LAK, GIRALDILLA AND CALIMA , OUTRIGHT WINNERS OF THE TWENTY-THIRD “ADLMIRAL COUNT OF BARCELONA” TROPHY.
The prizes were awarded according to state of restoration, presentation and conservation of the yachts combined with the results of the four heats contested during the regatta
In the Vintage Boats category, the Lak was announced the outright winner of the Twenty-third “Admiral Count of Barcelona” Trophy held in Palma de Mallorca from 13 to 19 of August 2007. The Isla Ebusitana took second place followed by Southern Cross, which finished third. The overall winner in the Classic Ships category was Giraldilla followed by Argos and Merengue, who took second and third place respectively in the general classification.
In the “Spirit of Tradition” class, Calima, with Diego Colón at the helm and designed by Sparkman & Stephens, won the first prize while Hard Ship II and “Swan Dancer” came in second and third respectively. In the Dragons category Laisy Daisy, built in 1964 and skippered by German Gil March, was first past the finish line followed by Dino and Aphrodite.
SPECIAL MENTION
CONMEMORATIVE FOR ITS FIRST CENTENARY
BOAT: ILONA OF KYILESKU
TO THE HONOURABLE ADMIRAL DON MARCIAL SANCHEZ BARCAIZTEGUI.
IN RECOGNITION OF HIS UNRESERVED COLLABORATION WITH THE “ADMIRAL COUNT OF BARCELONA TROPHY.
TO THE TRAINING SHIP GIRALDA,
IN RECOGNITION OF HER SPECIAL COLLABORATION
Pesa, provisional leader in the first regatta followed by Mariette and Mariquita
• The dancer, Ángel Corella, paid a visit to the regatta village and watched the regatta on board the Ilona of Kylesku
• Remembering Emily Johanson
Pesa followed by Mariette and Mariquita led the provisional classification of the 23rd Admiral Count of Barcelona Trophy at the end of the first day’s event held in the Bay of Palma. The yachts that took the start line and covered the twelve-mile course in very pleasant sailing conditions, given the stable wind speed at around 8 knots blowing from the south. The three boats Pesa, Mariette and Mariquita in the Vintage Boats group, class C and group J are the some of the longest vessels of the fleet and draw the largest crowds at the Village on the Golondrinas Quay. Pesa, flying a French flag and captained by Jy Roubinet, was designed by Max Oertz and built in 1911.
The renowned dancer, Ángel Corella, paid a visit to the Village, where he was shown the installations and the competing boats, after which he went aboard the Ilona of Kylesku, designed by William Stober and launched in 1907, to watch the start of the day’s regatta from close up. Coinciding with the regatta, the Palma Auditorium hosted a gala performance of ‘Corsario’ organised in conjunction with the Ángel Corella Foundation and the Royal Hispania Foundation of Vintage Boats in order to collect funds for the Alzheimer Project, sponsored by the Foundation and chaired by H.M. Doña Sofía. The Queen presided the gala in which the famed dancer performed.
Remembering Emily Johanson
In the boat owners meeting a minute’s silence was held in memory of Emily Johanson, closely connected to the Admiral Count of Barcelona Trophy almost from its beginning. As it was recalled, Emily’s presence in the regatta went well beyond her duties as an umpire involving herself in the preparation and development of the races, the event having a special significance for her.
The Mariquita, leader Vintage Boat leader in the second regatta
The “Embat”, the star of the day’s events
Faithful to her date with the Admiral Count of Barcelona Trophy, the local wind known as Embat put in an appearance in the second regatta contested in the waters of the bay of Palma, where some sixty boats set out divided into the categories of Vintage boats, Classics and Spirit of Tradition.
The course covered a distance of fifteen nautical miles that traced the entire bay of Palma in the shape of an arc, from Cala Blava to Illetas thus exploiting the day’s favourable weather conditions to the full. Group J comprising the slowest vessels of the flotilla took the start line at 12.30 with a wind speed of seven and a half knots. Thirty minutes later with similar weather conditions the thirty-five yachts making up group K set out. At approximately half past one an easterly wind picked up, though shortly afterwards it returned to its initial conditions thereby making it unnecessary to change the course as had happened on the previous day’s sailing.
Mariquita was first to cross finish line, taking two hours and twenty-five minutes to complete. Once the real time has been calculated and adjusted to the rating of each boat, Mariquita came in first place in the Vintage Boat category followed by Mariette and Bibelot. Pesa, who had previously led the group, finished fourth.
Pesa from 1911 regained the leading position in the Vintage Boats
Pesa (1911) recovered her leadership in the group of Vintage Boats on the third day of the XXIII Admiral Count of Barcelona Trophy, hence ensuring a good position in the final classification where she would compete together with the Mariquita (1911) and the Veronique (1907), who the same day took second and third place respectively.
The provisional overall classification was led by the Mariquita, followed by the Mariette and Pesa, which hinted at a hard-fought final contest in the Vintage Boats group.
When at the beginning the Gregal wind was blowing in the bay of Palma at an intensity of 10 knots, the group covered a distance of 19 miles. An hour after the boats set out the wind veered round and turned into an 14-knot Embat. This was not the only change of the day; when the group reached the buoy situated in Cala Blava a westerly wind was blowing at an intensity between 13 and 3 knots. Once again the Mariquita had fastest time of the group taking three hours and forty minutes to finish the course.
The only incident of the day occurred before the boats took the start line and affected Karimata (1924), captained by Gerhard Klaus Kurzweg, and Dirdam (1994), belonging to the Spirit of Tradition class. In the incident Karimata broke her mizzenmast and was force to retire early, managing to reach port under own her steam. A collision also took place during the competition between Marigan (1898) and Eva (1906) that forced the former to pull out while the latter was able to complete the entire course.
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