The Witch of Federico Linares wins the Juan de la Cosa race in a final among survivors. Merdocq and DE 6 Varicentro, second and third after a day revolted by the strong lift in the bay of Cadiz... Merdocq and Buzz Lightyear win in their classes, and the couple Dreams and Ceuta the trophy BOU (Photo Jaime de Pables)

The 'Witch' of Federico Linares today proclaims to be the winner of the twenty-eighth edition of the Juan de La Cosa race, using two victories and a third in the three trials that have resolved the race tribute to the flagship cartographer, one disputed yesterday and two today, the last under extreme conditions. This concludes the first part of the big Sailing week in the bay of Cadiz and is pending two new assaults of the 51st Nautical Week for the Cruise class, in which the boat to be beaten will be the Grand Soleil 37 of the RCN of Cadiz led by Linares and Juan Luis Páez. The Gaditan ship gets its seventh Juan de La Cosa and rents two points to get the ninth gold catavino.

The sorcerers owe the victory to the accumulated two first, overcome in the third test by the 61 feet of the RCMtmo. Santander 'Merdocq' of the shipowner Iván Bohórquez, winner of the test, and the Salona 37 'DE6-Varicentro' capitalized by Nacho Zalvide, by this order in general separated by one point. In today's first test, the Linares were doing well with an impeccable race and conservative times not to risk in the bucket and managed to beat the Bohórquez boat by 43 "and for more than a minute to the title's defenders. In the third test, 61 feet escaped with a long distance, allowing him to beat 33" to the 'DE6 Varicentro' and 1 '32 "to the Brujos.

Impressive outcome on a day only suitable for experts in which the fleet sailed with a strong rising wind, moving between tips of 15 knots of intensity in the first test, rising to more than 20 in the second. A few conditions with which survival prevailed over strategy, without some being able to avoid breaking some candle, as was the case on the first day of Sergio Llorca's' Ceuta 'just as he succeeded in passing to the' Brujo '. In the second test things were getting worse and while some were forced to desist, others decided not to risk and return to the ground. The two tests were resolved with two technical routes (barlovento / sotavento) of 6 miles and four tranches each.

In the ORC 3 / 4 division, he wins' Brujo ', followed by' DE6 Varicentro 'and Carlos Rábade's Grand Soleil 37 in the third place, in a class in which the withdrawal in the third trial of the Dufour 34' Habibi II 'of Arturo Montes left the Punta Umbria's without the possibility of defending the second place of the general and his class. In ORC 0 / 2, he wins imbecile' Merdocq 'following the disqualification of the Grand Soleil 45 of the CN Sevilla' Balboa 'of the first race, followed by the Salona 45 of the RCG Vistahermosa' Leiden 'and' Balboa ', third. Among the ships of minor length, he also wins with three of three on the 29 feet' Buzz Lightyear 'by Eric Perignat, followed by the First Class 8' Amic 'of Cosme Domecq with the flag of the CN Puerto Sherry, ahead of the 24' Estero Blanco 'of Santiago Villagran, a ship that also withdrew from the third test.

As is traditional in the Juan de La Cosa race, the winners of the system 'BOU' are also recognized that awards the couple of ships united by drawing with better score, in a wink to the men of the sea who used this art for fishing, trophy that this year falls on the ship 'Dreams' of the RCN of Cadiz of the shipowner Pablo Ramírez and the 'Ceuta' of the RCN CAS of Ceuta patronado by Sergio Lorca. The Brujos also win the Vistahermosa Trophy and GES Insurance to the winners of the first and second test.

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The show of the cruises, begins in Gaditan waters

Today the meeting begins in the waters of the Gaditana Bay with more specific weight within the cruise races... for the simultaneous start of the races 28th Juan de La Cosa, regata punctuable for the Championship of Andalusia of Cruciero Circuito, and the 51st Nautical Week of El Puerto de Santa María, both organized the Royal Nautical Club of El Puerto de Santa María. From tomorrow, the fleet will compete for four days; two to meet the winner of the regatta tribute to the insignia cartographer Juan de la Cosa and until Sunday 21 to discover the winner of the dean.

Between the two will be one of the most interesting duels of the week, with the 37-foot Salona 'Varicentro' with Nacho Zalvide in the RCMT Punta Umbria cane and flag as a defender of the title in both races, and the Grand Soleil 37 'Brujo' of Federico Linares defending the award of the RCN of Cadiz, six times winner of the Juan de la Tosa and seven victories in the Nautical Week, four consecutive between 2017 and 2020, until the victory of the onubenses last year. The two crews are armed with their best bazas to achieve the only goal, and if the six shipowners of the Canaleta Nautical Association ship again rely on Zalvide, the Brujos assume a very solvent team that has in Linares the undisputed leader.

The race also has other heavy weights, regatists of recognized prestige such as Sergio Llorca or Bosco Fernández Cataño, both with several Copas del Rey behind their backs, who will form crew together with Pedro Butrón, the president of the Federation of Ceuta Sailing, Nicola Cechi, the president of the Club de Vela Vendaval de Ceuta, Nacho Tendero, and the president of the RCN CAS de Ceuta, Julio Sillero, in the Dufour 44 'Camagüey' of the brothers Jesus and Chano Pérez Acevedo who will compete under the name of 'Ceuta'. To win the coveted gold catavino, Llorca would be the seventeenth.

Nor will the faithful Leonardo Ulecia, owner of the Salona 45 'Leiden' who waves the flag of the Vistahermosa Golf Club, who will drive Nacho Alcina again with a team of first swords including the president of González Byass, Mauricio González Gordon and the vowel de Vela del club, Toto León. And if we talk about fidelity, the history of both races is linked to the Beneteau 45.5 of the RCN of Cadiz, 'Pasay', of the shipowner José Pérez Díaz Alersi.

A similar length will be the Grand Soleil 45 'Balboa' by Alberto Rodríguez with the flag of the CN Sevilla or the BH41 'Taboga Cuatro' by Emilio Guzmán based in the RCN of Cadiz, where the Gaditan regatist Pablo Guitian is expected one day. From Huelva come 'Trebolsimo Dos', a First 31.7 of the RCMtmo. of the owner Curro Azcárate and the 34 feet 'Habibi' of Arturo Montes by RCMT Punta Umbria, among others.