The J80 Newind Food of the Royal Maritime Club of Santander, by Daniel de la Pedraja and with Javier Padron to the cane, is proclaimed winner of the Spanish Cup of J80... the podium is completed with the Basque team Biobizz of Jose Azqueta and the local Fredo la Estrella del Norte, of the world's bicampoon of J80 José María Torcida

With five disputed tests, and the expected discarding of the worst result with the fifth scheduled test, a Spanish Cup of J80 is considered to have been completed, fought against wind and tide by the almost thirty vessels participating in Santander waters.

The closing day, with two sailing races, has offered light winds and a powerful sea of more than one and a half meters high wave that has made navigation in the open santanderin complicated.

A second position - and without taking part in the last test - has served the local RCMS Newind Food team of Daniel dela Pedraja to revalidate title and confirm its favorite status.

While the Newind Food was already known for the title, with two first and two seconds on its score, Regata 5 saw a very duel for scratching points between the Biobizz of Jose Azqueta, Fredo Estrella del Norte de Torcida and Mercury Avator of Jaime Piris, in a fight without barracks for the two remaining podium squares.

Finally, and in extremis, the podium was ordered with the team Biobizz of José Azqueta in second place and with a single mattress point on the place Fredo Estrella del Norte, of José María Torcida, on the third step.

Fourth has been the Andalusian team GB Bullhound of Pepequín Orbaneja, while the Cantabre Solintal of Ignacio Camino is fifth.

Spanish Cup of J80- Final General Classification

Tomorrow Monday the Bay of Santander will be gala from 9 a.m. to receive the ship school Juan Sebastián Elcano, a true naval jewel that can name the second of the citations of the International Week of Sailing the City of Santander: La regata Juan Sebastián Elcano V Centenario (Optimist and 420) from 21 to 23 June.

2022-06-18: A galerna does not allow competition in the Spanish Cup of J80 in Santander

The meteorology parts already announced it: wind viper to the West with raches around 30 knots in the open of Santander and so it was even before the estimated time (Photo Jesus Lastra)

Galerna, strong winds and a severe storm have defined the second day of the Spanish Cup of J80, which is part of the International Week of Sailing the City of Santander, and which in the end has been left blank... despite the efforts of the Regatas Committee.

The 30 J80 in the national event, organized by the Real Club Marítimo de Santander, have faced the second day of tasting races of the small weather window that the parties offered to the possibility of galerna and subsequent storms.

Tomorrow the competition will be closed with the last day of races from 12 noon in the open of Santander... at 5 p.m. the award is scheduled to be given in the main tent of the mountain square of Las Farolas.

2022-06-17: Newind Food by Javier Padron stands out in the Spanish Cup of J80

The Royal Maritime Club of Santander shows its power by occupying the first two steps of the podium. Javier Padron (Newind Food) and the world's double champion José María Torcida (Fredo La Estrella del Norte)... third is the Biobizz of Jose Azqueta (Photo Jesus Lastra)

Two teams of the Real Club Marítimo de Santander are located in the first two positions of the Spanish Cup of J80... Newind Food by Javier Padrón and Fredo La Estrella del Norte of José María Torcida... while the third place is the Biobizz vine at the controls of Jose Azqueta.

The Regatta Committee of the Royal Maritime Club of Santander has scheduled for the Saturday day three more races since 12: 00 in the morning. That's the way things are in the Cantabrian capital.

1.Newind Food. Javier Padron. RCMS. 1.2, 1 = 4 Pts
2. The North Star Fredo. José María Torcida. RCMS. 4.1.6 = 11
3.Biobizz. Jose Azqueta. RCMA. 3.5.3 = 11
4.Solint. Ignacio Camino. RCMS. 2.9.2 = 13
5. Mercury Avator. Jaime Piris. RCMS. 10.3.7 = 20
6. Raitan. Angel Herrera. RCMS. 5.11.4 = 20

2022-06-16: The Spanish Cup of J80 opens the International Sailing Week of Santander

30 teams representing the Basque Country, Galicia, Andalusia, Valencia and Cantabria will take part in the national test organized by the Royal Maritime Club of Santander between Thursday 16 and Sunday 19 June

The Royal Maritime Club of Santander last preparations to start the Spanish Cup of J80 since Thursday. The expectations have been met and in line with the national title are already registered 30 participating teams from Galicia, País Vasco, Andalucía, Comunidad Valenciana and Cantabria.

The inaugural meeting of the International Sailing Week of Santander City is free from Thursday with a day of registration and technical inspections of the ships, while on Friday from 15: 00 will start the first of the nine races scheduled until Sunday. The competition area will be located in the open, in front of the Sarmono, in one of the usual regatta fields of Santander and which is frequently used since the 2014 Olympic World Championship.

The well-known RCMS regatta committee, this time under the command of Arianne Mainemare, has selected a second race field within the Bay of Santander in case of adverse conditions in the open.

As a novelty, the 15th Cup of Spain of these monotypes (completely equal ships) J80 will be held in categories Absolute, Juvenile (minimum pattern and two crew under 25 years) and Mixed (at least 40% of the crew must be of different gender). The rise in the mixed category in this edition of the International Week is more than obvious, with a significant number of women actively taking part in the tests that the Royal Maritime Club of Santander organizes every weekend.

Among the 30 J80 participants is the units that took the podium of the 2021 Spanish Cup, with the current owner of the title Newind Food and Javier Padron as patron, Fredo La Estrella del Norte under the command of the two-time world champion of J80 José María Torcida and the Mercury Avator of Jaime Piris, the three members of the RCMS.

The Biobizz team of Jose Azqueta (Euskadi champion 2022), Raitán with Angel Herreerías de patrador (Cantabria champion 2022), the GP Bullhound with Gustavo Martínez Doreto (Subchampion of Andalusia 2022), or the Solintal team of the World Champion of J80 Ignacio Camino are other teams to be followed very closely.