Biobizz del Marítimo del Abra de Getxo victor in La Coruña (Photo Pedro Seoane)

The J80 Biobizz, patronized by José Azqueta of the Real Club Marítimo del Abra-Real Sporting Club, has proclaimed itself the absolute winner of the J80 Sailing Series Finals Trofeo Ciudad da Coruña, which has organized the Real Club Nautico Coruñés and the Organizing Committee of the Abanca Week; which has put an end to the 2023 edition of which it is reference, as a multinational event at national level...

After starting the first weekend of September and holding 16 events in Cortegada, Castrelo de Miño, Fornelos de Montes, Bouzas and Canido in Vigo, Marín and the city of La Coruña, with a participation of more than 2500 athletes, belonging to the disciplines of children's sailing, light sailing, heavy cruise sailing, single-type sailing, wakeboard, nautical skiing, sea kayak, pyragüismo-dragons and traditional rowing.

The end in coruñese waters was tremendous and with such a few different participants that it brought the uncertainty to their own strangers. It is worth the fact that after holding the Regular League with four full rounds on Saturday day, three santanderine crews (Free Zone, Fredo Estrella del Norte and Solintal) and a vineyard (the Getxo Biobizz) reached the final round in a handkerchief.

In the final four sleeves were held... as many as different ships had the organizers, so that each finalist crew, "tested" the J80 available in the grand final... and the height of equality in the competition, was that the four crews concluded the first three rounds with three of them with 18 points and the remaining one, the one who patrolled Pichu Torcida... the North Star Fredo with 19.

In the sea good conditions of wind and sea, with a south that moved between the 12 and the 16 knots... being Biobizz the one that took the cat into the water, pointing to a victory that strengthens the great palmarés of José Azqueta, son of which was historic comandoro and then president of the Spanish Sailor Cathedral, the Real Club Marítimo del Abra - Real Sportjing Club, in the 1980s-90... in which the Basque club regained the prestige of ancero and was set in marc ha the José Luis de Ugarte School, authentic viverero de la vanca.

After Azquete, Ignacio Camino (Solintal), Torcida (Fredo Estrella del Norte) and Madrazo (Zona Franca) complete the first four places... with an extraordinary equality, which prays the just of these crews will reach the great end.

Then the Valencians of the Iser Dosia, the Vascos of the Hublab, the Etnia of Barcelona, Marías de Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona, Matrako de Castro Urdiales, Vissi de Las Arenas, Kotablue de La Coruña and the girls from which Decoexsa de San Sebastián... regated with quality and power.

J80 SAILING SERIES FINALS
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REGULAR LIGH CLASSIFICATION

1Zona Franca Santander, David Madrazo (RCM Santander), 10 points
2nd Biobizz, José Azqueta (RCMA-RSC Getxo), 11
3rd Solintal, Ignacio Camino (RCM Santander), 11
4th Iser Dorsia, José Manuel Ruiz (RCA Alicante- RCN Valencia), 12
5th Fredo Estrella del Norte, Pichu Torcida (RCM Santander), 12
6 ° Hiblab, Adelmo Antelo (RCMA-RSC Getxo), 10 (6-1-2-1)
7th Etnia, Peru Mügica (RCN Barcelona), 17
8th Marias, José María Cunha (MRCY Baiona), 17
9th Matrako, Ricardo Díaz (RCN Castro Urdiales), 18
10th Vissi, Juan Llano (RCMA-RSC Getxo), 18
11 Kotablue, Miguel Fernández Vasco (RCN La Coruña), 19
12 Decoexa, Olatz Muñoz (RCN San Sebastián) 19

FINAL CLASSIFICATION
1 Biobizz, José Azqueta (RCMA-RSC Getxo) 9 points (4-2-2-1)
2nd Solintal, Ignacio Camino (RCM Santander) 10 (2-3-3-2)
3rd Fredo Estrella del Norte, Pichu Torcida (RCM Santander) 10 (1-4-1-4)
4th Zona Franca Santander, David Madrazo (RCM Santander) 11 (3-1-4-3)

2024-01-20: The J80 Cantabros and Vascos, dominate at the week Abanca Cidade da Coruña

A moment of the sleeves of Saturday in La Coruña (Photo Pedro Seoane)

First day of the Abanca Week in La Coruña with the staging of the J80 Sailing Series Finals that has at stake the Trophy Cidade da Coruña, with rank of national championship and that has managed to bring together in herculine waters the 12 best crews of J80, which were classified in the respective phases of the sector held.

An opening day with sometimes loose winds from the south and sometimes with 10 knots or more and a lot of sun, in which the monotypes of the Federations of Cantabria and Euskadi have shone with their own light: together they have taken the first five squares, which have added the races of the first four sides.

World champion Ignacio Camino with Solintal made a card of two first and two seconds... which led him to add 8 points and lay down as a leader. After them another song: the Franca Santander Zone that patrons David Madrazo (it was the one that achieved the most first, but he pinched with a sixth); to be two vessels saw those classified in the third and fourth squares... Biobizz of José Azqueta and the Hinlab of Adelmo Antelo. The fifth was for another illustrious, such as Pichu Torcida with Fredo Estrella del Norte, one of the best Spanish patterns of all time, with the Santanderino pavilion.

In the sixth square the Iser Dorsia which competes for the clubs of Alicante and Valencia, and which has as its cane José Manuel Ruiz, being the seventh square for the J80 of José María Cunha of Mount Real Club of Yates of Baiona, which relegated a great J80 such as the Matrako of Ricardo Díaz of the Real Nautical Club of Castro Urdiales, the former Roman Flavióbriga.

They completed the list of the Etnia of the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona, patronado by another of the great patterns that have been named in La Coruña, as is Peru Múgica... closing the list of the chosen Vissi of Juan Llano de Getxo, Kotablue the champion of finn Miguel Fernández Vasco of the Real Club Náutico de La Coruña and the Docoexa of Oltaz Muñoz of the Real Club Nática of San Sebastián, which is competing with an entirely female crew.

For the second and last Sunday, beginning at 10: 30 in the morning. At four and a half hours, the prize-making in the halls of the Real Club Nautico de La Coruña, which will put the end and end of the week.

J80 SAILING SERIES FINALS
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CLASSIFICATION 1

1 Solintal, Ignacio Camino (RCM Santander), 8 points (1-3-1-3)
2nd Zona Franca Santander, David Madrazo (RCM Santander), 9 (6-1-1-1)
3rd Biobizz, José Azqueta (RCMA-RSC Getxo), 9 (2-2-2-3)
4th Hiblab, Adelmo Antelo (RCMA-RSC Getxo), 10 (6-1-2-1)
5th Fredo Estrella del Norte, Pichu Torcida (RCM Santander), 10 (3-3-3-1)
6 ° Iser Dorsia, José Manuel Ruiz (RCA Alicante-RCN Valencia), 11 (4-1-4-2)
7th Marias, José María Cunha (MRCY Baiona), 13 (6-2-2-3)
8th Matrako, Ricardo Díaz (RCN Castro Urdiales), 14 (6-3-1-4)
9th Etnia, Peru Mügica (RCN Barcelona), 14 (6-2-4-2)
10th Vissi, Juan Llano (RCMA-RSC Getxo), 15 (6-4-3-2)
E11 Kotablue, Miguel Fernández Vasco (RCN La Coruña), 17 (6-4-3-4)
12th Decoexa, Olatz Muñoz (RCN San Sebastián) 17 (5-4-4-4)

2024-01-19: Abanca Week: the twelve best J80 crews are quoted in the Cidade da Coruña

Roberto García (Xunta) Jorge Etcheverría (Náutico), Manuel Vázquez (City Hall) and José Ulfe (Abanca) (Photo Pedro Seoane)

The Real Federación Española de Vela has entrusted to the Real Club Náutico de La Coruña and to the Organizing Committee of the Abanca Week, the organization of one of the most prestigious heavy sailing events of those held in Spain, the J80 Sailing Series Finals that has at stake the Trophy Cidade da Coruña, and that has managed to bring together from tomorrow Saturday, the 12 best crews of J80 that have been classified in the stages of the sector held.

The event was presented at the Royal Hall of the Palacio de María Pita in La Coruña, in an event chaired by the Herculino sports concelleiro, Manuel Vázquez, who was accompanied by the Comandoro del Náutico and Vice President of the Abanca Week, Jorge Etcheverría; as well as the director of Abanca de Zona José Ulfe and the sports delegate of the Xunta de Galicia, Roberto García.

The competition will take place in four J80 with the same velamen and set up, with a maximum weight of 350 kilos; all against all on the Saturday day... to be the great final on Sunday, with the four best that will compete in four other sleeves of four so that each crew will change of J80 in the races.

The sports director of the Náutico David Conde will be the director of the race, who will have a group of judges and jurors of all Galicia of the highest prestige: de Vigo, Villagarcía, A Coruña and Ferrol. Both Saturday and Sunday will start to compete at 11: 00 in the morning. On Sunday at 4.30: 30 the closure at the Nautical.

The different teams classified represent the Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona, Real Club Náutico de La Coruña, Real Club Marítimo de Santander, Real Club Náutico de Castro Urdiales, Real Club Marítimo del Abra-Real Sporting Club de Getxo, Real Club Náutico de San Sebastián, Real Club Náutico de Barcelona and Real Club de Regatas de Alicante. In the ranks of the same consecrated patterns and crew with great prestige.

The one of Finn, Miguel Fernández Vasco will be the patron of the Kotablue, which is part of the favorites. By Baiona an excellent cruise pattern as is José María Cunha... The Galician options will be among their two representatives: Kotablue (Náitico La Coruña) and María Casas do Telhado (Monte Real Club de Yates)... who will be the star of a repetition of their struggle for the World Amateur 2023 that was won after both of them by the Kotablue Coruñés in Baiona waters in September 2023... in a final photo final that was decided in the last meters of the World Cup.

Santander has the vaticinios in his favor... with Solintal with the great Ignacio Camino, Fredo Estrella del Norte de Pichu Torcida or in Zona Franca Santander de David Madrazo. The Basque clubs have aAzqueta in the Biobizz, Olatz Muñoz in the Docoexsa, Juan Llano Urrechaga in Vissi and Adelmo Antelo in Hiblad; they are from the Maritime of the Abra or the Nautico of San Sebastian. By Castro Urdiales there is the legendary Matrako of Ricardo Díaz... by the Nautico of Barcelona Etnia will have a real luxury cane: Peru Múgica...

High-flight event, since in the Herculine city, endorsed by the Higher Council of Sports and the Royal Spanish Vela Federation, which had to be held at the end of October, as an opening of the Rías Altas version of the Abanca Week, but which a temporary prevented. It will bring to a close and end competitions of nautical skiing, wakeboard, pyragüismo (kayak of sea), pyragüismo (dragons), traditional rowing, children's sailing, light sailing, Olympic sailing, monotypes sailing and cruise sailing; with a global participation of more than 2,500 athletes, with bases in Vigo, Marín, Fornelos de Montes, Castrelo de Miño Cortegada and A Coruña, in this edition.