Palmavela, niente cambi al comando
MaxiTP52Vela 16 Aprile 2010 Zerogradinord 0
[singlepic id=5600 w=300 h=204 float=left]Palmavela – Palma di Maiorca – Grazie a una brezza tra gli 8 e i 10 nodi oscillante tra i 190 e i 220 gradi, più di cento barche hanno affollato la baia di Palma di Maiorca per dar vita al secondo giorno di regate valide ai fini di Palmavela. Una giornata che ha portato pochi cambiamenti nelle classifiche generali dei raggruppamenti che già ieri avevno iniziato a darsi battaglia.
Tra i TP52 Artemis ha vinto tutte le manche disputate, prendendo il comando delle operazioni sin dagli attimi seguenti il via. In classifica generale lo scafo di Torbjorn Tornqvist domina con buon margine su Cristabella, secondo davanti a Matador e ai britannici di Weapon.
Anche nel campo Delta, dove hanno regatato i Mini Maxi e i Wally, non si sono registrate particolari novità. Magic Carpet di Daniel Gallichan si è imposto ancora davanti a Y3K di Claus-Peter Offen e a J-One di Tristan Kinloch. L’emozione del giorno, suo malgrado, l’ha regalata il gigantesco Esense che, in fase di manovra, ha rotto il gennaker perdendo la prima piazza. Nella seconda regata, invece, la vittoria è andata per un secondo a Y3K, primo davanti a Indio di Stefano Massa. Indio si è confermato secondo anche nella terza prova, vinta dal citato J-One. In classifica generale guida Magic Carpet proprio su J-One.
Tra i Mini Maxi, invece, Container è ancora primo, ma Shockwave di Neville Chricton ha vissuto un’ottima giornata e grazie a un primo e due terzi si è avvicinato allo scafo di Udo Schutz. Terzo è il due volte vincitore della Middle Sea Race, Alegre, di André Soriano.
Debutto per Airis, il GP42 di Roberto Monti impegnato nel raggruppamento RI 1. Lo scafo italiano ha chiuso la giornata al terzo posto, anticipato da Peninsula Petroleum di John Bassadone e Aifos della Marina Spagnola.
Per consultare le classifiche clicva qui.
PALMAVELA, ARTEMIS, CONTAINER AND MAGIC CARPET ARE STILL THE LEADERS
[Palmavela Press Release] With a breeze of eight to ten knots from the 190 to the 220, more than a hundred boats have filled the Bay of Palma today. The second racing day has brought few changes to the standings of the TP52, Mini Maxi and Maxi Wally classes, with Artemis repeating victory in the TP52’s, and Container and Magic Carpet holding to the first positions in Mini Maxi and Maxi Wally respectively. Peraleja Golf, Inmobiliaria Nova, Peninsula Petroleum and Symfony have won in the first races run by the J-80, Platú 25, RI 1 and ORC classes respectively. Tomorrow the Lateen Rigged Sailing and Disabled Sailing classes will join competition.
In the Transpac 52 class, Tornbjorn Tornqvist’s Artemis has controled all the races held today, after clearly taking the lead from the start in all of them. Cristabella has struggled to remain behind the Swedish boat, and Matador was third after repeating yesterday’s sailing pattern, with bad starts, bad beats, but good downwinds, which have allowed the Argentinian flagged boat to move up passing British Weapon of Tom Wilson, which has finished fourth and is last in the overall classification. Alberto Roemmers’ Matador is third, one point behind second classified, Cook’s Cristabella.
We haven’t seen big changes among the giants of the Maxi Wally and Mini Maxi classes either in the three exciting races held today in the Delta Racing Area, opposite the Arenal. The day’s first contest of the Maxi Wallies was very similar to the one run yesterday, with victory of Magic Carpet of Daniel Gallichan, who marked Y3K of Claus-Peter Offen and Tristan Kinloch’s J-One during the whole race. The day’s picture was the ripped spinnaker of Luca Bassani’s Esense, after the sail got caught in the spreander, what costed her the first place. Things changed in the second race, very tight fought but finally won by Y3K, just one second ahead of Stefano Massa’s Indio. Massa cheered today’s races up, finishing second in the third race, which was won by J-One, second in the overall classification behind Magic Carpet, that remains leader in spite of her third place in the last race.
In the Mini Maxis, Udo Schutz’s Container didn’t give her first place up thanks to two victories in the two last races of the day, improving her fourth place in the first race. Neville Crichton’s Shockwave had a good day today, with one first and two third places, which helped her move up to the second position in the overall classification. Shockwave really improved her speed today, who was lacking some weight yesterday, said Crichton. Andrés Soriano’s Alegre is third in the overall standings after doing two second and one fourth place.
The J-80, current cutting edge class in Spain, delivered a nice spectacle on the water with a breeze of 8 knots which was enough for Ignacio Camino’s Nextel and Gorostegui’s Cantabria Infinita to take the lead from the start till the end. Peraleja Golf won the second race, and Nextel the third one.
The RI and ORC classes run a 23 and 14 miles coastal race, respectively. ORC was won by Russian Symfony, ahead of Mestral Fast and Xalest. In RI 1, John Bassadone’s Peninsula Petroleum – former Turismo Madrid– made a good debut in competition and won the race followed by Aifos of the Spanish army, and Roberto Monti’s Airis.
To read the standings click here.
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