The third regatta of the inaugural 52 Super Series is set to be hotly contested with just three points separating the top two teams Quantum Racing and Audi Azzurra Sailing Team going into the four-day Royal Cup at Palma, Mallorca from July 11.
Eight teams will compete at the regatta including two newcomers, Austrian team Aquila, helmed by Rene Mangold, and Turkish team Provezza, owned by Ergin Imre and steered by double Olympic silver medallist Nick Rogers, from England.
The teams are vying for the coveted Royal Cup Challenge Trophy. The silverware was formerly presented to the winner of the world’s premier level rating class IMS50 after Bvlgari created it in 1995 and donated by King Harald of Norway, Pasquale Landolfi, Willi Illbruck and Yannis Costopoulos.