Dear boardmembers and contact persons,
Hereby we give you some more information concerning the €opean
Championships, as well as €opean Cup and Baltic Cup, helt on February
21-26.
Everything is working out pretty well, we have 18 registrations at the
moment and we expect more will follow.
7 teams Netherlands
4 teams Germany
4 teams Sweden
3 teams Russia (no more?)
0 teams Estonia ???
0 teams Poland ???
0 teams USA ?
As we did, please contact the potential participants!
The whole organisation is planned now depending on weather conditions.
Many times we have had contact with our Polish friends, Stan Macur and
Jerzy Nowakowski, the conditions in Poland are awkward as well as all
conditions in €ope. The Netherlands is the best location at this moment.
The €opean Championships, as well as €opean Cup and Baltic Cup
are planned in the Netherlands, at the Gouwzee, Monnickendam.
Black Ice, no snow, minimum 16 cm ice and the weatherforecast is that it
keeps freezing the coming days. We already have sailed a regatta with
monotypes in the Netherlands and on the Gouwzee they have been icesailing
every day since January 2nd!
Also accommodation is arranged, a hotal practically on ice, good quality
and low budget (ca. € 150,- p.p. for the whole week) thanks to the fact
that the owner of the hotel is a friend of ice sailors.
As you all know conditions can change so we don't want to rush however it
is good to keep our minds clear and be aware of all the possibilities.
Therefore we would like to ask you to inform us about possible locations
at the moment you might know so we are sure that we don't miss anything.
Information Monnickendam:
map: Gouwzee / Markermeer
Monnickendam is a very nice smaller city at the IJsselmeer, it is one of
the ice sailing centres since the 19th century where the traditional fleet
is still active.
Many thanks
Best regards,
