17TH IMPERIA WINTER REGATTA, OVER 250 TEAMS RACING IN IMPERIA, ITALYImperia, 13th November 2006 - Once again Imperia will host the Imperia Winter Regatta: on the first week of December, from 3rd to 10th, the nice and warm town in the north west of Liguria, Italy, will be a center of sailing for young sailors.
Since now the organising Yacht Club Imperia (formerly the two different yacht clubs Circolo Velico Imperiese and Porto Maurizio Yacht Club) has already received more than 250 entries from 11 different countries: Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland.
Starting from 2006 two more sailing classes will take part in the
event: the Olympic Laser class (standard, Radial) and the RS:X (male and female) joined the fleet of 420's (open and female), 470's (male and female) and L'Equipe that will race under the format INTERNATIONAL MEETING.
The program will start on December 3rd with the registration and practice day for RS:X and Laser Classes; on days from 4th to 5th December races for RS:X and Laser Classes are scheduled starting from the warning signal at 10.00am.
The programm will then follow on December 7th with registration and practice day for 470, 420 and L'Equipe classes: the first warning signal on 8th December will be fired at 10.00 am.
A maximum of nine races will be sailed in the waters of Porto Maurizio - Imperia, Italy.
IWR is a an official ISAF international event since 2002 and classified as Grade 3 ranked event since last year.
It has the contribution of the local governments and the cooperation of the Coast Guard, Imperia Mare (tourist harbour of Imperia), and LNI Imperia.
For further info please contact: Laura Jelmini, Press Officer, laurajelmini at mac.com, ph. +393488720683.
The Imperia Winter Regatta is posted on:
http://i-w-r.com/en/home
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