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Helena Paz Especial Marina Muiña Fotos:

the overall leader board was among their pursuers, so they finished fourth in today’s race.

In today’s coastal race, Andrés Soriano’s "Alegre" was able to react and, in A - "Magic Carpet Cubed" takes the le- addition to winning today’s race, he alad and wins the Gaastra PalmaVela so took third place overall. Roberto ToThe winner in the Wally class was still masini’s "Robertissima" with Vasco to be decided depending on what hap- Vascotto as tactician, took the silver. pened today in the bay of Palma. The fleet today sailed a 27 mile coastal ra- - "Provezza 7" finishes off the job in ce in which Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones’ IRC "Magic Carpet Cubed" took the advan- After taking the lead yesterday, tage to climb up to the overall first po- "Provezza 7" won for the second consition by winning a complicated race. secutive year the Gaastra PalmaVela.

Behind the British crew, Antonio Caca- Determined to finish the job and win ce’s "Magic Blue" with Sergio Lottini at the gold, no sooner said than done, the the helm, took the silver and the bron- Turkish crew added a first and a ze went to last edition’s winner, Jeansecond place on today’s races that put Charles Decaux’s "J One" with Piers Ri- him at the top of the leader board with chardson as skipper. a three-point lead on Eduardo de Souza’s "Phoenix", second, and six points - "Rán V", winner in Mini Maxi over Harm Muller "Platoon", third .

As expected, Niklas Zennström’s "Rán The Brazilian team leaves Palma very V" won the gold in the Gaastra Palma- happy with their second place in their Vela in Mini Maxi class after having an first race on board the TP52 designed impressive performance in the race of by Spanish Marcelino Botín and which Real Club Náutico de Palma. He started was launched just over a month ago. today with five podiums out of the five races sailed so far, and with a very comfortable points cushion. The fight in

Helena Paz Especial Marina Muiña Fotos:

- Victory for "Bigamist" and first score for the Soto 40 European championship Portuguese Pedro Mendonça’s "Bigamist" with Afonso Domingos at the helm, improved from the second place achieved last year and takes his first win in the Gaastra PalmaVela, the first scoring event in the Soto 40 European championship.

The team climbed up to first place overall after finishing first and a second in the races held today. German Hendrik Brandis’ "Earlybird" took silver while "Glen Ellen XXII", skippered by Guillaume Berenger, completes the Soto 40 podium.

The fleet will face each other again in Porquerolles, France, where the second qualifying event for the European championship will be held.

- "Bribon Movistar" wins its first Gaastra PalmaVela in the J/80 After three intense days at the top of the leader board, "Bribon Movistar" is proclaimed winner of the Gaastra PalmaVela in the J/80 class.

The boat led by Marc de Antonio and Sofía Bertrand won two out of the three races sailed today. Therefore, "Bribon Movistar" achieved in waters of Palma de Majorca their first victory in this one-design class with a 17-point lead on Sebastian Allebrot’s "Mnemoc". Third place went to Javier Chacartegui’s "HM-Hotels".

- "Elena Nova" and "Three Sisters" in the first position of ORC The five ORC fleets sailed today two races on the Bay of Palma. German Christian Plump’s "Elena Nova" and Czech Milan Hajek’s "Three Sisters" didn’t fail and are the winners in ORC 0 and ORC 1, respectively.

In ORC 2, Félix Comas’ "Pinyol Vermell" finally took the gold and in ORC 3 "Yabadaba" from the R.C.N. Palma, climbed to the top of the Gaastra PalmaVela after winning the today’s last race. Meanwhile "Ibe-Tres Mares", from the C.N. Arenal, rose to the top position in ORC 4 and wins in their division.

That placed it as the winner of the Gaastra PalmaVela in this fleet.

"Margarita Estalindalamar" and "Rosendo" were second and third respectively.

In Lateen Sail Llaüt, Miguel Río’s - Triumph of "Gecko" in Flying Fifteen "Annika" repeated his victory from Michael Clough’s "Gecko" took the vic2013. Behind him, Toni Jover’s tory today in the Gaastra PalmaVela af"Savanna" took second place and Barter three days at the top of the podium. tomeu Homar’s "Pandora" finished Second was Irish "Olive Oyl", five third, both from the C.N.C. Gamba. points behind, and the Spanish "Fine In Lateen Sail Bot, three boats from Fettle" with David Barber at the helm, the C.N.C. Gamba filled the podium. finally overtook "Flyinghigh" in the oveRafael Carrillo Vich’s "Regio" kept his rall results. lead followed by "Ancora" and "Artrabo". The latter, with Javier Vicen- "Aphrodite" unrivalled in the Dragon te at the helm, sneaked into the podiclass um after winning the final race of the As expected, Robin Hennessy’s Gaastra PalmaVela.

"Aphrodite" won in the Dragon class.

The winning crew added today two seconds and a first place which settled him at the top of the podium with 10 points. "Dragonera" is second with 13 points, while third place goes to "Young Tiger".

Helena Paz Especial Marina Muiña Fotos:

- Violeta del Reino adds another victory in the Gaastra PalmaVela Violeta del Reino won for the third consecutive year the Gaastra PalmaVela in the Disabled Sailing class after adding two more victories today. Jana Mestre and Maximiliano Dominguez completed the podium.

- "Enterprise" and "Samurai", winners of Vintage and Classic boats Albert Kusak’s "Enterprise" (RCNP) won the gold in the Gaastra PalmaVela while Monegasque "Moonbeam IV" climbed to second position of the podium in the last day of the event.

"Marigan" completed the podium in the Vintage class.

Similar to the Vintage class, the Classic fleet completed a coastal race today which Luigi Pavese’s "Samurai" won.

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professionalism.”

The team has a new boat (ex-Stig), a Jude 72 launched in 2012 that Sir Peter Ogden bo Former hockey player, professional sailor and CEO of the Italian Alessandro Rombelli.

Gaastra, Dutchman Marc Blees knows how to deal in a Therefore, Blees and his team are sailing in a wide variety of sceneries. As a “Jethou” crew member boat now, from a JV 60 to a JV72. On board, faces a year with news, but also as a businessman, points out, “the feeling is really good and is a with a season full of challenges, as he says, such as the get frustrated anymore because we had a smal involvement in Team Brunel in the Volvo Ocean, among so at the starting line we were starting exactly other big events in Switzerland, France… “It is going to me but after let’s say 10 minutes, the big boat be a busy year,” he smiles. disappearing. Now it is equal, all the same boa In is his fourth season on the British boat owned by is a better competition.”

Sir Peter Ogden, Blees is sure about the team’s strong “Jethou” faces today her last racing day at point: “The strength of the team is the friendship and Gaastra PalmaVela on the third position. They

is impossible to reach the leader “Rán V”, who “is far el Vrölijk ahead,” says the Ducht sailor, who adds quickly “but ought to second overall, ‘Robertissima III’, is still possible and we will have a look if we can catch them for the second a bigger place; and we have to look behind us too, because as he ‘Alegre’ is just one point behind us, so it is going to be also not a close race.” ller boat Whatever it happens today, we will see him and y the sa- “Jethou” back in the Real Club Náutico de Palma: “We ts were will be at Copa del Rey, of course.” ats, so it

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