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Joaquín "Joaco" Morán, a 73-year-old Asturian sailor based in Luanco, recounts his sailing career in an interview with Jorge Uría for the A Son de Mar podcast.3:55 Morán began sailing as a child in wooden boats, progressed through Snipe-class racing, and went on to compete in offshore events aboard a Beneteau First Class 10, including a Casablanca-to-Guadeloupe transatlantic race crewed by Juan Luis Tuero, Julio Murias, and a fourth sailor known only as "el Marqués."19:50 The crew later acquired a Beneteau First Class 8 in 1986 — the first in Gijón — and sailed it to the 1990 European Championship in Santander in November.21:38 Morán now keeps his Ovni 43, Pirabán, in Ribadeo, sailing the Rías Bajas and Rías Altas with his wife; a 2005 passage to the Azores is among his recent offshore trips.31:13 Sailor and developer José María Cuervo also appears to discuss two mobile apps: El Contramaestre, for tracking boat maintenance, and Ojo Marinero, a racing tool that pulls live wind data from Puertos del Estado buoys and calculates VMG-optimised headings.33:44 Juan Merediz closes with a personal tribute to Morán, crediting him as a mentor who encouraged Merediz to race the Minitransat.56:30

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