The members of the CEACNA assembly were received by the conselleira de Mar de la Xunta de Galicia, Rosa Quintana. The president of Ports de Galicia, José Juan Durán, and the secretary for the sport of the Xunta, José Ramón Lete, participated in the meeting of the Confederation with the presidents and representatives of the clubs.

The Spanish Confederation of Nautical Clubs (CEACNA), which represents 200,000 families associated with these non-profit entities, agreed yesterday to request a meeting with the president of State Ports, José Llorca, to convey his concern about the attacks that are being carried out by several Spanish nautical clubs in the process of renewing their concessions.

CEACNA held its annual regular general assembly in the Galician town of Portonovo, under the organization of the Association of Nautical Clubs of Galicia (Asnauga), chaired by Javier Ruiz de Cortázar. All of its members were uneasy about the carice that are taking the cases of Ibiza, Molinar de Levante (Baleares) and Gandia (Valencia), where the responsible administrations are not showing the least sensitivity for the sports and social work carried out by these nautical clubs or are not providing solutions to ensure their continuity.

José Jaubert, president of CEACNA, said that the recognition of the work of the nautical clubs, as provided for in the State Ports Act and to which José Llorca himself has referred many times, must be a reality throughout Spain, regardless of whether the facilities are of State or of the autonomous communities. The clubs have found, in this sense, that the procedures of competition of projects, such as the one being developed at the Nautical Club of Ibiza, are being "a hillside" for private societies to pose as sports associations.

CEACNA warned of the proliferation of "non-nautical" companies, which are completely unknown to this sector and in many cases are made up of opaque investment funds "that seek to buy the port business in Spain. According to the nautical clubs, if the administrations do not stop this situation," the sea in Spain will be an exclusive ghetto for millionaires. "

The general assembly of the confederation also wanted to stress the need for the creation of a law of sports patronage that would allow the nautical clubs to finance their sports activities through private sponsors. "It is an old CEACNA claim that we would like it to be on the agenda of the new government," Jaubert said, for whom this regulation would help Spain's nautical and maritime people continue to bet on sport without having to resort to public funds.