El RCN Torrevieja acoge la Copa de España de la clase Europa durante las fiestas de Semana Santa
Los regatistas de la Comunitat Valenciana, dispuestos a revalidar sus mejores resultados
El RCN Torrevieja acogerá entre los días 21 y 24 de abril, fiestas de Semana Santa, la Copa de España de la Clase Europa. Una clase donde la Comunitat Valenciana se ha destacado por alcanzar los mejores resultados en los campeonatos nacionales e internacionales. Tanto Jesús Rogel del RCN Torrevieja como Sven Stadel, del RCN Denia, han sido campeones del mundo. El equipo de la FVCV se proclamó el año pasado Campeón de la Copa de las naciones (Sven Stadel, David Kearley y Ascensión Roca de Togores). Y la Joven regatista, Mercedes Fernández Pellicer fue subcampeona de Europa en categoría sub 17, por citar solo algunos de los importantes logros conseguidos en clase Europa. La competición promete y el espectáculo está asegurado.
El Real Club Náutico de Torrevieja ultima los reparativos para convertirse, una vez más, en la sede de uno de los eventos nacionales más importantes en la modalidad de Vela Ligera: la Copa de España de la clase Europa.
Será durante las fechas de Semana Santa, entre los días 21 y 24 de abril, para los que se espera una notable participación y un mayor espectáculo en el mar.
La Copa de España de clase Europa está organizada por el RCN Torrevieja y la Real Federación Española de Vela con la colaboración de la Federación de Vela de la Comunitat Valenciana y la Secretaría Nacional de la Clase Europa.
Programa de actividades
El programa de actividades comenzará el jueves, 21 de abril con la apertura de la Oficina de Regata y medición de los aparejos. La competición se realizará durante los días 22 y 23 viernes y sábado con señal de atención en el mar a las 11:00 horas; y el domingo 24, con el inicio de las mangas a las 10:30 horas de la mañana.
Están previstas un máximo de 9 pruebas en modalidad de flota, y en grupos si el número de participantes es superior a 71: en este caso se realizará una ronda eliminatoria y una ronda final.
Tendrán derecho a trofeo los cinco primeros clasificados de la general absoluta, pero también, los tres primeros clasificados en las categorías: Fémina, Fémina Juvenil y Juvenil Masculino.
La Comunitat Valenciana se ha destacado durante los últimos años por los importantes logros conseguidos por sus regatistas en esta clase. Solo por citar algunos de ellos, en el 2005 Jesús Rogel, del RCN Torrevieja, se proclamó campeón del mundo en China. Sven Stadel, del RCN Denia que despuntó como tercer del mundo en ese mismo campeonato, acumula grandes premios en la clase Europa, el último de ellos, como campeón del mundo el año pasado en Suecia. La joven Mercedes Pellicer fue subcampeona Femenina de Europa, Mientras Ascensión Roca de Togores y Carmen Pellicer, ambas del RCN Torrevieja, quedaron entre las mejores seis féminas absolutas y juvenil en el campeonato del Mundo, y en el Campeonato de Europa. Así mismo, el equipo de la Comunitat Valenciana, integrado por Sven Stadel y David Kearley del RCN Denia y Ascensión Roca de Togores, del RCN Torrevieja, se proclamó campeón de la Copa de las Naciones.
lunes, 18 de abril de 2011
FVCV: Castellón, a toda vela en la V Travessia Baix Maestrat
Castellón, a toda vela en la V Travessia Baix Maestrat
Los clubes náuticos de Castellón, Oropesa, Burriana, Benicarló y Vinarós organizan una regata que recorrerá los días 21 al 24 de abril la provincia de sur a norte
El Salón Social del Real Club Náutico de Castellón fue escenario ayer de la presentación oficial de la V Travessia Baix Maestrat, una popular competición de la vela de crucero que unirá del 21 al 24 de abril los clubes náuticos de Castellón, Oropesa, Burriana, Benicarló y Vinarós, organizadores de esta cita mezcla de deporte y acto social que espera contar con un buen número de participantes.
Así lo pusieron de manifiesto los organizadores durante el acto de presentación, representados por Juan José García, presidente del RCN de Castellón; y José Vicente Marty, vocal de vela, quienes han lanzado una invitación a toda la flota castellonense para que participe en esta clásica travesía puntuable para el Campeonato Autonómico de Cruceros RI. Una invitación a la que se han sumado las autoridades presentes, entre las que se encontraban Mateo Castellá Bonet, director general del Deporte de la Consellería de Cultura y Deporte; el diputado provincial de deportes, Luís Martínez; y el concejal de Deportes del Ayuntamiento de Castellón, Vicent Sales.
TRAVESÍA POR LA COSTA AZAHAR
La Travessia Castelló Baix Maestrat, competición puntuable para el Campeonato Autonómico de la clase Crucero RI y organizada por los clubes náuticos de Castellón, Oropesa, Burriana, Benicarló y Vinarós, se celebrará entre los días 21 al 24 de abril, ambos inclusive, en un recorrido que zarpará el viernes 22 desde el Real Club Náutico de Castellón, con destino Alcossebre. Desde este puerto, las embarcaciones tendrán que ir a motor hasta Marina Benicarló, donde la flota hará escala los días 23 y 24, para realizar el resto de competición entre sus aguas y las de Peñíscola.
VELUX 5 OCEANS LEADER BRAD VAN LIEW FEELING THE HEAT IN SPRINT TO HOMETOWN
THE pressure to protect his lead in the race to his hometown is mounting for VELUX 5 OCEANS skipper Brad Van Liew as ocean sprint four enters its final stage.
For the past 19 days the 43-year-old American has dominated the 5,700-nautical mile leg from Punta del Este in Uruguay, maintaining his reputation as the man to beat. But with under 1,000 nautical miles left to sail to the finish line in his home port of Charleston on the east coast of the USA, and after pulling out all his tricks to shake off his race rivals, Brad has only been able to watch as Derek Hatfield and Chris Stanmore-Major continue to eat away at his lead.
A veteran of two VELUX 5 OCEANS races and a winner of class two of the 2002/3 event, Brad is the most experienced of the fleet competing in The Ultimate Solo Challenge and has so far won each of the three sprints. Brad rates his reading of the weather as his best skill at sea, but nothing can compensate for when the weather does something different to what’s forecast.
After passing the northwest tip of South America, Brad chose to disregard the bonus points on offer for winning the sprint four timed run instead opting to take a more westerly course to set himself up for a quick passage past the Caribbean islands and up to Charleston. However his return on investment hasn’t been all he’d hoped, with Derek and Chris making bigger gains on their more easterly courses. The pressure to keep up his winning streak and sail into his hometown victorious has never been greater.
“I’m just trying to do all I can to keep this damn boat moving,” the Le Pingouin skipper said today. “I was doing alright on Wednesday – it was the first time I thought I might be in the same weather system as Derek and Chris. They have just been killing me over the last few days. I had a couple of good position reports and then I got hit with some squalls and thunderstorms on Wednesday night and then lost everything I had made and then some. It was pretty light yesterday and I’m just trying to stay in touch with these guys. It’s shocking to see what Chris is doing right now, I don’t know what’s going on. It seems the weather is coming in from the east, and it really worries me. I put a lot of effort into owning the left side of the course and usually it would have paid off by now. This time it just hasn’t.”
In an attempt to extract every last bit of boatspeed out of Le Pingouin, Brad has been pushing himself to the limit both physically and mentally.
“I have had no sleep for the last couple of nights, there have been loads of sail changes and I’ve been hit with 180 degree wind shifts,” he added. “It’s extremely tiring. Then when the wind is a little bit more reliable I am trying to get every last bit out of the boat. I continue to tell myself I don’t deserve to win unless I work harder than everyone else so I am working as hard as I can.
“Right now it does look like I have less miles to sail to Charleston and we are going to have to tack our way up there in the next couple of days so in the long run hopefully it will pay off to be over the west. The whole game hasn’t been played yet but yeah it’s frustrating. Chris and Derek are obviously pushing very hard and that’s boat racing, nothing is guaranteed.”
Positions at 1200 UTC
Skipper / distance to finish (nm) / distance to leader (nm) / distance covered in last 24 hours (nm) / average speed in last 24 hours (kts)
Brad Van Liew, Le Pingouin: 885.5 / 0 / 256.2 / 10.7
Derek Hatfield, Active House: 1035.7 / 150.2 / 264.8 / 11
Chris Stanmore-Major, Spartan: 1145.2 / 259.7 / 251.8 / 10.5
Zbigniew Gutkowski, Operon Racing: 3205 / 2319.5 / 0 / 0
For the past 19 days the 43-year-old American has dominated the 5,700-nautical mile leg from Punta del Este in Uruguay, maintaining his reputation as the man to beat. But with under 1,000 nautical miles left to sail to the finish line in his home port of Charleston on the east coast of the USA, and after pulling out all his tricks to shake off his race rivals, Brad has only been able to watch as Derek Hatfield and Chris Stanmore-Major continue to eat away at his lead.
A veteran of two VELUX 5 OCEANS races and a winner of class two of the 2002/3 event, Brad is the most experienced of the fleet competing in The Ultimate Solo Challenge and has so far won each of the three sprints. Brad rates his reading of the weather as his best skill at sea, but nothing can compensate for when the weather does something different to what’s forecast.
After passing the northwest tip of South America, Brad chose to disregard the bonus points on offer for winning the sprint four timed run instead opting to take a more westerly course to set himself up for a quick passage past the Caribbean islands and up to Charleston. However his return on investment hasn’t been all he’d hoped, with Derek and Chris making bigger gains on their more easterly courses. The pressure to keep up his winning streak and sail into his hometown victorious has never been greater.
“I’m just trying to do all I can to keep this damn boat moving,” the Le Pingouin skipper said today. “I was doing alright on Wednesday – it was the first time I thought I might be in the same weather system as Derek and Chris. They have just been killing me over the last few days. I had a couple of good position reports and then I got hit with some squalls and thunderstorms on Wednesday night and then lost everything I had made and then some. It was pretty light yesterday and I’m just trying to stay in touch with these guys. It’s shocking to see what Chris is doing right now, I don’t know what’s going on. It seems the weather is coming in from the east, and it really worries me. I put a lot of effort into owning the left side of the course and usually it would have paid off by now. This time it just hasn’t.”
In an attempt to extract every last bit of boatspeed out of Le Pingouin, Brad has been pushing himself to the limit both physically and mentally.
“I have had no sleep for the last couple of nights, there have been loads of sail changes and I’ve been hit with 180 degree wind shifts,” he added. “It’s extremely tiring. Then when the wind is a little bit more reliable I am trying to get every last bit out of the boat. I continue to tell myself I don’t deserve to win unless I work harder than everyone else so I am working as hard as I can.
“Right now it does look like I have less miles to sail to Charleston and we are going to have to tack our way up there in the next couple of days so in the long run hopefully it will pay off to be over the west. The whole game hasn’t been played yet but yeah it’s frustrating. Chris and Derek are obviously pushing very hard and that’s boat racing, nothing is guaranteed.”
Positions at 1200 UTC
Skipper / distance to finish (nm) / distance to leader (nm) / distance covered in last 24 hours (nm) / average speed in last 24 hours (kts)
Brad Van Liew, Le Pingouin: 885.5 / 0 / 256.2 / 10.7
Derek Hatfield, Active House: 1035.7 / 150.2 / 264.8 / 11
Chris Stanmore-Major, Spartan: 1145.2 / 259.7 / 251.8 / 10.5
Zbigniew Gutkowski, Operon Racing: 3205 / 2319.5 / 0 / 0
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