Corel 45 - Majorica One Ton Cup Overall

German Faster K-Yote II Wins Corel 45 World Championship

It's faster k-Yote II the winner of the solid silver trophy first awarded 100 years ago by the Cercle de la Volie de Paris. The red Corel 45 owned by German Ortwin Kandler (with a French crew) won the Majorica One Ton Cup - Corel 45 ISAF World CHampionship - in the last day of races by scoring two second places in two very demanding and tough races. Races 10 and 11 have been sailed in a southwesterly sea breeze building up to 15 knots.

Playing different tactical options in the first windward leg of first race Atalanti X and Faster K-Yote II rounded first mark respectively first and fifth with British Babbalas being in second position. Just after mark rounding La Casera could get in front of Atalanti X as the Greek boat hadn't her spinnaker sheet tied after a sail changeand had to drop it to recover the accident. On the second beat the first four boat went on controlling each other: at that moment the wind was increasing a little bit and the right side of the sail area proved to be better so Babbalaas and Faster K-Yote rounded the windward mark one in front of the other while La Casera and Atalanti X finished respectively third and fourth: the four boats kept on controlling each other and they finished in the same order.

After the tenth race Atalanti X was still 2 points ahead Faster K-Yote II: the race starts with a wcircling between the two and goes on with a tight control: for most part of the race the German Corel 45 in in front of the fleet while La Casera and Indulgence take advantage of the situation and can round the marks between the two: at the finishing line British Indulgence is in front of Faster K-Yote II while La Casera in in front of Atalanti. The two pretenders are scoring the same points but the winner is Faster K-Yote II because she could break the tie thanks to the two seconds in the lst two races as the head both three first places.

OVERALL RESULTS RESULTS AFTER 11 RACES

Pos Boat              Country       R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10R11 Pts
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 1. Faster K-Yote 2   Germany        1  5  6  5  4  7  4  1  1  2  2   26
 2. Atalanti X        Greece         5  1  5  4  1  3  1  5  3  4  2   26
 3. La Casera         Spain         DSQ 2  7  3  5  1  3  6  5  3  3   31
 4. Babbalaas         Great Britain  7  6  9  2  2  2  8  4  6  1  7   36
 5. Investor          Sweden         3  3  3  6  7  5  5  7  2  6  6   39
 6. Indulgence        Great Britain  2 10 10  9  8  4  6  3 10  5  1   48
 7. Cavale Bleu       France         6  9  1  1  6  6  7  8  8  8  8   51
 8. Bounder           Great Britain  9  4  2 10 10  9  2  7  7  7  9   51
 9. Aifos             Spain          4  8  4  7  3  8  9  9  4  9  5   52
10. Mallorca Yachting Spain          8  7  8  8  9 10 10 10 19 10 DNS  79

The Corel 45 has been designed by Bruce Farr and last year was recognised as an International Class by ISAF, confirming her exclusive level of racing. The sponsor of the event will be Majorica the world renown Spanish company for pearls and jewellery founded in 1890.

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