What the wind took the super prizes of the cruise sailing races

For many years the most desired price of the Spanish heavy candle was the Golden Catavinos of the Nautical Week of El Puerto de Santa María, a piece of the Cordobese jewelry with about 100 grams of gold

The younger did not live it... the really important cruise races traditionally had great prizes that were the object of desire for the favorites. First in the first years of the last century, in points such as San Sebastián, Las Arenas, Santander and the southern Galician, in the most traditional races the fashion was very British: there were prizes in cash, which gradually disappeared, during the Regime of General Franco, although it remained common in the nautical sport brother of the candle: the rowing... but exclusively in the competitions of traditional rowing, case of the trainers.

Later the standard were the trophies, some amen of precious of beautiful bill. They had a great deal of roots especially in the snipe class and it was very common that: "this trophy will be won in property, for which it wins in three consecutive editions or five alternates." The master of this film was without a doubt the great Felix Gancedo with his Grand Numa, because he took the urge to stay in property with those silver copes... like the City of Gijón, the City of Santander, the City of La Coruña, like the City of Vigo... and so many others from the Mediterranean. The Malagasy world champion already in the 1980s won two awards that he catalogued as the most friendly and attractive that he won: the first an original watercolor of the Galician painter Rafael Alonso... but not just one, but one of his victorious snipes. Félix said in the face of the Monte Real Club of Yates (it was the Galicia Cup of Snipe of Baiona Week) that and if I didn't win what would you do with Rafael's painting?... the following year the prize was still more impressive. The sponsor of the class where he competed was Adolfo Dominguez... and the wrinkle artist is beautiful, did not cut and design a Hollywood golden jacket for Gancedo, of course custom... and of course the ganon, again remember that if he had not won...

Dennis Doyle, the Irish shipowner of the legendary Moonduster, took the Count of Gondomar in 1980 and with it about 4 kg of silver between his tray and those of his crew. It was the best prize in the north then.

The Euskal Kostaldeko Estropada, the Costa Vasca Regata that organizes the Maritime of the Abra with the support of other Basque clubs, entered with great force in the stage of the professionally organized regats, when Azqueta was the Commodore of the Club de Las Arenas, which had replaced the great Ugarte. His awards were very beautiful, with special mention for the Golden Whale

The Rolex Cup played at the Prince of Asturias Trophy had a very valuable prize, 4 Swiss reference lka scuba watches for the best Quarter Ton of the season... and it was another time... we talked about a prize with a really important value

The cars had their high point at the 1993 Chrysler Jeep Cup, where two vehicles of the American brand were given, including the Voyager for the race division, which Willy Alonso had won with TVG, while the other vehicle was won by the Asturian Marara. There were also Ford cars in the Vuelta Regata to Spain, Audi in the royal races of Sanxenxo and even Volvo de la Vuelta to Spain made in Milmi.

And we could be a while longer, but we will only mention two more awards from another galaxy, because it is forced to do so because of its importance. The first one who delivered the Anglo-Spanish CEO of Distribution in Puerto Sherty to the winner of the Grand Prix of Vela Baileys. The winner the Duke of Arion of the Royal Mediterranean Club of Malaga... which won "a bottle of gold Baileys made by Talleres Malde in La Coruña that weighs more than 500 grams of precious metal!... the other piece a trophy of more than one square metre made by the Galician jewelers of La Coruña, of silver and of gold with a global weight of several kilos of materials. The trophy of the Teresa Herrera de Vela, which stands today in the dependencies of its winner, in Estrella Galicia.