Maloney and Scott to fight for Princesa Sofia gold in Palma

Andy Maloney will take a six point lead over Giles Scott into Saturday’s medal race to fight for the gold medal in the 50 Trofeo S.A.R Princesa Sofia IBEROSTAR in Palma, Mallorca. Two convincing bullets from Scott on the final day of the fleet series has brought him within striking distance of Maloney who has led for much of the week. Maloney’s teammate Josh Junior remains in third with a comfortable gap on the rest of the fleet.

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Giles Scott strikes back as breeze arrives on Day 4 in Palma

After the Kiwis had pretty much had things their own way so far this week, Olympic champion Giles Scott, from Britain, struck back on the breezier fourth day of the 50 Trofeo S.A.R Princesa Sofia IBEROSTAR in Palma, Mallorca with a 4, 2 to move up to second overall. Despite having his worst day so far, overall leader Andy Maloney, from New Zealand actually extended his lead to 11 points, while teammate Josh Junior drops one place to third, on equal points with Scott, with just two more races to sail before Saturday’s medal race.

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Kiwi domination continues after high-scoring third day in Palma

Andy Maloney, from New Zealand, continues to lead the 86 boat Finn fleet after the third day of racing at the 50 Trofeo S.A.R Princesa Sofia IBEROSTAR in Palma, Mallorca. His teammate Josh Junior is now up to second, while Facundo Olezza, from Argentina is up to third. Both Junior and Olezza took race wins in the gold fleet, but for much of the fleet it was a high scoring day.

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