24. siječnja 2014. - Rogoznica, Hrvatska
Lani je navigacija bila najbrža do tada, a ove godine je bila još brža i definitivno najnapornija ikada! Osim vjetra koji je tjerao modelare na vrlo brzo hodanje i na mnogo trčanja, skoro cijelo vrijeme je padala kiša!
Sve tri etape su se vozile s B kompletom jedara. Do sada se to nikad nije desilo i navigacija bi se uglavnom odvozila s najvećim jedrima od početka, pa do kraja.
Na početku dana, za vrijeme okupljanja, još se nije znalo da li će se navigacija odjedriti na cijeloj ruti, jer je na vrhu i s druge strane poluotoka Kopara puhalo jako jugo. Pred start je padala i lagana kiša, pa se pričekalo da ona prestane prije nego je dan signal starta. Ubrzo nakon što se krenulo prema cilju prve etape kiša je ponovno nastavila padati, ali sve jača i jača.
Igra započinjanja i prestajanja se nastavila i pred start druge etape. Za vrijeme predstartne procedure ponovno je nije bilo, da bi se vrlo brzo ponovno vratila. Srećom, kad se raspravljalo da li će se izići na otvoreno more i udare juga, vjetar je malo oslabio i svi su bili za to da se i ova etapa odjedri cijelom dužinom. Nakon starta jedrilo se u orcu i napredovanje flote je bilo ujereno jer je dosta smetao i val od juga, ali zato se nakon okreta u uvali Gornji muli flota vrlo brzo postavila za krmene kurseve i puno veće brzine jedrenja.
Sad je kiša već padala popriličnim intenzitetom i nakon ulaska u 2. cilj su svi tražili gdje će se skloniti od kiše i bar malo osušiti. Međutim, trebalo je nastaviti s povratkom i započeti predstartnu proceduru 3. jedrenja. Ona je napravljena po vjerojatno najvećoj kiši u povijesti hrvatskog jedrenja modelima, ali i to je dalo posebni šarm cijelom događaju. Start je napravljen u krmu i od početka do kraja, skoro cijelu nautičku milju, kormilari su morali trčati obalom da bi mogli upravljati svojim modelima! Najbrža etapa ikada!
Nakon završetka navigacije i zbrajanja bodova po svim prolaznim mjestima, po prvi put, se na pobjedničko postolje navigacijske regate popeo Zvonko Jelačić!
Nažalost, zbog uvjeta, nema niti jedne fotografije s ove regate.
January 24th 2014 - Rogoznica, Croatia
Last year, the navigation was the fastest to date, but this year was even faster and definitely the hardest ever! Wind was forcing modelers on very fast walking and running a lot and almost all the time it was raining!
All three legs of the race we have sailing with B rig. So far it has never happened. In almost all navigation races till now there were sailing with A rigs from the beginning to the end.
At the beginning of the day, during preparations, we didn't known wil be the navigation sailed on the entire route. That was questionable because on top and on the other side of the peninsula Kopara blower strong "jugo" (SE wind). Before the start we have light rain, and it stops before the starting signal is given. Shortly after we moved towards the goal of the first leg rain continued to fall again, but stronger and stronger.
Starting and stopping of the rain continued and before the start of the second leg. Fortunately, when we debated whether to go to the open sea or not (because of "jugo") the wind had subsided a bit and all sailors were for it to sail this leg along the entire length. After start fleet sailed up wind and progress of the fleet was temperate because of the waves from the south. After rounding mark in the bay Gornji muli fleet came in the position to set sails for stern courses and much higher speeds.
Now the rain fell a with considerable degree of intensity and after entering the second finish all sailors were looked for dry place. However, it was necessary to continue return and third pre start procedure started soon. It was followed by probably the biggest rain in the history of Croatian models sailing. Start has been made in the stern course and from start to finish, almost a complete nautical mile, sailors have had to run along the coast to be able to manage their boats! Definitely this was the fastest leg ever!
After completion of the navigation and calculation points, for the first time on the podium of navigation race climbed Zvonko Jelačić!
Unfortunatly, because of weather conditions, there are no pictures from this race.
Rezultati: Rogoznički kup - navigacija
