El Bribón has achieved it for the third time in a row, this Friday, he has been proclaimed winner of the 6M World Championship, after the last test held on the regatta course off the coast of the Isle of Wight. “There is a sensational team, a very good team. We have worked for it, we have fought for it and here you can see the result,” said King Juan Carlos, who has not been able to sail with the rest of the crew due to the harsh conditions of strong winds. and maritime currents that advised against their presence aboard the Bribón This Friday, the last day of racing, the Royal Yacht Squadron, birthplace of the America’s Cup in 1851, has witnessed a great feat for Spanish sailing with the achievement of the third world title for the Bribón team (with a collar from the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo), after those achieved in the Hanko (Finland) championships in 2019 and Vancouver (Canada) in 2019.
On this occasion the men on board were Jane Abascal, Ross McDonald, Roi Álvarez, Simon Fisher and Alberto Viejo, and King Juan Carlos, together with Pedo Campos, followed the tests aboard an inflatable boat.
The tests began last Monday and have taken place in tough conditions, both wind and what is the greatest difficulty in the Solent (regatta course on the Isle of Wight): the current. From Monday until the last test yesterday, Thursday, the World Cup podium was decided between four teams: the Spanish “Bribon” and “Titia” of Mauricio Sánchez-Bella, the French “Dix Août” of Louis Heckly (world champion in Sanxenxo in June 2022) and the New York Yacht Club boat, Simon Williams’ “Silvervingen”.
This Friday, after learning of the Bribón’s victory. King Juan Carlos could not hide his joy, despite his disappointment at not having been able to participate directly due to bad weather: “It is a sensational team, a very good team. We have worked for it, we have fought, and here is the result “, has said.
For his part, Pedro Campos has described the World Cup as “a very difficult championship, probably the most complicated of the six that we have won between World Cups and European Championships in recent years.” Campos did not want to say goodbye without conveying that “we feel very proud to have achieved this new world title for Spain, for Galicia and for Sanxenxo. On a personal level, it is my 19th World Cup and I will always remember it for the excellent work of the entire team, which under the command of King Juan Carlos has been working for many months and where the training and regattas that we held in our club throughout the year year have been decisive for the success of the club’s two boats, the Bribón and the Titia
