Palma De Mallorca, Spain: In a nice breeze of the 215 which went up to 12 knots, and an airplane free sky, the Hublot PalmaVela regatta held the last races of its 7th edition. All the fleets were on the water today, with Maxis and TP 52's running their coastal races in the charlie area. In the TP52 class Artemis was the predictable winner, but Cristabella managed second, whereas Magic Carpet 2 won the also magic Wally class. The Mini Maxi class didn't provide any surprises either, and was won by Container. In the J-80, Platú 25, RI1, and RI 2 classes, Peraleja Golf, Iberdrola, Cuadernos Rubio and Ciudad de Ceuta were the winners.
In the TP52 class the victory was for Torbjorn Tornqvist's Artemis, thanks to her consistent performance during the two first days, where she managed to open a gap that has allowed her to remain in the first position till the end, in spite of winning no races during the last two days. The surprise of the day was provided by John Cook's Cristabella, which won the two contests, kicking Matador out of the second place in the final classification.
Maxi Wallys and Mini Maxis have completed a 15,77 miles coastal race in the bay of Palma, with marks rounding in Sech and Illetas. Things went as predicted for the Mini Maxis, with a second place for Udo Schutz's Container at the end of the race, and a win for sir Peter Ogden's Jethou, which allowed him entering the podium in the third position. Second in the final classification was Andres Soriano's Alegre, whereas Neville Crichton's Shockwave gave up her place in the podium, going down to the fourth place in the last moment.
The ORC class, Russian X-35 won the final victory after also winning today's both races, ahead of "Bruix IV" of Miguel Mercada and "Omi II" of Francisco Llompart.
Classification
TP 52
1. Artemis (Tornqvist), 11
2. Cristabella (Cook), 13
3. Matador (Roemmers), 15
Maxi Wally
1. Magic Carpet 2 (Gallichan), 8
2. J One (Richardson), 10
3. Indio (Massa), 12.5
Mini Maxi
1. Container (Schutz), 8
2. Alegre (Soriano), 11
3. Jethou (Ogden), 14