Sogacsa winner of the fourth act is second in the general (Photo Maria Muíña)

The incomparable framework of the island of La Toja will host the fifth and last act of the Villalia Winter Series, which will be held in its waters on the next 11 and 12 February, becoming the reference in this time of year, of the class of fashion monotypes at international level: the J70.

The fleet completed the fourth act of the competition with only the three sleeves of Saturday, had as winner the Nacua Sogacsa of Sancho Paramo-Pablo Iglesias, ahead of Luis Pérez Canal and its abiles with the April Verde and those of Malalo Bermudez de Castro... Luis Bugallo was fourth with Marnatura 1, of one of the most prestigious shipowners in Spain, José Luis Freire... occupying the fifth Noticia square of the Nautico of the City Condal and sixth the Sail Cascais of Portugal with Vasco Sherpa of pattern.

The Guardia & Moreira, which on this occasion counted with the prestigious Coruñés pattern Malalo Bermudez de Castro a la rea, who was perfectly fulfilling the mandate of the headline: Gonzalo Araújo... that was no other than to keep the J70 in the leadership that competes for the Náutico de Vigo, who is the organizer of the Villalia along with the Association of the Class.

After the high level of the fleet that could be lived on Saturday, the Sunday day was expected by the fans... but the wind did not dignify itself to appear... so it was transformed into a blank day, confirming the Sabatine results as valid.

The J70 Orensians Red April and Green April (Photo Maria Muíña)

For this reason, and since a total of 15 valid sleeves were completed until Saturday in the four events of the Villalia, the rule was applied that for every seven sleeves held the J70 participants could dispense with their worst score; so each J70 was able to discard its two worst scores, of the total accumulated: La Guardia & Moreira remains in the lead, with ten points of advantage over Nacua Sogacsa... occupying the third and fourth positions, respectively, two Uruguayan patterns, Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal.

In the fifth place SenecaSW with Willy Alonso to the cane and in the sixth of the young veterans... like Ramón Ojea with the Cea Pazo of the Canido Maritime Club. In the seventh square Marnatura 1 and in the eighth the third pattern of the City of Burgas: Alejandro Pérez Rodríguez, with a young crew with Sailway Academy.

Later the two J70 of the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona: Noticia de Cabiedes and the Hang-Ten CSI of the canary Jorge Martínez Dorete, considered one of the great Spanish canaries... followed by another of the great ones as Víctor Mariño world champion of TP52 with Marnatura2, closing the provisional table of the Herculino Antonio Arda with Correa Kessler of the Club Náutico de Cabanas, of the Vigués Alberto Figueira with Valmy Atlántca, La Jota Nostra de Anxo Bernardez and the Olympic of the Cassiacus to the Sacao with the Royal of the Sacao.

The Villalia Winter Series remains at the expense of what happens within a month in the waters of La Toja, which will be where the sentence will be delivered.

J70 VILLALIA WINTER SERIES
General Classification (Acts 1-2-3-4)

1º La Guardia & Moreira (G.Araújo-M.Bermudez de Castro) 44 points
2nd Nacua Sogacsa (Sancho Paramo) 54
3rd April Green (Luis Pérez Canal) 64
4th Red April (Jorge Pérez Canal) 81
5th Seneca SW (Guillermo Alonso) 84
6th Pazo de Cea (Ramón Ojea) 99
7th Marnatura 1 (Luis Bugallo) 103
8th Sailway Academy (Alejandro Pérez) 103
9th News (Luis Caviedes) 112
10th Hang-Ten CSI (Jorge M.Dorest), 133
Eleventh Marnatura 2 (Victor Mariño) 138
12 Correa Kessler (Antonio Arda), 139
13 Valmy Atlántica (Alberto Figueira), 146
14th La Jota Nostra (Anxo Bernardez), 152
Fifteenth Sail Cascais (Vasco Sherpa) 157

2023-01-14: The differences in the head of the J70 Villalia Winter Series

Víctor Marino in close-up with Marnatura 2, a santa Sail Cascais and Pazo de Cea (Photo Maria Muíña)

Nacua Sogasca is the leader of the fourth act of the J70 Villalia Winter Series, which is being held in olive waters, under the organizational baton of the Association of the Class and the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo. The J70 de Paramo curated an excellent first day, achieving an eighth square and two first partial posts, in the three sleeves held.

The leader in the absolute general of the Villalia, continues to occupy the LaGuardia & Moreira of Gonzalo Araújo that in this act has been replaced by the Herculino Malalo Bermudez of Castro, who with great solvency is maintaining its place of privilege (5º -2º -4º on Saturday), in a general that has seen the differences in the scores of the first classified are shortened.

The main officer of the Villalia, the good Coruñés judge Jaime García, managed not without problems to complete three sleeves, with the south-south-west winds that began in 6 to 7 knots, to end in the third manga over 20.

To highlight the excellent day of two of the J70 who occupy positions in the top of the general: April Green of the Orensano Luis Pérez Canal and the Marnatura 1 of Luis Bugallo which was by the way imposed on the first manga of the day. For its part Noticia del Real Club Náutico de Barcelona was the best of the non-Galaics with Luis Martín Gutiérrez de Cabíedes a la rea managed to be fifth at the end of Saturday... ahead of the J70 of the Lusian Olympic, the Sail Cascais of the legendary Vasco Sherpa, which was sextos.

Later on, the great Viguese pattern Guillermo Blanco with Séneca SW, the young Orensano Alejandro Pérez Canal with his Sailway Academy, the world champion of TP52 Victor Mariño with Marnatura 2, Red April of Jorge Pérez Canal, to leave the tenth place for the canary Jorge Martínez Dorese, who is the other representative of the Royal Nautical Club of Barcelona: the Hang- Ten- CSI. For the second day of the fourth act Sunday from 10: 30.

J70 VILLALIA WINTER SERIES, General Classification of Act 4

1 Nacua Sogacsa (Sancho Paramo) (8-1-1), 10 points
2nd April Green (Luis Pérez Canal) (2-7-2), 11
3rd La Guardia & Moreira (Malalo Bermudez de Castro) (5-2-4), 11
4th Marnatura 1 (Luis Bugallo) (1-3-10), 14
5th News (Luis Cabiedes) 97 (6-6-3), 15
6th Sail Cascais (Vasco Sherpa) (3-9-5), 17
7th Seneca SW (Guillermo Alonso) (4-5-8), 17
8th Sailway Academy (Alejandro Pérez) (11-4-7), 22
9th Marnatura 2 (Victor Mariño) (9-10-6), 25
10th Red April (Jorge Pérez) (7-8-11), 26
11 Hang-Ten CSI (Jorge M.Dorest) (10-11-9), 30
12 Valmy Atlántica (Alberto Figueira) (13-13-13), 39
13th Pazo de Cea (Ramón Ojea) (12-12-16), 40
Fourteenth Correa Kessler (Antonio Arda) (14-14-12), 40
15th La Jota Nostra (Anxo Bernardez) (15,16,16), 47

2023-01-13: Malalo Bermudez de Castro in La Guardia & Moreira in the fourth act of the J70 Villalia

The J70 of the Portuguese Olympics Sail Cascais, Sailway Academy, Valmy Atlántica and Pazo de Cea (Photo Maria Muíña)

Fourth and penultimate act of the J70 Villalia Winter Series in the waters of the Viguese ria, by the hands of the Association of the Class and the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo. In line of departure about twenty units of the monotype of reference at international level, with the powerful Galician fleet based on the Rías de Vigo and Betanzos, as well as units based on the Real Club Nautico in Barcelona, which also organizes its Winter Series, but avoiding match dates with the Villalia, to promote the exchange of ships and crews.

Who will be absent in the fourth act will be the pattern of the current leader, who is La Guardia & Moreira: Gonzalo Araújo, who is currently competing in the Rolex Cup that is held in the South American cone... between Argentina and Uruguay... between the southern capital Buenos Aires and the summer of Punta del Este. The square of the prestigious patron is located in Vigo, will be occupied by the Coruñés Malalo Bermudez de Castro... which takes the J70 of Araújo, when he is leader, ahead of the Nacua Sogacsa (nine points) and the Orensian ships of Luis and Jorge Pérez Canal: Green April and Red April. Behind them are the widowers Pazo de Cea, Seneca SW, Sailway Academy and Marnatura 1.

In this fourth act, they will also be among other Catalan J70, and among them the Hang-Ten CSI with the canary Jorge Martínez Dureste, who was already in the third act in Vigo and was frankly well. It has also confirmed that it will compete the Sail Cascais of the Olympic Lusian Vasco Sherpa, the highest J70 of the national team of Portugal. The competition will take place on Saturday and Sunday and start on the sabbath day at the edge of one and a half in the afternoon.

Finally on Friday the Organization confirmed that the fifth and last act of the J70 Villalia Winter Series, will be held in the waters of the river of Arousa on 11 and 12 February, based on the emblematic island of A Toxa.

J70 VILLALIA WINTER SERIES
General Classification (Acts 1-2-3)

1 La Guardia & Moreira (Gonzalo Araújo) 33 points
2nd Nacua Sogacsa (Sancho Paramo) 44
3rd April Green (Luis Pérez Canal) 53
4th Red April (Jorge Pérez Canal) 55
5th Pazo de Cea (Ramón Ojea) 60
6th Seneca SW (Guillermo Alonso) 67
7th Sailway Academy (Alejandro Pérez) 81
8th Marnatura 1 (Luis Bugallo) 89
9th News (Luis Caviedes) 97
10th Correa Kessler (Antonio Arda), 99
11 Hang-Ten CSI (Jorge M.Dorest), 103
12 La Jota Nostra (Anxo Bernardez), 107
13 Valmy Atlántica (Alberto Figueira), 107
Fourteenth Marnatura 2 (Victor Mariño), 113
15th Sail Cascais (Vasco Sherpa), 115