This afternoon the spectacular Wally Galateia was proclaimed winner of the 20th PalmaVela in the IMA Maxi class in a competitive coastal race through the bay of Palma that took the fleet’s seniors to Cape Enderrocat to complete a field of 16 miles in which the fastest was another Wally, the Cento V, which crossed the finish line in less than two hours. This victory has allowed Ole Hansen’s team to tie on eight points with the leader Galateia, however it was not enough to snatch the victory from the defending champion, since adding the team captained by the British based in Barcelona David Leuschen added a partial victory more.
There has also been excitement among the small one-designs, and Swiss Ben Kolff’s Yeahnah has done well in both races of the day on the Alfa course, in front of Palma Cathedral, to break the tie he had with Aurum in the Dragon class. . The winner of the last PalmaVela in the class, Carlos Carbajal’s Capa, finished in third place.
The other winners have been the Urbania in ORC 0, the Windwhisper44 in ORC 1, the M8 Zas Composite
The forecasts did not fail and, as expected, the last day of the 20th PalmaVela was held with a breeze of between six and eight knots of intensity. The fleet had to wait for the wind to pick up in the bay of Palma and it was not until 1 pm when the first horns started to be heard. With the exception of ORC 2 and Dragon, which have a new winner, the rest of the classes confirmed the leaders of the previous day as winners of the twentieth edition of the regatta organized by the Real Club Náutico de Palma.
Almost four minutes ahead, the M8 Zas Composite won the coastal team in ORC 2
After reaching the lead a day earlier, Lady, from the RCN of Barcelona, ??took the almost 10-mile coastal race that the ORC 3 competed to take the definitive victory in her category. Wanderlust, by Pep Pons, finished the 20th PalmaVela, ceding second place overall to Shazam.
No changes to the ORC A2 classification. The Azuree, armed and skippered by Eduardo Horrach, added her third partial victory by also winning Sunday’s test and sentencing the overall ranking of the two-crew cruisers. Guillermo Durán’s Kyo V took silver, while the defending champion in this category, Tito Moure’s Smerit, could not defend his victory by finishing in third place.
As the script indicated, three TP52s took the final podium of ORC 0 after competing in two windward-leeward races that confirmed the podium. Tomás Gasset’s Urbania (1-2), Spanish Navy’s Aifos (3-1) and Toni Guiu’s Blue Carbon (2-3) engaged in a three-way fight that was resolved in favor of the leader throughout the match. regatta, the Urbania, by just one point.
Third in 2023, the ClubSwan 42 Nadir, owned by Mallorcan Pedro Vaquer, took to the water to give it his all in ORC 1 and try to take advantage of his last opportunity to climb from the second step to the top of the podium, but it was not to be. The Polish Windwhisper44, leader from the beginning, scored the first race and became uncatchable despite not finishing the second and last race. Another ClubSwan 42, April Fish, finished bronze in ORC 1.
In ORC 4-5, the Arenal CN ship the Tres Mares took the lead on the first day and never let it go. Merengue V, from RCN de Palma, managed to climb to second place after a great day (1-2), while the winner of the last edition, Just the Job, by Scott Beattie, closes the podium in third square.
Maximum equality in the 6 Meter general classification, a class in which the Stella (2-5) takes its first PalmaVela by the minimum, tied on 11 points with the second, the Momo, by Dieter Schoen (4-7). The tiebreaker is resolved in favor of the boat that has the most partial victories and that is why the current world runners-up, led by Violeta Álvarez, take the victory in Palma.
In J70, incontestable victory for María Bover’s Balearia, who adds her second consecutive victory in PalmaVela after having won in 2023 in J80. Two more races, two victories for the RCN de Palma crew that says goodbye to this twentieth edition with a total of six wins out of a total of eight races.
And the podium from the day before in the J80 class was confirmed, with victory for the Iser of the RCN of Valencia. The crew, led by Manuel de Tomás, has been the most consistent in its category and today has had consistent 2-3 partials – Sal was second and Dorsia was third.
