The closing was held at the V Centenary Auditorium of Baiona (Photo Juan Caballero)

The Belgians Nico Bertles and Francis Notschaele did not fail in their strategy to stay in the front line of the Sport (450 cv) from the beginning of the race, even though on this second day they were not the fastest ship on the circuit, overtaken by the Kuwaitis who made the fastest return and in a lower category.

Second were the Italians Christian Cesati and Dario Buchi, silver also from the first day of the competition. The bronze was for his compatriots Rosario Longo and Enrico Marani.

In Boat Promotion (300 cv) it was precisely the representatives of Kuwait Ahmad Abul and Mustafá Al Dashti who doubled the Belgians Buby Bertels and Nico De Stoop, yesterday leaders of the category and, finally, silver. The bronze was for another Belgian team, made up of Benjamin Van Riet and Robbe Van Riet.

In the Promotion class (150 cv), I turn to the table, after the penalty suffered by the Lorenzo, who were relegated to the last position, from a silver position they had secured. The winners of the category were Sergio Gómez and Fernando López. The Gaditans did not lower their guard at any time, running as the head of their category. In the second square was placed the Vigués Keko Pereira, who with Catalan José María Izquierdo have made a great career. Terceros were José Manuel Pardo and Francisco Javier García.

2021-10-16: Bertles-Notschaelecon from Belgium leaders in the Endurance of Baiona

Public success on a first day when peak speeds of 120 km / hour were reached (Photo Juan Caballero)

Brilliant start at Baiona del Endurance European & World Championship in the middle of a great atmosphere, with a lot of audience in the Baionese docks.

17 ships for the world, European and national resistance titles... where the fastest on Saturday were the Belgians Nico Bertles and Francis Notschaelewith just over 60 knots... with their powerful 450-horse engine, which are the provisional leaders. Second are the Italians Cristian Cesati and Dario Buchi, with a minute and 13 seconds of difference, holding the bronze position also the Italians Rosario Longo and Enrico Marani.

In the middle of the BP (Boat Production - 300 cv) the leaders are also the Belgians Buby Bertels and Nico De Stoop, making it the second fastest boat in the entire circuit. He was followed by the Kuwaiti Ahmad Abul and Mustafá Al Dashti, 16 seconds from the highest podium post. Third are also representatives of the Belgian team, Benjamin Van Riet and Robbe Van Riet, 34 seconds away.

In Promotion (150 cv) the whole podium is for the Spanish ambassadors, led by the Malagueños Javier and César García, who took the 400 points of the leadership position. The second square is for the Viguese José and Yeray Lorenzo, very safe today on the Baiona circuit. The position of provisional bronze is for the Gaditans Sergio Gómez and Fernando López, in a very competitive category in which the also Vigués Keko Pereira, which forms a couple with the Catalan José María Izquierdo, is fifth.

On Sunday the second manga will be held from 12 noon, which will be preceded by a rescue exercise in which will be played by Salvamento Marítimo, the Coast Guard of Galicia with the participation of the helicopter Pesca 1 and Civil Protection of the Val Miñor, around 11 hours... at the end of the competition the award.

2021-10-15: European and World Endurance Championships in Baiona

The official reception was attended by the Mayor of Baiona, Carlos Gómez; the Secretary Xeral for or Sport of the Xunta de Galicia, José Ramón Lete; the Diputado de Sportes, Gorka Gómez; the high representative of the International Union of Motonautics, Denis Dillon; and the President of the Royal Galician Federation of Motonautics, José Fernández, among other authorities and guests. The event was broadcast live by Onda Cero and the students of the school Las Acacias-Montecastelo were commissioned from the English translation (Photo Juan Caballero)

The Mount Real Club of Yates of Bayona was the framework of the official reception offered by the Concello de Baiona to the pilots, commissioners, judges, sponsors and collaborators of the Endurance European & World Championship that this Saturday starts in the bay with the participation of a twenty teams arrived from the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Kuwait, Portugal and Spain.

Among the favorites are, without a doubt, the Spanish pilots, among which are the Galician José and Yeray Lorenzo, champions of the world of the specialty in 2018, as well as Keko Pereira, who also knows what it is to rise to the highest of a podium in a world in 2017, and who in this quote forms a couple with the Catalan José María Izquierdo.

Between 12: 00 and 13: 00 this Saturday the free training begins, reserving for the evening part of the day the dispute of the first manga, which will be at 5: 00 in the afternoon... the layout, a circuit between buoys of 3.5 miles length, occupies the whole of the inlet, so any point of its perimeter on the ground will always be an excellent lookout.