Víctor Pérez y Luca Bruggioni, winners in the Open of the Spanish Championship Snipe- Juan Manuel Alonso- Allende

As it was written... Víctor Pérez and Luca Bruggioni, from the San Antonio de la Playa Balear Maritime Club, were proclaimed winners of the Snipeo-Juan Manuel Alonso- Allende fought for three days in the Vizcaina waters of the Abra, under the organization of the Royal Maritime Club of the Abra-Real Sporting Club in the year of its 125th anniversary.

Second in the final podium were the regatists of the Club Marítimo de Mahón Jordi Triay and Enric Noguera, European champions a week ago in Italy, who imposed themselves on the last sleeve to be 5 points from the winning couple.

The young people of the Marítimo del Abra, Tomás Trueba and Tanis Rey-Baltar, who held a fantastic championship, completed the third podium drawer. In the fourth position finished the canaries Gustavo and Rafael del Castillo and the fifth square was for Martín Bermudez and Angela Pumariega, of the Real Club Nautico of Madrid.

This championship was sponsored by MSC and organized by the Real Club Marítimo del Abra-Real Sporting Club, by delegation of the Real Federación Española de Vela and with the collaboration of the National Association of this Class, the Federation Vasca y Vizcaine de Vela, El Correo, Helly Hansen, the City of Getxo and the Diputación Foral de Bizkaia.

2023-09-02: National of Snipe in Getxo: Víctor Pérez-Luca Bruggioni run for gold

In the cathedral today only one sleeve was completed... and the wind did not accompany

Víctor Pérez y Luca Bruggioni, from Club Marítimo San Antonio de la Playa balear, confirmed his leadership, after the second day in the Vizcaina waters of the Abra, in the Championship of Spain Absolute of the Snipe- Juan Manuel Alonso- Allende class that is disputed under organization of the Real Club Marítimo del Abra - Real Sporting Club in the year of its 125th anniversary.

Second are the regatists of the host club Tomás Trueba and Tanis Rey-Baltar, couple that is making a huge championship, and third the canaries Gustavo and Rafael del Castillo. The fourth place is for the Baleares Manel Beltrán and Bernardo Mur.

If the first day took place on a formidable summer day, the equator of the test crossed into a day with little wind in the Cantabric. At least, the heavy rain that was predicted was absent and respected the participants in the only and complicated manga held.

Alvaro Martínez and María Fiestas, from the Nautical Maritime Club of Benalmádena, were imposed in it with the leaders Víctor Pérez and Luca Bruggioni in the second position and the Vizcados Tomas Trueba and Tanis Rey-Baltar in the third. Pedro Ferrer and Yaimur Fernández, from Real Club Náutico Arrecife, finished rooms and Manel Beltrán and Bernardo Mur, from Club Marítimo de Mahón, finished fifths with their colleagues Jordi Triay and Enric Noguera, recently proclaimed champions of Europe, in sixth place.

This Sunday the last two tests of a championship sponsored by MSC and organized by the Real Club Marítimo del Abra-Real Sporting Club, by delegation of the Real Federación Española de Vela and with the collaboration of the National Association of this Class, the Federation Vasca y Vizcaine de Vela, El Correo, Helly Hansen, the City of Getxo and the Diputación Foral de Bizkaia.

2023-09-01: National of Snipe-MSC in Getxo: the duo Víctor Pérez-Luca Brigioni commands

Finally there are 75 snipes who are competing in the Vizcaina waters in the Spanish Championship of the Clase- MSC that recalls the unforgettable Juan Manuel Alonso- Allende... world champion with Gabriel Laiseca in Cascais in the far year 1957

It began in the Vizcaina waters of the Abra, with the organization of the Real Club Marítimo del Abra-Real Sporting Club in the year of its 125th anniversary, the National Spanish Championship of the Snipe- MSC class that honors the legendary Juan Manuel Alonso- Allende. 75 snipes are in competition with units from the Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias, Andalusia, Madrid, Galicia, Baleares, Canarias, Valencia and Murcia, as far as the Spanish candle is concerned.

The tandem snipes made up of Víctor Pérez-Luca Bruggioni, from the Club Marítimo San Antonio de la Playa de Baleares, loidan the championship after achieving 4º -1... for their part the canaries Gustavo and Rafael del Castillo are seconds after the first act and Tomás Trueba and Tanis Rey Baltar, from the Marítimo del Abra are third, tied with the Galaica- astur couple... Martín Bermudez- Ángela Pumariega of the Real Club Náutico de Madrid.

The couple of the Belgian Federation formed by Herman Vandormael and Alexandre Tinoco do Amaral was established on the first tour, which was extended, with Alejandro Trigiano and Mariana Safar, of the T10 Sailing Club of the Valencian Federation in second place and the Vizcayos Tomás Trueba and Tanis Rey-Baltar, of the Royal Maritime Club of the Abra-Real Sporting Club, in a more than meritorious third place.

The balar Víctor Pérez and the Brazilian Luca Bruggioni, of the Club Marítimo San Antonio de la Playa were rooms and Assis Herreerías and Jorge Campos, of the Real Club Marítimo de Santander finished five in this first test that had a spectacular exit and developed with wind of seven to nine knots from the north-east. In the second manga the wind rose, to the twelve knots, with a clean exit and again a very disputed race. Víctor Pérez and Luca Briggioni won, quarters in the previous test, to become leaders after the first day. The canaries Gustavo and Rafael del Castillo were second and the baleares Fernando Rita and Juan Magro were third.

Six tests are scheduled for this competition, two of which have already been completed for the Championship to be valid. This Saturday the following tests are planned for a championship sponsored by MSC and organized by the Real Club Marítimo del Abra-Real Sporting Club, by delegation of the Real Federación Española de Vela and with the collaboration of the National Association of this Class, the Federation Vasca y Vizcana de Vela, El Correo, Helly Hansen, the City of Getxo and the Diputación Foral de Bizkaia

The National Circuit of the Snipe Class, organized by the National Secretariat of the Class (Snipe Spain) has been offering for seven years a suggestive calendar of races, including this Spanish Championship in the Abra, the Spanish Cup, the Iberian Championship and several more tests distributed among the different Spanish fleets. With the results obtained in all the tests that make it, the national ranking of regatists of this kind is made.

2023-08-30: Start in Getxo the Spanish Championship -MSC with 82 snipes

Great atmosphere in Getxo at the beginning of the National of Snipe (Fotos José Capedillo)

The Vizcaina waters of the Abra, with the organization of the Royal Maritime Club of the Abra-Real Sporting Club, are the stage from this Friday to Sunday of the Spanish absolute Championship of the Snipe class. There are almost a hundred boats with the most prominent regatists in Spain of this kind as strong of light candle as is the Snipe. The Abra will decide the winners in different categories after races that are always very exciting and equal.

The picture that will stop the waters of the Abra during this championship will be exceptional with dozens of ships of the Snipe class - 82 couples registered in this absolute category - with the exits marked at 12 hours during the three days of competition. Among the 82 couples who will sail in the beautiful regatta fields of which this part of the Cantábrico has regatists from the Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias, Andalusia, Madrid, Galicia, Baleares, Canarias, Valencia or Murcia.

The RCMA-RSC organizer of this relevant light sailing test in the year of its 125th anniversary, has been forming regatists in its School of Vela José Luis de Ugarte, which has great experience in organizing competitions with many participants, as is the case in this Spanish Championship Snipe 2023. Six tests are scheduled for the absolute category, two of which will have to be completed for the Championship to be valid. No more than two sleeves shall be sailed per day, except when it is left behind in the programme, in which case three may be sailed. The Championship, sponsored by MSC, is organized by the Real Club Marítimo del Abra-Real Sporting Club, by delegation of the Real Federación Española de Vela and with the collaboration of the National Association of this Class, the Federation Vasca y Vizcaine de Vela, El Correo, the City of Getxo and the Diputación Foral de Bizkaia.

In the club organizing this test there existed for several decades of the last century a very outstanding fleet of Snipe that sailed with assiduity in the Vizcaina waters of the Abra, the place of celebration of this absolute Spanish Championship of the Snipe class in 2023. In addition, one of the most important achievements of the Basque candle took place in this class: in 1957, Juan Manuel Alonso- Allende and Gabriel Laiseca, two regatists of the Club de Las Arenas, won the Snipe World Championship in the Portuguese town of Cascais with the Guadalimar... On the other hand, Manolo Rey-Baltar and Borja Reig achieved in late September 2021, in Almería, the Junior European Championship in the Snipe class with the Fhimasa Lastrin.

The National Circuit of the Snipe Class, organized by the National Secretariat of the Class, has since 2016 offered a suggestive calendar of races, including the Spanish Championship, the Spanish Cup, the Iberian Championship and several more tests distributed among the different Spanish fleets... With the results obtained in all the tests that make it, the national ranking of class regatists is made.