Jaime Binimelis's sailboat resisted the lack of wind and completed the tour in almost 45 hours, compared to the 26 hours he needed in the 2015 edition. Only two of the 18 participants crossed the line of arrival within their time limit (Photo Laura G.Guerra)

The Petrouchka III, of the shipowner Jaime Binimelis, has today proclaimed itself the winner of the VI Volta to Mallorca A3. This is the fourth time that the boat of the Real Club Náutico de Palma is awarded this competition, which consists of circumvalating the island of Mallorca without a stop on sailing boats with certificate of compensation ORC manned by no more than three people. The journey consists of 151 miles.

The Petrouchka is given both if the strong wind blows and if the navigation runs under the influence of a great anti-cyclone, this has been the case for these two days. The record of the winner of the 2018 edition is the best proof of its versatility and the hardness of regating without wind: the Binimelis team has needed 44 hours and 40 minutes to travel the same distance that it completed in 2015 in 26 hours and 19 minutes.

Never before had the return to Mallorca been so slow nor had so many ships been classified as not finished because they could not meet their time limit.

Of the 18 ships that took the exit last Friday, only two (Petrouchka III and S'Avenc, by Antoni Marques, with a 48: 32 chrono) have crossed the line of arrival. This unheard of in the previous five editions has been due to very loose weather conditions and huge calm areas around the island.

21 / 04 / 2018: 18 cruises compete this year in the turn to Mallorca a Vela

This is the 10: 00 in the morning of Saturday.

At three in the afternoon of Friday, the sixth edition of the Regata Vuelta to Mallorca, which organizes the Real Club Náutico de Palma with the collaboration of the Federation Balear de Vela, began in Palma. The peculiar of this competition open to ORC cruises, is that the crews are limited to three members... the distance to cover by the fleet of 18 ships that is in competition is 150 miles.

Micanga of the Real Club Náutico de Palma patroniado por Mateu Grimal, is the "defender" as it was made with the last edition held in 2016. To highlight also the participation of the "Petrouchka" by Jaime Binimelis, also of the Club de Palma, which achieved two wins in the three previous editions: 2013-2014-2015.