Portal de Cartagena
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At 1305 came out of the coastal race, kicking off with a wind from the northeast (60 º) that began by blowing with an intensity between 14 and 17 knots. The continuous changes in the wind, rolled and runs, put the icing technique along of the 33 miles driven by the TP52 fleet.
As regulated in the circuit, the double points coastal race gave the first reward in the sprint after having sailed about 18 miles and the second at the finish.
In the second mark of the route, ending a long downwind leg, the blow was decisive theater.
As the Rogue leader with nearly a minute advantage, Spi your trigger lock and could not lower the sail up to two minutes later.
While sailing downwind kept moving farther and farther in the opposite direction and when restored the course of the past were already tight and about 400 meters behind the last.
From there, an amazing comeback that led to the fifth and fourth place in the distributions of points.
The other highlight was the correct choice of sailing in the two directions of the long, sections four and five coastal route, in which only two ships sailed on the same sailing.
It was critical that the angle of wind and gusts demanded constant sail changes and led to some tears, trying to find the most appropriate.
And so the Matador, who picked up the baton of leadership after the incident suffered by the Rogue, faded saw its 103-minute advantage over Mutua Madrilena had to turn the beacon length.
Four ships - Quantum, Matador, Mutua Madrilena and Artemis, led the fleet separated by 13 seconds, while the Challenge headed the next group followed by Platoon, Rogue.
The latter two going up from far behind, in the case of German by a penalty at the end of the first run and breaking their spinnaker at the start of this debut.
The trip also long to sprint was a constant give and take, with new alternatives in the choice of candles, and new changes in the classification.
Sailing downwind a little Platoon slipped the second after the Mutua Madrilena and ahead of the Matador.
Open a hole, fourth and fifth Quantum Rogue.
Again a long beat, where the first three are opening an unbridgeable difference, and in which the trio fly to be dominated by the Matador, all are fenced and marked continuously, as in the run, and then start A very long tight until the arrival, where until just a mile from the entrance to the port of Cartagena sailed into a fist and succeeding a tacking duel to the cliffs ringing disadvantages rivals or seeking walkways free of wind.
When the Mutual stalked the Platoon and this amused Marcos, was when the Matador quiet respite to keep together his two rivals, and maintained that order until the arrival.
Following them could get rid of the Quantum Challenge and attack the Rogue, who had no particular problems to defend his fourth place.
A little further back, the Caixa Galicia soared in the last upwind sailing opting for the whole stretch bordering the shore, and advancing to Artemis that was dropped from third position.
Combined the two scores of the coastal race, the general classification remains in a handkerchief, with the top six and 12 points with six tests to complete the agenda of the Region of Murcia Trophy.
Mutua Madrilena leads with 19 points, followed by Matador with Rogue to 22 and 24.
He has been unable to regain second place and the absolute ranking Audi Medcup Circuit, which continues to lead the Quantum with 189 points, 233 of the Rogue and 236 of Artemis.
Quotes:
Juan Messeguer, genoa trimmer Artemis: "Yesterday, the situation of the protest was very close but the Committee opted for them, so are the races, you have to play hard, sometimes you money sometimes losing sales.
Today we begin regular, then we solved especially in the first through, even went third to the Matador but we failed to hoist the sail right on time, we missed the leaders.
On the next upwind choose the right and the left was the favored, and from there we had a great day.
It will not be our best victory, but there are more races and all points are good to recover, not only in the Region of Murcia Trophy but also to the circuit.
The championship is a bit complicated but we have to keep giving 100% concentrate added with a little luck and know how to solve it. "
Guillermo Parada, Matador pattern: "We ran very well in the upwind and downwind, Thierry did a great job with the tactics and the crew did not stop working all day, millions of sail changes, tacks and jibes, and everything went well.
We did not sail very intelligent changes in both long and we paid dearly, because otherwise we could have won the two sides, but seeing as we have done in the Coastal this season is really time to celebrate that we have broken the curse! "
Jochen Schumann, skipper of Platoon: "You need to do well and hopefully in the beats, but the key today was the two sections to length.
Had to choose the right sail and the crew work to the maximum, as were two sections closely contested and extremely difficult.
The errors of many boats allowed us to recover in this way. "
Region of Murcia Trophy
Overall standings after 5 events
(Position, Boat, Nationality, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5A, P5B) totoal Points
SPA 1, Mutua Madrilena (6.5, 2, 2,1,3,) 19
2 ° Matador ARG (2,6,6,5,3,1,) 22
3 ° Rogue SPA (1,3,9,3,5,4,) 24
4 ° Quantum Racing USA (5,1,4,8,4,6,) 28
5 ° The Challenge SPA (9,4,3,1,7,5,) 29
6 th Platoon powered by T.
Germany GER (11,2,1,15 DNF, 2.2,) 33
7 ° Artemis SWE (3,9,5,4,6,8,) 45
8 ° Caixa Galicia SPA (4,10,7,6,13,7,) 46
9 ° Audi Q8 ITA (8,7,8,7,8,10,) 47
10 ° Tau Ceramica SPA (7,14,10,10,11,12,) 64
2008 Audi MedCup
Risulta after 40 tests, Alicante, Marseille, Cagliari, Majorca, Cartagena
(Position, Boat, Country, Total Points
1, USA 189 Quantum Racing
2 ° Rogue 233.2 SPA
3 ° Artemis SWE 236
Matador ARG 260 4 °
5 th Platoon by Team Germany GER 275
6 ° Mutua Madrilena 287.4 SPA
7 ° The Challenge SPA 330
8 ° Mean Machine MON 350
9 ° CXG Corporación Caixa Galicia SPA 374.6
10 ° Audi Q8 ITA 404
Source: MedCup / Foto: Ian Roman
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