n 1942 Mongé brothers from Badalona designed the actual Patí skull shapes, both equals but with significant diferences on shiphead and poop to avoid drift. Carles Pena attained fromReal Federación España de Vela to recognize Patí de Vela as a regular ship.

He alse won the first Spanish Championship that was hold on Club Natación Barcelona in 1944 and that has been hold, organized by diferent clubs is Spain, till nowadays. In 1951 he founded the Asociación Deportiva Internacional de Patín a Vela (ADIPAV), where he was president for 17 years.

In 1972, patí sailors built a monument in honour to Patín de Vela, at l'Escullera del Llevant in Barcelona, in front off the sea that had seen it sailing over the waters for the last 70 years. Its author is the famous sculptor Joaquim Ros Sabater.


Nowadays, ADIPAV mantain a persevering advancement, it controls the 2865 registered patins till today, distributed over Catalonia, Andalusia, Valencia, Balears and Murcia. Outside Spain, there are patin fleets at Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and France.

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