RESULTS; http://www.rsaerosailing.org/index.asp?p=results&rid=3261

 

Report to follow....

Glassware for our Youth, Lady, Master and Family European Champion categories!

 

at the Travemunder Europeans

 

 

Also, for the Race Days they have a support boat with a young coach on the water. Less experienced sailors can participate in their coaching program. The fee for the complete package Training and Water-Support will be 250 €. This is a cost covering amount as they have to finance a rib and traveling costs for Kate and the young coach.

 

To sign up for either, contact Marcus at; [email protected]

 

If anyone wants to share transport from the UK, I'm likely to have spare spaces on a trailer. Outline plan is to travel out on the Friday before, arriving Saturday and return Friday/Saturday at the end of the week.

Boats could be dropped off with me anytime from Fri 15 July either in Reading or Maidenhead.

 

Paul 

Thanks to Nigel Rolfe our UK Class Chairman and Samantha Foster at RS for organising this.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

16 RS Aeros will be invited with each country able to nominate 2 sailors. The 16 sailors will be split into two fleets for semi-finals, each with 8 sailors. The top 4 in each semi-final shall progress to the Grand Final. The races will be on a very tight river course sprint of one lap, up and down - only lasting 10-15 minutes!

 

    

 

 

To save yourself some time, please look at these notes before tackling the entry site. It is a generic one, so there are some quirks.

- Entry is direct via the Travemunder Woche website at;

http://www.travemuender-woche.com/en/races/oentry/index.html
- Click on the yellow box 'Register for this Event'
- Create a simple Account with an Email address and a Password. You will receive email confirmation.

- Scroll down the Classes to register for 'RS Aero European Championship'.
- On the Boat page, ignore 'Boat Class' as the new RS Aero is not listed in the drop down box yet! Instead enter 'RS Aero 5', 'RS Aero 7' or 'RS Aero 9' in the 'Type' box.
- Enter your 3-letter country code next to your sail number to have a nice national flag next to your entry.
- LOA is not required, just ignore that field.
- You can pay by Bank Transfer or PayPal

There is be a late entry levy set by the organising authority for those entering after 30th June 2016 of €90 - SO DON'T BE LATE!

Camping is just €8/night right on site for tent, €14 for tent & car, and €18 for campervan which you can book with your entry.

 

 Hamburg Airport, IATA code HAM, has a web site that lists the direct flight destinations & airlines, in english :

 

http://www.hamburg-airport.de/en/destinations_and_airlines.php

 

It also shows a direct train connection to Hamburg central train station for onward connection to Lubeck, Travemunde.

 

Haven't looked up the Deutsche-bahn  web pages covering that leg of the journey.

 

Which ferry route & which ferry company had you in mind for getting to Cuxhaven,  assumin from UK?

 

There used to be a ferry from Harwich to Cuxhaven operated by DFDS Seaways, but I believe this service has ceased.

 

Alternatives that I believe get you closest:

 

Stena Line: Harwich to Hook of Holland,

DFDS Newcastle to Ijmuiden (Amsterdam),

P & O Hull to Rotterdam 

 

According Bing/Multimap all involve ~ 350 miles driving, 6 - 6.5 Hours!!

 

These are the 'light traffic times!!

 

The fastest times given by Google & Multimap-Bing are for no traffic, & assume every road on the route is driven at the maximum allowed speed for a car!!

 

Not a car towing an unbraked trailer, the legal limit for which, like the UK might be lower; how much for each of: France, Belgium, Holland & Germany I don't know.

 

Reality, with breaks and allowing for traffic around major cities will add at least an hour to that. 

 

I lived in The Netherlands for 5 years & used the Newcastle <-> Ijmuiden, Harwich <-> Hook of Holland, & Dover <-> Calais ferries.

 

Found:-

 

Dover <-> Calais:  Add 3 hours travel time to Harwich Hook & Newcastle Ijmuiden drive times.

 

Taking the Harwich & Newcastle overnight ferries meant arriving early morning refreshed ready for a full day.  

 

There are a number of potential traffic pinch points:-

 

From Calais:

 

Antwerp Ring, alternative is Brussels Ring - both can have heavy traffic any time.

 

Where the A10/E40 joins the A14/E17 near Ghent, Belgium. I've been held-up here for nearly an hour on a Sunday evening in the summer.  It's the main road from the Belgian coast to the capital Brussels, and on sunny a weekend in summer traffic was very heavy.

 

From Hook of Holland:

 

The motorway across the North side of Rotterdam experienced heavy start-stop traffic mornings & late afternoons the working days we took this route; weekends were better. 

 

By contrast the motorway along the south side also carries heavy traffic, but every workday morning I used it the traffic flowed freely.

 

From the Hook take the A4 Bennelux Tunnel to get south side.

 

The P & O Hull Rotterdam ferry docks south side.

 

From Ijmuiden:

 

Going south round Amsterdam on the A9 Ring was stop start on the two Monday mornings we went this way.

 

It might be better to head north on the A22 -> A9 then take the provincial roads across to the A7, about 10KM, that then head up across the dyke separating the Ijsselmeer from the North Sea 

 

My experience driving in Germany is motorway traffic around major cities can be heavy; Hamburg, which is on most routes to Travemunde, could be similar.

 

Travemunde dates collide with start of summer break for some UK schools, when I checked last week:   

 

DFDS  showed a massive charge, £270, for taking a boat size trailer out; compare with £74 for the car, & £60 for the return.

 

Stena are already flagging limited availability on some Harwich sailings.

 

I hope this helps with journey planning.

 

I've already concluded it might be better to double up: sharing ferry costs & the driving. 

Time to start getting organised!

 

The information on the events page has been up dated;

 

 

Boat park, camping, parking and beach. The race village, stalls and river are in the distance