The race organised by the sailing clubs of Santa Ponça and Salou will be held from 10^th to 12^th September within the Rei en Jaume festivities of Calvià

The Calvià Town Hall's plenary room held the presentation of the XXIX Rei en Jaume Height Regatta within the frame of the Festivities of Calvià. The Mayor Alfonso Rodríguez Badal has welcomed the organisers and has highlighted the consolidation of an event now in its 29^th edition.

The A2 cruise ships will be incorporated to the fleet of vessels which will recreate one more year the route of the Conqueror in the XXIX Rei en Jaume Height Regatta. The traditional race organised by the sailing clubs of Santa Ponça and Salou, with the collaboration of the Port Adriano and Port Tarraco marinas, is due to be held between 10^th and 12^th September.

The main novelty presented by the event in its 29^th edition is the decision of making the announcement extensive to those cruise ships with reduced crew. Ricardo Ferrer, manager of the Sailing Club of Santa Ponça, stated that “the race has been consolidated with the annual participation of twenty vessels and with the incorporation of the A2 we want to favour a greater participation and mantain the event's attractiveness”.

The Rei en Jaume Regatta is one of the most exceptional yacht races which are organised annualy, punctuable for the Height Spanish Championship, Mediterranean Zone. Its commemorative character, recreates the 110 nautical mile-route which in 1229 the Conqueror covered to disembark in Mallorca; the fact of favouring the twinning between the areas of Calvià and Salou, and the participation of the enthusiast crews and their families have contributed to consolidate the longevity of a race which bets for its continuity.

In that line, Ferrer recalls that during the last years the Rei en Jaume Regatta has experienced a series of significant changes with the increase of the length of the participating vessels, thanks to the collaboration of Port Adriano and Port Tarraco; the introduction in the honor roll of new categories of trophies; and the incorporation of the sailing-tracking system, which allows to follow the race (in real time) through the Sailing Club of Santa Ponça web page, www.cnsp.es.

With regards to both, the technology and the GPS devices, Ferrer assures that, “not only allow to obtain real-time information of the vessels' progresses, positions and all what occurs in the itinerary which connects the coast lines of Salou and Santa Ponça, but also the level of security of the race has increased significantly”, he explains.

Social and sports programme

In this edition the race is open to vessels with the ORC, RI, RI verified and RI with reduced crew measurement certificates. The participating vessels will be provided with free mooring at the clubs and marinas promoting the organization of the event.

The sport event's programming will start on Thursday 10^th September with the meeting of captains and the gathering of the crews of the vessels registered for the race. The fleet will sail during the whole day and the night on Friday 11^th to cover the 110 mile-distance to cross the finish line, set on the island of Dragonera, on 12^th September.

The prize-giving event is scheduled for that same day, at the Sailing Club of Santa Ponça, during the shipowners and participating crews farewell dinner.

In the Rei en Jaume Regatta's last edition, the winners of the trophy which represents the dragon headed shield of the Conqueror's vessel hull on the flag of the Kingdom of Aragón were: ‘Raquero’, which was crowned as the fastest vessel of the fleet; ‘A poc a poc morenito”, winner in the RI type in compensated time and the ‘Banff', which victory was proclaimed in the RI Promo category.