He finished the Copa del Rey Mapfre in the waters of Palma de Mallorca in which ships of four nationalities distributed the titles in the ten participating classes, and will receive tonight their trophies by the hands of Don Felipe, who again competes as patron of the Aifos. The race was fired from Palma Bay with two exciting sleeves in all classes except for the GC32 flying catamarans, who fought three. The largest fleet in the history of the event, made up of 138 ships of 24 nationalities, completed up to 107 tests over six days of competition in the bay of Palma despite a capricious wind that prevented completion of the planned program. Philip VI patronized the Aifos in five of the six days of race and completed a brilliant week with a fifth in the largest class of the fleet, BMW ORC 1.

The winners of the respective classes were the Germans Momo in Maxi class 72, Earlybird in ClubSwan 50 and Elena Nova in MRW Swan 45; the Japanese Mamma Aiuto! in GC32; the British Alegre in Mallorca Sotheby's IRC; and the Spanish Pez of April in Swan 42, Rats on Fire in BMW ORC 1, SUM Innovation in BMW ORC 2, Ceres Group in BMW ORC 3 and Bribon Movistar in Herbalife J80.

The Maxi 72 class title was the Momo of Dieter Schön. The German ship led the classification from the first test of the week, and resolved the last two rounds with a quarter and a first, leaving with six partial wins of ten possible and a four-point rent on the Cannonball of Italian Dario Ferrari. Complete the podium the Proteus of George Sakellaris. With this victory, Momo gets valuable points for the Maxi 72 Overall Trophy 2017, the class's international championship.

In GC32, the Mamma Aiuto! of the shipowner and timonel Naofumi Kamei got his first title in a GC32 Racing Tour test, second in Palma after IRC 1 in 2015. The Japanese flying catamaran, which has on board the Mallorcan Manu Weiller, regularly pulled in an equal fleet in which up to six of the ten ships achieved partial wins in one of the 14 trials disputed. The Argo of the American Jason Carroll was second, 11 points from the champion and four ahead of the Realteam of the Swiss Jerome Clerc. The Spanish Movistar was repaid for an irregular week winning the final championship test to finish fifth.

In Mallorca Sotheby's IRC, TP52 Alegre confirmed his final victory in the first manga of the day, and chose not to compete in the last. The team led by Andrés Soriano achieves his third MAPHRE King's Cup in three different categories: he was champion of Soto 40 in 2012 and IRC 0 in 2013. Five points from the champion finished second the Swiss Team Vision Future by Mikael Mergui, followed by the French Paprec Recyclage by Stephane Neve. The TP52 occupied the first seven positions of the final classification in a fleet of 16 ships.

In ClubSwan 50, the Earlybird won the two tests of the day to rise with an impressive card: six partial wins of 11 possible and no results below the third. The team of the shipowner-timonel Hendrik Brandis and the tactical Jochen Schüman, won their second consecutive title in the MAPHRE King's Cup, which he won in 2016 in the MRW Swan 45 class. The Italian Cuordileone of Leonardo Ferragamo and Ulika of Andrea Masi accompany him on the podium.

Only one point separated the first two classified MRW Swan 45, the teams that alternated at the front of the provisional throughout the week. The Elena Nova of the German Christian Plump won the title literally in the last manga, which he reached with two points of disadvantage over his archirrival, the Black of the Ecuadorian Francisco Rizzo. Elena Nova was taking the last round, and Negra saw the victory in extreme escape by scoring a painful room. The Dutch K-Force of Jan de Kraker completed the podium.

In the Swan 42 class, the April Fish was able to defend its leadership to confirm the title. José María Meseguer's ship completed both sleeves ahead of his most direct rival and with whom the first position was disputed throughout the week, the Nadir de Pedro Vaquer. A 4-3 partial of the champion for 5-5 of his rival confirmed the April Fish as the 2017 champion. Third, at a point in the Nadir, the Spanish Electric Network of Alberto Viejo finished.

Rats on Fire was awarded BMW ORC 1 champion, fifth title for the team of shipowner Rafael Carbonell (also winner in 2014, 2013, 2011 and 2010). Today he was going to defend the Aifos of Philip VI, a position he held throughout the week, but signed the two worst partials of the championship (11 and 15) to see how both the title and the podium escaped. The final victory was for the Rats on Fire (2-4 today), but the best boat of the day was the Porron IX of Axel Rodger (1-3), which managed to ascend to the second position by tying to points with the Maserati of Fernando León (3-2).

The title of BMW ORC 2 was the SUM Innovation of Pedro Campos. The title's defender made a perfect day, scoring two of his five partial wins of the week to take 3.5 points to the Maverta de José Ballester in the final computation. This triumph is the ninth title for the Galician team, fifth in a row, and tenth for Campos, the most laureate pattern in the history of the MAPHRE King's Cup. Third finished the Kundaka of José Coello.

The Ceres Group of Javier Banderas was proclaimed BMW ORC 3 champion with another pair of aces, closing the best card of the entire fleet: eight first of nine possible and a quarter. The Dufour 34 named by Daniel Cuevas demonstrated an absolute dominance over his eight rivals, and only felt the threat of the second classified, the British Just the Job, the winner of the only one who gave in to the Malagasy team. Third finished the Lanzarote Sailing Paradise by Alejandro Morales.

The title of Herbalife J80 was finally the Bribon Movistar of Marc de Antonio, who did not fall out of the room in any of the ten trials played in this edition. The Les Roches by Eric Brezellec, who went out in the water with victory options, remained uncompetitive in the last manga by breaking a candle and ended second. The podium was closed by Javier Padron's ONE. The final generals are as follows:

BMW ORC 1
1. Rats on Fire (ESP), Rayco Tabares, 5 + (BFD / 36) + 1 + 8 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 9 + 2 + 4 = 40
2. Porron IX (ESP), Axel Rodger, 10 + 1 + 3 + (14) + 8 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 3 = 42
3. Maserati (ESP), Fernando León, (13) + 2 + 7 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 2 = 42

BMW ORC 2
1. Sum Innovation (ESP), Pedro Campos, (6) + 1 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 18
2. Maverta (ESP), Jose Ballester, 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 4 + (9) + 3.5 + 2 = 21.5
3. Kundaka - Elite Sails (ESP), José Coello, 8 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 5 + 3 + 3 + (9) + 3 = 33

BMW ORC 3
1. Ceres Group (ESP), Daniel Cuevas, (4) + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 8
2. Just the Job (GBR), Scott Beattie, 1 + 4 + 4 + (5) + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 19
3. Lanzarote Sailing Paradise (ESP), Alejandro Morales, 3 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 5 + (6) + 4 + 3 + 4 = 29

GC32
1. Mamma Aiuto! (JPN), Naofumi Kamei, 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + (8) + 3 + 6 + 3 + 6 + 3 = 46
2. Team Argo (USA), Jason Carroll, (10) + 6 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 7 + 5 + 10 + 3 + 2 = 57
3. Realteam (SUI), Jerome Clerc, 4 + 1 + 5 + (9) + 3 + 3 + 9 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 4 = 61

Maxi 72
1. Momo (IVB), Dieter Schon, 1 + 1 + 1 + (4) + 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 4 + 1 = 16
2. Cannonball (ITA), Dario Ferrari, 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + (4) + 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 = 20
3. Proteus (USA), George Sakellaris, 2 + 3 + (4) + 1 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 2 = 21

Club Swan 50
1. Earlybird (GER), Hendrik Brandis, 1 + 1 + (3) + 2 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 16
2. Cuordileone (ITA), Leonardo Ferragano, 5 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 2 + (6) + 4 = 29
3. Ulika (ITA), Andrea Masi, 2 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 2 + (6) = 31

MRW Swan 45
1. Elena Nova (GER), Christian Plump, 5 + (7) + 1 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 6 + 1 = 27
2. Black (ECU), Francisco Rizzo, (6) + 1 + 2 + 2 + 6 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 4 = 28
3. K-Force (USA), 3 + 2 + 6 + (8) + 1 + 3 + 7 + 3 + 1 + 5 + 5 = 36

Swan 42
1. April fish (ESP), José María Meseguer, 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + (4) + 1 + 4 + 3 = 20
2. Nadir (ESP), Pedro Vaquer Comas, 2 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 2 + (8) + 2 + 5 + 5 = 26
3. Spanish Electric Network (ESP), Alberto Viejo Puga, 7 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 1 + (8) + 6 + 2 = 27

Mallorca Sotheby's IRC
1. Alegre (GBR), Andrés Soriano, 7 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + (DNC / 17) = 22
2. Team Vision Future (SUI), Mergui Mikael, 1 + 4 + 1 + (7) + 1 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 4 + 1 = 27
3. Paprec Recyclage (FRA), Stephane Neve, 2 + 5 + 2 + 4 + (6) + 4 + 2 + 6 + 3 + 6 + 2 = 36

Herbalife J80
1. Bribon Movistar (ESP), Marc de Antonio, 1 + 2 + (4) + 3 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 4 = 20
2. Les Roches Jeunesse Marbella Team (ESP), Eric Brezellec, 2 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 4 + 11 + 1 + 6 + 3 + (DNC / 21) = 35
3. Ono M & G Tressis (ESP), Javier Padron, 6 + (BFD / 21) + 2 + 9 + 2 + 12 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 39

05 / 08 / 2017 - Maximum emotion for the final day of the Mapfre King's Cup

The GC32 fleet sailing in Palma Bay today. © Nico Martínez / MAPHRE King's Cup

The most complete day of the week has allowed the fleet to fight up to 31 tests in Palma Bay. The 36 Cup of King Mapfre ends tomorrow, and the title is to be decided in the ten classes. The Aifos patronized by Philip VI faces the last day as a BMW-class leader ORC 1, and could make history if tomorrow he confirms his victory. The race menu has been the most complete of the week today. The wind in the bay of Palma was soft but more stable than in previous days, allowing to dispute five tests of GC32, two of Maxi 72 and three of the rest of the classes. Only the BMW ORC 3 returned to the ground with less than eight partials, the minimum set by the Regates Committee so that each participant can rule out their worst partial of the week.

The provisional classification of the 36 Cup of King MAPHRE at the end of the fifth and penultimate day of competition is headed by Momo in class Maxi 72, Mamma Aiuto! in GC32, Alegre in Mallorca Sotheby's IRC, Earlybird in ClubSwan 50, Elena Nova in MRW Swan 45, Pez de Abril in Swan 42, Aifos in BMW ORC 1, SUM Innovation in BMW ORC 2, Group Ceres in BMW ORC 3 and Bribon Movistar in Herbalife J80.

The Maxi 72 fought two sleeves and reached the cut for discards. The first test allowed the Cannonball of Dario Ferrari to score its first partial win of the week and the second to the Momo of Diete Schön to add its fifth victory of eight possible. The German ship is being the clear master of this edition, and faces the last day with five points of advantage over the American Proteus.

GC32 has been the most active class of the day, completing five sleeves, the maximum set in your Regata Instructions. Today they have won five different teams - Argo, Mamma Aiuto!, Malizia, Zoulou and Realteam- a further demonstration of the equality between the fleet of flying catamarans. The best of the day have been the Movistar (sixth) and Malizia (fourth), and the Mamma Aiuto! of Naofumi Kamei managed to defend leadership despite adding his two worst partials of the week (eighth and sixth). The Japanese ship faces the last day with eight points of advantage over the American Argo of Jason Carroll. GC32 is the only class that does not apply discards.

The best of the day at Mallorca Sotheby's IRC was the British Alegre. The ship of Andrés Soriano won with authority the three disputed tests, and once the discards were applied (it eliminates the seventh with which the week began) it is held to the front of the table with nine points of advantage over the Swiss Team Vision Future.

The Italian Cuordileone has been the most benefited by this full fifth day of race in ClubSwan 50. The ship of Leonardo Ferragamo, general director of the Nauthor's Swan shipyard, resolved the three sleeves disputed with a first and two seconds, and was rid of the seven points of the disqualification he received on the third day, ascending from the fifth to the second provisional position, tied to points with the Ulika. The Earlybird of Hendrik Brandis (2-3-1 today) is kept in the head of the last day's classification with a nine-point income.

Exciting fifth day in the MRW Swan 45 class. The Black Ecuadorian was leaving the RCNP as the leader of the category, but the Elena Nova was able to take advantage of the three disputed evidence and discard it to take away the first position. The Christian Plump ship (1-2-2 today) leads by the minimum of Francisco Rizzo, guaranteeing an exciting final duel tomorrow.

The April Fish was able to defend Swan 42's first position and return to the ground with the same three income points on the Nadir with those who went out in the water this morning. The ship of José María Meseguer signed the best card of the class (3-4-1), although the main protagonist of the day was the Spanish Electric Network of Alberto Viejo, which began with force (two first consecutive) and punctured in the last of the day (eighth) to stay in the third provisional position, six points from the leader.

The Herbalife J80 completed three tests today and reached eight partials, although the entry into play of the discard has not altered the composition of the provisional podium. The winners of the day were Bribon Movistar, Les Roches and ONO. Marc de Antonio's Bribon Movistar was the best of the day and has been able to increase his advantage at the head of the classification to six points. The classifications are as follows:

BMW ORC 1
1. Aifos (ESP), S.M. King Philip VI, 2 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 2 + (9) + 5 = 28
2. Rats on Fire (ESP), Rayco Tabares, 5 + (BFD / 36) + 1 + 8 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 9 = 34
3. Maserati (ESP), Fernando León, (13) + 2 + 7 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 3 = 37

BMW ORC 2
1. Sum Innovation (ESP), Pedro Campos, (6) + 1 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 16
2. Maverta (ESP), Jose Ballester, 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 4 + (9) = 16
3. Kundaka - Elite Sails (ESP), José Coello, (8) + 3 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 5 + 3 + 3 = 22

BMW ORC 3
1. Ceres Group (ESP), Daniel Cuevas, 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 10
2. Just the Job (GBR), Scott Beattie, 1 + 4 + 4 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 20
3. Lanzarote Sailing Paradise (ESP), Alejandro Morales, 3 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 4 = 28

GC32
1. Mamma Aiuto! (JPN), Naofumi Kamei, 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 8 + 3 + 6 = 34
2. Team Argo (USA), Jason Carroll, 10 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 7 + 5 = 42
3. Malizia (MON), Pierre Casiraghi, 6 + 4 + 7 + 5 + 7 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 6 + 2 = 46

Maxi 72
1. Momo (IVB), Dieter Schon, 1 + 1 + 1 + (4) + 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 11
2. Proteus (USA), George Sakellaris, 2 + 3 + (4) + 1 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 16
3. Cannonball (ITA), Dario Ferrari, 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + (4) + 1 + 3 = 17

Club Swan 50
1. Earlybird (GER), Hendrik Brandis, 1 + 1 + (3) + 2 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 14
2. Cuordileone (ITA), Leonardo Ferragano, 5 + 5 + 1 + 5 + (DSQ / 7) + 2 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 23
3. Ulika (ITA), Andrea Masi, 2 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 2 + (5) = 23

MRW Swan 45
1. Elena Nova (GER), Christian Plump, 5 + (7) + 1 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 1 + 2 = 20
2. Black (ECU), Francisco Rizzo, (6) + 1 + 2 + 2 + 6 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 4 = 21
3. K-Force (USA), 3 + 2 + 6 + (8) + 1 + 3 + 7 + 3 + 1 = 26

Swan 42
1. April fish (ESP), José María Meseguer, 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + (4) + 1 = 13
2. Nadir (ESP), Pedro Vaquer Comas, 2 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 2 + (8) + 2 = 16
3. Spanish Electric Network (ESP), Alberto Viejo Puga, 7 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 1 + (8) = 19

Mallorca Sotheby's IRC
1. Alegre (GBR), Andrés Soriano, (7) + 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 13
2. Team Vision Future (SUI), Mergui Mikael, 1 + 4 + 1 + (7) + 1 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 2 = 22
3. Paprec Recyclage (FRA), Stephane Neve, 2 + 5 + 2 + 4 + (6) + 4 + 2 + 6 + 3 = 28

Herbalife J80
1. Bribon Movistar (ESP), Marc de Antonio, 1 + 2 + (4) + 3 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 2 = 15
2. Les Roches Jeunesse Marbella Team (ESP), Eric Brezellec, 2 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 4 + (11) + 1 + 6 = 21
3. VSA Communication (ESP), José María Van der Ploeg, 3 + 3 + 8 + 5 + 5 + 2 + 6 + (9) = 32

03 / 08 / 2017 - The Aifos of King Philip VI remains untreatable in the Cup of King Mapfre

The components of the Olympic team of Barcelona 92 honored in Palma (Photo María Muiña)

The fourth day of competition has allowed the holding of tests in all classes, encouraging changes of leader in four of them. The Aifos patronized by S.M. King Philip VI has taken advantage of the day to escape a little more at the head of the BMW ORC 1 class, and already has 17 rent points for the penultimate day of competition.

The provisional classification of the 36 Mapfre King's Cup at the end of the fourth day of competition is headed by Momo in Maxi class 72, Mamma Aiuto! in GC32, Alegre in Mallorca Sotheby's IRC, Earlybird in ClubSwan 50, Black in MRW Swan 45, Fish of April in Swan 42, Aifos in BMW ORC 1, Maverta in BMW ORC 2, Group Ceres in BMW ORC 3 and Bribon Movistar in Herbalife J80.

Maxi 72's only test served the title defender to resell a bad start of the week and score his first partial victory. Alex Roepers's American Bella Mind was the fastest on the almost 10-mile route established in the center of the bay, and the combination of results pressed the provisional, now with three ships at one point. The leader Momo de Dieter Schön, third in the manga today, retains his five-point income on the second position now occupied by Bella Mente.

The GC32 were able to complete four tests. The main protagonist of the day was the American Argo of Jason Carroll, who imposed on three of them and scored a fifth in the last day, won by the Malizia of Pierre Casiraghi. The provisional after six partials is led by the Mamma Aiuto! of Naofumi Kamei thanks to its regularity. The Japanese ship, which has on board the Manu Weiller mallorcan, enjoys a ten-point rent on its immediate pursuit, the Argo.

Change of leader in Mallorca Sotheby's IRC class. The test of the day was for the French Alizee of Laurent Camprubi, but the second position of Alegre allows the ship of Andrés Soriano to take the first position to the Swiss Team Vision Future (fifth today, its worst part of the week). Three points separate the first three classified after six tests.

The German Earlybird continues to lead ClubSwan class 50. The ship of the Tandem Hendrik Brandis - Jochen Shümann today scored a third, but retains an income of eight points in front of the classification. Second is the Italian Ulika of Andrea Masi, who has renounced his victory in today's trial to ascend three positions in the provisional.

The Black Ecuadorian won the test of the day and is the new leader of MRW Swan 45. Great result for the ship of Andrés Rizzo, tripulated by a combination of family and friends of the shipowner who traveled from Ecuador for the race. The provisional for the penultimate day shows four ships in only five points in the fight for the podium.

In Swan 42, the victory of the day was the Nadir of Pedro Vaquer, who spies a point on the leader of April Pez of José María Meseguer, second today. Close the provisional podium the Spanish Electric Network of Alberto Viejo.

In BMW ORC 1 class, the Aifos continues to add days to their heads. The ship named by Rey Felipe VI resolved the day with a room in a test won by the Argentine Saint Gregory. The combination of the results of the rest of the fleet allows the ship of the Spanish Navy to increase its income to the front of the provisional by seven points thanks to the 11 joined by its immediate persecutor, the Adrián Hotels of Daniel Adrián. Rayco Tabares' Rats on Fire was second today, and continues to advance positions with the look on the eighth championship test, which will introduce the discard and allow you to get rid of the 36 BFD points in the second championship test to present your candidacy for the title.

Similar case stars L'Immens in BMW class ORC 2. The ship patrolled by Carles Rodríguez won the manga of the day, but still drags 22 points of the second day DSQ and is eighth. Three tests are missing for the discard in this class, which for the moment accumulates five partials. First the Maverta of José Ballester is maintained, which scored a third and takes eight points to the SUM Innovation of Pedro Campos (second today).

New partial victory in BMW ORC 3 for the Ceres Group patronized by Daniel Cuevas, which adds three wins of four possible. The ship of the Malaysian shipowner Javier Banderas has only ceded three points throughout the week, and leads the class by six points on the Saona of Gonzalo Calvo, second today.

New leader also in Herbalife class J80. Marc de Antonio's Bribon Movistar wins the prize for regularity, and today he has enough to finish second contest to take the lead to Eric Brezallec's Les Roches, fourth today. The HM Hotels by Javier Chacartegui was the winner of the day, the best result of a week in which he had not achieved any partial below the ten.

Tomorrow is the fifth and penultimate day of competition. The Regatas Committee has designed a program composed of tests between batons for all classes, which could activate discards in several of them. Those who reach the eight partials will rule out the worst result, which could lead to interesting changes in the struggle for the title. The GC32 are the only ones that do not rule out in Palma. The classifications are like this:

BMW ORC 1
1. Aifos (ESP), S.M. King Philip VI, 2 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 4 + 4 = 21
2. Adrian Hotels Macaronesia (NED), Daniel Adrián Rueira, 1 + 9 + 13 + 1 + 3 + 11 = 38
3. Maserati (ESP), Fernando León, 13 + 2 + 7 + 6 + 6 + 5 = 39

BMW ORC 2
1. Maverta (ESP), Jose Ballester, 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 3 = 10
2. Sum Innovation (ESP), Pedro Campos, 6 + 1 + 3 + 6 + 2 = 18
3. Kundaka - Elite Sails (ESP), José Coello, 8 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 4 = 19

BMW ORC 3
1. Ceres Group (ESP), Daniel Cuevas, 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 7
2. Saona (ESP), Gonzalo Calvo, 7 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 13
3. Lanzarote Sailing Paradise (ESP), Alejandro Morales, 3 + 3 + 3 + 4 = 13

GC32
1. Mamma Aiuto! (JPN), Naofumi Kamei, 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 14
2. Team Argo (USA), Jason Carroll, 10 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5 = 24
3. Real Team (SUI), Jerome Clerc, 4 + 1 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 3 = 25

Maxi 72
1. Momo (IVB), Dieter Schon, 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 3 = 11
2. Bella Minte (USA), Alex Roepers, 4 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 16
3. Proteus (USA), George Sakellaris, 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 16

Club Swan 50
1. Earlybird (GER), Hendrik Brandis, 1 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 3 = 11
2. Ulika (ITA), Andrea Masi, 2 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 1 = 19
3. Niramo (GER), Sonke Meier Sawatzki, 6 + 2 + 2 + 6 + 2 + 5 = 23

MRW Swan 45
1. Black (ECU), Francisco Rizzo, 6 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 6 + 1 = 18
2. Automations (NED), Lennard Van Oeveren, 4 + 4 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 2 = 21
3. Elena Nova (GER), Christian Plump, 5 + 7 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 6 = 22

Swan 42
1. April fish (ESP), José María Meseguer, 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 = 9
2. Nadir (ESP), Pedro Vaquer Comas, 2 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 1 = 12
3. Spanish Electric Network (ESP), Alberto Viejo Puga, 7 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 17

Mallorca Sotheby's IRC
1. Alegre (GBR), Andrés Soriano, 7 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 2 = 17
2. Team Vision Future (SUI), Mergui Mikael, 1 + 4 + 1 + 7 + 1 + 5 = 19
3. Phoenix (USA), Hasso Plattner, 5 + 2 + 4 + 2 + 4 + 3 = 20

Herbalife J80
1. Bribon Movistar (ESP), Marc de Antonio, 1 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 3 = 13
2. Les Roches Jeunesse Marbella Team (ESP), Eric Brezellec, 2 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 4 = 14
3. VSA Communication (ESP), José María Van der Ploeg, 3 + 3 + 8 + 5 + 5 = 24

02 / 08 / 2017 - Luck to the third and complicated day of the Mapfre King's Cup

Adrián Hotels, Maserati and Rats on Fire in the third day in Palma (Photo Luis Fernández)

The Mapfre King's Cup has made history today by bringing together for the first time in its race field the 138 ships that compete for their 36 edition. The GC32 flying catamarans have joined the fleet, which has had to deal with a new day of unstable wind that altered the competition program... Philip VI returned to the helm of the Aifos to successfully defend the leadership in the BMW ORC 1 class.

The third day of competition was closed with different luck for the different classes. Wind instability prevented compliance with the planned program, and the lockers added two partials in all classes except the BMW ORC 2 and Herbalife J80, which contested a single test, and the BMW ORC 3, which returned to the ground blank. The incorporation of the GC32 flying catamarans into the competition allowed for the first time to see the 138 ships of the ten participating classes show in the bay of Palma. A historic milestone.

The provisional classification at the end of the third day of competition is headed by Momo in Maxi class 72, Realteam in GC32, Team Vision Future in Mallorca Sotheby's IRC, Earlybird in ClubSwan 50, Elena Nova in MRW Swan 45, Fish of April in Swan 42, Aifos in BMW ORC 1, Maverta in BMW ORC 2, Group Ceres in BMW ORC 3 and Les Roches in Herbalife J80.

The third day of Maxi 72 was filled with two sleeves that had very different protagonists. The initial allowed the American Proteus to score his first partial victory of the week, and the next to the German Momo to add a new win to his locker, the fourth in five tests. The ship of Dieter Schön is consolidated at the front of the provisional, and already takes five points to the second classified, the Italian Cannonball (3-2 today).

The GC32 debut also allowed for two sleeves. The inaugural was the last team to join the class, the Australian .film Racing by Simon Delzoppo, who has debuted the big one in Palma. The second test was for the Swiss Realteam (4-1 today), which leads the provisional in an exciting triple tie with the French Team ENGIE (3-2) and the Japanese Mamma Aiuto! (2-3).

The two trials in Mallorca Sotheby's IRC class have tightened the battle for the first position. At the end of this third day, a single point separates the Swiss leader Team Vision Future (7-1 today) from the British Alegre (1-3). The TP52 by Andrés Soriano today scratched him four points from Mergui Mikael.

Earlybird seems to be on the way to the first ClubSwan 50 class title. The ship of Hendrik Brandis resolved an almost perfect day, with a second and a first one that allows it to extend its advantage to the front of the provisional to ten points. The Russian Skorpios won the first manga of the day, and is now third behind Italian Cuordileone.

In MRW Swan 45, the German Elena Nova took advantage of today's double ration to take away the leadership of the Black Ecuadorian. The ship patrolled by Christian Plump, which started the week with discreet results, only gave in a point today when it scored a first and a second. The Dutch K-Force won the second test of the day.

The Swan 42 class compensated yesterday's blank day by adding two partials today. The first allowed the Spanish Electric Network to add its first partial championship win, and the second was for the April Fish. The ship of José María Meseguer is the new leader, with four points of advantage over the Nadir (4-4 today).

S.M. King Philip VI rejoined today at the helm of the Aifos in BMW class ORC 1. The ship of the Spanish Navy left the RCNP this morning to defend its leadership in the largest class of this MAPHRE King's Cup, and returned to the club with higher income at the head of the provisional after a good day (3-4). The winners of today's tests were French Zappy's (General's 10th) and British Marina Greenwich (Thirteenth).

The BMW ORC 2 test allows the Maverta to become more in the class's first position. José Ballester's Rodman 42 scored his second consecutive partial win, and has already taken eight points to the Kundaka, second today.

The Ceres Group of Javier Banderas continues to lead BMW ORC 3. The Regatas Committee tried to do so all day, but the wind did not cooperate, making valid the results with which the fleet left the RCNP this morning.

The Herbalife class J80 returned to port with a single sleeve that has caused a tie in the head of the provisional between the leader Les Roches (6 today) and the Bribón Movistar (3), both with 10 points. The winner of the day was the Garatu Group of Iker Almandoz, who is now third.

01 / 02 / 2017 - The Mapfre King's Cup successfully overcomes a difficult second day

The Rats on Fire has been placed in the top of the BMW ORC 1 class (Photo D.Yañez)

The second day of King Mapfre's 36 Cup has begun with uncertainty. The coated sky of the bay of Palma, and the combination of intense heat with a suffocating humidity, seemed to put at risk the action in the water, but the Regatas Committee succeeded in establishing the regatta fields, and eight of the nine classes were able to score a new partial to their lockers. Only the Swan42 remained unmarked, and the others regateated in difficult conditions. The GC32 played their official training race in advance of their debut in competition tomorrow.

Today they have defended leadership seven teams, there is a tie in the head of a class, two new leaders, and a ship keeps a card impeccable by counting evidence for victories. The Aifos of the Spanish Navy, today named by Jaime Rodríguez Touges, retains the leadership obtained yesterday by King Philip VI. The leaders at the end of the second day of competition are Momo in Maxi class 72, Team Vision Future in Mallorca Sotheby's IRC, Earlybird in ClubSwan 50, Black in MRW Swan 45, Nadir in Swan 42, Aifos in BMW ORC 1, L'Immens in BMW ORC 2, Ceres Group in BMW ORC 3 and Les Roches in Herbalife J80.

The third test of the week in Maxi 72 had the same protagonist of the previous two. The Momo of the German Dieter Schön was again the fastest and became the only team that has won all the tests disputed so far. A five-point advantage to Italian Cannonball, third in today's test behind American Bella Minte.

He also defends leadership in Mallorca Sotheby's IRC class the Swiss Team Vision Future. The ship named by Mikael Mergui, who yesterday began with a first and a fourth, won today's test and is taking three points to his immediate pursuit, the French Paprec Recyclage, second in today's test. The TP52 maintain their domain in the category and occupy the first seven positions of the provisional.

The victory of the ClubSwan 50 class day was the Curdileone of the owner of Nauthor's Swan, Leonardo Ferragamo, who has in Palma with the help of New Zealand Gavin Brady for the tactic. The Earlybird of the German Hendrik Brandis retains the leadership thanks to his third position, behind his compatriot Niramo.

The MRW Swan 45 test was for the Elena Nova of Christian Plump, third in the class in 2016. Second was the Black of Francisco Rizzo, a result that allows the Ecuadorian team to take the first provisional position of the Monegasque Ange Transparent 2, seventh today.

The Swan42 are the only ones who couldn't complete any tests today. The Regata Committee decided to annul the test that began with the instability of the wind. It is therefore worth yesterday's provisional, which leads the Nadir of Pedro Vaquer tied with the April Fish of José María Meseguer.

The victory of the day at BMW ORC 1 was for Rafa Carbonell's Rats on Fire. A result that allows the quadruple King's MAPHRE Cup champion to partially compensate for the 36 points he added yesterday by black flag in the second test of the day. At the head of the provisional, the Aifos of the Spanish Navy continues, named today by Jaime Rodríguez Touges, who today has signed a sixth and takes three points to the second classified, the Porron IX.

The only change of leader has occurred in BMW ORC 2 class. The test of the day was won by the L'Immens de Carles Rodríguez, a result that allows you to tie to points with the Maverta de José Ballester (second today) and take away the first provisional position.

The Ceres Group of Javier Banderas retains the first position of BMW ORC 3 after today scoring its second partial consecutive victory. The ship patrolled by Daniel Cuevas took about a minute to his immediate pursuit, confirming the good performance shown yesterday. Today also won the leader in Herbalife class J80. The Les Roches, patronized by Eric Brezellec, who defends title, has given only one point in three tests. The general is like this:

BMW ORC 1
1. Aifos (ESP), S.M. King Philip VI, 2 + 3 + 6 = 11
2. Porron IX (ESP), Axel Rodger, 10 + 1 + 3 = 14
3. Hydra - Marina Rubicon (HKG), 9 + 8 + 2 = 19

BMW ORC 2
1. L'Immens - Laplaza Assesors (GBR), Carlos Rodríguez, 2 + 4 + 1 = 7
2. Maverta (ESP), Jose Ballester, 3 + 2 + 2 = 7
3. Sum Innovation (ESP), Pedro Campos, 6 + 1 + 4 = 11

BMW ORC 3
1. Ceres Group (ESP), Daniel Cuevas, 4 + 1 + 1 = 6
2. Just the Job (GBR), Scott Beattie, 1 + 4 + 4 = 9
3. Lanzarote Sailing Paradise (ESP), Alejandro Morales, 3 + 3 + 3 = 9

Maxi 72
1. Momo (IVB), Dieter Schon, 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
2. Cannonball (ITA), Dario Ferrari, 3 + 2 + 3 = 8
3. Proteus (USA), George Sakellaris, 2 + 3 + 4 = 9

Club Swan 50
1. Earlybird (GER), Hendrik Brandis, 1 + 1 + 3 = 5
2. Niramo (GER), Sonke Meier Sawatzki, 6 + 2 + 2 = 10
3. Ulika (ITA), Andrea Masi, 2 + 4 + 4 = 10

MRW Swan 45
1. Black (ECU), Francisco Rizzo, 6 + 1 + 2 = 9
2. Ange Transparent 2 (ITA), Valter Pizzoli, 1 + 3 + 7 = 11
3. K-Forze (USA), Jan de Kraker, 3 + 2 + 6 = 11

Swan 42
1. Nadir (ESP), Pedro Vaquer Comas, 2 + 1 = 3
2. April fish (ESP), José María Meseguer, 1 + 2 = 3
3. Voloria IV - Regina 2.0 (SWE), Jacob Wallenberg, 3 + 6 = 9

Mallorca Sotheby's IRC
1. Team Vision Future (SUI), Mergui Mikael, 1 + 4 + 1 = 6
2. Paprec Recyclage (FRA), 2 + 5 + 2 = 9
3. Alegre (GBR), 7 + 1 + 3 = 11

Herbalife J80
1. Les Roches Jeunesse Marbella Team (ESP), Eric Brezellec, 2 + 1 + 1 = 4
2. Bribon Movistar (ESP), Marc de Antonio, 1 + 2 + 4 = 7
3. VSA Comunicación (ESP), José María Van Der Ploeg, 3 + 3 + 8 = 14

31 / 07 / 2017: Philip VI leads the Copa del Rey Mapfre for the first time in history

King Philip VI, leader of BMW ORC 1 to the Aifos cane (Photo Nico Martínez)

The first day of competition of the 36 Copa del Rey Mapfre has been filled with two barlovento-sotavento tests for each of the nine classes that debuted today in the bay of Palma. S.M. King Philip VI has sailed to the helm of the Aifos, and is the provisional leader of BMW ORC 1, the largest class of this edition. This is the first time the King has led the race in his 36 years of history.

Today the lockers have been released in nine of the ten participating classes, which have been able to dispute two tests under unstable conditions that have caused several changes in the course. It has been the debut for the ClubSwan 50, the BMW ORC 3 and the Swan 42, who had never participated in the race before. S.M. King Philip VI has sailed to the helm of the Spanish Navy's Aifos and leads the BMW ORC 1 class provisional.

Today they have debuted 128 of the 138 ships that will compete this week in Palma Bay. Only the GC32 flying catamarans wait Wednesday to start their competition program. Three classes returned to the ground with empates on their head. Only Maxi 72 Momo and ClubSwan 50 Earlybird managed to return to the RCNP with partial wins.

The first leaders are Momo in Maxi class 72, Team Vision Future in Mallorca Sotheby's IRC, Earlybird in ClubSwan 50, Ange Transparent 2 in MRW Swan 45, Nadir in Swan 42, Aifos in BMW ORC 1, Maverta in BMW ORC 2, Ceres Group in BMW ORC 3 and Les Roches in Herbalife J80.

The week of Maxi 72 began with good news for the Momo of Dieter Schon. The German ship took advantage of its good performance in today's conditions, imposed on the first two championship tests in both real time and in compensation, and is the first leader of the week with a three-point rent on the Italian Cannonball (3-2 today). Bad start for the title defender, the American Bella Minte, who has closed the classification on both sleeves.

In Mallorca Sotheby's IRC class, the day has been brilliant for the TP52, which occupy the first seven positions of the provisional. The first manga was won by the Swiss Team Vision Future named by Mergui Mikael, who added a four in the next and led the provisional. The second victory was for the Alegre of Andrés Soriano.

The premiere of the ClubSwan 50 class at the MAPHRE King's Cup was awarded with wins for the Earlybird of Hendrik Bradis, last year's winner in the MRW Swan 45 class. The German ship sails again with the tactic of the Olympic pluricampeon Jochen Schümann, a great connoisseur of Palma Bay.

The first victory of the week in the MRW Swan 45 class was the Monegasque Ange Transparent 2 of Valter Pizzoli, who is also the first leader of the provisional after a good day (1-3). The second triumph of the day was for the Black Ecuadorian (6-1), who is third of the general behind the American K-Force (3-2).

Double tie at the front of the Swan 42 class provisional between the two ships that have alternated in the first two positions of the sleeves of the day: the Nadir de Pedro Vaquer and the April Fish of José María Meseguer.

In BMW ORC 1 class, the Corel 45 Aifos typed by S.M. King Philip VI is the first leader to award his regularity after signing an excellent day: a second and a third in the largest fleet of this edition, 35 ships. It is the first time in the 36 years of the history of the race that the ship of the King leads the provisional classification. The partial victories of the day were the Adrian Hotels of Daniel Adrian (1-10) and the Porron IX of Axel Rodger (11-1). Aifos beats French Zappy's (4-6 today) for five points.

The BMW ORC 2 class day has had Spanish color. The Airlan Aermec of Juan Cabrer was able to take advantage of the strong role of the inaugural manga to take the first victory of the week, and the SUM Innovation of Pedro Campos recovered from the eighth initial by signing a first in the following. Lidera la provisional el Maverta de José Ballester thanks to the best card of the day (3-2).

The BMW ORC 3 premiered with a head tie between the ships that have distributed the partial victories of the day, the Ceres Group of Javier Banderas (4-1 today) and Scott Beattie's Just the Job (1-4). The leading Banderas team showed excellent performance, and was able to solve an off-line on the first sleeve up to the fourth square.

The Herbalife J80 class victories were distributed among the two best ships of the day, the Bribón Movistar of Marc de Antonio and the Les Roches of Pepequín Orbaneja, champion 2016. The title defender, who has the rudder with French Eric Brezellec (the world's subchampion for the last two years), returned to the RCNP as the first leader of the week, tied to points with his rival (2-1 versus 1-2).

The second day of competition repeats barlovento-sotavento format for all classes. Tomorrow, the GC32 flying catamarans will be fighting an official training race that is not accurate as an advance to their debut on Wednesday. This is the classification after the first day:

BMW ORC 1
1. Aifos (ESP), Jaime Rodríguez Touges, 2 + 3 = 5
2. Zappy's (FRA), Christophe Wargny, 4 + 6 = 10
3. Adrian Hotels Macaronesia (NED), Daniel Adrián Rueda, 1 + 10 = 11

BMW ORC 2
1. Maverta (ESP), Jose Ballester, 3 + 2 = 5
2. L'immens - Laplaza Assesors (GBR), Carlos Rodríguez, 2 + 4 = 6
3. Sum Innovation (ESP), Pedro Campos, 8 + 1 = 9

BMW ORC 3
1. Ceres Group (ESP), Daniel Cuevas, 4 + 1 = 5
2. Just the Job (GBR), Scott Beattie, 1 + 4 = 5
3. Lanzarote Sailing Paradise (ESP), Alejandro Morales, 3 + 3 = 6

Maxi 72
1. Momo (IVB), Dieter Schon, 1 + 1 = 2
2. Cannonball (ITA), Dario Ferrari, 3 + 2 = 5
3. Proteus (USA), George Sakellaris, 2 + 3 = 5

Club Swan 50
1. Earlybird (GER), Hendrik Brandis, 1 + 1 = 2
2. Ulika (ITA), Andrea Masi, 2 + 4 = 6
3. Skorpios (RUS), Andrey Konogorov, 3 + 3 = 6

MRW Swan 45
1. Ange Transparent 2 (ITA), Valter Pizzoli, 1 + 3 = 4
2. K-Forze (USA), Jan de Kraker, 3 + 2 = 5
3. Black (ECU), Rizzo, 6 + 1 = 7

Swan 42
1. Nadir (ESP), Pedro Vaquer Comas, 2 + 1 = 3
2. April fish (ESP), José María Meseguer, 1 + 2 = 3
3. Voloria IV - Regina 2.0 (SWE), Jacob Wallenberg, 3 + 6 = 9

Mallorca Sotheby's IRC
1. Team Vision Future (SUI), Mergui Mikael, 1 + 4 = 5
2. Alizee (FRA), Laurent Camprubi, 3 + 3 = 6
3. Phoenix (USA), Hasso Plattner, 5 + 2 = 7

Herbalife J80
1. Les Roches Jeunesse Marbella Team (ESP), Eric Brezellec, 2 + 1 = 3
2. Bribon Movistar (ESP), Marc de Antonio, 1 + 3 = 4
3. VSA Comunicación (ESP), José María Van Der Ploeg, 3 + 3 = 6

30 / 07 / 2017 - The week of the 36 Copa del Rey Mapfre starts in Palma Bay

S.M. King Philip VI training on board the Aifos in Palma. © Maria Muiña / MAPHRE King's Cup

The 36 Cup of King MAPHRE starts in Palma Bay for the largest fleet in the history of the event. 138 ships of 24 nationalities will decide the titles in ten classes throughout six days of competition in the bay of Palma. Today, the fleet sailed in the race field where it will compete until next Saturday, and S.M. King Philip VI trained the Aifos' command.

The bay of Palma will host tomorrow the first day of competition of the 36 Cup of the King MAPHRE. They will debute 128 of the 138 ships and nine of the ten classes that make up the largest fleet in the history of the event. Only the GC32 flying catamarans, who return after their successful 2016 debut, will wait Wednesday to start their locker. This 36 edition reaffirms the international character of the MAPHRE King's Cup, with 49 Spanish teams and 89 of 23 other nationalities.

S.M. King Philip VI joined on Sunday as the Timonel of the Aifos of the Spanish Navy in a day that served all the teams for a last take of contact with the bay of Palma, the stage in which they will compete until next Saturday.

"The more than 200 people of organization work to ensure that all the pieces fit and that the MAPHRE King's Cup is a new success," explains Manu Fraga, director of the race. "The largest fleet in our history is a challenge to the Real Club Nautico in Palma, but we are looking forward to demonstrating once again our organizational capacity."

Ten crowns in game
The fleet will be distributed in ten classes. The GC32, ClubSwan 50, MRW Swan 45, Swan 42 and Herbalife J80 will compete in real time; the Maxi 72, Mallorca Sotheby's IRC, BMW ORC 1, BMW ORC 2 and BMW ORC 3 will compete in compensated time.

Ten teams of eight nationalities will fight for the GC32 crown, including the Spanish Movistar of Iker Martínez and the Monegasque Malizia Yacht Club de Monaco of the member of the Royal House of Monaco, Pierre Casiraghi. La de Palma is the third punctuable test for the GC32 Racing Tour 2017, the class's international circuit.

In Maxi 72, four teams compete, including the 2016 MAPHRE King's Cup Champion, the American Belly, who was named by Alex Roepers on this occasion. Nor is the last winner in Palma's waters, Italian Cannonball, champion of the Sail Racing PalmaVela in May. The event scores for Maxi 72 Overall Trophy 2017.

The fleet of Mallorca Sotheby's IRC will have 16 teams of 10 nationalities, a combination of ships with length between 13 and almost 20 meters that includes the Spanish TP52 Duende de Jacinto Rodríguez and Audax Energía de Toni Guiu.

The ClubSwan 50 class will bring together six ships from four countries, the largest fleet of the new single-type Finnish shipyard Nauthor's Swan, presented internationally at the last MAPHRE King's Cup. The Swiss Mathilde, ClubSwan 50 class winner at the Sail Racing PalmaVela 2017 is not missing.

Eight teams will compete for the second title of MRW Swan 45, including the German Elena Nova of Christian Plump, third classified 2016.

The Swan 42 premiered as a class with a dozen teams of five nationalities. Among them is the Spanish Electric Network of Javier Sanz, champion of the last two editions of the MAPHRE King's Cup in class X-35.

BMW ORC 1 is the largest class in this edition, with 33 teams of 11 nationalities. He defends the DK46 Maserati of Alvaro Irila in a heterogeneous fleet that includes one of the most lauded teams in Palma waters, the Swan 45 Rats on Fire of Rafael Carbonell (with four titles), and the Corel 45 Aifos.

In BMW ORC 2, 22 teams from eight countries compete. He returns the most laureate pattern in the history of the event, the Galician Pedro Campos, who defends his ninth title with the same Rodman 42 MOD and the same team with which he won the last edition, this time under the colors of SUM Innovation. There will also be the teams that accompanied you at the 2016 podium: the Rodman 42 Maverta and the Synergy 40 L'Immens.

The BMW ORC 3 class is premiered with nine teams of five nationalities, including the Javier Banderas Ceres Group, which competes with a Dufour 34 after encapsulating two class X-35 pods in the last three editions.

The Herbalife J80 class brings together 20 teams of seven nationalities. Defend title of the Les Roches Jeunesse Marbella Team of Pepequín Orbaneja in front of a fleet that includes the two teams that accompanied him on the podium 2016: the Ono M & G Tressis (winner 2015) and the HM Hotels.

Full week of races
The competition program will consist of a maximum of 20 tests for the GC32, 12 tests for the MRW Swan 45 and Herbalife J80, and 11 tests for the rest of the classes. The first departure of the week is scheduled for 13: 00 in the morning, Monday, for all classes except for the GC32, who will play an official training race on Tuesday and start to regatta on Wednesday, August 2.

"Tomorrow we will debut with barlovento-sotavento evidence for all classes," explains Chief Regata Officer Gaspar Morey. "On Wednesday the Maxi 72, Mallorca Sotheby's IRC and ClubSwan 50 will compete in coastal format, and on Friday the MRW Swan 45, Swan 42 and all BMW ORC will compete."

The competition ends for all on Saturday, August 5. On that day, the champions of the 36 Cup of the King MAPHRE will receive their trophies at the award ceremony to be held in the walled compound of Ses Voltes at 21: 00.