Mapfre PalmaVela - Audi Azzurra Sailing Team lead

7:26 PM Thu 21 Apr 2011 GMT

'PalmaVela 201l' Nico Martinez &copy Click Here to view large photo

Mapfre PalmaVela - The start gun of the Mapfre PalmaVela was fired today in the bay of Palmain with easterly winds of 14 to 16 knots. The majestic Maxi Wallies and Maxis, both of which racing in compensated time, and the competitive TP 52's, which run in real time, were the first fleets to go on the water where a course of eight, six nautical miles was set up for each of them. The TP52 fleet, with three new builds in this year's Mapfre Palma Vela which had aroused great expectation, was dominated by Audi Azzurra Sailing Team. The Italian ...

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by Eva Dallo