Sailing yacht Heartbeat has become the overall winner of the Superyacht Cup Palma 2013. Today’s first place gave her the edge over charter yacht Maria Cattiva as well as Atalante yacht in Class 2.
Luxury yacht Heartbeat - Photo credit to www.clairematches.com
Manon Borrius Broek, the Owner on board Heartbeat yacht was over the moon with the result, she bought the 23.8m Claasen yacht specifically big enough (and still the smallest in the fleet) so that she could enter the Superyacht Cup. “It was our dream to participate in the Superyacht regatta, we have been fine tuning for 3 years and are now the winners. We are very happy.”
In Class 1, charter yacht Highland Breeze ranked first overall in front of charter yacht P2 and charter yacht Salperton. However competition was tough in the last legs of today’s final race; Salperton had the edge on P2 and Rebecca yacht as they rounded the final mark, however lost out to P2 over the line as they had to put a final gybe in to lay the line.
Luxury yacht Freya has put in some consistent results over the event, Mike Toppa the tactician aboard summed up the general feeling of the event perfectly; “We have been having a ball, the sailing here is fantastic. The Owner has never raced before and is doing a great job at driving his boat, he is here with his friends and family and having a brilliant time.”
The crew onboard Heartbeat Yacht celebrating the victory - Photo credit to www.clairematches.com
For the J’s, it was all about the start in their last coastal race today. Velsheda yacht charged the line and had by far the most spectacular start of the regatta.The all important first beat saw luxury yacht Hanuman round the first windward mark first, followed by shortly after by Velsheda. The next leg was a short reach, with superyacht Hanuman, Velsheda yacht having a good lead on charter yacht Ranger, Rainbow yacht and superyacht Lionheart. Hanuman continued to lead the procession around the 2 hour course,second place was Velsheda making good on her fantastic start, followed by Ranger, Lionheart and Rainbow.
Overall results, see Hanuman the victor (this will be 7 out of 8 firsts for her), Lionheart and Ranger have equal points however with a first in Race 3 Lionheart takes second, with Velsheda fourth and Rainbow fifth.
Tonight the Prize Giving will be at the Es Baluard Museum with a cocktail dinner and live entertainment.
