2023-06-22 20:40:00
The XXIV Queen’s Trophy – Tribute to the Navy Regatta – XXXV Almirante Marcial Sánchez-Barcaíztegui Cup was presented this Thursday at the facilities of the Real Club Náutico de Valencia. The 2023 edition is to be congratulated, since the organization of the emblematic regatta has once again managed to exceed one hundred boats for the fleet that will enter the fray in the waters of Valencia. In addition, the regatta is part of the J80 Spanish Cup calendar and the inclusion of a long regatta in the test program will also be a novelty.
Rocío Gil, councilor of the Valencia City Council; Marisa Arlandis, president of the Real Club Náutico de Valencia; Carlos Torrado, president of the Sailing Federation of the Valencian Community; Rafel Chirivella, director of the Trophy; and Pedro Quiroga, sports director of the RCNV.
Marisa Arlandis thanked the support of the Navy for the regatta, which is precisely a tribute to the institution, and to the Royal Family. The president of the RCN of Valencia stressed that «It had been more than fifteen years since we had a hundred boats, and it is not only the quantity, but the quality. We have worked a lot and very hard during the year, we have gone to the clubs, congresses, regattas to present what we do». Furthermore, he added that «We have bet heavily on the J80 class because it is a way of arrival for children and youth sailing to cruising sailing, and we are adding this type of boats to all ages. It is very attractive and accessible to young people and is the most strategic part of the club. In fact, we have promoted a boat together with the Sailing Federation of the Valencian Community, which will participate in the regatta».
«We present one of the most important nautical events in Spain. We have gone step by step and have grown a true colossus like the Queen. She was born as a trophy in honor of the Navy, but we have not stopped innovating and improving. We have the wind in our favor. The regatta fields have an excellent wind regime and this weighs heavily when sailing. That is why everyone wants to come to Valencia, not only because of the tourist attraction of the city, but also because of our sea»explained Rafel Chirivella.
For her part, Rocío Gil commented that «The trophy is a magnificent showcase with which we show Valencia to the world. We have one of the best regatta courses, great potential and the Real Club Náutico has an ally in the Valencia City Council”.
In addition, Carlos Torrado considered that the «The world of sailing and this competition generate employment, sports tourism and income, since we are talking about a powerful industry that is committed to the city. The support of the institutions is important so that the test continues to be a reference in the circuit. There are many pending looks these days of the competition ».
The XXIV Queen’s Trophy – Tribute to the Navy Regatta – XXXV Almirante Marcial Sánchez-Barcaíztegui Cup is a key event in the national and international cruise sailing calendar, which in this edition will have, among its different classes, more than a hundred boats bidding to lift such a coveted title (from June 22 to July 2). This edition incorporates a height test and will also be the scene of one of the J80 Spanish Cup events.
Units with sails from Turkey, France, Germany, Finland, Uruguay, Sweden and, to a greater extent, from Spain will enter the fray in the different classes, either in the long regatta, with a start scheduled for June 23, or in the coastal ones, with development between June 30 and July 2. About 1,200 participants are expected.
Everything will start with the ORC Offshore regatta of 220 miles A Dos, scheduled from June 22 to 25. The regatta is scoring for the Mediterranean Sailing Circuit and, in addition, it will serve as a prelude to the next ORC A Two World Championship. A total of 19 vessels make up this class. This long regatta is a common denominator of the respective programs of the SM La Reina Trophy, as well as the Conde de Godó Sailing Trophy (Real Club Náutico de Barcelona) and the nautical event already held in Palmavela (Real Club Náutico de Palma).
It is a long test with two crew members per boat, incorporating safety measures and on-board requirements that are higher than inshore races. They will complete a 220-mile journey, going around Ibiza and Formentera, leaving them to starboard and returning to Valencia.
water quality
The MSC ORC 0-1 class, which will compete in the Manel Casanova course, will be made up of ten units with the participation of Blue Carbon, by Toni Guiu, Tenaz, by Pablo Garriga, Mercedes-Benz Valdisa, skippered by Luis Martínez Doreste , the MSC, by Nicolas Groux, the Urbania, by Tomás Gasset, the Elena Nova, by Christian Plump and Javier Sanz, the Aquarelle, by Arturo Messeguer, the Brujo, by Alberto de Castro, the Porrón X, by Luis Senís, the last winner of the Queen’s Trophy, and, obviously, the Aifos, the ship of the Spanish Navy, with Vice Admiral Jaime Rodríguez-Toubes Núñez as skipper.
Nine boats will bid on the water for victory in the Mercedes Valdisa ORC 2 class at the Manel Casanova course. Maverta Defcom Seguridad will seek to revalidate the 2022 win against Fandango 300+2, M8, Plan B, U.P. Valencia, Saetta III Proalviento Nautical Services, Estupendo Vasailing, XCuba Crea Modum and Seabery Dralion.
In ORC 3, the Tanit IV Medilevel, winner of the class in 2022, will meet in the waters of Valencia, in the Bravo field, twelve rivals such as Sabara, Gaitero II, Kim, Team Tac, Brujo, Nautic Café del Mar, Nemox-Bnfix , Concesur-50 years, Lady Mariline, Shamal Tecopsa, Neurored and Santina Aix.
Fourteen boats will compete in the Bravo field in the events scheduled for the ORC 4 class, in which the Ardora III, winner last year, will compete with Tortooga, Da Vinci, Amor Fati, Reti, Dax, Trebol Queen II, Praia Sailing Project, Enewtec, Lassal, Orballo Uno and four TOM RCNV units. In the Open class there will be fourteen units in the water and in Promotion a total of sixteen.
Outstanding mention has the Royal Bliss J80 class, with ten boats. In Valencia there will be Dorsia Covirán —winner in 2022—, Team Balearia, Decoexsa, Calimocho, Forners, Fertilis Sailing Team, Iser Smart Energy, Meltemi, the Somvela I unit of the Municipal Sailing School of Valencia and Gestión Varaderos del Sur GVS .
Spanish Cup J80
The XXIV Queen’s Trophy – Tribute to the Navy Regatta – XXXV Almirante Marcial Sánchez-Barcaíztegui Cup will host one of the J80 Spanish Cup events. It should be remembered that the World Cup of the class will take place in September at the Monte Real Club de Yates, arriving in Spain after the World Championship passed through Denmark (2021) and the United States (2022).
It will sail in the absolute, mixed (at least 40% of the crew must be of a different gender) and junior categories (all sailors must have been born in 1998 or later). They will enter the class fleet in a maximum of nine events. As a prelude to the J80 Spanish Cup, within the celebration of a reference international regatta such as the Queen’s Trophy, the Spanish championship was competed at the Real Club Marítimo del Abra-Real Sporting Club (15 to 18 June) and the Mediterranean championship, precisely, at the Real Club Náutico de Valencia, on June 24 and 25, a week before hosting the Trophy. of the Queen. Subsequently, the Copa del Rey and the Príncipe de Asturias will be the events prior to the World Cup.
The classes activated for this edition for inshore regattas are ORC 0-1, ORC 2, ORC 3, ORC 4, J80, ORC Open and Promotion Class. The offshore regatta will run in two-handed class with the presence of boats with a ‘Double Handed’ measurement certificate and ORC Habitability valid for 2023.
The organization schedules a maximum of seven tests for the ORC 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 classes, while the J80 Class will carry out a maximum of nine tests and the ORC Open and Promotion classes a maximum of 3 tests. The regatta will be valid when one test has been completed, while the J80 Spanish Cup will be valid when two tests have been completed.
Support for an emblematic regatta
The RCNV organizes this benchmark regatta in the Mediterranean by delegation of the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation (RFEV) with the collaboration of the Valencian Community Sailing Federation (FVCV). It forms part, as an International Regatta, of the Official Calendar of the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation. The SM La Reina Trophy is the Spanish Cup in the J80 class and is eligible for the Mediterranean Sailing Circuit and the League of Creuers of the Valencian Community.
This benchmark nautical event has the institutional support of the Higher Sports Council, the Generalitat Valenciana, the Valencia City Council and its Municipal Sports Foundation and the Valencia Provincial Council and its Sports area, as well as World Sailing, the Sailing Federation of the Valencian Community, Turisme València, Tourism of the Valencian Community, ORC, visitvalencia.com, Aemet and the Red Cross. The event is sponsored by MSC, Mercedes-Benz Valdisa, Coca-Cola, Royal Bliss, Varadero Valencia and North Sails, and Murviedro, Occident, Musto, Hotel Meliá Oceanic and Neurored collaborate.
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