The legendary Cannonball is coming soon!

The next seminars and trainings for the Round Palagruza Cannonball are:
• ISAF Safety Training in Graz am March 10th and 11th
• Meteo Seminar with Jure Jerman Chief meteorologist of the Slovenian Weather Service (held in english!) February 11th & 12th in Graz
• Weather Routing seminar in Wiener Neustadt March 9th and 10th
• and the RPC weather, routing and roadbook seminar on 27th of March in Wr. Neustadt
More Infos: www.segelwelt.at

The legendary Cannonball is coming soon!

The next seminars and trainings for the Round Palagruza Cannonball are:
• ISAF Safety Training in Graz am March 10th and 11th
• Meteo Seminar with Jure Jerman Chief meteorologist of the Slovenian Weather Service (held in english!) February 14th & 15th in Graz
• Weather Routing seminar in Wiener Neustadt March 9th and 10th
• and the RPC weather, routing and roadbook seminar on 27th of March in Wr. Neustadt
More Infos: www.segelwelt.at

There are 2 Bavaria 47c yachts available due to cancellation of teams.

News from Adriatic Challenge: all our boats will have mobile internet on board (Huawei modem incl. WLAN for up to 5 computers). Also 12V-220V AC adapters will be available on all yachts.

For all how want to have their own mobile internet equipment, there is a very interesting paper from RPC-skipper Peter Stefaner as pdf-download.

Die nächsten interessanten Trainings:
14. und 15.01.2012 Wiener Neustadt: Seminar weather in the adriatic sea, with Jure Jerman (Slovenian meteorologist, well known for his Engagement in Volvos Ocean Race). The seminar will be helt in English.
21. und 22.01.2012 in Telfs (Tirol): ISAF Safety Training
(more infos at: www.segelwelt.at)

We wish merry Christmas and a happy new year to all RPC sailors and their families!

The date for exceptional race Round Palagruža Cannonball 2012 is finally set – 07-13.04.2012.
Participants can book B42M or B47C through Yacht Charter Pitter. A waiting list for B42M class is already set but there are enough free boats in B47C class.
English translation of the Notice of race coming soon.

Results RPC 2011

Today at 2 p.m. the award ceremony will take place at the Marina restaurant in Biograd. There’s only one yacht left to cross the finishing line now: The “Daiquiri” (42) with the ASS Segeln-Mercure team of skipper Horst Bernhardt is still on its way towards Biograd. Will they make it before the time limit of the regatta ends at noon..?

The RPC 2011 trophies (designed by Stuntstorch, sponsored by PANTAENIUS):

Most of the crews have arrived in Biograd now. Still there are ten boats out on the sea, but the party in the marina here already started. Please find the latest pics of the finish and the party in our image gallery!

The match for the second and third place has been decided: The “Solent” (64) with its Team Ascherl-Regatta Bodensee of Robert Schönbeck was the second Bavaria 42 yacht to cross the finishing line in Biograd, about half a minute later it was followed by the Yachtcharter Pitter Crew with Skipper Klaus Pitter on their “Cape Cod” (51).

Only few minutes later there two more crews reached Biograd: The SÄGEWERK-Team of Peter Stefaner on the “New York” (60) and on the fifth place Ronnie Zeiller’s Alles Yacht-Crew on their “San Diego” (63).

The fans in the harbour of Biograd congratulate all the RPC 2011 teams – it was definitely a hot match on the last meters of the regatta! To all the boats still out there on the sea: We wish you a great race, and come back safely!

n.b.: We will publish pictures of the finish in this blog soon, so stay tuned.

The entire team of the Daiquiri boat No. 42 wishes to all participants, fans and readers a wonderful morning:

According to the latest tracking data, we have subsequently recovered in 3 positions.
The strategic thoughts are with the severe weather conditions, beautiful blue sky, 26 degrees and calm blue sea with a variety of visit of tuna fish was caused by our skipper with a drink of the day: The Jamaican feel we will now all and supports the Drink of the Day this:

Just take in a 0.5 l gas 200ml Bavarian beer and basic meal so we are here in Croatia, a fresh Karlovacko, to about 100 ml American brew, Coke Zero (so that the American product is not overvalued) and fills it with good Rum from Jamaica, tastes totally refreshing and nearly calorie-neutral.
Sunny greetings from Daiquiri TEAM

A few moments ago, the „Southhampton“ with starting number 65 crossed the finishing line in Biograd – after approximately 72 hours of sailing. 28 year old skipper Martin Hartl and his seven crew member managed to maintain their margin and win the Round Palagruža Cannonball regatta for the second time in a row. Congratulations!
Now it’s all about the second and third place. The peak field still consists of seven boats. On the forefront, the „San Diego“ (63) with Ronnie Zeiller’s Alles Yacht Crew and the „Solent“ (64) with Robert Schönbeck’s Ascherl-Regatta Bodensee Team match for silver…