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It does not get better than this, sparkling spring sea breeze for Sofía day 2

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It does not get better than this, sparkling spring sea breeze for Sofía day 2

Schultheis mirrors his crew’s enthusiasm, “The results are up and down we are in our early stages as a team the communication and the starts, and how we manage everything. For now it is good to see we can keep up with everyone for speed, racing and results.”Rieger who sailed with Tim Fischer before, explains, […]


Schultheis mirrors his crew’s enthusiasm, “The results are up and down we are in our early stages as a team the communication and the starts, and how we manage everything. For now it is good to see we can keep up with everyone for speed, racing and results.”Rieger who sailed with Tim Fischer before, explains, “I had seen Richard racing before in the junior fleets and saw the potential and so said to him ‘What about it?’ and here we are….I was hyped about this, looking for the right guy, and saw the potential and said ‘let’s go and fight for a medal in 2028. And so it started.”After a brisk, breezy start to the 54 Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by FERGUS Hotels on Monday which gave the Olympic sailing classes a test from the first start guns of the showcase Mallorcan regatta, today the athletes were afforded a couple of hours to regroup and find their marks before the renowned Bay of Palma sea breeze built on cue.As it is the very start of the new Olympic cycle many of the bigger nations have full squads competing here, Australia have seven duos, France seven, GBR eight and there are 11 pairs are from Germany.54 Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca
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01 April, 2025The 54 Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by FERGUS Hotels is jointly organised by the Club Nàutic S’Arenal, the Club Marítimo San Antonio de la Playa, the Real Club Náutico de Palma, the Real Federación Española de Vela and the Federación Balear de Vela, with the support of World Sailing, and is co-financed by the Govern de les Illes Balears’ Sustainable Tourism Tax fund.

54 Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca
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01 April, 2025

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01 April, 2025“The conditions were great today, we got a couple of ‘keepers’ and had a lot of fun. We had 10-12kts, real champagne sailing. Now we have such a solid squad now in France with Erwan and Clement the world champions, there are a lot of young guys pushing hard now, so no one’s place is secure. It is great training. We were in Vilamoura for a lot of time and we have the ‘Young Old’ group as we call them and the ‘Young Young’ groups, and we consider ourselves just ‘Old’” grins Amorros, “This our ninth Sofia, we have done a lot of eighth overalls and want to do better this time….and seventh won’t be enough!”The event is part of the Sailing Grand Slam 2025, along with the Semaine Olympique Française, the Dutch Water Week, the Kieler Woche and the Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta.After five qualifying races for the 49er skiffs it is the newly formed young German duo Richard Schultheis and Fabian Rieger who head the 91 strong fleet. The Sofia title is wide open with none of the Paris 2024 Olympic medal winners here.Reiger concludes, “Seeing where we stand we see the potential but everyone is just getting warmed up so we need to push hard together.”

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