The CNA reaffirms the Mar Blau Trophy with a very tight outcome: 48 seconds in ORC

The Club Nàutic S’Arenal celebrated this weekend a new edition of the Mar Blau Trophy, which gathered 12 boats in a session marked by the sun, the wind and a high competitive level. The traditional track to the Sec's island offered a very tight outcome in ORC 0–4, where only 48 seconds separated the first and second qualified boats, while in ORC Social the distances were larger.

The Club Nàutic S’Arenal celebrated this weekend a new edition of the Mar Blau Trophy, one of the most tradiitonal regattas of their yearly calendar. The race reunited 12 boats distributed into two categories, ORC and ORC Social, with participants coming from different nautical clubs of Mallorca.

Even though the session began with sun and good conditions forecast, the wind awaited, which obliged the organization to declare a displacement of almost an hour. Finaly, the departure, expected for 11h, was given a few minutes before 12h with a “llebeig” or a west-southwest component wind that blew between 12 and 16 knots, allowing as optimum development of the competition. EThe first in completing the tracks invested 2h and 38 min, while the last one did a little over 4h.

The particioants faced the traditional track of the Mar Blau Trophy, which crosses the bay of Palma from the Arenal to the island of the Sec, in front of Magaluf, to then return to the finish line of the Club Nàutic S’Arenal. Regarding the results, the ORC 0–4 Class was the most competitive category, with minimum differences and a very intense fight for the first places. The podidum ended like this: “Mestral Fast”, skippered by Jaume Morell Sitjar, was the winner, followed by “Histolab”, of Jose Juan Torres, and already in third position, “S'avenc”, of Toni Marqués.

Just as Álex Durán pointed out, coordinator of sports events of the Club Nàutic S’Arenal, “the podium position were very compacted, with a constant 'grudge' between the first and the second, that, after the times compensation, were separated by just 48 seconds”.

In the ORC Social class, destined to members and sailors that enjoy a more amateur participation, the differences after the correction of times were bigger. “Mara”, of Jacinto Peláez Fernández was the winner, “Morfeo” of Pedro Siquier Cantallops, was second, and “Agaloe”, of Toni de Andrés Mascaró, closed the podium in third position. In this category, the winner obtained an advantage of 22 points in front of the second qualified and of 28 minutes regarding the third one.

The Club Nàutic S’Arenal wants to express its special thanks to Mar Blau Brokerage, historical sponsor of the Mar Blau Trophy. With 28 editions supporting this race, its commitment contributes decisively as a stable and reference event for cruiser sailing in Mallorca.

For the Club Nàutic S’Arenal, the Mar Blau trophy is one of the most iconic cruiser regattas, an encounter spot for members and sailors of the environment and an opportunity to boost the sports rivalry, the camaraderie and the nautical spirit between boats of different clubs of the island.

For more results: https://regatas.cnarenal.com/es/default/races/race-resultsall/text/trofeo-mar-blau-es-8