The J70 Sailway Series begins in the Vigo Ria

The J70 Sailway Series begins in the Vigo Ria

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Josè Ramón Lete in the Dársena del Nàutico de Vigo, with elite regatists, sponsors and organizing committee (Photo Moebius)

The J70 Sailway Series, in which the monotypes of the most well-known fleets of the Iberian Atlantic, with the presence of Spanish and Lusitan units, start in viguese waters. There will be a total of six acts, at the rate of one month, until the beginning of the spring, in which the most recognized crews of the Atlantic side will have in the Galician waters, to their field of races.

The event was presented in an event to the foot of the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo, which was chaired by the general secretary of the Sport of Galicia: José Ramón Lete Lasa, and which had the presence of Laura Moya CEO of Sailway, José Antonio Portela president of the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo and of those responsible in Galicia and Portugal of which is the monotype of reference at the planetary level: of the J70.

The competition will start on Saturday at 1.30 p.m. and Sunday at the edge of 10.30 a.m., so that the total of valid sleeves will be six, and that on each day no more than four can be held. These are very technical traces: the first tranche of barlovento has a limit time of 15 minutes, the total duration of each sleeve is intended to be 40 minutes and the limit for the first to be completed is 55 minutes, and once the line of arrival is crossed the winner is established a limit time to be completed of another 15 minutes.

April Green, Valmy-Marina Coruña and Marnatura, three of the favorites (Photo Moebius)

The usual J70 in the Team of Spain in the international citations will be in regatta... case of La Guardia & Moreira de Gonzalo Araújo, the Marnatura de Luis Bugallo a la rea y que arma Enrique Freire, Abril Verde de Luis Pérez Canal, Abril Rojo de Jorge Pérez Canal, Pazo de Cea con Ramón Ojea a los manos, Bodegas Villanueva de Jorge Villanueva o el Seneca SW de Guillermo Alonso.

In line of departure recognized patterns, with large crews... case of the Valmy-Marina Coruña that will have a luxury triplet: the ocean pattern Chuny Bermudez de Castro, the world champion Victor Mariño and the Olympic medal Nicolas Rodríguez.

The judges have designed four areas in the Viguese era: the 1 in the area of the Peninsula of La Guía, the 2 in the Con de Pego in front of Moaña, the 3 in the area of the Villa de Cangas and the 4 in the socaire of the central area of the archipelago of the legendary Cis Islands. The J70 have been competing since this weekend, from the hand of the Real Club Nautico de Barcelona in the waters of the City Condal and the Nautico de Vigo in Galician waters.