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The South Westerly Course And The Prevailing 12 Knot Mistral Produced A Wind Angle Of 90 Degrees For The 1st Part Of The Race And Five Boats Ran One Another Off To The Left Side Of The Course While The Resulting Winner Alan Woodward Stuck To The Rum Line With The Other 4 Yachts Of The Ten Identical Beneteau First 45's.

Croatia Yacht Rally 2011 meandered toward its conclusion in Dubrovnik last week with a race from Korcula to Mljet, a distance of just 12 miles.

The 'Pearl of the Adriatic ', situated on the Dalmatian coast, became a crucial Mediterranean sea power from the thirtheenth century onwards. Though severely ruined by a tremor in 1667, Dubrovnik managed to preserve its pretty Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, priories, palaces and fountains. Damaged again in the 1990s by armed conflict, it's now the focus of a major restoration program co-ordinated by UNESCO.

The 'Pearl of the Adriatic ', on the Dalmatian coast, was a very important Mediterranean sea power from the thirtheenth century onwards. Though severely damaged by a tremor in 1667, Dubrovnik managed to preserve its beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains.

Dubrovnik was founded in the 1st half of the 7th century by a group of refugees from Epidaurum, who established their settlement at the island and named it Laus. The Latin name Ragusa (Rausa), in use until the 15th century, originated from the rock (Lat. Lausa = rock). Opposite that location, at the foot of Srcic ; Mountain, the Slavs developed their own settlement using the name of Dubrovnik, obtained from the Croatian word dubrava, meaning oak woods. When the channel that separated these 2 settlements was filled in the 12th century they were united. From the time of its corporation the town was under the protection of the Byzantine Empire ; after the 4th Crusade the town came under the sovereignty of Venice (1205-1358), and by the Treaty of Zadar in 1358 it became part of the Hungarian-Croatian Dominion, when it was effectively a republican free make it clear that reached its top in the 15th and 16th centuries. A commercial crisis in Mediterranean shipping and, more especially, a catastrophic quake on April 1667 that levelled the majority of the public buildings, wrecked the well-being of the Republic. This dynamic quake came as an important point in the city's development.

Dubrovnik is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a late-medieval walled town, with a regular street layout. Among the exceptional medieval, Renaissance and Baroque monuments within the magnificent fortifications and the gigantic gates to the town are the Town Hall (now the Rector's Palace), dating from the eleventh century ; the Franciscan Monastery (finished in the 14th century, but now largely Baroque in appearance) with its imposing church ; the in depth Dominican Monastery ; the cathedral (reconstructed after the 1667 quake) ; the customs house (Sponza), the eclectic appearance of which reveals the fact that it is the work of several hands over many years ; and numerous other Baroque churches, such as that of St Blaise (patron saint of the town).

The first World Heritage site consisted only of the defences and the intra-mural town. It was later extended to include the Pile medieval business suburb, a planned development of the 15th century, and the Lovrijenac Fortress, found on a cliff, which was likely begun as early as the eleventh century, but owes its present appearance to the 15th and 16th centuries. Also included were the Lazarets, built in the early 17th century to house potential plague-carriers from abroad, the late 15th-century Kase moles, built to offer protection to the port against south-easterly storms, and the Revelin Fortress, dating from 1449, which was built to order the town moat on its north side.

6 yachts finish in the same minute on the water!

The south westerly course and the current 12 knot mistral produced a wind angle of ninety degrees for the 1st part of the race and 5 boats ran each other off to the left side of the course while the eventual winner Alan Woodward stuck to the rum line with the other 4 yachts of the ten identical Beneteau First 45's. The fleet eventually came together as the finishing line approached and at the end 6 of the 10 yachts finished in the same minute on the water. The match racing hot shots filled up the last 5 placings.

The post-race dinner at the Bourbon eaterie in Polace set the scene for a Roman style party, suitable because Polace boasts the remains of a Roman villa.
The whole of the northern end of Mljet is a nationwide park and the lay day was spent walking thru the luxuriant pine forests that surround Lake Jezero.

The subsequent and last race was set on a course across to Kobas on the mainland but dawn broke on a glassy sea with awfully little prospect of wind. Around twelve nevertheless , and to everybody's surprise, a 12 knot south easterly filled in around 1pm and the fleet worked across the passage on a flat sea in perfect summer conditions. Once more the fleet split and those who stayed to sea caught the yachts seeking non-existent lifts along the shore. After a run to the finish the yachts again finished in a 'heap'.

The wily Alan Woodward of the Royal Brighton Yacht Club stayed out of the match racing frays between Roger Hickman, Steve Barlow from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron and David Buckman from the Port Lincoln Yacht Club. Alan eventually won the day on handicap from Alan Hare, a racing beginner who basked in leading the famous Roger Hickman for a big part of the last race.

The final 2 nights at the sumptuous Dubrovnik Palace Hotel saw a steady wind down from an excellent rally sailed in ideal conditions.
The 2012 Croatia Yacht Rally will be run by Mariner Sailing during the same fourteen days of 2012 and will be improves by a new event in Croatia to the north of Split in the Kornati Islands. The Croatia Kornati Yacht Rally will be sailed in the 1st two weeks of September. Again a matched fleet of yachts will be used, all with battened mains, triple spreader rigs, folding propellers and deep keels. 3 double cabins will supply spacious accommodation and a 4th twin cabin will offer storage for bag.

Details of the 2012 Croatia Yacht Rally are available on the internet and details of the Croatia Kornati Yacht Rally will soon be available, writes tagza.com.
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