It is concluded to Palamos in Spain the XXXI edition of the Christmas Race, appointment reserved to the Olympic classes 49er, 470 masculine and female, Finn, Laser and Laser female Radial. Positive the budget for the blue velistis, with a 1° place (Giulia Conti and Giovanna Micol in 470F), a 10° (Zandonà–Trani in 470M). Giulia Conti and Giovanna Micol have won in the class 470 Fs thanks to a regular score (6,2,1,4,1,1,2,1,2) and preceding the strong French Lecointre-Lemaitre and the Iberian Gallegos Duran-Moreno. In the same class, 11° place for the young ones almost debutantes Sarah Quattrocchio and Fabiola Usanna. In the class 470 masculine the blues Gabrio Zandonà and Andrea Trani, world leader of the classification of specialty, has closed to the 10° place: after an uproarious start that has seen for a long time them in head they have “released” in the end (2,1,3,4,11,14,dnf,17,10). English Victoria with Patience-Grube. Good 16° place for the young Andrew Airò and Corrado Capece Minutolo. After a brief standstill for the parties of end year, the activity of the Olympic preparation of the blue sail takes back to full rhythm, between assemblies of training and regattas (first appointment in Miami in January), in sight of the binding season 2007 that it will culminate with the World ones of Cascais in Portugal to the first of July, valid as it qualifies Olympic for the 75% of the nations to Pechino (Qingdao) 2008.