"Barbara Trilling" was imposed in the category of Classics... "Lady Anne" (FI15), "Kelpie" (Craja), Rowdy (Bermuda) and "Orion" (RI Classic) complete the honor picture of the edition with more participants in history (Photo Nico Martínez)

The Illes Balears Classics Regata, organized by the Club de Mar Mallorca with the participation of 50 ships from 11 countries, yesterday put an end to the best edition of its history after another day of anomalous weather in the Bay of Palma.

The winners, after three days, were The Lady Anne, by Gonzalo Botín (FI15); Kelpie, by Pelham Olive (Crab Time); Rowdy, by Timothy Goodbody (Bermuda Time); Argos, by Barbara Trilling (Classics), and Orion, by Tiffany Blackman (Classic RI).

Lady Anne (1912), patronized by Gonzalo Botín, awarded his third partial victory over a total of four sleeves (he was second in the remaining one) and sealed his victory in the queen class of the Illes Balears Classics, where one more year the four surviving ships of the "formula 1" of the sea of the early 20th century were gathered. The second position was for the Mariska (1908), by Niels Christian, winner of last year's edition, who today gave in three minutes to the leader. The Hispania (1909), armed by the Ebusitana Island Foundation, ended up paying for the fall of a crew member to the water on the first day and had to conform to the third place of the general, followed, in the final position, by the Tuiga, the flagship ship of the Yacht Club of Monaco, which at no time showed signs of being in the race for the triumph.

In the Epoco Craja class (ships launched before 1950 with trapezoidal gear), the Kelpie, a design of Alfred Mylne launched in 1903 in Southampton, was exhibited with three first positions (by so many other races) in a class where the competition was theoretically hard. However, the German Marigan (1898), by Tim Liesenhof, who won the second square, and the Maltese Moonbeam IV (1914), third, did not offer just resistance to the British cutter, who always sailed in the vanguard of the fleet. An example of this superiority is the 12 and 24 minutes that Olive's ship brought out yesterday to the Moombeam and the Marigan, respectively.

The most closed struggle for victory was in the Bermuda Epoo class (ships built between 1950 and 1975), where the NY49 Rowdy (1916), a design of Herrenshoff armed by Timothy Goodbody, succeeded in overcoming the three German Frers models from Argentina and Uruguay. The final classification shows a six-point tie between the Rowdy and Cippino II (1949), which was broken down by virtue of the higher number of first positions on the British boat (2). In the third position, only one point from the first two, was the Fjord III (1947), by Scott Perry, representing the Yacht Club of Uruguay. The Cippino had it all in his face to revalidate his victory last year, but was affected by a glow as his crew looked atonite as, within walking distance, his rivals continued to advance along the line of arrival.

The great winner of the XXIV Regata Illes Balears Classics was the Argos (1964), a design by Holman built in the Carabela shipyards, winner in the category of Classics and the Special Prize Club de Mar, as he was the largest participant in the group with the most registered (10). The Bárbara Trilling ship, which sails with Spanish flag and representing the New York Yacht Club, was awarded all three sleeves of its kind. He always sailed in the head of the fleet and obtained a flat income after the compensation of times in the three days. The Giraldilla (1963), from Valle de la Riva, was fired with a real-time victory and the IB Classics subchampionship. The Yanira, patronized by Pepe Negrete, competed at a high level but had to conform to the third position.

In RI Classic repeated his victory last year the Orion (1972), by Tiffany Blackman, who won all three tests but was not able to choose the absolute prize by being less competitive in its category. The Tichyi Don (1981), by Eugeny Panevin, won the second square, followed by the Munga (1971).