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Se intensifica la competencia náutica en 11 de marzo de 2008 Sobre 75 embarcaciones de vela del Caribe, EE.UU. y Europa compiten por el liderazgo en 10 categorías de navegación. Martes, 11 de marzo de 2008, San Juan, Puerto Rico – La directiva del Club Internacional de Regata dio a conocer los detalles del evento deportivo Culebra Heineken International Regatta (CHIR), única regata internacional en Puerto Rico, que se celebrará del 14 al 16 de marzo en Culebra. Ángel Ayala, director y presidente de la regata, destacó que este año CHIR contará con nuevos cursos de navegación que intensificarán la complejidad de la competencia. “Estamos elevando el estándar de la competencia, de manera que los veleristas participantes, tendrán que hacer despliegue de todas sus destrezas para posicionarse entre los ganadores en sus categorías.”, señaló Ayala. Las diez clasificaciones de competencia establecidas por el Comité de Regata estarán navegando una serie de regatas especializadas, en dos días de competencia. Las categorías de Spinnaker Racing (A,B y C), Performance Cruiser, Racer Cruiser, y Jib & Main, estarán navegando un aproximado de cinco regatas, finalizando el domingo con la vuelta a Culebra. “Para esta última, y por primera vez en este evento, la salida se hará dentro de la Bahía Ensenada, esto sin duda será un gran reto para los compañeros veleristas.”, apuntó Ayala. Por su parte, las clases de One Design: J-24, IC-24, Beach Cats y las embarcaciones nativas, conocidas como Chalanas, finalizarán el domingo con una serie regatas cortas. La Caribbean Sailing Association acredita 31 de enero de 2008 Jueves, 31 de enero de 2008, San Juan, Puerto Rico – La flota de corredores de vela internacionales de Puerto Rico tendrá este fin de semana la oportunidad de renovar las certificaciones que les acreditan para participar en las diversas regatas del Caribe durante el 2008. Antonio Sanpere, medidor jefe de la Caribbean Sailing Association (CSA por sus siglas en Inglés), estará desde este viernes 1ro, sábado 2 y domingo 3 de febrero en la marina Puerto del Rey en Fajardo, llevando a cabo las mediciones de las embarcaciones y otorgando las renovaciones de los certificados de la CSA. “Este es el primer paso previo a la temporada de competencias de vela del Caribbean Ocean Racing Triangle (CORT). Las regatas del CORT darán inicio con la St. Croix International Regatta; luego se corre la segunda etapa en nuestras hermosas aguas en la Culebra Heineken International Regatta que se llevará a cabo del 14 al 16 de marzo, saliendo de la Bahía Ensenada de Culebra; y se concluye en Tortola en la BVI Spring Regatta”, indicó Angel Ayala, Director de la Culebra Heineken International Regatta. “En los pasados 4 anos, nuestra flota se ha renovado y nos distinguimos en el Caribe por nuestro nivel de competitividad y ante todo, la pasión y el espíritu de compañerismo que ponemos al momento de competir. Este año estamos confiados en que vamos a exceder en cantidad de veleristas y trayendo más reconocimientos para Puerto Rico”, concluyó Ayala. El “rating” que otorga la CSA a las embarcaciones de vela se basa en una fórmula matemática de acuerdo a las medidas de la embarcación. Este “rating” es mucho más equitativo y justo al momento de competir, y fue establecido para estandarizar el proceso a través de todo el Caribe. Para información sobre la renovación de los certificados de CSA pueden comunicarse con Angel Ayala, Director de la Culebra Heineken International Regatta, Lugar: Horario: CULEBRA HEINEKEN INTERNATIONAL REGATTA & CULEBRA INTERNATIONAL DINGHY REGATTA SET FOR MARCH 14-16, 2008 December 21, 2007
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 CHIR Set for March 14 to 16, the 2008 edition will once again base out of the Ensenada Bay, 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: 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: www.culebrainternationalregatta.com/dinghy/home.html Second Leg of the C.O.R.T. Series
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.Culebra – An Island Paradise Seven miles long by two miles wide - and located 17 miles east of the Puerto Rican mainland and 15 miles west of the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Thomas - Culebra is a sailor’s dream that’s yet to be discovered. Only 2000 people inhabit the island. There are no marinas, nor is their overnight anchoring allowed in several bays due to their protected wildlife refuge status. There also aren’t any big chandleries, boat yards, or supermarkets. Yet, it is the unspoiled beauty, easy access via a short voyage from either Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands, and just enough creature comforts to keep boaters happy that makes Culebra an ideal cruising destination both before and after the regatta. |
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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). 
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.
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