Bermudez and Pumariega won in Gijón, in the important quote of the Snipe of the Club de Regatas (Félix González)

Martin Bermudez, from the Real Club Náutico de Madrid to the cane and Angela Pumariega, from the Real Club Astur de Regatas de Gijón de proel, winners of the XVII Memorial Carlos del Castillo de Snipe that has organized the Real Club Astur de Regatas de Gijón. The second square was for the host club couple, Carlos Ordoñez and María Mendoza, closed the podium the Cantabros, Enrique García and Luis Abarca of the Royal Maritime Club of Santander. During the weekend took place in Gijón Bay, the XVII Carlos Memorial of the Snipe Castle, the most emblematic Snipe race of the Gijón Regatta Club. The meeting was attended by 35 vessels from the north of the Peninsular, as well as units from Madrid, Lanzarote and the French town of Arcachon.

Meteorology certainly conditioned the test in which only one sleeve of the four established was completed on Sunday. On Saturday, the north-east fort with 27-kt rachas prevented the fleet from leaving for the sea.At last on Sunday, at noon, it was possible to give the first manga exit pistolet, with a loose wind from the north-east, flat sea and sun. Martín Bermudez, with a Carlos del Castillo in his palmarés and Angela Pumariega with two victories in the test, presented themselves as one of the favorite couples. From the first bars of the race were placed at the head of the test followed very closely by Ordoñez and Mendoza reaching the beacon of very equal barlovent. Bermudez and Pumariega achieved the first position. In the second and decisive Bermudez-Pumariega manga came first to the beacon of barlovento, but the wind was coming down and the judges overturned the test.