The patterns of the ships awarded with Carlos Ladra Rider de Cabanas (Photo Pedro Seoane)

Urbápaz armed by Francisco Edreira of the Cabanas Nautical Club was proclaimed absolute winner this Sunday of the Abanca--Northern Cruise Act of Galicia, which was held in the river of Betanzos, by the hand of the Cabanas Club, and which had at stake the Great Divine Rei Prize for the absolute winner of all categories grouped.

There was a great concern among the organizers about the notice of temporary sea, with waves of five and even six meters... at the end of the Xunta de Galicia declared orange alert on the coast of the province of A Coruña, and the cancellation of the day was already the matter of the authorities, so the provisional results of Saturday became definitive.

Carlos Ladra, the mayor of Cabanas, presided over the closing ceremony, in which the winners of the three categories were honored: Urbápaz de Francisco Edreira en ORCA, Raygrass III de José Antonio Núñez en ORCB and Lacazán de Ignacio Miguel Pedrosa en OPEN, while in the absolute UrbáPaz was the clear winner, by accumulating two first in the first two valid sleeves.

In the Dehler 36 of Edreira they sailed: Diego Carral a la rea (the young president of the Náutico de Cabanas), César García (mayor), Esteban Martínez de la Colina (tactic), Juan Filgueira (triber de génova y spi), Oscar Reboedo (piano), Xurxo Dopico (libero), María Pena (palo) and Malena García (bow).

After Edreira, a Raygrass who is always there in the first squares and who already knows what it's like to win the Northern Cruises of Galicia at Abanca Week. José Antonio Núñez achieved the silver, which is taken to his Maritimo del Carrumeiro, with two partial seconds, leaving the bronze for another of the grades of the Galician fleet of cruises: the Alma do Mar by Sadamar that achieved a third and a fourth.

The middle area of the table was made up of good crews with excellent ships, case of the Zeppelin of Ignacio Rodríguez, the X-Grog of José Antonio Díaz, Eleko-Mambo of the Vigués Carlos Sampedro Curbera and the Lambaix, a beautiful Jeaneau 3600 that patronea Antonio Ríos and that was damaged, by the wind somewhat raging prevailing in the river of Betanzos on Saturday.

They complete the top ten, three ships with a lot of danger, as they join their good teams to which they are of reduced length and with their quilated rating they usually give a lot of play: Golfiño de José Naya, Pingon de José Manuel Naveiro and Golafre de Benito Calvo. To highlight the participation of the Hansa- Marina Coruña, the 60 feet of its School of Ocean Sailing, which had the presence of Chuny Bermudez de Castro in the bathtub, and the excellent Herculine cane Enrique Vilariño to his patron... as well as the world champion of heavy sailing Jesus Pintos with Figaro 55.

The Abanca Week celebrates its next two events in Coruñesa capital: first to the appointment of monotypes J80 with female crews: the Trophy Cidade da Coruña Isabel Zendal and as close the Meeting Gadis Cidade da Coruña with the memory of the unforgettable Aurelio Fernández Lage, in both cases organized by the Royal Nautical Club of La Coruña.

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GREAT PRICE DIVINO REI
DEFINITIVE CLASSIFICATION

1 Urbapaz (Francisco Edreira), 1 + 1 = 2 points
2nd Raygrass III (José Antonio Núñez), 2 + 2 = 4
3rd Alma do Mar by Sadamar (José Manuel Enriquez), 3 + 4 = 7
4th Zeppelin (Ignacio J.Rodríguez), 5 + 3 = 8
5th X-Grog (Antonio Díaz), 4 + 5 = 9
6th Eleko-Mambo (Carlos Sampedrp), 6 + 9 = 15
7th Lambaix (Antonio Ríos), 9 + 7 = 16
8th Golfiño (José Naya), 8 + 8 = 16
9th Pingon (José Manuel Naveiro) 11 + 6 = 17
10th Golafre II (Benito Calvo), 7 + 10 = 17
Eleventh Moura (Xoan Bermudez de Castro), 10 + 11 = 21
12 Hansa-Marina Coruña (Chuny Bermudez de Castro), 13 + 12 = 25
Thirteenth Figaro 55 (Jesus Pintos), 14 + 13 = 27
Fourteenth Briol (Ignacio Jacobo Nieto) 12 + 18 = 30
Fifteenth Delfyna (Caesar E.Themudo) 18 + 14 = 32

2022-11-05: Abanca Week: Urbapaz and Raygrass III lead the Cabanas- GP Divine Rei

Partial image of the first output... Hansa, Mourisca, XGrog, Raygrass (Photo Pedro Seoane)

UrbáPaz de Francisco Edreira y Raigrass de José Antonio Núñez, lead the two official categories in ORC del Trophy Vila de Cabanas- Gran Prix Divino Rei, which is immersed in Abanca Week... and which ends this Sunday in the waters of the river of Betanzos.

In the last hour of Saturday, there was a lot of concern among the organizers, about the development of the weather vaticino that was communicating the Xunta of Galicia to the citizens... and derived from it the declaration of orange alert, which if confirmed would definitely lead to the cancellation of the second day. For this case, which is increasingly likely, the classifications of the first day, would become definitive... and with regard to the closure that will be presided over by the mayor of Cabanas Carlos Ladra, would be advanced... keeping the place: the Centre of Interpretation of the Marine Environment of the said Coruñés municipality.

The leaders of the Regatas Committee took out oil with the windfalls in the Betanzos River on Saturday afternoon... despite the few 6-7 knots in the south, those of Carlos Sardiña managed to carry out two valid tests in ORC and one in the slowest of the Open Division... which were also proud in education in ORC, and more complex in the Open Division, due to their slowness of participants in this category.

Urbapaz with Fran Edreira to the cane (Photo Pedro Seoane)

In ORC A, the victory of Urbapaz that was in the two sleeves held, the second being the X-Grog of Antonio Díaz with a third and a second... and the third closing the podium the Alma do Mar by Sadamar of José Manuel Enriquez Arias, who did just the opposite a second and a third. The untie to points, the last score, hence the order indicated.

After the medalists, an Eleko Mambo was placed who had gone out of line on the first manga, as did the Hansa- Marina Coruña, which hit them in their classification... despite being imposed in real time on both tests. The 60 foot that is the banner of the School of Ocean Sailing that runs the great ocean pattern Chuny Bermudez de Castro... that had the coruñés Enrique Vilariño... behind them the world champion of cruises Jesus Pintos with his Figaró 55.

Partial image of the first output... Hansa, Mourisca, XGrog, Raygrass (Photo Pedro Seoane)

In ORC B splendid the Raygrass III by José Antonio Núñez of Club Marítimo Carrumeiro, also with two first squares. After those of the Ensenada de Finisterre, Zeppelin de Ignacio Javiwr Rodríguez, Golafre II de Benito Calvo, Golfiño de José Naya and Pingon de José Manuel Naveiro. They were the ones who made up the top ten. Finally in the Open, with only one manga celebrated for purposes of classification, victory of Lamazan of Ignacio Miguel Pedrosa, ahead of the Vaiche Boa of Rodríguez Barros, the Altavela of Ana Suero and Samoa of Arturo López of the Real Club Nautico of La Coruña.

2022-10-04: Hansa-Marina Coruña with Chuny and Gandara at the Abanca-Vila de Cabanas Week

The giant Hansa- Marina Coruña with two large, Chuny Bermudez de Castro and Javier Gandara (Photo Pedro Seoane)

The Abanca Week reaches coruñese waters after the cycles of piragüism, rowing and sailing completed in the south of Galicia, both in the Rías Baixas and in the waters of the Miño in the provinces Pontevedresa and Orensana.

And it will do so with the second heavy sailing race, with the ORC cruises in a number enough to show the credential of being the race of the season, with greater participation, in the waters of Galicia Norte: the Vila de Cabanas- Grand Prix Divine Rei, organized by the Nautical Cabanas Club will be held in the waters of the Rios of Betanzos and Ares this weekend.

It will be at least 30 cruises that take the first exit on Saturday at 1: 00 p.m., to complete a coastal-cut race... on Sunday an hour before, at 12: 00, the fleet will start the competition face to regatta in two barvolento-sotavento races. The closing on Sunday at the edge of 6: 30 p.m., at the Marine Environment Interpretation Centre, at the Cabanas Vila.

Among the participants is the reappearance of the giant Hansa, which has its new plot in Marina Coruña, which has launched a School of Ocean Navigation. The 60 feet will be the patron of the great Galician ocean navigator Chuny Bermudez de Castro, it is expected that on the Sunday day another of the great ones will accompany him: the vineyard Javier de la Gandara. Together they achieved victory with the Galicia 93-Pescanova in the mythical British Fastnet Race, and it is planned to participate in the next summer, in which it is the most prestigious race of height in the world... to commemorate the 30th anniversary of that historic victory, for the Galician and Spanish sailing.

The giant Hansa- Marina Coruña with two large, Chuny Bermudez de Castro and Javier Gandara (Photo Pedro Seoane)

Great atmosphere at the beginning of the Vila de Cabanas, with several of the best Galician ships: Eleko-Mambo with the Viguese pattern Carlos Sampedro Curbera in command, the Lambaix of Antonio Ríos, the Alma do Mar Sadamar of José Manuel Enriquez, the Figaro 55 of the world cruise champion, the Herculino Jesús Pintos, Urbapaz of Fran Edreira... will be the most popular race of the season in waters of northern Galicia.

Amen to the favorites there are other units that also count to enter the podiums of the three categories that will form... case of the Mourisca of Gonzalo Vázquez, O Riás de Ramón Carnota. X-Grog by Antonio Diaz or the always dangerous José Naya.

The Abanca Week, following the appointment of Cabanas, has two more events in the waters of La Coruña: the Isabel Zendal Regata of Women's Tripulations Grand Prix Cidade da Coruña and as a closing point the Meeting Cidade da Coruña de Optimist that is held every year in memory of the great president of the Coruñés Nautico: Aurelio Fernández Lage, and that for the second year in a row will have in play the Grand Gadis Prize... in the water two hundred young regatists.