Felipe VI's 'Aifos' prevails in the coastal regatta of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE

The 'Soho CaixaBank Theatre' by Javier Banderas maintains the plenary session in Majorica ORC2

PALMA, 2 Aug. (From the special representative of EUROPA PRESS, Andrea García Acuña) - The 'Aifos' of the Spanish Navy, with King Felipe VI at the helm, has won the Majorica ORC1 class coastal regatta in the third day of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE sailing, a result that guarantees him to advance as third place in Majorica ORC1 to the final series, which begins this Thursday in the bay of Palma, while the 'Teatro Soho CaixaBank' maintains the full in Majorica ORC2.

At the halfway point of the regatta, with all the classes completing the previous series, the wind offered intensities of 9 to 12 knots with a south-southwest component in the Mallorcan regatta course, with the ClubSwan 42 and 50 one-design classes completing two windward tests- leeward, the Herbalife J70 and the female class Mallorca Sotheby's Women's Cup three and with the Majorica ORC classes facing a coastal regatta, with a course of 30 nautical miles for ORC 1 and 2 and 25 nautical miles for ORC 3 and 4.

This Thursday, after the halfway point of the Balearic regatta, the final series will begin, in which each team will start with the number of points equivalent to the position it currently occupies after the third day of competition.

Thus, the 'Palibex-Elena Nova' of Christian Plump and Javier Sanz is guaranteed to pass with a point in the Majorica ORC1 class despite finishing fifth in the coastal race this Wednesday, in which the TP52 'Aifos' del Rey won Felipe ahead of 'Blue Carbon' and 'Daguet3-Corum'.

The monarch's boat, which ended the day with a victory on Tuesday after being fifth in the first round, repeated victory to confirm its pass to the final series as third in the class, just behind Fernando's 'From Now On' Chain, fourth this Wednesday.

For its part, Javier Banderas' 'Teatro Soho CaixaBank', which won all the sleeves in the first days, remains unbeatable after winning the coastal one with more than five minutes of rent over the second, Basilio's 'Seabery Dralion' Marquínez, who rises to second place overall, with Angelo Galeati's 'Reve de Vie' completing the provisional podium after being third this Wednesday.

In Majorica ORC3 the positions did not change after the coastal, who took Vicenzo de Blasio's 'Scugnizza' against 'Geex by Gauchos' and 'Laplaza Assessors', second and third respectively. The latter, skippered by Carles Rodríguez, continues second overall, while Ignacio Campos' 'Tanit IV-Medilevel', fourth this Wednesday, is third.

In the tight fight in Majorica ORC4, with the first three classified separated by only two points (12, 13 and 14), Scott Beattie's 'Just The Job' continues to lead despite being third in a coastal race that won the ' Ybarra-Befesa' from Paralympian Arturo Montes, who will come second in the final series. Gonzalo Calvo's 'Lassal', second today, closes the provisional 'podium'.

In ClubSwan 50, Leonardo Ferragamo's Italian 'Cuordileone' has kept the lead achieved on Tuesday thanks to two second places in a day in which 'Vitamina' and 'Hatari' -defending champion- shared the victories. Now, the 2019 champion will start the final series with one point, ahead of Andrea Lacorte's boat and the German 'Niramo', whom he led in the previous one by five points.

Meanwhile, in ClubSwan 42, the 'Pez de Abril' has endorsed its hegemony, although it could not complete the plenary session in the previous series. José María Meseguer's boat, which lifted the trophy in 2017 and 2018, signed another magnificent performance with a win and a second place and will start the fight for the title ahead of Massimo de Campo's 'Selene-Alifax', who won the second test of the day and was fourth in the first, and of the defending champion, Pedro Vaquer's 'Nadir', who displaced 'Porrón X' from the provisional podium after taking a second and a fourth.

In the Herbalife J70 class, where the participants completed another three sleeves as in the premiere, Luis Albert Solana's 'Patakín' guaranteed to start with an advantage in the final series with two first and a fourth, on a day in which only the 'Usana-Les Roches' by Luis Bugallo broke the unbeaten record of the Real Club Náutico de Palma ship by winning the second race -in addition to signing a second and a third-. Third is 'Let It Be' by Sergio Péndola.

Lastly, in Mallorca Sotheby's Women's Cup, where they compete aboard the J80 monotypes, 'Dorsia Covirán' gave up the overall lead against Patricia Suárez's 'Citanias'. The boat led by Nuria Sánchez and the Olympian Natalia Vía-Dufresne achieved modest results (4 4 3) that facilitated the rise of the Real Club Náutico de Vigo boat, which won the second round, was second in the first round and fourth in the round. third. Eva González's 'Etnia Barcelona-Zona Norte', winner of the first test of the day, is third, displacing the current champion, 'Team RCNP Balearia'.

"Today everything was a little tighter. Making a mistake makes you go from first to fourth very quickly. I think we were a little more successful than 'Dorsia' and that is what has given us that advantage to be able to go first in the group Now we have to avoid mistakes in the finals", said Patricia Suárez, patron of 'Citanias'.

The 41st edition of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE is organized by the Real Club Náutico de Palma and the Real Federación Española de Vela (RFEV), with the sponsorship of MAPFRE and the institutional collaboration of the Government of the Balearic Islands, the City Council of Palma, the Port Authority of the Balearic Islands and the Balearic Sailing Federation.