Kabestan 2008 - Croatia

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Results

The regata has finished! We had fantastic time, thanks all for coming, the winners were:

  • 1st place: Vlad Goryachev, Yacht ‘Carmen‘
  • 2nd place was shared by: Alexander Chagoubatov (Yacht ‘Visibaba‘) and Alexander Vinokurov (Yacht ‘Astria‘)
  • 3rd place: Aleksei Kurov, Yacht ‘Morski Covik‘

Well done all! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! See you next time! You can read the whole story (in Russian) here: http://www.kabestan.co.uk/regatta/winners/

Latest information

  • (05-02-2008) No more places left, sorry!
  • (25-02-2008) 1 place left
  • (19-02-2008) 2 places left
  • (19-02-2008) 3 places have become available, sign up, quick!
  • (27-01-2008) Itemised plan of action has been publishes, please see below
  • (26-01-2008) Final number of boats - 7. Unless someone else joing, of course!
  • (19-12-2007) Number of registrations: 73
  • (13-12-2007) Number of registrations: 58
  • (10-12-2007) Number of registrations: 32
  • (08-12-2007) Number of registrations: 19
  • (06-12-2007) Number of registrations: 12

 

General information

Spring regatta of the Kabestan Yacht Club will take place in May 2008, in Croatia. Dates of the regatta: 24th to 28th of May, 2008. The area we chose for this sailing extravaganza is Split, with the marina located in the town of Kastela, Split.

  • Where: Croatia, Kastela, Marina Kastela (http://www.marina-kastela.hr/). Important: Marina Kastela is located in the village of Kastel Gomilica, 7 kilometres from Split Airport. This is not Split Marina, please make sure you arrive to the correct one!
  • Pontoon - Boats are on pontoon ‘D’
  • VHF Radio channel - 77
  • Marina directions: Directions
  • When: 24th to 28th of May, 2008 (Yacht pick up is at 14:00, yacht drop off at midday)
  • Yachts: First 40 Cyclades 39 Oceanis 40 Oceanis 39. Currently, 7 yachts are taking part
  • Prices: GBP164 per person (8 people per boat). Payment deadline - 15th of March.
  • Plane tickets: Around 120GBP, you have to purchase tickets separately. Check out info below - How to get to Croatia
  • Additional expense: Food on board. I think it will be around 40 euros per person, you can decide this with the skipper for your boat. Also, there will be group events, like BBQ, closing dinner, drinks.
  • Damage deposit: 0 (zero). Boat insurance and damage waiver is included in the price above, so everything is covered.
  • Where am I staying: Saturday/Sunday/Monday/Tuesday - on board the yacht. Bring a sleeping bag.
  • Visa: Visa is not required for citizens of EC, UK, USA. Your passport has to be valid for at least 3 months at the time of travel. However, I strongly recommend you check this with the Croatia visa section for your country. For citizens of Russian Federation visas are not required and the Yacht club will issue tourist vouchers which will enable you to enter Croatia for the event. We will require your passport number and full name.
  • Personal insurance: You will have to purchase this yourself.
  • Plan of action: Pleasesee below
  • Event format: Cruising, flotilla style, with some racing, of course.
  • Transfers to/from the airport: we will try to work something out, but basically it’s3 miles from the airport so a taxi is a good idea

 

 

I want to come!!! How do I sign up?!

if you would like to come, please read the following sections: FAQ and Terms and Conditions, and then fill in this form. Place reservations are exclusively on the first paid-first served basis. Not in the order of reservations. Payment deadline - 15th of March.

 

 

Marina Kastela address

 

Marina Kastela Croatia http://www.marina-kastela.hr/

Please note: This is not Split Marina. This is Marina Kastela in a village Kastel Gomilica (7 kilometres from Split Airport) so don’t mix them up!

 

Marina Kastela, Croatia
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Marina Kastela, Croatia
We leave here at 9am on Sunday morning and return Tuesday night, about 7 pm
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Split Airport

 

 

Boats and Skippers

 

Alexander Vinokurov - Oceanis 40 - Yacht ‘Astria‘
Yuri Fadeev - Oceanis 40 - Yacht ‘Amphitrite‘
Vladislav Goryachev - First 40.7 - Yacht ‘Carmen‘
Vladimir Pilipyuk - Cyclades 39 - Yacht ‘Marusa‘
Aleksei Kurov - Oceanis 393 - Yacht ‘Morski Covik‘
Gleb Borukhov - Oceanis 411 - Yacht ‘Srebrna‘
Alexander Chagoubatov -

 

Plan of action

 

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Saturday:

  • Crews arrive through the day. Please contact your skippers for meeting up point
  • 14:00-15:00 Skippers pick up yachts.
  • 15:00-16:00 Skippers meeting on the head boat. Skippers, do not be late, please.
  • 16:00-23:00
    • Provisions shopping
    • Crew briefing by skippers, including safety, VHF, roles on board
    • Sailing practice, if possible and you have time
    • Dinner on board your yacht

Sunday

  • 09:00 Departure from Marina Kastela and sailing to the island of Veliki Drvenik
  • 14:00-16:00 Veliki Drvenik island - Arrival and lunch anchorage (43 26.40 N, 16 10.80 E) - Otok Krknjas Mali
  • 16:00-18:00 Veliki Drvenik island - Racing around islands and buoys
  • 18:00-23:00 Veliki Drvenik island - Night anchorage, Food on board and drinks on the beach. Tug-of-war competition! (43 26.00 N, 16 09.00 E)

Monday

  • 09:00 Departure from Veli Drvenik island anchorage and sail along the South side of island of Solta (Otok Solta)
  • 13:00 - 15:00 Solta island - Lunch anchorage - (43 21.5 N, 16 18.5 E)
  • 15:00 - 19:00 Racing!
  • 19:00 - Arrival at Milna Marina on the island of Brac, dinner and drinks on board the yachts
  • 19:00 - Ship-shape competition!

Tuesday

  • 09:00 We leave Milna Marina, sailing towards North side of the island of Solta
  • 12:00 - 14:00 Island of Solta North side - Lunch anchorage (43 22.4 N, 16 21.5 E)
  • 14:00 - 17:00 Race to Marina Kastela, first to cross given parallel, wins!
  • 17:00 - 18:00 Gomilica buoy racing, if we have time
  • 19:00 Marina Kastela - Arrival
  • 20:00 - 23:00 Celebratory Regatta dinner and prize giving at the restaurant Baletna Skola! (10 minutes walk from the marina)

Wednesday:

  • 11:00 - 12:00 Marina Kastela - Yachts are returned to the charter company

 

Additional information

 

How to get to Croatia

Direct routes from UK (Croatian Airways and EasyJet) take about 2.5 hours, from London. Split is becoming an increasingly popular destination for people from western Europe, so make sure you book your tickets as early as you can. The time table for this summer is already published. British Airways, unfortunately, stopped flights to Split this year. EasyJet and Croatian Airways price tickets at about 200 euros. For crew and skippers from USA, Lufthansa flies to Croatia, prices from $1000. For antipodeans, it’s best to fly to Europe and then get one of the budget airlines to Split.

 

Charter companies

 

No frills airlines

 

Payment

Credit/Debit card - Google Checkout

 

Additional info

Please call me for further info until we are in Croatia, +44 7980 213020. After that, ring me sparingly, your skipper is your first point of contact. Please be оrganised, print directions out, etc.!