40 ships with 300 crew are fighting for the Golden Whale, the most emblematic quote of the Sea of Euskadi, the Basque Coast that was created 25 years ago being Commodore of the RCMA-RSC José Luis de Ugarte. In the end "Gorilon" the winner

The donostiarra bay lució its best galas to receive the ships participating in the XXV Costa Vasca Regata-Trophy "Golden Whale," which had to face three days in which the wind did not want to provide its support.

The last stage of the race began with more than an hour of delay over the planned schedule - around 13: 40 - as it was necessary to wait for the wind to turn right, exceeding 6 knots of force. Until that time, the order issued by the deferral flag, which showed that the wind still did not make an act of presence, prevailed. Sunday has been the most technical day of those that make up the Costa Vasca Regata, with barloventos-sotaventos made up of donostiar waters.

EKP Director Edurne Egaña with Emilio Begdía, Richard Bedere and Lorenzo Mendieta

EKP Director Edurne Egaña highlighted the effort, "the enthusiasm and the task of collaboration" carried out by organizers and participants, despite the wind's refusal to help."From EKP we want anyone who is interested or curious to approach our ports to practice sailing in a natural way", said Egaña, who stressed that in order to achieve this objective, the effort made by the Basque Government to improve the port facilities and to provide them with a greater number of moorings has been essential.

Honour Painting of the XXV Costa Vasca Regata - Grand EKP Prize

Golden Whale: Gorilón de Emigdio Bedía del Real Club Marítimo de Santander
Silver Whale: Elior Beelzebuth4 by Richard Bedere of the Voile d'Arcachon Cycle
Bronze Whale: Asbandar WOP by Lorenzo Mendieta of the Royal Abra Maritime Club - Real Sporting Club de Getxo

Second Day

The Soto 40 of the Royal Maritime Club of the Abra-Real Sporting Club of Geetxo, the "Ashandar Wop" patrolled by Lorenzo Mendieta, is the leader of the XXV Regata Costa Vasca-Gran Prix EKP, after holding the first two stages: Hondarria-Hondarribia and Hondarria-Donostia. The Vizcadno ship has provisionally taken the first place in general to Farr 40 of the Zarautz Nautical Club "Phoenix" by Juan Mocoroa, and the bronze for the French ship "Elior Beelzebuth 4" by Richard Bedere of Arcachon.

The wind of the Honda-Donostia has been from the west. In IRC, the winner was the "Ashandar Wop."
In IRC B, the "Gorilón" of Emigdio Bedia, of RCM Santander, has performed the best race of the day, while in HN the winning boat has been the "Tololi" of Ino Etxaniz, of the ATSS. In EKP A the "Camborio" of Juan Lizaso, of the Nautico of San Sebastián, he was the first to arrive, and in EKP B, the "Bureba" of Kike Ruiz.

General classification

1 ASHANDAR WOP (Soto 40) Lorenzo Mendieta del RCMA-RSC Getxo, 4 points (2 ° -2)
2nd PHOENIX (Farr 40) Juan Mocoroa del CN Zarautz, 8 (1st -7th)
3rd ELIOR BEELZEBUTH by Richard Bedere of CV Arcachon, 8 (3rd -5th)
4 ° MAITENA (Corel 45) by Mikel Emaldi of RCMA-RSC Getxo, 8 (4 ° -4 °)
5th GORILON (X-332 Sport) by Emigdio Bedia of RCM Santander, 10 (9º-1)
6th AKELARRE (First 40.7) by Mauricio Gibert of the CNP Getaria, 10 (7th -3rd)
7th AI AMA (J-92) of Salvador Manterola del RCM Santander, 13 (5º-8)
8 ° AIZEN ONESAILS (Sun Fast 32) by Gustavo Arce del RCM Santander, 14 (8 ° -6 °)
9th SIMPHONY (IMX-40) by Javier María Onaingia of RCMA-RSC Getxo, 18 (6-12)
10 ° MASTRANQUIL (Dufour 334) by Guillermo Limousin of the CN Hondarribia, 19 (10 ° -9 °)

Previo Regata Costa Vasca

The Costa Vasca Regata, which was born in 1992 and promoted by the Basque Government and has the sponsorship of Euskadiko Kirol Portuak-EKP,It's a sailing competition for the cruise class. The participants are divided into categories: IRC, HN and in this edition they will leave the port of Hondarribia on July 1, to reach the bay donostiarra on the 3rd. In the race - organized by the Real Club Marítimo del Abra - Real Sporting Club, Club Náutico de Getaria, Real Club Náutico de Donostia - San Sebastián, and Club Náutico de Hondarribia, with the support of EKP - will take part ships, coming from Gijón to Aquitaine, passing through Santander, Castro Urdiales, Getxo, Plentzia, Zumaia, Getaria, Donostia, Hondarribia, Hendaye, Anglet and Arcachon.

45.registered vessels, with three hundred crew members, will hold three days:day 1 July, Hondarribia-Hondarribia; day 2: Hondarribia-Donostia and, day 3, Donostia-Donostia. On the first day the participating vessels will start at 4: 00 hours a coastal tour to the wind in the waters of the Bay of Txingudi. The longest stage, will be Saturday, with a coastal race of about 30 miles along the east coast of Gipuzkoa, uniting the ports of Hondarribia and Donostia, must pass by a couple of buoys of dismantling. On the last day, Sunday, the most technical tests will take place consisting of barloventos - sotaventos in donostiar waters.

Among the registered crews you can highlight the Cantabrian boat 'Yamamay', patronioned by Javier Gallo, which was already made with the Golden Whale in the last two editions. On board the 'Espalarta', the exclusively female crew will compete with Edurne Tamayo, who along with Edurne Berrueta, Maitane Naya, Irati Lizaso, June Gutierrez and Alicia Goikoetxea will defend the colors of the Royal Nautical Club of San Sebastián.

In this sense EKP director Edurne Egaña stressed that more and more women's crews are participating in the races. An example of this is that, in the absence of confirmation, there may be three manned vessels taking part in this race.

On the starting line of the race, on the 1st day in the marina of Hondarribia at 15: 30, will be present the advisor of Environment and Territorial Policy, Ana Oregon, along with the director of EKP, Edurne Egaña. Txema García, technical director of the race, stressed that this is each year "different," when the tour varies and that this edition, in which "loose" winds are expected, will be a success again.The winning boats in the different categories will receive the Golden Whale trophies, exclusive and prestigious trophy valued at 6,000 euros, Silver and Bronze, which will be delivered in an event that will take place on Sunday, at 17: 00 at the headquarters of the Royal Nautical Club of Donostia-San Sebastian.

Edurne Egaña director of EKP in the presentation of the "Euskal Kostaldeko Estropada," that is the Costa Vasca Regata.

Special edition

The XXV Regata Costa Vasca, in addition to celebrating its edition of the silver weddings, coincides in time with the fifteenth anniversary of the marina of Hondarribia. On July 1, 2001, the first sports boats were tied in their pants, responding to a demand from the region given the growth of the water-to-water hobby in the cantabria cornice. "The hobby and practice of navigation on our coast continues to increase. This year, more sailing and motor registration is recorded again and requests are growing to get mooring in existing ports" Edurne Egaña explainsDirector of EKP.