The course of sailing in Santander and Cantabria: Passion for the sea and sport, organized by the Cultural Association Plaza Porticada in the UIMP within the framework of the Creators Santanderinos and Cantabros, will take place in Santander on July 17 and 18.

First-class speakers such as the athletes of the Real Club Marítimo de Santander Jane Abascal - director of the seminaria-, Toño Gorostegui, José María Torcida, Fernando Echávarri, Berta Betanzos, Toño Piris, Santi López- Vázquez or Pachi Rivero, among others, are indisputable protagonists of the history of the candle both in Cantabria and at the national and international levels.

The sport of La Vela is the protagonist of one of the seminars of the UIMP thanks to the course organized by the Cultural Association Plaza Porticada and the director of the initiative Jane Abascal with Cesar Obregon. Two days of dissemination that will travel the evolution of the sail in Santander and Cantabria, and in which the Real Club Marítimo de Santander has much to say.

The Olympic medalists and honor partners of the RCMS Jane Abascal, Toño Gorostegui, Fernando Echávarri or the Olympic diploma Santiago Ópez- Vázquez will begin colloquium at several round tables with themes as exciting as their careers did the medal or the development of the Olympic categories, while the Olympic Berta Betanzos will focus on the role of women in the JJ.OO. Fernando Pereda, president of the RCMS, will show this sport in Cantabria from the 1950s to the present.

The ocean candle will also be the protagonist through the eyes of three names very associated with the RCMS, such as those that represent the world-wide return Pachi Rivero, who will talk about this modality, and his partner in the free-scale return to the world Toño Piris that will focus on the construction and materials of the most avant-garde ships in America's Cup.
The several times world champion José María Torcida will analyze the development of monotypes in the world of competition, a bet on which RCMS has been relying for many years.

It is important to highlight in turn the talk that will be given by the world champion of Class40, Gonzalo Botín, in which it will be addressed from the origins of the ocean sail in Cantabria to the present time, under the title "From Cañamín to the Class40." A cast of real pride for the Royal Maritime Club of Santander.