The First 50 "Don't Ask" winner in Ciutadella

The Dont'Ask, the Firts 50 SK of Alberto Fucale, with a crone of 25.23.05 has been the absolute winner and in the full crew category, both in ORC and RI, of the sixth edition of the race Sitges-Ciutadella, which has concluded yesterday afternoon with the arrival of the sailing boats to the CN Ciutadella after a complicated Mediterranean navigation with exit from the Port of Sitges, Aiguadolç, last Friday, at 11.30 hours. The crew of Alberto Fucale, has been able to overcome this hard 120-mile navigation that separate the localities of Sitges and Ciutadella, which in this edition has been characterized by the lack of wind at the beginning of the test and the complicated arrival to the Menorcan Rada of Ciutadella.

The podium in the general classification in the ORC category has been completed by the sailboat Dufour 45 El Papam de Emilio Cordoba, which entered the line of arrival of Ciutadella after sailing for 26 hours, 02 minutes, 24 seconds, leaving second in the general. Third was the single navigator Daniel Martín del Barakah, a Figaro 2 in which the regatist has invested a real navigation time of 28 hours, 08 minutes, 52 seconds. To highlight the four place in the general that has been for the Swan 45 Carat of Amador Maganer and the fifth for the Hanse 470 Nirvana III, by José Martin. To point out in this class ORC, the victory in the reduced crew category of the Amador Magraner Carat that exceeded by rating the also single crew of the Barakah, Daniel Martin for almost 5 minutes, when the time compensation was computed.

In the group of sailing boats in the Rating RI, the general victory was also for the Don't Ask, followed in this classification by the Sun Fast 3200 of the Txeca Girl, which covered the journey in 27 hours, 21 minutes, 56 seconds. Third on the podium in this rating was Emilio Cordoba's Papam. In the category of RI's reduced crew the winner was the Txeca Girl, who participated in A2, followed by the lone Carat of Amador Magraner.

16 / 06 / 2017: The sailing trip to Ciutadella with loose winds began in Sitges

With a loose breeze (just blowing at 3 knots of intensity in the Sitges Rade, component between 110º and 120º), the 18 sailboats that have taken the exit of the Sitges-Ciutadella regatta have met with an exasperating calm, and have slowly started the 120 nautical mile route that will link them to the port of Ciutadella. Very harsh wind conditions, due to the scarcity of wind, have made the departure from the Catalan coast of Garraf to the island of Menorca a true tactic feat of all of them. This adverse situation has taken on a good tone by the shipowners, especially in the hope that coming out of the thermal bubble off the coast of Sitges, you will find the gradient of northern winds, which will drive you towards the goal of this trans-Mediterranean race with Ciutadella heading.

An exasperating exit, with winds of just three knots, sets the regatists in motion, but in the hope of finding the tramontana about 20 miles east of the exit

15 / 06 / 2017: To stage the Regata Sitges-Ciutadella de Vela with 20 ships

Twenty vessels will take part in the Sitg- Ciutadella Regata tomorrow. With the office of Regata de la Sitges Ciutadella open, since this morning, in the facilities of the Tower of Captains the Organizing Committee are processing the inscriptions of ships and crews that participate in this test, punctuable for the Championship of Catalunya de Cruciero de Altura. In the evening the pattern meeting is held, before the celebration of the Farewell Festival in the village of Marinero of Aiguadolç, where will be reported on the details of the test, which will leave tomorrow at 11: 00 noon.

Tomorrow, Friday, 16, after the declaration of departure of the crews, it will take place at the departure of the Ciutadella irrigation course at the Sitges Rade, where the line of departure of the race is. Throughout the morning, British patterns Mark Lethem of the Maral and Patrick Gimberd of the Tangaroa of London have passed through the office.

20 ships start the journey on Friday

Last year's winner of El Papam's Emilio Cordoba race, Vilanova's patron, was also one of the primers to go to the office. The pattern of the Nirvana, Jose Martín, also participates in Vilanova, who goes back to this Mediterranean crossing test, the First Alcyon of Fernando Alvarado, another classic in this test. We have seen the Grop of Diego de las Heras, who will sail in A2 with Cesar Roch, El Sinead de Jesús Pérez, which premiere in this race, the Kairos of Agustí Gutierrez, another veteran of the Sitges- Ciutadella. In the port of Sitges is the Gida III of David Rabadan, the master with the most participation in this test.

The Balearic Islands have entered Port de Sitges, the Carat of Amador Magraner and the Txeca Girl of Toni Pons. It is scheduled to enter Aquitat III port of Cesar Villegas night. As is traditional in the Sitges- Ciutadella, crews of the Hispanic Club - Russian sailing patterns, have registered in this edition, such as the Yrcus of Sergey Moskovskikh and the UltimRis of Evegeny Vanykin. During this afternoon, the sailors Alberto Fucale, the Don't Ask, Daniel Martin de Barakah and Victor Ortet de Munsa are arriving at the Porto de Sitges.

To highlight the participation of Mister Swing of Guillermo Londner, and of the transfer of Daniel Coronel, which premiered in this race. The Mediterranean feast of the Sitges- Ciutadella, is beginning to work. Tomorrow, departure at 11: 00, with a low wind forecast on the coast of Garraf and a tramontana entrance in the middle of Canal, which will take the boats, with good wind, to Ciutadella, where they will be welcomed by the Nautic Club of Ciutadella.

09 / 06 / 2017: Inscribed 20 ships in the 120 miles Sitges-Ciutadella that starts next Friday

A total of 20 boats are prepared to cover the 120 nautical miles that bind the ports of Sitges and Ciutadella, in the sixth edition of this race, a classic in the calendar of Mediterranean cruise of high navigation, punctuable for the championship of Catalonia of Cruise of Navigation of Height, with a significant participation of the reduced crews alone and A2 in this edition. Among the last inscriptions in this category is the well-known transatlantic regatist Pilar Pasanau, who will participate with the Mundus, as well as Daniel Martin with the Figaro Barakah, who already participated with the same sailboat in the last edition of the Thousand Mile, then being third classified within its category in that nautical marathon.

The test has become a classic within the calendar of Mediterranean races that link the peninsula with the islands, leaving the Port of Sitges Aiguadolç next June 16

Also to highlight in reduced category A-2 the participation of the shipowner of the Gida III David Rabadan, who is the patron with the most participations in this race, as well as Diego de las Heras, that together with César Roch, will tripulate the boat Grop III, or Ruben Serra, who participated in last year's edition with the Juliet. Among the registered are also the Menorquin Toni Pons that will cover the journey with the Txeca Girl, known ballast navigator of Ciutadella, who won the Great Prix of the Atlantic 2014, the Mallorquin Amador Magraner, with the Carat, winner of the transatlantic race in its 2016 edition. Among the shipowners who will cover this race for the first time in reduced crew category are the Sail of Daniel Coronel and Maral of Marcel Marklethem.

07-06-2017: The 6th Sitges-Ciutadella Cruise Regatta is held next June 16

All is ready for the ships registered in the Sitg- Ciutadella leaves the Port of Sitges Aiguadolç to cover the 120 miles that separate the Catalan town from the Menorcan port of Ciutadella and to cover the next edition of this punctuable test for the Catalan Championship of Cruise Height. The test is organized by the Skipper Nautic Club, the Náutic de Ciutadella, and has the collaboration of the Port of Sitges and the municipalities of Ciutadella and Sitges. In its sixth edition the race has a series of shipowners to the test, where, apart from the sports component of the race, they also want to enjoy the attraction of participating in 'the first nautical scale of the year, which aims to celebrate the famous spring parties of the island of Menorca, in Ciutadella, as are the Festa del Xai, and the Festes de Sant Joan', tell us its organizers.

Among the participants in this edition are the usual boats in the test such as "Don't Ask," the Firts 50 of Alberto Fucale, the seller in the first editions of the regara, "Gida III" the Grand Soleil 43 of David Rabadan, "Kairós" the Bavaria 46 of Agustín Gutiérrez, the Firts 41 "Juliet" of Rubén Serra, The "Papan," the Dufour 45 of Emilio Córdoba, the seller in the last edition, the "Nirvana III" of José Martín, among others. This year, new shipowners are premiered in the race... which will cover the route for the first time include the "Bavaria Mon Petit" of Joaquin Blanc, the menorcan "Txeca Girl" the Sun Fast of Toni Pons, the Swan 44 Mallorcan "Carat" of Amador Magraner, the "Amel" 52 Sinead of Jesus Pérez, or the sailing boat "Tangaroa of London" of Patrick Grimbert. Without a doubt ships of great length in the majority, that will offer show.

The absolute winner of the race will be presented with the painting of the Menorcan painter Torrent Vivó, a well-known artist who each year makes a commemorative oil of the test. Among other attractions of the race, in addition to the journey to the island of Menorca and to catch in the beautiful port of Ciutadella, is the great Feast of Farewell of crews, in the marine village of Port de Sitges Aiguadoc and the celebration of the Festa del Xai, in the Cub Níutic Ciutadella.