From 28 to 29 June in the water area of Peter the Great Bay

From 28 to 29 June in the water area of Peter the Great Bay was, perhaps, the most favourite regatta Primorye yachtsmen: traditional 50-mile race. As have informed RIA «VladNews» in the press service of the yacht club «Seven Feet», such competitions are held on the same route for almost 50 years. For the first time the race to the Bay of Миноносок that in Slavyansky Bay, and held back in 1967 yacht captain, a great supporter of sailing Ilya Mikhailovich Ermakov. Regatta consists of two races and night Parking lot. The first race lies on the route Vladivostok - O. Two brothers - Slavyansky Bay and is 26 miles. The second race, with a distance of 24 nautical miles, begins in Slavyanskiy Gulf, through O. Gerasimova and ends in Vladivostok. This year «Полсотка» broke the record: for the first time came to start 87 yachts from Vladivostok, Nakhodka, Artem, Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and one Malaysian yacht with a Russian crew on Board. Only about 400 participants aged from 9 to 70 years, 10 categories. Start of the first race, 29 June, was given with a small delay, at 11:20. During the strong wind and heavy mist first yachts flew to the Bay of Табунной two hours. There was a fear that the judge's vessel will not have time to overtake the riders and deliver finish. However, at the entrance of the Slavyansky Bay wind fell asleep for some time, the yacht went to the finish very slowly. The first finished «Viking» (captain Pavel Vasilchenko). Behind him, two minutes later, came the «Time Machines» (captain Mikhail Ermakov). Has closed a three of leaders in the absolute time «Courage» (captain Nikolay Korolyov). In the class of «Platu 25», which was a separate test group, first-come, «Depeche Mode» (captain Valery Dichenka). He is the only one in the class slipped wind hole and finished together with large yachts, ahead of next opponent, «Brigade» (captain Nikita Стральский), four minutes. The third in this class came «Alice» (skipper Vladimir Ermakov-behind «Brigade With» less than a minute. Class «Konrad 25 R», which is a separate test group, began finish after 16 hours. And became the first «jazz» (skipper Dmitry Samoilenko), 16:22. The second finished «Illusion» (skipper Dmitry Нацвин) and the third was «bars» (captain Evgeny Иовенко). The last sailing finished around 18:00. All 87 yacht managed in the control time. In the morning of 30 June, the start of the Slavyansky Bay was scheduled for 10:00. But the weather made some corrections: at the time of launch over the water hung thick fog, drizzled, and there was no wind at all. Race Committee was forced to reduce the starting line, so that it enters in a zone of visibility. More or less suitable conditions on the day of the beginning of the race appeared only an hour and a half. Start of the first starting group was given 12:18. The second and third groups started, respectively, at 12:28 and 12:38. The race was not easy - fog prevented control the opponents and to focus on the terrain. Most of the riders went home, relying only on devices. Normal visibility appeared only in the Strait of stark, separating the acting Russian and O. Popov. First, after four and a small hours after the start, came sailing «First» (captain Alexander Trofimenko, Nakhodka). The second was «Courage», the third completed the race «Tiburon» (captain Oleg Krasnoperov). Less than an hour passed before the finish first «Platu 25»: the yacht «Alice» has finished the race at 17:20 secured the first place, and on the pedestal. The second came to «ZZ Top» (captain Vasiliy Druzhinin). For the third place at the finish there was a struggle between the «Brigade» and «Nautilus» (captain Marat Akhmedov). The gap between them was only 5 seconds, but for the Nautilus whistle sounded before. The first yachts of the class Konrad 25P came close to each other. The leader once again become a «jazz», also secured the first place on the podium. Second, a minute later came «the Poet» (captain George Nazarov, Nakhodka). Has closed a three of leaders of the «Fact» (skipper Sergei Ivanov, settlement Slavyanka). The yachts finished more than 4 hours. Several boats come from a distance, part - not confined to control time. The ceremony of awarding winners will take place tomorrow, on July 218:30 on a wooden platform of the yacht club «Seven feet».