The club has made a great organizational effort to be able to celebrate as many tests as possible that were postponed between March and September, and that now coexist with the usual calendar of these months, adapting the tests to the current situation with all the security measures

Dona today gave the gunshot to the cruise class race season of the Royal Nautical Club of Valencia following the outbreak of the health crisis.

24 ships have been made to the sea to measure forces on a 18-mile coastal route divided into two categories: Home - Dona and mixed crew. In the first, the teams are made up of a man and a woman, and in the second they are more numerous and mixed teams.

Shortly after two in the afternoon the first boats began to cross the line of arrival, after a journey in which they have invested two and a half hours the fastest and about 3 and a half the least. Chatín, by José Francisco Rubio, has been the winner in the Home-Dona category, with the second place for Newkote of Óscar Chulvi and with Kamchatka Two, by Agustín Albach completing the podium, all with very tight arrival times.

In mixed crew the champion has been Majoche, by Alejandro Fliquete, followed closely by the new M8 of José Luis Francés, both of the RCN Valencia and with the Impulse of Raúl García Flores, third.

2020 / 09 / 17: Home-Dona Trophy... or the return to the activity of the cruises in the Nautico of Valencia

The test will be held during the Sunday day and will consist of a coastal tour in which the crews will measure forces in two categories: home- dona and mixed crew

The Royal Nautical Club of Valencia takes up on Sunday the calendar of class races cruise with the Home-Dona Trophy, a race in which teams composed of a man and a woman or a mixed crew participate... the test, a whole classic of the Valencian club, is always held in May, but this year was postponed due to the health crisis of the Covit-19.

The Nautico has put in place a strict protocol of measures to ensure the maximum safety of the regatists, such as the establishment of an open-air control point, the taking of temperature, the provision of hydroalcoholic gel, disinfection and cleaning, the safety distance on the ground, and the use of mandatory mask on the ground and on board the ships, unless a distance of 1.5 meters can be maintained, among others.