La Guardia & Moreira, a leading leader (Photo Neuza)

LaGuardia & Moreira with Gonzalo Araújo, Jacobo Vecino, Nicolás Domínguez and Pablo Iglesias, is the leader of the J70 Sailway Series, following the first act held in olive waters by the Association of the Reference Monotype and the Royal Nautical Club of Vigo. The monotype of the great Galician pattern achieved in the six sleeves held: four first, one second and one fifth places. In the podium it is accompanied by the Valmy Energy Trader based in Marina Coruña and the Pazo de Cea de Canido

Winds from 6 to 12 knots east on the second day, which allowed three other sleeves to be held... which has meant a total of six valid in the first act. To highlight the ability of the judges, who have been very successful in the decisions made, like having shortened the closing sleeve. The v wind that began at the 12 knots of the 60th, went down to the six knots at the end of the morning.

Valmy Energy Trader de Marina Coruña (Photo Moebius)

In short, this prelude act of a great season in the Atlantic, in which competitions will be held in Vigo, La Coruña and Cascais as a counterpoint to the ever more outstanding offer of the Mediterranean, in which the Real Club Nautico of Barcelona, continues to work successfully.

In viguese waters the J70 Sailway Series started with main roles for the favorites, which were a priori LaGuardia & Moreira and Valmy Energi Trader, who presented a galactic crew with Chuny, Nico and Mariño, amen de Fructuoso. Completing the Top Five, with the Cea Pazo with a crew full of illustrious, and the two Abriles: the Green with Luis Pérez Canal and the Red of Jorge Pérez Canal, which have an extraordinary palmaris, case of the Amateur European Championship. The next act by January will be on the 18th and 19th, under the baton of the Nautical of Vigo.

April Green de Luis Pérez Canal in close up (Photo Neuza)

J70 SAILWAY SERIES
General Classification (Top Five)
1st LaGuardia & Moreira (Gonzalo Araújo, Jacobo Vecino, Nico Dominguez, Pablo Iglesias), 6 points
2nd Valmy Energy Trader (Chuny Bermudez de Castro, Nico Rodriguez, Víctor Marino, D. Fructoso), 13
3rd Pazo de Cea (Javier Porto, Ramón Ojea, Rodrigo Ojea, Marcos Casales, Andres G.Cominges), 16
4th April Green (Luis Pérez Canal, Juan de Cominges, Luis da Rocha, Carlos San Martín, Chapu Torne), 18
5th Red April (Jorge Pérez Canal, Eduardo Reguera, Gonzalo Martínez, Jose Luis Colmenero), 18

2024-12-14 Maximum width with a triple tie in the head of the J70 Sailway Series

Pazo de Cea (Porto) Marítimo de Canido, Valmy Energy Trader (Bermudez de Castro) de Marina Coruña and LaGuardia & Moreira (Araújo) del Náutico de Vigo (Photo Neuza)

It began the season of the monotype of reference cruises in Atlantic waters, on a very cold and sunny day in the Viguese ría, with winds of east component of 8 to 12 knots that caused the program to be fulfilled, by holding three sleeves... after which three monotypes are equalized in the first three positions: LaGuardia & Moreira of the great heavy sailing rod Gonzalo Araújo, Valmy Energy Trader based in Marina Coruña of the Volvo Ocean Race Chuny Bermudez of Castro and Luis Pérez Canal with their Oils that in their professional Championship of Europe not in April 70.

The day began is a small delay due to a traffic issue, with winds of 12 knots from the north-east, and an exit in which three J70 did it in off-line position. The three in question were Red April, Villanueva Bodegas and Séneca SW, who returned to unify. The test was completely dominated by the Gonzalo Araújo, followed by Bermudez de Castro and April Verde, who took the lead in the podium positions.

The test met the three-quarter-hour requirements (as would the two remaining), giving way to the second of the day with a little less wind: 10 knots a roll to the left... and again out of line: on this occasion only those of the Seneca and those of the Red April; they returned to avoid disqualification.

In a development similar to the opening sleeve, the second victory for those of Gonzalo Araújo, followed by Valmy de Marina Coruña, who loves the presence of the great patron Chuny Bermudez de Castro, has in other crew the Olympic bronze medal Nicolás Rodríguez and the world champion Victor Mariño (common in the ranks of TP52 Platoon of Germany).

As it closes the third chapter with the wind already close to the 8 knots, in which the victory was for those of the Green April of Luis Pérez Canal, ahead of the also Orensian Red April of Jorge Pérez Canal and those of Bermudez of Castro... which caused a total equality to seven points in the head of the race.

To highlight the new team of judges used by the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, with Jano Martín as chief officer, Alejandra Martín assistant officer, Esteban Bernardez de juror and Kevin Figueiras de beativa, who have been quite well. For the second day Sunday from 10.30.