triumph in absolute category for the Patín of José Vicente Climent (CV Bahía de Cádiz) and for José Ignacio Pérez (RCN La Línea) in the II Ricardo Carracedo Memorial — Sports Events

2023-06-19 09:12:19

The Guadalquivir River International Sailing Ascent reached its 57th edition this Saturday, June 17, with the absolute triumph of José Vicente Climent’s Skate (CV Bahía de Cádiz), the first of the fifty or so participating boats to cover the first and only Scoring stage of the senior event of the Club Náutico Sevilla, which dates back to 1966 and ended in La Puebla del Rio after 35 nautical miles.

Subsequently, and after a day marked by calm winds, which blew gently from the start in Sanlúcar de Barrameda with sporadic gusts of 5 to 8 knots of intensity, the fleet arrived at the facilities of the Seville Yacht Club at sunset. sol after avoiding in formation the access lock to the dock of the Andalusian capital, where the trophies were delivered to the first classified.

Around 150 sailors from six classes of light sailing and cruising responded this year to the call for a regatta that, two decades later and returning to its origins, returned to the spring calendar. In search of a more favorable climate and the sun as an ally until its completion, the oldest and longest event on the national dinghy sailing calendar once again saw its record remain unchanged, established at 4 hours and 25 minutes in 1988 by a catamaran crewed by Julián Príncipe and Luis Miguel Torres (Real Club Náutico de Cádiz).

On this occasion, and as was to be expected, a dinghy sailboat led the fleet. The protagonist, the Sailing Skate of José Vicente Climent, who thus achieved the Royal Spanish Assembly of Yacht Captains Trophy (RAECY). In addition, as the winner of his class, he won the El Corte Inglés Trophy ahead of his teammate in the CV Bahía de Cádiz Alfonso Merello and the local Nicolás Hernández (Club Náutico Sevilla).

In the Windsurfer class, the Ricardo Carracedo Memorial, in homage to the former director of the Ascent and national surfing coach who died last year, represented at the trophy delivery by his mother, his wife and his daughter, crowned the Cajasur Trophy with the José Ignacio Pérez Lago (RCN La Linea). He was seconded by Fernando González from Madrid and Borja Hernández, from CN Puerto Sherry.

For their part, the hosts of Club Náutico Sevilla were in full swing at the Junta de Andalucía Trophy, aimed at the ILCA 6 class, through Enrique Muñoz, Eduardo Orihuela and Juan Gómez.

In the Raquero class, the IMD Seville City Council Trophy was awarded to the training boat skippered by Fernando Medel (RCN Sanlúcar), followed in privileged positions by the CN Trocadero boats owned by Juan Carlos Sánchez and Joaquín Perea.

Furthermore, in the Catamaran class, the victory went to Santiago Nieto’s Hobie 14 (CN Puerto Sherry), winner ahead of Alfonso Molina (CN Sevilla).

And in Crucero, Manuel Páez’s ‘Arrimo’ and Sevilla Yacht Club pennant won the Royal Spanish Naval League Trophy after being the first boat of its class to finish the first stage, being third after the compensation of times by rating behind the ‘Idefix I’ by Miguel Ángel Cervantes (CN Sevilla) and the ‘Cabildillo’ by Ignacio Rodríguez (CAND Chipiona).

Lastly, the Carlos Gassol Memorial, in memory of the former Nautical Sevilla athlete who died in 2016, with which the youngest participant to complete the course is distinguished, was awarded in this edition to the 6-year-old sailor from the Seville club Ignacio Fernández- Palaces.

The 57th International Sailing Ascent of the Guadalquivir, whose awards ceremony was attended by the authorities of the naval commander of Seville, José Daniel González-Aller; and the delegate in Seville of the Royal Naval League, Jesús Lamia; It has been organized by the Club Náutico Sevilla in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the Junta de Andalucía, the Municipal Sports Institute of the Seville City Council, the firms Cajasur, Coca-Cola, Cruzcampo and El Corte Inglés, as well as of the Port Authority, the Navy, the Naval Command of Seville, the Maritime Captaincy of Seville, the Andalusian Sailing Federation, the Royal Spanish Naval League, the Royal Spanish Assembly of Yacht Captains and the Royal Nautical Club of Sanlúcar de Barrameda.