A beautiful windy day in Palma de Mallorca

08/04/2022

The Bay of Palma turned on the perfect combination of sunshine and solid SW’ly winds for the fourth day of competition at the Trofeo Sofia Mallorca Olympic classes regatta, the first Hempel World Cup Circuit of 2022.

Most consistent in today’s course racing on the Men’s iQFOiL windsurfing race track was Luuc van Opzeeland (NED) who scored two bullets from five heats to rise to second overall. Also winning two heats and only marginally less regular was GBR’s Andy Brown who continues to lead the competition by 4 points from the Dutchman. Some way back, 25 points off the lead, is Italy’s Nicolò Renna in third overall.
Brown’s rise through the ranks of the iQFOiL has been impressive. After struggling to make the top tier on the RS:X windsurfer, the higher power and speed of the foiling board seems to suit Brown much better. "I was sixth in last year’s Worlds and put in some good effort over the winter," he said. “For me the difference this week is thinking about the race more, listening to what my coach Nick Dempsey three-time Olympic medallist is telling me. The speed was already there, and now it’s the racing, the tactics and the strategy, it is starting to come together.”
In the Women’s iQFOiL GBR’s Islay Watson overhauled her French rival Hélène Noesmoen and now leads her class by two points even after the young Scot landed a BFD disqualification in the first of today’s four course races which Noesmie did not compete in. Interestingly, Watson and fellow Scot Andy Brown are from the same place, Loch Insh in the Highlands of Scotland.

 

See the results

 

For more information on the Trofeo Sofia Mallorca: www.trofeoprincesasofia.org

 

Source: Trofeo Sofia Mallorca
Photos: Sailing Energy/Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca

tags: Trofeo Sofia Mallorca Palma Hélène Noesmoen Andrew Brown

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