The bad time cancellation of the last day gives good account of yesterday's classifications in the Copa del Rey Repsol de Barcos de Epoco: Mariska (Big Boats), Spartan (Epoco Craja), Comet (Epoco Bermuda), Argos (Classics) and Lohengrin (Spirit of Tradition) (Photo Nico Martínez)

The temporary has put an end to the Cup of the King Repsol of the Epoque of this year. The strong winds and the waves have made that shortly before noon the Regatas Committee has chosen to cancel the fourth and final test of the competition, thus granting victory to the ships that led the classification after the third day.

Wind and wave have thus turned yesterday's leaders into today's champions. Mariska (Big Boats), Spartan (Crab Epoch), Comet (Bermudian Epoch), Argos (Classics) and Lohengrin (Spirit of Tradition) are confirmed as the winners of the 19th edition of the Copa del Rey Repsol de Barcos de Epoco, organized by the Mahon Maritime Club and ending the classical sailing season in Spain.

The cancellation of the last day has not been a big deal in the Big Boats group because the Mariska (1908) had confirmed that it is the best in its three-way confrontation with the Viveka (1929) and the Hallowe'en (1926). Mariska was born to win and more than a century after his launch, he continues to win victories. Three wins in three partials make their victory in Menorca uncountable.

Two wins and a second place in three races have given a well-deserved victory to the American Spartan (1913) in the group of ships of Epoco Craja. The ship patrolled by Aladin Montel makes its greatest length, 22.1 meters, and a vile surface of Solo el Viola, a William Fife of 1908, to be able to take the second partial from the champions. The third place among the units with trapezoidal candles has been appropriated by the American also Chinook, a Herreshoff, like the Spartan of 1918.

The temporary has also taken away what was boasted as an exciting day to lead the champion in the Epoco Bermudian group. Finally, the British Comet, a design by Olin Stephens built by Henry Greve in 1946, confirmed his victory after being the best in the first two trials. The bad weather left the Uruguayan Fjord III, a German Frers of 1947, without the possibility of confirming his progression after winning the third test by tightening the struggle for the final victory. The third square was awarded by the local ship of the Club Marítimo Mahón Sonata, of Jordi Cabau, launched in 1937.

Argos, a design by Holman & Pye built in the Spanish Carabela Shipyards in 1964, is once again confirmed as the absolute dominator of the group of Classics and gets his seventh victory in the Cup of the King of the Sea of Epoch. The French Saint Chritopher (1966) was unable to support the first position achieved in the first test and had to conform to the subchampionship. The third podium is taken by the Italian Don Quixote (1963).

The maximum emotion to find out the name of the champion was waiting in the group Spirit of Tradition, where each of the three disputed trials has seen a different winner. Lohengrin (1974), Happy Forever (built in 2008 on classic lines) and Celeste di Mare (1971) had been the winners in the three partials and the difference in classification was minimal between these three sailboats. In the end, a greater regularity gives the one-point triumph to Puma 34 Lohengrin. The ship patronized by Jordi Tarré thus obtained his first victory in Mahon.