The PalmaVela first round of the Mediterranean Sailing Circuit

The fifth edition of the 2024 Mediterranean Sailing Circuit, which will take place in Palma, Barcelona and Valencia, is just a few weeks away. The event will host, jointly, the results of the PalmaVela regatta at the Real Club Náutico de Palma (1st to the 5th of May), the Conde de Godó BMW Trophy at the Real Club Náutico de Barcelona (29th of May to 2nd of June) and ends with the Trofeo de S.M. La Reina at the Real Club Náutico de Valencia (28th of June to 7th of July).

This event is open to ORC 0, 1, 2, 3 and A2 classes, and it is essential to have participated in at least two of the three events on the calendar in order to score points in the final classification.

The trophy for the best club in the Mediterranean, called the Gran Premio Interclubs del Mediterráneo, will also be maintained, in which the first classified of each of the participating clubs in each class (in which the shipowners must have a license from the club they represent) will be collected, and a new classification will be made to define the best club of the season.

Convenience for participants

In order to encourage and facilitate the participation of the maximum number of boats, the organizing clubs will offer discounts or member prices on moorings to all those boats in transit from one regatta to another. To do so, they will have to come from one event and participate in the next.

In addition, all boats participating in the three events of this circuit in 2024 will be exempt from paying entry fees for the 2025 edition of the events.

Defending the 2023 titles

2024 will be a new season and the winners of the previous year will arrive with the spirit of retaining the title in their cabinets, as is the case of the TP52 "Blue Carbon" (RCNB), of Toni Guiu in ORC 0; the Swan 42 "Elena Nova" (RCNP), of Christian Plump and Javier Sanz in ORC 1; the Grand Soleil 43 "M8" (RCNV), of the Francés Armengot brothers in ORC 2, or the Dheler 38 "Santina" (RCNP), of Thomas Rudewald in ORC 3. Regarding the Gran Premio Interclubs del Mediterráneo, it will be the RCN de Palma who will put its qualification at stake in the first place of 2023.