The experience and knowledge they have of this ship Gustavo and Rafael del Castillo with many national and international titles behind them, allowed them to bear the enormous pressure of a last race, where it was necessary that Gustavo del Castillo not only beat Joaquín Blanco, but also had to put a difference of five ships between the two, the exact number that there was finally

The infarction championship where five crews have had options to take this national title. Gustavo and Rafael del Castillo win "in extremis" to their club partners, Joaquín Blanco / Nahuel Rodríguez.

If at the beginning of the championship the launchers Alfredo González / Cristian Sánchez (RCN Arrecife) led the provisional lead, their teammates Alejandro Bethencourt / Jorge Padilla took over today by winning one of the tests and entering a game where a priori Joaquín Blanco / Nahuel Rodríguez had all the ones to win.

The podium, as in the national youth championship of Snipe a few days ago, is again completely canary: Gustavo and Rafael del Castillo (RCNGC) win their fourth national title (fifth of the pattern) with a total computation of 11 points and also get in property the Trophy Iberia, one of the oldest and most prestigious in light sailing. Joaquín Blanco / Nahuel Rodríguez (RCNGC) are the new subchampions in a class where they have little experience, where the Olympic preparation of Joaquín and that of Nahuel in this field of races, has been very much noticed.

Alejandro Bethencourt / Jorge Padilla (RCN Arrecife) points to 17 points with his club mates Alfredo González / Cristian Sánchez attesting between the two, three wins of this championship and setting enough distance with Fernando León / Antonio del Castillo-Olivares (RCNGC) fifths in general with 39 points and taking the Master's trophy.

The president of the Grancan Nautico was accompanied by the international and national secretaries of the Snipe Martín Bermudez and Fernando Celerán class, the comandoro and vice-comandoro of the RCNGC Fernando Juárez and Micky Hernández and as representative of the Canary Federation of Vela, Francisco Oliveras

The Tineffeños Alfonso Fernández / Pedro Escuder get the sixth place of the general three points from the Jordi Triay / Cristian Vidal (CM Mahón), which they held with a disqualified yesterday. The fourth position obtained in today's second test by Víctor Pérez / Juan Carlos Serrano (CMSAP-C'anPastilla) has allowed them to enter between the top ten classified where eight are from the Canary Federation of Sela and two from the Balear.

Samuel Beneyto after winning the youth national of this class, gets into the dream team getting the ninth of the general, this time along with Rafel del Castillo Jr. (RCNGC). By closing this clearly insular classification, the launchers Miguel A. Lasso / Tomás Fuentes (RCN Arrecife).

The first female crew trophy is also held by a female crew of the organizing club Patricia Medina / Eugenia Calvo (RCNGC), who is the 25th of the general.

The first mixed crew trophy is held by representatives of the RCN Madrid / RC Astur de Regatas Martín Bermudez / Angela Pumayega.

2021-07-24: Dominion of the Canary Snipe fleet after the first valid Spanish Championship

The Fernando León gold medal that is competing with Antonio del Castillo- Olivares de proel

Passioning first day where the leader has been varying among Canarian regatists, with nine island crews from the islands of Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote ranked among the top ten. This second day of the Snipe 2021 Absolute Spanish Championship, we have had a good show with an average wind of 12 knots, direction 340º and the always characteristic and complicated long wave of the bay of Las Palmas.

The grancanaries and lanzaroteans are demonstrating a high level on this absolute national quote. If in the first two tests, it was the crews of the organizing club that began dominating with the brothers of the Castle (RCNGC), the current champions of Spain, the Olympic Fernando León / Antonio del Castillo-Olivares (RCNGC) and Joaquín Blanco / Nahuel Rodríguez (RCNGC), it was in the third test of the day, when the lanzaroteños Alfredo González / Cristian Sánchez (RCNA) entered the equation, winning the last race (6º -2º -1º) and going to head the provisional with the 6º (-6º on-6º). Thirdly, Blanco / Rodríguez (9º-1º-2º), who by winning the second test, has found his hole on the provisional podium, showing good sailing on this boat so different from the ILCA7 where this pattern has made a great pre-Olympic campaign.

In statements on land Alfredo González told us that the level between the island crews is very strong and although he commands in the provisional, he is aware that tomorrow there are going to be many swords on high, with other crews such as the launchers Alejandro Bethencourt / Jorge Padilla to two points from the podium or Fernando León, at these fifth moments of the general, who today had a true photo-finish with Gustavo del Castillo in the first test.

Jordy Triay / Cristian Vidal of the CN Mahon, finish six of the general (8 ° 16 ° 4) and is the only crew of the Peninsula that has been placed on the list "insular power." The veterans Juan Guerra / Pipo Caballero are septic (7 ° -14 ° -11 °) and remain in a game group. In eighth position the Tinerfeños Alfonso Pérez / Pedro Escuder (RCNT) recording the partial (15 ° -13 ° -5 °). And closing the most prominent positions Miguel A. Lasso / Tomás Fuentes (RCNA-16 ° -8 ° -10 °) with Jorge Pérez / airam Rodríguez (RCNT-13 ° -9 ° -13), novies and tenths respectively.

Two female crews participating in this Spanish Championship: Patricia Medina / Eugenia Calvo (RCNGC) are at the 18th of the provisional, while the Valencians Bianca Tamani / Isabel Collado are at the moment 39º

The last Sunday where the race committee intends to hold three tests and where conditions similar to today are expected. This National Snipe Spanish Championship has taken into account the health measures of the Covid protocol established for the current FASE 3, with the support of the Government of the Canary Islands, the Cabildo de Gran Canaria through the Island Institute of Sports, the City Hall represented in the Municipal Institute of Sports, as well as the collaboration of the Maritime Captains, the Armasa-TransMediterranean, the Canary and Island Sailing Federations, Vela Latina, Puerto de las Palmas and the Superior Council of Sports.