La Toja hosts from this Friday, June 16, starting at two in the afternoon, the J70 Villalia Spanish Championship with the presence of the 20 leading units of our country, loaded with great sailors with experience in competitions such as the America's Cup, the Volvo Ocean Race, Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships, etc. that represent both the fleet of the trendy monotype internationally, and the athletes themselves.
Athletes from the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona, Club Nàutic Cambrils, Club Nàutic Vilassar de Mar, Real Club Náutico de Denia, Real Club Marítimo de Santander, Real Club Náutico Gran Canaria, Real Club Náutico de Arrecife, Club de Mar de Palma de Mallorca, Real Club Marítimo de Sotogrande, Real Club Mediterráneo de Málaga, Club Náutico Cabanas de La Coruña, Real Club Náutico de La Coruña, Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, Real Club Náutico de Vigo, Club Marítimo de Canido, Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona, Clube de Vela Atlántico de Leixões, Clube Naval de Cascais de Lisboa and Clube Naval de Sesimbra, among others.
This great event, which is part of the 2023 campaign of Villalia, has the support of the National and Vigo Association of the J70 Class, the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, the Club Náutico Isla de La Toja, at the logistics level of 13/18 and Conservas Calvo, as well as the Real Federación Española de Vela and the Real Federación Gallega de Vela, etc. has made it possible for La Toja to mark a before and after, after the celebration of this Spanish Championship, which is one of the most outstanding in Spanish sailing in general this season.
There will be three days in Galician waters, with a total of four races per day maximum (the routes will be windward-leeward of approximately one hour duration); that once the six races held are reached, will give each boat the option to discard its worst accumulated score.
The team of judges of authentic luxury: Jaime García and Carlos Sardiña (La Coruña), Manuel Rodríguez (Vigo), Juan José Durán (Vilagarcia de Arousa) and the Barcelona native Pax Quiñonero, etc. that make up a team of great quality and solvency, to be able to judge and plan a competition like this J70 Villalia Spanish Championship.
It is necessary to highlight Noticia del Náutico de Barcelona, which has arrived in La Toja with all the artillery: Luis Cabiedes, Alberto Padrón, María Sánchez, Pablo Saturde and Jon Larrazabal... or the Tenaz that is armed by the Commodore of the first club of the City of Barcelona Pablo Garriga... completing the crew Ramón Castells, Luis Arrate and the great Canarian sailor of the Real Club Náutico de Arrecife and several times world sailing champion, such as Rayco Tabares.
Another of the heavyweights is Hang Teen with the Canarian Jorge Martínez Doreste at the helm, or the Alcaidesa Marina of the Olympic trainer Gustavo Martínez Doreste or the Clínicas W with Luis Martínez Doreste at the controls.
Facing them by the fleet of Valencia the Leti t be of Juan Calvo Boronat of the Real Club Náutico de Denia, or the powerful Kuboo that has to the rudder the Lusitanian sailor with greater pronouncement at the present time: Mafalda Pires de Lima and that competes for the Club Naval de Cascais, complete the Portuguese crew: Guilherme Gomes, Rafael Rodríguez, Zilas Dunke and Lourenço Mateus.
On the Galician side, there are several options: starting with the European champion of J70 the Ourensan Luis Pérez Canal with Abril Verde, or the world champion also in the Corinthians Trophy (amateur classification) of J70 the Vigo native Luis Bugallo that sails in the Marnatura 1 that counts with Enrique Freire, Pablo García, Miguel Gómez and Luis Wizner.
Also with capacity to be up the La Guardia & Moreira of Gonzalo Araújo, that will sail with Juan Deben, Paula González, Nicolas Domínguez and Gerardo Prego. Completing the numerous Galician representation: Marnatura 2 with the great Huelva navigator Laureano Wizner to the rudder (his crew the doctor Freire, Don José Luis, the former world champion the Malaga native Carlos Llamas, as well as Martín and Jaime Wizner), Nacua of Sancho Páramo, Pazo de Cea armed by Andres Cominges and with Ramón Ojea to the rudder, Correa Kessler of the Náutico Cabanas patronized by Antonio Arda, Valmy Atlántica of Alberto Figueira, Abril Rojo of Jorge Pérez Canal and the J70 of the youth: the Sailway Academy with Alejandro Pérez Canal to the rudder that forms the team of the Club Marítimo de Canido, next to the Pazo de Cea.
On Friday at the edge of two in the afternoon, begins an appointment that will be historic for La Toja: the J70 Spanish Championship.
