REGATTA NEWS
MEDITERRANEAN REGATTAS 2015DATE LOCATION EVENT
May 1 - 3, 2015 Palma, Mallorca Palma Vela
May 2 - 4, 2015 Calanques Classique Marseille-Cassis-Marseille
May 14 - 25, 2015 Cannes The Cannes Film Festival
May 26 - 31, 2015 Ajaccio, Corsica Regates Imperiales
June 4 - 8, 2015 Antibes Voiles d’Antibes
June 12 - 15, 2015 Porquerolles, France Porquerolles Classic Week
June 19 - 22, 2015 Marseille, France Les Voiles du Vieux Port
June 19 - 22, 2015 Porto.S.Stefano, Italy Argentario Sailing Week
June 18 - 21, 2015 Palma, Mallorca Super Yacht Cup
June 26 - 30, 2015 Naples, Italy Le Vele D’Epoca Napoli
July, 2015 Barcelona Puig Vela Classica
August 23 - 31, 2015 Corsica, France Corsica Classic
August 21- 25, 2015 Palma, Mallorca Conde de Barcelona
August 26 - 30, 2015 Mahon, Menorca Copa del Rey
August, 2015 Porto Cervo, Sardinia Perini Navi Cup
September, 2015 Nice/Monaco Monaco Classic Week
September 22 - 27, 2015 Cannes Regates Royales
September 29 - Oct 5, 2015 St Tropez Les Voiles de St TropezMark Branagh
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Justo Martinez
justomartinezbalaguer@
gmail.comMusto Skiff Fleet,
CN Arenal Mallorca2015 promises to be a very
interesting and exciting year
for the ever growing Mallorca
Musto skiff fleet.Now at 8 boats that regularly
sail at least once a week.With the world championships
due to be held in Lake Garda,
Italy in September, the fleet
sailors are planning many
racing and training events
through the next 8 months
to improve their level. This
includes the local race series,
various club regattas, training
weekends in Barcelona and
Minorca and of course the
euro cup.If you would like to get
involved in sailing these
exciting and demanding
boats then please get in
contact with us.Nine New TP52s
In total nine shiny new-
generation, freshly built
boats are expected to take
the start line in Valencia in
May (18-23rd) for the first
of the five regattas which
comprise the 2015 52 Super
Series. Up against them will
be four existing TP52s which
raced during the 2014 season,
sporting existing or new team
colours, making an expected
entry of 12-14 boats.
The trend for 2015 is
definitely towards owner-
driven boats. Of the 14 boats
which will race, eleven will be
steered by the owner.To build in the Southern
Hemisphere allows earlier
sail trials in reliable summer
conditions. But it incurs
shipping time, and - usually- stress. Building in Europe
makes the construction
process accessible and
allows first sea trials and
training to dovetail into the
regatta season. This time
three boats have been built
outside Europe. Launched
on Thursday March 5th in
Auckland is Ergin Imre’s new
Vrolijk designed Cookson built
Provezza.
The middle of this month is
about to see the majority ofthe European launches.
Doug DeVos’ Quantum Racing
have their new Botin design
going to the water now from
Longitude Cero in Burriana,
Spain. It is the third Quantum
Racing 52 to be built there.
After initial sea trials the
crew will train out of Palma,
Mallorca for the week just
before Easter. Doug and
Dalton DeVos are expected to
play a more active role in their
programme this season.Quantum Racing’s hull sister
Alegre is close behind and will
be launched off Burriana the
week 5-8th April. They will
test off Valencia 13th-17th
April and then head to Palma
for nine or 10 days of training
leading into Palma Vela.2015 Race Calendar:- Valencia Sailing Week,
Valencia (Spain), May 19th -
23rd - Week of the Straits, Porto
Cervo (Italy), June 9th - 13th - TP52 World Championship,
Puerto Portals (Spain), July
14th - 18th - Copa del Rey, Palma de
Mallorca (Spain), August 4th - 8th
- Cascais Cup, Cascais
(Portugal), September 16th -
20th