An amazing series of Luis Pérez Canal with Green April... which a couple of punches prevented from winning (Photo Maria Muíña)

José María Torcida of that inexhaustible quarry that has the Spanish candle in the Cantábrico, of the Real Club Marítimo de Santander, proclaims with "Noticia" winner of the Vigo Winter Series of J70, after a memorable Sunday day, in which he achieved partial of 21-1-3-1, in the four sleeves held. The fleet enjoyed excellent conditions in the Viguese river, with winds of a southern component with a speed between 6 and 12 knots.

It is worth noting in this event that the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo and Case J70 of the olive city organize, the reaction of one of its best ships... of the "Green April" that patrons the Orensian Luis Pérez Canal that despite not being able to complete the first manga of Saturday (17 points) and not be fine on the second of Sunday (10 points) they went up after some formidable tests to the second place of the final general... the second place.

The ones of Luis Pérez Canal amen of the two low scores, achieved partial of 5º -1º -3º -2º -3º... splendid series. After the "Orensans" the canaries: the "Mercedes Benz Sailing Team" with the Olympic Luis Martínez Doreeste to the cane and the tactic launcher Ricardo Terrades, completing the crew David Louzao and Emilio Costabella Marco. This monotype competes for the Real Club Nautico Gran Canaria and the Real Club Nautico de Arrecife de Lanzarote, based in the Nautico de Barcelona.

Mercedes Benz and Noticia in viguese waters (Photo Maria Muíña)

The fourth square was for "Marnatura1" which was expected most on the Sunday day. Luis Bugallo was the patron of this J70, with Freire, Prego and Basadre... his Sunday numbers 8º-7º-9º-4º, which took them away from the podium.

Once again, Juan Calvo Boronat with "Leti t be" with Baltzer, Fernández de Alegría and Ruiz Sánchez... and after a regular Saturday Gonzalo Araújo was quite well on the second day, in which he achieved two first partial positions... a penalty because "La Guardia & Moreira" became a better position than the sixth that he prayed at the end.

After them Luis Albert with "Patakín" of the Club de Mar de Mallorca that returned this weekend to sail in Galician waters, Jorge Pérez Canal with "Red April," Sancho Páramo with "Sogacsa" that was not as strong as in the first act held in November... closing the top ten the youngest pattern of the fleet... which also has the youngest crew, Alejandro Pérez Canal with "Bosch Service Solutions..." completed classified in Vigo, the "Pazo de Cea" of Ramón Ojea, "Castrosúa," and "the" Kavelos, "and" Kavelos, "and" Kavelos, "The next event on January 16 and 17.

Vigo WINTER SERIES J70
TOP TEN GENERAL

1st NOTICE (José María Torcida) RCM Santander, 13 points
2nd ABRIL VERDE (Luis Pérez Canal) RCN Vigo, 24
3rd MERCEDES BENZ SAILING TEAM (Luis Martínez Doreste) RCN Gran Canaria, 27
4th MARNATURA 1 (Luis Bugallo) RCN Vigo, 30
5th LET IT BE (Juan Calvo Boronat) RCN Denia, 30
6th LA GUARDIA & MOREIRA (Gonzalo Araújo) RCN Vigo, 34
7th PATAKIN (Luis Albert) CM Mallorca, 34
8th ABRIL ROJO (Jorge Pérez Canal) RCN Vigo, 37
9th Sogacsa (Sancho Paramo) RCN Vigo, 40
10th BOSCH SERVICE SOLUONS (Alejandro Pérez Canal) CM Canido, 50

2020 / 12 / 19: The cantabre, galician and canary crews command in the J70 Vigo Winter Series

The fleet of J70 in viguese waters (Photo Maria Muíña)

"Noticia" of the Royal Maritime Club of Santander patroned by the cantabre José María Torcida is the leader of the Vigo Winter Series of J70 that are being held in Galician waters, with the organization of the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo and the class in the olive city of the reference monotype.

The ship of Pichu Torcida, again counted in its crew with Luis Martín Cabíedes (Madrid), Rayco Tabares (Huelva), Francisco del Palacio (Gijón) and Pablo Sanrurde (Santander)... and again demonstrated its power and its great regularity, as it managed to stay in the three sleeves in the first three squares: 1-2-3.

"Marnatura1" by Luis Bugallo, is the second in discord. The "redhead of gold" which, at an accelerated pace, is becoming one of the best patterns in Spain, by the hand of the great José Luis Freire, achieved a series of 3º -1° -7º, which keeps him in provisional silver, waiting for a pinch of the santanderino. The J70 of the Nautico de Vigo has a whole Galician crew: Enrique Freire, Gerardo Prego and Alberto Basadre)

In the third step of the podium, a ship full of illustrious: the "Mercedes Benz Sailing Team" based in Barcelona and which is competing for the Real Nautical Club of Gran Canaria, also counting with Rocardo Terrades (Lanzarote), Louzao (Sanxenxo) and Costabella (El Masnou- Barcelona)... 2º -8º -5º its posts.

"Let it be" of the Denia RCN, was frankly fine... to his stern Alejandro Pérez Canal with his very young crew of the "Bosch Service Solutions" (Photo Maria Muíña)

On the Saturday day when the winds were between 8 and 10 knots in the south-west, the Valencians of the "Let it be" were also at a high level, which were very close to those of Martínez Doreeste, as were the vines of the "Sogacsa" of Sancho Páramo. Curious about the three Orensian patterns: Jorge Pérez Canal, Alejandro Pérez Canal and Luis Pérez Canal, which were located in the sixth, seventh and eighth squares... in a handkerchief. It should be noted that for example the "Green April" had problems in the first manga, which made it reach 17 points... which you will logically be able to discard if the program is completed... its other two scores 5º -1... which can cause major changes behind the Sunday sleeves.

They completed the top ten, the mallorquins of the "Patakín" that have renavigated in Vigo with Luis Albert as patron, "Castrosúa" of the Willy Alonso vineyard. Later on, Ramón Ojea with "Pazo de Cea," "Pelos" by Edu Iglesias, "Valmy" by Alberto Figueira and the two J70 Coruñeses: "Korrea Kesller" by Toni Ardá, and the "Solventis" by Malalo Bermudez Castro, which has as a cane in these Winter Series to the Ferrolian Alejandro Alvarez Brasa. For the second day Sunday from 10: 30. The best Spanish J70, are competing in viguese waters.

Vigo WINTER SERIES J70
TOP TEN (JORNADA 1)

1º NOTICE (José María Torcida) RCM Santander, 1-2-3 = 6 points
2nd MARNATIRA 1 (Luis Bugallo) RCN Vigo, 3-1-7 = 11
3rd MERCEDES BENZ SAILING TEAM (Luis Martínez Doreste) RCN Gran Canaria, 2-8-5 = 15
4th LET IT BE (Juan Calvo Boronat) RCN Denia, 4-9-4 = 17
5th Sogacsa (Sancho Paramo) RCN Vigo, 5-3-11 = 19
6th ABRIL ROJO (Jorge Pérez Canal) RCN Vigo, 10-10-2 = 22
7th BOSCH SERVICE SOLUTIONS (Alejandro Pérez Canal) CM Canido, 9-7-6 = 22
8th ABRIL VERDE (Luis Pérez Canal) RCN Vigo, 17-5-1 = 23
9th GUARDIA & MOREIRA (Gonzalo Araújo) RCN Vigo, 11-4-8 = 23
10th PATAKIN (Luis Albert) CM Palma de Mallorca, 7-12-9 = 28

2020 / 12 / 18: Second act of the Vigo Winter Series of J70... "MarNatura 1" to defend the lead

Second event for the Vigo Winter Series of J70 this weekend (Photo Maria Muíña)

The Royal Nautical Club of Vigo with the direction of the Vigo fleet of the J70, a monotypic reference at international level in terms of high competition, takes the witness of the other Spanish base of the class: that of the Mediterranean that leads the emblematic Real Nautical Club of Barcelona. It will be from the one and a half of the afternoon of Saturday, when the fleet begins the competition with units of Vigo, La Coruña, Santander, Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona and Las Palmas, among other clubs... with crews from almost the whole country. On Sunday the sleeves will be starting time, 10: 00 in the morning.

Three are the areas established in the Viguese river by the technicians: the central in front of the city of Vigo and Cangas, the west very close to the Cis Islands and the east in the area of the peninsula of the Guide, to the area of Moaña having very close the Strait of Rande... a simply incomparable "natural stadium."

After the first event held last November, the provisional leadership is occupied by one of the already maximum realities of the Spanish heavy sail: Luis Bugallo Arriola, a component of the Spanish Team of the Youngs Americas Cup, among others selected, who in this case had competed for the Catalan Club Níutic Cambrils. Bugallo, gave the bell, placing the "MarNatura 1" in the lead, being the second in General Luis Pérez Canal with the "April Verde" (three points from the vineyard), and to no less than seven to the great favorite, to the "Noticia" of Pichu Torcida of the Royal Maritime Club of Santander.

After the J70 of "podium," they are located no less than "Mercedes Benz" of the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona, with the two-time Olympic canary Luis Martínez Doreeste, to the cane... "Sogacsa" of Paramo, which has as tactical the patron of Volvo Ocean Race, Pablo Iglesias... and one of the best Galician and Spanish patterns of this century... the look established in Vigo Gonzalo Araújo with "La Guardia & Moreira." They complete the group that is above in the classification, the J70 of the Royal Nautical Club of Denia "Leti t be" of Juan Calvo Boronat, the "Pazo de Cea" of Ramón Ojea and the "Castrosúa" of Willy Alonso... the other ship "Orensano," that of Jorge Pérez Canal... the "Red April" and the Coruñés Malalo Bermudez of Castro with "Solventis" of the Nautical Club Ria de Ares.