‘Improbable’ and ‘Foraster’ impose themselves in the Puerto de Mahón and Menorca Sant Joan Regattas

The ‘Improbable’ of Sergey Moskovskikh and the ‘Foraster’ of Eduardo Crusells have been the protagonists of the Menorca Sant Joan – Alfonso XIII Trophy Regatta and the Puerto of Mahón Regatta. The first has been the fastest in carrying out the coastal regatta of 7 nautical miles between the Naval Base and Alcaufar and returning, after making up the times, while the second one did the same on Friday in the almost 140 nautical miles between Barcelona and Mahón.

This Saturday, June 21st, has been celebrated in the Puerto de Mahón Regatta that, one more year, has protagonized the spectacular departure with 44 participants that deployed their sails in front of the Naval Base towards the mouth to turn towards Alcaufar, pass a buoy and return to Club Marítimo de Mahón, where the regatta finished. The ‘Improbable’ has won for the second consecutive year a regatta that has had more wind outside than inside the port, but that has benefitted, the same as on Friday, the littlest ships. The winner completed the journey with a time of 1:46:03, while the podium was completed by ‘Kajsa III’, of Rolf Auf Der Maur with 1:01 and the ‘Alba III’, of Carlos Pons Vidal from Club Marítimo de Mahón.

The ‘Foraster’ turned, the morning of Friday, June 20th, in the flamboyant winner of the XXVI Menorca Sant Joan - Alfonso XIII Trophy. The cruiser of Club Marítimo de Mahón was the fastest, after making up the times, and took the very celebrated title given the complexity of the challenge of 140 nautical miles that separate the ports of Barcelona and Mahón.

On Thursday, June 19th at 12 a.m., the departure of one of the most important offshore regattas of the country with a participation of 48 cruisers was given. With a wind of 9 knots and a south-west, the fleet quickly broke, so the cruisers with more length took advantage. British ‘Caiarossa’ was benefitted to taking the lead in the first 40 miles, until the wind fell down slowly in the afternoon and matched the regatta’s head.

The night was very calm, with little wind for crews, which saw how the wind gusts returned minimally with the sun’s output. The first cruiser that arrived to the mouth of the port was ‘Enigma’, around 11:20 a.m. with a time of 23:33:08. Soon after, the ‘Kajsa III’ (23:44:36), the ‘Kilotón’ (23:57:05) and the ‘Anette’ (24:05:35) would arrive. 

After the times compensation, the classification stayed like this:

1. ‘Foraster’ of Eduardo Crusells, from Club Marítimo de Mahón, with a time of 26:44:04.
2. ‘Diabolic’ of Glenn de Brouwer, from Royal Belgian SC, with a 7:57.
3. ‘Bitxet’ of Antoni Cavaller, from Club Nàutic de Ciutadella, with a 30:35.

On Saturday, June 21st, the awards ceremony was celebrated at the Club Marítimo de Mahón, which finished a competition that counts with the sponsorship of Menorca’s Insular Council, Mahón’s City Council and the Balearic Portuary Authory.