As in Euskadi, in Catalonia the day without wind and therefore white the closing sleeve (Photo Nico Martínez)

The Regata ends this year with a high level of participation both by crews and by the classic ships involved, a total of 30.

The third and last day of the XV Regata Puig-Vela Classica Barcelona has concluded without being able to dispute the last test of the sports program... the today even larger bag of warm air that is in the Iberian peninsula has prevented the air flows that generate the thermal breeze.

300 regatists and 30 classic ships from nine countries have competed in Mediterranean water to rise with the triumph... Emeraude, Argyll, Hallowe'en and Grayling have been the winners in their respective categories.

Category Classic
1. Emeraude, Italy
2. Sea Fever (Spain)
3. Kahurangi (Spain)

Category Time Crab
1. Grayling (Great Britain)
2. Malabar, Spain
3. Veronique (Germany)

Category of Bermuda
1. Argyll (Great Britain)
2. Almarán New York, Spain
3. Dione (Germany)

Category Big Boat
1. Hallowe 'in (Ireland)
2. Sunshine, Malta

2022-07-16: Second day of the Puig Vela Classica in Barcelona with little wind

The Catalan reference of the classical candle, seen for judgment in Barcelona (Photo Nico Martínez)

The second day of regatta of the Puig Vela Classica gave the exit past two in the afternoon due to the lack of wind and a calm sea. However, the Barcelona regatta field and the Royal Nautical Club have again hosted the 30 agricultural ships that have participated for the second consecutive day in the fifth edition.

Stoically bearing the heat that was increasing today, the fleets of Classics, Epoch in their two categories Crab and Bermuda, and the Big Boats, got their reward at about three o'clock in the afternoon... when the race committee gave the first exit.

The classic Emeraude of the Italian Vittorio Cavazzana made an almost perfect race. After an impeccable exit he led the fleet haunted by the Kahurangi of Pepe de Miguel, holding the pull of the first Big Boat and Epoch and being, in addition, the only one to be able to navigate with spi almost the whole of the 1.9 miles of the penultimate stretch to a very closed way.

Retired at the exit, Leonardo García's Nerissa recovered its initial delay in the first stretch and followed not much distance to the Emeraude and Kahurangi. Without drawing attention to its minor length, Enrique Curt's Sea Fever was once again patient and sailing behind the leaders.

The Emeraude remains a leader by adding a second place in its partial locker today. Meanwhile, the third of the day Kahurangi and the fourth Nerissa occupy identical places in the general.

No change in the fleet of the Bermudian Epoch, when the British Argyll of Griff Rhys Jones took the initiative of his fleet without opposition and imposed on the test.

In his wake, the results of yesterday were also repeated by the Almarán New York of Manel López, Dione of Hans Alberecht and Islander of Ricardo Albiñana. For its part, Rafael Carrio's Grayling won again among the Crab Epoch and ensured the success of the Puig Regata in its category.

Tomorrow, the third and last day of the Barcelona Puig-Vela Classic Regata, with the third test at one o'clock in the afternoon... the sport emotion promises to be intense in the Classics and the Bermuda Epoch, where there may be changes in the final classification.

2022-07-14: Puig Vela Classica de Barcelona with 30 barcos- jewel spectacular from 9 countries to stage

This year's participants come from Spain, France, Italy, England, Ireland, Malta, Germany, Switzerland or the United States. The Puig Vela Classica Barcelona provides for the participation of the three major classes of vessels of its type according to the model and the year of construction of the ships according to the criteria of the International Committee of the Mediterranean (CIM): Boats of Epoch: boats of Epoch up to 31 December 1949 and in accordance with the original projects; Boats of Classics: boats of 1 January 1950 and 31 December 1975; and Boats of Big Boat: Boats of Epoch and Classics with length from 23 meters (Photo Martínez Studio)

It is all ready for the Puig Vela Classica Barcelona race to start tomorrow in which it will be its fifteenth edition... after the previous day of controls and measurements a thirty-nine countries... the most relevant classic ships of the international sailing will be gathered at the docks of the Real Club Nautico of Barcelona... to compete over three days in Catalan waters.

All the participating ships are authentic nautical jewels and have interesting stories behind them, such as Kahurangi, built in 1952 and flagship ship of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron for many years. It also highlights Niña Luisita, launched in 1932 and has been declared a living heritage of the Mediterranean by UNESCO thanks to the complete conservation of its interior, or Veronique, built in 1907 and an incessant participant in races for 115 years.