The ‘Seabery Dralion’ boat crewed by Nacho Murube and Pablo Flethes has been proclaimed winner of the 4th Vuelta Costa del Sol A2 Regatta, Senda Azul Trophy, with the rank of Spanish Cup and Andalusian Cruising Championship A2, which ended last Saturday in Malaga waters after achieving the third and final stage between Marina del Este and the capital of the Costa del Sol.
The Swan 42 with the CN Sevilla flag achieves the triplet as absolute winner, in its ORC 1 class and the award for the fastest boat, puts the best finishing touch to its first season in competition by achieving its seventh podium, after its victories in the Málaga Sailing Cup, Semana Náutica and Juan de la Cosa regattas in El Puerto de Santa María, the runner-up in the Copa del Rey Mapfre in Palma de Mallorca, the third in the SM La Reina Trophy in Valencia and the runner-up in Spain in cruise ships recently achieved.
The podium
Together with the boat of the owner Basilio Marquínez, the winners’ box after three impressive stages is completed by the Sun Fast 3200 ‘Paul Chimene’ with Philippe Vigneron and Pedro Lanzat representing RCMtmo de Sotogrande, brand new winners in the ORC 2 class, and Pablo Valenzuela’s Malbec 360 ‘Uxama’ based in RC Mediterráneo, absolute third and runners-up in its ORC 2 division.
The other winners of the regatta are the Grand Soleil 45 ‘Sopu Tres’ with Jorma Nuutinen and Susanna Edelman of the RCN of Torrevieja, who receive the mixed crew award and the RC Mediterráneo as the best club.
Different stages
The 4th Vuelta Costa del Sol Regatta, Senda Azul Trophy, has been resolved with the three planned stages, the first of them between Málaga and Sotogrande of 52 miles, the second between Sotogrande and Marina del Este in Granada, the longest with a total of 79 miles, and the last this Saturday of 30 miles between Marina del Este and Málaga, the more complicated by the absence of wind that caused agony that lasted until the end. The boats ‘Paul Chimene’ and Ignacio Bethem’s Dehler 36 ‘Aquilón’ barely entered in a photo finish almost touching the time limit.
In total there have been more than 160 miles to complete a demanding regatta between two-handed boats, along a very changing and technical coast that requires the greatest concentration and sense of smell to correctly read the navigation area, in order to take advantage of the best conditions that help achieve the goal.
First steps
On Wednesday, December 6, The first departure was at 10:05 a.m. with the east facing Torremolinos, after a few miles by motor seeking the wind. From there, the fleet sailed at 7/8 knots of medium intensity to Sotogrande, where the first ship to arrive, the ‘Seabery Dralion’, did so around seven in the afternoon. The next day, the race committee led by officer Carlos Muñoz Villareal started at 11:05 am in the vicinity of the port of Sotogrande with a northerly wind that would fall very soon.
With little wind intensity, the fleet managed to pass Marbella and reach Calaburra, a place where the expected west wind made its entrance that accompanied the fleet until its entry into Marina del Este. For the second day in a rowthe first ship to arrive was the ‘Seabery Dralion’which arrived at 2:26 hours.
This stage already suffered loss of three ships, the ‘Amor Fati’ of the CNM Benalmádena that was stranded on the beach half a mile from Sotogrande, and the ships ‘Suka’ of the RCN of Algeciras and ‘Victoriagross’ of the RC Mediterráneo due to a broken inverter, the first one and the largest one, the one from Malaga. . After a day of well-deserved rest, on Saturday the boats left Marina del Este heading to Malaga looking for conditions until they could finally depart under minimal conditions.
Last section
This third stage would change the course on board some ships, the ‘Seabery Dralion’ on ORC 1 and ‘Paul Chimene’ in ORC 2. After two stages winning in real and compensated, Murube and Flethes were surpassed in real by the mini Transat ‘Vmax’ of Ignacio del Castillo and Leo Mérida (independent) who won the race by placing two more boats up to fourth place signed the ‘Seabery Dralion’.
Philippe Vigneron and Pedro Lanzat as they broke their unbeatability in the third stage with a third, behind last year’s winner, Jorge de Torres’ First 34.7 ‘Elamar’ boat, which achieved a very profitable victory for its interests, and Pablo Valenzuela’s Malbec 360 ‘Uxama’.
‘Elamar’ achieved the long-awaited podium by qualifying third in class ORC 2 along with the ‘Uxama’ and ‘Paul Chimene’, while in ORC 1, the income also allows a solvent victory for the ‘Seabery Dralion’ over the 53-foot ‘Aviador’ with Gabriel Medem and Pablo Villar, second, and the ‘Vmax’ third .
The trophy presentation of the 4th Vuelta Costa del Sol A2 Regatta, Senda Azul Trophy, took place on Sunday December 10 in the so-called ‘4th stage’ already on land, during a dinner at the Candado Golf restaurant.
Blue Path Trophy
The 4th Vuelta Costa del Sol Regatta, Senda Azul Trophyis a regatta organized by RC El Candado, sponsored mainly by Turismo Costa del Sol and the sports area of the Malaga City Council, but also sponsored by Repsol, Boat Málaga, Renault Tahermo, Acer Espacios Naturales, Charter Volati and the Gastronomic Academy.
As collaborators The RCM Sotogrande, Puerto de Sotogrande, La Huella Comunicación, Noesfacil.com, Tiger Khan, Málaga Catamarán Sea, Port Authority, D Marín – Marinas del Mediterráneo, Real Club Mediterráneo, Hotel Soho Boutique, Hotel Encinar de Sotogrande, Amiri Sails and Nautica de la Peña.
2023-12-14 00:15:00
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