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Royal Astur Yacht Club
Real Club Astur de Regatas (''Royal Astur Yacht Club'') is located in Gijón, Asturias (Spain). It is the oldest and most important yacht club in Asturias. It was established September 10, 1911. Royal patronage was granted by king Alfonso XIII of Spain soon thereafter. The king was a frequent sailor at the club's regattas during 1912 and 1913 with his yacht "Giralda IV". Races and fleets From the first 6 metre and Sonderklasse sailboats to the actual 49er dinghy raced by the Alonso brothers, the club has seen fleets come and go, but probably the most regular boat at the club has been the Snipe. The Snipe fleet 152 has been active since 1941. Optimist and Laser fleets have become increasingly active in the past years. Besides dinghy sailing, larger One-Design boats at the club include a First Class 8 fleet. More than 80 races are organized annually by the club, being the El Gaitero Regatta and the Carlos del Castillo Memorial the most important ones. Notable members It was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gijón
Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the central-northern part of Asturias; it is approximately north-east of Oviedo, the capital of Asturias, and from Avilés. With a population of 271,780, Gijón is the 15th largest city in Spain. Gijón forms part of a large metropolitan area that includes twenty councils in the center of the region, structured with a dense network of roads, highways and railways and with a population of 835,053 inhabitants in 2011, making it the seventh largest in Spain. During the 20th century, Gijón developed as an industrial city in the steel and naval industries. However, due to the decline in manufacturing in these industries, in recent years Gijón is undergoing a transformation into an important tourist, university, commercial and R&D center. Gijón ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Class 8
The First Class 8 (FC8) is a One-Design keelboat designed in 1982 by Group Finot and Jacques Fouroux to be constructed at Beneteau's shipyard. It is one of Europe's most competitive sailing classes, with more than 1,000 units sold between 1982 and 1994. Strongest fleets are located in France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Germany, Norway and Portugal. It is a long boat compared with its competitors such as the J/24 The J/24 is an international One-Design and Midget Ocean Racing Club trailerable keelboat class built by J/Boats and defined by World Sailing. The J/24 was created to fulfill the diverse needs of recreational sailors such as cruising, one d ... from America. It has straight lines for a boat of that age and has no reference to IOR hull shapes with huge beam, flared bows, and pinched sterns. The boat's lines lend themselves to a dinghy style planing hull, as opposed to digging a hole in the ocean which was a characteristic of the mid period IOR boats. The FC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of IACC Yachts
Sail numbers for the 'new generation' International America's Cup Class (IACC) yachts are issued on a sequential numerical basis. The number is then prefixed by the abbreviation for the country. If a yacht is subsequently sold to a team in a different country then the number remains unchanged but the prefix changes to reflect the new country of ownership. Race reports tend to use team names rather than the boat names and in most cases a boat does not have a unique name. So it has become difficult to know which actual boat raced in a particular event without reference to the results list published by the race organisers. The following list is part of ongoing research to identify particular boats and key points in their history. List Abbreviations: AC – ''America's Cup'', LVC – ''Louis Vuitton Cup'', R-R – '' Round-Robin''. See also * International America's Cup Class The International Americas Cup Class is a class of racing yacht that was developed for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Yamaguchi Memorial Trophy
Roy Yamaguchi Memorial Trophy is the sailing trophy awarded at the Women's Snipe World Championships. The Roy Yamaguchi Memorial Trophy is awarded to the winning skipper and her crew. Another trophy, the Carmen Diaz Trophy, donated by Augie Diaz, is awarded to the highest placing Junior Women's team at the Women's World Championship. This competition is held every two years in the even numbered years since 1994. The Roy Yamaguchi Memorial Trophy was donated to the SCIRA SCIRA is the acronym by which the Snipe Class International Racing Association is known. SCIRA is the sport governing body, governing body of the Snipe (dinghy), Snipe international class in the sailing (sport), sport of sailing recognized by the ... by Japan. Winners References {{reflist External links SCIRA Snipe World Championships Women's world championships in sailing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Havre
Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very close to the Prime Meridian. Le Havre is the most populous commune of Upper Normandy, although the total population of the greater Le Havre conurbation is smaller than that of Rouen. After Reims, it is also the second largest subprefecture in France. The name ''Le Havre'' means "the harbour" or "the port". Its inhabitants are known as ''Havrais'' or ''Havraises''. The city and port were founded by King Francis I in 1517. Economic development in the Early modern period was hampered by religious wars, conflicts with the English, epidemics, and storms. It was from the end of the 18th century that Le Havre started growing and the port took off first with the slave trade then other international trade. After the 1944 bombings the firm of Auguste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadet (dinghy)
The Cadet is a class of sailing dinghy designed to be sailed by two children up to the age of 17. It is a one-design class, originally designed by Jack Holt (dinghy designer), Jack Holt in 1947. Cadets are sailed worldwide in more than 40 countries. History In 1947, ''Yachting World'' organised a design competition for a beginners' sailing dinghy that the current Cadet-design won. Design The boat is crewed by two people and sails with a bermuda rigged mainsail, jib and spinnaker. The Cadet is the only recognised two persons youth-boat by World Sailing (formerly ISAF) as an International Competitive Youth Sailing Class since 1958. Over 10,000 Cadets have been built worldwide by registered licensed builders on four continents. The Cadet is sailed internationally throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. Originally made of wood, the majority of the international fleet is now constructed of fibreglass. The strongest fleets are currently situated in Ukraine, Poland, Belgium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m
The Women's Elliott 6m was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. The competition was Match race A match race is a race between two competitors, going head-to-head. In sailboat racing it is differentiated from a fleet race, which almost always involves three or more competitors competing against each other, and team racing where teams consis ... format. It consisted of a round-robin a quarter finals, semi-finals, petit-final and final series. The top eight crews from the round-robin were seeded into the quarter final. Summary A total of 98 matches were sailed: * Sixty-seven matches were sailed in the round robin (inclusive the re-sail of the match between FIN and POR. Finland originally won her round robin race against Portugal, but the race was annulled after a protest by Portugal due to Portuguese boat getting stuck at the turning mark. Finland won the rescheduled race as well.) * The quarter final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star (sailboat)
The Star is a one-design racing keelboat for two people designed by Francis Sweisguth in 1910. The Star was an Olympic sailing classes, Olympic keelboat class from 1932 through to 2012, the last year keelboats appeared at the Summer Olympics. It is sloop-rigged, with a mainsail larger in proportional size than any other boat of its length. Unlike most modern racing boats, it does not use a spinnaker when sailing downwind. Instead, when running downwind a whisker pole is used to hold the jib out to windward for correct wind flow. Early Stars were built from wood, but modern boats are generally made of fiberglass. The boat must weigh at least with a maximum total sail area of . The Star class pioneered an unusual circular boom vang track, which allows the vang to effectively hold the boom down even when the boom is turned far outboard on a downwind run. Another notable aspect of Star sailing is the extreme hiking (sailing), hiking position adopted by the crew and at times the helm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliott 6m
The Elliott 6m is an Olympic-class keelboat, designed by New Zealander, Greg Elliott. It was selected for the women's match race, match racing event for the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics. The Elliott 6m carries a spinnaker pole and Spinnaker#Symmetric, symmetric spinnaker which is considered more suitable for match racing. Olympics *Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics See also *Elliott 6m World Championships References External links Elliott Marine ISAF Elliott 6m Microsite Elliott 6m, Classes of World Sailing Keelboats Olympic sailing classes 2000s sailboat type designs {{Ship-type-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángela Pumariega
Ángela Pumariega Menéndez (born 12 November 1984 in Gijón) is a Spanish sailor. She won the gold medal in sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Elliott 6m class, in the crew led by Támara Echegoyen and accompanied by Sofía Toro. Previously, she was a junior Spanish champion and second at the Europeans in the Snipe class in 2002 and second at the Spanish women's nationals in 2008 also in Snipe. Since May 2019, Pumariega acts as councilor in the city hall of Gijón after contesting as independent for the lists of the People's Party of Asturias in the local elections. See also * List of Olympic medalists in sailing This is a list of Olympic medalists in sailing. Olympic medalist by discipline * List of Olympic medalists in sailing by discipline Olympic medalist by class * List of Olympic medalists in sailing by class Notes References * {{Sail ... Notes References External links * * * * 1984 births Colegio de la Inmaculada (Gijón) al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Alonso Tellechea
Arturo Néstor Alonso Tellechea (born 6 August 1983) is a Spanish sailor. Arturo Alonso sails in the 49er class together with his older brother, Federico Alonso. They won the silver medal at the 2008 European Championships, the gold medal at the 2009 ISAF Sailing World Cup The World Sailing's Sailing World Cup is a series of sailing regattas. The World Cup came into existence during the 2008–09 Season. The series includes boats that have competed in the Olympics and Paralympics. The world cup was from the beginni ..., and the bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships. Notes References External links * * * 1983 births Living people Spanish male sailors (sport) 49er class sailors Real Club Astur de Regatas sailors Sportspeople from Gijón Sailors (sport) from Buenos Aires Argentine emigrants to Spain Argentine male sailors (sport) {{Spain-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Alonso (sailor)
Federico Alonso Tellechea (born August 15, 1981 in Buenos Aires) is a Spanish sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s .... Alonso won the Cadet class World Championships in 1998. In the 49er class, he won the silver medal at the 2008 European Championships, the gold medal at the 2009 ISAF Sailing World Cup, and the bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships. References External linksOfficial website 1981 births 49er class sailors Living people Real Club Astur de Regatas sailors Spanish male sailors (sport) Sportspeople from Gijón Sailors (sport) from Buenos Aires Argentine emigrants to Spain Argentine male sailors (sport) Cadet class world champions {{spain-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
