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Real Club Náutico De Gran Canaria
Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria (''Royal Gran Canaria Yacht Club'' in English) is a private yacht club located in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain). The club has around 6,000 members and their families. History It was established in 1908 and royal patronage was granted by king Alfonso XIII of Spain. In 1965, the club organized the Snipe World Championship and dinghy sailing took off at the club. Since then, it has become one of the world's winningest dinghy racing club, as the club's yacht racers have won 5 olympic gold medals (470 in 1984, Finn in 1988, Flying Dutchman in 1992, women's 470 in 1992 and Tornado in 1996), and 42 world championships (as of the end of 2015). The club has had 18 olympic sailors. Six of them won gold medals: *Luis Doreste in Los Angeles 1984 (470) and Barcelona 1992 (Flying Dutchman) * Roberto Molina in Los Angeles 1984 (470) *Domingo Manrique in Barcelona 1992 (Flying Dutchman) * José Doreste in Seoul 1988 (Finn) * Patricia Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Palmas
Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital city of the Canary Islands (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and the most populous city in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, and the ninth-largest city in Spain with a population of 381,223 in 2020. It is also the fifth-most populous urban area in Spain and (depending on sources) ninth or tenth most populous metropolitan area in Spain. Las Palmas is located in the northeastern part of the island of Gran Canaria, about west of the Moroccan coast in the Atlantic Ocean. Las Palmas experiences a desert climate,ThWorld map of Koppen-Geiger climate classification offset by the local cooler Canary Current, with warm temperatures throughout the year. It has an average annual temperature of . The city was founded in 1478, and considered the '' de facto'' (without legal and real recognition)''La Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
