This test is held in recent years with ships of the Regata and Cruise class instead of the classics. This summer it has been 121 years since the Count of Cartagena and José Quiñones gave this race, at the beginning of the last century, the name of their Gitana yacht

The Team Group Engineering by José Luis Ribed, a J80, was set in the Gitana Cup that ended in the Vizcaina waters of the Abra with a 12-mile race on a Sunday with a north-west wind of 10 to 12 knots. The Team Group Engineering, which also won the second tour with a little less than three hours, first ended in the absolute classification after the final day ahead of the Alpega de Alfonso Churruca, the Emilu de Lucio Fernández and the Ramper de Jairo López de Guevara.

2025-07-19: Team Group Engineering leader of the Gitana Cup after the first act

The Gitana Cup, without classic and old ships, celebrated its first day in the waters of the Abra de Vizcaya (Photo José Capello)

The Gitana Cup began in the Vizcaina waters of the Abra with a 10-mile race in a day with a roll wind of 14 knots to then go down to eight, after which the Alpega is leader in the Regata class and the Team Group Engineering in Cruise II and in the absolute without the final day of this Sunday. On the tour that scheduled in the Regata class the Committee of the Royal Maritime Club of the Abra-Real Sporting Club defeated the Team Engineering, ahead of the Alpega, For tomorrow Sunday the sentence of this grey edition of the Gitana Cup.

2025-07-16: The Gitana Cup returns to the waters of the Abra de Vizcaya

The old one ton of 1964, the beautiful Artako of the unforgettable Juan Olávarri, one of the best Spanish heavy sailing patterns of all time... classic which is the one that has obtained, in the different editions of the Gitana Cup, since in the presidential time of José Manu Loredo Mutiozábal, he rescued from the baul of memories in 2000 (Photo Manuel Pedro Seoane)

The classic Gitana Cup, which is 121 years old, returns to the Vizcaina waters of the Abra. The Real Club Marítimo del Abra - Real Sporting Club is celebrating one of its historic citations this weekend. It is a competition that began in 1904 and is the oldest nautical event in the country. About 20 crews, in the last editions most of the Regata and Cruise class, will be in one more edition of the Gitana Cup. It was until a few years ago that this test was confined only to the ships of Epoch, Classics and Spirit of Tradition. Now, they are seen mainly in the Open boats of the IRC and J80 class.

The test takes place on Saturday, from 13: 00, with a coastal race and on Sunday, from 12: 00, with a bar-sota. The Gitana Cup of 2023 (in 2024 was not held) ended with the triumph of the Tchin Tchin in the Regata class and the Nexus in the Cruise division.