18.04.2012
Tornado Speedsailing News
14 to 15 April – Vltava River, Prague
*Tight Tornado contest in the City Centre of Prague*
On the Vltava River betwenternational exhibition of boats on the water was
held. As part of the largen Zeleznicni and Palacky Bridge, right in the
heart of Prague, the 4thiest sailing events in the Czech Republic with a
regular attendance of over 10,000 participants, the Tornado Class held
another successful Speedsailing event.
The event was divided into two races. The first took place on Saturday
morning and was called the BROKER BUSINESS REGATTA. A leading Czech
yachtsman such as Zdenek Pavlis, 13 times national champion, or even our
most famous ocean yachtsman and holder of 28 national championship medals -
David Krizek would helm the boat with representatives of large corporations
such as Jaroslav Besperát of CPP, and Peter Hruby of BROKER CONSULTING.
Saturday bought a beautiful sunny day with light winds. Battles were very
balanced and there were plenty of close passages near the shore, which was
very attractive for the thousands of spectators lining the shore. The
overall winner was team BROKER CONSULTING 1 -David Krizek and Peter Hruby.
The second crew drove team UNIQA - Zdenek Pavlis and Zbynek Vesely and
third team CP INVEST - Ivan Ptacnik and Jan Forejt.
In the afternoon, after the ceremony proceeded the catamarans went back
onto the water but this time with full racing crews. The wind was quite
weak and very variable. However, the race committee headed by Martin
Souškem managed to make three races. The best performing crew were UNIQA,
who managed to secure themselves three race bullets.
The evening entertainment was held in the restaurant in YC CERE where
photographer Martina Barnet projected photographs from the day.
On Sunday, racers woke up to completely different weather conditions. There
was a moderate to strong breeze and overcast skies, which were bound to
bring rain.
This lead to some full on Tornado sailing action with hulls out of the
water and twin trapezing around the short course creating the best possible
action for the crowds. The visitors really enjoyed the unique spectacle and
received their reward for putting up with the bad weather.
David Krizek and Zdenek Adamfought at full speed to get the first three
places across the line leading to whatthey thought was the overall victory.
They later found out that in the second race due to an error they were
disqualified.
The overall winners were team UNIQA – Zdenek Pavlis and Jiri Pavlis (racing
for PREFA Hubenov), the second team was BROKER CONSULTING 1 - David Krizek
and Zdenek Adam (competing for the CK Fischer) and the third team BROKER
CONSULTING 2 - Jan Petrak and Frantisek Marek (racing ABACUS ELETRIC).
The opening of this year’s exhibition was connected with a charity auction
for the benefit of the civic association. The gala evening, held on the
boat River Classic, raised a total of 2.831 € through auctioning sailing
jackets from David Krizek, photos from sailing catamarans environment
photographer Martina Barnet, diamond jewellery from Miss Lucie Krizek (Miss
Czech 2003) and a Tomas Berdych tennis racket.
The funds raised will go to helpt wins Charlotte and Ester Machala who have
been diagnosed with musculara trophy.
Sponsors, spectators, competitors and exhibitors were extremely satisfied
with this year and the planning fornext year has already begun, led once
again by the plant manager and chief organizer Marcel Mourek.
BUSINESS BROKER REGATTA (April 14, 2012)
1st BROKER CONSULTING 1 - D.Krizek and P. Hruby - 1, 2, 1
2nd UNIQA – Z. Pavlis and Z.Vesely - 2, 1, 2
3rd CP INVEST – I. Ptacnik and J.Forejt - 4, 4, 3
4th AXA - B. Fousek and V. Zahradnik- 3, DSQ, 4
5th CPP - A. Novak and J. Besperát- 6, 3, 5
6th BROKER CONSULTING 2 - J.Petrak and O. Schejbal - 5, 5, 6
PRAGUE SPEED Catamaran Regatta2012 (April 14-15, 2012)
1st UNIQA - Z. Pavlis and J.Pavlis (PREFA Hubenov) - 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2
2nd BROKER CONSULTING 1 - D.Krizek, and Z. Adam (CK Fischer) - 2, 2, 2, 1,
2, 1
3rd BROKER CONSULTING 2 - J.Petrak and F. Marek (ABACUS) - 3, 3, 6, 3, 3, 3
4th INVEST CP – I. Ptacnik and V.Lambl - 4, 6, 5, 4, 4, DNF
5th AXA - J. Fousek and B. Kolb (BENTEX Plastic) - 6, 4, 3, DNC, DNC, DNC
6th CPP - A. Novak and M. Novak -5, 5, 4, DNC, DNC, DNC
Regatta Partners
Gold - Broker Consulting, UNIQA,CPP, AXA INVEST CP
Silver - ZIOS PRO, AC-HEATING, MARINE4U, TAWAN APL, BRONCO 7,INFINITE
MODELS, SEGAFREDO, YC CERE, WINBERG WINERY
Photos By: Martina Barnetová
Free HQ download at http://www.speedsailing.org/photo-downloads/
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