The Superyacht Cup Palma 2025 swung into action today, with captains and crews across the varied and inspiring fleet seizing the opportunity to take the measure of the competition out on the racecourse.
The Superyacht Cup Palma 2025 swung into action today, with captains and crews across the varied and inspiring fleet seizing the opportunity to take the measure of the competition out on the racecourse.
The opening day's Pantaenius Race got underway right on time in six to eight knots of breeze, with the 38.7m Hoek Truly Classic Atalante leading the fleet away, soon followed by her Hoek stablemate and regular Class A rival Vijonara as the staggered start sequence rolled out. During the course of the race the bright though increasingly lighter wind sailing conditions resulted in a shortened course for both classes. In Class A the nimble 39m Tripp designed Cervo emerged on top, repeating her first day victory of last year and edging the 35m Southern Wind yacht Gelliceaux into second place. "We started off with good breeze up the first beat and a good first run, but then we ran out of wind and the boats behind caught up with us," said Jens Christensen, tactician on Cervo . "We had a couple of good legs but then Gelliceaux got ahead of us on a wind shift. We got back in front on the final run and from there were able to keep it under control.
"We had a couple of good legs but then Gelliceaux got ahead of us on a wind shift. We got back in front on the final run and from there were able to keep it under control. All in all it went really well for us."
Vijonara took the third spot on the podium, while technical issues after training meant the brand-new Hoek Truly Classic 128 Linnea Aurora was unable to race today, but is expected to join the fray tomorrow.