This Friday, the 1st Galician University Sailing Championship was held in the waters of the Arousa estuary, with the participation of six teams, 3 from the University of Vigo, 2 from the University of A Coruña and 1 from the University of Santiago de Compostela. Event organized by the RFGV that had five regattas.
The Real Club Náutico de Arrecife sailor, Mariano Stinga González, won the runner-up position skippering team 2 of the University of A Coruña. He started by winning the first race and arrived tied at 6 points with the University of Vigo 1 to the last race. The Vigo team was second in the fifth leg in which A Coruña 2 finished fourth to be two points behind the champions.
The podium was headed by the University of Vigo 1 skippered by Pedro Fernández (Club Marítimo Canido - Pontevedra) with 8 points. Second place for University A Coruña 2 with 10 points and with Mariano Stinga at the helm (Real Club Náutico de Arrecife). Team 2 of the University of Vigo, led by Rodrigo Rodríguez (C.M. Canido), took third place, two points behind Mariano Stinga's boat.
The University of A Coruña team, skippered by Mariano Stinga, qualified to participate from May 12 to 15 in the Spanish University Sailing Championship to be held in Altea (Alicante).
