The sailing family gathered on Friday afternoon in the César Manrique hall of the Royal Yacht Club of Arrecife, paying a well-deserved tribute to Pedro de Armas Sanginés, who was president and nautical captain of the club, and a well-recognized person in the world of sailing at all levels. Julio Romero presented the family with the gold badge posthumously, in a recognition in which the wife, children and grandchildren of Pedro de Armas participated.
The afternoon began with the meeting of skippers of the I Pedro de Armas Memorial - Vuelta a Lanzarote, a regatta that is held this weekend in two stages. The skippers of the registered boats learned the details of the event that starts on Saturday morning from Puerto Calero with a stop in La Graciosa, and will continue on Sunday from La Graciosa to Puerto Calero along the east coast of the island.
Next, the César Manrique hall was too small to attend the tribute prepared by the Royal Yacht Club of Arrecife to Pedro de Armas. Julio Romero explained that "Pedro de Armas has been everything for our club and for the sailing of the island of Lanzarote", recalling that he is the sailor with the most champion titles of the San Ginés International Regatta, in addition to the accolades in competitions such as the Agadir Regatta or the Madeira Regatta.
One of the most emotional moments came with the presentation of the club's gold badge to the family posthumously, an act in which his wife, his four children and his twelve grandchildren participated, who appreciated the gesture. Jesús Quevedo "Panta" recalled many of the experiences lived with Pedro de Armas, concluding the act with the projection of two videos that reviewed his career and the performance of the choir of the Royal Yacht Club of Arrecife.
The I Pedro de Armas Sanginés Memorial will feature the participation of 18 boats from the cruiser class, and who are distributed in each of the classes as follows:
ORC 1 – Avanti Lanzarote (Pedro de Armas Bermúdez), Salitre (Felipe Brito), Ferrer y García (Pedro Ferrer), Sorondongo IV (Miguel Ángel Armas), Katanga (Ray Pattenden), Lola Tres (Rafael Lasso) and Swing (José A. Araujo)
ORC 2 – Alioth (José Fernando Lluch), Altamar I (Francisco Curbelo), Pionene (Miguel Pérez), Lanzarote Sailing Paradise (Alejandro Morales), Manitu (Pedro J. Rodríguez) and Marujo (Miguel Sá).
ORC E – Lucero III (Ángel Molinas), Duende (Francisco Javier González), Guayabo (Rafael Marcos), Gaia (Gonzalo Ramírez) and Poseidón.
