The Papan leaves behind Catalan waters heading for the Balearic Islands.

The "Papan" of Emilio Córdoba Club Nàutic of Vilanova was proclaimed winner of the V Regata Sitges-Ciutadella, that on Friday at noon (12.10 hours) of the Port of Sitges Aiguadolç (Barcelona) and that has had the end of the port of Ciutadella (Menorca). The Papan, integrated into the crew category, with Emilio Cordoba, Jaume Llobet, Joan Cabrero, Fernando Monago, Mauricio Escobar and Sonia Llorens have made a very fast race, covering the 118 nautical miles that separate Sitges from Ciutadella in a real time of 19 hours, 28 minutes, 58 seconds, also winning in their category.

In real time El Papan has only been overcome by a fast X-Merit of Tito Moure and Cesar Moure, which in category A-2 have covered the distance of 118 miles in just 18 hours, 59 minutes, 10 seconds, but despite its excellent chrono, after the compensation of times in the general classification has been left in third place, behind the Alba Alba, another ship in A-2, with Luis Matas and Ignacio Alvarez, which has remained second in the general, and first in the reduced crew classification, to six minutes above the X-Merit has left after the second time.

A very fast race
The weather conditions during the race have been hard, but it has also made it possible for the time to travel to be very good. At 13: 43: 05 today the whole fleet was tied up on the docks of the Ciutadella Nautical Club.

In the crew category, after El Papan, the boat Salpa V with Juan Carlos Otamendi, Soledad Fernandez and Pau Garcia, followed by Jose Martín's Nirvana III, with Fatima Diz, Carles Valero, Albert Puertolas and Francesc Batet.

In A-2, the classification has been left with the victory of the Alba Alba, followed by the X-Merit, leaving third in 7sToo, with Pepe Cernuda and Toño Massó.

To highlight in this edition of the Sitges- Ciutadella the ships arrived from the Balearic Islands, to the Port of Sitges, as the winner in A2, Alba Alba, the boat Alcyon Primero, with Alberto Roldan, Maxim Tkihugo, Alexander Kulchenko and Sergei Tsvetkov, who arrived from Mallorca to the port of departure of Sitges in the early morning of the Jueves- Friday, day of the departure or the same 7sToo, who was able to cover the exit of the test, and to reach the line of departure on the same day of the day of the city, with an intense journey of the 11 hours, with an intense journey of the city, with a time of the year, with an intense one of the time of the year, with a time of the:

Final Classification

1 The Papan
2nd Alba Alba (A-2)
3rd X-Merit (A2)
4th Salpa V
5th Nirvana III
6th The Best Skipper
7th Alcyon First
8 ° 7 'sToo (A2)
9th Celebrity
10th Kairós
Eleventh Yrcus