Hap Fauth' “Bellamente” wins the game
Palma de Mallorca, May 5, 2013Hap Fauth' “Bellamente” wins the game on Peter Ogden' “Jethou” in the Mini Maxi class.
The tenth edition of Gaastra PalmaVela says goodbye to the bay of Palma de Majorca (Spain) after a fantastic racing day with 12 knots of wind from the Southeast. The Maxis and the Vintage yachts sailed today a coastal race of 21 nm taking the fleet to Illetas and to the small island of Sa Porrasa in Calvià. The rest of the classes have sailed windward/Leeward courses.
“Bellamente” of Haup Fauth wins in the Mini Maxi of the Gaastra PalmaVela after a tight final. The American finished second in the coastal race today and Sir Peter Ogden finally had to conform his "Jethou" with a second overall.
Today "Ran" proved to still be in form by winning the last race and Niklas Zennstrom finishes in third place over "Shockwave" of George Sakellaris.
In the Maxi Class, “Altair” of Boris Gusev has lead all the way through the championship. "Nilaya" of Filip Balcaen won today’s race and climbed up to second place, moving "Virtuelle" of Jean Michelle Robert to third place.