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and largely English speaking. Thank God, thank journalist Helena Paz,

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Helena Paz Especial Marina Muiña Fotos: A - "Magic Carpet Cubed" takes the le-ad and wins the Gaastra PalmaVela The winner in the Wally class was still to be decided depending on what hap-pened today in the bay of Palma. The fleet today sailed a 27 mile coastal ra-ce in which Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones’ "Magic Carpet Cubed" took the advan-tage to climb up to the overall first po-sition by winning a complicated race. Behind the British crew, Antonio Caca-ce’s "Magic Blue" with Sergio Lottini at the helm, took the silver and the bron-ze went to last edition’s winner, Jean-Charles Decaux’s "J One" with Piers Ri-chardson as skipper. - "Rán V", winner in Mini Maxi As expected, Niklas Zennström’s "Rán V" won the gold in the Gaastra Palma-Vela in Mini Maxi class after having an impressive performance in the race of Real Club Náutico de Palma. He started today with five podiums out of the five races sailed so far, and with a very comfortable points cushion. The fight in

the overall leader board was among their pursuers, so they finished fourth in today’s race. In today’s coastal race, Andrés Soria-no’s "Alegre" was able to react and, in addition to winning today’s race, he al-so took third place overall. Roberto To-masini’s "Robertissima" with Vasco Vascotto as tactician, took the silver. - "Provezza 7" finishes off the job in IRC After taking the lead yesterday, "Provezza 7" won for the second con-secutive year the Gaastra PalmaVela. Determined to finish the job and win the gold, no sooner said than done, the Turkish crew added a first and a second place on today’s races that put him at the top of the leader board with a three-point lead on Eduardo de Sou-za’s "Phoenix", second, and six points over Harm Muller "Platoon", third . The Brazilian team leaves Palma very happy with their second place in their first race on board the TP52 designed by Spanish Marcelino Botín and which was launched just over a month ago. -

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 cham-pionship. The team climbed up to first place overall af-ter 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 Porque-rolles, France, where the second qualifying event for the European championship will be held. - "Bribon Movistar" wins its first Gaastra Pal-maVela in the J/80 After three intense days at the top of the lea-der board, "Bribon Movistar" is proclaimed win-ner of the Gaastra PalmaVela in the J/80 class. The boat led by Marc de Antonio and Sofía Ber-trand won two out of the three races sailed to-day. 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.

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 cham-pionship. The team climbed up to first place overall af-ter 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 Porque-rolles, France, where the second qualifying event for the European championship will be held. - "Bribon Movistar" wins its first Gaastra Pal-maVela in the J/80 After three intense days at the top of the lea-der board, "Bribon Movistar" is proclaimed win-ner of the Gaastra PalmaVela in the J/80 class. The boat led by Marc de Antonio and Sofía Ber-trand won two out of the three races sailed to-day. 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.

Helena Paz Especial Marina Muiña Fotos: - Triumph of "Gecko" in Flying Fifteen Michael Clough’s "Gecko" took the vic-tory today in the Gaastra PalmaVela af-ter three days at the top of the podium. Second was Irish "Olive Oyl", five points behind, and the Spanish "Fine Fettle" with David Barber at the helm, finally overtook "Flyinghigh" in the ove-rall results. - "Aphrodite" unrivalled in the Dragon class As expected, Robin Hennessy’s "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". - Violeta del Reino adds another victory in the Gaastra PalmaVela Violeta del Reino won for the third con-secutive 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 podi-um 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.

That placed it as the winner of the Gaastra PalmaVela in this fleet. "Margarita Estalindalamar" and "Rosendo" were second and third res-pectively. In Lateen Sail Llaüt, Miguel Río’s "Annika" repeated his victory from 2013. Behind him, Toni Jover’s "Savanna" took second place and Bar-tomeu Homar’s "Pandora" finished third, both from the C.N.C. Gamba. In Lateen Sail Bot, three boats from the C.N.C. Gamba filled the podium. Rafael Carrillo Vich’s "Regio" kept his lead followed by "Ancora" and "Artrabo". The latter, with Javier Vicen-te at the helm, sneaked into the podi-um after winning the final race of the Gaastra PalmaVela.

Former hockey player, professional sailor and CEO of Gaastra, Dutchman Marc Blees knows how to deal in a wide variety of sceneries. As a “Jethou” crew member faces a year with news, but also as a businessman,

with a season full of challenges, as he says, such as the involvement in Team Brunel in the Volvo Ocean, among other big events in Switzerland, France… “It is going to

be a busy year,” he smiles. In is his fourth season on the British boat owned by Sir Peter Ogden, Blees is sure about the team’s strong point: “The strength of the team is the friendship and

professionalism.” The team has a new boat (ex-Stig), a Judel Vrölijk 72 launched in 2012 that Sir Peter Ogden bought to

the Italian Alessandro Rombelli. Therefore, Blees and his team are sailing in a bigger

boat now, from a JV 60 to a JV72. On board, as he points out, “the feeling is really good and is also not

get frustrated anymore because we had a smaller boat so at the starting line we were starting exactly the sa-me but after let’s say 10 minutes, the big boats were disappearing. Now it is equal, all the same boats, so it

is a better competition.” “Jethou” faces today her last racing day at 2014

Gaastra PalmaVela on the third position. They know it

is impossible to reach the leader “Rán V”, who “is far ahead,” says the Ducht sailor, who adds quickly “but second overall, ‘Robertissima III’, is still possible and

we will have a look if we can catch them for the second place; and we have to look behind us too, because

‘Alegre’ is just one point behind us, so it is going to be a close race.”

Whatever it happens today, we will see him and “Jethou” back in the Real Club Náutico de Palma: “We

will be at Copa del Rey, of course.”

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Former hockey player, professional sailor and CEO of Gaastra, Dutchman Marc Blees knows how to deal in a wide variety of sceneries. As a “Jethou” crew member faces a year with news, but also as a businessman,

with a season full of challenges, as he says, such as the involvement in Team Brunel in the Volvo Ocean, among other big events in Switzerland, France… “It is going to

be a busy year,” he smiles. In is his fourth season on the British boat owned by Sir Peter Ogden, Blees is sure about the team’s strong point: “The strength of the team is the friendship and

professionalism.” The team has a new boat (ex-Stig), a Judel Vrölijk 72 launched in 2012 that Sir Peter Ogden bought to

the Italian Alessandro Rombelli. Therefore, Blees and his team are sailing in a bigger

boat now, from a JV 60 to a JV72. On board, as he points out, “the feeling is really good and is also not

get frustrated anymore because we had a smaller boat so at the starting line we were starting exactly the sa-me but after let’s say 10 minutes, the big boats were disappearing. Now it is equal, all the same boats, so it

is a better competition.” “Jethou” faces today her last racing day at 2014

Gaastra PalmaVela on the third position. They know it

is impossible to reach the leader “Rán V”, who “is far ahead,” says the Ducht sailor, who adds quickly “but second overall, ‘Robertissima III’, is still possible and

we will have a look if we can catch them for the second place; and we have to look behind us too, because

‘Alegre’ is just one point behind us, so it is going to be a close race.”

Whatever it happens today, we will see him and “Jethou” back in the Real Club Náutico de Palma: “We

will be at Copa del Rey, of course.”

Maria Muiña/SailingShts.es/RN