"Gymir" the first in real in the Barcelona version (Photo Alfred Farré)

The Máxi Dolphin 65 of Francesc Roig of the Real Club Nautico of Barcelona, "Gymir" has been declared a real-time winner of the Barcelona version of La Sal 2019, after crossing the line of arrival yesterday Thursday Holy about 12: 00... specifically at 23h, 54m, 55s, pointing to a record of 14h, 43m, 55s to cover the 140 nautical miles of the tour of this long.

Already on Good Friday at 02h, 39m, 12s, he crossed the line of arrival at Cab Negret, declaring himself the winner in Real Time of the Denia version of the race, the DK46 "DKtegoria" of Seppo Bjoroos, recording, a time of 16h, 39m, 12s. for the 117 nautical miles of this route.

"DKtegoria" the real-time winner in the Denia Version (Photo Alfred Farré)

The German Kai-Uwe Holweg with its Sun Fast 3600 "Yolo" has been proclaimed, for the second year in a row, winner in the general classification of the Majorca version of La Sal Road, after investing a time of 6h, 22m, 15s to cover the 61 nautical miles of the route from the Port of Andratx to Sant Antoni of Portmany. The second square on this long one has been for the Swan 56 "Clem I-GI El Encinar de Jaime Olazabal of the Club de Mar de Mallorca, and the third for the French JNA 42" Tokaoma 3 "by Pierre Chartier.

Auliana won in real in the Mallorca Version

The victory in Real Time of this year's Majorca version, has been the second in real, for the French boat "Auliana 2," a Knierim JV 53 of Christian Potthoff- Sewing of the RCN of Palma, with a record of 6h, 11m, 52s being the second place in real, for the French ship "Tokaoma 3" of Pierre Charter with a time of 6h, 15m, 50s and closing the podium, in third place, the Swan 56 of Jaime Olazabal "Clem - The Gi Encimar, with a record of 20m, with a record of 21m.

After calculating the compensated times the "DKtegoria" of Seppo Sjoroos in the Denia and Gilolo version of JC. Petit in the Barcelona version, absolute winners of The Sal Route 2019.

The DK 46 "DKtegoria" of Seppo Shoroos, a design of Mills Design Groupon for an IRC program of cruise / race, has also been awarded, with a time of 16h, 39m, 12s, the victory in Real Time of this very long.

The second place in the general classification of the Denia version of La Sal 2019, has been for the Swan 45 "Brujo" of Alberto de Castro of the RCN of Valencia, which was, with a time of 17h, 24m, 24s for the 117 nautical miles since the departure of Denia, also second in Real Time on this tour. The third square, in the general of this Denia version for the J92 S "Estroada-Cafe del Mar" of Toni Tur of Club Nautic of Sant Antoni of Portmany.

In the Barcelona Version victory in the general of the French sailboat "Gilolo" by JC Petit of the RCM of Barcelona, a Sun Fast 3200 designed by Daniel Andrie for a sports navigation that managed to cross the line of arrival, after 140 miles of competition from the departure in Port Ginesta at 02h, 55m, 29 s today, Friday 19 April, with a very fast record of 17h, 44m, 29 s, which has given it sufficient margin to be imposed in the group, once the times of the competition have been compensated.

Second in the general of the Barcelona version the Brazilian GS 42 "Yrcus II" of the Dutch Ievgen Bazeliev of B.R.Y.C and in third position, the Swan 56 "La Belle" of the Dutch Frans van Belle of the IYC Amsterdam.

18 / 04 / 2019: The fleet of the Route of La Sal to Ibiza with nordestes up to 20 knots

The weather, with intense winds of E-NE, forces to advance the times of the exits and in the case of the Mallorca Version to shorten the route (Photos Alfred Farré)

The 30th edition of the Ruta de la Sal High Regata has begun - with exits from Port Ginesta for the Barcelona Version, the Nautical RC of Denia for the Denia Version and Port of Andratx for the Mallorca Version... the only arrival, for the three tours, in Sant Antoni de Portmany on the beautiful island of Ibiza.

As a result of the weather conditions planned for the next 48 hours, the exits of the three versions of La Sal have been advanced and, in the case of the Mallorca version, the route has been significantly shortened with the aim that the race can develop under more stable conditions.

The Barcelona version, which has sailed a little after nine o'clock in the manna from the CM Port Ginesta, in Barcelona, sailing with winds of the NE between 15 and 20 knots, will compete on a 140-mile direct route to the CN Sant Antoni of Portmany in Ibiza.

The Denia version which has left today at 10: 00 a.m. from the Nautical RC of Denia, with N / NE winds of between 12 and 18 knots, will cover the 120-mile circuit.

The Mallorca version has taken the departure today at 10: 00 from the Port of Andratx with direct direction to St. Antoni de Portmany in Ibiza. The E / NE wind output between 15 and 20 knots.

Weather conditions advance a fast and intense competition... the fastest ships, could reach Sant Antoni de Portmany during the last hours of today, Thursday, and the early morning of Friday... the bulk of the fleet, for all the Versions is estimated to reach Sant Antoni during the morning and central hours of this same day.

17 / 04 / 2019: All prepared for a Regata Route of Salt, which is presumed to be very fast

The Committee decided to advance the exits for two hours, in order to facilitate the arrival in Sant Antoni of Portmany (Photo Alfred Farré)

Intense day of registration of ships and crews for the 32 edition of La Ruta de la Sal. The shipowners, throughout today's day, have been meeting the requirements at the three exit sites of La Sal (Port Ginesta, Denia and Andratx) for tomorrow to cover the long course Sant Antoni of Portmany on the island of Ibiza.

The Regata Committee has decided to advance the time of departure of the three sections of La Sal Route. The measure, announced in the TOA of the different headquarters of departure, has been motivated to favour the crews facing the wind and sea conditions that are expected throughout the Western Mediterranean area. The departure from Port Ginesta (Barcelona) is scheduled for 9 in the morning. An hour later, at 10 a.m., the Denia and Port Andratx exits will take place.

Among the fastest ships, from the Barcelona port of Port Ginesta... are the One Shot of Cowes of Ruben Cuartas, an Advanced 66 of 21 meters long... the Gymir of Francesc Roig, a Maxi Dolphin of 19.8 meters and the Mundus of Sergi Tena, the Open 60 of 18.28 meters.

These ships will be able to cover 140 miles in less than 18 hours... other ships that are very fast among those that will leave Port Ginesta: the Dehler 44 Bandit of Juan Carlos Otamendi, the Dufour 45 You Too of Michel Glaus, the Swan 45 Coratge of Manuel Jane or the Marjuin, the Grand Soleil 50 of Pere Roquet.

Since Denia the Committee has also decided to advance the departure time. Here the fastest are the great slices such as the Swan80 Plis Play by Jose Rius Acebes, the Swanan 75 Alzira Moraira by Agustín Gregori, the Wizard by Alberto de Castro, a Swana 45. As a note to highlight the small length such as the Café del Mar, a J92 of Toni Tur, only 9.12 meters and the Nautic Café of the Sea a Sword 34 of Juan CarlosSanchis, who also intend to be among the fastest on the South side of the Sal Route. In this section the shipowners will be able to choose the short - Mini Deni- direct route from Denia to Sant Antoni de Portmany, or the normal route, contending Formentera and Ibiza to the North and descending to Sant Antoni.

Also very powerful is the squadron that leaves Port Andratx, where the Finot 53 Spock of Thomas Shumache or the Swan 56 Clem of Jaime Olazabal that are willing to cover the 60 nautical miles stretch very quickly, between five and six hours, as the wind conditions may allow them a direct direction to the SW.

5 / 04 / 2019: The Route of Sal... a race that is three... with 185 ships and more than 1100 regatists

There will be three different races that together form a single event in which 185 ships will compete representing 12 nationalities, manned by more than a thousand regatists (Photo Alfred Farré)

The departure of the Barcelona version of La Sal is scheduled for 10: 00 on Thursday, April 18, from the CM Port Ginesta in Barcelona, will compete on a 140-mile direct route to the CN Sant Antoni of Portmany in Ibiza. There will be 85 vessels manned by 515 regatists. The fleet will include vessels representing 11 nationalities, of which 61 will be Spanish teams and the rest, 24 sailboats, will sail with pavilions of Great Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Russia, Andorra, Germany and Brazil

The Denia Version that will sail next Holy Thursday, April 18, at 14: 00 h from the Nautical RC of Denia, will force its participants to cover a 120-mile circuit by taking Formentera by port, the Island of Tagomago and, sailing on the north coast of Ibiza, to reach Sant Antoni. They will sail on this tour 82 boats manned by 508 athletes. The fleet with foreign pavilions will align to 14 challenges representing 9 nationalities: Ireland, Netherlands, Russia, Great Britain, France, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium and Germany.

The Mallorca version will take the exit at 12 noon on Thursday, April 18, 2019, from the Port of Andratx to St.. Antoni de Portmany in Ibiza, leaving the islands of Tagomago, Formentera, Es Vedrá, Bledas and Rabbit for starboard. About 103 miles of singlature. It will bring together a fleet of 18 vessels with some 107 crew, of which 8 are foreign teams from Britain, France, Germany, and Malta.

27 / 03 / 2019: 200 ships with 1,200 regatists from 8 countries on the 32nd Salt Route

Enrique Curt director of the Regata explained that the Route of the Salt continues to be a reference of the high races, and that it is a school of navigation where they fraternize 'those who make it for the first time, like the assiduous in this quote of the nautical spring, with the great appeal that it means to set course to Ibiza

At the OD Hotels in Barcelona, the press conference for the presentation of the thirty-second edition of the Sal Road has taken place... on April 18, the feast of the Holy Thursday, will go to Ibiza from Port Ginesta in Barcelona, Denia and Port of Andratx in Mallorca the 200 ships, manned by about 1,200 regatists, coming from about 8 different nationalities with the aim of reaching the Sal Island.

Guillermo Altadill, an ocean navigator, with several editions sailed in La Sal, with several in it, recalled that he is in love with this race, to which he participates whenever he can, and that 'despite being a regular in races like the Sydney Hobart, the Fastnet, etc, I always have a special affection for The Salt Route, which is with which I feel most identified'. The organization of the race granted him a diploma of recognition as a navigator of the Route.

The Sal is disputed on the basis of three different routes to Sant Antoni de Portmany in Ibiza: The Barcelona Version has a 140-mile tour from Port Ginesta to Sant Antoni. The 120-mile Denia version that forces to turn Formentera by port, the island of Tagomago and to sail the north coast of Ibiza, to the line of arrival and, The Mallorca version from Puerto De Andratxt to Sant Antoni of Portmany leaving the islands of Tagomago, Formentera, Es Vedrá, Bledas and Rabbit for starboard. A total of 103 miles of competition.As a new sport, this year will be held on Sunday, April 21, at 12 noon, a coastal race of about 8 miles in the Bay of Sant Antoni of Portmany, the "Regata Inshore La Sal - Trophy Ajuntment of St.. Antoni," in which the three fleets of the 32 Salt Route can compete together in the same race field.