J/Teams Sweep PalmaVela! J/99, J/97E, J/70 Win Divisions!

ByStuart Johnstone
Three cyclists riding on a curved road surrounded by greenery.

(Palma Mallorca, Spain)- As one of the first major sailing regattas on the Mediterranean, the Real Club Nautico de Palma’s very popular PalmaVela Regatta is always a huge draw for top sailing teams throughout Europe. It’s not hard to see why sailors love to go to a famous, glitzy, seaside resort in the crown jewel of Spain’s Balearis Islands offshore in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. After all, what’s wrong with amazing ambience, a historical city and seaport, and generally awesome sailing conditions in the Bay of Palma- 10 to 15 kts seabreezes, sunny, and a balmy 75 F degrees- perfect shorts and shades weather!

Enjoying a long weekend of sailing in this fantasy-land of a bucket list regatta were a range of J/Teams from across Europe in J/70s, J/80s, J/97, J/99, J/109, and J/122s. Most all of them garnered some silver in this year’s event.

ORC Sportboat Division
Winning this fleet was Kristyn Gills’s KANGURU team from Australi, posting a nearly perfect score of 2-1-1-1 for 3 pts net! Not far behind was Cati Darder’s Spanish team from RCN Palma on the J/80 SAL with a 3-6-4-3 tally for 8 pts net. They were followed by Andrew Cheetham’s J/80 NOW 4 from the host club of RCN Palma with a 4-4-6-3 scoreline for 11 pts net.

ORC A2 Division
In this tough fleet, it was Guillermo Duran’s new J/99 KYO VI that took class honors with a 3-1-1 tally for 5 pts total.

ORC 4 Division
As they have for several years, Scott Beatties British team on the J/97E JUST THE JOB have again won their class honors with an enviable 1-2-1 record for 4 pts total.

For more RCN Palma’s PalmaVela Regatta sailing information
https://www.palmavela.com/