Central Lechera Asturiana+

This is a début for Juan Merediz and Fran Palacio in a round the world competition. Juan has extensive experience in the Spanish cruiser circuit, dinghy sailing and Mini and Figaro Class offshore sailing: he raced in the 1995 and 1997 Mini Transat and reached second place in the newcomer class in the Solitaire du Figaro.

THE TEAM

Juan Merediz

Birthplace: Gijón, 1969
Residence: Gijón (Spain)
Marital Status: Married with 2 children
Age at start: 41
Previous entrant in the BWR: No

Web site: www.imoca60clas.com

Fran Palacio

Birthplace: Gijón (Asturias, Spain)
Residence: Gijón, Spain
Marital Status: Single
Age at start: 27
Previous entrant in the BWR: No

Web site: www.imoca60clas.com

Track record +

The boat

Central Lechera Asturiana is an Owen Clarke Design, built at the New Zealand Southern Yachts shipyard and launched in June 2003. Her CV boasts a Transat 2004 win, a bronze in the 2005 Vendée Globe, with Mike Golding as Ecover 2 and a fourth place Barcelona World Race finish in 2007/08 as Mutua Madrileña with skippers Bubi Sansó and Pachi Rivero. The yacht has a rotating mast which has given great performance over the years in terms of speed and reliability.

Technical Characteristics+

Designer: Owen & Clarke
Shipyard: Southern Yachts, New Zealand.
Launch: May 2003
Previous names: Ecover 2, Mutua Madrileña
Length: 18.28 m
Beam: 5.7 m

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News

Mails from the Skippers

02.01 - 06h50 - From Juan and Fran on Central Lechera Asturiana

Hello! Finally we got ourselves clear of the Gulf of Valencia. So many hours at so little speed were difficult for us, knowing that they were getting away from us. Now we have to get on with it can catch up. The boat is going OK but we have lots of little things to work on to fix. We are doing better, without a... More