Surprise in the Second Day of the World Championship of the Transpac 52 Class

New surprise in the second day of the World Championship of the Transpac 52 class, which is taking place in the waters of Puerto Portals (Mallorca), with the victory of the Turkish boat Provezza, owned by Ergin Imre, in the two races held today. This victory has moved Provezza from the tenth to the second position in the overall standings, five points behind the new leader of the competition, the Italo-Argentinian boat Azzurra, skippered by Guillermo Parada, the world champion in 2009, who is currently leading the competition after achieving a second and a third place finish.

The Provezza, helmed by British sailor Andy Beadsworth and with Nacho Postigo from Santander as navigator and Joan Fullana from Mallorca as bowman, has moved up from the tenth to the second place in the overall standings, five points behind Azzurra, who had a very consistent performance today with a second and a third place finish.

Just like yesterday, it was the German boat Platoon that surprised everyone and took the lead. However, the two partial victories achieved today by Provezza, owned by Imre, have surprised everyone as well. Provezza has a crew with renowned names and a tactician as experienced as the American America's Cup sailor Tony Rey.

The Platoon, which was leading, collapsed in the second race, finishing last and dropping down to the fourth place in the overall standings. This happened after a day that started with a one hour delay and the first race started with a southwest wind ('Embat') of twelve knots (22 km/h).

The Turkish boat started on the left side of the race course while the favorites, Quantum', Rán, and Azzurra, started on the right and in the middle. Provezza made the right call in terms of wind pressure and turned at the end of the first leg with a slight advantage over the rest of the fleet, which they maintained until the end. This demonstrated that their victory in Porto Cervo in the previous circuit event was not a coincidence.

The American boat Quantum, skippered by Ed Baird, also made a comeback and finished third in the race, after the Russian boat Bronenosec broke its spinnaker and dropped down to the tenth position.

In the second race, the fleet split in two and there was a significant lateral separation in the first leg of the race. Platoon, Bronenosec, and Phoenix arrived at the first buoy very close to each other. Provezza, once again, decided to go to the left side where there was more wind pressure and managed to overtake all their rivals.

Tomorrow, starting at 13:00 hours, a windward-leeward race between buoys will be held, followed by a short 18 nautical miles (36 km) race in open sea.