The Raid Vuelta to Mallorca has ended after 107 miles along the south and east coast of the island with a very varied climatology that has not prevented the pilots from covering the routes with averages above 45 knots, reaching, in many cases, points of up to 60 knots in sections, especially on the SE part of the island, past Cape Blanco and on the routes of the Costa de Llevit.

The Raid has brought together 20 units of motoronautics, 13 pneumatic and 7 motorcycles of water with pilots and equipment from all over Spain, especially from Andalusia, Madrid, the area of Alicante and Valencia, Catalonia and Balearic Islands.

On this occasion there was a French pilot, Meddy Menad, in Water Motos, who won the general classification, in a hard fight with the pilot Abel González of the Marablau, who maintained along the raid a 'frec à frec' at all times, imposing for a few seconds the French one on the pilot of Marablau. The motorcycle classification has been very close. The French proclaimed himself the winner of the general, winning three stages (the second 34 miles, the third, 30 miles and the fourth, 24 miles), followed by Abel González, who was second in the last three stages, with very little difference in times of each other. In the general classification of motorcycles he was third Juan Antonio Campoy, who won in the first stage.

After completing the four stages of the Meddy Menad raid, referring to the struggle starring the two pilots, he expressed his satisfaction in being able to participate and win this Raid, which he had known for a long time and for which he was interested in running it.'It has been an excellent experience, I have had a great time, both at sea, competing, and with very hard adversaries - with reference to the pilot Abel Gonzalez - but I have also enjoyed the activities on land, where I have been able to check the kindness of the athletes here and the excellent gastronomy of the island. I hope to return in the next edition, 'he told us.

The Raid produced several incidents in motorcycles, where Sergio Severi broke the hull of his bike, by a sea strike in the first stage, in the area of Dragonera and Antonio Guerrero, could not participate in the last stage between Porto Cristo- Cala Ratjada- Porto Cristo, because he detected a defibration in his hull, after the end of the third stage between Sa Rapita and Porto Cristo.

The pneumatic also took advantage of the variable meteology conditions, to adapt the race along the Raid. In the first three stages, where the coast was at the guard of the seasons coming from the NW, the boats took advantage of all the gas in this area of the Mallorcan sea.

In the Alfa class, Marcus Straver's Orange Marine team, with José Afonso with co-pilot, proclaimed himself a winner in his class. He was a title, he got it last year. Straver had as a great rival Carlos Vidal's Tsar Team II. To stress that Orange Marine is one of the units with the lowest power - 150 CV-, in the general classification has been left third, behind the Charlie ScubaElx of Jerónimo Boix and the Foxtrot of Bartolome Rotger. In the category Bravo the ZAR Team I, with Ricardo Masabeu and David Tellez, were the winners, leaving in second position the team Marina Sevilla of Antonio José Mata, followed by Team Rio de Alfonso Rio. In the Charlie class, ScubaElx of Jerónimo Boix was imposed at all stages, and was able to revalidate last year's title, followed by Vermell Lomar of Jaume Vaquer and the Syracuse of Manuel Trigo. In the Foxtrot category, reserved for prototypes and off-series boats, the winner was Rotger Bartolomé del Rotger Team, followed by Eddy Serge with his Tornado 7.5, with the third being the Bella Nautica Team, led by Juan Tenorio.

The Raid has ended in Porto Cristo, where all the participants were received by Jaume Vermell and where, after a lunch after the tests, it proceeded to the award and recognition of the pilots, as much for their sports merits as they helped the participants who had incidents at sea, providing them with help, and trailers to repair units, as was the case of the pilot Sergio Severi, who was rescued by Juan Antonio Campoy.

01 / 07 / 2017 - Beginning in Andratx the Raid Return to Mallorca of motoronautics

Lideran in pneumatic Jeronimo Boix del Scuba Elxq in the Charlie class, Eddy Serge Gonzalez in Bravo with Marcus Straver in Alpha category with Orange Team Nautica

Stretching day, with many miles on the coast and excitement at all times in the Raid Vuelta to Mallorca 2017, which with three complete stages of speed has run through the South and the Levant of the island of Mallorca, where the pilots have traveled 84 miles. A total of 21 ships are taking part in this classic of the Mallorcan motoronautics. It has taken off from Port d'Andratx this morning at 9: 30, where the ships left the facilities of the Club de Vela, to run three long stages, that the first has had as the route Port Andratx, Santa Ponça and Bahia Sant Telmo, the second a long stage of 34 miles between Sant Telmo and Sa Rapita, crossing the bay of Palma, and running all the south of the island and the last one a trepid race between Sa Rapita and Porto Cristo 30 miles, where the ships have exceeded 50 knots on average, filming the coast with the coast.

Throughout the day, there has been a strong dispute over leadership in the water motorcycle races. Two pilots have starred in this struggle, the French Medhy Menad, who competed for the first time in this test and the Madrid motorist, with a long palmaris on this raid, Abel Gonzalez. Both of them have maintained a hard 'get to get' throughout the day that is giving the test emotion, as tomorrow the duel will continue. Only a difference of 28 seconds in the second stage and 25 in the third stage today has separated the French from Abel, in a true Match Race between both. A sports rivalry that will surely continue on the last route of the raid, between Porto Cristo and Cala Ratjada.

In pneumatic to highlight the impeccable routes of Jerónimo Boix del Scuba Elx, which has been the best in the Charlie class, with three first positions in the three classifications per stage, to Eddy Serge González first in the stages of the Bravo category, and Marcus Straver the best in the Alpha category with the Orange Nautica.

28 / 06 / 2017: Start on Friday the Raid Motonautico Return to Mallorca in Port Andratx

All ready for the celebration of Raid Vuelta Mallorca 2017. The pilots are already heating engines to start the Raid on June 30, where the DNA of the test and the spirit of the participants is marked by the magical island of the Dragonera, which gives character to this motor test. On this occasion the Raid's operations centre, and its departure, is the CV Port Andratx, a magnificent natural engenada located opposite the island of the Dragonera. The first stage of the test, with the arrival of Sant Telm, will be covered by a circumvalation to the Dragonera, where the pilots will be able to enjoy the imposing coast of the island.

The winners last year, Jerónimo Boix (Charlie) and Markus Straver (Alfa) again defend their palmarés in this edition

The reception and registration of pilots and ships will take place on Friday. To highlight in this sense the participation in the Raid of the Campoy team squads, led by Juan Antonio Campoy, present in the Raid with two units, that of the ZAR team, with three units, highlighting the piloted by Ricardo Masabeu and David Tellez or that of Carlos Vidal. Other teams participating in the Raid are that of the competitive Abel González with Andujar Tean Pneumatics, the team of Calero Línea Nautica, with Alonso Parrado, the Madrid pilot Manuel Trigo Casanovas, with the Siracusa, Miguel Navarro, Antonio Guerrero, the Alicantino Jerónimo Boix de ScubaElx, winner last year in the category Charlie, or the Spanish-Dutch Marcus Straver of the Orange Team, also with a wide palmaris in this raid, winner in the category Alpha in the last edition.

Weather conditions this year seem complicated. The weather part boosts strong winds in the northern part of Mallorca. This situation, if not substantially changed, would require a change of tour in the Raid, seeking the socaire of the temporal, passing through the south of the island and avoiding the link by the coast of Tramontana. The Organizing Committee is assessing this option, which will be decided in due course, when next Friday the 30th, the meeting of pilots will take place at the Raid headquarters, at the Club Vela Port Andratx and the "meteo 'part can be analysed at 12 hours. The Raid will have as final stage Porto Cristo, on the coast of Llevit of the island, in the facilities of Jaume Vermell Nautica.

21 / 06 / 2017: The Raid Motor Return to Mallorca 2017 heats engines

Pilots, organizers and followers are heating engines to start the Raid Vuelta Mallorca on June 30. This year it has a route that covers a total of 146.5 nautical miles divided into six stages, of which 4 will be speed and two will be link. The competition tests will run between 1 and 2 July.

The Raid Vuelta Mallorca brings together water motorcycles and semi-rigid pneumatic pilots for three days in the surroundings of the island of Mallorca. It is one of the classic tests of the Spanish motoronautical calendar, which brings together pilots from all over the peninsula and from the Balearic Islands, each beginning of July.

Two boats participating in the Raid Return to Mallorca.

The competition will leave this year of the CV Port Andratx, in the south of the island and has as its goal Porto Cristo, on the coast of Levante Majorcan.

The base port of meeting and exit of the raid will be at the facilities of the CV Andratx. Here the participants will have the logistical support for the landing of ships and the test offices will be installed for the registration of pilots. The pilot meeting will also be held, prior to the start of the tests, the following day.

The evidence

On Saturday, July 1, the first-stage raid between Port Andratx and San Telmo will begin, a 26-mile drive, where the pilots will be able to cover in about 70 minutes. At noon, from San Telmo will be the departure for the speed stretch to reach Port Sóller, a 22-mile tour. It is planned to run this stretch in 60 minutes.

In Port Sóller the participants will have a meal, before starting the third stage of the day, a 95-mile link between Port Sóller and Port Pollença. A total of 83 nautical miles will have been covered on this day. In the port of arrival from the north of the island will be held the dinner of participants, at the facilities of the RCN Pollença.

On Sunday, July 2, the second day of the raid will be covered. They will run 63.5 miles, north and east of the island, with three stages. The opening day is a 23-mile stretch of speed between Port Pollença and Cala Ratjada. Then the fifth stage will be covered, a 14-mile link between Cala Ratjada and Colonia de San Pedro, and the sixth stage, the final stretch of the raid, will be a speed test with a 26.5-mile journey between the Colonia de San Pedro and Porto Cristo, the point of arrival of the Raid, which is planned to cover it in 72 minutes.