It leaves us one of the largest of the Maritime Gabriel Laiseca

Gabriel Laiseca, regatist of the Royal Maritime Club of the Abra-Real Sporting Club that won the World Cup of the Snipe class in 1957

This Sunday Gabriel Laiseca died, who was world champion in the Snipe sailing class in 1957 in Cascais with Juan Manuel Alonso- Allende. To the vizcadino Gabriel Laiseca, regatist of the Real Club Marítimo del Abra-Real Sporting Club, he entered the hobby to the candle since he was little. It started with a ship that had its uncle Juan Manuel, a little bottle that they did in the Udondo shipyards. He left it and went around the Abra at 13 and 14. The Aznars had one tied and they left it to them. Then they began to take him as a crew in Snipe, especially the Count of Zubiria, who was in almost every race.

Laiseca (28-06-1936) always remembered that in that historic World of Cascais "we started quite badly. The first race did not give us time to go forward against a South American ship and we retired on a point of score. It was seven races and you could rule out one. Since then we could no longer rule out. We wanted days with wind, about 15 knots because we were doing great there. In the end our rival was a Swiss ship, which had it much easier than us to win that World Cup. We had to do first and he went down the room. And there was the fifth and he was a subchampion. The podium was Spain, Switzerland and the United States." On their way back, they were given celebrations with all kinds of authorities and even thrown into the water in Arriguela. They also took out their honor in San Mamés in an Athletic League match with Piru Gainza as captain.

Laiseca had come unexpectedly to that World Cup because Juan Manuel Alonso- Allende was at the time regating with Miguel Real de Asúa, who was doing the engineering career. As he was suspended, his father told him he had to study to get the course back. And Juan Manuel, who had won the Spanish Championship before, had the right to go to the World Cup, signed Laiseca. They first started with the local races, some in Santander and the Abra, until they went to the World Cup and then to the Rome Olympics three years later.

Gabriel Laisea and Juan Manuel Alonso Allende in San Mamés, received by the Athetic's hobby, invited to make the sacking of honor... had won the first Snipe world for Spain

The following year it was the World Championship in Brazil and sailed in the Flying during the years 1958 and 1959. With that ship they went to the races of Naples and other parts of Europe, winning some races. The European Championship in Barcelona was held in 1959 and they also succeeded. They arrived at the Olympiad in their own right and remained in the eleventh place of 23 countries. Laiseca went to two Fasnet and the second he sailed was second in his class. Then, with Jorge Churruca and Juanito Olábarri, with the 'Machichaco', he was an official crew member. They were among the first 10 of 200 ships on the Fasnet. He was also at the Plymouth- La Rochelle. Then Gabriel Laiseca went to the high races. He crossed the pool in 1992 with Alvaro Basterra, when they went from Cadiz to Santo Domingo. And then he enjoyed on the 'Oh Mother', "the most fun ship I've ever sailed on," he repeated. They won the Prince of Asturias Cup in Arcachon and a Nautical Week in Santander. One of the great Vizcaños regatists has gone. His many friends have defined him on social networks as a fun man, socorro and great navigator with many maritime stories, anecdotes and successes. The ship with which Gabriel Laiseca and Juan Manuel Alonso- Allende won in that unforgettable World of Cascais is exposed in the lobby of the Royal Maritime Club of the Abra - Real Sporting Club.