Trofeo Princesa Sofia MAPFRE 2013 - Wednesday

44th Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mapfre - Day 3

Sailing the multihull after an Olympic match racing campaign is a new challenge for Rio and one she’s taking to with the help of the experienced multihull sailor Besson.

The 44th Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mapfre, ISAF Sailing World Cup Palma regatta, saw the conclusion of the qualification series after three days of fantastic racing in varied conditions in the bay of Palma.

With many new faces on the scene, the class favourites have made sure they show their full potential in the first ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta on the European circuit in front of new rivals.

Maximum level at the Arenal Training Camps Trophy

Copyrights: Jesus Renedo


The regatta has had the participation of 260 sailors from 18 countries


The Arenal Training Camps Trophy, the training international regatta for the Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mapfre which was held this weekend under the organization of the Club Nautico Arenal, has had the participation of up to 260 sailors from 18 countries, a figure impressive record in post-Olympic years. In addition, the race brought together Olympic champions who are beginning to work towards Rio 2016.



The Arenal Training Camps Trophy was characterized by light and medium winds, eight to ten knots. On Sunday the races could not be held due to lack of wind.



In the 470 W, at the top of the table are placed the Dutch Afrodite Anneloes Kyranakou and Van Veen, followed by British and Ellidh Weguelin Sophie Mcintyre. The SpanishMarina Gallegoand Fatima Reyes have occupied the third drawer. The Match Race Olympic champion at London 2012 Angela Pumariega, now sailing in this class withCarmen Mateo, finished in eleventh place.



In the Laser Standard Spanish Jesús Rogel has taken the title of winner of the Arenal Training Camps Trophy after signing two first places, one second and two thirds. Second was the German Philipp Buhi and ranked third Polish Patryk Piasecki.



Spanish winners also in the 49er. Young Diego Botín and Paul Turrado have achieved the victory with a lead of ten points on the Polish Lukasz Przybytek and Pawel Kolodzinski. In third place was placed Olympic champion in Beijing 2008, the Danish Jonas Warrer, who sails now with Peter Lang.



In the 470 M, the Spanish Onan Barreiros and Juan Curbelo have finished second the Arenal Training Camps Trophy, just one point behind the winners, the British Luke Patience and Joe Glanfield. Third were the Argentines Lucas Calabrese and Juan de la Fuente.



Foreign rule in the new Olympic class 49er FX. The Danish Ida Marie Baad and Marie Thusgaard have been the winners, followed by the Italians Giulia Conti and Francesca Clapcich. Tenth have been the Match Race London 2012 Olympic championTamara Echegoyenand her new crew,Berta Betanzos, who could not race the first two races of the Arenal Training Camps Trophy.



In the Nacra 17, international teams have also dominated. First and second place for the Netherlands, with Mandy Mulder and Thijs Visser on top of the podium and Renee Groeneveld and Karel Begemann in the second drawer. The Austrians Sylvia Vogl and Thomas Czajka have been third.



In the Finn class, Frenchman Jonathan Lobert was the winner after winning by just one point over London 2012 silver, the Dutch JP Postma. Third was the Polish Piotr Kula.



The international Olympic teams continue to train these days in the waters of theBayofPalma, in order to reach its highest level at Princesa Sofia Mapfre Trophy, to be held from March 30 to April 6.

Kiteboarding makes its debut at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mapfre

Fonte: Troféu SAR Princesa Sofia







The 44th edition of the Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia Mapfre for Olympic classes, the first European ISAF Sailing World Cup stop, will include Kiteboarding as invited class. The kites will sail for the very first time in the most international regatta held in Spain, sharing the racing area in the bay of Palma de Mallorca with the Olympic classes from 30th March to 6th April.
“The kites will test competition formats in view of their possible future inclusion in the Olympic programme”

The Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia Mapfre to be held this year at the venues of Club Nàutic S’Arenal, Club Marítimo San Antonio de la Playa and Pabisa Beach Club, has invited the kiteboarding to the regatta in view of its possible future inclusion in the ISAF Sailing World Cup and the Olympic Games. Last year ISAF included this innovating class in the Rio 2016 Olympic programme replacing the windsurfing, a decision that was finally revoked in extremis at the November Annual meeting.

The Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia will count for the IKA World ranking together with other international events. 4 racings days are scheduled from 2nd to 5th April followed by an exhibition day on 6th , the Medal Races day for Olympic classes.

“The International Kiteboarding Association is more than happy to secure the inclusion in this important event, as it brings another excellent opportunity to prove how kiteboarding can be included in the major ISAF sailing events”, declared Markus Schwendtner, the class Executive Secretary.

“The organisers of the Sofia Mapfre are working to innovate and contribute to make sailing a more spectacular sport. The initiative of including kiteboarding, supported by the Spanish Sailing Federation as well as ISAF, is a step towards this goal”, explained Ferran Muniesa, the event CEO.

The kites will be based on the beach opposite the Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mapfre village, located at the Pabisa Beach Club. Pabisa is a leisure centre located at Playa de Palma, between the two other venues of the 44 Sofia Mapfre, and like last year it will be the regatta village, an excellent meeting point to follow the racing and venue of social events.

Club Nàutic S’Arenal will be the venue of Paralympic classes 2.4mR, Skud 18 and Sonar and Olympic classes Finn, 470 men and women, 49er and 49er FX, the latter having its debut in Palma as the new Women’s skiff.

The venue for classes Laser Standard and Radial, RS:X men and women and Nacra, the new mixed two person multihull will be Club Marítimo San Antonio de la Playa.

ISAF Sailing Cup - Miami

Nacra 17s and 49er FXes in Miami

Fonte: The Daily Sail


In less than one week the second of four 2012-2013 ISAF Sailing World Cup Regattas will get going in Miami, USA. Taking place over 28 January to 2 February on Biscayne the ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami will feature the northern hemisphere debuts of the two new classes chosen for Rio 2016 - the Nacra 17 mixed catamaran and the women's 49er FX skiff.

The Nacra 17 entrants feature some exciting young talent coming through the ranks as well as experienced campaigners. Puerto Rican multihull legend Enrique Figueroa is the most experienced sailor in the fleet with an Olympic career that goes back to Seoul 1988 where he finished 13th. Further Olympic appearances came at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 and now, he’s back.

Hopping on board with Figueroa is his wife, Carla Malatrasi and the pair will be aiming for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. “Even though the sport of sailing is a lot of fun, an Olympic campaign is serious business,” said Figueroa. “Once you start racing the focus changes from easy going sailing to full regatta mode and that is when the tension begins.

“We have been sailing together since 1993; there is always tension when you race specially among couples. At high level regattas maybe a little more tension than usual but with so many years under our belts we have learned to separate the racing part from the couple’s part. At the moment we are taking it one day at a time and trying to enjoy ourselves as much as we can.”

The talented couple won Hobie 16 gold together at the 1994 IYRU World Sailing Championship in La Rochelle, France and have experience and know-how that cannot be matched in the fleet. With a new boat to play with Figueroa is enjoying the task at hand, “We have only sailed the boat for a few hours last weekend but had a great time. Learning the boat and developing team work on new equipment is always a challenge. Different controls on the boat, curved foils, weight distribution, etc are among the more challenging aspects of the new Olympic catamaran.”

Among the Puerto Ricans competitors will be Canada’s Luke Ramsey, who sailed in the Men’s 470 at London 2012, and Nikola Girke, who jumps from the Women’s RS:X into the multihull.

Young Americans Taylor Reiss and Matthew Whitehead sailed the SL16 together at the 2011 ISAF Youth Worlds in Zadar, Croatia finishing sixth and have made the jump up to the Nacra 17. Reiss will be sailing with Sarah Lihan, who represented USA in the Women’s 470 at London 2012 whilst Whitehead will sail with 17-year-old Sarah Streater.

Other teams include former Women’s Match Racer Elizabeth Kratzig who joins Jonathan Farrar (USA), Lindsay and Dalton Bergan (USA) and Sarah Newberry and John Casey (USA).

While the Nacra 17 makes its debut on the international stage, the 49erFX makes its second appearance in the ISAF Sailing World Cup. For all competitors in the eight boat fleet it will be their first competitive action in the women’s skiff.

America’s Anna Tunnicliffe has teamed up with her former match racing crew Molly Vandemoer. Tunnicliffe has sailed on her own and as part of a trio at the Olympic Games and now she’s in a duo, and aiming for Rio 2016.

Joining Tunnicliffe and Vandemoer in the fleet is Italian pair Giulia Conti and Francesca Clapcich. Both sailors competed at London 2012 with Conti stepping away from the 470 and Clapcich taking the leap from Laser Radial to the 49erFX. With hours of winter training behind them on Lake Garda their in-depth preparations could see them pick up a podium finish.

Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze (BRA) recently won gold at the 49erFX North American Championship as they got acclimatised to the venue. Despite early success in the boat Grael knows where her rivalries lay, “I think Anna and Italy’s Giulia Conti will be our greatest enemy. With light wind it is hard to say who is the best, but with a little more wind it will be difficult for all.”

Three Canadian crews, Erin Berry and Danielle Boyd, Laura Borden and Marie-Pier Alary and Kristine Williams and Jennifer Braem will join the fleet as will Americans Allie Blecher and Helena Scutt and Kristen Lane and Molly Carapiet.

Elsewhere in the regatta, Portuguese 49er Olympian Francisco Andrade will be teaming up with Andre Fonseca to fly the Brazilian flag in Miami whilst Swedish 470 Olympian Sebastian Ostling makes a transition from 470 to 49er to sail with Kalle Torlen. Both crews should be leading the pack as some fresh new faces amongst the 14 entrants are set to sail.

Ireland’s Annalise Murphy will get her Rio 2016 ambitions underway in Miami after she came so close to glory at London 2012. The Irish Radial star had led the fleet early on at London 2012 but in a winner takes all Medal Race she was knocked out of the podium places and into fourth. After taking two months off from sailing Murphy is back and keen to get back into things, "I didn't really feel like I messed up in the races,” said the 22-year-old. “I did have a great experience and its definitely kind of driving me, it's the reason I'm training harder than I was before, for Rio."

Joining Murphy in the fleet will be World #8 Tatiana Drozdovskaya (BLR), who at 34 and with four Olympics behind her is starting the familiar road to an Olympic Games. “Not all heights are reached yet,” said the Belarusian. “I have a childhood dream and I very much want to reach it. I go to every regatta with the highest aims and for Miami I am aiming for the podium.”

Drozdovskaya’s participation at Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012 has made a positive influence on sailing in Belarus and she wants that to continue, “People have learnt about sailing through my good results as all the previous thoughts were on rowing. I hope that children go sailing because I am often shown on TV.”

At just 24, Juan Ignacio Maegli (GUA) is one of the most seasoned sailors in the 71-boat Laser fleet having represented Guatemala at the last two Olympic Games. With a strong performance at London 2012 he will be one of the favourites in the young Miami fleet.

Among the Laser entrants are 2011 ISAF Youth Worlds podium finishers Zan Luka Zelko (SLO) and Giovanni Coccoluto (ITA). Both sailors have mixed it up in the senior ranks and will want to shine in the Miami sun.

A 30-boat Finn fleet will take to the water in Miami and will include three of the world’s top ten sailors in the ISAF Rankings. World #1 Brendan Casey (AUS) will come into the regatta as favourite having won gold at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne in December. Nonetheless with an experienced field that includes World #3 Zach Railey (USA), World #4 Caleb Paine (USA), Bruno Prada (BRA), Jorge Zarif (BRA) and Greg Douglas, the competition for podium places will be fierce.

London 2012 Olympic Games Men’s RS:X gold medallist Dorian van Rijsselberge (NED) will be the favourite to take gold in the fleet of 22 in Miami. Just six months ago the Dutchman blitzed the Men’s RS:X fleet on the Weymouth and Portland waters and looked unstoppable. After a short break van Rijsselberge is excited to get back into the swing of things, “Miami is a nice event to start the next four years. It has been in my calendar for years so it is good to come back and compete. My aim is to have a fun regatta with my friends after having not competed for half year.”

Olympic experience features heavily in the fleet with the likes of Ricardo Santos (BRA), Zac Plavsic (CAN), Ivan Pastor (ESP), David Mier y Teran (MEX) and Sebastian Wang-Hansen (NOR) all hopeful of closing the gap.

2012 Kona World Champion Adam Holm (SWE) and 2010 Youth Olympic Games silver medallist Michael Cheng (HKG), who both competed at the 2011 ISAF Youth Worlds, join the senior circuit and they will be aiming to impress.

Finland’s Tuuli Petaja recently won the Finnish athlete of the year award after her epic performance at London 2012 which saw her take a shock silver medal in the Women’s RS:X fleet. Petaja will swap the gown for the wet suit in Miami as the Olympic cycle gets going once again. Joining her in the fleet is Olympic gold medallist Marina Alabau (ESP), 2010 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Blanca Manchon (ESP) and Bryony Shaw (GBR). All will be capable of mixing it up at the top.

Fresh from their victories at the 470 North American Championships Austria’s Matthias Schmid and Florian Reichstaedter and Lara Vadlau and Jolanta Ogar will compete in the Men’s and Women’s fleet at ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami.

Both crews took a stranglehold of the competition over the weekend on the same waters so will be familiar with their surroundings.

Out to go for gold in the Men’s fleet are Canadian brothers Jacob and Graeme Chaplin-Saunders. The partnership got going in January 2011 with the ultimate goal of reaching Rio de Janeiro in 2016. London 2012 Olympian Stu McNay is set to team up with the experienced David Hughes which will make for a fantastic week of competition in the 11-boat fleet.

A strong Chinese contingent, including London 2012 Olympians Xiaoli Wang and Xufeng Huang, will test the Austrians in the Women’s 470. Brazil will also be well represented with Fernanda Olivera and Ana Luiz Barbachan continuing their partnership and Renata Decnop and Isabel Swan teaming up for the first time.

With strong entry lists in the Laser, Laser Radial, 49er, 49erFX and Finn, it will be an exciting week of competition that gets underway on Monday 28 January with the Medal Races bringing the regatta to a close on 2 February.

SEIKO 49er European Championship

Fonte: 49er.org

Second Round of Qualifying Begins

Thunder rumbled between the mountains as the 49ers clocked 3 races each for the Gold and Silver fleets on Lake Garda. Sailing out of Fraglia Vela Riva, one race was held in light conditions with a 8:30am start in very light conditions and the fleet sent back to shore once the rain began. After a few hours postponement, both fleets returned to their courses with better wind conditions but still lots of rain, to continue the series where 2 races were completed per fleet.

The first day of the Fleet series, the sailors began with a clean slate. Tomasz Januszweski and Jacek Nowak (POL) reveled in the conditions and stayed consistent with a 2-4-3 to hold the lead in the Gold fleet. Recent 2012 Bronze medallist Allan Norregaard with new crew Anders Thomsen (DEN) sit in second overall after a 4-7-4. Norregaard and Thomsen have raised eyebrows with a unconventional form of crewing which landed them in the jury room last night. Found to be legal, Norregaard further commented after today's racing; "We had a really good, fun day today. We had a new technique that we've been practicing on before and today we got to use it. We stand on top of each other so we get the weight really far out and it seems to be working here on Lake Garda in these stable conditions. From 15-20 knots it's been working pretty well." It looks more like a circus act as Norregaard climbs atop Thomsen's shoulders and both trapeze while Thomsen steers from the hull.



Anders Thomsen added, "We had really light breeze and couldn't use the technique this morning, but this afternoon we had 15-16 knots, gusting to 25 with the thunderclouds." He continued that, "One race we were leading by 500 meters and the wind disappeared, we ended up 7th; it was a bit shifty."

Third overall are Jan Hauke Erichsen and Max Lutz (GER) with a 14-2-4, also the top Youth team. Leading the Silver fleet are Belgians Yannick Lefebvre and Matthieu Janssens.

Racing continues tomorrow. The final series will be held in Theatre style with a 4-round knock-out style racing and a Grand Final series to be held on the last day with the final 4 boats.

Live tracking is provided by regatta partner SAP with live internet broadcast on the final 2 days.

Full results, video and photos on http://www.2012euros.49er.org

49er European

Fonte: http://2012euros.49er.org/news/

Local sailors Jacopo Plazzi and Umberto Molineris (ITA) used local knowledge and years spent on Lake Garda to move into the lead for the 49er European Championship. With an impending front approaching, the winds were light for Garda standards, with 8-10 knots maximum for the day. Posting a 1-3-3 for the day, Plazzi commented “ We were speedy upwind and doing simple things. We’re happy to be sailing here in our home waters.” He further commented to expect “strong winds from the north and bad weather” for tomorrow’s racing, but fully expects to be out on the water racing.




Veja o video aqui: http://bcove.me/mi26htct

Total rank	Competitor	Name	LDR	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	ITA 023	Jacopo Plazzi	14	4	3	1	3	3
2	POL 042	Lukasz Przybytek	9	2	2	4	DSQ	2
3	ESP 9	Federico Alonso Tellechea	1	1	3	6	9	9
4	CRO 113	Pavle Kostov	3	3	DSQ	2	7	6
5	POL 052	Tomasz Januszewski	7	9	2	5	8	1
6	IRL 300	Ryan Seaton	RDG	6	1	5	9	9
7	ESP 1283	Carlos Paz	19	2	7	2	17	1
8	FRA 8	Julien d'Ortoli	6	3	4	12	23	4
9	RUS 945	Pavel Kalinchev	20	4	9	7	10	2
10	GER 216	Jan Hauke Erichsen	2	6	11	13	12	4

Canoagem e vela queixam-se de falta de apoios

Retomando uma noticia antiga...



08.08.2012 18:31 | Por Lusa, PÚBLICO

No dia em que a canoagem portuguesa chegou ao primeiro pódio olímpico, os responsáveis federativos alertaram para a falta de apoios. O mesmo acontece com os velejadores que finalizaram a sua prova na classe 49er.

“Nenhuma federação pode estar satisfeita com as verbas que tem, muito menos a canoagem, que no ‘ranking’ dos apoios [estatais] é praticamente ‘medalhável’... mas de baixo para cima. Estamos quase em último lugar em termos de apoio, mas no topo em termos de resultados”, sintetizou José Sousa, um dos vice-presidentes da federação, em declarações à Lusa.
O mesmo dirigente deixou uma recado ao Governo, defendendo que “no futuro, todas as verbas e apoios devem ser dados pelo mérito e pelos resultados.
Neste ano, a federação vai receber 377.000 euros do Instituto de Desporto de Portugal, enquanto do Comité Olímpico de Portugal chegam 124.000, um valor que coloca a canoagem perto da cauda dos apoios, quando, em termos de resultados, não tem havido modalidade em Portugal ao mesmo nível.

O velejador Francisco Andrade, que ao lado de Bernardo Freitas terminou no oitavo lugar na classe 49er, queixou-se que as equipas adversárias têm orçamentos “ridiculamente superiores” aos dos portugueses e interrogou como é possível pedir medalhas numa “batalha tecnológica desigual”.

“Os nossos adversários têm orçamentos ridiculamente superiores ao nosso.

23 Semi-rigidos doados para o desenvolvimento da vela

Perth 2011 donou 23 semi-rigidos ao Yatching Australia e Yachting Western Australia para continuar a desenvolver o desporto no país.

A equipa 49er de Jorge Lima e José Costa no FB

Depois do estágio em Cádiz a fazer regatas e a treinar com as equipas Francesas Manu Dyen/ Stéphane Cristidis e Julien D´Ortoli/ Noe Delpech, fazemos uns dias de descanso em casa. Em breve arrancamos para Palma de Maiorca onde começa em menos de um mês a primeira prova de seleção da equipa que representará Portugal no Jogos Olímpicos de Londres em Agosto deste ano... Keeping the hard work!!! Lima/ Costa

Fonte: Facebook

Iker e Xabi um exemplo de atletas!

Fonte: JuanpaNews.com

Por isso são os actuais velejadores do ano.


© SJ

Poderia duvidar-se devido à qualidade da foto, mas Iker y Xabi estão a treinar no seu 49er para os Jogos Olímpicos de Londres onde sem dúvidas vão lutar por outra medalha. Um exemplo de trabalho dos “sailors of the year” sairam do VO70 Telefónica e da China sem escalas chegaram às Canarias.
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