Jumeirah Regatta is now firmly
established as one of the highlights of the national sailing
calendar and an event with growing international
appeal.
The growth of the Jumeirah Regatta into a major fixture
with all-round significance is highlighted by the fact that,
for the first time since it was launched in 1991, the event is
likely to feature more cruiser and catamaran sailors than
juniors over its two race courses.
Jumeirah is a coastal residential area in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates mainly comprising low rise private
dwellings. It has both expensive and large detached properties
as well as more modest town houses built in a variety of
architectural styles. The area is popular with Western
expatriates working in the emirate and is familiar to many
tourists visiting Dubai.
While the fleet of cruisers and
catamarans compete outside the UAE
Championships, the Jumeirah Regatta title has become a
prestigious prize in its own right, and at the same time the
event is a perfect warm-up for the Maktoum Sailing Trophy in
February.
It is the region’s most
experienced fleet-racing specialists as well as many of the
UAE’s brightest young sailing talents. While the cruisers and
catamarans battled for honours, most of the UAE’s most
talented young sailors fought out the third of five rounds in
this year’s UAE National Sailing
Championships in seven dinghy classes. All winners were
awarded with the Jumeirah designed crystal trophy made by
Precise.
The 2008
Jumeirah Regatta was run over two
courses, one being set off Dubai Offshore Sailing Club for the
cruisers and dinghies and the other off Mina Seyahi Sailing
Club for the catamarans. Toby O'Connell completed a successful
title defence in the Jumeirah Regatta to extend an impressive
winning sequence in his 50-foot yacht Yo!. Victory for Yo! was
no surprise.
Sailing is one of the most popular
Water Sports in Duba and UAE.
The conditions are almost
perfect with minimum water currents in the Gulf. The winds are
usually calm but at times strong enough to challenge even the
experienced sailors. Fixed keel, dinghy and board are
available for sailing.
Water
Sports in Dubai has become a major tourist attraction
to travel to the city. The same waters that once attracted the
pearl divers of the past to look for the pearls now draw
crowds in large numbers for various water sports like
swimming, sailing and scuba diving. Both the residents and the
tourists love to indulge in Water Sports in Dubai. The cool
and placid waters of the Arabian Sea are right for Water
Sports in Dubai. Very high temperatures all the year round and
naturally clear water makes Water Sports in Dubai very
inviting and tempting. With facilities for water sports par
excellence, any body is game for the Water Sports in Dubai.
Many hotels located on the Jumeirah coastline offers private
beaches and various facilities for Water Sports in
Dubai.
Dubai is the second most
populous emirate of the seven emirates of United Arab Emirates
after Abu Dhabi.
Dubai can
either refer to one of the seven emirates in the United Arab
Emirates (UAE), or that emirate's main city, sometimes called
"Dubai city" to distinguish it from the emirate. The modern
emirate of Dubai was created consequent with the formation of
the United Arab Emirates in 1971.
Jumeirah regatta 2008
Provisional results Race One:
Cruisers, Division One
1. Yo! / Tony O’Connell 1pt
2. Faith / Francis Carr 2pts
3. AGMC BMW / Yousef Bin Lahej
3pts
4. Tissaheel2 / Rob Weight
4pts
5. Boracic / Calum McKie 5pts
6. Shockwave / Alan Skennerton
6pts
7. Switchblade / Will Ramage /
Cameron Price 7pts
8. Twister / Glywn Rowlands
8pts
Catamarans - Performance
1. Peter Eldridge / Carol
Eldridge
2 Tom Hemingway / Guy
Wolfenden
3, Jon Hemingway / Jamie
Eldridge
Catamarans - Classic
1. Comor Ward / Maeve Ward
2. Malcolm Macgregor/ Rens
Woertman
3. Andy Perkins / Moira Freeman
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