Just a few days ago, at Jaime Anglada’s concert in Palma, we saw King Felipe VI, very spontaneous, singing the classic A sailboat called Liberty. And now we know that the Regulus is added to King Juan Carlos’s Bribón and his son’s Aifos. A sailing boat that belongs to the Navy and is designed for Leonor, although the Princess of Asturias has not yet found the great passion for sailing and regattas that her grandfather and father have for this sport. However, this could change in the not too distant future, when the heir to the throne continues her military training in Marín in a few weeks and prepares for new challenges.
At the Naval Military School in this municipality in Pontevedra, the daughter of Felipe VI and Doña Letizia will complete the second stage of her military training, which will continue from Cádiz aboard the ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano and will end in 2026 at the Air Academy of San Javier, in Murcia, thus closing a key stage in the institutional career of the future queen of Spain.
In Marín, Pontevedra, the sister of Infanta Sofía will come across the plan that King Felipe has dreamed up for her so that he becomes interested in sailing as he did when he was a child. The Regulus designed by the Navy for Leonor has already been launched this summer at the 42nd edition of Mapfre’s Copa del Rey de Vela, in Palma, but two other twin sailboats have been in Marín since last week.. Two sailboats that will be available to Leonor and her fellow soldiers starting on August 29 when she begins her second stage of military training.
Felipe VI’s wish is for his daughter to become interested in and compete in the Copa del Rey that makes him so happy every summer. The monarch would like the heir to the throne to make her debut next summerperhaps with colleagues I meet in Marín. If this happensLeonor will do so aboard the Regulus, which measures 9.9 metres in length, 3.5 metres in width and has a draft of 2 metres.It is the Royal Family’s plan to ensure that the nautical tradition continues.
The sailboat, which together with the two sister ships we are talking about belongs to the collection of eight sailboats that the Navy bought from the Mallorcan company J2 Sailing Services for 2,204,198.74 euros, is moored at the Real Club Náutico de Palma. As we said, it has already been tested this year in the Copa del Rey Mapfre de Vela.
The ship is captained by Admiral Eugenio Díaz del Río Jáudenes, much loved by the Royal Family. Who knows if in a few years we will see Leonor competing in the Olympic Games as happened with her father in Barcelona 92, with her aunt Cristina in Seoul 1988 or with King Juan Carlos in Munich 1972.
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