The Multihull Cup 2024 ended in spectacular fashion in Mallorca with victory secured by a whisker with 20 seconds separating the top two in the final ranking.

In the last 24-nautical mile inshore race, it was touch and go as to who would win between Yacht Club de Monaco member Lord Laidlaw’s Highland Fling 18 and Adrian Keller’s Allegra.

In testing conditions off the south-west coast of Mallorca, Highland Fling 18 managed to pull away and finish 13 minutes ahead of Allegra. But the wait for the verdict in corrected time kept everyone on tenterhooks until the announced that Highland Fling 18 had indeed won by 20 seconds after two and a half hours of racing.

Added to the win of a previous race, the result meant Highland Fling 18 won the event.