Corum - Ben Ainslie Winner
Competing for the Olympic Games in 2012, Ben Ainslie - Corum ambassador - wins the Trofeo Princesa Sofia MAPFRE in Palma, one of the seven events of the ISAF Sailing World Cup. No less than 85 boats were facing each other in Mallorca in the Finn category. Winner of the Sail Melbourne in Australia in December, and second at the Rolex Miami ORC in United States, end of January, Ben went into Princesa Sofia in first place of the series but closely followed by his main British challenger, Giles Scott. On April 9th, Ben won Trofeo Princesa Sofia MAPFRE in Palma, slightly increasing his lead on the SWC standings and maintaining its first place.
The Majorcan event is followed by Semaine Olympique Française (Hyeres, France at the end of April), Delta Lloyd Regatta (Medemblik, The Netherlands in May), Skandia Sail for gold (Weymouth, Great Britain in June) and Kieler Woche (Kiel, Germany in June).
Ambassador of the brand Corum since 2008, Ben Ainslie declared: "The come back to the Finn has been hard work. I need to work more on my fitness. It is good to see the other British do well, it is motivating and is good for sailing in England."
Ainslie's next stop will be Hyeres on April 23rd.
Official news release of Princesa Sofia Regatta in Palma
Ben Ainslie wins the 42 Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia in Palma
Ben Ainslie signed off a great weeks racing by winning the Finn medal race and securing the Finn Class title, he also took the overall prize for the best performance across all classes, with seven Race wins.
The medal race was another day of light winds and small choppy waves, Ainslie led from the top mark. His only threat, Giles Scott (GBR) was back in seventh. Ainslie increased his lead again on the second upwind while the rest of fleet had a tough fight at the first downwind mark. Ainslie comfortably maintained his lead and won by more than 150 metres (about 40 seconds).
Ben only came back the Finn full time in November last year after a two year break sailing with Team Origin. So far he's won Sail Melbourne (December 2010) and came second in Miami (January 2011). By winning Palma Ben increases his lead at the top of the ISAF Sailing World Cup and now leads the standings by 2 points.
On his return to the class Ainslie said:
"At Miami, I learnt a huge amount and despite some issues in the regatta finished one point off the lead. Since then we have been working hard on the kit development and fitness and I'm happy that we made some good gains. I'm really pleased with the progress made but certainly have more improvements to make."
On the Palma Regatta Ainslie said:
"It's a tricky venue here in Palma but I seem to be getting back the fleet racing tactical calls and had good speed throughout a range of conditions. It is good to see the other British sailors doing well, it is motivating and is good for sailing in the UK."
When asked if it had been a windy regatta it would have been a different story? Ainslie said:
"Who knows, it's not reality. The first day we had 25 knots plus and that was great fun and tough physically. We've had a good range of conditions at this event. It has been hard work to come back you need to be really fit. I'm working on my fitness and I still need to get used to the boat again."
He has just two weeks to rest and get ready for the next leg in Hyeres, starting April 22.
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