Regata de Año Nuevo (Bahía de Cádiz)
El Puerto de Santa María (Puerto Sherry) · SpainAlso known as New Year Regatta Cádiz
2025 · ILCA 7
- 2José Medina MarínESP
- 1Roberto Aguilar MedinaESP
- 3Josè Manuel Vargas SánchezESP
- Type
- Inshore
- Scoring
- One-design
- Boats
- Dinghies · Boards and foils
- Usually
- December
- Next
- 27 Dec 2026
- Organiser
- Federación Andaluza de Vela with CETD Vela Bahía de Cádiz
- Waters
- Atlantic
- First held
- 2004 · 22 years ago
Where and when
Race dates
Usually in December
Race days 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202627 Dec 2026 – 30 Dec 2026Coming up | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 202527 Dec 2025 – 30 Dec 2025 | Roberto Aguilar MedinaILCA 7 | Not published | 172 | E 6.4 kn, gusts 29.2waves up to 2 m | 32 | Official |
| 202427 Dec 2024 – 30 Dec 2024 | Diego Manuel Torregrosa SabioILCA 7 | Not published | 180 | NE 6.8 kn, gusts 25.7waves up to 0.96 m | 27 | Official |
| 202328 Dec 2023 – 30 Dec 2023 | Andrii VerdyshILCA 7 | Not published | 134 | NE 4 kn, gusts 15.9waves up to 0.88 m | 18 | Official |
| 202228 Dec 2022 – 30 Dec 2022 | Adriano Giménez PalmeroILCA 7 | Not published | — | SE 3.7 kn, gusts 16.9waves up to 0.74 m | 17 | Official |
| 202128 Dec 2021 – 30 Dec 2021 | Diego Manuel Torregrosa SabioILCA 7 | Not published | 170 | N 5.5 kn, gusts 20waves up to 1.7 m | 25 | 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
2025 · 6 results
FinalSource: regatas.fav.esAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Roberto Aguilar Medina · ESP
- 2.José Medina Marín · ESP
- 3.Josè Manuel Vargas Sánchez · ESP
- 1.Fernando Martinez del Cerro Delgado · ESP
- 2.Angel Medina Rodriguez · ESP
- 3.Ansis Dale · LAT
2024 · 9 results
FinalSource: regatas.fav.esAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Diego Manuel Torregrosa Sabio · ESP
- 2.Andrii Verdysh · UKR
- 3.Eduardo Orihuela Carvajal · ESP
- 1.Fernando González de la Madrid Trueba · ESP
- 2.Oleksandr Mendelenko · UKR
- 3.Fernando Martinez del Cerro Delgado · ESP
- 1.Pilar Lamadrid Trueba · ESP
- 2.Arancha Sahuquillo Merchante · ESP
- 3.Carmen Sahuquillo Merchante · ESP
2023 · 3 results
FinalSource: regatas.fav.esAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Andrii Verdysh · UKR
- 2.Guillermo Flores · ESP
- 3.Adriano Giménez · ESP
2022 · 8 results
FinalSource: regatas.fav.esAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Adriano Giménez Palmero · ESP
- 2.Joel Kiiski · FIN
- 3.Carlos Sánchez Alonso · ESP
- 1.Aurelio Terry Valle · ESP
- 2.Maksym Oberemko · ESP
- 3.Santiago Costa Hoevel · ESP
- 1.Pilar Lamadrid Trueba · ESP
- 2.Lucía García Cubillana Lopez · ESP
2021 · 9 results
FinalSource: regatas.fav.esAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Diego Manuel Torregrosa Sabio · ESP
- 2.Manuel Belizon Lopez · ESP
- 3.Joaquín Díez de la Cuadra · ESP
- 1.Adrien Mestre · FRA
- 2.Fernando González de la Madrid Trueba · ESP
- 3.Tomás Vieito Cobián · ESP
- 1.Pilar Lamadrid Trueba · ESP
- 2.Sofia Renna · ITA
- 3.Blanca Manchón · ESP
Race metrics
Toughness
Compare all races- Wind 6.4/305.3 kn mean
- Gusts 7.2/1521.5 kn
- Sea 6.5/201.3 m waves
- Distance 0/25not published
- 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 El Puerto de Santa María (Puerto Sherry) (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: 2025 (32).
Weather calendar · El Puerto de Santa María (Puerto Sherry)
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 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.7 |
| Windy days% ≥ 20 kn | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Wavesm, daily max | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| From | NE | E | W | SW | W | SW | SW | SW | SW | SE | N | NE |
Typical wind at El Puerto de Santa María (Puerto Sherry)
Mean knots by month, 2021–2025. Race months in full colour.
Where the wind comes from
Share of days by direction in Dec.
What it takes to enter
Notice of race 2026 Entry page Checked 2026-10-29
Deadlines
Safety
- Personal flotation devices worn at all times while afloat (RRS 40.1). source
Licences and IDs
- Spanish sailors (resident or representing a Spanish club) need an RFEV sailing licence; 2026/2027 licence shown at registration. source
Crew list
- Ages on 31 Dec 2026: iQFOiL U19 or U17; Techno 293 U15 (sail to 6.8 m2) or U17 (to 7.8 m2). source
Insurance
- Foreign sailors need third-party cover of at least EUR 1,500,000 plus accident cover; proof in English or Spanish. source
Entry fee
- Entry fee EUR 100 before 5 Dec 2026, EUR 150 after; coaches EUR 50 or EUR 75. source
Also needed
- Classes: ILCA 7, ILCA 6, ILCA 4, iQFOiL (U19, U17), Techno 293 OD (U15, U17), Raceboard, 420 and WASZP; at least 10 starters per class. source
- Coaches register with the support boat's third-party insurance and navigation licence; Spanish coaches need a technical licence. source
- In the 420 only the skipper may steer. source
NoR of 16 Oct 2026 for the XXIII New Year's Race, 27-30 Dec 2026, Puerto Sherry (from the event's Sailti notice board). The NoR asks for a 2025 RFEV licence in 3.10 but a 2026/2027 licence in 5.2; the item uses the registration list. The races.json website (regatas.fav.es/default/events/...) returns 404; the event site is the entry_url.
Summarised from the organiser's documents; the notice of race is what counts.
Fact sheet
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- Race
- Regata de Año Nuevo (Bahía de Cádiz)
- Kind
- inshore sailing race from El Puerto de Santa María (Puerto Sherry), Spain
- First held
- 2004
- Editions on record
- 5 since 2021
- Typical fleet
- 171 boats (172 in the latest edition)
- Nations in the results
- 6
- Organiser
- Federación Andaluza de Vela with CETD Vela Bahía de Cádiz
- Next edition
- 27 Dec 2026
Results as published by the organiser Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0 Dates as announced
Sources
- diariobahiadecadiz.com — 2023 edition
- diariobahiadecadiz.com — earlier edition
- andaluza.fav.es — FAV calendar: XXII edition 27-30 Dec 2025
- andaluza.fav.es — FAV calendar: XXIII edition 27-30 Dec 2026
- regatas.fav.es — FAV event page 2026