Mallorcan Jan Palou, champion of the Pro-Rigging Regatta of the Optimist class

Sailor from Real Club Náutico de Palma wins by a point against Dani Capa in an edition with 165 boats. Next week the Junior and Senior classes will compete.

Jan Palou, from the Real Club Náutico de Palma, has been crowned overall champion of the Pro-Rigging Regatta of the Optimist class after two competition sessions at the bay of Palma. Current U13 champion and world champion of Team Racing has signed a partial with a 6th and three first places that, once applied the discard, it has allowed him adding three final points, one less than Dani Capa, from Club Nàutic s’Estanyol, second qualified with a fourth, two firsts and one second places. Capa arrived to Pro-Rigging after getting great results at the Abanca Ciutat de Palma Trophy. Third place was for Jorge Benítez, from Reial Club Nàutic Port de Pollença, with two firsts and two sixths.

In female category, victory has gone to Mary-Anne Osha, from Real Club Náutico de Palma, with points, followed by Carlota Villalonga, from Club Nàutic s’Arenal, with 28, and of Emma Frau, from Real Club Náutico de Palma, with 31. Awards have also been given in the U13 and U11 categories, male as well as female.

The Optimist fleet has been formed by 134 boats, a number that has obliged them to divide the fleet into two groups to be able to manage the departures and development of the races. Throughout the weekend four races have been completed for the overall ranking.

In the Optimist D-Gaceta Náutica Group, where 31 sailors have competed, two races have taken place. Victory has been for Miguel Ferrá, from Real Club Náutico de Palma, followed by his peer from the same club Gonzalo Giner and by Carlota de Orbaneja, from Club Marítimo de Mahón.

The competition, organized by the Real Club Náutico de Palma, has had two sessions. On Saturday there was only one valid departure due to a very shifting wing and of very low intensity. Today, Sunday, however, the bay of Palma has offered a different scenery, with a south component wind of twelve knots that has allowed completing three sessions. The awards ceremony was celebrated at 6 p.m. in the Great Room of the Real Club Náutico de Palma.

The technical sailing director of the Real Club Náutico de Palma, Pedro Marí, has valued the development of the Trophy and the answer of the fleet: “The Pro-Rigging is a very consolidated regatta inside the regional calendar, and it shows the great number of registries that it has each year. Next week we expect to have good conditions for the rest of the classes". Next weekend it will be the turn of the young 420, 29er, ILCA 4 and ILCA 6 classes, as well as the senior OK Dinghy and Snipe classes, that will complete the program of this edition of the Pro-Rigging.