Last Wednesday, 10th July, Russian
However, for some people it was not such a lazy day - the majority of participants still had to make a one-hour hike to the main parking area in Andratx (see the story about problems with parking on the previous day). «The rest of the day was spent at», some on the local beach and others on Nikki Beach.
We, in turn, went for a walk around Port Adriano. We were keen to take a closer look at the marina, recently rebuilt according to Philippe Starck'sdesign.
Impressions cannot be expressed in any other word than» except «rapture. As people who have built severalyacht clubs and have seen countless ones, we can responsibly say so.
Very competently done the central mall. It is wide enough to house the main two storied building of
«In the building there are several posh restaurants, plus shops with yachtswear, as well as offices of yachting companies, including such» monsters as Princess, Burgess, Sunseeker.
So as not to seem too long «sausage», the mall is angled at a slight angle, so there is always a beautiful perspective from any vantage point. Glazing to the ceiling and spacious promenade terraces create an impression of freedom. « Deck» is finished in teak with minimal machining, a frame of brutal wooden beams, columns of unusual, slightly conical shape made of rough, untreated concrete - all this creates a sense of freedom and very yacht-like







After strolling around the marina, we stopped by to visit «Maltese Falcon». It has been standing here for some time now. We could talk about this boat for a long time, but for starters, check out Wikipedia if you are not at all familiar with it.
She is number
We consider her to be a truly world leading megayacht, still unrivalled to this day, although she was built way back (by the standards of yachting) in 2006.
Totally spacey on the outside, she is even more impressive on the inside.




When the midday heat subsided, the regatta participants loaded up on buses and headed out to taste local wine at a winery










On day six of the RBI - Thursday 11 July - the sports-hungry competitors took to the track again. The race around Dragoner Island took place. The wind at the start was still blowing
After the races all the boats, without a word, went to the neighboring with Andratx wild cove Cala LLamp. At







The day ended with guitar songs aboard the First Lady boat.
Finally, on Friday






Official results of VI RussianBusiness Regatta are as follows:
Division «MALORKA»
1 place:
Yacht #10 «First Lady», skipper Timofey Zhbankov
2nd place:
Yacht #13 «Blue Heaven», skipper Evgeny Neugodnikov
3rd place:
Yacht # 07 «Southern Sunset II», skipper Alexei Tarasov
4th place:
Yacht #12 «Blue Bird», skipper Leonid Klepikov
5th place:
Yacht #18 «Freedom», skipper Vitaly Rozhkov
6th place:
Yacht #1 «Flamenco», skipper Sergey Jienbaev
7th place:
Yacht #16 «Ocean Queen», skipper Roman Konstantinov
Division «Ibiza»
1st place:
Yacht #3 «La Vida», skipper Evgeny Nikiforov
2nd place:
Yacht #6 «Primavera», skipper Oleg Sapukhin
3rd place:
Yacht #4 «Cadenote», skipper Nikolay Kovalenko
4th place:
Yacht #11 «Habana», skipper Alexey Borisov
5th place:
Yacht #17 «Carpe Diem», skipper Victor Zakharov
Division «MENORCA»
1st place:
Yacht #10 «Mojito», skipper Andrey Arbuzov
2nd place:
Yacht #15 «Spica», skipper Maxim Tarasov
3rd place:
Yacht #5 «Aral», skipper Alexander Mikhailik
4th place:
Yacht #8 «Vino Tinto», skipper Alexander Yakovlev
5th place:
Yacht #2 «Demonio De Tasmania», skipper Anna Stepanova
The awards ceremony was held during the closing
So, the VI Russian