
The XII Raid Motonautico Mallorca ends with a stage with harsh sea conditions
The XII Raid Motonautico Mallorca ends with a stage with harsh sea conditions
This edition of the raid has been characterized by its hardness, strong winds, machacona wave and above all, on the last journey of the fourth stage, on the stretch from Cap Salinas to Porto Cruto, the ships have found a hard sea of bow, wave formed by a strong wind of NE, which has made the teams put all their expertise and experience in overcoming the last test of the raid. Two breakdowns, added to yesterday's, are the damage balance of the raid. The good thing, that the participants have experienced a sea adventure in a days that will be unforgettable.'It has been doubtful, but very fun 'the pilots commented at the end of the tests at the nautical facilities of Jaume Vermell located in Porto Cristo.
The difficulties of the test were offset by a party of farewell food and award, in the Cantina del Porto Cristo, which met all the teams present, coming to participate in the raid from the Canary Islands, Catalonia, Valencia, Balearic Islands, Andalusia, Netherlands and Gibraltar.
In the sports field, note that in this edition the motorist of Alcudia Cristian Marquez del RG Alcudia, has mastered the test, which makes him the best motorist of the raid, revalidating title, already achieved last year. Also very strong have been his teammates Abel and Cristina who have consolidated their second podium square. The third position has been for Ricardo Notario, who has also made a very good raid. In youth, water bikes, the best has been Javier Brach of the UK Team.
In the Alfa category, the semi-rigid Orange Marine of Marcus Straver and Marcos Straver, followed by the Tsar Team Two by Carlos Vidal and Albert Falgueras, the third in the podium being the Hera of the Majorcan JoseFrancisco Lopez.
In the category Bravo, the Bahia-Colegio Los Angeles- Canarias, of the canary Manuel Velazquez Cardenas, has been the winner in this competitive class, followed by the BellaNautica Racing of Juan Tenorio, and by the team Zar Team One of Ricardo Masabeu and David Tellez. In Bravo IBR the winners have been the team IBR of Javier Bracho, in frec a frec with the MFS Techno Group of Tomeu Rotger and Angel Bueno.
The Charlie category has been imposed on the Elx Scuba by Jeronimo Boix, completing the podium by the IBR Team 2 by Ruben Ruiz and the JJ Team by Jordi Roca. To stand out in the foxtrot class, the triumph of Jaume Vermell.
A raid of more than 125 miles that has traveled the south of the island, with conditions, which almost surrounded the classification of extremes.
First day (02 / 07 / 2016): Orange Team, Valiant Canarias and Team IBR take advantage at the start of the Raid Motonautico Mallorca
Tough day with three stages of the contest today and the XII Raid Motonautico Mallorca. The pilots have covered the stages from Club de Mar de Palma to Sóller, of 41.5 miles; from Soller to Club Vela Andratx of 20.6 miles and from Club Vela Andratx to Club Nautico Rapid of 32.5 miles, with very varied luck. The hardness has been reflected in the withdrawal of one of the pneumatic vessels, which has occurred after the departure of the port of Andratx and which had to be towed to Puerto Adriano.
The day has been very varied, and it has been possible to cover the tours with many speed. The sea has been in perfect condition for the practice of open sea motoronautics. With still provisional results, after the computer of the tests, the Orange Marine team of Marcus Straver and Marc Straver takes a certain advantage in the Alpha group over its closest follower, the Hera Team of Jose Francisco López and the ZAR Team Two of Carlos Vidal.
In the Bravo group, the Valiant Canarias, by Manuel Velazquez, first of his group, followed by the ZAR Team One of Richi Masabeu and David Tellez and the Port Forum of Joan Conde and Ana Monros.
Very disputed is the classification in the group Bravo Racing with a frec a frec between Team IBR and Javi García and Jose Manuel Pardo and the MFS Techo Group of Tomeu Rotger and Angel Bueno.
In the category Charlie the dispute is between the Team IBR 2 of Ruben Ruiz, the Scuba Elx of Jeronimo Boix, the Team JJ Nautic of Jordi Roca and the ZAR Team Four of Eduardo Catala.
On the Christian Marquez water bikes of RG Alcudia dominates the first stages of the raid in the desire to revality palmares in this test.
Tomorrow the classifications will be diluted, with the one of the stages queen, between Sa Rapita and Porto Cristo, dating the south-east part of the coast of the island of Mallorca, doubling Cape Salinas to enter Porto Cristo.
Trip (30 / 06 / 2016): 4 and a half hours to cover the 131 miles between Port Fòrum and the Club de Mar Mallorca
The facilities of the Club de Mar de Palma de Mallorca are being reached throughout the day by the pilots who participate in the XII Raid Motonautico de Mallorca. Many of those registered have chosen to cover the jump between the peninsula and the island of Mallorca with an open sea navigation on board their boats.
This morning they left the Port Forum in Barcelona, several semi-rigid participants in the raid, and they arrived this half day, without any impact to the base of the raid, at the Club de Mar. A 131-mile jump has been covered by the pilots on Team JJ Nautic, BellaNautica Racing and Port Forum Team.
Also from the Levine coast have come ships that fight the raid, including Siracusa Team, which has left the port of Denia and today has reached Formentera, to arrive tomorrow to Club de Mar de Palma.'We will be a day in Formentera to rest and enjoy the area. Also to rest the engine, which we put the day before yesterday and is still on the shoot ', they told us.
Those who left Barcelona have covered the 131-mile stretch in 4 and a half hours. A quiet navigation, 'with a splendid sea for the crossing of the channel', point out.
Tomorrow a large part of the participants will arrive in Palma on board the peninsular ferries. The 125-mile raid runs on this occasion on the south of the island of Mallorca. It has Palma as a nerve center, and the pilots will travel the coast between Sóller and Porto Cristo. The exit shot of the raid, with departure at the Club de Mar de Palma (and the island of Toro for the water bikes), will be on July 2, with the destination of the Tramontana Navy in the Port of Sóller. This first stretch will be a hard tour of 41, 5 nautical miles, where the resistance of the pilots will be tested.
The second stage will be covered on the same day, a 20.6-mile journey between Port Sóller and the Andraitx Nautico Club. The third stage will be held in the afternoon, with a 32.5-mile tour separating Port Andraitx from Sa Rapita.
On July 3, the day is reserved for the fourth stage, and a journey of 30.2 nautical miles between Sa Rapita and Porto Cristo will be covered.
Throughout today's day and tomorrow, the facilities of the Club de Mar de Palma are the center of operations of Raid Mallorca, both on land, where the records of participants will be carried out, and in the docks of the club with the nautical logistics of transport, mooring and stranded of ships.
Water motorcycles and six categories of semi-rigid vessels
The raid is open to water bikes and pneumatic boats. In this latter discipline the categories of the raid are divided into 6 classes, the Alpha category, for semi-rigid of minimum length of 6 meters, and a maximum power of 150 hp; Bravo category, boats with out-of-board of 250 hp in monomotor and up to 350hp in double motorizations; Bravo Racing category, for semi-rigid of minimum length of 600 kg and for a maximum length of 6,99 metres, with engines of 250 hp and 350 hp for dual motorization; Charlie category, for semi-rigid with maximum power of 300 hp and for minimum length of maximum speed of maximum speed of 6 hp, with non-rated motor, with non-rated engines of minimum speed of 6 hp, with non-rated, with non-rated engines of maximum speed of 6 hp and non-rated and non-rated for minimum speed of maximum speed of 6 hp, with maximum speed of 6 hp, with non-rated engines, with a maximum speed of 6 hp for minimum speed of 6, with a maximum of 6 hp and non-speed of six-speed of six-speed of 6, with a maximum of six-speed of 6-speed of 6
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