The tour is 160 theoretical miles, about 300 km (Photo Alejandro Varela)

The Olympic champion Antón Paz has joined the catamaran of the M32 Movistar team leading Iker Martínez and, since his role as "trimmer "May, he will try to help beat the record of his category in the turn to Mallorca by sailing, a challenge they plan to start from next January 15. Martinez praised his new partner "has a lot of experience and on a ship like the M32, with four or five people, it is organized very well... it coordinates different areas. This is like a big Tornado and all that Anton has very controlled it so it's a person who brings a lot to the team. Besides, he's looking forward to it. He is a great registration and a fundamental person for such projects", welcomed statements made by his team. For its part, Peace, Olympic gold in the Tornado class in Beijing 2008 but that did not achieve the classification for the Rio Games, explained that this initiative "is a good challenge, a good start to navigate in larger and more professional catamarans"."The hardest thing is winter. The weather conditions will be complicated. We're gonna have to open up. It's gonna be a lot of hours at sea, you can even make us at night. Feeding and protecting yourself well is going to be one of the keys to being able to surrender and navigate in conditions", he analyzed, also stressing that "the coast of northern Mallorca is the most abrupt."

La Vuelta a Mallorca was a challenge initially directed at monocasco ships, but the Real Club Nautico de Palma opened the rules to new categories in 2016. Thus, whether monocascos or multicascos such as trimarans or catamarans with or without 'foils' can challenge a record that since 27 April 2005 has been in the hands of the German Maxi "UCA." This monocasco, armed by Klaus Murmann, set the mark in 17 hours, 14 minutes and 39 seconds. With a route of 160 theoretical miles (almost 300 km), the Vuelta a Mallorca is a very demanding singladura, especially on the northern coast, where the ships are forced to sail in almost parallel to the Serra de Tramuntana, with peaks more than 1,000 meters high.