Hublot Palmavela, una entry list importante
AlturaLevel ClassMaxiTP52Vela 14 Aprile 2010 Zerogradinord 0
Hublot Palmavela – Palma di Maiorca – Saranno i Maxi e i TP52 i grandi protagonisti dell’Hublot Palmavela 2009, regata che avrà inizio domani alle 12.00nelle acque della baia di Palma di Maiorca. Protagonisti della prima giornata, i due raggruppamenti saranno poi raggiunti dagli scafi dell’ORC Internationeal, dei One Design e delle vele classiche.
In tutto, tra i Maxi, il Comitato Organizzatore sa di poter contare su diciotto unità, divise in diversi gruppi, dedicati ai Maxi, ai Wally e ai Mini Maxi. Lo scafo più grande e più ammirato è il Wally Esense di Luca Bassani. Tra i più veloci, invece, figurano Alegre di Andrés Soriano e del navigatore Nacho Postigo, Shockwave dell’armatore di Alfa Romeo Neville Chricton e del tattico Stu Bannatyne. E poi ancora Klaus-Peter Offen con il suo Wally 100 Y3K, che per l’occasione ha ingaggiato Jesper Radich. Ritorno tra le boe per l’STP 65 Container, guidato dal tedesco Marcus Wieser, e per Magic Carpet 2, portato dal timoniere di All4One, Sebsastien Col.
Cresce intanto l’attesa per capire chi, nel corso dell’inverno, ha saputato lavorare meglio sul proprio TP52. Favorito d’obbligo è il campione uscente Matador, se possibila rinforzato dal’arrivo del navigatore di Azzurra, Bruno Zirilli. A tentare di contrastarne l’assolo saranno Artemis, del binomio Cayard-Appleton, e i russi di Synergy. Della regata faranno parte anche Cristabella e Weapon of Choice.
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Alcune immagini dell’edizione 2009. Video courtesy Hublot-Palmavela.
HUBLOT PALMAVELA, TOP LEVEL SAILORS ENTER THE 7TH EDITION
[Reale Club Nautico Palma Press Release] The presentation of the 7th edition of the Hublot PalmaVela has taken place this morning in the Maxi-Village of the facilities of the Real Club Náutico of Palma de Mallorca. Maxis and TP52 will be in charge of raising the curtain of the 7th Hublot PalmaVela Regatta tomorrow April the 15th, at 1200 hours, and one day later, on Friday 16th, the ORC, RI, Traditional and Classic Yachts, and One Design boats will join competition. Disabled Sailing and Lateen Rigged Sail will do so on Saturday, when all the fleets will be on the water, as well as on Sunday.
The majestic Maxis and the Transpac 52 will count with a fleet of eighteen units with world top crews distributed in the Maxi Wally, Mini Maxi Regatta and Mini Maxi Cruiser-Regatta categories. Italian Esense of Luca Bassani is one of the most spectacular Maxi Wallies thanks to its design and size. Monaco flagged Alegre of Filipino Andrés Soriano will one more year take part in the Hublot PalmaVela, and has Nacho Postigo as one of its crew members. Also Maxi Shockwave of New Zealander boat owner Neville Crichton – who also owns Alfa Romeo – will have Stu Bannatyne calling tactics. Klaus-Peter Offen’s Y3K is a Wally 100 which has former 2007 Desafío Español skipper, Danish Jesper Radich, at the helm. STP 65 Container will be skippered by German Markus Wieser, whereas Magic Carpet 2 will have All4One‘s skipper Sebastien Col at the helm. American Peter Holmberg will be helmsman onboard Allsmoke which will have Fernando Pacheco among its crew. Aegir of Brian Benjamin will also count with two top Spanish sailors, Gustavo Martínez Doreste and Andalusian Ángel Medina.
Among the Spanish Maxis stands Alejandro Guash’s W60 Walliño, with Canarian Olympic champion Domingo Manrique onboard and Fernando López Doménech at the helm. Tiketitoo of Alberto Palatchi will have Spanish sailors Jesús Turró and Luís Martínez Doreste onboard.
The TP52 will also have their acid test tomorrow, after undergoing the new rule’s modifications for the season 2010. The current Copa del Rey Audi Mapfre champion, Matador of Alberto Roemmers and Guillermo Parada stands as favorite and will try to repeat victory with sailors such as Santiago Lange or Bruno Zirilli onboard. Swedish Torbjorn Tornqvist’s Artemis is likely to be Matador‘s main rival, with Paul Cayard calling tactics and New Zealander Cameron Appleton as strategist. British boat Cristabella of John Cook will have kiwi John Cutler as tactician and Weapon of Choice of Tom Wilson -former Matador- will make its debut in the Hublot PalmaVela 2010.
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