Three races and three winners!

Today Airis, Roma GP42.2 and Desafio got a win each shaking the series overall results.
As the official Copa del Rey programme located the race course on the Charlie area, locally known as Arenal where there was a good “Xaloc” breeze of around 14knots, the Committe fired the starting signal only a few minutes later that expected, at 13.20 for a 2 miles long windward/leeward course. The sixth race of the Mallorcan series was particularly intense, sufficient to say that the last boat on the line was separated by only 22 seconds from the leader, Italian Airis helmed by Sandro Montefusco. The Spanish from Desafio also showed excellent speed finishing second and then it was Roma GP42.2, Caser Quum, Madrid, Near Miss and Canarias Puerto Calero’s turn.

As usual in the Bay of Palma the wind went increasing with the time passing and it blowed at 16 knots for the second start, just the perfect conditions for another close and exciting race. Right after the GP42 flag was lowered, it was a battle between Roma GP42.2 and Desafio and Airis and Near Miss that went on the choppy waters of Palma. Leg after leg the Italian boat skippered by Paolo Cian led the way closely followed by Desafio, until the finish were she got her very first win in the event. The Spanish kept their second place, Near Miss was third followed by Airis, Canarias Puerto Calero, Caser Quum and Madrid.

The third and final match of the day went underway precisely at 16.30, on the same course and bearing but with a slighter stronger wind, topping 20 knots. Near Miss had a good start but Desafio and Airis showed their muscles and put their signature on the eight race. They battled all the way to the upwind and downind marks and on the finish Desafio got its first win too, ending an historical day for the GP42 class and leaving Airis nearly one minute behind. Near Miss closed in third, Roma GP42.2 fourth followed by Caser Quum, Madrid and Canarias Puerto Calero.

Despite no wins today Near Miss is still on top of both the provisional scoreboard of Copa del Rey AUDI MAPFRE with a tre-points lead on both Airis and Desafio.

Provisional results after 8 races – one discard:
Boat Country Points (partial scores)
1. Near Miss – Switzerland – 16 points (6, 1, 1, 1 1, 6, 3, 3)
2. Airis – Italy – 19 points (1, 7, 2, 7, 2, 1, 4, 2)
3. Desafio – Spain – 19 points (2, 2,5, 6, 5, 2, 2, 1)
4. Roma GP42.2 – Italy – 25 points (4, 5, 3, 5, 6, 3, 1, 4)
5. Madrid – Spain – 31 points (7, 4, 4, 2, 3, 5, 7, 6)
6. Canarias Puerto Calero – Spain – 32 points (5, 3, 6, 3, 7, 7, 5, 5)
7. Caser Quum – Spain – 36 points (3, 6, 7, 4, 4, 4, 6, 7)