José Cusí`s Bribón wins the 30th Copa del Rey Audi Mapfre in her farewell to the majorcan regatta, eleven editions after her last victory in 2000.

Jason Carroll`s Argo takes the first regatta American victory ever, whereas Jose María van der Ploeg`s Factorenergia clinches the trophy in the J-80 division, and Earlybird does so in IRC B.

Palma de Mallorca, August 5th. Except for the Melges 32 and the RI 1 fleets, the rest of the 30th Copa del Rey Audi Mapfre divisions will have to wait till tomorrow for their winners to be decided.

A fourth place would be enough for Bribón to take the honors in the IRC A division, thus giving José Cusí his sixth title in the closing year of the historical saga of boats. The rest of the leaders carry small advantages into the final day of the contest what guarantees very close racing. The reliable sea breeze of the bay of Palma, known as Embat, delivered one more day up to 10 knots and dropped along the afternoon.

Discards were applied in the 30th Copa del Rey Audi Mapfre after eight races were accomplished, bringing important changes to the classification: Bribón`s advantage over Container shrinks to six points in IRC A, whereas Speedy cuts down distances upon Earlybird in IRC B. Melges 32 Argo stays at the top in the OD fleet with the discard still undelivered.

With a good victory in today’s 30 miles high scoring coastal race José Cusí`s Bribón took a big step towards their Copa del Rey Audi Mapfre victory in the IRC A division, as did Rats on Fire and Movistar in the RI 1 and 2 groups.

The second day of races in Palma delivered unusual conditions and a new leader in the IRC division, Bribón, a win for Argo and another for B-Lin Sailing.com in the Melges 32 class, and no big changes in the rest of the fleets.

German TP52 Container and Swan 45 Earlybird sign two bullets each in today`s two races to lead the IRC A and B scoring boards respectively. J-80 world champion Ignacio Camino also scored two victories in as many races today, whereas a very tight contest in the X-35 class saw X on the Beach and Nextel Engineering win today.

More than 1.200 sailors from 16 different countries onboard the 120 registered boats will fill in the bay of Palma as from tomorrow, opening day of the 30th Copa del Rey Audi Mapfre, the most important regatta of the Mediterranean. The world top Melges 32 and J-80 sailors will gather for the debut of the classes in the Majorcan regatta.

The most important regatta of the Mediterranean, to be held from the 1st till the 6th of August, includes two new classes racing in real time.