NEWS :: Capt. Jarosław Kaczorowski

The Azores Fever

Capt. Jarosław Kaczorowski aboard Allianz.pl is preparing for the Les Sables-Les Acores-Les Sables single handed regatta.

The AZAB regatta ( Azores and Back) is Capt. Jarosław Kaczorowski's last qualification this year aboard Allianz.pl for next year's Transat race. The route is 2600 NM long and divided into two legs. The first one starts in Les Sables d'Olonne on July 30, and ends in the harbour of Horta ( Azores ).

To celebrate the completion of the first leg, there will be a marine festival organized in Horta. The sailors will have a few days of rest before the return. The first leg is likely to be rather hard as the wind force, according to the latest weather forecast, is expected to reach even 40 kn on the course of the race.


		(From Les Sables) Marek "Goły" Gałkiewicz on Capt. Jarosław Kaczorowski's preparation for the AZAB regatta: July 29, 2006 There are huge preparations on piers and at sailmakers and sailing shops are under siege. Everybody is "arming" themselves, because for the majority of participants it is the most important and the longest regatta in the season. You can see new masts and sails, and the noise of sawing, drilling and grinding can be heard everywhere. Sales representatives and repairmen from various companies are cruising among the boats regulating and programming the autohelms. Sailmakers and riggers are working almost non-stop. Each skipper is trying to prepare his boat as well as possible for the race on the Atlantic. The preparations are also in progress in our camp. Fortunately, main work has been successfully done in Gdynia during our busy "holiday" (many thanks to Piotr and Stal Gdynia Yacht Club for letting us stay in the hangar, Mirek for the crane, Tomek - he knows for what). We devoted most of our time to checking absolutely everything that could possibly break down and checking the weather forecast. Fortunately, our amicable Slovenian team Adria4ocean brought their routier with them - Jure (Slovenian Meteo manager), who collects and updates all possible scenarios and twice a day organizes meetings in order to explain what is happening and what to expect during the first days of the race. Now the situation is very complicated and at least the first part of the race to Capo Finistere is likely to be a very "tactical" race. Today, we only have to buy some food, clean the boat and we are ready. The race begins tomorrow. Greetings from Les Sables, Marek "Goły" Gałkiewicz Translated by Anna Greczuk