Regata EKP Costa Vasca – Trofeo Ballena de Oro
Getxo · SpainAlso known as Ballena de Oro
2026 · Overall
- 2AlpegaAlfonso Churruca
- 1GorilónEmigdio Bedia
- 3Peekaboo SailmasterMiguel Arriola
- Type
- Coastal · 40 nm
- Scoring
- IRC
- Boats
- Rated yachts · Cruiser-friendly
- Usually
- July
- Next
- Jul 2027 (usual month; dates not announced)
- Organiser
- Real Club Marítimo del Abra–Real Sporting Club, Real Club Náutico de San Sebastián, Club Náutico de Hondarribia
- Waters
- Atlantic
- First held
- 1992 · 34 years ago
Where and when
Race dates
Usually in July
Race days 2026
Wind and waves at the venue: monthly climate 2021–2025 and the last edition's race days (ERA5 and marine reanalysis, Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0).
Six seasons
| Year | Winner (handicap, corrected) | Line honours (first home, elapsed) | Boats | Wind and sea | Toughness | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20263 Jul 2026 – 5 Jul 2026 | GorilónOverallEmigdio Bedia | Not published | — | N 3.4 kn, gusts 18.9waves up to 0.92 m | 32 | Official |
| 20255 Jul 2025 – 6 Jul 2025 | NJOverallIker Almandoz | Not published | — | NW 5.7 kn, gusts 26.4waves up to 1.5 m | 39 | Official |
| 2024Held | Not published | — | — | — | — | — |
| 202330 Jun 2023 – 2 Jul 2023 | Not published | — | 20 | NW 6.9 kn, gusts 28waves up to 1.94 m | 45 | — |
| 2022Held | Rat PackOverallJavier Chávarri | Not published | — | — | — | Official |
| 2021Held | BullboxOverallLuis Noguera | Not published | — | — | — | Official |
Line honours go to the first boat home, on elapsed time. Overall winner is the best on handicap (IRC or ORC corrected time), so they are often different boats. Wind is the daily mean at the start venue over the racing days; gusts and waves are the highest of those days. Open-Meteo historical weather (ERA5) and marine APIs, CC BY 4.0; venue point only, not the full course.
Podiums and class winners
2026 · 10 results
FinalSource: ondavasca.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
2025 · 8 results
FinalSource: ondavasca.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.NJ · Iker Almandoz
- 2.Txupinazo · Juan Valdivia
- 3.Thelonious · Jon Garai
- 1.NJ · Iker Almandoz
2022 · 4 results
FinalSource: ondavasca.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
2021 · 1 results
FinalSource: ondavasca.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Bullbox · Luis Noguera
Race metrics
Toughness
Compare all races- Wind 6.4/305.3 kn mean
- Gusts 8.1/1524.4 kn
- Sea 7.5/201.5 m waves
- Distance 14.2/2540 nm
- Duration 3.3/103 days
How the score works
Our own index, not an official rating. Five inputs, each scaled to its share of 100: mean wind (up to 25 kn → 30 points), strongest gust (45 kn → 15), highest waves (4 m → 20), course length on a log scale (700 nm → 25) and days of racing (7 days → 10). Wind and waves are ERA5 reanalysis at Getxo (Open-Meteo) on the race days, so an offshore course can see more than the venue does. A missing input counts as zero and is marked. Roughest edition we hold: 2023 (45).
Weather calendar · Getxo
Month by month at the venue, 2021–2026 (ERA5 and marine reanalysis). Race months in orange.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean windkn | 7.0 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 7.3 |
| Windy days% ≥ 20 kn | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Wavesm, daily max | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| From | SW | S | SW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | W | S | SW | SW |
Typical wind at Getxo
Mean knots by month, 2021–2025. Race months in full colour.
Where the wind comes from
Share of days by direction in Jul.
Fact sheet
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- Race
- Regata EKP Costa Vasca – Trofeo Ballena de Oro
- Kind
- coastal sailing race from Getxo, Spain
- First held
- 1992
- Editions on record
- 6 since 2021
- Typical fleet
- 20 boats (20 in the latest edition)
- Course
- 40 nautical miles
- Latest overall winner
- Gorilón (2026)
- Organiser
- Real Club Marítimo del Abra–Real Sporting Club, Real Club Náutico de San Sebastián, Club Náutico de Hondarribia
- Next edition
- usually Jul 2027
Results as published by the organiser Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0 Dates as announced
Sources
- ondavasca.com — 2026 / move to Santander
- deia.eus — 2026 edition in the Abra
- ondavasca.com — 2023 edition 30 Jun-2 Jul: 14 nm + 40 nm coastal + W/L; organisers; 2021 and 2022 winners
- ondavasca.com — RCMA-RSC 2024 calendar: XXXIII edition in July
- ondavasca.com — 34th edition 2025 winners