Family photo of the award winners in Sanxenxo (Photo Maria Muíña)

In Sanxenxo he finished the sixth edition of the Regata Rey Juan Carlos I The English Court Master. The wind, very unstable and without very much intensity, prevented the committee from completing the last sleeves scheduled this Sunday for the 6-meter fleet, so Saturday's leaders, the Dix Août of Louis Heckly and the Stella of Violeta Alvarez, finally became the new winners of the appointment organized by the Royal Nautical Club of Sanxenxo. In the general of the Spanish Championship for which only national teams score, the title was taken by the Bribon 500 of Pedro Campos and the Stella of Alvarez.

2021-09-12: Triple head tie between 6 meters from Spain and France in Sanxenxo

The Dix Août by Louis Heckly notes the first two wins in Classics and the Seljm begins leading in a very tight General of Open

Struggle closed for victory in the 6th Regata Rey Juan Carlos I The English Court Master... the second day of the 6-metre Spanish Championship was closed with a more than tight general and with the Spanish fleet imposing itself on the only test that could be held on Saturday in the era of Pontevedra. Bribon 500 and Stella - both representing the Royal Nautical Club of Sanxenx - were the winners of the day, which ends with a triple tie in the head in the division of Classics.

With a fifth and a third in the first two trials held on Friday, the Bribon 500 of Pedro Campos was today willing to fight to improve his results... the second and third position was given by the Caprice of Laureano Wizner and the Alibaba II of Miguel Lago, while the French Dix Août of Louis Heckly - who started the day from the first position with two first notes of the vineyard - was a seventh.

Great day for the Stella de Violeta Alvarez in the Open division... the 6 meters of the Nautico de Sanxenxo, which on Friday premiered in the second position of the general tied to four points with the Portuguese Seljm of Patrick Monteiro, began the manga with force, dominating practically from the beginning and holding the position to the end against the Sophie Racing of Hugo Stenbeck and the ship of Monteiro, which followed him in the second and third place.

2021-09-11: France and Portugal command in the first act of the Regata Rey Juan Carlos I

The Dix Août by Louis Heckly notes the first two wins in Classics and the Seljm begins leading in a very tight General of Open

The 6 meters French Dix Août in Classics and the Portuguese Seljm in Open are the leaders of the sixth edition of the Regata Rey Juan Carlos I The English Master Court that organizes the Royal Nautical Club of Sanxenxo; after having held a first spectacular test, in the era of Pontevedra.

Shortly after two in the afternoon, he started the competition with the French Dix Août of Louis Heckly of Dominator, which was a winner of the Yacht Club of France, which was one of the favorites to be in the head of the fleet with a 1950 design, and was best released when two partial wins were awarded and each sleeve dominated practically from the beginning.

In the back, two of the usual in the national circuit that is disputed each year in Sanxenxo, the Alibaba II of Miguel Lago with grimpola of Mount Real Club of Yates and the Caprice of the Club Marítimo de Canido with Laureano Wizner to the cane, tie to seven points in the second and third position of the general with some 2-5 and 3-4 respectively, while the Bribon 500 of Pedro Campos for the time being occupies the fourth position to only one point of access to the podium.

The Open division - which was the first to start the competition - was more equal with the first three teams separated by just one point. The Seljm of the Portuguese Patrick Monteiro of the Naval Clube of Cascais premiered with a comfortable victory in the first test of the day, ahead of the Galician team of the Stella of Violeta Alvarez and of the Sophie of Hugo Stenbeck - another of the favorites to be made with the titulus -, seconds and third respectively.

In the second manga, for its part, Jeremy Thorp's British Battlecry (Royal Yacht Squadron) began to stand in the head and managed to keep the position to the end ahead of the Stella, which scored another second, and the Seljm, which added a third.

With these results, Open's classification is the most tight one with Monteiro's at the top of the general tied to points with the team led by Violeta Álvarez, which occupies the second position, and only one in front of the Battlecry, which closes the provisional podium in the third place.

Tomorrow from 12: 00, the race committee will give the first run for the second day of competition of the Rey Juan Carlos I El Corte Inglés Master.

2021-09-09: The King John Charles I Regata begins in Sanxenxo - The English Court Master of 6 meters

Tomorrow from 2: 00 p.m., the show begins in the river of Pontevedra (Photo Maria Muíña

Three days of race and six tests to decide the new winner of the Rey Juan Carlos I El Corte Inglés Master. The fleet of 6 Meters, divided into the Classical and Open categories, already counts the hours to get into the water and start tomorrow an appointment that this year will also play the title of Spanish Champion of the class. With 31 teams of 11 nationalities in liza, this year's will be the most international edition of the disputed so far and a fire test for teams facing the Xacobeo 6mR Europeans next week. On Saturday, the students of the National Centre for Adapted Sailing will also compete in front of the club's facilities.

With today's day reserved for the latest measurements, formalization of inscriptions and development in the RCNS pants, it will be tomorrow Friday when the race committee can give the first gunshot of departure in the Pontevedra era for the teams that are disputed the title in the two divisions of 6 meters. The tour, which will be in a barlovent- sotavento format in the six scheduled sleeves, can be located within the river with the exit in the vicinity of the club or in front of the island of Ons depending on the conditions. It all points to three days of soft winds that will force the fleet to give its 100% to fight for the national title.

With one year blank due to the pandemic, the 2019 was the last celebrated edition of the King Juan Carlos I Regata El Corte Inglés Master, which ended with the Bribon 500 of Pedro Campos and the Portuguese Seljm of Patrick Monteiro as class 6 Meters winners in the divisions of Classics and Open respectively.

On this occasion, and after having also imposed on all the Spanish Cup tests held this year in Sanxenxo, both repeat as two of the favorites to get the title, although they know they will have nothing easy. In the face of them and the rest of the powerful fleet that usually competes in the Pontevedra era, teams from France and Finland - two of the countries with the most active and competitive fleet of Europe - join Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, the Netherlands and Canada.