{"id":3801,"date":"2022-04-06T13:23:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T13:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everysailrace.com\/?p=3801"},"modified":"2022-04-06T13:30:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T13:30:40","slug":"51-trofeo-princesa-sofia-mallorca-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everysailrace.com\/?p=3801","title":{"rendered":"51 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=Every_sailrace\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"51 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca Day 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5vJnsOBfk3Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure id=\"templateContainer\" class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>The giant 51 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca was up to full strength for the first time on a windy Bay of Palma today as all ten classes raced with all eight race course areas in action with 1015 athletes racing on a total of 779 craft.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img src=\"http:\/\/www.trofeoprincesasofia.org\/uploaded_files\/photos\/f95c4a0916389a5e85e99fd571febdf0_photo2_1200x1200.JPG\" alt=\"Club N\u00e0utic S\u2019Arenal\" width=\"600\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Formula Kite Men<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Formula Kite kitesurfing blasted into the Olympic classes arena for the first time with a barnstorming opening day on a gusty Bay of Palma. France leads in two of the three qualifying groups of the Formula Kite Men, while Slovenia\u2019s Toni Vodisek won Yellow Group with a clean sweep of four victories on the three-lap race track. One of the Frenchmen, Benoit Gomez, also racked up four straight bullets in Blue Group while his compatriot Theo de Ramecourt almost managed the perfect opener but for a UFD disqualification in his second race. \u201cIt\u2019s not so bad to push the edges,\u201d shrugged de Ramecourt, the reigning World Champion. \u201cI have been too far back in my starts in regattas last year, so it\u2019s OK if I get a UFD, I\u2019m finding the level.\u201d<strong>Different statures<br><\/strong>The two leading Frenchmen couldn\u2019t be more different in stature, de Ramecourt weighing in around 80kg while Gomez is more around the 110kg mark. Perhaps over time the athletes will all move towards a more similar size, but right now it\u2019s technique, fitness, courage and tactical intelligence that makes the difference in this brand new Olympic discipline.Winter squad training appears to have gone well for the British squad in Formula Kite Women. Ellie Aldridge takes the lead after four races, two points ahead of her team mate Maddie Anderson. In third place is the reigning World Champion the from the USA, Daniela Moroz.<strong>iQFOiL go long distance<br><\/strong>The iQFOiL foiling windsurfers were out on the water early to beat the crowds for their 13 nautical miles long distance race. The Men and Women fleets set off ten minutes apart just after nine in the morning on an upwind downwind loop of about three nautical miles.France\u2019s H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Noesmoen, World and European champion won the Women\u2019s long distance iQFOiL race but after an hour of &nbsp;high speed upwind-downwind racing round the three miles loop in a gusty offshore breeze peaking at 25-26kts she was no more than 20 metres ahead of GBR\u2019s charging Saskia Sills who was catching fast on the final leg.A multiple youth world champion who made a point of completing an engineering degree Noesmoen is a member of the SailGP France team. She opened with a 1,2,1 on Monday and is quickly stamping her authority on the class, reporting,<em>\u201c The long distance race was good, if a bit hard for everyone as the wind picked up a lot. I was always in the first pack and then on the second downwind I took the lead but at the finish line the British girl Saskia Sills was pushing me hard and finished close there were only 20 metres in it.&nbsp; But that is a good start for me for the week. It was one of the windiest races we have done since the beginning of the iQ. My best here on the RS:X was maybe a top 10 but I never made the podium. It is choppy here and so you really need to be focused on your foil.\u201d<\/em><strong>A strong statement<br><\/strong>Having missed out on selection for Tokyo in favour of Emile Amoros and Lucas Rual the French 49er duo Erwan Fischer and Cl\u00e9ment Pequin are doubly determined to represent their nation in just over two years time in Marseille. They are hoping that the fact the national flag for their new, black 3Di sails did not arrive and they are sailing on their well used, older sails, proves to be a good omen for this time. They made a strong statement of intent today with two solid wins in breezy conditions which, again, put a premium on avoiding capsizes.Fischer and Pequin dropped their rig in momentarily in the first race but a quick recovery allowed the duo who have been sailing together since 2018 to stay in the hunt. \u201c<em>We had 20-25kts which we like. It was pretty hard to keep the boat upright. We capsized in the at the bear away in the first race but recovered quickly. It was really choppy and shifty. We made good manoeuvres all the way through.\u201d<\/em>\u201c<em>We wanted to use the new sails but we had an issue with our national flag. It did not arrive. And so we sailed with the old sails which we know well. In these conditions it is not about speed it is about surviving and good manoeuvres and gybing safely.\u201d<\/em>Fourteenth here in 2019 they have just finished third in the Mallorca Sailing Centre training regatta after a winter training in Vilamoura, Portugal.&nbsp;\u201c<em>Our selection race for Tokyo was very strong and very close and in the end we did not go. For sure this regatta feels like the start of our passage to Marseille and I hope today is a good omen.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;Smiled Fischer.In the 49er FX the Netherlands new combination of&nbsp; 2021 World champion, Odile Van Aanholt sailing with Tokyo bronze medallist Annette Duetz is off to a powerful start sharing the overall lead after three racess with Brazil\u2019s double gold medallists Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze.<strong>470, Italians fast track plans<br><\/strong>It was on the plane back home from the Tokyo games that Italy\u2019s early leaders of the Mixed 470 class Giacomo Ferrari and Bianca Caruso pledged to team up together and campaign the new Olympic class. Childhood sailing friends from Rome who raced Optimists against other in 2004 they recognised that with the short runway to the 2024 Olympic regatta, as Italy\u2019s Tokyo men\u2019s and women\u2019s 470 helm and crew pairing up was a strong proposition. They count two firsts and second to narrowly lead Spain\u2019s bronze medal winning helm Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman.&nbsp;<em>\u201cI was fourth in the Men\u2019s fleet here in 2018 so I know the regatta well.\u201d Recalls helm Ferrari who was sixth in Tokyo with Giulio Calabro, \u201cBut here we are, with so little time before the next games we have to sail together a lot, a lot, a lot. We are super friends and know each other. We are equal in the boat, it is a democracy. We have been friends so long we talk a lot. And this is a nice way to start our campaign.\u201d<\/em><strong>ILCA Beckett on top, gold medallist on the prowl<br><\/strong>Britain\u2019s Michael Beckett moved to the top of the 180 boat ILCA 7 leaderboard after scoring 1,2 in the Blue Group of Qualifying. Reigning Olympic Champion Matt Wearn winner here in 2018, scored the reciprocal results of 2,1 in Blue Group but the Australian has risen only to 32nd overall in the 167 boat fleet after a DNC yesterday.Beckett was pleased with his day but is expecting a much harder fight from tomorrow Wednesday when the top tier get reorganised into Gold Fleet racing. \u201cNone of it\u2019s easy but in those conditions today the top five do start to stretch a bit of a gap after a while,\u201d said Beckett. \u201cTomorrow it\u2019s going to be much harder, the margins will be much smaller and the quality of the fleet will make it a bigger challenge.\u201dVadnai, from landlocked Lake Balaton, enjoyed the shifty conditions on the race course. \u201cSunshine, windy and shifty, my favourite!\u201d said the Hungarian.Canada\u2019s Sarah Douglas revelled in the cold, gusty weather to score two bullets, a perfect follow-on from her second and first places from the opening day in the ILCA 6 class. Douglas holds a four-point lead over Hungary\u2019s M\u00e1ria \u00c9rdi who is two points in front of Maxime Jonker of the Netherlands.<strong>Nacra 17, a work in progress<br><\/strong>If the first day results seem to suggest it is business as usual for Italy\u2019s Rugerro Tita and Caterina Banti as the 2020 Olympic champions rolled out a 2,1,1 from their first three races in the Nacra 17 to lead by a couple of points helm Tita admitted the 2018 world champions are still in the very early stages of developing their new rudder control system.<em>\u201cIt was a bit crazy out there. We are trying to learn this new rudder control system which makes the boat much faster so we did our best. We found a good mode for upwind on the foil but beyond that let us say it is a work in progress, it is still under development. We have sailed only three days in Cagliari with this system only and for sure there is a lot of development still to come.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;Explained Tita who has an increased commitment to Italy\u2019s Luna Rossa America\u2019s Cup team.&nbsp;<em>\u201cIt is a bit hard now with the America\u2019s Cup now set to be in 2024 too but we will see what we can do but for sure seeing the Cup coming to Barcelona, closer to home, is good news.\u201d<\/em>The 51 Trofeo Princesa Sof\u00eda Mallorca is jointly organised by the Club N\u00e0utic S&#8217;Arenal, the Club Mar\u00edtimo San Antonio de la Playa, the Real Club N\u00e1utico de Palma, the Real Federaci\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola de Vela, the Federaci\u00f3n Balear de Vela and World Sailing, with the backing of the main Balearic public institutions.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=Every_sailrace\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The giant 51 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca was up to full strength for the first time on a windy Bay of Palma today as all ten classes raced with all eight race course areas in action with 1015 athletes racing on a total of 779 craft. 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