Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofía Mapfre - Trujillo leads Finn class

by Neus Jordi and Sail-World.com on 30 Mar 2010 Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofía Mapfre.

After 'a difficult day' and with the help of the wind, Spanish sailor Rafa Trujillo took the overall lead in the Finn class standings, with a second and third place in the two races sailed today.

'The top sailors are all very equal' said Trujillo after beating his rivals. The Spanish sailor was happy with his consistent performance and said his goal was to finish among the top eight competitors. Of the regatta the wind conditions Trujillo said 'we have to sail'.

For Peer Moberg, just behind Trujillo in the overall results, it has been 'a difficult day' marked by the wind shifts. In any case, the Norwegian competitor said for him winning is not important. 'My goal is to finish among the top ten; I will be happy with that', he said after he knew he was second overall. Moberg also agreed that 'all the top Finn sailors are here' and that makes it more difficult to finish at the top of the standings.

In third place is Croatian Ivan Kljakovic who has shown he is in good shape after illness. 'I wasn't well over the past ten days and I haven’t been able to train' said Kljakovic at the same time pointing out he was tired. He will take things 'step by step' to regain strength. For the moment Ivan modestly says 'he wants to sail and do it as best as possible'.

Complete results for all classes at www.trofeoprincesasofia-mapfre.org

Finn:

1	ESP - 100	Puerto Alcaidesa/Andalucia	Rafael TRUJILLO	r.c.n.la linea	5	5	2	3
2	NOR - 1	Jeepm	Peer MOBERG	KNS	10	10	8	2
3	CRO - 524	T-Mobile	Ivan KLJAKOVIC GASPIC	SC ZENTA Split	11	11	10	1
4	SLO - 5	-	Gasper VINCENT	JD FINN Slovenije	12	12	1	11
5	FRA - 115	Equipe de France Militaire	Le BRETON	SR BREST	13	13	9	4
6	GBR - 11	Edward Wright	Ed WRIGHT	RYA	13	13	5	8
7	GBR - 88	Teva	Mark ANDREWS	Largs S C	18	18	4	14
8	EST - 2	S4G/A. le Coq/EOK	Deniss KARPAK	S4G Karpak Sailing Team	18	18	12	6
9	POL - 7	-	Rafa SZUKIEL	Polish Yachting Association	18	18	6	12
10	CZE - 1	DEVOTI SAILING	Michael MAIER	YCR ROUDNICE N-L	26	26	17	9
11	FRA - 112	Equipe de France militaire de	Jonathan LOBERT	sno nantes	26	26	11	15
12	FIN - 218	Sonera	Tapio NIRKKO	EPS	26	26	13	13
13	POL - 17	-	Piotr KULA	BTZ Brugmann Biskupiek	28	28	18	10
14	GBR - 41	Skandia	Giles SCOTT	WPNSA	30	30	3	27
15	AUT - 3	KOSTI / ITSDONE	Raudaschl FLORIAN	UYC Wolfgangsee	31	31	24	7
16	GBR - 85	-	Andrew MILLS	Queen Mary	31	31	7	24
17	ESP - 7	muski	Alejandro MUSCAT DIAZ	CN Hospitalet Vandellos	31	31	14	17
18	RUS - 9	-	Skornyakov EDUARD	Moscow Sailing Skhool	31	31	15	16
19	SWE - 11	SKF	Daniel BIRGMARK	GKSS	41	41	16	25
20	USA - 619	-	Caleb PAINE	Southwestern Yacht Club	43	43	38	5
21	ITA - 101	-	Riccardo CORDOVANI	Fraglia vela Riva	45	45	25	20
22	GER - 771	Glashaeger	Jan KURFELD	Yachtclub Wismar 1961	46	46	28	18
23	CAN - 5	-	Greg DOUGLAS	RCYC	49	49	20	29
24	ITA - 146	fantastica	Paoletti MICHELE	y.c.t	49	49	21	28
25	ESP - 10	MEJILLON DE GALICIA	Ero PONS PENIN	LICEO CASINO VILAGARCIA	50	50	29	21
26	SWE - 6	-	Björn ALLANSSON	GKSS	51	51	19	32
27	EST - 7	-	Harles LIIV	Kalev PSK	53	53	23	30
28	GRE - 77	-	Ioannis MITAKIS	P.Y.C	56	56	33	23
29	USA - 40	-	Luke LAWERENCE	usscmc	58	58	32	26
30	RUS - 1	-	Alexey SELIVANOV	Krasnodar	58	58	27	31
31	GER - 712	-	Christoph FROH	SYC	59	59	37	22
32	NZL - 10	-	Matt COUTTS	MBSC	64	64	22	42
33	SWE - 33	-	Max SALMINEN	KSSS	65	65	31	34
34	ESP - 310	TOP ALACANT	Alejandro ARANZUEQUE	CLUB NAUTICO SANTA POLA	66	66	30	36
35	IND - 11	-	Nachhatar JOHAL	AYN. MUMBAI	68	68	35	33
36	POR - 5	SYBASE	Frederico MELO	Naval de Cascais	69	69	26	43
37	USA - 4	-	Zach RAILEY	stfyc	73	73	BFD	19
38	POL - 12	-	Milosz WOJEWSKI	Spojnia Warszawa	75	75	40	35
39	NED - 83	RNLNAVY	Timo HAGOORT	HWH	77	77	36	41
40	ITA - 981	-	Enrico VOLTOLINI	C.N.Livorno	77	77	39	38
41	NED - 844	Team Heiner	Gert VAN DER HEIJDEN	DSWZ Broach	80	80	41	39
42	FRA - 99	Transmer Assurances	Marc ALLAIN DES BEAUVAIS	SNO Nantes	82	82	42	40
43	CZE - 21	-	Jan CAJCIK	Yach Club Pardubice	83	83	46	37
44	ITA - 117	-	Giorgio POGGI	SVGDF	88	88	34	OCS
45	CZE - 81	-	Tomas HRNCAL	YC Pardubice	89	89	43	46
46	CZE - 11	MM SAILING/MIKE	Patrik DEUTSCHER	YCR ROUDNICE N/L	91	91	47	44
47	IRL - 4	-	Ross HAMILTON	Royal Irish YC	91	91	44	47
48	GER - 62	Heimatliebe	Barthel UWE	Segler-Club Dümmer e.V.	93	93	48	45
49	GER - 5	-	Moessnang JOERG	DTYC	94	94	45	49
50	ESP - 21	-	Mauricio LUQUE DIAZ	club nautico torre del mar	97	97	49	48
51	GER - 500	Mitscherlich	Christian RUPP	MYC	100	100	50	50
52	GER - 136	-	Christian TEICHMANN	DTYC	108	108	DNC	DNC