Project of the Sailing

 

 

Solo Nonstop Around Sailing

 

 

Project by Jarmila and Petr Ondracek

                                                                                                                                                      

                                                       

Motto: The Sea still remains good challenge and opportunity for all who

would like to self-knowledge

 

Introduction

Singlehanded sailing is a high level of sailing activities both at the racing and the cruising. The captain Joshua Slocum was a pioneer at the solo singlehanded world circumnavigation. His historical sailing was with sailing boat SPRAY during years 1895 - 1998. The first singlehanded eastward nonstop sailing was accomplished by Bernard Moitessier within the race Golden Globe in 1968. Because he did not follow the racing rules Sir Robin-Knox Johnston (UK) that finished on the second place was declared as a winner. His sailing boat was 32 ft length and its sailing took 313 days. The first singlehanded nonstop sailor westward is Chay Blyth (UK) on the 60 ft sailing boat for 293 days.

 

Any Czech sailor has not realized this type of world circumnavigation up to now. Only well-known Czech singlehanded yachtsman Richard Konkolski accomplished the world circumnavigation during races BOC 1982 and 1986 and after the OSTAR in 1972 – 1975 with several stops.

 

Main objectives and milestones

 

 

Sailing on the board of sloop sailboat SINGA will start no later than in September 2011 from Falmouth- It will be here finished during the year 2012.

 

The eastward tack of sailing fulfils the generally requested condition for the world circumnavigation – obligatory rounding of the antipodal point in proximity of New Zeeland with start in Europe. 

 

 

Preparation phase will be realized during passage from Hamburg to Falmouth from June to August 2011.

 

Route

The main objective of this project is beating of the world record of the single handed Word circumnavigation in the 28 ft LOA class - less than 313 days. The sailing route have to comply with generally accepted requirements. Therefore the track will be follows:

• Start – crossing the line Lizard Point (UK) and Ushant Isl. near Falmouth (August-September 2011)
• Direction and waypoints – Madeira, Canary Isl. Cape Verde, round the Cap of Good Hope, south of the  Cap o Leeuwin and the south coast of Tasmania headed to the Cap of Southwest of the Steward Island (New Zeeland). After rounding of the Antipode Point (near the Antipode Isl.), the Cap Horn and back throw the Atlantic around Azores

 

Finish – the crossing the Start line (in 2012 – less 313 days from the start, about        22 000 Nm).  

Crew

The Sailing boat s/y SINGA will be skippered by the author of this project. He will be alone on her board.

 

Personal History

Petr Ondracek was born 7th February 1949 in Vrchlabi (the Czech Republic). He is graduated in Telecommunications and Informatics (PhD in radiocommunications). Present occupation –   a ministerial advisor of the Electronic Communications Dept. of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (representative for the ITU Council, CEPT, ITSO and ESA). He is married with Jarmila (a co-author of this project).

 

Sports and Sailing History

During years 1962 and 1989 he had top activities in the canoe white water slalom and down river (a single and a double canoe). Sailing activities was started in the year 1976 in the European class Pirate at the Slapy Dam (near Prague). The first sea sailing took part around the Greiswalden Boden at the Baltic Sea (recently the East Germany) in 1978. 

He gradually obtained several skipper´s certificate issued in the Czech Republic. Last one is for the open sea. Since 1989 he worked as a skipper for the Charter Agencies at all European seas and at the Caribbean Sea up to now with exceptions of racing and advance sailings with his family and friends. 

Besides sailing activities he provide the weather forecasting, tactical a technical advisory services for Czech racing teams and boat owners (e.g. for the first crossing of the Atlantic by the 18 ft inflatable catamaran SECTOR in 2000).

 

He is an author of technical articles covering the marine electronics, GMDSS, weather forecasting and navigation issues published in the Czech yachting journals or given as lessons. He published book “The Cap Horn before Bow” in 2004. Since 1999 to 2005 he was a president of the Czech Offshore Sailing Association. 

Short summary of the most important sailing passages

Years 1997 – 1998:

A skipper of the Czech Sailing Expedition “Cabo de Hornos”. It was for the first when the Czech sailing boat rounded and landed at the Cap Horn and the second rounded it after Richard Konkolski (during the BOC 86 and BOC 86). It was made as a two handed sailing onboard the 30 ft GPR sloop s/y OLIVIN 4. Set of in Hamburg (Germany) and visiting a lot of ports and places round the Latin America and the Tierra del Fuego in Patagonia, east bounded rounding the Cap Horn and landing here, continued to Falklands, Brazil and finished in Trinidad (over12 thousand miles, 10 months). 

Year 1999:

A leader and a co-skipper of the first Czech sailing boat which rounded the North Cap (Norway) and entered to the Barents Sea. It was onboard 34 foot steel cutter s/y STIR II. 

Year 2000:

A navigator of the s/y HEBE III (Jeanneau Sun Fast 40) in the Tall Ships 2000 (Boston (USA) to Halifax (Canada) – 1^st place in the class C3 and Halifax to Amsterdam (Holland) – 4^th  place). 

Year 2001:

A navigator of the s/y HEBE III in the Fastnet Race (UK). It was the first participation of the Czech boat and team at this rac

 

 s/y S I N G A

 

 

 

 

Technical Data of the s/y SINGA

 

 

 

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Equipments and rigs:

GPS Garmin 162 and handhelds Magellan Colour Track, Garmin 38 and Garmin eTrex H, Personal Tracker, radar Raymarine SL 72C+, Navtex Nassa Clipper, Nassa AIS, Nassa Meteoman, Clipper - Duet, Wind and GPS Repeater, weather fax PC Marine, NOAA APT meteo receiver, VHF Simrad SOS 8300 fixed and the handheld Micro 100 and Standard Horizon HX 750 E, Iridium satellite communicator Motorola 9500, autopilot Raymarine ST 4000+ Tiller, ST 2000+ and ST 1000+, active radar reflector SeaMe,          3 x 50 W solar panels, wind generator Rutland 913, liferaft Wetline ISO Liferaft - 4 Man Valise, McMurdo E5 Smartfind 406MHz EPIRB with GPS, notebooks Dell Vostro 1320 and Acer Aspire One 72 with the electronic charts software C-map and Blue Chart Garmin. Two complete sets of sails (genoa, working jib, mainsail), spinaker-trysail and paraschute anchor.

The supporting team will be responsible for the preparation and dispatching information to the boat (e.g. weather forecast, medical and technical advice, …), Public Relations (TV, Radio, news, administration of the website etc.), sponsorship affairs, shopping and administrative work.

 The principal of team consist of Jarmila Ondrackova and Richard Konkolski (strategy, tactics and weather expert).

 

Supporting team

 The supporting team will be responsible for the preparation and dispatching information to the boat (e.g. weather forecast, medical and technical advice, …), Public Relations (TV, Radio, news, administration of the website etc.), sponsorship affairs, shopping and administrative work.

 The principal of team consist of Jarmila Ondrackova and Richard Konkolski (strategy, tactics and weather expert).

 If needed the team will be extended during the sailing.

 

Offer for sponsorship

At present this project is under auspices of the Czech Sailing Federation and the Czech Offshore Sailing Association. It is preliminary indicated interest for cooperation from main broadcasting providers (e.g. Czech Television Prague, Polar Studio Ostrava, Radio Journal Prague, newspapers (e.g. MF dnes) and specialised journals for the travelling and yachting published in the Czech Republic (e.g. Yacht and Yachting Revue).  

Video, audio and photos documentary materials will be used for the publishing of the website sponsored by the S-COMP Czech Republic Ltd. during the preparation and the sailing. Audio materials will be used for live inputs to the radio broadcasting (via the Iridium satellite communication). The book and documentary videos will be published after accomplishing this project and used for public presentations. Videos will be offered for the broadcasting TV and Internet TV providers. 

The hull over waterline, the board, the mast, the mainsail boom and all sails of boat could be used for the placement of sponsors logos and advertisements. Total utilizable area is about     30 m2 (323 sq ft). 

It is possible to made testing of electronic navigation, safety and communication equipments , outdoors products, specials foodstuff and remedies. 

The authors of this project are willing to accommodate of sponsors requests in the maximum extent if these do not rule of the project objectives. 

 

Contacts

Mrs. Jarmila Ondráčková – sponsorships, organization and PR matters

Mobile: +420 777 682 152, E-mail: jarmilao@seznam.cz 

Mr. Petr Ondráček. – technical and sailing matters

Phone: +420 251 615 890, Mobile: +420 723 108 907,   E-mail: p.ondracek@quick.cz

 

Address:  Brdickova 1907, 155 00 Praha 5, Czech Republic