The Monte Real becomes part of this very British organization, which has prestige among the navigators of the world (Photo María Muíña)

The Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona joins the select group of the most relevant nautical clubs internationally... after being included in the International Council of Yacht Clubs (ICOYC), an association that brings together the 44 high-profile and history clubs.

The International Council of Yacht Clubs is an association created to promote sailing and improve the organization of world-wide nautical activities and events... they are part of it, among others, clubs as prestigious as the San Diego Yacht Club, the Cascais Naval Clube, the Yacht Club of Monaco, the Nautique Partner of Marseille, the Royal Yhames Yacht Club, the Royal Zealand Yacht Squadron, the Royal Natal Yacht Club South Africa or the Royal Canadian Yacht Club.

In the list of member clubs there are two Spanish clubs: the Real Club Náutico de Palma and the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona, which last October was responsible for organizing the ICOYC 2021 European Conference, in which the Monte Real participated as the speaker of the club's comandoro, Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui.