2015 Copa del Rey MAPFRE – Opening day overall + Video

by Regatta Copa del Rey on 5 Aug 2015 The first day of 34 Copa del Rey MAPFRE was marked by the presence of H.R.H. Felipe VI, who visited the Real Club Náutico de Palma to greet the crews before the start of the competition. 119 teams of six different classes opened their scoreboard to elect their first leaders; 17 other teams from two classes sailed their non-scoring practice races.

Six out of the eight competing classes sailed the two windward/leeward races scheduled for the opening day of 34 Copa del Rey MAPFRE in an 8 to 15 knots southerly wind. The first leaders of the week are: 'Ran V' (Gaastra IRC 0), 'Mamma Aiuto' (Rías Baixas IRC 1), 'Es Tes Unno' (BMW ORC 1), 'Drac' (BMW ORC 2), 'Lelagain' (Air Europa X-35) and 'Ono' (Herbalife J80). The classes TP52 Super Series and Singular Kitchen Soto 40 sailed two practice races and will debut tomorrow in the competition.

Gaastra IRC 0
The fight for the title in the Gaastra IRC 0 class started with the defender in the control of the situation. George Sakellaris’ US Maxi 72 'Ran V', winner in 2014 onboard 'Shockwave', won both races today, and returned to the RCNP as the first leader of the week, ahead of Joern Larsen’s 'L4' (2-2) and Lionel Pean’s 'SFS' (3-4).

Rías Baixas IRC 1
In Rías Baixas IRC 1, the undisputed star was Naofumi Kamei’s Italian 'Mamma Aiuto', who took both races. In both races second place went to Kevin Whitcraft’s Thai 'THA72', followed by William Coates’ US 'Otra Vez'. Spanish 'Duende 52' finally won’t be able to compete this week due to the damage suffered on Friday night during the search operation of its skipper Jacinto Rodriguez.

BMW ORC 1
In the BMW ORC 1 class, the largest of this edition with 44 teams, the first two victories of the week went to Hendrik Brandis’ German 'Earlybird' and Daniel Figueirido’s Argentinean 'Humildad Zero'. But the provisional overall at the end of the day is led by Pep Soldevila’s Spanish 'Es Tes Unno', who sums the best results of the class (5-2), proving once again the importance of regularity in a fleet this competitive. Next in the ranking are Christian Plump’s German 'Elena Nova' (3-5) and 'Earlybird' (1-10,5).

BMW ORC 2
Ignacio Campos’ 'Tanit IV-Medilevel' and Pedro Campos’ 'Movistar' shared the victories of the day in the class BMW ORC 2. Although the final sum of results favours Ignacio Giamonna’s 'Drac' (2-4) who leads this category. It is followed by Alex Laplaza’s 'L`Immens' (4-3) and 'Tanit IV-Medilevel' (1-7).

Air Europa X-35
In the Air Europa X-35 class, Alessandro Solerio’s Italian 'Lelagain' started defending the title very strong, finishing today with two first places. The second place in the provisional is taken by local 'Red Eléctrica Española' skippered by Alberto Viejo, which went from lowest to highest (4-2). Third is Italian Paolo Sena’s 'Spirit of Nerina' (2-4).

Herbalife J80
Daniel de la Pedraja’s 'Ono' is the first leader in the Herbalife J80 class thanks to a second and a first in today’s races. Second is Javier Padron’s 'Marbella Team' (4-2) and third is Jesús Amaliach’s 'Herbalife' (3-3). Marc de Antonio’s 'Bribón-Movistar' won the first race of the day, but an eighth place in the following race relegated him to fourth place. The sad news of the day was Carlos Martinez’s 'Akewuele', who had to retire after breaking the mast when crossing with Javier Aguado’s 'Oxital' in the first race.

Royal Visit
H.R.H. King Felipe VI visited this morning the Real Club Náutico de Palma, to support with his presence the opening day of 34 Copa del Rey MAPFRE. Don Felipe was welcomed at the main entrance of the yacht club by Javier Sanz and Emeric Fuster, president and vice president respectively of the RCNP and Javier Olías, territorial director of MAPFRE in the Balearic Islands. The King chatted with the crews before the boats headed towards the race course. Although he didn’t sail today, is expected that in the coming days Don Felipe will be able to fulfil the tradition of sailing onboard 'Aifos', which this year is competing in the BMW ORC 1 class.

Program onshore
The social activity in the Real Club Náutico de Palma didn’t stop since early morning when the crews enjoyed the fruits’ breakfast offered by Zespri. In the Restaurant El Náutico the Iberostar Brunch opened, who guests like Spanish celebrities Carolina Cerezuela and Carlos Moya did not want to miss. In the afternoon, the Singular Kitchen Show featured a master class by expert baker Antonio Merino. Once the teams docked in, the competitors enjoyed the music offered by Pachá at the Crew Village.

Tomorrow everyone will compete
Tomorrow an unprecedented show will be seen in Copa del Rey MAPFRE. The TP52 Super Series and Singular Kitchen Soto 40 will join the other fleets and the competition will gather for the first time 136 boats on the race course, a record in the 34 years of history of the race. The competition program has two windward/leeward races for all classes, with the first start scheduled at 13h00.

34 Copa del Rey MAPFRE is organized by the Real Club Náutico de Palma and is held until Saturday, August 8th.

Results

BMW ORC 1

POS	YATE	ARMADOR	PATRON	CLUB	1	2	3	PUNTOS
1	EARLYBIRD	HENDRIK BRANDIS / CHRISTIAN NAGEL	HENDRIK BRANDIS	NRV	1	5	3	9
2	ELENA NOVA	CHRISTIAN PLUMP	CHRISTIAN PLUMP	RCNP / NRV	3	2	6	11
3	MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR	EDWARD LEASK	EDWARD LEASK	ROYAL SOUTHERN YC	7	4	4	15
4	ULIKA	ANDREA MASI	ANDREA MASI	CN TECNOMAR	5	11	2	18
5	PEZ DE ABRIL	JOSE MARIA MESEGUER	JOSE MARIA MESEGUER	CN PORTMAN	14	9	1	24
6	BMW SAIL RACING ACADEMY	VITTORIO CODECASA	ROBERTO FERRARESE	YCC ESMERALDA	12	7	5	24
7	THETIS	LUCA LOCATELLI	LUCA LOCATELLI	YCC SMERALDA	2	10	18	30
8	GRUPO CLINICO DR.LUIS SENIS	LUIS SENIS	AXEL RODGER	CLUB BURRIANANOVA	8	3	19.5	30.5
9	RATS ON FIRE	RAFAEL CARBONELL PUJOL	NOLUCO DORESTE	CN AREYNS	11	1	21	33
10	EXPERTO CATADOR	JOSE IGNACIO VICENT PENA	JUAN CALVO BORONAT	RCN VALENCIA	13	12	8	33
11	MASERATI	ALVARO IRALA	FERNANDO LEON	PUERTO PORTALS	9	15	10	34
12	NIRAMO	MEIER - SAWATZKI	MEIER - SAWATZKI	KYC	10	17	11	38
13	ES TES UNNO	FRANCISCO SOLDEVILA	PEP SOLDEVILA	RCN BARCELONA	6	8	25	39
14	AMBER MILES	VADIM YAKIMENKO	VADIM YAKIMENKO		4	13	23	40
15	HUMILDAD ZERO	DANIEL FIGUEIRIDO	DANIEL FIGUEIRIDO	YC ARGENTINO	18	6	24	48
16	APHRODITE	PIERFRANCESCO DI GIUSEPPE	ALBATROS TURCO	ANCONA Y.C.	29	14	7	50
17	AXELLE'S	WARGNY HUBERT	WARGNY HUBERT	YCF	15	19	16	50
18	NADIR V	PEDRO VAQUER COMAS	PEDRO VAQUER COMAS	CVP ANDRATX	19	23	9	51
19	RAQUERO	EUGENIO LOPEZ CHACARRA	EUGENIO LOPEZ CHACARRA	RCN TARRAGONA	28	16	12	56
20	ADRIAN HOTELES MACARONESIA	DANIEL ADRIAN RUERA	DANIEL ADRIAN	ACT.NAUTICAS TENERIFE	17	22	19.5	58.5
21	TOUCHE SUPER	OSCAR SANCHEZ	OSCAR SANCHEZ	YC PERUANO	22	27	13	62
22	AIFOS	ARMADA ESPANOLA		CN REGATAS	16	20	27	63
23	ITACA IX	MANUEL GALLEGO FRONTERA	JERRY VINKENSTEIN	CN CALPE	20	21	22	63
24	JIVARO	YVES GROSJEAN	YVES GROSJEAN	SN LA TRINITE	21	30	14	65
25	GRAIN DE SOLEIL 6	NICOLAS SVILARICH	NICOLAS SVILARICH	SR PERROS GUIREC	27	24	15	66
26	NIKITA	JAN DUKEN	JAN DUKEN	KYC	30	26	17	73
27	DES-AHOGO	MARIA MILLAN RODRIGUEZ	GUILLERMO SOTOMAYOR	RCN BARCELONA	37	18	26	81
28	YOU TOO	GLAUS MICHEL	GLAUS MICHEL	CVSN GENEVE	25.5	28	30	83.5
29	DIGNITY 3	TOMAS LLORENS ALDEA	TOMAS LLORENS ALDEA	RCR ALICANTE	34	25	29	88
30	DIGITAL BRAVO	KATALEVSKIY IGOR	SAKHARTSEV KIRILL	HIGH SPIRIT 40	25.5	31	32	88.5
31	CHILI PEPPER	CURNILLON		SNST	35	29	28	92
32	MUSIC	RUEDI HUBER	ALBERT BATZILL	YC BREGENZ	23	33	39	95
33	X-PRIME	VARTAN ARUTYUNYAN	VARTAN ARUTYUNYAN	OYC	32	32	33	97
34	ZAPPY'S	WARGNY CHRISTOPHE	PATRICK PARIS	SN BEAUVALLON	24	39	37	100
35	RUSSES	DANIIL BORODIN	DANIIL BORODIN		33	35	36	104
36	SPRINGBOK	ANTILOPE SAILING/QUITERIE TORTIGER	QUITERIE TORTIGER	SN TRINITE	36	34	34	104
37	JOT	CARSTEN HENNINGSEN	OLIVER OCHSE	CLUB DE MAR	39	38	31	108
38	FARR-LAESSIG	MARKUS ZINTH	KLAUS WENDE	SCLL	40	41	35	116
39	ENIGMA VII	NORMAN MAC PHERSON		RIO YC	38	36	42	116
40	PARMA	PETR KOCHNEV	PETR KOCHNEV		31	45 DNF	41	117
41	EASY	NICK PLEKHANOV	ALEX OLSHEVITSKY	MVKB	41	37	40	118
42	SEVENS	JOSE LUIS CERNUDA	JOSE LUIS CERNUDA	CVP ANDRATX	42	40	38	120
43	JUKEBOX	SOMPA.COM OU	MIKHAIL VORONOV	TRYSAIL	43	42	43	128
44	ROCCABELLA	MICHEL TROESCH	GAUDENZ TROESCH	ZYC	44	43	44	131

 

BMW ORC 2

POS	YATE	ARMADOR	PATRON	CLUB	MODELO	1	2	3	PUNTOS
1	MAVERTA	PEDRO GIL REBOLLO	JOSE BALLESTER	RCN TORREVIEJA	RODMAN 42	3	4	2.5	9.5
2	L'IMMENS	ALEXANDRE LAPLAZA	CARLES RODRIGUEZ / SABINE SCHUMAN	RCN BARCELONA	SINERGIA 40	4	3	4	11
3	DRAC	SIMSIROGLU KIRKOR	IGNACIO GIAMONNA	YC ARGENTINO	SINERGIA 40	2	5	5	12
4	ELITE SAILS	SINERGIA RACING GROUP	JOSE COELLO	RCR CARTAGENA	SINERGIA 40	6	2	8	16
5	TANIT IV - MEDILEVEL	MARIA JOSE VILA VALERO	IGNACIO CAMPOS	RCR ALICANTE	G.SOLEIL 37B	1	8	12.5	21.5
6	HERBALIFE	MARTIN AIZCORBE MASON	MARC PATIÑO	RCN PALMA	X-382	9	7	11	27
7	BRUJO	FEDERICO LINARES	FEDERICO LINARES	RCN MADRID	G.SOLEIL 37B	11	11	9	31
8	NORTHERN LIGHT BY SAMER & CO SHIPPING	NORTHEN LIGHT SAILING TEAM	FABIO BIGNOLINI	SN PIETAS JULIA	DUFOUR 34 MOD.	8	14	10	32
9	MOVISTAR	JOSE ENRIQUE TEROL	PEDRO CAMPOS	RCN SANXENXO	SINERGIA 40	32 BFD	1	1	34
10	LA VILA CENTRO COMERCIAL	FELIX COMAS	FELIX COMAS	CN ARENAL	SUN FAST 36 (MOD)	12	10	14	36
11	AIRLAN - AERMEC	JUAN CABRER BORRAS	JUAN CABRER	RCN PALMA	X-37	5	32 BFD	2.5	39.5
12	VALHALLA	FRANCESCO BRUNA	MARCO BRUNA	CNM CARRARA	GRAND SOLEIL 37 B	14	6	22	42
13	JUST THE JOB	SCOTT BEATTIE	SCOTT BEATTIE	CVP ANDRATX	J 97 E	15	13	16	44
14	ZAS SAILING	JOSE LUIS FRANCES BOU	JOSE LUIS FRANCES	RCN VALENCIA	G.SOLEIL 37Q	7	32 BFD	6	45
15	BEST BUDDIES	WREDE K-J	KAY JOHANES WREDE	NRV / RORC	SWAN 441R MOD.	16	12	17	45
16	MODARK	MODARK SL	ASIER GARCIA BARROSO	CNP DE LA SELVA	X-37	10	32 BFD	7	49
17	VARICENTRO - SABARA	IGNACIO CAÑIZARES DIAZ	IGNACIO CAÑIZARES	RCMT PUNTA UMBRIA	SUN FAST 36 (IK)	17	16	20.5	53.5
18	MON DE L'ONA II	CORTINA / SALINAS	CORTINA / SALINAS	ARGENTINA	VROLIJK 37	32 BFD	9	15	56
19	HYDRA	OSCAR CHAVES	OSCAR CHAVES	CN EL BALIS	GRAND SOLEIL 40 R	13	32 BFD	12.5	57.5
20	SAIOLA X	WIM VANDESANDE	WIM VANDESANDE	VVW	BH 36	19	18	20.5	57.5
21	FORZA 4	GIOVANNI BRADANINI	GIOVANNI BRADANINI	CV CANOTTIERI DOMASO	DUFOUR 36 P	20	15	23	58
22	SLAINTE SOHO JAZ	ANDREY LYUBVIN	ANDREY LYUBAVIN	CN CULLERA	SALONA 37 DK	21	19	18	58
23	BRAINSTORM	STEFANO MOSCA	STEFANO MOSCA	LNI MILANO	FIRST 31.7	18	20	26	64
24	ENEWTEC	INGENIERIA Y NUEVA TECNOLOGIA 2.004	FRANCISCO MIGUEL GIMENEZ	CN MAR MENOR	FIRST 34.7 SD	32 BFD	17	19	68
25	POR FAVOR	SAILING ADVENTURE TEAM	MARIUSZ KLUPINSKI	SAILING ADVENTURE TEAM	DUFOUR 40	22	21	27	70
26	LENA LY	CARSTEN SCHIEWE	SVEN WITSCHEL	RCN PALMA	SWAN 40.2	32 BFD	22	24	78
27	LULLABY	VELE & VENTO DI ANDREA NASUTI	ANDREA NASUTI	LNI SAVONA	ELAN 37	23	25	30	78
28	JACANA SAILS	MARC BERNARD	MIKHAIL SKACHKOV	12 KNOTS	A-35	24	26	29	79
29	SALVORA II	PEDRO AGUDO GONZALEZ	PEDRO AGUDO	CN CADIZ	FIRST 36.7	32 BFD	23	28	83
30	GAGARIN	RENAT BATYROV	ALEXEY MOSKVIN	100 CAPTAINS	FIRST 47.7	32 DNC	24	31	87
31	HOSPITALES NISA - AL KEVIR	RAMON RODRIGUEZ / ANGEL RODRIGUEZ	JOSE BORRERO HIDALGO	CDN PUNTA UMBRIA	FIRST 40 SD	32 BFD	32 BFD	25	89

GAASTRA IRC 0

POS	N.VELA	ARMADOR	PATRON	CLUB	MODELO	1	2	3	PUNTOS
1	SWE72	GEORGE SAKELLARIS	GEORGE SAKELLARIS	NEW YORK YC	MAXI 72	1	1	1	3
2	MLT004	JOERN LARSEN	JOERN LARSEN		VOLVO OPEN 70	2	2	2	6
3	GBR800N	ARCTIC YACHT RACING LIMITED	STANISLAV ORLOV		NAUTA 78	5 DNF	3	3	11
4	FRA1953	LIONEL PEAN	LIONEL PEAN	SN SAINT TROPEZ	VOLVO OPEN 70	3	4	4	11

RIAS BAIXAS IRC 1

POS	YATE	ARMADOR	PATRON	CLUB	1	2	3	PUNTOS
1	MAMMA AIUTO	MANUEL WEILLER	NAOFUMI KAMEI	RCN PALMA	1	1	3	5
2	OTRA VEZ	WILLIAM COATES	WILLIAM COATES	GBCA	3	3	1	7
3	THA 72	KEVIN WHITCRAFT	KEVIN WHITCRAFT	ROYAL VARUNA YC	2	2	4	8
4	TEAM VISION FUTURE	CHAUBARD JEAN JACQUES	MERGUI MIKAEL	YC PORQUEROLLES	5	6	2	13
5	AROBAS	LOGEL	LOGEL	SNST - YCF	4	4	6	14
6	SILVA NEO	HEINZ PETER SCHMIDT	DENNIS GEHRLEIN	FSC / KYC	6	5	5	16
7	SPIRIT OF EUROPE	YCS PETERSBURG		YCS PETERSBURG	7	8	8	23
8	KUANKUN	EDUARDO WONG LU VEGA	EDUARDO WONG LU VEGA	YC PERU	8	7	9	24
9	PLIS PLAY	VICENTE GARCIA	VICENTE GARCIA	RCR ALICANTE	11 DNC	11 DNC	7	29
10	DUENDE 52	JACINTO RODRIGUEZ	JACINTO RODRIGUEZ	CN ARENYS	11 DNC	11 DNC	11 DNC	33

SINGULAR KITCHEN SOTO 40

POS	YATE	ARMADOR	PATRON	CLUB	1	2	PUNTOS
1	BIGAMIST	ANA MENDO?A	AFONSO DOMINGOS	AN LISBOA	1	2	3
2	NOTICIA IV	LUIS MARTIN CABIEDES	JOSE MARIA TORCIDA	MARINA BURRIANOVA	3	1	4
3	MITSUBISHI	HORACIO PAVEZ	JUAN EDUARDO REID	CNP	2	4	6
4	GLEN ELLEN VEINTIDOS	TIAN	CEDRIC POULIGNY	SN MARSEILLE	5	3	8
5	KOYAMA	BERN KAMMERLANDER	I?AKI CASTA?ER	RCN PALMA	4	5	9
6	UON	JOSE CALDEIRA	JOSE CALDEIRA	AN LISBOA	6	6	12

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