Clem and Libellula absolute winners of The Sal Rumbo Ibiza Route
With five absolute wins, the Clem is crowned as the most award-winning ship in the history of the race
The Clem Primer, Swan 56 by Amanda Hartley and Jaime Olazabal competing for the Club de Mar de Palma has risen with absolute victory in the Denia version, revalidating the title obtained in that version in 2022. Considering the success in 2009 and 2010 in the Barcelona version, and the success in the Mallorca version in 2017, Clem becomes the only ship in the 37 years of La Ruta de la Sal's history to achieve five absolute victories.
The ship by Pedro Amengual has been imposed for 13 minutes on the second classified, the Aviator, First 53 by Gabriel Medem of the Royal Sotogrande Maritime Club. He accompanies them in the podium of this fast edition The Blue Star, First 40.7 patroned by Chiquinquira González, who also obtained the victory in the categories ORC 2 and GlomeSailor. For its part, the Olimpia, Bavaria 38 de Rafael de la Hoz, of the Nautical Club of the Minor Sea rose with the triumph in the category ORC 3, while the Isabela, First 47.7 with Nataly Kuznetsova and Miguel Sánchez competing for the Nautical Club of Castellón achieved victory in the category A2.
In the Barcelona version, the absolute winner of this edition was the Libellula, Swan 65 of Plácido Arango, with port base in Port Adriano and built in 1980. His patron, Borja Pella, enters the select group of sailors of La Sal with three victories in his existence, following those achieved in 2005 and 2006 on board the Galvana. The team of the Garraf Nautical Club sponsored by Pablo Nuñez on board the Sálvora, a Dufour 45E has managed to rise with the second position for just 5 minutes of difference over the third: the Bandit, Dehler 44 by Carlos Otrendi of the CM Port Ginesta that completed the podium of the general.