Hugo Ramón He has established a new brand in the Tour of Mallorca alone when completing the tour in 19 hours, 51 minutes and 29 seconds, lowering the previous record in more than five hoursset at 25 hours and six minutes per Eduardo Horrach aboard Azuree in September 2020.
The Mallorcan navigator has taken advantage of a optimal weather window, with winds that have been rotating and allowed to navigate with holders during most of the route. Good conditions, together with thorough planningthey have been key to achieving a time that will be difficult to overcome.
Ramón has recognized that the return was initially raised as part of its preparation for the mini transat of 2025but that the experience has led him to live the challenge with a different ambition: “It has been incredible, I have enjoyed a lot and I feel very proud to have achieved this record. At all times I have kept the previous owner of the brand, Eduardo Horrach, a very experienced and respected navigator, because without his ribbon this challenge would not have made sense. ”
Upon arrival in Puerto, where he has been received by the president of the Royal Yacht Club of Palma, Rafael Giland a group of cruise shipowners, the regatist has valued the difficulties of the challenge even though everything has come out as planned: “Turning an island like Mallorca is always complicated. I have been most of the time to the cane, without being able to use the autopilot, ”he said.
The most demanding stretch has been, as the weather models already provided, the passage through Formentor: “The wind transition was made a little more than the account and He prevented me from resting, I slept only 20 minutes. I have also had some bow punctures that have made me give me some blow, but in general everything has gone well and I have kept my mood high. ”
Ramón has praised the device deployed by the Real Club Náutico de Palma, in charge of organizing the security protocol and monitoring from the ground in key points such as Cabo Salinas, Capdepera, Formentor, Soller and Dragonera. “This club is unique, it always does everything looking for excellence,” He has remarked. He also thanked the work of Gabi Pérezmeteorologist with which he prepared the attempt and drew the different routes based on the available models.
