A CLASS 2006 WORLDS - SPAIN IACA SPAIN Mar Menor Murcia Spain A C L A S S W O R L D S

A CLASS 2006 WORLDS - SPAIN IACA SPAIN PLACE: SPAIN- MURCIA – MAR MENOR CLUB: Club Náutico Mar Menor (Los Alcázares – Murcia) & Centro de Alto Rendimiento (CAR) DATE: 2nd half JUNE 2006

A CLASS 2006 WORLDS - SPAIN IACA SPAIN The MAR MENOR (“Little Sea”) The MAR MENOR is a salad water sea, separed from the Mediterranean Sea by a narrow sand arm (called La Manga del Mar Menor) and communicated with it in different places by a navigable channel. MAR MENOR Dimensions: 21 Km long, 11 Km wide 60 Km of coast Average depth:5 m Maximum depth: 7m

A CLASS 2006 WORLDS - SPAIN IACA SPAIN Where is it? CAR Murcia Madrid Alicante

A CLASS 2006 WORLDS - SPAIN IACA SPAIN But...is there any wind overthere? During June the winds are clean sea winds, thermal, growing up during the day. CAR Statistics during June (>20 years average): Direction : 60% from N-E (called “levante”) 20% from S-SW (called “leveche”) 20% from E (called “jaloque”)

A CLASS 2006 WORLDS - SPAIN IACA SPAIN Meteorology statistics: LabelKey TAvrg Temperature TMMax Temperature TmMin Temperature RHumidity HDays with Rain > 1mm DRStorm days DNFog days DTIce days DFSunny days ISun hours

A CLASS 2006 WORLDS - SPAIN IACA SPAIN The place : “Centro de Alto Rendimiento” (CAR) (High Performance Sailing Sports Center, from our Goverment Sports Comunity)

A CLASS 2006 WORLDS - SPAIN IACA SPAIN The C.A.R. 1: Residence - rooms 2: Restaurant / Main building/ Offices 3: Water chanel 4: Hangar 5: Boats parking area 6:Garden 7:Car parking 8: Poly-Sporting buildind 9:Parking 10: Pantalán 11: Extra parking area

A CLASS 2006 WORLDS - SPAIN IACA SPAIN service s 70 Rooms : singles, doubles, 2-4 persons cheap and practical rooms Fisio and sport-medical rooms The C.A.R.

A CLASS 2006 WORLDS - SPAIN IACA SPAIN The CAR: how to go there? By car: highway until CAR gate By plane: Murcia aeroport (at 10 Km) Alicante airport (at 50 Km) Highways

A CLASS 2006 WORLDS - SPAIN IACA SPAIN Organization: The regata will be organized by the IACA-Spain, the CN Mar Menor (Los Alcazares) and the CAR with the suporting of: FVRM (“Federacion de Vela de la Region de Murcia”, Murcia Sailing Federation) and the RFEV (“Real Federacion Española de Vela”, Spanish Sailing Federation) ADECAT (“Asociación Española de Catamaranes”, Spanish Catamaran Asociation) IACA SPAIN

A CLASS 2006 WORLDS - SPAIN IACA SPAIN Organization: The boats can be parked in a controled area inside the CAR with water services in a asphalt floor. There is a concrete ramp until the sea water. There is also a crane service, and the posibility to rent a neumatic boats

A CLASS 2006 WORLDS - SPAIN IACA SPAIN Lodging : The most convenient place is the CAR itself with good and cheap rooms just in the same place of the regatta. Other hotels, tourist apartments and camping areas are available in a very close area around the CAR (a few minutes by walk.)

A CLASS 2006 WORLDS - SPAIN IACA SPAIN WEB PAGE Dedicated regata web page including all practical information like: -Inscription documents and access -Racers list -Lodging info -Regatta results -Photographs -Weather -Practical links -Etc

A CLASS 2006 WORLDS - SPAIN IACA SPAIN EXTRA ACTIVITIES : Local tourism: there is many places of interest in an area of a few Km like Cartagena (old roman city), Murcia, Lorca, Alicante, La Manga, etc Beach parties and barbeques for all participants and friends during the regatta. Music bars and discoteques in many places in a close area around the regatta. Beaches in the same CAR place with quiet and hot water for swimming and bath.

A CLASS 2006 WORLDS - SPAIN IACA SPAIN Some LINKS and addresses: Comunidad autonoma region Murcia: Federacion Vela Murcia: CAR: Centro de Alto Rendimiento "Infanta Cristina" MAR MENOR. Los Alcázares (Murcia). Tel.: (34) Fax.: (34) Weather in real time: Spanish national A Class secretary: Jose Antonio Lopez Becerra

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