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Posted: Sat Mar 1st, 2008 11:00 am |
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An annual very fun event -- for sailors and spectators and party animals.....
Culebra Heineken International Regatta and Culebra International Regatta Set for March 14 - 16, 2008
Photography by Dean Barnes
Exciting downwind action at the 2007 Culebra Heineken International Regatta.Hot racing. Cool parties, and boatloads of island-style hospitality complete with laid-back Caribbean charm are what sailors will enjoy at the 3rd annual Culebra Heineken International Regatta (CHIR) and Culebra International Dinghy Regatta (CIDR). Last year, 74 boats with homeports ranging from the Puerto Rican mainland and Caribbean to as far away as New England and Germany competed, with 39 junior sailors racing in the dinghy event.Shoreside Facilities & Mix of Courses Highlight CHIRSet for March 14 to 16, the 2008 edition will once again base out of the Costa Bonita Resort, where on-shore lodgings, plus a regatta village with food booths staffed by local restaurateurs await.
“Courses will be a mix of round the buoys and round the islands,” says regatta director, Angel Ayala.
Saturday’s racecourses will feature windward-leeward racing for the entire fleet south of Punta Soldado. The Racer-Cruiser, Performance Cruiser and Jib & Main classes will also race mark to mark with some roundings of Culebra’s offshore cays thrown in for fun.
On Sunday, the entire fleet – except J24, IC24 and Beach Cat classes – will take off around the island, both starting and finishing in Ensenada Bay so that spectators can watch the action from land.
Meanwhile, the J24s, IC24s and Beach Cats will continue to compete on windward-leeward courses on Sunday.
The IC24 class is expected to be bigger this year.
“Puerto Rico just finished its sixth IC24 re-build and we expect several entries to the class from St. Thomas and Tortola,” says Ayala.
Classes of entry to the CHIR will include CSA Spinnaker Racing, CSA Spinnaker Racer-Cruiser, CSA J24, IC24, CSA Performance Cruiser, CSA Jib & Main, IC24s, Beach Cat and native-built Chalanas.
“We would be happy to dual score IRC-rated yachts that request it, but they must also have a CSA rating,” Ayala says.
An Awards Ceremony will cap the two days of racing.
ISAF judge, Michael Thompson of Detroit, Michigan, will again officiate as Principal Race Officer.
Juan Torruella, one of Puerto Rico’s long time competitive sailors and race officers, who is now based in Washington, DC, as a federal judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, will serve as Chief Judge.
Entry fee is $200 ($100 for Beach Cats and $150 for Chalanas) before February 14 and $250 after this date. For more information and registration forms, visit: http://www.culebrainternationalregatta.com
New Venue for CIDR
An event-within-an-event, the CIDR will feature Optimist dinghy and Laser racing.
New this year, the CIDR venue will be based further north in Ensendada Bay at the site of the Youth Sailing Center of Culebra. The 150-foot-long dock at this facility will make launching and hosing down dinghies much easier.
Dinghy racing will take place in Ensenada Bay.
Entry fee for dinghies is $50. For more information and registration, visit: http://www.culebrainternationalregatta.com/dinghy/home.html
Second Leg of the C.O.R.T. Series
The CHIR marks the second leg of the Caribbean Ocean Racing Triangle, or C.O.R.T. Series, which begins in February with the St. Croix International Regatta and concludes in April with the BVI Spring Regatta in Tortola.
New this year, West Marine has signed on as series sponsor. At the conclusion of the three-race series, the first, second and third place boats in each of the classes – Spinnaker A, Spinnaker B, Racer-Cruiser, Performance Cruiser, IC24, and Jib & Main – will receive $100, $75 and $50 gift certificates, respectively. The first place finisher in each class will also receive foul weather gear.
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Posted: Sat Mar 1st, 2008 03:31 pm |
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I hope Giovanni Hidalgo plays the grand finale again. I can't be there, but some of you who missed it last year can.
It was very curious how little information about last year's party on the plaza got into circulation. Somebody should hold their nose and stop by Costa Bone Eater to see what's going on for the benefit of locals and landlubbers. I do remember that Heinekens were a buck apiece at the do.
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Posted: Sat Mar 1st, 2008 06:17 pm |
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I'll be on Jost that weekend, so the reports and pics will have to be taken over by someone else. Hillman has a pretty grand view of the course, so I'm expecting some great shots!
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Posted: Sat Mar 1st, 2008 06:43 pm |
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I'll be on Jost that weekend
Kindly have a painkiller for me...
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