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Barcelona World Race 2010-2011

The 2nd edition of the IMOCA Open 60, two-handed non-stop round the world, Barcelona World Race 2010-2011 will start this year on December 31st. This second edition will bring again international skippers at the top of their professional sailing careers.
The Barcelona World Race is a unique two-handed round the world race, held every four years, that brings together the international skippers at the top of their professional sailing careers. This ‘two-up’ challenge, from Barcelona to Barcelona around the three capes, links the worlds of solo and crew oceanic racing and their new generation of IMOCA Open 60s Monohulls.
Some teams have already confirmed their entry to this new challenge, 2nd Barcelona World Race, starting the list with Jean-Pierre Dick, the first edition Barcelona World Race 2007-2008 brilliant winner, this time accompanied by Loïck Peyron on the brand new Virbac-Paprec 3.  Alex Thomson, on the Hugo Boss, Alex Pella and Pepe Ribes on the Estrella Damm, Pachi Rivero and Toño Piris on the W Hotels, Michel Desjoyeaux  and François Gabart on the new Foncia, Iker Martínez and Xabi Fernández on the Movistar and  Juan Merediz and Francisco Palacios on the Central Lechera Asturiana have also joined the fleet, together with the names of Albert Bargués and Eric Villalón on board of ESP 33 – Educación sin Fronteras / Zero Limits. For the first time there will be also a female crew with Dee Caffari and Anna Corbella sponsored by GAES Solidaria.
Other names should appear to complete the list but, due to marketing strategy reasons or because they are on the final stages towards signing sponsorships, the names have not been revealed yet and should be confirmed soon.
The Organizing Authority of the Barcelona World Race is the Fundació Navegació Oceànica Barcelona (FNOB), created in 2005 with the aim of encouraging the culture for the sea and increasing the level of offshore sailing in Spain, based on three main strategies: sport, industry and technology and communication. The FNOB was the result of a working platform between the Barcelona City Council, the Fira de Barcelona, the Barcelona Port Authority, Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, and the technical management of the Consorci EL FAR.

Vuelta a Espaņa a Vela

The first Sailing Tour of Spain is taking place at this moment. The Race along the Spanish Coast is divided in 6 Stages from the Hondarribia Port in the Bay of Biscay going around Spain and ending in the Port of Barcelona in the Mediterranean See. 8 IMOCA Open 60 (ft) yachts are taking part on the race; 2 French teams (The PRB from the Club Les Sables d'Olonne and The Safran from the Club SNT) and 6 Spanish teams (The Estrella Damm from the RCN Barcelona/RCN Calpe, The W Hotels-Nova Bocana from the RCM Santander, The GAES Centros Auditivos from the Barcelona RCM, The Movistar from the RCN Sanxenxo, The Central Lechera Asturiana from the RCN Sanxenxo and the Pakea Bizkaia.
Some of these Teams are using this Sailing Tour of Spain as preparation for the Second Barcelona World Race that will take place and the end of the year.
The first stage of the race started on June 12th between The Ports of Hondarribia and Santander Ports in the Bay of Biscay. The Second Stage took place also in the Bay Of Biscay in between the Ports Santander and Gijon (June 14th- June 15th). The third stage from the Port of Gijon in the Biscay Bay to Sanxenxo Port in the Atlantic Ocean, passing by the Tower of Hercules, the world's most ancient lighthouse, and the only active Roman lighthouse in the world and the mythic Finisterrae Cape. The fourth Stage from Sanxenxo to Calpe started on June 20th, and is the longest on the course, possibly the leg with the most tactical and meteorological options for the sailors. From the Pontevedra estuary to the charming port at the foot of the Ifach rock, the yachts will sail 500 miles in the Atlantic Ocean, cross the unsteady waters of the Gibraltar Strait and then 330 miles in the Mediterranean, to get to the Calpe Port. The fifth Stage, in the Mediterranean Sea, from Calpe to the Port of Palma de Mallorca will start on June 27th and the last Stage will start on June 29 from the port of Palma rounding to marks at Port de la Selva and Cap de Creus to end up in this first Vuelta a España a Vela in the The Port of Barcelona close to our Barcelona apartments Harbour Palace 1, Harbour Palace 2 and Harbour Palace 3 in front of the old port with wonderful views.
This race will be held every two years on IMOCA 60 class monohull yachts with a crew of five members, organized by the Real Federacion Esañola de Vela (RFEV) and  the Fundació Navegació Oceànica Barcelona (FNOB) For more updates you can visit the page vueltaespañavela.com

The NY-BCN Transoceanic Sailing Record

The NY-BCN Transoceanic Sailing Record is a sailing challenge between the cities of New York and Barcelona. The aim is to set a sailing world record between both cities, and to strengthen the connection between New York and Barcelona with a strong socio-cultural, educational and sporting program. It is a pioneer initiative as it is also the first time in sailing history that a record has been set between an Atlantic and a Mediterranean City.
The two IMOCA Open 60s Estrella Damm and W-Hotels started the race on April Thursday 8th, after leaving New York’s Ambrose Light at a little after 1430hrs (NY Time) in warm, summer-like sunshine.
After the start at Ambrose Light the yachts will look for the shortest route, also known as the “Grand Circle line” using wind currents in the bay to climb latitudes, avoiding the icebergs, to grapple with the anticyclone in the Azores and enter the Mediterranean sea through the Gibraltar Strait. Then they will get in the Alboran sea and depending very much on the weather conditions the boats will arrive to Barcelona where the finish line will be situated opposite the New W Hotel at the side of the Barcelona Port with the race programmed to finish between the 20th and the 30th of April. The competition is set to last between 18 and 22 days covering a course of approx 3.750 nautical miles (6.945 Km).
The Estrella Damm and WHotels boats, two of the latest generation IMOCA Open 60s (monohulls also used for the Vendée Globe and the Barcelona World Race), will transform this race into a veritable transatlantic battle of Equals, with two Spanish and one US sailor per boat (Pepe Ribes (ESP), Alex Pella (ESP) and Stan Schreyer (USA) as co-skippers in the Estrella Damm, and Antonio Piris (ESP), Pachi Rivero (ESP) and Peter B. Becker (USA)  as co-skippers in the W-Hotels’).
This race is an initiative of the Fundació Navegació Oceànica Barcelona (FNOB) with the support of the New York City Sports Commission, Real Club Náutico de Barcelona and the New York Yacht Club. The Fundació Navegació Oceànica Barcelona (FNOB) is also the organizer of the Barcelona World Race that on the second two-handed non-stop edition of the world race will start on December 31st, 2010. 

Barcelona World Race

1st. Round-the-world Offshore Sailing Race.

The Barcelona World Race is the world's first ever non-stop round-the-world offshore sailing race for two-person teams that started on the 11th November 2007 [and to be held every four years]. The winner of the Barcelona World Race will be the first boat back to Barcelona
After four retirements, the five-strong Barcelona World Race fleet is spread across nearly 3,000 miles of ocean.
The two front-runners are getting closer to the final destiny.
At this point the Paprec-Virbac 2 with Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA) & Damian Foxall (IRE) is the boat at the head of the race followed by the Hugo Boss with Alex Thomson (GBR) & Andrew Cape (AUS).
More info at : barcelonaworldrace.com

Delight Yacht, Motorboat in the Port of Barcelona

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Night time is from 20:00 to 08:00 hours

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