Sailbydate
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On the other hand, the success of Barcelona AC37 might secure him another term in office and many elogios.
Barcelona AC37
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The mayor is a she, but agreed that politicos of all stripes will be happy to bask in the opening ceremonies, etc. Barcelona is in many ways the best alternative port, I'm sure it will be a 'success' for AC Fans and for whatever else interested parties. The tourism & hotel industry were into it, for sure.
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Sailbydate
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Rita was one strong personality - that's for sure!... definitely, but my heart still yearns for the Rita Barberá sex goddess
Sailbydate
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Beauty and brains. A rare combination indeed. ;-)... definitely, but my heart still year s for the Rita Barberá sex goddess
Reposting a markup from in the French thread, fwiw. Am not trying to muckrack but it's possible that ETNZ will get a fully equipped base at second red from the right, while leaving Challs to sort their own facilities. How do the base choices work, is it by order of entry?
I may have removed this one from above somewhere, since I had marked where my apartment will be and then decided better So, fwiw here's the ETNZ one again
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So, fwiw here's the ETNZ one againView attachment 503192
something on that, apologies for the formatting
51. Team Bases
51.1 Overview Each Competitor shall occupy a Team Base in a temporary space allocated by ACE, from which each Competitor shall conduct its sailing operations at the Venue of each Event for the duration of each Event (dates as prescribed by ACE). Team Bases may not be of equal size or prominence, and some facilities may be required to be shared. DocuSign Envelope ID: 53704753-9172-4843-89A7-3BE92A486DE0 45
51.2 Allocation Team Bases shall be allocated for each Venue in the following order of priority:
(a) the Defender;
(b) the Challenger of Record; and
(c) one base for each of the remaining Challengers in the order in which their challenges were accepted by the Defender in accordance with the list published pursuant to Article 13.4.
51.3 Lease and/or Licence
(a) Where required by ACE, a Competitor shall enter into a lease and/or licence agreement with ACE or the relevant Host City prior to taking possession of the temporary space allocated for its Team Base in any Venue. Such lease and/or licence will set out the terms and conditions under which each Competitor will occupy their Team Base, including any fee to be paid by each Competitor.
(b) If practical, ACE shall use reasonable endeavours to procure that applicable rental payments or licence fees to be paid by Competitors are secured at a discounted rate, based on the prevailing market rate applicable to the relevant site before any development by the Competitors.
51.4 Construction Unless otherwise agreed by ACE in writing, Competitors shall be responsible to organise, manage and meet all costs of construction of their facilities, as follows:
(a) all Team Bases shall comply with the architectural guidelines to be advised by ACE or the Host City, including guidelines regarding height, construction materials, impact on surrounding areas and overall exterior appearance, and the positioning of piles and floating docks on any water space;
(b) unless otherwise provided under the relevant lease or licence agreement specified in Article 51.3, each Competitor shall dismantle all improvements and/or installations made by or on behalf of the Competitor in the location of its Team Base or otherwise within any Venue within of the later of ninety (90) days after the last race of the Match and the relevant date for such action in the relevant lease or licence agreement; and
(c) each Competitor shall restore the area to the state and condition it was in prior to any improvements and/or installations made by or on behalf of that Competitor.
51.5 Occupation through the Match Until the conclusion of the last race of the Match, all Competitors shall:
(a) continue to occupy and operate their Team Base in the Match Venue; and
(b) not disassemble, dismantle or pack up their Team Base, AC75 Class Yacht, support vessels and/or other assets and equipment in any area visible to the public.
On this part (and the close of the Entry Period is listed above in section 13 as July 31 '22):
13.4 List and order of Challengers
Following the close of the Entry Period, the Defender shall publish a list of accepted Challengers received during the Entry Period and the order in which their Notices of Challenge were received by the Defender, and thereafter keep the list updated to include any accepted Late Challenges and withdrawals.
So, we may not know who gets what bases for a while, although iirc Alinghi was the first entry after ETNZ and Ineos, and Alinghi are likely to be the first to set up in Barcelona given their new-team ability to sail a B1 starting in August (? and unless that date changes). So it could be fun/interesting to see which base Alinghi choose, or else get assigned.. somehow.
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slug zitski
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What is the direction of the Tramuntana in the harbour of Barcelona ? NNWI may have removed this one from above somewhere, since I had marked where my apartment will be and then decided better
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slug zitski
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Yes
what base location is most favorable
no fun being in a wind blasted base camp
although the tramumtana isn’t not to strong in Barcelona
I can’t remember the conditions inside the port
what base location is most favorable
no fun being in a wind blasted base camp
although the tramumtana isn’t not to strong in Barcelona
I can’t remember the conditions inside the port
slug zitski
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Fun enough subject, something else to yack about now that we know the venue.
Some bases could be in already-standing concrete structure buildings with easy enough repurpose. The one to the far right looks to be a site on an empty parking lot requiring a temporary base to be built, but with a good launch dock. edit: there were some media articles that mentioned an IMAX theater in the port soon to be closed anyway, maybe to get repurposed and used by ETNZ, but I didn't find one in Port Vell in 20 secs of googling.
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slug zitski
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And I wonder what the protocol will
be for getting those AC contraptions ,plus support and associated spectator traffic in and out of the harbour
be for getting those AC contraptions ,plus support and associated spectator traffic in and out of the harbour
