On August 31 Amur Bay were passed the first mile. All-regatta «Cup of Peter the Great Bay — 2013 — Cup of Russia in» Konrad 25R «. At the start of the first race went 58 yachts in the 7 test groups. The race has been given in the north-east wind, force 5-7 m /s and meter wave. The first race, according to tradition, was short. Length of 26 miles and 21 miles for the different scoring groups, and passed on the «golden triangle» of the Amur Bay: Start — Brickyard Cove — Sandy Cape — Stone Island Matveeva — took place finish in the Sports harbor. Among the first sign of large yachts in the Brickyard rounded the yacht «Time Machine» (Captain Mikhail Ermakov), and was followed by «No Applause» (captain Denis Logutenko) and «Mega ZIP» (Captain Eugene Kartavtsev). In the class «Konrad 25R» was in the lead at the first sign of «Jazz» (Captain Dmitry Samojlenko), the second was «Jive» (Captain Alexander Nekrasov) and the third — «Bravo» (Captain Gleb Brant). Yachts were tight, fighting for every meter distance with a steady northerly wind meter wave and rivals. On the segment distance from m to about Sandy. Stone Matveeva leadership maintained yacht «Time Machine», which rounded the first mark in 1313 and was followed by «Tiburon» (Captain Oleg Krasnopyorov), «No Applause» and «Viking» (Captain Paul Vasil\’chenko). In the class «Konrad 25R» top three remained the same, but some places have changed, «Jive» and «Jazz» — Alexander Nekrasov was able to get around an opponent. The yacht «Bravo» remained in third place, behind him were «The Soloist», «Rock-N-Roll», under the leadership of Vladimir and Ilya Ermakova, respectively. After the last check character alignment of forces has not changed significantly. Among the large yacht first came to the finish line «Time Machine» (142937), the second — «No Applause», the third — «Tiburon». They were followed by «Mega ZIP», «Viking», «Fortune» (Captain Valery Dichenko). We yachts «Konrad 25R» finished first, «Jive», the second — «Jazz», and the third, was the «Condor» (Captain Garik Stepanian). The 58 yachts were honored with the first test element! Tomorrow, September 1 kicks off the longest race, the 160 nautical miles. For the first time in the history of the race KZPV number 2 is not given in the Amur Bay and in the Bay Area Ajax, Russian island. All the participants before the start of the regatta will hold a solemn parade of sailing on the waters of the bay campus Palo congratulated the guests of the University of the Day of Knowledge. 
Eugene Zhitnikova, RIA «VladNews»