Tomás Vieto celebrating his third victory, behind his brother John (Photo Pedro Seoane)

The Spanish pre-Olympic in Paris 2024 Tomás Vieito, thirteen times Spanish champion, who competes for the Real Club Náutico Rodeira de Cangas has proclaimed himself the absolute winner of the Abanca- Windsurf Week Grand Prix Recession of Pontevedra, which with the Iberian Championship vitola organized the Marinetea and Vigo Maritime Club with the support of the Federations of Spain and Portugal, in the Rade Field (eastern part of the viguesa), based on the former military facilities of the ETEA.

The windsurfers were very mature, as judges Carlos Sardiña and Pedro Fernández Calderón cited them to start competing at 9: 00 in the morning!... which caused everyone to stand at 7: 00 and in the water shortly after 8: 00. The trenches had hopes based on the part that there would be wind in the first hour of the morning, but even when they were right... not enough, because the wind was constantly coming down, trying to even start at ten, but the sleeve had to be cancelled, after giving the first exit.

As the watches marked three o'clock in the afternoon, the wind appeared in the river (8 to 10 knots from the west), and miraculously two sleeves were completed... also with good temperature and sun, that if the windsurfers of Formula Fin (fin) were left with the desire, because they could not complete their first sleeve because the wind fell. Therefore the Xunta Trophy of Galicia was left deserted on this occasion.

In the General of Formula Foil, victory therefore of Tomás Vieito with three first in three sleeves, followed by his brother Juan Vieito with partials of 5-2-2, third Ignacio Fernández with 3-3-3, fourth the Orensano Nicolás Blanco of the Castrelo Nautico Club of Miño with 6-4-4 and fifth the Moañés Lucas Maceiras with 4-5-6. By the way, the Cangas got four of them into the top ten... because White was avoiding the total flake with his room.

The former world windsurfing champion, currently preparing for the Spanish Olympic Team, Marcos Fernández, achieved the seventh place, his best place being a second partial. It also raised the Coruñés windsurfer, from Catro Vento, who with a seventh in the third manga got into the top ten.

Now the Abanca Week is heading for the River of Betanzos in the north of Galicia, where next weekend will be held the Vila de Cabanas Grand Prix Divine Rei, in which they have already confirmed more than 30 cruises with two hundred crew members their presence, making it the most important heavy sailing event in the north of Galicia.

The program is completed by two more events in La Coruña: the Isabel Zendal- Grand Prix Cidade da Coruña, in which women's crews from all over the Cantábrico, Galicia and Canarias will compete, and the Meeting Gadis de Optimist, which is held with two hundred young regatists in memory of one of the great workers of the Galician candle that left us a few years ago and remains in the memory of all the Galician fans in the sailing: the president of the Royal Nautical Club of La Coruña and the maximum exponent of the Regla Grande de Velina, in the city of the city of La Velina.

2022-10-29: Machada del Rodeira: cup the first five in the Abanca-Windsurfing Week

Tomás Vieito entering the only manga (Photo Pedro Seoane)

The thirteen-time champion of Spain, the Vigués Tomás Vieito of the Real Club Náutico Rodeira de Cangas, is the provisional leader of the Iberian Windsurf- Semana Abanca Championship, which began on Saturday in the waters of the Ria de Vigo, in the Rande Regatas Field... in the hand of the Federations of Spain and Portugal, the Club Marinetea and Vigo.

For the second day of Sunday very morning, with the beginning of nine in the morning and the intention of the judges who run the Coruñés Carlos Sardiña and the Ferrolano Pedro Fernández Alarcón, to achieve the program of closure, with four valid sleeves.

The wind was made to beg, with moments when it blew with a certain intensity of the south... a speed that however did not lift the minimum required by regulation. Since everything seemed predestined to leave the day blank, the technicians decided to go more towards the area of ria, which houses the Viguese city and they hit a wind of 8 knots from the west, which was enough to inaugurate the markers... but only in Formula Foil, because in Formula Fin, which competes in the Xunta Trophy of Galicia, no one completed the route in the 30 regulatory minutes, which was the limit limit.

In Foil that has at stake the Trophy Recession of Pontevedra following the component of the Spanish PreOlympic Team, Tomás Vieito... four companions of the Real Club Náutico Rodeira de Cangas were classified and were also the only ones who entered before the door of time was closed... by this order; the coach of the Olympic Team of the Royal Spanish Federation of Sailing and former world champion of Windsurf Marcos Fernández that is placed on provisional podium, along with one of the best Spanish windsurfers, Ignacio García, who is third for the moment.

In the fourth and fifth squares are located for the moment: Lucas Maceiras and Juan Vieito, who were saved from the burning of the control closure. Given that if three more sleeves were held on Sunday and that each sportsman would eliminate the worst score harvested... you can say that the back is high, and that the results of this single sleeves on Saturday could be even non-decisive at the end.

2022-10-28: Tomás Vieito favorite of the Abanca- Iberian Windsurfing Week in Vigo

Juan y Tomás Vieito (Photo Salome)

The thirteen-time national champion Tomás Vieito of the Royal Nautical Club Rodeira de Cangas, is the great favorite of the Abanca- Iberian Windsurf Week as far as Formula Foil is concerned, which has at stake the Grand Prix for the Pontevedra de Foil and the Xunta de Galicia de Fin. In the afternoon of Friday, along with other regatists of your Club, Vieto made a strong preparation to the west end of the Viguese ría, with a hard wind.

Along with the vigués that returned this week of competing in the Spanish Team that participated in the Brest World Championship in France... his brother Juan has also confirmed his presence that he is one of the reference of the Spanish wind (he became sixth in a World Cup), as well as the Orensano Nicolás Blanco who competes for the Castrelo de Miño Nautical Club and the Moañés Lucas Maceiras... both with only 18 years old are considered the highest values of this kind of sailing in the Atlantic area.

The competition will begin at one in the afternoon, as far as Saturday is concerned, and at 11 in the morning on Sunday. The winds will be stronger on the sabatine day, but in any case much lower than those that were on Friday afternoon... while on Sunday they are expected to be 10 knots on average.

The tests in Formula Foil have a duration of about 25 minutes, while in Fin they are about five minutes less... in terms of average speeds the Foil easily reach 20 knots and the ends reach 10-15 normally.

In Rande's Regatta Field, an exceptional technician, Marcos Fernández, who is the coach of the Olympic Team of the Spanish Vela Federation, will be this weekend. The Galician technician wants to follow closely the developments of the great windsurfers, before the stage that will take place in Lanzarote and that will begin in early December, over three months and with a partial duration of two weeks per act. Marcos, is one of the legends of the Spanish candle, not in vain was proclaimed years ago World Champion of Formula Windsurf.

He will also be his colleague, the technician for the purpose of the Royal Galician Federation of Vela, Carlos Villar... who will follow closely the strong Galaica representation, headed by the Castrelo de Miño Nautical Club and the Rodeira Nautical Club, as well as the Catro Vento de Riberia and the Playa de Oza de La Coruña.

High-flight meeting in Vigo, with a wide-ranging Lusian representation, among them the Portuguese champion Marco Gil Morais, who competes with Andre Videira and Margarida Gil, who is the great favorite of the female category.

2022-10-27: Abanca Week: turn for the Iberian Formula Windsurfing in the Ria de Vigo

The champion of Spain Tomás Vieito (Photo Marcos Fernández)

Windsurfers from Spain and Portugal will be on-line this weekend at Vigo's Ria to participate in the Iberian Championship of Formula Windsurf (Foil and Fin classes), in which the Spanish champions of both categories have confirmed their participation: the Vogués Tomás that competes for the Royal Nautical Club Rodeira and the Andaluz Roberto Ortiz of the Naval Commission of Regates of Cadiz... the Galician in Formula Fin and the Andaluz in Formula Fin.

The Spanish-Lusian championship, which is part of the Abanca Week, will have in play the Recession of Pontevedra and the Xunta de Galicia awards; for each of the categories and is organized by the Marinetea Maritime Club, Sailway, the Maritime of Canido and the Maritime Licensing of Bouzas, as is usual in the multinational event concerning the olive city in our country.

The technical section will be carried out by the national judges Pedro Fernández Alarcón (Ferrol) and Carlos Sardina (La Coruña) who have been appointed by the Royal Spanish Federation of Vela. The official competition will begin on Saturday at 1: 00 p.m., and on Sunday at 10: 00 a.m.... the framework of Rande's training, with its spectacular bridge hanging from the Vigo Ria.

The Organization has played a strong role in this event, since it has already officially presented by 2023 the Vigo Candidature for the Spanish Championship to be held on the same stage, a project that has the strong support of the National Secretariat of Formula Winsdurf, which presides Simon Fernández, making it a favorite... in an election to be held before the end of the year, within the Spanish Vela.

Among the participants in Foil windsurfers is the numerous presence of the Náutico de Castrelo de Miño de Ourense with Simón Fernández at the front, the Náutico Rodeira de Cangas, the Catro Vento of Santa Eugenia de Ribeira, the Spanish manchego of the Vicar Panantanicolas of Ciudad Real Eduardo Navarro or the wide Lusian representation with Margarida Gil, André Videira and Marco Gil at the most exponents.

In Formula Fin for Portugal its best windsurfer is Vasco Chaveca of the Naval Club, Castrelo de Miño present five regatists (Azpiliceta, Cibreiro, Conde, Iglesias and a Rita Pérez), David Maceiras for Rodeira, for the Playa de Oza de La Coruña... Jaime Manuel and Pedro Piñeiro-Estrella. There will also be the extreme José Carlos Blázquez... Oscar Organista and Alfonso Tertre del Náutico Serranillo de Toledo, Fernando Calvo del Valmayor de Madrid, Eduardo Navarro de Pantanicolas de Ciudad Real, as well as the Gaditano champion of Spain Roberto Ortiz.