Grand Soleil day in Palma

First day of Copa del Rey and it's the usual suspects at the front

77 boats filled with colour an excellent day of races for the beginning of this leading international regatta. This year participants and organization are facing an even stronger challenge, considering the America’s Cup bid that Palma is willing to achieve in fiery competence. Top sailors and teams compete within the charming waters of the Palma de Mallorca bay, fighting for the yearly most acknowledge sailing trophy, the Copa del Rey Agua Brava.

As expected, the northeast wind that blew in the first hours of the morning, did not resist the south wind shove, having the start postponed by 30 minutes, from 14,30 to 15.00 hours in the 500 Group.

In the this Group, the race started with the Tau-UBS starting strongly, to leeward of the fleet, while through middle of the line, Caixa Galicia, Bribón, Subaru X-Sport and CAM took advantage of a small wind shift to lay down the guideline in the first third of the race.

Caixa Galicia’s, went to the top of the fleet in the passing of the first buoy, followed by Subaru X-Sport, Tau_UBS, and Bribón and Banco Espirito Santo slightly more distanced. However, the committee gave a change of the course when the fleet arrived at the bottom. This conditions helped the Caixa Galicia to mark their rivals, getting at the end a small margin of 37 seconds before Banco Spirito Santo which was about to surprise the favourite in this spectacular regatta. Subaru X-Sport, in the third place, made a good race, bearing in mind that this crew had not sailed among the Spanish fleet until this moment.

After a “general call” in the first start of the IMS 600 fleet, the second was successful and only Fermax and Near Miss were called over, having to re-start the race all over.

At the top of the fleet the fight was Italian, with Wind leading, followed by Italtel. The Forum Filatélico standed the raise of the new Gran Soleil boats, while fourth was Jazztell, another Grand Soleil 42, closely followed by Zurich and Andalucía Sólo Hay Una.

The mark rounding was extremely close among boats of similar lengths, Italtel played a close game for the remainder of the race to win against Wind by 16 seconds. The third place is finally for the Zurich which, in a good second part of the course, passed Forum Filatélico on corrected time. The next classifications are for a trio of Rodman 42: fifth the World Cargo, Husa Hoteles sixth, and Telefónica Movistar the seventh.

IMS 500

		Yacht	Skipper	Design	Points
1	ESP6789	CAIXA GALICIA	ROBERTO BERMUDEZ	G.SOLEIL 56R	1
2	ESP6116	BANCO ESPIRITO SANTO	LAUREANO WIZNER	JV 52ï	2
3	ITA121	SUBARU X-SPORT	BENUSSI GABRIELE	GRAND SOLEIL 56 R	3
4	ESP5757	TAU - UBS	LUIS DORESTE	B&C 52	4
5	ESP6100	CODORNIU	MANUEL DORESTE	IMS R 52	5
6	GBR4803	CRISTABELLA	JOHN COOK	JV 48	6
7	ESP6666	BRIBON	S.M.JUAN CARLOS DE BORBON	JV 56	7
8	ITA149	OLYMPUS ORLANDA	TOMMASO CHIEFFI	FARR 53	8
9	ESP6014	CAM	SAR FELIPE DE BORBON	NONE	9
10	ESP6119	AZUR DE PUIG	SAR INFANTA CRISTINA	FARR 53	10
11	ESP6655	BALEARIA	T.GOROSTEGUI	G.SOLEIL 42R	11
12	ITA1000	BRAVA Q8	PASQUALE LANDOLFI	FARR 49'	12
13	AUT70	C2-ASTROD3D	R.WILHELM / C.BINDI	J/V 50	13
14	NOR9990	FRAM XV	H.M.KING HARALD V	FARR 50	14
15	FRA9503	TWINS	TIGGELER CHRISTIAN	SWAN 45	15
16	GER5245	OPUS ONE	THOMAS JUNGBLUT	SWAN 45	16
17	ESP6336	MEROIL-RAMEL	JESUS TURRO	B&C 41	17
18	ITA329	PAPASTILLA	FABIO MONTAUTI	G.SOLEIL 44	18
19	FRA21690	AY! AY! AY!	LEOPOLDO GAVITO	SWAN 45	19
20	ITA14519	POLTI MINTAKA	POLTI STEFANO	SWAN 45	20
21	FRA9445	IMAGINE	ARGELLIES ANDRE	IMX 45	21
22	ESP6842	ICUE III	CARLOS SAEZ ALMAZAN	FARR 42	22
23	ESP5877	LA MAISON DE LïELEPHANT	DAVID TUR ALVAREZ	J/V 45	23
24	ESP5225	ATRIVM	AXEL RODGER	SYDNEY 46	24
25	GBR7000T	KIRRIBILLI	MARK CARTRWRIGHT	FIRST 47.7	25

IMS 600

		Yacht	Skipper	Design
1	ITA2110	ITALTEL	VASCO VASCOTTO	G.SOLEIL 42R	1
2	ITA1155	WIND	LORENZO BRESSANI	G.SOLEIL 42R	2
3	ESP6776	ZURICH	JORDI CALAFAT	G.SOLEIL 42R	3
4	ESP6262	FORUM FILATELICO	GONZALO ARAUJO	B&C 41	4
5	ITA155	WORLD CARGO	RICCARDO SIMONESCHI	RODMAN 42	5
6	ESP6610	HUSA HOTELES	LUIS MARTINEZ DORESTE	RODMAN 42	6
7	ESP6746	TELEFONICA MOVISTAR	PEDRO CAMPOS	RODMAN 42	7
8	ESP5711	ANDALUCIA SOLO HAY UNA	RAFAEL DIAZ FERNANDEZ	IMX 40	8
9	POR2241	JAZZTEL	PEDRO MACEDO	GRAND SOLEIL 42 R	9
10	ESP7000	SIEMENS MOBILE	PEDRO PERELLO CANAL	PUMA 42	10
11	GER5342	L+M LUCKFIEL + MANN	HORST MANN	RODMAN 42	11
12	FRA9393	NEAR MISS	XAVIER ROMART	IMX 40	12
13	ESP6737	ONO	I¥AKI CASTA¥ER	VROLIJK 37	13
14	ESP6110	FERMAX	DANIEL MAESTRE	SINERGIA 40	14
15	ESP6606	AIFOS	JAIME RODRIGUEZ TOUBES	FARR 42	15
16	CHI4208	SANDOKAN	RODRIGO ZUAZOLA	RODMAN 42	16
17	URU2002	MEMO MEMULINI	RICARDO FABINI	IMX 40	17
18	ESP5900	ROCINANTE	J.ANTONIO MARTINEZ SAINZ	MF 42	18
19	FRA21883	FARE WELL	PIERREJEAN ROGER	IMX 40	19
20	ESP6711	YATES DOS	MARKUS WIESER	BAVARIA 38	20
21	ITA14220	LOW NOISE	GIORGIO GRASSI	IMX 40	21
22	ESP6747	PAIRO	JOSE LUIS FREIRE	VROLIJK 37	22
23	ESP5807	SIMBAD LA LEYENDA 7 MARES	SERGIO LLORCA LOPEZ	IMX 40	23
24	GER4646	DAPHAL	GUNTER JANSEN	IMX 40	24
25	ESP4884	VINDIO	ALFONSO PASCUAL URIARTE	X 332	25
26	FRA28465	MAGIC SIMCA	CHRISTIAN FORNES	IMX 40	26
27	ESP5885	MONTBLANC	GUSTAVO MARQUES GRANERO	SINERGIA 40	27
28	DEN48	NICO BOCO	JAVIER SERRANO FERNANDEZ	IMX 40	28
29	ESP6316	GRESPANIA	LUIS HERNANDEZ SANCHIS	IMX 40	29
30	ITA3773	APC SA	GIORGIO SCARPA	SINERGIA 40	30
31	SWE10736	NMG INTERNACIONAL	STEFAN WINBERG	X332 SPORT	31
32	ITA3703	CLEAN ENERGY	COGNI ALBERTO	IMX 40	32
33	ITA13950	NUTRISTAR-LLOYD ADRIATICO	ANDREA LACORTE	FIRST 36.7	33
34	ITA13579	CAPITANI CORAGGIOSI	GUIDO SANTORO	IMX 40	34
35	ITA13903	EXTASY	DANIELE ABOLAFFIO	FIRST 40.7	35
36	GBR7207	SUN MICROSYSTEMS	PIETER HEYN	FIRST 40.7	36
37	ESP5253	ALTESA	LUIS GUTIERREZ RAMADA	FIRST 40.7	37
38	ESP5969	BADAKABLA	JULIO AGUADO ARRABE	FIRST 40.7	38
39	ITA13763	TELEPROMOCIONE SERVICE	SABBA OREFICE	FIRST 40.7	39
40	ITA13604	ENTROPIA	LAPO BIANCHI	FIRST 40.7	40
41	ESP4803	CAMARIÑAS	JAIME DE MIRANDA	M.MARINE 32	41
42	ESP5521	FUND.NAVEGAR POR LA SALUD	JUAN LUIS ARANDA	FIRST 40.7	42
43	SWE9	AIR	ALESSANDRO BOSELLI	X-362 SPORT	43
44	ESP5073	TANIT II	MARIA JOSE VILA VALERO	FIRST 40.7	44
45	ESP5482	METALNOX	J.J.SANZ MARIANO	SUN FAST 40	45
46	ITA2222	DIPENDE DAL VENTO	BRAIDA ROBERTO	FIRST 40.7	46
47	GBR7840	WING A PRAYER	GRAHAM HUGHES	SUN FAST 40	47
48	ITA12912	IL POSTO DELLE FRAGOLE	ANTONIO BADALA	ESTE 39	48
49	ITA13265	MAZZETTI DïALTAVILLA	GIANLUCA VIGANO	FIRST 40.7	49