The Spanish team, after their first contact in the 44 Cup Calero Marinas, in Lanzarote, trusts its options for the second round of this prestigious circuit. After their participation in the initial round of the 44Cup 2024 in their homeland, Puerto Calero, in Lanzarote, last March, Daniel Calero's Calero Sailing Team is prepared
to continue competing in the 44Cup 2024 in the second round of the circuit that will take place from May 8 to 12 in Baiona, in the northwest region of Galicia.
On the way to the 44Cup Baiona, the owner Daniel Calero commented that for the Calero Sailing Team it is "a great privilege to face our new challenge in the prestigious 44Cup circuit. It has been an intense effort, but thanks to our sponsors, in Baiona we will compete against the best sailors in the world. We are excited to demonstrate what we have learned in the 44Cup Calero Marinas and we hope to offer an exciting performance," they added.
Calero Sailing Team returned to the 44Cup in March for the first time since 2013. Originally, the Calero family team was invited to join the newly created RC44 circuit for its
second season in 2008 by class founder Russell Coutts. At that time, their best result of the season was fifth place in a fleet of 15 boats in 2011. However, the Caleros were especially known for having organized several RC44 class events in Lanzarote. These included the 2010, 2011 and 2013 RC44 World Championships. Since then, its marinas have been a popular and regular winter destination for the RC44 class.
While the first round of the 44 Cup circuit in Puerto Calero, in Lanzarote, was a first contact of the team with the class, in the Baiona round they are "willing to compete with the best and leave the flag, of the only Spanish boat in the circuit, at the top." Daniel Calero's team includes his local tactician, the Lanzarote sailor Alfredo González, seven times world champion in classes ranging from the very competitive Snipe to the J/80, Swan 42 and 45.
Although several members of his original team now compete on other 44Cup boats, the recent version of the Calero Sailing Team includes the multiple round-the-world navigator
Pablo Arrarte; two-time 49er Olympian Iago López; TP52 grinder Francesco Scalice; four-time world champion pitman Héctor González and trimmer Jon Lazarrabal,
also four-time world champion. Now all 44Cup teams include a female crew member. "Within the ranks of the Calero Sailing Team we will have the very
qualified Silvia Mas, who in 2021 was world champion in the women's 470 (before the Olympic double became a mixed discipline for Paris 2024)".
