With the victory in this forty-eighth edition of the Zelnova Zeltia / Sabadell Urquijo Grand Prix, the crew of the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo led by the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez-Canal overcomes the record of six wins of the José Luis Freire Pairo saga (Photo Lalo R.Villar)

Aprilos del Real Club Náutico de Vigo capitanado por el duo Luis y Jorge Pérez-Canal, llevaba por el junto vez la victoria del Trofeo Conde Gondomar que reduo en jugado, el Gran Prix Zelnova Zeltia / Sabadell Urquijo, agaciendo superar el record de triumphos que hasta la año año lugaba en solitado la saga del Pairo de José Luis Freire... en el que es la regata referento entre los que organiza el Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona... que ya está a just two edicios del siglo medio.

Among the ORC teams that played the Count of Gondomar Trophy - for which they scored both the challenge of Carrumeiro and the Return to Ons and the last two tests - the Magic of Julio Rodríguez was today the best one to score two first positions. The final victory, however, was for the April Oil thanks to the two wins sealed in the stage of the Carrumeiro and in the turn to Ons, which had a score coefficient of 2 and 1.5 respectively and allowed the team to stay at the top of the general until the end of the quote.

The ship of Luis and Jorge Pérez-Canal... presented a very balanced crew in which were Chapu Torné, Eduardo Reguera, Juan de Cominges, Iago Carrera, Luis Sampedro, Sebastián Martinez-Risco, Pablo Espinosa, Luis da Rocha, Carlos San Martín and Jaime de la Ganara.

The second position of the general was for the Magical Vigués of Julio Rodrígue, completing the Eleko Mambo podium of Carlos Sampedro of the Cabanas Nautical Club.

In the Extra A ORC division, the Elekomambo has a strong victory. Carlos Sampedro's team signed a full of victories and rose with a 10-point advantage over the second one, the Racer de Januàrio Cruz (We Do Sailing). The third position was occupied by the Narval of José Antonio Portas (CN Vilagarcía).

In ORC Extra B he also gave no choice to his rivals the Unus de René García (MRCYB), who won the four trials at the Count of Gondomar Trophy and proclaimed himself the winner of his division. He was followed in the second and third positions respectively by Jean Claude Serrade's John'n Jack (YC do Porto) and Jorge Carneiro's Marine Ronautics (CN San Telmo).

The rest of the categories participated in a decaf Count, as they were not in the high regatta with a dinnino to the Carrumeiro Chico... in the organizational effort to protect the ever-smaller fleet that will be able to complete the hundred miles in search of the Galaica Fastnet, in the middle of Finisterre:

In ORC 0-3, a match for the Deep Blue 2.1 by Vicente Cid. The ship of the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo was made with the trophy with only one point of advantage over the Eye Piojo of Manuel Lopes (We Do Sailing), which also fought to the end. On the back, the third was the Black Mockery of Juan José Martínez (CN Castrelo).

In ORC 4-5, the Nahela de Víctor Manuel Álvarez was another team that did not give in any of the disputed tests, winning four out of four and winning ahead of the Bonaventure de José Luis Ríos (RCN Vigo), which was second, and the Esquio de Alejandro Castro (LM Bouzas), which ended in the third position.

There was also no option for the J80 fleet with an intractable Alboroto in the four completed tests. The team of Juan Carlos Ameneiro (MRCYB), which stands as one of the favorites for the September World Cup, made full of triumphs and ended the Count with the triumph in the division of monotypes ahead of the Cansino of Fernando Yáñez (MRCYB), which achieved a brilliant second place in the general. In the back, the Santiago Estévez Spaco (MRCYB) closed the drawer.

And in the Figaro class, victory for the Bouvento of Javier Bernardez del Monte Real ahead of the Serralleiras of Maria Casal and the Erizana of Pilar Cid, who signed a second and a third respectively and both representing the MRCYB.

2023-07-24: The lack of wind shows the second act of the Count in Baiona

The wind haunts the party in Baiona (Photo Lalo R.Villar)

Long day for the fleet participating in the 48th Conde de Gondomar Trophy - Grand Prix Zelnova Zeltia / Sabadell Urquijo... as the wind took time to attend your appointment.

The most rapid were the April Oils of Luis and Jorge Pérez-Canal, as well as the Magic of Julio Rodríguez, which also sails under the grompola of the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo... the crew of the Pérez-Canal brothers managed to cross the line of arrival in first position after seven in the afternoon and with advantage over those of Rodríguez.

At the time of writing this information when it was eight o'clock in the afternoon, the bulk of the fleet still continues to fight the Turn to Ons, which will leave the competition pending from what happens on Tuesday on the last day of race.

The trophy delivery, which will be held at 18: 30 when the last scheduled tests are completed, will put the final brooch to the appointment.

2023-07-23: Oils April of the Pérez- Channel first leader of the Count in Baiona

The Viguese crew used 12 hours, 38 minutes and 36 seconds to cover the almost 100 miles of route from the Baiona exit to the passage through Corcubion and with a return to the Cis Islands, where the arrival line was located. They were the best of the Queen stage, not only in real time but also in compensation (Photo Lalo R.Villar)

The April Oils of the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo, with the brothers Luis and Jorge Pérez- Canal in command, was the winner of the opening stage Trophy Conde de Gondomar - Grand Prix Zelnova Zeltia / Sabadell Urquijo.

The second team to complete the stage was the Magic of Julio Rodríguez, who also sails under the grympola of the Viguese club. Rodríguez's reached the line of arrival an hour and nine minutes after the April Oils, about 1: 00 a.m. Sunday.

This result placed those of Rodríguez in the second drawer of the general, while the third position was awarded by the Eleko Mambo of Carlos Sampedro (CN Cabanas), who crossed the line of arrival after five in the morning and after a night in which the wind was falling over the hours.

In addition to the ORC category, the fleet of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy is also divided into the Extra A and B classes, designed to open the great challenge of Carrumeiro to a greater number of teams and not only to the large high-competition slurs. Thus, in the Extra A division it was the Elekomambo that achieved the best result and in Extra B the triumph was taken by the Unus de René García (MRCYB), which recorded an inverted time of 17 hours and 27 minutes.

The Count has still ahead of him the traditional Return to Ons, scheduled for Monday from 11: 00 in the morning, and the two barlovento-sotavento tours on Tuesday.

2023-07-22: Count of Gondomar... Oils April will turn first in the Chico Carrumeiro

Oils April the first to get to Carrumeiro Chico

Great first day of the Count of Gondomar Trophy, a test that puts into play the Zelnova Zeltia / Sabadell Urquijo Grand Prize under the organization of the Mount Real Club of Yates and that this Saturday premiered its forty-eighth edition for the more than 50 participating ships.

The stage Reina al Carrumeiro Chico, which is still under way, and the first coastal race for the rest of the participants in ORC, J80 and Fisgaros, were the two tests in charge of opening one of the most traditional races in the Spanish nautical landscape.

The team of the Pérez-Canal brothers was the first to turn the rock of Corcubion at 19: 15: 13, eight hours and a quarter after the departure in Baiona Bay and all points to the test being extended until the morning entrance.

For their part, the rest of the ORC fleet and the J80 monotypes that are playing the Count of Gondomar Erizana Trophy also released their markers on Saturday with the dispute of a coastal race that took off at two in the afternoon. With strong wind conditions - more than 15 knots of intensity throughout the day - and wave, the Salseiro de Manuel Blanco (RCN Coruña) was the fastest to complete the return to Cíes, crossing the line of arrival in Baiona two hours and forty-six minutes after the departure.

The White Ones were the first real time, but with the compensation of times the partial victory in the ORC division 0-3 was awarded by the Eye Piojo de Manuel Martins (We do Sailing) with an advantage of almost two minutes over The Black Mockery of Juan José Martínez (CN Castrelo), which currently occupies the second provisional drawer. The third place was taken on Saturday by Vicente Cid's Deep Blue 2.1 (RCN Vigo).

In ORC 4-5 the first victory of the Count of Gondomar was taken on Saturday by the Nahela of Victor Manuel Álvarez (CN Alagua), which achieved a distance of more than three minutes with the compensation of times on the Bonaventure of José Luis Ríos (RCN Vigo), which marches second. In the back, the provisional podium of the Escolio de Alejandro Castro (LM Bouzas) is closed.

In J80, a clear victory for the Alboroto of Juan Carlos Ameneiro. The ship of Mount Real did not give its rivals a choice and won the coast with full authority, achieving a wide advantage over the second ranked and placing itself as the first leader of the monotypes. In the back, the second drawer is now occupied by the Solventis Ribadeo of Roberto Bermudez de Castro and the third is the Bica of Chisco Catalán, both also competing under the grympola of the Baionese club.

2023-07-21: The rise to the Chico Carrumeiro in Finisterre marks the beginning of the Count in Baiona

The challenge of almost a hundred miles back and forth between Baiona and the rock of Corcubión opens this Saturday, from 11: 00 in the morning, the 48th edition of the race, which puts into play the Great Zelnova Zeltia-Sabadell Urquijo (Photo Rosana Calvo)

The Conde de Gondomar Grand Prix Zelnova Zeltia- Sabadell Urquijo begins in Baioma Bay with a global participation along with the anneyed tests of half a hundred ships that are disputed the three trophies in liza along the five tests scheduled between Saturday and Tuesday, with the stage Reina al Carrumeiro Chico as the first start of the edition.

The round-trip race between Baiona and the rock of Corcubion will start from 11: 00 in the morning, in the last edition the Yess of Rui Ramada was the first to reach the Carrumeiro Chico... with a chrono of 07.15... after a very ground-bound navigation.

Among the teams that have already confirmed that in 2023 they will be back on the starting line of the Carrumeiro test will not miss the April and the Magic... in front of them, some of the most outstanding crews of the Galician nautical panorama, such as the Unus of Luis García Trigo, the Narval of José Antonio Portas or the Ronautics Marinas of Jorge Carneiro.

For their part, the ships that will not dispute the rise to the Carrumeiro will also be thrown into the water this Saturday to complete a coastal test from two in the afternoon, which will be noticeable for the Count of Gondomar Erizana Trophy for the divisions of ORC, Figaro and a twenty of J80.

The Count... program

Saturday, 22 July
11: 00 a.m. 124; Baiona Exit - Carrumeiro Chico - Baiona
14: 00h - 124h; Departure coastal race for the rest of the fleet

Sunday, 23 July
Arrival of the participating ships the climb to Carrumeiro

Monday, 24 July
11: 00 am 124h; Departure coastal regatta Return to Ons

Tuesday, 25 July
12: 00h-124h; The beginning of the trials

2023-07-18: The Count of Gondomar Trophy with the support of Zelnova Zeltia and the Sabadell

In the official presentation to the media were present... José Luis Alvarez, president of the Monte Real Club de Yates; Juan Carlos Ameneiro, CEO of Zelnova Zeltia, and Pedro González, Director General; Pablo Junceda, Director General of Banco Sabadell Galician; Jesús Vázquez Almuiña, mayor of Baiona; José Ramón Lete, Secretary Xeral for or Sport; and Ignacio Sánchez Otaegui, Commodore del Monte Real

The forty-eighth edition of the Conde de Gondomar- Grand Prix Zelnova Zeltia / Sabadell Urquijo Trophy begins. The official presentation of the historic race organized by the Monte Real Club de Yates on Tuesday gave the starting pistoletazo for a new edition, which will raise the curtain next Saturday with almost half a hundred registered ships and with a complete program of solidarity actions as a great novelty of the edition.

The race will begin, as usual, with the mythical rise to the Chico Carrumeiro, a 95-mile journey that, in addition to being one of the longest tours of the race season in Galicia, will inaugurate the markers for the ORC and ORC Extra divisions.

Among the fifteen teams that have already confirmed their participation in the stage Reina del Carrumeiro will not miss the winner in real time of the last edition, the Yess de Rui Ramada del Monte Real, which completed the tour in 12 hours and 51 minutes. In front of the Ramada team will be crews such as that of the Aprilos de Luis and Jorge Pérez-Canal del Náutico de Vigo, who defend the title of the Conde de Gondomar Trophy and have six victories in their palmarés; the also Magical Vigués de Julio Rodríguez; Unus de Luis García Trigo de Baiona; the Narval de José Antonio Portas, who sails under the grompola of Náutico de Vilagarcía; or the Ronática Marinas de Jorge Carnero of the Náutico San Telmo among others.

The winning ship of this stage will be raised with the Carrumeiro Chico Trophy, one of the three that puts into play the Zelnova Zeltia / Sabadell Urquijo Grand Prize. The other two titles in liza are the Count of Gondomar Trophy, which includes the Queen of Carrumeiro stage, the return to Ons on July 24 and two sticks that will put the final brooch to the appointment on the last day of competition; and the Count of Gondomar Trophy - Erizana, in which they will score a scheduled coastal race for Saturday, the return to Ons and two sticks.

In total, five tests will be in charge of deciding the new winners of the Count of Gondomar in the four categories in liza: ORC, ORC Extra, J80 and Fibarians.