5,000 miles - Atlantic Challenge

From the door of the Costa del Sol to trade winds of the South Hemisphere, the ocean, three continents, four countries and 5,000 miles of adventure to cross and to enjoy

5000 Miles - Atlantic Challenge is first regata Spanish towards the South Atlantic. With exit the 17 of November of 2007, the competition will leave from Sotogrande, in Cadiz (Spain), will happen through Casablanca (Morocco) and Punta del Este (Uruguay) and will finalize in Port Log in Buenos Aires (Argentina).

A biennial test that it will combine the exciting components of own adventure and challenge of the oceanic candle, with attractive the multicultural ones of a competition with scales that Ecuador crosses. Three continents, but also three cultures are united not only: the European, the Muslim and the South American woman. In order to facilitate this cultural trip in each one of the intermediate ports activities and celebrations for the participants and their companions will be organized

Conceived for the classes IRC, Open and Catamaranes, this great Atlantic Challenge is open to the participation of a great number of types of boats. Its character distinguishes popular it of many oceanic competitions that, to limit the classes, you become restricted tests the common fan. However, the 5000 Miles set out to approach the oceanic candle the great public, and to offer the possibility to many regatistas of fulfilling their dream to cross the “great pool”. She is open to boats with complete crew and crew of A Two, without forgetting to the Solitaires.

1ª Stage: 210 nautical miles

Sotogrande, Cadiz (Spain) - Casablanca (Morocco).

The difficulty of this first stage resides mainly in the crossing of the Straits of Gibraltar, where the traffic of merchants is very intense. In addition when joining itself the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean Sea important currents form here that can excessively affect the course of the boats. Also, the wind can be canalized very forming strong gusts of wind and conditions money changers.

2ª Stage: 4,990 nautical miles

Casablanca (Morocco) - Punta del Este (Uruguay).

To cross the Atlantic is not only one passage of dream for many regatistas, is a true test of nautical knowledge and strategy. In addition the peculiarity to the 5000 Miles Atlantic Challenge is that there is to cross Ecuador, that is to say, to sail in two different meteorological systems, the one of the North Hemisphere and the one of the South Hemisphere, which adds difficulty to the test.

The strategy will have to begin to sail following trade winds, stable winds that blow of the Northeast, lifting winds. When to cross Ecuador the tactics will be complicará, since before after this dividing line the fleet it will be with famous the Doldrums, the doldrums. The ideal is to take advantage of a storm that crosses the Atlantic to give the jump to the South Hemisphere, since the storm will bring wind. In the South, it will be necessary again to look for trade winds, now enjoying the summer

3ª Stage: 167 nautical miles

Punta del Este (Uruguay) - Port Log, Buenos Aires (Argentina).

To few hours of navigation near Montevideo, the waters emeralds of the sea begin to take the tonality from the river “lion color” and the foam of its waves opens the way to the fresh water that descends from the amazonian bulk. During the night the brilliance of the city of Buenos Aires and its environs, with near fifteen million inhabitants, will serve as guide the navigators who will arrive at the goal in the beginning of the austral summer.

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