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Updated Sunday, March 17, 2024-17:21

Juan Carlos I

left the Pontevedra town of Sanxenxo this Sunday afternoon after spending five days on what was his first visit this year to Galicia.

The former monarch left

Pedro Campos

' house minutes after 4:10 p.m. and, sitting in the passenger seat, greeted the media who were waiting for him.

The King Emeritus is scheduled to leave Peinador airport, in Vigo, on a flight to Geneva, where his daughter,

Infanta Cristina,

lives .

Felipe VI

's father

arrived in Galicia late last Wednesday after a previous stop in Vitoria, where he had landed at 11:30 a.m. to visit his doctor.

During this stay, Don Juan Carlos only went out sailing for two days, on Friday and this Sunday, since the weather conditions truncated his plans and on Saturday he could not participate in the regattas.

On Thursday, the former monarch received a visit from his first-born daughter,

Infanta Elena,

who, together with

Inés Muiños

, wife of

Josep Cusí,

accompanied him on Friday's journey through the Pontevedra estuary.

After sailing, they headed to Pedro Campos' house and, at night, they went out to dinner at a restaurant in the Pontevedra town of Cambados.

The next time Juan Carlos I was seen again was this Sunday.

On Saturday he met with the crew of the 'Bribón' at Campos' house.

Willing to participate in more regattas

The Emeritus King leaves Spanish territory with a gold under his arm and, this Sunday morning, he went sailing aboard the 'Bribón', which has reached first place in this first series of the 6 Meter League .

Juan Carlos I, at the helm of

'Bribón',

has achieved a fourth place in the day this Sunday, which, together with the first place in the day on Saturday with

Jane Abascal

at the controls, allowed him to break the tiebreaker with the

'Titia'

by

Mauricio Sánchez-Bella.

Third position went to the Romanian team

'Essentia'

of

Catalin Trandafir

, which, despite not being able to finish Saturday's test due to a break in its rigging, this afternoon managed to win the only test held in the Pontevedra estuary.

The podium of this first series of the Spanish 6-meter League is the same as the last European Championship held in Cascais (Portugal), in September 2022. The biggest loser on Sunday was

Santiago Campos

'

'Stardust'

, which On Saturday, thanks to conservative navigation, he managed to avoid any damage and place himself in third place on the podium.

However, this Sunday, on a day in which the intensity did not exceed eight knots, he could not go above seventh place, which relegated him to fifth position in the general classification.

The next regatta, the second series of the League, will be held in the second half of April again in Sanxenxo and as reported by the Yacht Club they hope that a foreign team will join the fleet with a view to the European race.

In this way, according to sources close to the emeritus consulted by Europa Press, Juan Carlos I plans, if possible, to participate in all of this year's regattas.