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With one day left in the regatta, the Copa del Rey Mapfre de Vela keeps the excitement going.
The Soho-AltaVista Theatre Boat Javier Banderas and the Aifos, with the king Philippe VI at the helm, are the main candidates for victory in the ORC 0 class on the final day which will take place this Saturday in the Bay of Palma.
The two TP52 model boats have been leading the rankings in their category since the start of the tests. And this Friday, in the development of the first Final Series, was no exception: the Soho Theatre remains first and the Aifos second, well behind the Daguetthird.
Last year, the Spanish Navy ship, with the Monarch in its crew, reached the podium escorting the winner of the ORC 1 class, the Elena Nova. It obtained a very honorable second place against a boat that was already a veteran.
Almost everything to decide
The last two races will also decide the rest of the winners of the other six classes – the Women’s Cup is contested in an “all against all” format – of the Majorcan regatta which brings together more than a hundred boats from 23 countries.
In the ORC 1 fleet, the Elena Nova, has just given a blow of authority at the end of the day at the top of the ranking, led until this Friday by the HM Hospitales Hydra, which falls back to fourth place.
The Swiss Union yachts Varador and Katariina II took second and third place.
Argentina’s Katara is the new leader of ORC 1, displacing third-placed L’Immens La Plaza Assessors, overtaken by Ebury Fosters Swiss.
Changes have also been recorded in ORC 3. The Fala Pouco of Jose Ballestersuivi de Meerblick et Wandeslust.
In the J70 class, which will face the world championship in September, also in the Bay of Palma, the Patakin, leader par excellence, has given way to Kimpton Hotels-Les Roches.
The third is the Brazilian Renato Cunha and the fourth the Mexican Fernando Perez; Both boats compete under the names of their respective owners and skippers.
Pez de Abril and Earlybird hold on tight to first place in the ClubSwan 42 and Clubswan 50 and will go into the final day this Saturday with plenty of options to become winners in their respective classes.
In the Women’s Cup class, with fourteen boats battling for the top spots, Citanias RCN Vigo dominates after taking the lead from CN Balis; third is Trocadero Group and fourth is Team Balearia RCN Palma.