The prestigious Italian shipyard, FIPA GROUP, inaugurated its new office in Mallorca´s Port Adriano on 27 April. The group includes respected builders Maoira, AB Yachts as well as CBI Navi.
The interiors of the 44.5m Heesen 4400 charter yacht Bliss are currently under refit at the Palma de Mallorca based yacht interior and exterior soft furnishings refit company, Mel Interiors, recently re-branded, becoming Superyacht Interiors Mallorca.
The prestigious Real Club Nautico Palma, with strategic position in the centre of the Bay of Palma and very close to the official village of the race, has been selected as a new host yacht club of this year´s Superyacht Cup Palma.
This year´s Superyacht Cup Palma has only a few last places available for superyachts wishing to take part in this famous race. The recent entries include such splendid vessels as the last year´s winner, the 24m superyacht Drumfire or the winner of this year´s St Barths Bucket Regatta, the 43m charter yacht This is Us.
Mallorca´s new 24/7 internet television portal, MallorcaToday.TV and the well known nautical magazine, The Islander, put their forces together, launching a new nautical TV partnership.
Port Adriano´s Mallorca Superyacht Days event was completed on April 30 with great success. Hosted by superyacht marina El Toro and organised by yacht brokers from Palma, this successfull event has welcome 42 superyachts.
Swan yachts, including the Swan 60 sailing yacht Emma, the Yacht Club of St. Petersburg´s Swan 60 yacht Bronenosec, as well as the Swan 80 superyacht Alpina were present at this year´s Mapfre PalmaVela regatta. Emma took 3rd place, Bronenosec came 7th, while Alpina 9th.
The Swan 60 yacht Bronenosec, from the Yacht Club of Saint Petersburg has made her debut at her first international yacht regatta of 2012 at Mapfre Palma Vela, achieving 7th place in the Overall maxi Combined Class.
Mapfre PalmaVela 2012´s overall winner has become the Audi Azzurra Sailing Team on their TP52 yacht, making her debut in this opening regatta of the 2012 season. The Azzurra team has been followed respectively by Quantum Racing, Ran and Gladiator teams.
Day 3 of the PalmaVela 2012 yacht race saw the fantastic score reached by Audi Azzurra Sailing Team on their TP52 yacht, winning three races. As a result, the team is currently in the lead, ahead of Quantum as well as Ran.
The new Audi Azzurra Sailing Team sailing yacht TP52 was put into difficult conditions on the first day of her debut race in the Mapfre Palma Vela Regatta thanks to the challenging weather conditions, finishing in third place.