Spanish crews win four of the eight classes at the 2005 Palmarós Christmas Race

he 30th edition of the Christmas Race comes to an end with victory for Spanish crews in four of the eight participating classes. Spanish victory in classes Tornado, 470 men and women and Europe. Danish sailor Anders Nyholm has been the absolute winner and will be awarded the Memorial Manuel Albalat Trophy.

Tornado sailors Fernando Echavarri/Antón Paz (Movistar), ISAF Rolex World sailors of the year 2005 were the winners in the Tornado class. Second place was for Spanish team Toni Rivas/Fabián Escudé (Cambrils a bon port) and third position for German crew Tino Mittelmeier/Niko Mittelmeier (Marinepool).

Spanish winner in classes 470 men and women. Marc Patiño/Omar Juan finished first overall, followed by Francisco Sánchez-Ferrer/Alejandro Ramos (Movistar). Third overall were Polish sailors Tomasz Januszewski/Marcin Mickiewc (Whirlpool). Marina Gallego/Florence Van Vianen were the winners in 470 women followed by Italian team Giulia Conti/Giovanna Micol and Swiss sailors Emmnuele Rol/Sophie Thilo (Delarive Group).

In the Europe class, Spanish sailor Ascensión Roca finished first overall followed by cthe current Class European champion Teemu Rantanen from Finland. Third place was for Spanish sailor Eli Llargués.

Swedish sailor Daniel Birgmark (SKF) was the winner in the Finn class followed by Spanish sailor Rafael TrujilloTailer of +39 Challenge.


Click for more info, who had won the four previous editions of the regatta. Third position was for Spanish sailor Alberto Vadell (Malomalote).

The 49ers were the only fleet to sail a race today. The winners of the class are Jorge Lima/Francisco Andrade (Lusodiete) followed by Polish team Tomasz Stanczyk/Pawel Kuzmicki (Delphia) and third overall were Alberto Padrón/Javier de la Plaza (Audi Canarias) from Spain.

Italian sailor Fabiola Magnanhi was the winner in the Laser radial, followed by German competitors Martje Uecker (Rudolph) and Janika Puls (Marinepool), second and third respectively.

Danish sailor Anders Nyholm (Hempel Els) was the winner in the Laser class. Second place and third place were for Italian competitors Giacomo Bottoli and Michele Regolo (Solvin).

Today was a difficult day at sea. The warning signal for the first race of the day was put forward to 10:00hrs. But only the 49er managed to sail 1 race while a start was made for the 470 men but the race had to be cancelled due to a wind drop.