Regatas
Comunicado 2 de Junho 2009
Como sabem vamos ter nas próximas 2 semanas bastante actividade nautica. Assim, neste fim de semana temos o Troféu Patrick Monteiro de Barros ( já mandou a Sua inscrição ? ), que vai servir também como preparação para o Campeonato Nacional que começa no próximo dia 11 de Junho até ao dia 14 .
Durante o Campeonato Nacional, na sexta feira dia 12, pelas 18h30m, vamos ter a nossa Assembleia Geral, onde se irá, além de outros pontos, eleger a equipa que conduzirá os destinos da Dragopor durante o próximo biénio( há candidatos ? ). A Sua participação é fundamental. Chamo a Sua atenção que, nos termos estatutários só pode votar quem tiver a situação regularizada com a Dragopor. Assim, se ainda não pagou a Sua quota anual ( €150,00) agradeço que o faça com a maior brevidade possivel.
Além da nossa Assembleia Geral, vamos ter no sabado dia 13, no CNC, um jantar de confratenização onde serão entregues alguns prémios de campeonatos já realizados.
Pede-me o CNC, a fim de organizarem atempadamente o evento, que lhes confirmemos o nº de lugares que pretendemos reservar.
O preço por pessoa é €25,00.
Assim, agradeço a Vossa colaboração enviando o mais breve possivel essa confirmação ( e como é obvio a vossa inscrição ) para o CNC.
Mário Quina
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A pedido do Senhor Presidente da Mesa da Assembleia Geral, convoco os Senhores sócios da Dragopor para uma Assembleia Geral Ordinária, no próximo dia 12 de Junho pelas 18h30m ( após as regatas ), nas instalações do CNC, com a seguite ORDEM DE TRABALHOS :
1 ) Apreciação e votação do Relatório e Contas
2 ) Discussão e aprovação do calendário de regatas para 2010
3 ) Eleição dos orgãos sociais para o biénio com inicio em 2009
4 ) Outros assuntos de interesse para a classe
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II PAN Dragão 2009 - 16 e 17 Maio 2009
Vimos por este meio relembrar que o prazo limite para inscrição na II PAN Dragão 2009, termina na próxima 4ª feira, dia 13 de Maio 2009.
Relembramos que todos os velejadores terão obrigatoriamente de ser portadores de Licença Desportiva válida para o ano 2009. Em caso de duvida, poderão consultar o site da Federação Portuguesa de Vela em www.fpvela.pt
Caso deseje cartão de estacionamento para a Marina de Cascais, este deverá ser também solicitado até às 18:00 horas de 4ª feira dia 13 Maio.
Gostaríamos ainda de relembrar da parceria efectuada entre o CNC e a Marina de Cascais que permite aos sócios do clube a compra de pacotes de 100 horas para estacionamento na Marina de Cascais a preços exclusivos para sócios do CNC. Informe-se aqui.
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IV Troféu Dom Pedro Hotels & Amadeu's CUP
Junto envio o anuncio de regata e o Boletim de inscrição para o Trofeu Dom Pedro Hotels e Amadeus Cup que como sabem se realiza em Vilamoura nos próximos dias 1 a 3 de Maio.
Como poderão constatar quer o programa de regatas quer o programa social são fantasticos e o preço do alojamento uma agradável surpresa.
Depois de tanto esforço, os nossos amigos Filipe Silva e José Paulo Ramada, merecem ter uma grande frota a competir nestas regatas.
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I PAN Dragão 2009
Vimos por este meio lembrar que o prazo limite para as inscrições na I PAN Dragão 2009 termina às 18:00h da próxima 4ª feira, 15 de Abril.
Relembramos que todos os velejadores terão obrigatoriamente de ser portadores de Licença Desportiva válida para o ano 2009.
Caso deseje cartão de estacionamento para a Marina de Cascais, este deverá ser também solicitado até às 18:00 horas de 4ª feira.
Gostaríamos ainda de relembrar da parceria efectuada entre o CNC e a Marina de Cascais que permite aos sócios do clube a compra de pacotes de 100 horas para estacionamento na Marina de Cascais a preços exclusivos para sócios do CNC. Informe-se aqui.
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April 8th 2009
Three months after we reported to you on the 3 first events of our Winter Series 2008/09, we now come back to tell you about the last 2 Series and the sum up of the full 2008/09 Cascais Winter Series.
“14th HMKing Juan Carlos” (IDA Grade 2) and “16th Prince Henry the Navigator” Trophies
We had an average of 15 dragons sailing these last 2 series, with 17 entries, including 5 foreign Dragons, in the last event, the “King Juan Carlos Trophy” (March 12-15th), an IDA Grade 2 regatta, which, together with the “Prince Henry Trophy” (Feb 26th to March 1st), are the Portuguese part of the Iberian Championship, completed by the Mediterranean Cup and Princess Sofia in Palma.
Once more, sea, wind and temperature conditions (particularly the outstanding 24ºC sunny and 10-20 knots wind conditions for the King J.Carlos Trophy!) allowed for most of the planned programs for those 2 events to be completed (2 races missed, of which 1 canceled after the start, due to dying wind, out of a total of 14 scheduled).
Again, winds ranged from light to medium (never exceeding 20 knots), mostly north/westerlies with some east/southerlies, often shifty and mostly with both sides of the course paying. This led to very tactical and competitive Dragon racing, with 5 different helmsmen occupying the 6 podium positions for the 2 series!
The competing 14 portuguese Dragons had the pleasure of the company of 5 foreign Dragon crews: Quentin Strauss and Ivan Bradbury with Martin Payne from the UK, Cameron Good from Ireland, Stefan Winberg from Sweden and Vincent Hoesch with Michael Lipp from Germany.
We also had the great support from Ulli Libor from Germany that “volunteered” to be the tactitian for José Matoso in those series and ended up working out his muscles pumping the spinnaker down the Cascais swell with 20 knots in a couple of races!
Sum Up of the 2008/09 Cascais Dragon Winter Series
Summing up the full 2008/09 Cascais Winter Series, a total of 32 races were held out of 38 scheduled (84% success race completion) in the 6 series and 20 days of racing, with the presence of 22 different Dragons of which 6 foreign crews.
Overall, the weather and, particularly, the racing conditions were very good, with different ranges of winds from light to low twenties knots and from different quarters; less than half an hour is needed to reach any of the 3 usual racing areas offering different sailing with flatter water and shiftier winds closer inshore and the larger ocean swell further out west with stronger and more predictable wind pattern.
The great support of the Estoril/Cascais Tourism Board for the Cascais Winter Series allowed for some incentives for the foreign crews, a convivial after race free happy hour, a free seated dinner in he Club for the King Juan Carlos Trophy and fine porcelain and silver prizes for the individual series podium positions and for the final ranking of the Winter Series.
With the continued support of the Tourism Board and the success we consider attained to date, we are finalizing plans for a similar and improved edition of the 2009/10 Cascais Dragon Winter Series.
The dates of 23rd-25th October (2 weeks after the Europeans in St. Tropez), 27th-29th November and 4th-6th December 2009 have already been set and published in the IDA Dragon Regatta Schedule for the first 3 Series.
Very soon we will be writing to you to indicate the remaining 2010 dates as well as the other conditions and incentives we are planning for the next Winter Series with an emphasis on offering Good Dragon Racing and Service to the Owners/Crew.
We take this opportunity to thank the presence and support of all the foreign Dragon sailors that attended this past Cascais Winter Series and invite them to return to Cascais for the next ones, as well as extending that invitation and our most warm welcome to all of the other Dragon sailors.
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January 12th 2009
We would like to invite all Dragon Sailors to join in the XVI Prince Henry – The Navigator and XIV King Juan Carlos I Trophies, which will take place in Cascais on 26 February and 12 March respectively.
Consult the provisional Winter Cup results after the first 3 events.
January 1st 2009
Three months have passed since we, from the Clube Naval de Cascais and the Portuguese Dragon Fleet, had the great pleasure of sailing with many of you in the Gold Cup.
In the meantime, and as promised, we kept a busy training schedule, successfully holding the 3 first events of our Winter Series 2008/09.
We had an average of 12 dragons sailing in the 3 series, all with 3 days of racing.
Sea, wind and temperature (and Sun!) conditions were good to excellent throughout, allowing for the planned programs to be completed, with 5 races held in the first two series (24-26th Oct and 21-23rd Nov), culminating with 8 races in the last series (Xmas Trophy 6-8th Dec).
Winds ranged from light to medium (never exceeding 20knots), mainly from north/westerly and some southerlies, some times shifty and mostly with both sides of the course paying.
This led to very competitive dragon racing with the 3 top places in the 3 regattas being completely different each time.
We had the pleasure of the company of four foreign crews: Quentin Strauss (GBR723), Cameron Good (IRL194), Julian Sowry (GBR on a portuguese dragon) and Stefan Winberg (SWE338) who won the December series. All these dragon sailors are keeping their dragons in the Clube Naval de Cascais and will be sailing the following three series between January and March 2009.
We also had the visit of the Russian dragon sailors Olga and Misha Mouratov that trained, for a very intensive full week and with excellent sailing conditons, with Vincent Hoesch in mid November; they left their 2 “Murka”dragons in our club and promissed to come down for the next Winter Series.
These will be held in January 16-18th 2009, February 26th to March 1st – “16th Prince Henry, the Navigator Trophy” and in March 12-15th “9th King Juan Carlos I Trophy”(Grade2 Event). These last two of these series are the Portuguese part of the Iberian Dragon Championship, completed by the Mediterranean Cup and Princess Sofia races in Palma.
We have been able to secure the support of the Estoril/Cascais Tourism Board for the 2009 Winter Series program (upcoming 3 series but also next Fall) and we will thus further improve not only the racing organization of those events but also their social program and prizes.
We will continue to keep you posted and look very much forward to welcome many more foreign dragon sailors to participate in the upcoming 2009 Cascais Winter Series.
We take the opportunity to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year of 2009, and we look forward to seeing you soon Dragon sailing in Cascais.