VII Rey Juan Carlos Regatta
Point and end in Sanxenxo to a new edition of the Rey Juan Carlos El Corte Inglés Master Regatta.
After three days of regatta in the Pontevedra estuary with constant changes in the general classification and a very tight podium, it has finally been the Romanian Essentia in Classics and the Swiss Momo in Open who have won the title of a regatta that , in addition to scoring for the 6 Meter Spanish Cup circuit, has served as an important warm-up for the Xacobeo 6mR Worlds.
This Sunday, with the start scheduled for 12:30 p.m., the race committee initially proposed a windward-leeward route in the same field where the tests were held on both Friday and Saturday. As the morning progressed and given the instability of the wind in the estuary, the fleet finally moved to the area in front of Ons, where they were able to comply with the planned test program with north wind conditions of almost 20 knots of intensity .
Great victory for Essentia in her second regatta in the 6 Meter class
For the Classics fleet, the seventh edition of the Rey Juan Carlos I El Corte Inglés Master Regatta could not have been more competitive. After a heads-up between Catalin Trandafir’s Essentia and José Cusí’s Bribon 500 for practically the entire weekend, a breakage at the beginning of the last race prevented Bribon 500 from fighting for the final victory, which went to hands of the Romanian representative after leading the general classification from the first day of the regatta.
The Trandafir team sealed a perfect weekend with two victories, three second places and a fourth position that became their discard, managing to finish what is their second regatta in the 6 Meter class with a three point advantage over the Bribon 500 , who finished second. Behind, the Finnish Astrée III of Ossi Paija completed the podium.
Once on land, the skipper of the Essentia explained that “we are quite new in this class, we started just a few months ago and we have prepared the boat in a very short time. The sensations at the moment are very good, we still have a lot to work on the boat, but without a doubt we have started very well”.
The Swiss Momo prevails in Open
In the Open division, the entry into play of the discard after completing the six-test program was definitive for the final podium. The Swiss Momo skippered by Dieter Schoen went from less to more during the first two days of regatta until today, Sunday, with a fourth and a sixth scored, he won the King Juan Carlos I El Corte Inglés Master Regatta.
The truth is that Dieter Schoen’s team won with an advantage, achieving a distance of six points over the second classified, the Portuguese Scoundrel One of John Harald, and seven over the Stella of the owner Violeta Álvarez, who closed the regatta scoring the last partial victory at stake. Good day also for North American Jane Ann of Karl-Gustav Pihl, winner of today’s first heat and third in the final test.
