The event is the starting point of the European sailing season every year. The ten Olympic sailing events are joined by the Dragon fleet as an invited class. The regatta was named in honor of the princess of Spain at the time, Her Majesty Queen Sofia at present, with the first edition held in 1968.

Day one report by ISAF:
Sunshine and light breeze provided for gentle but technical sailing for all classes. Sailing from the Club Real de Palma, the Stars with all favourites on the starting line had a high level of competition. Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner (NZL) are in the lead with finished of 5 and 3 by one point over Xavier Rohart and Pierre-Alexis Ponsot (FRA) who took the first race and placed eighth in the second. Mateusz Kuznierewicz and Dominik Zycki (POL) took the last race to place third overall.

Day two report by ISAF:
A southerly breeze at 7 knots which built to 10 towards the middle of the afternoon made racing tricky. Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner (NZL) are in the lead in the Star class. After a difficult day on the water, contenders Xavier Rohart and Pierre Alexis Ponsot (FRA) and the Polish Matieusz Kusznierewicz and Dominik Zycki dropped out of the top ten. Race wins went to Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson (GBR) and Austrians Hans Spitzauer and Gerd Habermuller.

The Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mapfre is the first event for Percy and Simpson since the ISAF Worlds where they had to abandon due to Percy's back problems. "We started the week pretty badly," explained Percy. "In our first race yesterday we decided the five minute gun was the ten minute, and the ten minute was five - basically just complete confusion... In the rest of the races we've had some ups and downs, but some reasonably solid races. It's very shifty and difficult wind."

Day three report by ISAF:
The wind was quite light in the morning and shifted a lot. An interesting battle is developing in the Star class with just two points separating Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson (GBR) and Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada (BRA) at the top of the tree. The British 2008 Olympic gold medallists lead the way and with four fleet races and the Medal Race remaining it will be interesting to watch how their fight develops.

Day four report by ISAF:
Sailing at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia MAPFRE, has been dominated by light winds. However, all scheduled races have been completed providing sailors in Palma with a full racing program. British Olympic champions Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson (GBR) have kept an eight point lead over Brazilians Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada.

Day five report by ISAF:
Stronger winds for last racing day before Medal races! It has finally arrived! The South- easterly breeze welcomed the sailors this morning. Starting the day at 13 knots, it is expected to reach 20 by the end of the afternoon. Many sailors were hoping for more breeze as different skills were tested for the last opportunity to qualify for the Medal race. With high scores, the top ten in the Star class are very tight in points. The top seven can get a shot at the title after tomorrow's medal race. Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada will be starting from first place with Pepper/Turner (NZL) in second and Rohart/Ponsot (FRA) third. Early leaders Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson dropped down to fifth but only five points from first. The Star medal race will be one to watch for suspense and action.

Day six report from ISAF:
Olympic medallists completed the podium in the Star class. World champions Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada (BRA) added a second Sailing World Cup victory after winning the Rolex Miami OCR earlier this year. Beijing Olympic champions Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson took Silver in front of the French pair of Rohart/Ponsot, winner of the Bacardi Cup.

"We were really surprised to win, as we thought the British were ahead of us. We are using a new boat this week so our objective was to test it. This is why we had a slow start in the regatta, but in the end got more used to it. Of course we are very happy to have won the event in Palma," explained the Brazilians.