Copa del Rey - Day 5 - Preview : Everything at stake in a very windy day

After a well deserved day off, the TP52 fleet is back on Palm'a bay for another two windward-leeward races. The stakes are bigger in the fifth day of the Copa del Rey as the excellent performance of Rush Valle Romano and Pinta in the coastal race have produced an upheaval at the top of the leaderboard.

Siemens is still leading the regatta but nothing has been decided. There are still four races left (including today's two) and given the very close racing we have witnessed so far, Ian WalkerAfterguard of +39 Challenge


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Mutua Madrileña is also at risk after their disappointing performance in the coastal race. After the second mark of the course Tom Dodson fell off the boat, resulting in a lost of precious time that the team was not able to recover, finishing 8th and 12th in the two legs of the coastal race.

Biggest gains on the second leg of the coastal race was for John Cook’s Cristabella which pulled up from ninth to round the final turn in fifth. Two gybes after the island kept them in better pressure and they sailed round two more boats to complete commendable recovery. From 15th at the very first windward mark of the course they took a remarkable second gun at the end of the second scoring offshore.

The weather forecast calls for strong northerly winds, 20 to 25 knots.