The Class A catamarans skippered by José López and Gustavo Doreste of the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona are tied on point at the head of the general classification of the Spanish Cup of Camataranes Ciudad de La Coruña, which began this Friday in Herculean waters, with the organization of the Marina Coruña Yacht Club. In the F18 Class, the Catalan boats from the Vilanova and Garraf clubs command, with the Poliemeni-Bargallo tandem, while in the Interseries category Alfredo Bernard from the Barcelona Boat Club is the leader.
Sunny and hot day in the beautiful estuary of La Coruña, with very light winds from the northwest-northeast of just four knots, which made it very difficult for the Galician technicians Jaime García from La Coruña and Manuel Rodríguez Moreno from Vigo, who carried the weight as locals of the assembly of the polygons, usual technicians in the world of the J70.
The two Galicians got oil, since they managed to complete two tasks among the Class A, as many others in F18 and one in Interseries… doing a great job.
In Class A, as expected, Catalan dominance with two first for units of the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona: the first for the leader José López and the second for Andres Grau. The great favorite on his part Gustavo Doreste achieved two seconds, which places him in the lee of López, equal on points with him.
Behind them a Galician: Carlos Ameixenda from Playa de Oza with a fifth and a fourth, followed by Catalans, Andalusians and another Galician: Alberto Martínez, closing the top ten was José María Martínez from Coruña, from the Real Club Náutico de La Coruña.
Among the F18s that compete with two crew members, two units from the Catalan Club Náutico de Vilanova took the first places: Polimeli-Bargallo and Migoya-Torné, with the provisional bronze for Griffihs-Rochel from the Náutico El Garraf, and fourth place for other Catalans : Jovani-Sanz.
After the Armada del Mediterràneo, two F18s from the Real Club Náutico de Vigo fleet: Luis María González-Javier González and Manuel García-Florent Camescasse… completing the list of the top ten Enrique de la Orden-Alexis Parcerisa de Casteldefels, Wyatt Orsmond -There was Martínez from the Náutico de La Coruña, Oriol Nuet-Rosana Aldea from the Torredembarra of Tarragona and Gonzalo Chavarri-Jaime Araújo from the Marítimo del Abra de Getxo, one and the other from the Náutico Cabanas.
In the Interseries category, first is Alfredo Bernard from the Náutico de Barcelona, followed by all from the Playa de Oza Sailing Club in La Coruña: Alfonso Gil, Pedro Pardo, Gerardo Vela and Jaime Piñeiro. For Saturday from twelve in the morning second day of this Cup of Spain of Catamarans.