{"id":79867,"date":"2024-10-29T11:14:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T15:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/?p=79867"},"modified":"2024-12-10T13:22:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:22:58","slug":"clubswan-one-design-worlds-play-out-in-palma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/racing\/clubswan-one-design-worlds-play-out-in-palma\/","title":{"rendered":"ClubSwan One Design Worlds Play Out in Palma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Haakon Lorentzen’s Mamao, of Brazil, was crowned ClubSwan 36 world champion in Palma. Canadian Star Class legend and Olympian Ross MacDonald (to leeward) was the team’s tactician. <\/span>\n ClubSwan Racing\/Studio Borlenghi<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n

The Swan One Design Worlds<\/a> came to a dramatic conclusion in Palma de Mallorca over the weekend with the world champions crowned in three ClubSwan Racing classes\u2014two by a single point\u2014and the season-long Nations League ultimately decided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the ClubSwan 36 fleet, teams from Brazil, Germany and Spain took the top spots with Haakon Lorentzen\u2019s Mamao<\/em>, of Brazil, claiming the ClubSwan 36 title after overhauling series leader and three-race winner Black Battalion<\/em>. Edoardo Ferragamo’s Cuordileone<\/em> completed the podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am feeling great, it is our second time,\u201d said Lorentzen, adding the key to their success was never giving up and fighting to the finish. \u201cI was 68 when I won my first world championship, and now I am 70 and have won my second.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Bezner\u2019s Olymp<\/em>, hailing from Germany, claimed the ultra-close ClubSwan 50 title by a single point from Raquel and Graeme Peterson\u2019s Moonlight<\/em>. Leonardo Ferragamo’s Cuordileone, the 2023 world title holder toke the final place on the podium. The level of competition was highlighted by the fact that the top-five boats in the 12-strong class were each only a point apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n The ClubSwan 50 class, with 12 entries, closed its world championship with only 2 points between the top three.<\/span>\n ClubSwan Racing\/Studio Borlenghi<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s outstanding and a great reward for our team,\u201d Bezner said. \u201cWe\u2019re a new team and the first day was a bit rough but today we had two great starts\u2014we like challenging conditions, we do a bit better. I have only been with ClubSwan Racing for four years, having never raced a regatta before, so you can imagine how I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps appropriately, given the Bay of Palma arena, the similarly tight competition for the ClubSwan 42 world title was an all-Spanish affair, with Pedro Vaquer Comas\u2019 Nadir<\/em> edging out Jose Maria Meseguer\u2019s Pez de Abril<\/em>\u2014again by a single point. Adriano Majolino\u2019s Canopo<\/em>, the 2024 Rolex Swan Cup winner with two race victories on its Palma card, was third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back ashore Comas said, \u201cWe\u2019re feeling very good, it has been a very competitive event for everyone. The 42 class is very strong at the moment and this is the second time we have won the Worlds so we will enjoy it. The team has been together 10 years so I am very proud.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The teams in the Swan One Design Worlds experienced varied conditions throughout the week, providing a suitable challenge of their skills across the wind range, as well as a rather different challenge for the experienced race management team at the Real Club N\u00e1utico de Palma, host for the ClubSwan Racing regatta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n The ClubSwan 42 fleet, the oldest of the ClubSwan one-designs in Palma, enjoyed close racing throughout the week, with three Spanish teams earning the podium positions. <\/span>\n ClubSwan Racing\/Studio Borlenghi<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n

It was an equally close-run affair in the 2024 The Nations League ClubSwan 50 series with Moonlight<\/em> \u2014 despite a strong performance in Palma and victory in the recent Rolex Swan Cup \u2014 ending the season as runner-up to Marcus Brennecke\u2019s Hatari<\/em>, with the German yacht adding to her winning streak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is disappointing to have lost the World Championship, but Olymp deserved it,\u201d said Brennecke. \u201cOn the other hand, winning the Nations League title for the fifth time in a row shows that we are sailing well. But it is so competitive and everyone can win \u2014 that is the beauty of ClubSwan Racing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite their third-place finish in the Swan One Design Worlds, Cuordileone<\/em> was able to secure the overall season ClubSwan 36 Nations League title. Edoardo Ferragamo said, \u201cIt was a very beautiful season even if the weather wasn\u2019t the easiest, but we managed to keep the team strong to the end, so we are happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A similar tale unfolded in the ClubSwan 42 class, where earlier performances in the season secured the overall title for Jose Maria Meseguer\u2019s Pez de Abril<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are very happy obviously as the Nations League is a very important trophy,\u201d Meseguer said. \u201cThe highlight for me is that we have been able to hit our targets through the season. We have so many new people who are coming in and they are improving a lot \u2014 so everyone is trying very hard to get better and it is a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While most of the attention has been focused on the action on the water, as ever the shoreside made its own contribution to the ClubSwan Racing atmosphere. A major highlight of the social scene was the Owners’ Evening which was held in the historic and famed location of the 300-year-old Gordiola glass blowing factory, whose architecture is inspired by the Castle of Perpignan, and is a candidate for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summing up the season at the celebratory Prize-Giving on Sunday evening, Nautor Group President Leonardo Ferragamo said, \u201cThis event marks the conclusion of a Nations League season which has seen friendly and competitive racing merged with the lifestyle and friendship at the heart of the Swan family experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n