The test consists of two regattas, which are one of the most important in the Mediterranean Mini 6,50 Class. There are about 40 registered. In the first race they head to Mallorca.
Nearly 40 registrants will leave today from Marina Vela in Barcelona with the aim of sailing the first of the two regattas organized by the Mini Base Barcelona FNOB (Fundació Barcelona Navegació Oceànica). SOLO MED 1 consists of 160 nautical miles ending in Sa Rápita (Mallorca). And on April 10, the second regatta will start, the SOLO MED 2, from Sa Rápita to Tabarca (Alicante), to return to the Balearic Islands, continue towards Columbretes (Castelló) and finish at Marina Vela Barcelona (650 miles).
Regarding the regatta that starts today, Tuesday, SOLO MED 1 will take sailors sailing for about 36-48 hours. David Escudé, Sports Councilor of the Barcelona City Council and president of the FNOB, explained yesterday at the presentation of the regatta, that “We want to make offshore sailing known to the majority public who only see the sea as a place to go sunbathe on the beach. And Barcelona is the perfect place for this, both because of the facilities we have, and because of the involvement of the nautical and sports institutions and entities.”
This ONLY MED serves as preparation for the Mini Transat, the legendary solo crossing of the Atlantic that takes place every two years. It is done without assistance or contact with land, and requires participating in regattas such as SOLO MED to accumulate miles. Anna Corbella, who competed in 2009 and is currently the director of SOLO MED, commented that “this regatta belongs to the official circuit, and for sailors it is a luxury to be able to start the season in our waters and add 810 nautical miles on top of that.”
For more information: https://www.fnob.org/ca/base-mini-barcelona/les-regates/regata-solo-med-2022
You can continue in the regatta in the following link https://live.tractrac.com/viewer/index.html?target=https://em.event.tractrac.com/events/915658a0-8b3a-013a-1cd2-60a44ce903c3/races/49d67d60-9634-013a-3509-60a44ce903c3.json