The Rolex Swan Cup managed to bring together 125 swan from 20 countries!

The "Plis Play" organized by Vicente García has been the best ranked in Spain at the Rolex Swan Cup 2016, which already occupies a prominent page in the history of an event marked by respect for traditions, passion, competition and the search for excellence since 1984. In its nineteenth edition, the fiftieth anniversary of Nauthor's Swan was celebrated, bringing together 125 ships of twenty nationalities in the largest concentration of Swan ships to date.

"Freya" achieved gold and "Plis Play" silver at the Rolex Swan Cup

The Spanish Swan 80 "Ply Play" would be able to take the second position from the "Selene" in the decisive manga (2-3-3-2) of the Maxi Class, a magnificent result among a powerful fleet in which he highlighted the presence of three units of the newly released Swan 115s. The newest of them was the Shamanna, which was on board with Maltese Christian Ripard, four-fold winner of the Rolex Middle Sea Race:"It's very new and we're still learning about the ship. The loads on board are very significant, so you have to be very meticulous and careful in the maneuvers. This is where teamwork, communication and a very experienced aft team are particularly important. It's about being able to anticipate what's going to happen.""Freya" got the gold ahead of the "Plis Play." The "Fleya" patronized by Donald Macpherson was erected absolute champion in Maxi class, the category that brought together the larger ships. The Swan 90s was in the water the last day tied to points with the Swan 80Selenein the struggle for the title, which he would finally get after signing his third consecutive partial victory of four possible. Macpherson's swan benefited from the toughest wind of the second half of the week, as his shipowner recognized:"We did well as soon as the wind came in. I'm overwhelmed by winning the Rolex Swan Cup."

The Spanish Swan 56 "Clem Primer" by Pedro Amengual finished fourth, two points from the podium.

The battle for the Mini Maxi class triumph was reduced to two candidates: the Japanese Swan 56 "Yasha," the champion of the last edition, and the French Swan 601 "Arobas." The crown was resolved after a dramatic final sleeve in which the second square of the title defender would not be enough to override the fourth of his rival, closing his lockers tied to ten points. The two partial victories achieved by the galoin front of none of his rival decanted the balance on the side of the French team led by Gerard Logel.

The 16-single Swan 45 fleet played in the Rolex Swan Cup for its 2016 World Championship. The struggle for the world scepter had a prominent favorite since the beginning of the week: The GermanElena Novaby Christian Plump, the second champion in 2014, began the championship by winning the first two sleeves and ending it by adding five wins out of eight possible. The champion closed his card with 11 points of advantage over the DutchEchecde Rientz Willem Bol and no less than 18 on his archirrival and quadruple champion of the world, also GermanEarlybirdHendrik Brandis."We had a good rhythm all week.", would highlight Christian Plump."The five ships in front were very close in speed, so it was a matter of skill and tactics, and here in Porto Cervo there are always surprises with the wind. It's never predictable."