC 3 and along with them in the palmaris of the 49th Nautical Week of Cruises, the ships' Leiden 'by Leonardo Ulecia with the flag of the CN Puerto Sherry and' Ya Andara 'by Samuel Domenecq based on the Benalmádena CNM, winners in their classes ORC 0-1-2 and ORC 4, respectively.

In the joint general classification, they escort the 'Witch' two ships to which they owe a little bit of their victory; the Dufour 34 'Habibi II' of Arturo Montes and Nacho Zalvide, winner of the penultimate test, and the Salona 37 'D6' of Félix Sanz, both based on the RCMT Punta Umbria and that like the Gaditans have not been fine in the final test. The onubenses are separated by one point and with two more, the fourth place is for the Salona 45 of the CN Puerto Sherry 'Leiden', followed by the Dufour 44 'Pantalán Zero' with the sevillano Sergio Llorca to the controls, a boat based in the host club that is fired by the big door winning the test in which other favorites failed.

In the general class, 'Leiden' wins in ORC 0-1-2, followed by two more points by the 'Pantalán Zero', and third is the X-46 'Vanitas' of Domingo Galan, with a last regatta of those who remember and a second that was valid to confirm the bronze as a gift to his patron who today was 74 years old in regatta. In ORC 3 next to the 'Brujo' and 'Habibi II', the third place is for the 'D6', and finally in ORC 4 wins the Malagasy 'Ya Andara', followed by the girls of the 'Puerto Sherry II' capitalized by Julia Vallo, and the 'Puerto Sherry 3' by Francisco Fernández.

The Regatas Committee led by Carlos Muñoz Villareal scheduled for the farewell a barlovento / sotavento of 5.4 miles, and a 14-way coastal tour that could be seen from the beaches of Vistahermosa and Fuentebravia, and that ended with the entrance of the ships in regata along the Guadalete River to the pants of the RCN of El Puerto de Santa Maria, where the arrival banderin was located. The final above all for a race that scrupulously complies with the plans to do five tests, with in all cases the perfect conditions for regating. The day of the farewell was the most capricious, with variable winds of direction that blew at an intensity of 12 knots.

22-08-2020: Federico Linares with "Witch" the absolute winner of the Regata Juan de la Cosa

Stated first lead for the 'Witch' of Federico Linares. Equality marks a premiere that also leaves provisional leaders to the 'Leiden' and 'Ya Andara' ships

"Brujo 'by Federico Linares renews title and proclaims to be the winner of the 26th Regata Juan de La Cosa after tying his provisional leadership with a first in the test that closes the regatta to the tribute to the insignia cartographer. With two tests on Friday and one more today, the Juan de La Cosa race ends and remains pending a final assault of the 49th Nautical Week for the Cruise class, to which the Grand Soleil 37 of the RCN of Cadiz of the shipowner Federico Linares arrives leader with three points of advantage over the Dufour 34' Habibi II 'of Arturo Montes and Nacho Zalvide with flag of the RCMT Punta Umbria.

Another day 'book' in the bay of Gaditana with ponyant winds that went up to the 13 knots of intensity, for a 22-mile coastal tour from the exit to a raging and from there to the buoys of Vistahermosa, Cabezuela, Quemao, Fuentebravia, Vistahermosa again, Navigable, Galera and arrival at the mouth of the Guadalete River. After the exit with the witness's La Pepa bridge, the fleet was divided to go up more or less right to a decisive break.

In the joint general, along with the witches and the onubense 'Habibi II' completes the podium of the Salona 37 'D6-Concesur' of Félix Sanz of the same club, two ships that in their hand have helped the victory of the Gaditans with a second of Sanz to 1 '25 "after the correction of times against a third of the main rival of the' Brujo 'to 2' 16." With two more points, the fourth place is for the Salona 45 'Leiden' of Leonardo Ulecia and Nacho Alcina (CN Puerto Sherry), followed by the Dufour 44 'Pantalán Zero' based on the RCN of El Puerto de Santa María with Sergio Llorca in command.

In the ORC division 0-1-2 wins the 'Leiden' imbatted in the three trials, followed by the 'Pantalán Zero' to whom he now put 3 '41 "and the X-46' Vanitas' of Domingo Galan with David Blanco in the cane imposed on the First 40 'Chaitan II' by José Ignacio San Román, fourth. In ORC 3 next to the 'Brujo' and 'Habibi II' the third place is maintained for the 'D6-Concour', and finally in ORC 4 the victory of the Triana 26 'Ya Andara' of the Benalmádena CNM in the coastal test confirms the winner of the race with a point of advantage over the J / 80 of Julia Vallo 'Puerto Sherry II', women's team that achieves the subchampionship staying two seconds from the victory on the coast. The third place is for the Fury 37 'Salina Tres' by Jose Antonio Ruiz of the RCN of Cadiz which owes the third place to a quarter.

As is traditional in the Juan de La Cosa race, the winners of the system 'BOU' are also recognized that awards the couple of ships united by drawing with better score, as a wink to the men of the sea who used this art for fishing, trophy that this year falls in the Vrolijk 37 'Enriaero' of Maximiliano Cruz (CDN Punta Umbria) and the X-35 'Estepona.com' by Javier Rodríguez with flag of the CR Costa del Sol.

Tomorrow Sunday ends the great week of Sailing in El Puerto de Santa María with the third and final day to meet the winner of the gold catavan of the Nautical Week of Cruises. The end will be above all with the spectacular arrival of the fleet in regata to the pants of the RCN of El Puerto de Santa María making its entrance to the Guadalete River.