HangTen, W Clinics and Noticia podio in the Mediterranean Spring J70 Cup

HangTen, W Clinics and Noticia podio in the Mediterranean Spring J70 Cup

Nautica Digital Europe

Clínicas W is fired with a good result this April in the Bay of Palma (Photo Laura G.Guerra)

Third and last event of the Spring Mediterranean Cup of J70 in the waters of Palma de Mallorca. On this occasion equality has been maximum, for until the last manga it was not known who was raised with the final triumph... the bay of Palma did not disappoint and gave away three spectacular days of regatta that allowed to celebrate 11 of the 12 sleeves planned, with an intensity ranging from 12 to 17 knots of southern component.

The Mediterranean fleet welcomed a new team with Australian flag and residents of the Mallorcan island, the Kanguru of Kristyn Grills, which from now on will be a regular of the national calendar.

The first day of the race ended with a provisional podium headed by Patakin, winner of the second event of this Spring Mediterranean Cup, followed only one point from the canaries of the W Clinic, while the third were Noticia tied to points with HangTen... and in fifth position the newly arrived Kanguru was placed after winning the last race of the day.

The protagonist of the second day, it was without a doubt Jorge Martínez Dorete with his HangTen who, despite his youth, demonstrated his great talent by winning three of the four sleeves of Saturday... with eight sleeves already in play the discard of the worst result and at the end of the day, there was a triple tie to 16 points between HangTen, Patakin and Noticia. while W Clinics was positioned as fourth... five points from the lead.

The following day, the Committee decided to advance the time of departure as well as to advance the time limit for the last race, which caused only three sleeves to be held, but they were sufficient for a good show to take place in the Majorcan Bay.

Clínicas W was cutting distances with his rivals, achieving a first and a second place that they were escaped for very little against the Noticia. Finally the last sleeve was for Noticia followed by HangTen, W Clinics and Patakin, results that without discards made the top four tied to points but when the discard came into play, the final classification was left with the following podium:

1 HangTen, 2 W Clinics, 3 Noticia, being Patakin fourth, followed by Kanguru and Nautia. In the general classification taking into account the three acts, the podium has been similar, also winning HangTen, followed by Noticia and Clínicas W.