The ‘Aifos’ -Sofía backwards- of the Spanish Navy has risen to third position in the Majorica ORC 1 class after the second day of the 41 Copa el Rey MAPFRE. With Felipe VI as helmsman for the second consecutive day, the TP52 won the last race of the day of the two contested. In the first he was fifth. is the 37th participation of the King in a regatta that up to now he has not managed to win. The ‘Palibex-Elena Nova’by Christian Plump and Javier Sanz, maintains the lead thanks to his regularity in the bay of Palma (2 and 3). The Argentinian ‘From Now On’by Fernando Chain and world silver in 2022, stalks the leader from whom he is only 1.5 points away.
For his part, he Estrella Damm Sailing Team He showed that he can go further. Today he has made a third and a fifth, which put him in fifth position, waiting to continue climbing positions. Nacho Montes and Luis Martínez Doreste’s boat is on the ascending line.
“Today our wind has blown more, especially in the first test, but the Swans and the TP do not fail. We have to squeeze more than one hundred percent out of the boat and now It does not help us to say that we are ahead of the other DKs (Urbania is seventh and HM Hospitales – Hydra, eighth), because we have always done it, and not for a little. By improving certain things about the trim and not making a single mistake, we can continue to move up positions”, he assures Luis Martínez Doreste, helmsman of ‘Estrella Damm’.
Improving certain things in the trim and not making a single mistake, we can continue to move up positions
The bay of Palma offered a light southwest wind, around 8 knots on a day that began at 1:00 p.m. In the Majorica ORC 2 class, the ‘Soho CaixaBank Theatre’ remains intractable. He has won the five sleeves played in the two days of competition and Javier Banderas’ team leads the second (Daring Sisters) by 20 points. The defense of the double title of 2022, when they won their class and the absolute one, is going from strength to strength.
The Soho CaixaBank Theater sailing in the bay of Palma.
And in the Majorica ORC 3he ‘Scugnizzia’ Italian, who already won the Cup last year, continues to lead after winning the first round and being second in the next.
In ORC 4he ‘Ybarra-Befesa’ by Arturo Monteshe first skipper with a disability in the history of the Copa del Reyhas lost the lead in favor of the British ‘Just the Job’, who is ahead of him by a point and a half.
The ‘Ybarra-Befesa’ by Arturo Montes.
‘Pez de Abril’ and ‘Patakin’ do not fail
Regarding the classes that compete in real time -the fleets of equal boats (monotypes) in which the first to cross the finish line wins- and not in handicap, the Italian ClubSwan 50 ‘Cuordileone’ snatched the lead from the Monegasque ‘Moonlight’.
To the ‘Pez de Abril’ there is no one who coughs at ClubSwan 42, with four victories out of four. At 8 points is the ‘Porron X’.
The Herbalife Nutrition J-70 and the female class Sotheby’s Women’s Cup debuted their lockers this Tuesday in the waters of Palma de Mallorca. He ‘Patakin’by Luis Albert Solana, won the three sleeves in his category while the ‘Dorsia Covirán’ showed his stripes and is the first female leader after winning two sleeves out of three and finishing second in the last race of the day.
Dorsia Covirán, in its debut in the 41 Copa del Rey MAPFRE.
This year the Cup is not part of the Iberdrola League, but the current champions of Spain of J80 they go for all Since the test held in the San Juan Reservoir (Madrid), Nuria Sánchez acts as helmsman, as well as being the setter. Natalia Via-Dufresne, a two-time Olympic medalist, has become a tactician. The crew is completed by María Torcida, Martina Ruigómez, Marta Garrido and Ana Majadas.
A coastal regatta to end the qualifying phase
This Wednesday a coastal regatta will be held to close the Previous Series. As of Thursday, the Copa del Rey MAPFRE returns to the starting point. The Final Phase begins, to which each team will arrive with a score equal to the position they have achieved in the previous phase.
